The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-06-29

in town Monday.
Edwin Morse of Upper Middle street
has been quite Ill with erysipelas.
+ John Oddly has returned from Yves
elyan College in Middletown, Conn
Mrs. William Morrow has return
ed from a visit to Boston and subur-
ban cities, covering several weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. Jordan re-
turned to their home in Milton, Mass
Monday after being guests of DR.. and
Mrs. C. E. Richardson.
Ruei Austin of East Skowhegan has
been suffering from the effects of bad
N sprained cords m his right wrist
accustomed by being crowded by a
horse in the stable.
DR.. Richardson attended the State
Medical Association meeting in Port
land this week, going as a delegate
from the County Medical Association
of which he is secretary.
Mrs. Leon Smiley is a patient at
Kennebec Valley Hospital having sub
mitted to a surgical operation last
Tuesday Mrs. Minnie Morgan OF
West New Portland was operated at
the hospital last Saturday,
Mrs. J. F.. Cane, who has been
spending the winter IN Rhode Island
and who for two weeks has been in
Lewiston, was in town Monday be-
ing on her day to Canaan to spend
afi ut ho "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Chapman of
Athens were in town Monday morn
ing accompanying their son, Kenneth
Chapman thus far on his journey to
Orono where he will attend summer
school at the University of Maine.
Thomas Dionne left here Monday
morning on his return to Augusta and
later was going to Jay and Monmouth
Mr.. Dionne reports much interest in
the wool grading demonstrations held
in the county during the past week
Great races at Waterville Saturday
July LIST. Pittstield, Tuesday, July
4th. Babe Harringtons Orchestra
of Wateryille the best singer in Maine
will furnish music at both meetings
Veterans of 1851, wives and widows
free.
As the result of a dinner served
last Friday at the Methodist vestries
something over $25 was cleared by
the Epwortf League. This sum will
be used toward defraying expenses
at the Epworth League Institute to
be held at Kent's Hill in August.
Charline Cole, little daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. r. B Cole of Main street
has been suffering from the effects OF
a broken finger, sustained while at
play at the farm of Carroll Watson
where she was spending the day. The
child caught one finger in barn door
and crushed the end of it so severely
that the bone was broken.
Frank w. Knowlton, former teach
err of Manual Training in Skowhegan
schools, who is spending sometime
with his mother at West Pembroke,
visited Sunday and Monday at the
home of his father-in-law, Charles
Green. Mr.. Knowlton has for some
time taught in the schools of New
Rochelle, N. Y. and will return there
again next fall. He and his family
VINO are now at West Pembroke, have
been living the past year in Mt. Yer
non, N. Y.
Mrs. William Gates and Mrs. Effie
Rice, both underwent surgical opera
tions at Somerset Hospital Monday.
Among the other recent surgical pa
tents at this institution have been
Airline Neil of Norridgewock, Alva
Pelkey OF Skowhegan, Miss Gladys
Hamor, Miss Mary Clifford and W. ID.
Bradbury. Among the patients re-
Gently discharged are Hazel Scho-
field of The Forks, Melon Greenleaf
of Starks, DIN Greenleaf of Arson
and Miss Marion Jacobs Of Skowhe-
gan.
Mrs. Frank Gagne was taken to
Lewiston Monday morning where she
will receive treatment at hospital,
She was suffering from an unusual
accident. During the thunder storm
of Sunday morning she was entering
her home and in passing near the
telephone fell to the floor unconscious,
1t is believed Having been anected
BY the lightning, Upon being re-
-vivsd it was found that she had bro
ken one of her legs in the fall. Mrs.
Gagne, whose home is two miles from
town on the River Road is just out
of bed after a sir weeks illness. She
was accompanied to Lewiston by MIS-.
Kilgore.
Memorial services for the late Miss
Mary Ella Dunton were held from the
family home Saturday at ten o'clock
with Rev George Loring Thurlow,
pastor OF the Federated Church OIL
ciating. Interment was made at
the South side Cemetery where a short
committal service was held. The
obsequies were largely attended in
GLIDING the following out Of town peo-
pie: Forrest Gates and family, Mrs.
Charles Hunnewell, Mr. and Mrs. Ed.
Smith, Mrs. John Cahill, MT. and
Mrs. Laurison, John McCollor, Mr..
and Mrs. Carroll Savage, Mrs. Anne
liza Gates, all of Bingham, Mrs. Annie
Hamilton, Omar Gates Of North An
son. and Ruth Gates of Good Will.
Mothers Jewels, children's mis-
sionary organization, connected with