The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-11-11

THE NEWS OF SOMERSRT'S BUSY
TOWNS
KISGFIELD

The annual meeting Tor the election
of the w. c. r L. for the coming year
at the home of the president, Mrs.
Ada Barden After the usual open
ing exercises tellers were appointed
to distribute and collect votes and the
same officers were continued for an
other year.
At the regular meeting of the Car
rabassett Grange the entertainment
during the lecturers hour consisted of
an auction sale of articles contributed
by the members. After the meeting
surprise party was given to Mrs.
Jennie Durrell, 1t being the occasion
of her birthday
The Young Peoples Christian En-
deavor Society of the Baptist church
held a banquet consisting of baked
beans, brown bread. salads, white
bread. cakes, doughnuts and coffee at
the church vestry on Wednesday even
ing. Toasts by Mr.. and Mrs Will
iston. Mr. and Mrs. Currier, Conrad
Beedy, Olive Ross and Rosamond
Smith were much enjoyed during the
supper After the banquet a social
was enjoyed during which candy, in
charge of Olive Ross was sold and the
food remaining from the supper was
sold at auction. There were about
thirty present and over 800 was real
! lied from the sale. AS special guests
were Mr.. and Mrs Williston and little
daughter Margaret of Bangor.
Mrs. Irene Perry returned to her
daughters, Mrs. l. L. Eldridge, Tues
day. from West Chester Nova Scotia.
where she has been for two months
visiting her sons A. J. Perry and Jed
Perry and families. She was accom-
panied by her daughterin-law, Mrs.
Bert Perry and her granddaughter
Ethel Perry who will remain here for
week or ten days visiting her moth
err Mrs. Jane Davidson and other rela-
tives in town.
The Roosevelt Memorial Association
certificates to which the subscribers
who contributed one dollar or more at
the time of the campaign several
months ago have been issued by the
national headquarters in New York
and are being distributed. Those for
the Kingheld primary. grammar, in
termedate and high schools have ar
rived and are now in possession of
the schools ready for framing and dis
play. The certificates are printed in
/ blue on cream colored heavy paper
and at the top is a likeness of the late
president, author and soldier The
certificates for individual subscribers
will be sent as soon as the Maine
committee makes up its list of sub
scribers and sends in the names 10
national headquarters.
L Il R-if "A n
of Bigelow, Joyce, and a young boy
from Pennington suffered narrow
escape from severe accident recent
ly while in their Ford auto driving
from their home toward Carrabassett
a short distance from BigeloW the
stearing gear broke and the car left
the road, breaking thru the railing
going over a steep embankment into
the bushes near the river and turn
ing completely over All were pin
ned under the car. John Quint
daughters Goldie' Mrs Abbie William
son and other passengers happened to
be driving by and heard their screams
for help and saw the car bottom side
up over the bank and worked an hour
to release the occupants Altho con
siderably bruised and shaken up none
of tho people were seriously injured
An invitation has been extended the
men OF the Universalist church ant
others not interested in any particular
church to join the Universalist com
rsdes which is to be formed Sunday
Nov. 14th at the close OF the morning
service In addition to the socia
aims of the organization and the as
sistance the men can give the church
in varisus ways ii is proposed to es
tablish a forum to be held Sunday
} Moons or the discussion OF problems
of a local, state. nation and wsrld
wide interest.