The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-10-28
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

/ LeOmnisler MISS 10 NIs'l WIN Iva
/ tiyes.
Mrs. Jewet Savage Was in Fair
field Saturday to attend the funeral Of
a relative.
Mrs. ~ luez Simpson Of y" YORK
is leaving tomorrow after a Fisit with
Mrs. l. b. Haskell
Mrs. II. A Story. Who has been the
guest Of her brother +. +. Haynes
her home in Gardiner.
Mrs. Varn Wiley of Malbous Mills
was called to Newport last Friday on
account of the death OF her father
w H. Cummings, agent Of the Am
erican Wooden Company arrived home.
from Boston Saturday forenoon.
Miss Mary II. Friend who is
student at University of Maine, has
been made second reader of the Chris
tan Science Society in Orono.
Under the direction OF Team No.
of the Bethany Christian Endeavor,
the members of that division enjoy
ed supper at the Church Chapel on
Friday evening Miss Helen Gates
is team leader
Mr.. and Mrs {. NJ Holt, with their
children, Bernice and Bernard, Mr..
and Mrs Geo l.. II. Smith their
daughter, Dorothy and Miss Dorothy
NJ. Elliot were among the SkoWhegan
people to dine Sunday at Comber's
Inn.
Mr.. and Mrs f. O. Furber have
bought of Mrs Clarence Mantor her
home on Middle street and will make
their home there. They sold their
home on Pine and West Front streets
several weeks ago to Harry kilgore of
Smithfeld
Two of the local pastors perform
ed double duties on Sunday, Rev II. .
l.. Nichols of the Centenary Method
ist Church having preached at East /
Madison in the afternoon and Rev.
George Merriam of the Bethany Bap- ,
list Church al Good VIII.
Memorial services for the late Dan
iel C. Woodcock We're held last Fri
day afternoon from his home Rev.
George Merriam of the Bethany Bap-
ft Church on1 atiug. IN accor-
dance with request made public
fhcre were but very few flowers, aud .
1ho service WIS attended mainly by
relatives. Mr. Woodeocb lived for a
.o.. d0e i'm Lynn. Mass aad had liY-
~ I'm SkoWhrean for about one year
FIR eeqeral years hi health mad been
fline Tie is survived bF widow /.
lac 4o children Oh the couple be
ing deceased The holy was taken
10 Lynn for intermeaf +
Miss Marion +. Lord was one the
members Of the senior class al Wheat
on College who turned the sod for
The new dormitory which is to be
built directly. The turning of the
sod by the senior class came as
at the close of the Founder
Day exercises on Saturday October
%. On that day Wheaton celebrat
ed its eighty sixth anniversary The
exercises we're held in the college cha
pei to which in an impressive pro
cessiOn the trustees. the faculty, the
alumnae and the student body
marched. Here the choir sang APP
made the prayer. and Dean W. W
Fem of the Harvard Divinity School
gave the address. Al the conclusion
If the exercises President Cole an
aounced that the audience We're inEit-
ed to the southern end Of the campus
which is to be the site Of the new
lormtory After the ceremony by
he senior class, the entire college
oiuod in the singing of Wheaton
songs The afternoon closed with
IN informal reception in Mary Lyon
HALL Wheaton has in It's enroll
npnt four Skowhcgan girls. They
ire Miss Marion r. Lord, Miss Helen
: Lord, Miss Carolyn II. Cover aud
Hiss Alta Porter
The Halloween party held at the
lome Of Mrs. Margaret X. Goodrich
IN Madison avenue Friday evening
proved a very successful affair. The
occasion occurred on the regular
meeting of the Ella F. Mitchell Phila- ,
hea Class of the Bethany Baptist
hurch The guests were told to :
inter by the front door of the Goodrich
esdence and turn to the right where
hey were escorted by a clown to the ,
ellar and then upstairs where they ,
we're met the second time by negro
lsher, who showed them up another !
light where they discarded their {
wraps. The house was beautifully dec ,
rated with Halloween novelties and ]
ack- lanterns. Previous to the even (
ngs program, the guests were oblig- ,
ID to sit on the floor, no seats being
n evidence until after the entertain I
nent. During the business session
N invitation was read and accepted I
rom Mabel p. Judkins Philathea I
lass of Clinton to be present at their
Meeting next Thursday evening 1t
vas also voted to have food sale
n the near future. The committee
IN transportation for the Clinton
vent are Miss Marie Fletcher, Mrs
lima C1ough and Miss Dorothy Day
rhe nominating committee DOR the
leXt meeting of the Ella f. Mitchell
lass to be held Nov. are Mrs. Cora
Ive. Mrs. Harriet Nelson and Miss
\rline Burnor. Election of officers
will be in order at this annual session.
the business meeting an in
eresting program was carried out
With Mrs. Alice Mitchell impersonat-
ng a witch while Mrs. Goodrich read
he Sand Man, acting as the mystery
If the house The following ladies.
yho had charge of the entertainments
we're dressed as ghosts, Mrs. Kate
r,,coor NTro Ra11a Gates Mrs Emma