The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-12-22
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the guest of Miss Hannah r. Page.
Mag Alice Parker, the school nurse
i will spend Christmas at her home in
Belfast. as
| Miss MabefIe e. Ross of Portland
| will spefit Christmas with her parents
| Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Ross.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Downs. the
manual training and drawing teach
leers are spending their vacation with
relatives in Winslow and Augusta.
Miss Geneva Smith, teacher of ply
steal training in New York, Is here to
visit until after New Years with her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. l. J, Smith.
Miss Ruby Laethe OF the public
school teaching force, has gone TO
Brunswick and from there will go to
Sidney to visit at her home.
Miss Gladys Hamor, teacher of do
nestle science in the public schools,
Is spending her vacation with her
sister In Ellsworth.
Roscoe G. Bigelow was taken to
Somerset Hospital Monday morning
for medical treatment. Mr.. Bigelow
has been In very poor health since
Thanksgiving.
BENJAMIN Horsfall, employed in the
dyeing department of the American
WOODEN mills, has gone to Lowell
Mass. to spend the holidays with reia-
tives.
The skowhegan high school bas-
ket ball team defeated the SCION high
girls team Friday night at game
played here by score Of 80 to b. In
game between the Freshmen and
Sophomores the score was 3 to in
favor of the Sophomores.
Carroll Flanders, who is. studying
law at Yale College and Miss Ella
Flanders, a student at the New Eng
land Conservatory of Music. Boston,,
are visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. II. n.
Flanders at their home of East Lea
witt street.
Miss Ruth Valliere. student at the
Normal school In Gorham, is arriving
tomorrow for visit at her home here.
Among the Pennington Normal school
students at home for the Christmas
recess are Miss Jeanne Thomson or
Mt. Pleasant avenue and Miss Ruth
Homestead of West Front street.
Word has been received here of the
death on December II of Miss Lydia
Jacobs in Kingfeld. Miss Jacobs
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! IL Middle street and several years
ago spent winter at the Lang nome
She was formerly resident OF this
county.
Dorothy Nye entertained several
young friends at birthday party at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
f g.. Nye. Friday evening. unique
games were played and sherpet ana
cake were served. The hostess re-
ceived many gifts. 1t was her thlr-
teenth birthday.
Miss Gladys Hall, one of the local
teachers, Is passing her vacation WIN
her sister in HolyOke, Mass.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph GARNER VINO
have purchased a farm in Richmond,
| have sold their house on Beech street
To Henry Hoyt of this town. MT.
Hoyt purchased the j. II. Mathews
residence on Madison avenue where
he now resides.
G. w. Herrin, formerly of Skowhe-
gan. who was here last summer on a
visit, has. been visiting since he lett
Maine last August with his daughter,
| Mrs. christopher of the Christopher
| Publishing House in Boston. He
writes that he was leaving for his
home in Chicago the day following
which was Dec. IS. He has mailed the
| Skowhegan Public Library one OF the
books issued by the Christopher Pub
fishing House together with his best
wishes and extends the seasons greet
ings to all the Reporters staff also
ali the members of the tribe OF Her.
rim and the other tribes from whom
he. has received kindly courtesies IN
the past"
over 5000 was cleared by the ladies
of the First Philathea Class at their
Christmas sale held Saturday AFTER
noon in the show rooms of the Biais-
dell Auto Company. The following
were the committees: Fancy WORK.
Mrs. T. f. Thompson, Mrs. X. l..
Marston, Mrs. Florence Huntington !;
aprons. Mrs. Annie Nolin, Mrs. Eliza
Petty. Mrs. Minnie Russell; candy,
Mrs. Robert Hall. Mrs. c. c. Good
win. Mrs. Isabel Dane; food, Mrs.
Fred Horne Mrs. H. S. Hopkins, MRS.
FGrace Stevens; preserves, Mrs. Car
RE Steward, Mrs. Flora McPheters;
pictures, Mrs. Bertha Meservy. Mys-
| terry packages were sold from
Christmas tree by Mrs. John Dugas
j, assisted by Miss Nellie NJ. Bean. the
members of the class are extremely
annreciative of the generous patron
age which the public afforded them
and likewise appreciate the courtesies
of l.. II. whitney, manager of the
Rlaisdell show rooms.
Postmaster Gould announces that
he has received the new series oil
treasury Savings Certificates which
have been adopted by the United
states Treasury Department. They
are issued In three units OF $25. $10t
and $1,000 maturity value. The frs
bears the portrait Of Theodore Roose
welt, the second the portrait of Georg,