The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-05-04

Mrs Fred Fellows visited last
week with her daughter, Mrs. Wallace
! Corson. in Auburn.
Llewellyn Goodwin and his dangh-
! ter. Miss Lola b. Goodwin are getting
| settled in their future home in the
| Palmer house on Pleasant street.
Mrs. Ellen NJ. Smith went to Oak
! land Friday to visit her sister, Mrs
j Charles Bailey. Mr.. Bailey still re-
mains seriously i'll
Frank II. Madden was in Portland
| Friday and Saturday on business
While there he visited briefly with his
sister. who has been critically i'll, but
who is now expected to recover.
Mr.. and Mrs s. W. Philbrick. who
have been visiting various points Of
interest in Florida. have lately been
sojourning at Atlantic City, y. J.. and
will probably arrive home about May
s.
Deputy Sheriff f. s. Adams, of Mad
ison, left Friday porning for South
Windham, accompanying Jesse Oby
who was sentenced to the Mems Re
formatory in connection with Il lar
ceny matter in the town of Fairfield
Mrs. Blanche VI. Friend, who was
appointed as a delegate from the La
dies Social Circle of the Methodist
Church to attend a meeting of the
Kennebec Valley Federation of Ladies'
lids in Hallowtl attended the session
in that city Thursday and has also
been visiting with friends in Augusta.
Friends of Mrs John " Merrill and
here daughter, Mrs NJ. Louise Merrill
Rupp, OF Norristown, Penn, will be
interested To learn that they will re-
open the Merrill homestead on Water
street and spend the summer here.
/ They will be accompanied by Mrs.
Metrill's grandson, Master Robert
Bratten
Roland Perry was before Judge f..
w Sawyer in Municipal Court Friday
afternoon on complaint of his father,
Samuel Perry, for stealing SO from
his sister, Miss Ida Perry. He wag
found guilty and sent to the reform
school. Unfortunately this was not
young Perry's first appearance before
the court.
The high school building committee
of which William Folsom Merrill is
chairman and Supt. W. b. Woodbury.
is secretary, was visited by two archi-
tects Thursday last who presented
plans for the proposed addition to the
high school building. Mr.. Bunker, of
the firm of Bunker u Savage, of
Augusta and T. a. Patterson of Water
Vile, presented the plans. Mr.. Pat
terson will present more detailed
drawings in few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Luther Moore, who re-
Gently moved here from Moose River
are getting settled this week in the
house owned by Mrs. Moores parents,
Mr. and Mrs NJ. G. Kennedy, on Mad
ison avenue Mr.. Moore has a posi-
ton in the shipping department at
the American Wooden Mills. Mr., and
Mrs. Carlton White, who have been
living in the house. have not decided
upon rent. Mrs. White will go to
visit her parents in South Scion for
the present.
Mr.. and Mrs Carleton p Merrill
aand Judge and Mrs. Fred l.. Lawrence
have been in Atlantic CITY, n. j. this
week. attending the annual meeting of
the Mutual Savings Banks Association
of the United States. Mr.. Merrill goes
as representative of the Skowhegan
Savings Bank and Judge Lawrence in
his capacity az bank examiner for the
State of Maine About 32 were in at
tendance from this state. The party
went by special train from Boston last
Monday morning.
We have received the subscription
for another year for the independents
Reporter from II. Haley. OF Baker,
Ore. Mr. Haley is a brother of former
county attorney j. Howard Haley OF
Hartland. He informs us that the UNI
usual winter in the Pacific northwest
has broken and the bluebirds. rob
bins, ground squirrels and ground
hogs have come out of their winter
homes. Mr. Haley writes under date
of April 10 and states that the snow
at that time was leaving the valleys
and mountains, that the grass was
getting green and that stock was go
ing ont on the range Now that spring
has arrived Mr. Haley will soon be
getting ready for his summer cam
paign in the mountains where he Will
look after his mining interests until
the snow next fall drives him out for
the winter.
New books at the Public Library
during April; Fiction The House
With No Address (NesbiD; The
Tempting of Tavernake (oppenheiml
The Silver Butterfly Woodrow Big
Peter (Marshalb: The Vanishing
Point (Dawson); follop (McCutch-
com; Vision Houfp Williamson
The Million Dollar Suitcase (Mac-
Gowan and Newberry Mr., Proback
tBennetU The Girls Gerber; Dan
GERS In the Dark (Spearel. Non-Fie-
tion-The Philippines, Past and Pres
cnt Worcester What and Where Is
God? Swain t'neensored Celebrities
Raymond); Sand Dunes and Sand
! Marshes (Townsend) Gardening With
Brains (FincbD; The Little Garden
| king Women Professional Workers
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