The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-05-05

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Mss Doris Powers of Augusta was
the week end guest of Miss Marie Bis
son.
Miss Lyle c Stinchfield has been at
home from Simmons College for sew
eral days.
Rev. George Merriam preached at
the church at Hinckley last Sunday
afternoon.
Rev and Mrs. Herbert L. Nichols
had as guest at Their home a part
of last week Willard Labroke of Nor
way.
Mrs. C. A. White, proprietor of the
oxford Hotel here, returned to Auburn
/ Friday where she is also proprietor of
E the Auburn House.
Mrs. Kate C. Hill, who has been in
Portland for some weeks with her
son, Fred Richardson, who has been
ill., arrived home Monday night.
Flower Day will be observed by the
members of the Helen Coburn Mission
Circle at the home of Mrs. L. II. Apple
by on Jewett street, Friday afternoon
of this week.
The Skowhegan Grammar School
boys in the game played with the
Good Will Grammar school were de-
feated by score of II to 16 in a ten
inning game.
Daniel A. Stewart formerly sales
man at Poulin & Laney's, now travel
ing in the Security Department for
the Central Maine Power Company,
spent Sunday in town.
Joseph Maxwell. a well known cit
zen Of the town is very i'll at his
home on the River road and Mrs. Ber-
tina Clifford of Fairfield is here be-
cause of his illness.
Our files are exhausted on the issue
of the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS of April
%. We will gladly pay the retail /
price for the first dozen copies or so
to reach this Office. Independent-Re-
porter Co. tits
Robert Davis has been moving his
family to the Andrew McInnis Place
on the RIVER road which he recently
purchased. He has sold his farm at
Bingham Center to the S. d. Warren
Company.
Mr. and Mrs. J. Lynn Viles are in
this section visiting relatives and will
probably return to their rome in VIM,
Thursday. They came here to dis
pose of Their property on the upper
end of Park street in Madison.
Mrs George Fl. Ware went to Lew
iston Monday morning to spend sew
eral days with her son Master Cliff
ford, who recently underwent an op-
Grafton for appendicitis in hosp tai
there. She was accompanied by her
nephew Master Gilbert Lewia.
Frank s. Clough, proprietor of the
Clough Motor Company OF Madison,
and who is demonstrating at the pres
ent time in this county the new Odds
mobile cars, has just sold roadster
to Elw'n Starbird of Scion and an
Odsmobie Four to Earl Folsom of
Bingham.
Ray Staples, who has been employed
by the Central Maine Power Company
here, has gone to Shawmut where he
has a position for the Reyes Fibre
Company His family, who have been
living in Mrs Rachel Webb's house on
Main street, have taken rooms at the
home of Mrs. Flora McPheters until
a suitable home can be found in Shaw
nut.
When Mrs. George Biers was rid
ing toward Skowhegan Thursday her
automobile and one driven by Arthur
WEIGH of Dead River collided at the
foot of Squire hill. Mr. WEIGH was
Just learning to drive a new Ford car
which he had purchased at Skowhegan
and lack Of knowledge doubtless caus-
ed the accident which damaged both !
cars. No one was hurt
In the item published elsewhere in
this issue regarding the Senior Curl
ing Party there is an error in refer
ence to the statement that one of the
senior boys was held up by several
juniors at a garage at the Whittemore
Farm. 1t is believed there is no such
building on the premises but it is
true that some Of the Junior boys got
their hair clipped When the juniors
arrived at the party the curling was
finished and all they did was to make
little noise The Juniors only
serenaded one OF the teachers before
the seniors did and that was Mr.
Leighton.
Last week the names of several cit
liens who had contributed to the
support of the Skowhegan High School
baseball team by the purchase of one
or more season tickets to the ball
games up to April 25th were published.
Since then the following gentlemen
have contributed to the same cause:
Morris Gledhill. John l.. Fish, George
II. PIummer, Clyde Chapman, Jerome
Cole. e. T. Goodrich, DR.. Bynn o.
Goodrich r. F.. Atwood. J. p. Th.bo
deau. Howard Buzzell, Charles Young,
]. w. Higgins, DR.. L. A. Dascombe,
Rev. Fl. L. Nichols. DR.. r. A. Derby
shire, James c. Foyer and Moody
Jewell.
There are various obseryances at
the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
this week, including low mass at )
O'Clock and high mass at 730 Thurs
dow AScanSiOn Day Rosary and Ben