The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-02-23

l.. f. Jacobs has been confined tn
the house by illness this week.
DR.. W. 8. Stinchfeld and DR.. George
+. Young attended medical clinic
in Bangor Monday and Tuesday.
A regular meeting OF Somerset
Chapter II. A. NJ. will be held tomor-
row friday evening in Masonic Hall
Miss Cecilia Fortier is In Lewiston
this week visiting relatives and
friends. She will return the last OF
the week.
Rev. George Loring Thurlow of the
Federated Church conducted services
for the State Reformatory for Women
last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Fred r. philbrick and Mrs
Margaret G. Briggs, were in Bruins
wick last week attending a house
party as patronesses given by the ID.
X. f. OF Bowdoin College.
Walter p. Ordway has purchased of
the +. Il. Steward estate the two
wooden buildings connected on Island
avenue. which are now occupied on
the ground floors by the Wheeler res
taurant. -.
Mrs. Lizzie lIoxe Nye recently
walked to Norridgewock to attend the
funeral of Mrs. Mary Brown. Mrs
Nye formerly boarded with Mrs
Brown. She covered the distance on
foot in OK hours.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sheaff, OF
Portland. but former residents of
Skowhegan, are the parents of son,
born February. 10. The little stranger
has been named Richard Lester. This
is their sixth child.
Carmen. the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Wesley Gardner, has been very
i'll this week with pneumonia The
family live in the c. Il. Dealey apart
mcnt and Mr.. Gardner Is employed by
the Blaisdell Auto Co.
Harold Salley left Monday after a
residence In town of about year and
is to permanently settle elsewhere.
While residing here he was employed
in the dyeing department of the Amer
lean Wooden Company.
The Ella F. Mitchell Class of the
Bethany Church will have a food sale
next Saturday afternoon in the Buick
Sales Room, in the Merrill Block. The
following committee will be In charge:
Mrs. w. +. Turner, Miss A. Il. Whit
ten, Miss l.. h. 'Fairbrother. Miss Effie
Green. Mrs. l.. W. Symons. Mrs. w.
h. Fletcher and Mrs. Charles Burnor.
The Clcmentine Weston, w. c. r.
L.. will hold business meeting next
Monday, Feb q. at the home of Miss
Gertrude s. Weston. The meeting Is
the institute at Watervilie will be
given and the officers of the local
nnion are especially urged to attend,
Those attending the institute from
5kowhegan were Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Marble. Mrs. George Merriam and
Mrs. Philo Steward.
Funeral services for the late Robert
Bgelow Will be held tomorrow (Fri-
day. afternoon in the parlors OF the
Federated Church with Rev. George
Loring Thurlow. pastor of the FEEDER
ated Church. officiating, The remains
are being accompanied here by the
widow and Mrs. Mabel Alexander. of
bingham, Mass, a daughter of the
deceased. Robert Bigelow, of Bangor,
a son, will be in attendance also. He
and Mrs Bigelow are to be guests at
the home of Dr. +. S. Blgelow. DR..
Bigelow who has been in poor health
a.. he Il nj nAI tn
ride out since Christmas, Is improving,
but will probably not attempt to at
tend the obsequies.
T.. F. Merrill will go to Boston the
last of this week to attend meeting
of the Story Club at Hotel Lenox on
Saturday evening. This organization
Is composed of newspaper men and
women from the representative Bos-
ton newspapers and Charles Drury of
the Boston Herald Is the president.
MIR. Drury was in attendance at the
Burke murder trial as a representative
of the Herald. and became well &C
quaintcd with MIR. Merrill, who was
county attorney at that time. Roy At
kinson of tho Post. Fred Stanley OF
the Boston American and John j. Don
ovan OF the Globe. who we're all here
in attendance at the trial, are also
members OF the Story Club.
More than 100 students of the Show
hogan High School witnessed a DEM
given Wednesday evening,
Feb. 18th, in the assembly hall of the
High School. by Barney Stapert. an
expert typist from New York City, here
In the interests OF the Underwood
Company Mr.. Stapert. al
though no older than many of the stu
dents In the audience electrified them
by writing 152 words per minute with
no errors. lie then wrote 143 words in
"A minute and carried on running
fire conversation all the while. He
gave several other demonstrations
which we're OF helpful nature TO the
,tudents In their work. Mr.. Stapert
was accompanied by II. II. Kitchen.
Underwood manager from Portland.
At the regular meeting of Sunset
Chapter o. T.. S. held last Friday eve
ming balloting was in order and after
The business Sc sion spelling match
was conducted by Mrs. c. B. Hight