The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-12-30
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Holiday hours at the Skowhegan
Post Office will be observed Saturday
Jan. list.
Commencing Saturday, Jan. 1, the
Canaan stage will leave after the ar
rival of the Ills a. nj. train.
Dennis A Mccarthy. widely known
author and lecturer, will be the Open
Forum speaker on Sunday evening,
March 13
DR.. and Mrs NJ. E. Lord were cal
led to Waterville yesterday by the
serious illness of Mrs. Lords father
Frank Moore.
Miss Gail Taggart who is a teach
err in Manchester, y. H., has been
spending the Christmas recess with
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lang.
Owing to the numerous cases of
measles it has been deemed adyisa-
BILE to postpone all of the public schools
both village and rural one week un-
til Monday January 10th,
Albert C. Bowman of Springfield.
Vt. departed after being here as the
guest Of Mrs, Bowman's parents, DR..
and Mrs. L. A. Dascombe and attend
ing to matters of business.
The Womans Home Missionary So
cety will meet with Mrs. Herbert L.
Nichols, Monday. Jan. 8. at 2.30. Mem
bers are requested to come prepared
TO sew for the Italian Work in Port
land.
Of G,,x L Vol Of
Skowhegan, q and a laborer and Miss
Christine Lewis. a spinning mill oper-
alive occurred Monday last, l.. l.. Wal
ton. a justice of the peace officiating
at the ceremony.
The Mckay Restaurant on Water
street is to be opened in the immediate
future by Mrs. Perley Tyler. Her
daughter Miss Doris Rogers until re-
Gently employed by Hulares Bros, will
do the table work.
Theophile Lacasse, a spinner and
Miss Florence Provost, both of Show
hogan are published at the Office OF
the town clerk and are to be mar
ried Monday at Our Lady OF Lourdes
Roman Catholic Church.
Earl Grundy, a studnt at Boston
University has been spending few
days with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
T. II. Grundy. In connection with
his studies at the University, Mr..
Grundy Is carrying on boys work in
Cambridge.
Mr.. and Mrs Warren Drake return
ed to there home in Somervlle yester
day after visiting with their daughter
Mrs. Marion Drake Flanders. Their
son Floyd Drake is remaining until
the last of the week in the Flanders
home.
The Federated Working League will
not meet Monday afternoon. The
annual meeting with election of Of
fcrs will be held Friday afternoon
Jan. 7 in the church parlors. A sup
per will be served for the members
and honorary members of the League.
p. A. Cleveland, veteran of the
Civil War slipped on the ice on Wa
ter St Tuesday afternoon and sus
tanned a fall striking his head against
the stone underpining of one of the
stores Pedestrians nearby helped
him to gain his feet and he did not
appear to be seriously hurt.
Burr Carnage, who underwent a
serious operation at Somerset hospi-
tai. on the spine Nov. 18th has been
removed to his home and is improv-
ing. although he will have to lie in
bed for some time yet. He is getting
along wonderfully. The operation
was performed by DR.. Abbott, bone
specialist from Portland, Me.
Harry lies sustained a fall while en-
ployed by the Central Maine Power
Company in their power development
operations Tuesday and a badly
sprained back resulted. He was NOV
ed to Kennebec Valley hospital where
he was reported yesterday as improv-
ing His condition Is not belived to
be serious
The child born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ro-
bert Smith on Winter street is not
living. The case has attracted con-
siderable interest in the community
during the past few weeks, because
of the illness of both parents of tu-
berculosis and the resulting destitu-
ton of the household The parents
will shortly enter a Sanitarium for
treatment
+. 6. Ross who has been spending
the summer and fall with his bro
Their c. A. Ross on Court street start
ed Yesterday for St Petersburg. Fla.
where he usually spends his winters.
He was accompanied from Sko"h he
gan by his son Walter Ross stud
emf at Technology who had been here
from Boston for a visit. Mics Mabel
F. Ross returned to Portland Mon
day after being at home for the week
end.
The following were entertained at
a Christmas dinner and for the week
end hy Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur b. Plum
mer at their home on Madison avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs II A. Plummer DR.. and
Mrs. r. A. Derbyshire, and John Dun
ton of Skowhcgan: Miss Josephine
Moulton. Frank Moulton. and Mr.. and
Mrs. Everett Sawyer OF North Arson;
Mr.. and Mrs Robert Bradford and
sons. benjamin and Wayne, Liver
more and Miss Dorahy Carville OF
Pennington.
"Weighed in a Just Balance will
be the subject of Rev. II. L. Nichols
sermon at Centenary Methodist church
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