The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-01-20
SkOWHEGAN LOCAL NEWS

Mrs. E. L. Savage has returned form
few weeks visit with relatives in
the vicinity of Boston.
Mrs. J. N. Childs. proprietor of Ho-
tel Oxford, arrived home from a visit
In Lewiston, Monday evening.
About $42 was the amount realized
from the Ella F. Mitchell Philathea
Glass Food Sale held last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Clyde and son
Clifford will arrive tonight from Put
nam, Conn. to visit her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Borden for several
days.
The young son of Mr. and Mrs. A
Linwood Nutting nee Ethel Thurston,
has been given the name of Linwood
Novel;. The little stranger arrived
last Friday.
An exchange informs US that the
cut of logs on the Kennebec River
this year will be about one-third of
that of 1870, when total of 00,000,000
feet were cut.
Gerald C. Marble, proprietor of the
Skowhegan Monumental Works left
Tuesday on the midday train to attend
Monumental Dealers Convention IN
Boston. He is expected home to-
morrow.
Pupils of the high school will repeat
their play The Neighbors" on Fri
/ day evening Jan. q in Assembly Hall.
The play was given very successfully
a few weeks ago by members of the
dramatic club.
The subject of Rev George Loring
Thurlows sermon last Sunday was
"Reasonableness of Christ" This Sun
day at 1870 the title of his sermon
will be The Threefold Purpose of
the Christian Church"
Twenty members of the Local Car
penters Union held their annual ban
quet and social on last Monday even
ing at Maine Central Hotel. The
supper consisted of oyster stew with
refreshments of ice cream, candy and
smokes. The officers of the Union
are: president Tracy Gates; financial |
secretary, Edwin Lowe and secretary,
George Annis.
The many friends of Miss Ethel |
Brainerd of Lewiston formerly of
Skowhegan, will be interested to learn
that she has been chosen editor-in-
chief Of the Blue Triangle News" an
eight-page paper which Is to be pub
lished three times year by the girls
Of the Y. w. C. A. of that city, com
prising all the clubs which meet in
the Blue Triangle Club rooms.
Miss Mary E. Lawley, who went to
SOmerville. Mass, prior to the death |
Of her brother, Joseph H. Lawley, has
returned to Skowhegan and is spend |
Ing sometime at the home of her niece |
Mrs. d. B. Berse before opening her
home on Middle street. Miss Lawley
was accompanied to .Skowhegan by
her sister in-law, Mrs. Joseph Law
ley of Somerville, who remained for
a brief visit.
Skowhegan people generally will
wish to congratulate Mrs. Mary Saw
age upon having safely reached her
Gath birthday. This event occurred
on Sunday last and was suitably ce-
LIBERATED in the home of her son K. |
l.. Savage where she resides. 1t Is in !,
teresting to note in connection with /,
this that Mrs. Savage is great-great |
grandmother, her eldest daughter. Mrs. |
Melissa Romans Of Plymouth, N. H., ,
now rs years old, being a great-grand- |
mother. Mrs. Savage who Is Wig
orous and retains her faculties very
unusually cast her vote at the Nov |
ember election walking from her home !
to the polls.
There is much interest in the cities |
of Central Maine regarding the Gen.
trail Maine Osteapathic Club soon to
be formed. Members Of the profess |
ion living in Augusta, Waterville, !
Skowhegan, Auburn and Lewiston are
to compose the club and possibly
Rockland. Such q club has lately been
formed in Greater Portland and is
meeting with much success. Osteo
paths of the Portland Osteopathic
Club are meeting once each week and
have taken for study, cancer, harden
ing of the arteries and the current
subject is sleeping sickness. The
Central Maine Osteopathic Club will
have about twenty members.
The regular meeting OF the Town
improvement Society was he'd last
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Florence
Waugh Danforth in charge of the pro-
gram. The hostesses for the after
noon were Mrs. Ella T. Holt and Mrs.
Josephine Lancaster. The first num-
Der on the program was a vocal duet
by Mrs. Emma Dunton and Mrs. Flora
Lewis, accompanied by Miss Helen
Halves. The remainder of the enter
tainment was as follows: a talk en-
titled Food Production and Distribu-
ton by Mrs. Darforth; paper Fed
eral Budget" by Mrs. Irene N. Turner;
paper Women in Industry by Mrs
Laura Dinsmore and piano solo, John
! Oddly. The closing number was a
very interesting talk by Miss Clara
Williams, of the local high school ia
Guilty. The title of herr subject was
Child Welfare and New Enducation.'
The following committee are to have
charge of the contributions for the en-
dowment fund. Mrs. Ellen Smith, Mrs.
Marta Morrill,, Mrs. Emma Goodrich,
Mrs. Cora Hurley, Mrs. flabel Bragg
and Mrs Laura Dinsmore.
The Colby College Deke delegation
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