The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-08-02

ton are at E. c. Buffers cottage at
Lakewood for two weeks. Mr.. East
man was former Register of Deeds in
kennebec County.
l.. H. Whitney of Dexter was in
town greeting former friends Monday
and visited over night with Mr.. and
Mrs. e. F. Merrill, at their cottage at
Lake Wesserunsett.
DR.. and Mrs. Horace P. Stevens of
Cambridge, Mass. and Edward Stew
ems of Porto Rico, have arrived to Wis
1t with their father DR.. E. H. Stevens
at Bloomfield Farm.
There will be the usual masses next
Sunday morning at the Church of Our
Lady of Lourdes at 7.30 and $50. The
girls of the parish will receive Holy
Communion during first mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Eaton of Lewiston
were in town last week to attend the
funeral of Mrs. F. o. Eaton and spent
several days at the home of his uncle,
Calvin Eaton on Middle street.
Mrs. Wallace Martin and daughter,
Myrtle of Boston, who have been Wis
iting with Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Dins-
more of East Front street for several
weeks, returned to their home, Mon
day.
Miss Margaret Yerrinton of Airing
ton, Mass, who has been visiting with
Mrs. Gerald C. Marble, departed Fri
day. Mrs. Marble has another house
guest this week, Miss Dorothy Weeks
of Arlington, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Maddocks and
children of Millinoeket and Mrs. Alma
wilkins of North Jay, who has been
their guest are visiting this week with
Mrs. Daniel Lewis, the mother of the
two ladies and with John Lewis and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry A. Thurlow and
daughter Miss Marjorie Thurlow, left
! Tuesday afternoon on their return to
| Watertown, Mass, after spending a
vacation with their son, Rev. George
Loring Thurlow and family at Lake
| Embden.
Miss Marion G.. Hare will arrive to-
day from ten days vacation spent
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Hare in
Monticello. Miss Hare is the Home
! Demonstration agent in Somerset
County for the University of Maine
Extension Service.
Miss Daphne Fish of Freeport re-
turned home Monday after visiting
with Miss Ruby Dyer. These young
ladies were college classmates at
Colby and will both return to Thorn
aston, Conn, this fall, where they are
engaged in teaching.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. B. Webb, who are
east from Wabasha, Mimi, have gone
| to Providence, r. |. and Boston for
| about a week, and afterwards will re-
turn to Skowhegan for two weeks
more at the home of Mr.. Webbs moth
er, Mrs Rachel Webb.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Johnson of
Fairfield have moved into the house
on Leavitt street recently vacated by
| Clayton Atwood and family. Mr.
| Johnson Is a carpenter and Is at pres
ent employ ed in the building of the
Clough Moor Co.'S. garage.
Lakewood Friday night for the play
were Mr.. and Mrs. o. NJ. Owens of
Pittsfeld and Mrs. Givens sister, Mrs
j. Matt Gilman and Miss Priscilla Gil
man of Berkeley, Cal. They are
spending several weeks in Pittsfield
Mr.. and Mrs George Palmer and
four daughters of Lawrence, Mass
have been spending a few days with
his sisters, Miss Bertha Palmer and
Mrs. Clara ShepardsOn at the Palmer
home on Pleasant street. Mrs. Shep-
ardson who has been here a month
| from Boston, returned to that city
the first of the week.
Mrs. Mildred Staples and daughter,
Ethel, who have been spending win
! ter and summer with her parents,
! Capt and Mrs. +. c. Lord in North
| Brooksville, returned with her broth
err, DR.. Lord and family from his va
| cation and will be here for few days.
| Miss Ethel underwent a head and
throat operation at Kennebec Valley
Hospital, Monday
The marriage of Helaire Plourde
and Mrs. Elizabeth LeClaire nee Syl-
vain, both of Skowhegan was solemn
lied at o'clock Sunday afternoon at
| the Church OF Our Lady of Lourdes
Rev. FIR. ]. L. A. Renaud officiated.
| The witnesses were Mr.. and Mrs. Ar
thur Bolduc and Olivier Sylvan, the
latter being brother of the bride.
| Mr.. Plourde lives near the Great Eddy
Friends of Sylvester Holden of
Brunswick will be interested to know
that he has entirely recovered from a
cancer of the lip. Mr.. Holden has
been making periodical visits to
Skowhegan, receiving treatment from
DR.. Young, who pronounced him cur
ed Monday. He originally lived In
Jackman and for a time here but
about ten years ago moved to his
present home in Brunswick.
George II. Halves left Saturday
morning for Boston, where he visited
over the week end with Arthur Bur
rill and the first OF the week went to
Haverhill to be the guest for a few
days of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Murphy