The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-05-12
NORTH ANS0N
DEFERRED)

The. Sophomore exhibition of last
| FRIDAY evening made quite a hit with
| the large audience present. The
scheme was to present the composing
room of the Indepndnt-R Reporter while
| the staff were preparing copy for the
revised edition of May 5. There were
| local hits, jokes, living ads and must
cal readings with other features. A
| big truck load of Skowhegan people
came. including Representatives of the
Independent Reporter staff. The gross
proceeds amounted to $51.57.
Leonard Bickford, son of Frank and
Octavia (Vttum) Bickford, died Friday
evening at the home of his grand
mother, Mrs. Laura Mullen, on Willow
st. Leonard was a member OF the
Attn grade at the Mark Emery school,
and was eleven years of age. He was
an attendant at the Methodist Sunday
School He became i'll Monday while
at school, and went home. Medical
aid was given but nothing was able
TO stop the progress of the disease. His
parents were summoned from Eustis
where they are employed. Funeral ser
vices were held at the home Monday
afternoon under the direction Of j. P.
Murray, the Methodist pastor, Rev. e.
w. Robinson officiating A delegation
OF schoolmates attended the burial,
which was at Sunset Cemetery.
Friends of Percy s. Ridlon. who so
acceptably supplied the Methodist pull
pit during the summer season of 1920,
will be interested to learn that at the
recent session of the Name Confer
ence, held at the Foss st. Church,
Biddeford, he was ordained minister
of the Methodist Episcopal Church by
Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes. resident
bishop of the New England area. Mr..
Ridden was left without an appoint
ment this year to attend school.
Mrs. II. F. Gilbert and Miss Agnes
Gilbert left Tuesday morning for their
new home in Richmond Many of
their friends united in gift Of silver
ware. with which they surprised them
hast week They expressed much
gratitude for the remembrance and
good will shown. The Gilberts have
lived in North Arson for twenty
eight years and will be missed by a
Breaks mt North Arson
North Arson folks were quite ex-
cited Tuesday when 1t was learned
that several of the village stores had
been entered and robbed. 1t would
seem that money was not the object,
as in one store at least there was
money in the cash drawers and not
disturbed.
At the store of j. p. Murray & Co,
entrance was made through the cell
lar. A piece of broken window glass
was removed at the rear of the store
and the cellar door, which could be
reached from the window unlocked.
AT the store of w. II. Williams a
large glass was removed from the rear
door and laid carefully aside unbrok-
en-. and the door unbolted. AT Porter
and Marston's a pane of glass was
removed from a window by the rear
stairway and the window pried up.
The Williams store Jared the worst
as quite a quantity of mems furnish
ings were taken. At the other stores
articles of less value were missing.
Sheriff Mooers was in town Tuesday
and with Deputy Clark was running
down all clues. One young man met
three men who had crossed the rail
way bridge and having number OF
bundles about 1130 Monday evening.
1t is reported also that man was
seen earlier in the evening perched on
the top OF the iron highway bridge
on Main st. 1t appears to have been
a hobo job and the authorities are
making every effort to locate the
thieves.