The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-09-21
News Of Somerset's Busy Towns
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American Legion and AuXilary next
Friday evening at 40.
l.. K. Hussey went TO Skowhegan
Tuesday 10 serve on the grand jury
Coney Robinson is serving on the ira
verse jury.
Miss Davis will be at Mrs. Jennie
Hunnewells store with millinery all
day and evening. Tuesday the 18th.
Special Cash Sale at Fred w.
Preble's. Friday and Saturday-l2
lbs. sugar $100; . pkg. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit 25c; 3 cans peas soc;
pkgs. Tip Top Corn pc; lbs W.
Fl. Coffee 75c; 3 rolls toilet paper 25e,
junk bacon 25c ID; best quality
Creamery Butter 45c ID
Mr.. and Mrs, NJ. d. Skinner and
their daughter went by automobile TO
Burlington, VT. last week, where Miss
Elizabeth will enter the University Of
Vermont. The other members of the
family are expected home this week.
Mrs. Deane of Waterylle and MISS
Knowlton have been week end guests
of their sister Mrs. Edith Dinsmore.
Bingham people attending Show
hogan Fair are planning to call at
Poulin d Laneys booth where living
models will exhibit latest styles in
clothing and furnishings. Artists
will render piano and vocal solos.
There are one hundred and twenty
pupils enrolled in the Junior-Senor
high school of which Norman ID. Lo-
throp is principal. Miss Marta
Cooley and Mrs. Edith Dinsmore are
assistants. The work has been very
much handicapped by lack Of text
books and by two teachers failing TO
remain on the teaching force after ac-
cepting the position.
Young women to work in hospital
with opportunity to train for nursing
Education equal to two years in high
school required. Excellent opportu-
nifty. Kennebec Valley Hospital,
Skowhepan. tf34
Baseball game on Thursday Sept.
IA between the Madison and Bingham
teams resulted in q score of two TO one
in Bingham's favor.
We are sorry to learn that one OF
our promising young men, Warren II.
Lane, has left town where he has
steady position in Attleboro. Mass.
His mother and aged grandmother,
Mrs. Charles Spearin will join him at
., an early date.
Miss Rachel Conant of Skowhegan
. has recently visited Miss Esther
Owens one of her former pupils.
NJ. r. LaPointe has presented
copy of 1.-THE Life of James G. Blaine
by Crawford, to Bingham Union LII
brary
| shall be, in town at my former
residence next. Monday, September 20
Ito fit glasses. DR.. II. G. Brown. 1w3S*
Mr.. and Mrs. George Roundy and
Mrs. James Reynolds of Portland
motored to Bingham on Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Roundy are guests of Mrs.
George Jones and Mrs. Reynolds of
Mr.. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy
The Junior-Senior high school open
ed September 9Th with Norman ID.
Lothrop, principal, Mrs. Edith K.
Dinsmore, principal and. MISS
Marta Cooley, assistant. One hum
dred twenty-five pupils were enrolled;
:, so in Senior high and 81 in the Junior
high. The new students apart from
the entering class are Warren But
tiers, Alton Vaccine, the Misses Flor
ence Bean, Lucretia Buffers, Marcia
Crombie and Doris Hill from Moscow;
Perry Goodrich. Albert Goodrich and
Miss Aileen Clark from Bingham Cen
ter: Henry Washburn and Franklin
Washburn from Concord and Miss
Dorothy Tobin from Brighton. Miss
Riley of Newport r. l. began the work
in the Commercial department this
week
An interesting community meeting
was held in the junior high school
room at Bingham. Friday evening
Sept 8. The object of the meeting
was to discuss the amount OF work
required of the four teachers now en-
- ployed in Bingham high school. 1t
will be remembered that there was
strong feeling among the taxpayers OF
Bingham last year that the schools
should be run more cheaply, that at
least rs per cent less money should
be expended for school purposes.
Willing to subserve the wishes of the
people, the school board in making out
the budget for school expenditures
named a sum 25 per cent less than
that expended last year. This small
er amount was explained to the people
at the annual town meeting and ap-
proved by popular vote. AS five COM
petent teachers could not be obtained
for this smaller sum, four teachers
were enplOyeu lOI LHe picSoHt yc"''
The commercial course was retained,
but with some necessary limitations.
Other courses were subjected to GER
tain temporary curtailments The
State department approves the present
plan as temporary measure, but
urges that five well equipped teachers
be employed next year. AT the meet
ing Friday evening there was strong
sentiment in favor of asking for
special town meeting that more money
be placed in the hands of the COM
mittee to use for the schools the pres
ent year Supt. Bradbury urged that
as the committee had undertaken the
task of curtailment wholly at the re-
quest of the people, it seemed only
fair and right to accept the situation
making the best of the present tenn
porary Inconvenience, and refer the
matter to the judgment Of the people
at the regular town meeting in March