The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-05-25
BINGHAM

Ht 1lNii wal Ntiti ans hitill'''i
of the Stanley Beane Post, No. 80
the American Legion and members OF
the American Legion Auxiliary are
cordially invited to attend church ser
vices on Memorial Sunday, MAY 28th.
The Ladies Aid of the Ma i. Church
will meet at the home of Olive Hill
ton on May 31st at p. m.
Lenphie Bunker was in Madison,
Sunday to call on her mother whose
health is failing.
Mrs. Annie =. Whitney will enter
tain the Kennebec Chapter d. A. r.
at her home on Thursday, May 25.
The response TO roll call will be cur
rent events. This is the meeting for
the annual election of officers.
Earl Taylor was home Friday from
his work as road commissioner in
The Forks Plantation.
Notwithstanding the rainy afternoon
of last Thursday the Sunshine cleared
seventy-three dollars at their sale of
food aprons and candy. Mrs. l.. r.
Hussey furnished. fifteen dozen hot
rolls for this sale. Only two aprons
were left unsold.
Mildred Miller has been obliged to
give up her school in Kennebunk on
account of slight trouble with her
lungs, which was made worse by the
salt air of the coast.
Thursday night of last week there
was such a gale on Pleasant Pond
as to make fishing impossible. One
Bingham man got well drenched in
his efforts to fish from shore, and an
other profiting by his experience did
not make the attempt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Sweet have
recently returned from fishing trip
to Moosehead Lake.
The next Library Food Sale, June
Bird, at the usual place, will be in
charge of Mrs. Eunice Baker.
+. S. Hunnewell after a very long
Illness is able to walk to his store
occasionally.
My residence for sale. Price $500.
DR.. r. e. Brown, Pittsfield-Adv.
C. W. Dutton is making extensive
repairs and improvements in Bing
ham Hotel The dining room will
have folding doors opening into both
reading room and parlor, with new
steel ceilings. An addition to the
south side of the first floor will CON
tain the wash and coat rooms. The
removal OF partitions between the
former wash room and baggage rooms
makes nice new dining room where
meals or lunches will be served at
all hours.
Savage's Garage is to move June Is
to Lower Main Street, near Maine Cen
trail passenger station. All labor be-
ginning May 30 will be soc per hour
pnInnod nripou oiJc
2w21
Miss Mona Yerxa was in Portland
last Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Grace Rollins has made great
Improvement in one of tenement hous-
es by having it repanted Jack
QuOnn ard family moved into the
south part this week.
Colby and Allen Robinson were re-
Gently home from Bowdoin for a few
days.
There's no way for you to lose here;
you either get 100 per cent satisfac-
ton or your money back. 1w21
Lena M. Colby sailed from Van
conver on trip to Japan with friends
Florence II. Colby arrived at home
last week.
Baseball game Saturday afternoon
between the Scion and Bingham high
school teams, the victory going to
Bingham.
Try that good Gulf gas at Savages
Garage. 2w21
The dances given by the Chi Psi
orchestra from Bowdoin College we're
much enjoyed by the many who at
tended.
Miss Louise Durgin returned last
week from Portland where she re-
celved her diploma from Gray's Bust
ness College
Miss Edna Hoyt has returned from
Portland where she has been working
In the main office of the s. D. War
rem Co.
AS an incentive to good faithful
work in the typewriting room. speed
tests have been submitted to the Roy
al Typewriter Co. The following
pupils have won the first award Of
fered by that company. Dassie Ro-
binson, Clayton Carl. Florence Boy
ington, Louise Andrews, Esther Owens
Kenneth Russell, Lewis Moore. In
order to merit this certificate the
above pupils had to meet the follow
ing requirements: Rate 40 or more
net words per minute; duration of
time, 10 minutes; number of ierrors,
five or less.
Miss Louise Miller, a Freshman in
Bingham High school, has just receiv-
ed the fifth award in Penmanship.
This award known as Student Award
Is given to the pupils who show by
their work, which is submitted DO
the A. N. Palmer Co, New York.
that they have been dligent pupil
in the study and practice of the Pal
mer Method of Business Writing
Miss Miller is the only pupil thus far
who has won this award
Within the next few days the towns
people will be visited by student can
yassers soliciting new subscriptions
or renewals for a well known publ
cation. BY special arrangement one
half of the subscription price will
be turned over to the commercial de-