The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-07-20
5knlulrrgatt Enral Nruts

Mr. and Mrs. Ira A. Norton and
! children and Mrs. Emma Bigelow OF
Lynn, Mass, are away on Canadian
| trip.
Mrs. Leila Howard of Brooksville
Is here owing to the serious illness
of her mother, Mrs. Lawrence Var
num-
Mr., and Mrs Alfred Preble have
returned from Smith6eld where they
have been enjoying an outing of two
weeks.
DR.. and Mrs. Blynn w. Goodrich
| OF Wateryille were guests Sunday OF
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. I.
Goodrich.
Mrs. Thurza Hillins of keene, N.
H., who has been visiting in this
county for several days, is now guest
of Miss Alice Goodrich.
Jack Wilder and Clarence Whiting
are in Winthrop for week in boys
camp. Mr.. and Mrs. o. r. Wilder
drove them down Sunday.
Miss Irma Rancourt, an employee
in the office of the Strout Farm Agen-
cy, is enjoying a weeks vacation. Mrs.
Adelaide Whiting is filling the vacan-
| cy.
Mrs NJ. Inez Simpson and Jose
| phi Haskell started Tuesday on their
return to Caldwell, y. j. after visit
ing with Mr.. and Mrs. l.. b. Has
kell.
Miss Beatrice Wood, who is employ
ed in the household of George Clough
of the Lakewood road, is enjoying a
vacation. Miss Ruth VALERIE is at
present taking her place.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Clough of
Madison avenue motored to Pemaquid
Sunday, and were accompanied on
their return by Their daughter, Miss
| Dorothea, who has been passing sew
eral days there with the Girl Scouts.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. C. Bailey and
their nephew, Edmund Walker of
| Woodsfords arc guests this week of
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Curtis. The two
ladies' are sisters. Keith Coombs of
Auburn has also been a guest this
week at the Curtis home.
| Mrs. NJ. C. Foss of Athens was
in town Monday and was accompani-
ed home by little Eloise Hutchinson
of Hodgdon who will pass the week
with her Little Miss Hutchinson
/ is spending the month of July with
! her mother, Mrs. True Ellis.
| Adolph Beaulier has purchased the
homestead at 254 North avenue owned
and occupied by Charles Dore for
several years. Renovations have al
ready commenced on the buildings.
| Mr.. Dore is at present making his
home with his daughter, Mrs. Thomas
a. Hodgdon of Mercer.
l.. G. Traitor has completed his
duties with the Strout Farm Agnccy
for whom he has been employed as
salesman for some time He will,
however, continue in the real estate
! business in Skowhegan but will be
| employed with the Rodcrick Real Es-
tate Agency, whose office is in the
Cover Block on Water street.
c. NJ. White, chief of the division
of markets, State Department of Ag-
riculture, and J Thomas Dionne,
| field agent of the division. are en-
| gagged in preparing the agricultural
exhibit from Maine which will be
shown at the Springfield Exposition
in September. Orchar ling will be
featured in this exhibit. IMMATURE
! orchards and methods of insect con-
troll will be demonstrated
Mrs. Maud Brown of Oklahoma is
visit ng with her mother, Mrs f. o..
Eaton. On Thursday last she gave
birth to a child, which has been Civ
en- the name of Robert Allen Brown
! They are both doing nicely under the
| care of Mrs. Nerna Jewett. trained
nurse. Mr.. Brown will arrive soon
to accompany Mrs. Brown home to-
! gether with her mother who will re-
ma there for a time.
Miss Alice Morse returned home
from a visit with relatives n Methuen
Mass. Friday night. She also at
tended the annual meeting of the New
England Educational Association in
| Boston while away. Mrs. Nancy
Huckins who attended the Asso-
ciat ON meetings has returned to
! Skowhegan accompanied by her
daughter, Miss Kathryn Huckins, a
student at Hollis Cottage, West Vir-
| ginia.
Mr.. Sand Mrs. w. II Russell of
Hartland were calling on Mr. Rus
sells sister, Mrs. Mary Varnum who
IS very i'll at Kennebec Valley Hospi-
tai here last Sunday. In passing
! the farm of futile Bros, Mr.. and
Mrs. Russell were attracted by the
beautiful pond lilies growing in the
water on the futile grounds and at
! Mr.. Russell's request Mr. futile took
a beautiful bouquet of these fragrant
flowers to Mrs Narnnm at the hos
pital He also remembered the In
dependent Reporter force with bou'
quet of three dozen.
Friends IN Skowhegan will regret
to learn of the death of Mrs. Annie
Upham, mother of Mrs. Ira A. Nor
ton at her home in Lynn. Mass. Mr..
and Mrs. Norton were in Auburn last
week to attend the funeral, the re-
mains having been brought to that
town for interment. Mrs. Cphan
had visited much in the Norton home
here i'm tho mast together with her