The independent-reporter., 1922-06-15

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Mr.. and Mrs w. ]. Whittemore O
| st. Paul, MINI. are visiting his pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph White
more and other relatives in town.
Charles Humphreys of Pittsheld
Mass. has come to Skowhegan to tax,
the place of James Hamilton as al
overseer for the American Wooden Co
The Golden Rod Branch, |. S. S
will meet with Mrs. Marie Thibodeal
on East Maple street tonight (Thurs
day., A good attendance is desired
Mr.. and Mrs. r. T. Jenkins anC
daughter Elizabeth are spending
some time in Beverley, Mass, Mr.
Jenkins being on vacation from hi,
| duties as an accountant at the Firs
| National Bank.
, George Wingrove of Grand Falls
| Newfoundland, formerly of Madison
arrived in town Saturday morning
for an extended vacation, Mrs. Win
grove having been located here dur
Ing the winter.
Berkley Gaynor OF Des Moines
Iowa and Robert Macy of Portland,
Oregon, both students at the Harvard
Graduate School of Business Admin
istration, are in town repre- lanting
aluminium wale.
Majer Foster of East street left
Tuesday for Bar HarboF where he has
accepted employment for the next few
months. Mr.. Foster was similarly
employed at this world famous resort
during the last two summers
Mrs. Minnie c. Pishon, formerly of
Skowhegan, who spent the winter in
Stoneham, Mass, and her step-daugh-
ter, Mrs. Alice Richardson of Lewis
ton, have been visiting for several
|, days with former friends in town.
Arthur r. McQullan, student at
Harvard Medical School, who with
Mrs. McQuillan, has been here for
several days visiting relatives, will
return the 18th to South Boston where
he will do hospital work during the
summer
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank f. Walker ac-
companied by their children Ruth and
Helen, visited the first Of the week
with Mr.. and Mrs. Carr Curtis of
Madison avenue. Miss Ruth is re-
naming for few days with Mrs.
Curtis, who is her aunt
Mrs. Eta SWEET Bradley of Somer-
VILE, Mass. and Ben Redden of Boston,
who furnished the concert Wednesday
evening of last week at the Federated
Church, departed Friday morning,
They were house guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leon Witham while in town.
Ralph @. Weber Of Augusta, pub
licity manager of the sales department
of the Central Maine Power Co, was
In Skowhegan Monday on business.
Mr.. Webber advises us in six weeks
campaign 1900 additional lights have
been installed. Commencing the
week of the 10Th there will be a dem
onstration Of cooking by electricity
at the Water street store Of the com
pany in Skowhegan.
Mrs. w. p. Ordway and Mrs. j. II.
Lancaster returned home Friday from
Peaks Island, where they have been
spending part of the time at Spring
vale, where Mrs. Lancasters daughter
Adelaide, has been a student at Mas
son Institute Last week she was
graduated from that institution and is
now at home having had as her guest
MISS Eleanor Fernald of Bar Harbor
another member OF the graduating
class.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Haskell will
leave Skowhegan by automobile next
Saturday morning, June II, for Peaks
Island, to attend a meeting of the
Eighth Maine Regiment Assn. of
which Mr. Haskell Is secretary. They
Will be accompanied by their son
Joseph L. Haskell OF New York, who
will arrive in town tomorrow (Fri-
day. night. Mrs. NJ Inez Simpson Of
Caldwell. N. j. will meet the party in
Portland and return to SkoWhegan
with them.
Friends Of James Durkln. who has
appeared here from year to year with
the Lakewood Stock Company, will
be interested to learn that he is still
playing the part of General Robert e.
Lee with the Abraham Lincoln Com
pany In Spokane. Wash. He Will
play in San Francisco during July,
followed by four weeks vacation
after which he will appear in Los
Angeles. Mrs. Durkin is at present
with her sister, but will later join him
In California.
A petition for the pardon of Vernon
r. Padham of Solon, who Is serving
a sentence OF four months in the Som
erset county Jail at Skowhegan, for
larceny, was received at the depart
ment of State, Thursday hearing
ON the petition will be held at the
next session of the governor and
council, which will be Friday, June
23. Padham, in his petition for a
pardon, states that in view of his
youth and his plea of guilty. his SEN
tence was excessive and in taking
the revolver he had no felonious in
tent to steal it. William b. Brown
of Madison, is the counsel for the