The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1920-05-27
SKOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS


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p Gore and Mrs Laura Lowell
rrH#-u were recent guests in town
1r.s Emma Antill
Mr. ard Mrs. George Lambert of
u-at,rvf1e spent the week end visit
- r., own with relatives and friends
Air \. b. Plummer left Tuesday
s..,,,o8r for an outing at Bald Noun
tain camps and the Rangeley districts
A eonyocation of Somerset Chapter
n will be held tomorrow tFri-
asvl evening IN Masonic Hall. Bal
letting will be in order
skoVheean thus far has failed to .
oh lis quota in the Salvation Army
- The total amount received up
~ Yesterday forenoon was about $3.50,
The Ladies' Social Circle of the
methodist Church will serve a hot
,ss3t dinner at the vestry on We'd
-asdsv June 2. from 11.45 to LOO
a..,ock Price soc
r-reral services for the little son
Vr and Mrs. Will Groder of II !,
psrroad street. were held Friday af-
tsrra5a III o'clock from the house
5r4 burial was made in Calvary ceme-
terry
Mr. Amos Fortier is very i'll at the
Earrahee Valley Hospital Mr. For
,.ar is in charge of the carpenters on
rho dana building operations. The
fan,lv lived on Middle street during
the past winter.
Harold Larry. who has been visiting
+, town returned to Weld, yesterday,
accompanied by Mrs. Larry and little
daughter. who have been spending the
winter with Mrs. ]. w. Packard, Mrs.
Lary's mother.
Leland Spencer was the most sur
,rised bow in town the other night |
when he landed four pound pickerel
ont of the Kennebec River just above !
tho hospital and which was too heavy
for him to remove alone.
Ruseel Post. G. A. r. and Russell
palief Corps will meet at G.. A r. |
Hall NJ ten o'clock a. m. next Sunday
for the purpose of attending worship |
at the bethany Baptist Church. Mem |
bers of The Loyal Legion are invited to
ioin them.
"a y
in town Saturday to be present at
tho in,erment of the body of his moth
or the late Mrs. Eliza Sawyer. which |
has been reposing in the receiving I
vault at the Southside cemetery since
in the winter.
Mis- Myra Sawyer and Miss Lena
Carriyeau have rendered their resg
nations from the operating force at
the Central Maine Tel & Tel. office
Their duties will be terminated June
- Miss Airline Turcotte will be adj
ded 10 the force.
Four tires were taken from car on
the wash stand at Holt & Nights dur
ing Sunday night by parties unknown.
Investigations have not laid bare
the identity of the guilty parties. The
tires we're valued at about $S7 and
were from a Ford automobile.
Emery T. Dyer of Skowhegan, a.
graduate of the Skowhegan high
school. having successfully fulfilled
the requirements, is to receive the
degree of Bachelor of Business AdI
minstration on June 18th at fremont
Temple Boston. at the graduating ex-
ercises of Boston University.
Miss Eunice F. Patten of the class
Of 1917. Skowhegan high school will
arrive in town June from Pittsburg,
Penn While on her trip home she
will attend the Farewell Ball at the
Naval Academy at Annapolis her
roommate. Miss Beatrice Haden I'M
New York and with friends in Boston.
Walter Smith of Danvers. Mass. |
who is located in Skowhegan, has
been guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Dodge at the home OF Mrs. Arminta
Smith Of Beech street. Mr.. and Mrs. |
Marshall Miller of Lawrence. Mass. /
are spending few days with Mr.. and
Mrs Dodge Mr.. Miller being a brother
Of Mrs Dodge
Both County Attorney Merrill and ,
Sheriff MOOers remain reticent in re-
gard to the result of their investiga- /
lions in the finding of the body of a
child in the waters of Cold Brook and
apparently have not decided what
steps will be taken in the case. AS
in most other cases Of this kind it
has its pathetic side.
Mrs simpson Dunlop has arrived
from Mllville, n. B. to join Mr.. Dun
lop who has purchased the John
Weston farm. Friday morning Mr..
Dunlop received a very handsome
Percheron Stallion registered in the
Percheron Stud Book of America. The
horse was purchased from Walter
Christy Of Pressure Isle and weighs
1867 pounds.
Memorial services for the late Cecil
Gates were held from the home last
Thursday afternoon at $50 and were
very largely attended. large guam
tity of flowers bore silent testimony
10 the esteem in which the deceased
WAS held and signifed the sympathy
Of the friends OF the family. Rev.
George Merriam of the Bethany Bap-
list church oniciated and the remains
were buried at Southside.
Members of the Women's Relief
Corps and friends are to hold an all
DAYS meeting today in Grand Army
Hall for the purpose of making
|rcaths for Memorial Day observance.
A picnic lunch will be enjoyed at ]
noon. Several ladies met also yes