The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-11-30

gor departed Friday morning after
visiting with Sewall w. Smith and
Miss Margaret Smith.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard LeBroke who
have been spending some time with
Mrs. Lebrokes parents, Rev. and Mrs.
H. l.. Nichols left Thursday last for
their home in Norway
Walter Ross of New York visited
briefly with relatives in town last
week, being on his return from st.
Stephen, n. b. where his father
Frank Ross is seriously ill.,
Mr.. and Mrs. A r. Jewett and Mr..
and Mrs. G. E. Avore were visitors
in Portland Thursday last. stopping
off at Brunswick to visit briefly with
Langdon A. Jewett, student at Bow
doin.
Mrs. Eda X. Pegram of Decatur, ILL.,.
who has been visiting her mother
Mrs. Joseph Otis Smith started on her
return Thursday, planning to visit in
Wateryille, Portland and in Beverly
Mass, with her sister, Mrs. w. b
| Pierce.
The marriage of Roland Trask, son
of Mrs. Eben Goodrich of Summer
street, to Miss Lizzie Ames of San
| ford, teacher in Augusta has been
announced. The wedding was solemn
lied at Hotel North where the groom
is employed as a bell hop.
d. L. Mcdonald who staged the
Hoop La" MINISTRIES for the John b.
| Rogers Producing company. left Fri
day on the midday train for Ackon,
! n. Y, where he will stage the same
production. During his stay in town
| Mr.. Mcdonald made many friends.
l.. H. Whitney entertained the boys
of his Sunday school class of the Fed
erated Sunday School at an oyster
supper at one of the Butler cottages
Thursday night. The affair was a
great treat to the youngsters as was
their journey to and from the lake
| packed into one automobile
Among the Skowhegan Masons who
attended the sessions of the Kenne
bee Valley Lodge OF Perfection, Scot
fish Rite Masonry at Augusta last
Thursday afternoon and evening were
Frank W. Buchanan, Walter p Ord
way, II. Il. Atwood, G. r. Fogg. Ira
| A. Norton, H. A Dinsmore and T.
| +. Merrill.
Oscar A. Shepard of the Lewiston
Journal and e. b. Inglis of the Boston
Post who have been here handling the
| Britton hunger strike case returned to
their respective cities Friday, Mrs.
! Britton having broken her fast. Judge
| ID ~ 1Inl = ,rta DIT
| tons counsel who was also in town
returned to Augusta Friday morning,
Plans are on foot, although no de-
| finite arrangements have been made,
| for historical pageant at Coburn
| Park next summer to observe the
| one hundredth anniversary of Skowhe
gan. On February 5, 1923 SkoWhe
| gan was separated from Canaan and
incorporated under the name of Mil
| burn. The name was changed March
%, 1886 to the Indian name of Show
/ hogan.
At the conclusion of the Hoop La
Minstrels Thursday night the members
of the cast and their coach ID. l.. Nc
| Donald were given a reception at the
rooms of the Damon Club. Sand
wiches, doughnuts and coffee were
served and during the evening Mr.. Nc
| Donald was presented with a beauti
full cigarette case from the young la
dies and a box of cigars from the men
of the cast.
| There was an attendance of about
| so Masons at a. communication of
! Somerset Chapter, No. 10, K. A. NJ,
| held Friday evening large number
of candidates receiving the Royal Arch
! degree. Refreshments of dainty sand
witches, doughnuts. ice cream, saltines
and hot chocolate were served under
! the direction of Mrs Jewett. wife of
! Most Excellent High Priest A. r.
Jewett, Mrs. f. A. Parker, Mrs. G.
| l.. Conant and Mrs. Ernest Green.
The death of Mrs. Annie Littlefield,
wife of II. A. Littlefeld occurred at
| her home in Dexter from pneumonia.
| The deceased was born in Skowhe-
gan, March 20, 1851. the daughter of
! Hugh and Mary Herrin. Most of her
childhood was spent in Exeter where
| the family moved when she was but
| five years of age. On December ],
1872 she married Royal A. Littlelield
and in 1877 moved to Dexter where
they have since resided. Beside her
husband she is survived by two sons,
Fred and Edward bittlelield and one
daughter, Mrs Ida Stewart all of DeX-
ter. Mrs Maria Lancaster of Cana
an is a sister
Mrs. Sarah B. Whittier who has
been spending several weeks with her
sister, Mrs Elizabeth b. Lombard at
! Lakewood since bringing the remains
! of her husband the late Charles H.
Whittier of Winter Park Florida, to.
| Skowhegan for burial left Friday for
Portland. From there she was go
ing to Swampscott, Mass. to visit with
friends and was joined there ycster-
day by her sister, Mrs. Lombard and
foster brother, Tracy Forsythe. The
marty were to leave Boston last
night on the Federal Express to spend
the winter at Mrs. Whittiers home
in Winter Park. They all plan to
return north next spring.