The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-09-08
Skumhrgat, Etral Afma

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Traction Company will 70 INTO effect
next Monday. September IL.
The Ladies Social Circle of tho M
w. Church will meet next Wednesday
afternoon, September IA at the church
vestry.
h. w. Lowd has gone to Boston to
accompany his daughter Miss Beatrice
Lowd to the Peter Bent Brigham Hos
pital where she will train for nurse.
Harry Roberts of Lisbon Falls and
Warren Clifford of Massachusetts are
week end guests of Mr. Roberts sister
Mrs. Eugene A. Currier and family.
The Ladies of st. Anne will re-
eeive Holy Communion next Sunday
morning at the s oclocks Mass at
Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic
Church.
The Citizens Bands will give anoth-
er OF its delightful concerts week
from Friday evening. September Is.
The concert this week was omitted
| because of the Chautauqua.
W. H. Boynton underwent surgical
treatment yesterday afternoon at
Somerset Hospital for pus case of
appendicitis. Harold Holmes was
operated on yesterday forenoon for
appendicitis at the same institution.
The fire department was called to
the home of Frank Murray on Rail-
road street shortly before IL o'clock
Tuesday night to subdue fire which
evidently had It's origin near CHM
ney. 1t was not serious blaze altho
considerable damage was done before
the flames were entirely allayed.
! Among the recent patients at the
Kennebec Valley Hospital are Mrs.
Ethel Cover of Canaan, Mrs Mark
Bean of Bingham, Peter Turgeon of
Madison. Mrs. Roy Wendall of North
New Portland, Miss Iona Bean OF
Bingham. Edna Overlook of Skowhe-
gan, Miss Georgia Bickford of Lake
wood and Miss Mildred Tracey of
Cornvlle.
| Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Koehler have
arrived in town from Yonkers, New
York and are looking for rent. Mr.
Koehler is the gentleman who is es-
tablishng an overall factory here
under the name Of Maine Apparel
Co. Anyone having a rent of mod
crate size should communicate with
] them and may be done SO thru the
Observation-Disclosures Office.
By the timely arrival of one Of the
near neighbors of J. D. Mcdonald, the
Rawleigh Man. his buildings on North
avenue were saved from being burned
yesterday afternoon. Apparently Mr.
Mcdonald had lighted small brush
fire near the house and went to work
in the cutting nearby. The blaze
spread on and burned his delivery
wagon and bunch of new shingles.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Godfrey left here
Saturday morning by auto for their
home in Middleton, Mass, after visit
ing her brother, Mrs. B. F. Judkins
and family, also her sister, Mrs. B. l.
Bowman and family and other rela-
| tives in town. Miss Hildreth Judkins
accompanied them as far as Bruins.
wick to visit friends. also Mrs. B. l.
| Bowman to visit relatives in Massa'
chusetts.
The officials at the State Reforma-
| tory for Women are having serious
time to procure water for the needs Of
the institution. For some time the
source of supply has been dry ant
all sorts of ways have been imprp
vised to procure the necessity. 1t IL
understood that the system for sup
plying city water was installed sew.
| Poys n
residence and that now pipes will bt
| laid to connect with this system.
| Last Sunday afternoon Mr.. and Mrs
| Carl Hunnewell of Bellevue Farm
Lakewood road, entertained large
party Of friends at "Hazeldean," Lake
Wesserunsett. A chicken dinner wa!
served. Those partaking of the hos
pitality were Mr. and Mrs. Elbridgt
Hunnewell, Mr.. Brown, New Yorl
city, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Barker, Bos
ton. Mass, DR.. and Mrs. Pepper, Madi
son. Mrs. Hunnewell and Miss Hume
we'll. Arson, Mr. and Mrs. W. E
French and Miss Anderson, Madison
and Miss Ruth Anderson, Pittsield
Mass.
| Mr.. and Mrs. John CLANCY and soI
Blendon, all of Auburn, have beer
| visitors at Fruitwell Farm, the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas e. Deane
Mrs. CLANCY was formerly Miss Clara
Topper and made her home with Mrs
Deane for some years. She is g
graduate of Good Will High Schoo
and more recently of business col
lege in Lewiston. Other recent visit
ors at the Deane home have been Mrs
Deane's sister, Mrs. Jerry O'Neil, with
her son Carlton of Hudson. Mass, al
so Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Kimball anc
son Albion of Waltham, Mass.
About one hundred Odd Fellows and
Rebekahs from this town and prob
ably two hundred from the county al
large attended the I. O. o. F. Field
Day meeting of Somerset and Penob-
scot Lodges at Camp Benson last Mon
day. A feature Of the event was the
ball game played between members
of Carrabasset Lodge of Skowhegar
and the Bangor Lodge in which they
suffered defeat. Grand Master L. E
Jacobs of the O. Lodge of Maine
was among those gong from Skowhe'
gan Mr. Jacobs left Tuesday after