The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-05-13

/ f. Church will meet with Mrs. E. D.
/ Packard, Water street, May 18th.
Albert J. Blair was in Waterville
| Saturday. returning home Sunday
noon, having been called there on
/ business.
The meeting of the Ella F. Mitch
| ell Philathea which was postponed
/ Tuesday evening will meet next Mon
/ day at the home of Mrs. Ella Nelson.
The following marriage intention
! has been filed at the office of city
clerk: James Dyer of Skowhegan,
shoe worker and Lena M. Steward OF
/ Skowhegan, also shoe worker
]. D. Symons is moving this week
/ to his newly fitted up apartment IN
the Symons Block on Water street and
/ Henry CroWell who recently purchas-
4 ed his home will move next week.
Miss Florence Pooler underwent
surgical treatment for appendicitis
Monday at Kennebec Valley hospital.
+ DR.. Surgis assisted local physicians
in the operation. Her recovery is
/ expected.
To-day Thursday is Ascension Day
and will be observed by Catholic peo-
ple as a holy day. Mass will be Of
fered from Our Lady of Lourdes at 8
and 7.30 o'clock in the morning and
there will be services at tbs this even
ing.
DIN Tracy, a senior at Bates college,
returned to that institution Monday
after visiting his father, DR.. o. II.
/ Tracy at the First Baptist parsonage.
Miss Annabel Paris Of Welfboro, N.
H.. also a senior at Bates, who has
been visiting at the parsonage, has
! departed
Mrs. Mary B. Stinchfield has sold
her coal shed together with land ele-
yator and motor to the Farmers
Union. She stated Monday that she
should continue in the coal business
! for the present Mrs. Stinchfield
went to Portland yesterday on short
business trip.
The regular meeting of the Mission
Circles of the Federated church was
held Friday afternoon in the church
parlors with Mrs. c. II. Mckinney
presiding. THE Crusade of Com
passion" a missionary study book. was
finished at this meeting. The next
meeting will be held June 4.
DR.. NJ. f. Lord, who with his family
have been occupying the nome OF
Judge Lawrence during the winter mas
taken an apartment in the home OF
John L. Fish and will shortly locate
there. Mrs Lawrence will return to
Skowhegan next month and the Judge
will come from Augusta for the week
ends.
Special effort at the present time
is being made to interest Skowhegan
farmers in the keeping Of farm ac-
counts. This is one of the projects
of tho Somerset County Farm Bu-
reau and is being handled by county
Agent C. A. Storer and George l..
Parker of the Beech Hill road, the lat-
ter being the farm account project
leader.
Charles II. Davis. who has been
spending the winter in Elizabeth, y,
I is at Killcare farm and Will prom
ahIv he in this section quite a part Oh
the summer Frank HUBBARD anu
family who have been tenants on the
nropertv during the winter, have pur-
chased tho Towns farm directly oppo-
site and Monday we're moving to their
new home.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Adelbert Briggs
who we're married May 3 by Rev. VIII
liam Wood. Methodist minister OF
Madison have returned from a wed
ding trim to Portland and have estap-
Iiebed their home in Skowhegan MI
Briggs is employed at the sampson
Drup store and Mrs. Briggs, formerly
Maud f. (Brackett LaVelle' VIII
main for the present at the "eien
millinery store.
AT the meeting of Sunset chapter
n u s last Friday night four can
didates were given the degree OF Tue
order Refreshments of welsh rare
hit we're served after the work, Win
Mrs Alice M. Wilder in charge o!
no orrapgements. Mrs. Ina G. Hlll
who was ND from Fairfield to PRESIDE
&c worthy matron became very Ill
during the meeting and has since been
receiving treatment at Kennebec val
ley hospital.
A meeting of the Helen Coburn MIS-
sion circle was held last Friday at 'he
home of Mrs. Joseph OTIS Sml'h Vi
water street. Two articles, one by
Mrs Montgomery and the other by
Wre Peabody on "WOman's oppor-
turitv" we're read by Mrs. E. T. Good-
rich and Mrs. George Merriam. MIS-.
smith gave talk on an address by
Mrs Peabody to which she hsteneu
while in Medford. Mass and MIS-
r r Homsted in closing read a STORY
an Medical Missions. At the close OF
tho meeting the hostess distributed
bououets of daffodills in order tnal
the members might give them TO SIGN
! friends or shut-ins.
Mr. and Mrs George Hillman' wiz
formerly lived on Blackwell Hlll III
Madison. but who went to California
FIVE wears ago, returned last "eeh
~ Si,owhegan and left here on the
midday train Monday for Houitoh
rbara they are to visit Mr. Hillman
fatber II will be recalled that MT.
and Mrs. Hillman were accompanied
70 California by Mrs. Hillmans pa
rents. Mr. and Mrs. Charles chapman
also of Blackwell Hill. They haVe
now purchased their former propeily
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