The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-01-26

Mr.. and Mrs. A. NJ. Danforth have
moved to the house on Maple street
! formerly the home of Ezra Stevens.
Mrs George We4top and her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Helen ". Hutchinson, went
visit.
Friends of Mrs. /Sohn c. Clifford
will be gratified to learn that she is
making favorable progress toward re-
covery following an operation per-
formed last Thursday in Massachu-
setts General Hospital
Mrs Mabel Varney was in Pittsfield
last night to conduct her weekly
class in dancing. She has As pupils
there. Following her adult class in
| Skowhegan last Thursday evening
extra dances were enjoyed.
Mrs Ethel NJ. Christensen left Sat
/ urday morning for North Andover
! Mass, called there by the illness OF
her mother, Mrs. William Mitchell
who had undergone a slight surgical
operation since going to Massachu-
sets.
A recent letter from O. E. Black
| den. proprietor of the Presque Isle
House at Pressure Isle informed us
i that he has a very warm spot in his
heart for Skowhegan and the people
4 therein Mr.. Blackden was a former
I resident of the community.
4 A special communication of Somer-
4 set Lodge f. 4 A. NJ. was held Monday
\ evening at which time the E. A. and
| f. c. degrees were conferred. Tues
day evening another special commune
cation was held with work in the NJ
NJ. degriee and refreshments at the
close. -.
Emelo Debe left Skowhegan last
week for New York from which port
he was to sale on Saturday for his
old home in Italy. He will probably
be away until April. His mother is
sta Lying in that country. Mrs. Debe
dis! planning a trip to Italy to visit her
4 relatives after Mr.. Debe's return.
u The Ladies' Social Circle met in
regular session last Wednesday at the
/ home of Mrs. Zetta Homsted of Wa
er street with a very good attend
\ lnce. The ladies sewed on aprons
| Turing the afternoon and Mra II. A.
Dinsmore gave reading on Possess
ing Prudence" The next meeting will
be Feb. /, with Mrs, Ida George on
! Turner avenue.
! Roy NJ. Fitzmorris, of Skowhegan,
| Bowdoin '23, was d member of the
Affirmative team on debate at Bow
l3lejn college upon the question. Re
[ ,MlYet, That the Congress shall enact
I he, Veterans adjusted Compensation
bila,n. From the competitive teams Mr..
Fitzmprgis was selected ON one Of the
II icamsnto. represent his college at the
I Bruhs&ick debate. =. 4
Y The successful winner of the yictrp-
la given by the walker Smith Clothing
| Company 10 the holder of the lucky
Mhber Issued in connection with
lAhaif,sale was Gerald c. Marble of the
lSsas6Iiiegan Monumental Works. Prob
fably 200 people were pgesfnt az Wy
Walker Smith Nstore to listen to the
! verdict The crowd extended beyond
ne limits of the stord '%TheI laeAy
number was 1877.
Signs of an early spring are bob
Ding up all over Maine and other New
| England states-but we seem in a
air way to get the 40-odd snowstormf
4 agured sout Which &the ;HIstSesnow. -fell
last falk As we Remembers it. the
iguring was something like the day
| " the week, plus the age Of the moon
| multiplied by the day of the month
| and divided by half past G. NJ. 1t is
, nroying itself.-EX
Deputy Grand Chancellor Lawrence
4 Briggs of Madison. installed the fol-
4 lowing officers in Skowhegan Lodge
| X. of p. Thursday evening: c. C.,
/ Z. p. Sterry; b. G., George Kicker; NJ
If r.. Captain b. |. Rice; NJ. of EXC,
Ralph Priest; p, Harold Priest; X. of
| r. g. S.. Russell Dean; NJ. of A., Clar-
NICE Perkins; NJ. of W, r. 7. Jenkins
/. G.. Robert Barker; 0. G., Tuffle
| cloutier; trustee for ensuing year
captain B, |. Rice.
A regular meeting of the Russell
Relief Corps was held Friday after
noon in G. A. r. hall with good at
enhance. Following the usual, bust
nest the committee for the ensuing
wear was appointed as follows: relief
| Mrs. Georgia Goodwin, Mrs. Belle
Donaldson: executive. chairman. Mrs
i Ella Jewett. MRS. Irene Currier, Mrs
4 Alice s. Baker, Mrs. Mertie Lamb, Mrs
Viola Smith: conference, Mrs. Anna
| Steward. Mrs Vesta Withee and Mrs
Frances Smith. The next meeting
will he held Friday, February 3.
Somerset County meh summoned for
the next term of the United States
District Court for the Northern Di-
vision in Bangor at the Federal build
ing on Feb. T. are: Edgar l.. Ford of
Skowhegan, Roscoe Ames of Pittafield
| William G. Bailey of Harmony, p. S
! Longley of Scion. Eben S. Miller oil
Norridgewock and for the petit jury
| f. l.. Cook of Palmyra. John l.. John
son of Harmony w. n. Osborne OF
| Fairfield, Mahlon Patterson of Scion
D. A. Packard of Hartland, George l.
Rogers of Pittsfield, and Frank
| Thompson. of Hartland.
/ On Thursday of last week the facul.
ty of the Skowhegan high school en-
| joyed a supper as guerts of the Madi.
| son high school teachers and Domestic