The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-05

Alton Bowman of Fairfield was a
week end guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Green of Winter street.
Edward Mullen of Brockton, Mass,
former employee of the Reporter
is spending a few days with friends
in town.
Supt. w. B. Woodbury. returned
home last Thursday from st. Louis
where he attended the International
Rotary Convention.
Mrs. lmogene c. Merrill of Cara
tunk was at Lakewood Sunday to at
tend the Spiritualist meeting. The
many friends of her brother, william
clark OF Caratunk will regret to learn
that he is in feeble health.
Leslie Martin, Fred Duplisse, and
Cyrus. Roy of this town and Alton Lit
tlefield of Athens went on a fishing
trip to Grace Pond Monday, where
they caught good string of fish. They
report the fishing unusually good in
! that section.
James, Hillens of Keene, N. H. came
Friday night and returned Monday
with Mrs. Hillens, her sister, Miss
McDonnough and guest, Mrs Car
penter to Keene. Miss Clara Libby,
stenographer for the Maine Spinning
Co., returned with them for a week.
Charles Nitschke is beginning to
build his new cottage at the foot of
Lake Wesserrunsett between the new
cottages of w. H. Cummings and Mrs.
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Cummings and family have been
spending some time at their cottage.
The Misses Alice Cyr and Odelie
| Thibodeau, both teachers in the
schools Of Van Buren,, who have been
visiting with Miss Cyr's sister, Mrs.
George Dionne of the East Madison
road, left Monday afternoon for the
White Mountains, where they will be
employed during the summer.
There will be first Friday devotions
| tomorrow, Friday morning at $50 and
o'clock at the church of Our Lady
of Lourdes. Beginning last Sunday
| the hours Of mass were changed for
! July and August at 7.3O and $50.
Rosary and Benediction of the
DicooSu OdCl dulSut dI Z ClOCh quiz
day night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Sirois of st.
Agathe, were in town for few days,
visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
| Fred Dionne Of the East Madison road.
Mrs. Sirois is Mr.. Dionnes only sis
ter. They were accompanied here
by Mrs. Denis Chase of Wateryille.
| Tbov damn Monday of nm
their return trip.
Clarice Bunnell of Phillips, former
ly employed in the printery depart
ment of the Independent-Repor
spent the day in town Monday with
present members of the office force
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Matson.
Mr.. Bunnell is a patient at the Cen
trail Maine Sanatorium at Fairfield and
is greatly improved in health.
County Agent Gerald Dunn is ar
irving today to assume his new du-
ties in Somerset County and succeed
ing Clayton A. Storer. Mr.. Storer
and family who have been living in
the upper apartment of the c. d. Eat
on house on Middle street. moved Mon
day to the farm which they recent
ly purchased in North Arson.
Senator Clyde II. Smith was at
Bingham Sunday to deliver a men,
orial address before the members of
the Odd Fellows fraternity in that
town. He was accompanied by Mr..
and Mrs. Hugh Hurley and Miss Mar
garet Chase. Mr.. Hurley has been
confined to the house most of the
time since January and this was his
longest trip from home since that
time.
Erlop Vies of Barron's Corner,
Madison was in town Saturday call
ing on relatives. He left here for
Torrington, Conn, where he is to be
employed during the summer on the
farm of which Harvey Quimby, form
erly of Madison and Skowhegan, Is
superintendent. Mr.. Viles was grad
uated last month from Madison high
school and will return there next
year for a post graduate course.
Miss Helen Howell of Wheeling,
w. Va, who has been visiting with
Miss Freda Harris has gone to Boston
and from there was to go on an auto
mobile trip to Michigan. She and Miss
Harris came last week from st.
Johnsbury, VT, being met in Gorham
by Mr.. and Mrs. e. E. Harris where
a picnic party was enjoyed in which
members of the Harris family parti-
cipated with Rev. and Mrs. Theodore
Halbert Wilson and family and the
two young ladies already mentioned
Earl Grundy has accepted a position
with the Calvary Methodist Church
in Washington, d. C. as director of
religious Educational work taking in
all ages and departments. He will
be engaged in organizing an entire
system of religious work on an educa-
tional basis: He expects to have some
1900 people under his direction. Ac
companed by his family, Mr.. GEundy
leaves for the National Captain the
third week in August. He graduated
from Skowhegan High school with the
1919 class and from Boston University
in December, 1921, receiving his de-