The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-02-15

day afternoon for business visit in
pa rtIaad
Lester Moore of Starks underwent
surgical treatment at Somerset Hos
pital last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lamont Rich of Mad
ison are the parents of a daughter
norm Tuesday at Somerset Hospital
On account of the storm yesterday
tho meeting of the Woman's Club was
postponed until next Saturday after
noon.
| Mrs, +. r. philbrick and Mrs. r. L.
Aarston will go to Brunswick today
10 attend house party at one of the
Bo~doin College fraternities.
Miss Ghantel Bison is returning
this week from several weeks spent
in. New York with her sisters, tho
Misses Xaxerine c. and Theresa Bis
son.
Postmaster W. r. Elliott has re-
turned from HnvethilI. Mass, where
he visited his mother, who has been
nj with pneumonia, but is now con-
stderabiy Improved.
Mrs. Fannie W. Fletcher, private
secretary To- a,Ipt. Johnson at the
State, Rnformatory Is quite Ill at her
hone on Main street with the prevail
Ing epidemic
| Mrs. Rnel s. Copp. who underwent
Z ~ second surgical operation at Som
erset Hospital Monday, began to fail
Tuesday afternoon and yesterday was
reported as, srayely III.
Mrs Edward Rowland accom- panied
her daughter Miss Barbara Rowland
Ito. her home In Harmony yesterday.
MISS Row land has been q patient 1t
! 1sehnebec Valley Hospital following
an appendicitis operation.
The marriage Intentions of Coburn
Maynard Holt2. an, auto mechanic of
| Skowhegan, twenty-six and Vivian
Varhey Of Skowhegan. formerly Of
Vienna, aighteen, are on file at the
Office of the town clerk.
Robert Munson has joined Mrs.
Munson at East Bixfeld. where her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albion Holman
fare both Ill. Joseph Bolgler Is act
ing as fireman at the State Reforma-
tory during the absence of Mr.. Mum
son.
Raymond Fogg and Percy Nutting.
students at University of Maine, re-
turned to that institution Sunday af-
Ier visiting at the Fogg home here.
pNIr. Nuttings mother, Mrs. Emma
Sutting' is spending the winter with
aher daughter, Mrs. James Gilflllan in
Bar Harbor.
Emil Peter Stread and Miss Hulda
sQlson, both of Skowhegan were quiet
~ married by Attorney William Fol-
som Merrill in the Offices OF Merrill &
Merrill here Tuesday. The groom Is
a native Of Sweden, having been born
In Hudishvall, Sweden and is the son
Of Peter Stread who lives on the
River road He is now employed as
Il salesman at the Blunt Hardware
store. Mrs. Stread came here from
Sweden several years ago to take up
nursing. The couple are away on IA
wedding trip and upon their return
will establish their home in Skowhe
gan.
There was an attendance of about
seventy-four at the Federated Mems
supper held in the parlors of the
Federated Church. Tuesday evening.
This included members OF the Broth
erbood and several invited guests.
GRACE was offered by Rev. George
Loring Tburlow and group of songs
were sung by the men under the lead
arshfp of Prot. Leighton. The sup
per was splendidfy served by the
ladies' Of the Tuesday night Bible
class under the direction OF Mrs
Margaret G.. briggs, the. menu includ.
ing boiled ham, escallopeda POTATOES.
Jelly, pickles, rolls. doughputs. apple
pie, cheese and coffee. Alton B1shey
sang three selections in q very pleas
Ing manner with piano accompani-
lnent BY IL. A. Uiuxniore. u. A. Per-
ter introduced Col. Sherman n. Shum-
way :ss the, speaker. Col. Shumway
considered the conditions az, they ex-
fet in Europe today, the peculiat de-
OF. Germany and believes
that the commercial interests at work
ar. causing the trouble in foreign
today.
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