The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-01-25
News Of Son1erset'S Busy Towns
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wednesday tftiliHEf Dh'iha'3 ~. ~
installing officer being Past Chief
Helen Stevens assisted by Mrs. Percy
Berry and Mrs. Ernest Seabury. The
following list OF officers were install
ed for the ensuing year. Past Chief,
Mrs. Josephine Whu.p4i Most Excel
TENT Chief, Mrs. Haz&i Rowe excel
lent or. chief Mrs. EIgia Stevens; ex-
cellent Jr. chief, Miss Edna Rogers;
manager, Mrs. Gladys Fairfield, mis-
tress of records and correspondence.
Mrs. Winnifred Burgess; mistress of
finance, Mrs. G. Louise Nichols; pro-
tector, Mrs. Grace Stevens; guard
Mrs. Mabel Forsythe. After the cere
monies home made candy and popped
corn were enjoyed.
Rev. F. G. Davis was confined to
his home a few days last week By
illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. Verne Berry are re-
ceiving congratulations upon the
birth OF a son on Saturday the goth
OF January. The baby has been
named Joseph Edmund Berry,
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Bap-
list church met at their Yestry on
Friday afternoon and commenced
work fOr aDotner year.
Mrs. Ethel Nell has been on the sick
list. Velmont Neil has been obliged
to return home from Irwin Morrill's
where he was planning 10 live this
winter on account Of the illness Of his
sister and mother
Mr.. and Mrs. @. s. Jewett and son
Fred .Jewett left Saturday for Allan
tic City, N. j., where they are attend
Ing the National Gamers Association
Convention, and they will also visit in
other places before returning home.
Miss Nellie Hussey was the guest
over the week end of her aunt Mrs.
Addie Spaulding in Watervile.
The members of the o. f. =. En-
broidery Club enjoyed. meeting at
the home of Mrs. Laura Lockwood on
Tuesday afternoon Of last week. Re-
fresnments were daintily served by
hostess.
!, Walter Prue while working in the
local shoe factory had the misfortune
recently to have small piece of steel
fly from one of the machines into his
eye. A part of the steel was taken
from the eye but the injury WAS found
to be of such serious nature that fie
went to one of the Waterville Hosa
pitfalls for treatment and has been hay
ing very painful abscess form on
the eye.
A very enjoyable meeting Of tho
Farm Bureau was held on Saturday at
the Grange dining room. The meet
ing should have been held week
ago but was postponed on account Of
the storm. A picnic dinner was
served at noon,
At the regular meeting Of Cedar
Chapter o. K. s. held on Friday even
ing the degrees were conferred and
officers elected for the coming year.
A picnic supper was served before
the meeting. ThesQfficers were elect
ed as follows: W. NJ, Miss Lila
Carr; W. p, Walter Il. Taylor Also.
NJ, Mrs. Hazel Moore; secretary. Mrs.
Harriet Blaisdell; treasurer, Mrs.
Florence Taylor; conductress, Miss
Jennie Hale; associate conductress,
Mrs Ina Percival; finance committee.
Mrs. Edith Jones, Mrs. Neva Jones
and George Carr. The D.. d. G. NJ,
Mrs. Florence Taylor was invited to
install the officers at the next regular
meeting.
On Saturday afternoon the six in
stating officers representing the Odd
Fellows, Rebekahs and Encampment
Lodges of this district went by team
to Athens and installed the officers
for the three lodges for the coming
year. The installing officers were.
Mrs. Harriet NJ. Blaisdell and Mrs.
Edith l.. Jones of the Rebekah lodge;
Ernest Gilman and George Chandler
from the Odd Fellows Lodge; william
G.. Sonle and Percy Withee from the
Encampment Lodge.
Wallace Witham is suffering with
rheumatism this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Haskell went
to Lewiston the first of last week
where Mr.. Haskell was prepared to
receive surg cal treatment nut upon
arriving there his case seemed so
much improved that he was not oper-
ated upon and was able to come home
Saturday night, but with the advice
from the surgeons for him to be very
careful of himself and to remain un-
der the close attention of physician
for a number of months
The officers OF Somerset Grange
were lUSLdlfeu ut IHelT ltSuidl Hlcct-
ing on Thursday even ng by Past
Master Harry Head assisted by Mrs.
Nellie Brown and Frank Estes. The
following officers were installed: w.
NJ, Fred Knights; overseer. Eugene
Watson lecturer, Mrs. Gladys Cros-
by; chaplain, Mrs. Helen Estes; sec
rotary, Mrs. Annie Tibbitts; treasur-
er, Fred E. Jewett; assistant steward,
Edwin Gilman; lady assistant stew
ard, Miss Alice Brown; Ceres Mrs.
H. C. Albbe; Flora, Mrs. Albion
Chev,ot Pomona, Mrs. Eugene Wat
son. The ONCE of steward is to be
filled later A picnic supper was
served before the meeting and pro-
gram was enjoyed after the installa-
ton Of officers.
Sidney Folsom of Corfnna WIS the
over Sunday guest of HIS brother Hon.
Ii r. Folsom and family. Miss Doro
hey Folsom is the guest of friends
In Winthrop few days this week.
On Monday evening Of last week oc-
cured the annual installation OF the
officers OF Quinnebassett Lodge l. o.