The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1919-04-10

of the owners of the North Arson
Manufacturing plant, has been IN E.,
town for several days
Mrs Charles C Bryant and Mrs
Owen Savage went on the noon train
/ Tuesday to Watervlle
The regular meeting of Ruth Head
Cragin Chapter will be held Friday
afternoon at Mrs Perley's Greene's.
Elmer Carl who has been working
in Bingham this winter, returned to
this village. Monday.
Walter Shaw, who has had long
serious illness with pneumonia. is
better SO that one nurse has gone and
i Mrs. Leola Webb Is caring for him
now
Rev Eugene W. Kennison, pastor
of the Methodist church, went to Fair
field. Wednesday, to attend the 95th
session of the Maine Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church OF the
Augusta District. Mrs. kennison
will attend the conference during
Sunday. AS Mr. Kennison will be
away next Sunday. there will be no
preaching service in his church, and
the people are invited by Rev. E. l..
. fdhtT, pd0iOI VI TIC NtOl eiS e7dtiNi'Sa
church to attend his church on that
day
Besides uncle Theodore Steward.
! North Arson has two other old gen
s tlemen. who were born in 1927 Hiram
T. Emery born Oct 20. and Leonard
/ II. Walker. born Oct. "a.
Miss Kate Robinson has resigned
her position as stenographer and
bookkeeper in the office of the North
Arson Mfg. Co.
{. " Bailey has been re-appointed
road commissioner for this part of
the town.
The public is asked to help secure
information for the right number of
gold and silver stars for the town
service flag, winch II Is hoped VIII be
foated to the breeze soon. 1t will
be appreciated if any information
could be handed to Guy F.. Williams.
The class parts for the class of
1919 of the Academy have been as
signed but not according to rank,
and are as follows: Address of Wei
come. Arthur Andrews; VIII and
Gifts. Marjorie French; Essay. Ber-
nice Bailey; Prophecy, Elyie Spen-
Ger: essay, Thelma Warren; Address
to Undergraduates Norma Berry.
The Congregational Sunday School
is planning for special Easter exer-
cises, Sunday evening, April 20
Harold A. Allen, State Agent for
rural education, spoke before the
teacher training class at the Acade-
my, Tuesday evening An invitation
VAS extended to the town teachers
and the public
The Academy's first baseball game
will be with Bingham on the home
grounds, April %.
Mrs Mildred Manson with a group
Of eight Academy girls will attend the
All Maine Girls Conference in Lewis
ton, April II and y.
The churches Of North Arson will
give union welcome service to the
boys in khaki and blue at the Metho T
dist church. Sunday morning. May H.
Detailed plans will be announced la
ter. 1t is hoped that the boys will
attend from all around about and
that the public will join heartily with
the churches in the welcoming home.
The following Friday evening the
churches extend an invitation to a
puDllC community SoCldl loT ne
Boys.
The firm of Scott & Witham has
dissolved and Mr. Scott will continue
to carry on the business.
Boy and Girl Club work is start
ing enthusiastically. Miss Lula
Gordon is leader for the girls and
Guy f. Williams for the boys,
A farewell banquet was given Mr..
and Mrs Guy c. Hume, Saturday
evening at 80 o'clock in the elegant
dining room of Carrabassett Inn. The
of twenty-eight were seated :
at one long table which had beautiful
decorations of daybreak pnks. These
were presented to Mrs. Hume later
Music and dancing were enjoyed until
a late hour Monday, Mr.. Hume and
family returned to Fairfield to live,
having resided here about one year
and half
The Woman's Association will meet
at the home of Mrs. F. W. Bunker
Wednesday afternoon, April 1t. at
o'clock A large attendance is de
sired as arrangements are to be made
for a psring cleaning sale.
John NJ Getchell is spending a few
weeks at Portland visiting his daugh-
Ter. Mrs Bertha Paine, and has built
Mr. Paine a garage,
County Agent r. NJ Stiles and Prof.
Morton of the University of Maine
held a beef and dairy management
meeting in the Academy. Tuesday, for
the boys agricultural class and far |
mers of the community.
c. l.. Baxter Of Portland Packing
Company met the farmers of this vici-
nifty at Grange Hall last week to talk
over the sweet corn situation and
stated that owing to the condition Of
the market they could not pay the
war bonus the coming season, and :
that they should not operate all their
canneries this season. He spoke OF
the fine quality of corn raised here,
and told the planters that If 10 acres
could be secured at four cents a
pound. he would operate this cannery
1t will be necessary that the entire
acreage be secured at once. There
Is no crop that brings so much to the
farmer as sweet corn, and the corn
factory has brought In many dollars
to this community, therefore the far
mers should consider 1t patriotic
duty to help the town and help them
selves by planting good acreage.