The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-07-29
The News of Somerset'S Busy Towns

Marshall
Live poultry wanted. Harry Cohen
| SkoWhegan. tf30
The next regular meeting of Arson
/ Grange will be held Saturday evening
| August T. and It Is hoped that every
member will attend and express his
! opinion about changing the time OF
j meeting from the first and third Sat
urdays To the first and third Wednes-
] dav evenings oil each month.
\ meeting Of the Girls Agriculture
j Club will be held Thursday evening
/ August ) at the home of Mrs, Elsie
/ Walker Plans for attending the
County Field Day at Lakewood will
/ be discussed The Boys Agricultural
Club will hold meeting at the Acad-
emv the same evening to discuss the
same plans
DR.. Marston was at Lewiston Thurs
| day of last week to attend the opera
tions of Mrs James Greenleaf and
Mrs Austin & Andrews, two of his
patients
The many friends Of Jefferson
Spearing, Civil War veteran, will be
! glad to learn that he was able to
walk down street Monday from his
home on upper Elm street. This IS
| the first time Mr. Spearin has walked
to the village for several weeks.
Roscoe Eames passed away Thurs
dav morning. July %, at his home in
Embden after an Illness of nearly ten
months, during which time he was
! cared for by Miss Rosa Delling, his
housekeeper. for the past seven years.
| his wife. who was Blanche Padham
of Solon having passed away in 1912.
He was the son of Austin and Ann
(HoIlis) Eames and was born in 1882
He Is survived by one son Linwood
Games of Scion. two brothers. Mel
Ear Games of Skowhegan and Perley
Games of Worcester, Mass. and three
sisters, Mrs Ida NJ. Hoyt and Mrs.
Nellie e. Mitchell of Dorchester,
Mass. and Mrs. Cora Libby of Oak
land Funeral services were held at
his home Sunday forenoon at ten
o'clock, Rev. c. II. Mckinney or
Skowhegan officiating and burial was
at Sunset cemetery.
f. w Scott went to Portland Sun
day in his car returning Wednesday.
Alton Hanneford worked in Mr.. SCOTS
hardware store during his absence.
Emerald Rebekah Lodge No 65 and
Table Rock Lodge No. 100 have re-
ceived an invitation from Northern
Light Rebekah Lodge of Scion to a
Field Day which is to be held Wed
nesday. August 4 at Jacob Goodwin's
farm at Scion.
Rev. Percy s. Ridlon was the guest
at dinner Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Hoyt, Madison avenue.
METHODIST CHURCH NOTES
Rev c. r. Weddleton of the Chris
tian Civic League of Maine. spoke at
the Emerson school, Embden. Sunday
afternoon and at the church in the
evening.
At the last two Sunday morning
services the people have greatly en-
joyed the singing by Mrs. Higgins.
Mrs. Higgins sings in the First Con
gregational church in Jersey City
Thursday evening, July 18th at 3
O'Clock there will be a rehearsal.
Sunday. August 1st: l0:45 Morning
service. Mrs. Higgins will sing; 11:45
Sunday School; Ills Epworth League
Topic "Cultiyating High Ideals"
leader Mr. Lowell Bailey; $50 praise
service: brief address. illustrated with
the stereoptican.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
Last Sunday, June %. a good con
heard an address by Rev
c. A. Weddleton Of Fairfield. repre-
sentative of the Christian Civic Lea
que of Maine A pleasant feature of
the service was the singing by Mr.. |
Ray of Bangor of a solo I'm the Sc
cret of His Presence" and with his |
daughter Mrs. Alice Brastow duet, /
'One Sweetly Solemn Thought At
the evening service the singing was
led by a choir of young ladies, Mrs.
Alice Brastow acting as organst. A
report of the Ter-Centenary lnterna-
tional Congregational Council was
given by Mrs. F. w. Bunker This
was a thoughtful and entertaining in
of this world assembly of
Congregationalists and gave apprecia-
i've glimpses of number OF the DIS
-inguished participants.
The picnic of the church school is
% be held today Thursday at G.. A.
Porter's cottage at Embden Lake. 1t
IS planned to gather at the church at
en- and go by automobile to the Lake.
August being vacation months there
will be no services during the month
he next services of the church being
IN September 5.