The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-01-19

Emery T. Dyer is to study to be
laboratory tecnitian with Or. George
Z. Young.
Mrs. W. II. Fowler went to Fairfield
yesterday afternoon to visit with Mrs.
|. p. fash
Miss Hannah r. Page went to Au-
gusta, yesterday morning on the
O'Clock train.
Miss Alice Parker, the school nurse
returned Tuesday evening from
business trip TO Portland.
Blaine Fowler of Waterville passed
the week end at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. George Jones on Angle st.
The young women ushers at the
! City Opera House will have a banquet
at Hotel Oxford next Tuesday evening
Roy Akeley left yesterday for Port
land and after visit there Will con-
tinue to New York where he expects
to locate.
A whist party and social will be
given in Convent hall next Tuesday
evening by the Ladies of St Anne. Re-
'reshments free. Admission 35c
Mrs. I. A. Gould of the Dudley Cor
1er neighborhood has returned from
| | few weeks visit with her son. Nor
man Gould and family in Philadel-
! phia.
George Quincy, who has been in
Skowhegan for a number of months
! and part of the time engaged in
business here, returned to Boston yes
terday.
viii the charter members of the
Priscilla Rebekah Lodge please come
| to Grand Army Hall. Friday evening.
| January 81. at 7.30 O'Clock. This in
yitation includes the gentlemen who
| were charter members. The hall
will be warm and comfortable.
| To give additional capacity to Ken
| nebec Valley Hospital the lower part
! Of the stable connected with the in
| stitution is being finished off into
rooms. A new ice house is being
built and a refrigerator is being added
to the kitchen equipment.
Tomorrow friday county Mis-
sionary meeting will be held in the
| Congregational church at Madison
with Mrs S. W. Wilcox, secretary of
| the Womans Bureau of the A. NJ \ :,
as speaker. 1t is hoped large num-
Der of Skowhegan ladies will attend.
They are to take the l o'clock car.
The death of Mrs. Mary Merrill. a
sister Of Miss Emma NJ. Hall of this
own, occurred last Friday in Nor
| 'idgewock Miss Hall had been
| spending several days with her sis
| er who had required her care at in
! ervals during the past few years,
| having long been an invalid.
| Charles Look. for about two years a
ialesman in the Charles iF4 Ward,stpre,
| Who has been here assisting in the
| ale at the Walk Smith Clothing
| company, has returned to his home
| Bath. Mir and MIS- Ollie 'Denhfm,
| who have also been at the Walker
! Smith store have returned to Bath
| The Skowhegan Woman's Club
i meets next Wednesday afternoon in
| library parlors with Mrs Mary f.
| Marston,. Mrs. Dora 7. Nye anh Mrs
Sarah p Reed in charge of the ar
angements. Mrs Marston will pre-
sent a paper on Annie Louise Cary.
| each member will be privileged to
invite one guest
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Lessard en-
ertained about eighteen friends Mon
lay evening at their home on North
venue. Whist was played with Mrs.
t. r. Thibodeau and John Prescott
Winning first prizes and Mrs. John
PRESCOTT and George Cayouette TAX
ng away the consolation awards. Re
REGIMENTS were served.
The Christmas Club. a neighborhood
organization among the ladies' of
Bloomfield and Main street sections,
vas entertained Tuesday afternoon by
IRIS. Frank Meader The ladies' busted
themselves with sewing and the hos
ess served sandwiches. cake and tea.
he next meeting on January 81 will
re held with Mrs. Eta Lacasce.
A large shipment of the Gordon
Iirgn Wool pants are being shipped
his week to Tacoma Wash Jones,
Woodbury. 81 Smith have made con-
ract with Samuel Barnes of Water
own, Mass. who has been travelling
n this section for Is years, to cover
lew England states for their product.
shipment to Alaska is anticipated in
he near future.
The engagement of William French
nd Miss Leona Blanchette, both OF
his town, has been announced. Miss
ilanchette is the daughter of Mr.. and
FRS Paul Blanchette of the Russell
DAD district and is at present employ
d as salesgirl at the Emery Brown
tore She graduated from Skowhe-
an high school with the class of 1921.
ar. French formerly lived in Port