The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1921-01-27


visit with her sister Mrs. P. P. Fenno
In Lynn. Mass.
Special services were conducted
Sunday afternoon at the State Reform
atory for Women by Mrs. Addie
Kicker and George w. Tobey.
Miss Florence McCarty is expected
to return to her duties at Sunrise
Farm next Saturday following an ex-
tended visit with her parents in Sol
on.
Miss Hildred Tobey and Miss Florice
Gilmore. operators at the Waterville
Telephone Exchange, were week end
guests of Miss Tobey's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Silas Tobey.
Miss Ernestine Laney, accompanied
by Miss Willette, who are students
at Mt. Merici Academy In Waterville
spent the week end visiting the for
mer's aunt, Mrs. John Vigue of Free
street
Mr.. and Mrs. Norris Clough and
children. accompanied by two friends
from Augusta, motored to Skowhegan
Sunday, where they were guests of
Mr.. Clough's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George E. Clough of the Lakewood
road,
Miss Mary Corson and Leon E. Ross
returned to their home in Lewiston
Saturday afternoon after visiting since
the first of December with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Lorenzo Corson and her
sisters Mrs. Thomas Bigelow of Con-
cord and Mrs Howard Laracy of Wa
terville
Eugene Weeks of Maiden, Mass. is
expected here the last of the week to
visit with his mother, Mrs. Amelia
Weeks, at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
G. f. Clough. Before returning to
Massachusetts, Mr.. Weeks will go to
Bangor and Rockland and other
neighboring cities on business.
Last evening the members of Lyle
6. Moore's Sunday School class enter
tanned the members of Mrs. Nichols
class of the Methodist Episcopal
church by giving the young ladies
straw ride. Following this delight
full event, they returned to church par
Tors where all enjoyed an oyster stew
supper.
Skowhegan Grange cleared $62.79
from the moving picture benefit which
they conducted last Friday night. Mrs.
Ernest Emerson won the bushel of
Baldwin apples offered by l.. G..
Stevens, master of the Grange, to the
person selling the most tickets to
the production. Mrs. Emerson sold
about 100 admissions.
Principal w. F. Holman of the Mad
ison high school visited Sunday with
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hol-
man, who are spending the winter at
the State Reformatory for Women.
Their daughter Miss Theda Holman is
parole marion at the Reformatory
and Mrs. Holman is matron at the
Mothers House. Miss Holman has
been in Portland this week on bust
ness.
Rev. George Merriam, pastor Of the
Bethany Baptist church, was in East
Madison, Monday afternoon, to offici-
ate at the funeral of Mrs. Temperance
C. Poulin, wife of Luke Poulin, a ra-
tive of Scion. The services were
held at one o'clock and interment oc-
Cured in the cemetery in East Mad
ison. Had she lived until January 81,
Mrs. Poulin would have been 70 years
of age. She was the daughter of
Ephraim Stevens.
On Saturday evening last Rev. Her.
bert l.. Nichols, pastor of the Centen-
airy M. E. Church OBLIGATED at the
marriage of Harold Chase and Miss
Lillian Kelley, both residents of
Skowhegan. The ceremony was per-
formed at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. B. Cole with Miss Airline Burnor
playing the wedding march, The
single ring service was used. Mem
bers of the Cole family were the only
guests present at the ceremony. The
couple will reside in Bath where the
groom has employment. Mr. Chase
is an ex-soldier, serving in the First
Army of the Artillery in the World
War overseas. He is the son Of Ar
thur Chase of Portland and the bride
is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Kelley of Brunswick.
Daniel Lewis was in Ripley, Satur-
day and Sunday to attend the funeral
OF his father James b. Lewis or Sner-
man Mills, who died January 49, Had
he lived until March the deceased
would have been 101 years old Mr..
Lewis led an interesting life and for
several years was a resident of this
county, having moved from Wayne to
St. Adams where he engaged in farm
ing. He subsequently lived in Ripley
but since about 1883 he had lived in
Sherman Mills His wife formerly
Mary J. Lucas of ST. Adams died in
about 1890. Six children were born
to them, Cordelia, John and Sarah j.,
who married Arthur Alger and lived
in Colorado, having all passed away.
The survivors are Daniel Lewis, al
ready referred to, w. H. Lewis OF
Sherman Mills and Mrs Rose Rams
dell of Dexter. The burial was In
ST. Adams.
Friends of Miss Elizabeth Macon
Der of Seal Harbor. teacher in the
Leavitt street schools, will regret to
learn of the death of her father,
Frederick Macomber. Miss Macom-
Der has been spending several days in