The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-09-21
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| Mrs Lena E. Wentworth and G. Al
liam Wentworth left Saturday for Rut-
land, VT, driving their house guest
Miss Beth Nicholson back to her home
in that city.
/ Miss Machel Conant, who has been
visiting with friends in Bingham where
| she taught last year in the high school
| will resume her studies at Colby Col
| lege this fall.
| Frank NJ Bell of Medford, Mass
and Clark Settles of Quincy, Mass. ar
rived by automobile Saturday from
Freeport and remained until Tuesday
with friends in town.
| Mr.. and Mrs. David Haig and Miss
| Haig of Belmont. Mass, have been
| visiting here with Mr.. and Mrs. d.
C. Jewett, the parents of Mrs. Haig.
| They returned Tuesday.
Postmaster w. r. Elliott, E. p. Whit
| ing, Elmer Blaisdell Mahlon Dane and
Henry Thomas. local postal employees
| attended the Postal Workers Confer
ence in Portland Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Murphy have
returned from visit in Calais and
Midtown and Mr.. Murphy resumed his
duties at the Maine Central Freight
once, Monday. He has been off duty
during the past few months owing to
appendicitis and a subsequent opera
ton. C. T. McCrillis who has been
substituting during his absence has
gone to Oakland.
Mrs. Theda II. Munson returned
from New Hampshire the last of the
week bringing with her an escaped
parole inmate whom she had been at
tempting to trace for year and nine
months. This proves that escaped
inmates may be brought back to the
institution even though they are To-
Gated out of the state, and one es-
capped inmate has been returned from
Canada.
Professor William r. Chapman d.
rector-in chief of the Maine Music
Festivals was a caller at the Reporter
office last week being here to- attend
4 joint rehearsal of the Waterville
Oakla and Skowhegan choruses.
He was full of his usual enthusiasm
for the Festivals, the first of which
will be held at Bangor, October 5, 6,
and and the second at Portland,
October 8, 10, II.
The next meeting of the First Phila.
thea Glass will be held Wednesday
evening at the Parlors of the Federat-
ed Church and at that time the new Of
ficers will be installed. The follow
ing ladies have been named to serve
on the refreshment committee: Miss
Gertrude Carter, Miss Myra Akeley,
Miss N. M. Bean, Mrs. Appleby, Miss
Caddie Brown, Evlyn Burrill, Mrs.
Maud Cool, Mrs. Currier, Mrs. Dugas
and Mrs. Dunbar. The meeting last
week was held at the home of the
president, Mrs. Mary K. Marston and
plans were considered for the. COM
A pre-nuptial party was given last
Thursday evening by Miss Marie G.
Fletcher at her home on Mount Plea
SAINT avenue, at which she discussed
the plans for her coming marriage
which occurs early next month to
Clayton A. Foyer, now located in Wa
tervlle. Cards were played and a
most delightful social evening result
ed. Besides the hostess and her mo-
Their, Mrs. w. B. Fletcher, the follow
ing were in attendance: Mrs. M. j.
Smith, Miss Leila f. Fairbrother, Miss
Adelena Laundry, Miss Margaret M.
Chase, Miss Mildred A. Beale, Miss
Dorothy Day, Miss Anne M. Caswell,
Mis- Alice e. Written and Miss Ger
trude Parmelie Harlequin ices and
cakes were served during the evening.
ing year. l,..
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Ellen Clukey Beaudette were held Fri
day from the church of Our Lady of
Lourdes. Rev. J. l.. A. Renaud being
assisted in the mass by Father Farley
of Madison and Father Baudin of Wa
terville. Burial was the cemetery
of Our Lady of Lourdes. Among
the out of town people attending were:
two sons, Ralph Clukey, and wife from
Pasco, r. l., and David Clukey, Jr.,
from New London, Conn. and Mrs.
Charles Bushey, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Gagne, Mrs. Jennie Lessor, Sebastian
Albert, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gagne
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Gagne and Mrs
Clara Gardin, all of Waterville; Mrs
Nellie Mayo of Fairfield; Mrs. Lucy
King of Saco, and Horace Clukey, Au
gusta.
Charles T.. Danforth of Somerville
Mass, has been visiting his father,
Elba Danforth of East Skowhegan,
during the past week. Mr.. Danforth
and his party had been touring for
some two weeks in fine Peerless Mo-
tor car. Leaving their home on Sep
TENDER 3, they toured through the
Berkshire In the western part of Mas
sachusetts over Jacobs Ladder Trail
into New York state. The party
stopped at Troy, Saratoga Springs and
Elizabethtown in New York, passing
through the very heart of the pictures
que beauties of the Adirondacks. They
crossed the line into Canada at Rouse's
Point, from whence they continued on
| to Montreal. After enjoying the his
| torical charm of this city for short
time, they went on to Trois Riveres,
celebrated for its mineral waters.
| Uro,,, thara tho trim led In Ouahao tho