The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-05-24
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Miss Emma Hall has been visiting
for few days with friends in Angus
| ia.
! Mr.. and Mrs. A. Frichette of Three
Rivers were in town on business last
| week.
J. d. Rice has been in Boston this
| week on business connected with the
Skowhegan Paper Co. -
! Bin W. Page and ]. H. Jenkins
have been in Portland during the
past week on business
Miss Paulnah Simmons, a member
of the high school fcaulty. spent the
day Saturday in Fairfield.
II. P. Mckinney, proprietor of the
| Parlin Pond House at Parlin, was in
town on business Saturday.
Miss Abbie A. Giggey of the high
school faculty, spent the week end in
Norridgewock and Augusta.
Charles Bondl of Augusta was in
town Friday calling ON friends and
attending to matters of business.
Mrs. Robert Boyd and daughter,
Mrs. Donald Macphail went to Oak
land, Friday, to spend the day with
| friends.
Major and Mrs. J. W. Fogler, who
have been visiting with their son,
Ben Baker Fogler of Belmont, Mass,
! returned home Friday.
The result of the ball game between
! Skowhegan high and Oakland high
played at Oakland last Thursday was
Sc in favor of the S. II. s. team.
Mrs. Deborah T. Fellows, Mrs.
Elise Fellows White and son, James
Fellows White arrived home Sunday
noon from Bath where they attended
the Baxter-White wedding.
| Mrs. Emma Berwick of Lawrence,
Mass. returned home Saturday, after
having spent seven weeks with her
mother, Mrs. Mary Savage and her
| brother E. l.. Savage and family.
| Mr.. and Mrs Charley Turner, who
| have lived for several years on Cedar
| street, are moving to the Bacon
! house on Island avenue, taking the
| partment vacated by the Martin fam
lily.
Mrs. e. M. Thompson and children
| Richard Lois and Merrill returned to
| their home in Southport, Saturday,
after having spent the winter at the
| home of Mrs. Thompson's sister, Mrs.
| o. A. Abbey.
Miss Helen Coburn Smith, daughter
= n 4 4, &c,
planning on a trip abroad this sum
mer, with a party of Washington
friends. Miss Smith plans on enter
ing Colby this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Pat Perreault and
| family, who have been living on the
Sam Boiler place in town, left Fri
| day MAY 49, for Biddeford, where
| Mr. Perreault has employment and
they will make their home.
1t may relieve the minds of some
| of the patrons of the Public Library
| to know that all books loaned in
| homes where scarlet fever has de-
yeloped, are discarded by the Library
, in order to avoid all danger of con-
! tagion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merle c. Cook and
| son Lawrence, who have been living
in Center Harbor, N. II. for the past
year have come to Skowhegan and
expect to make their future home on
the Charles Varney farm on the Mid
die road.
In honor of the departure of Miss
Eva Martin. the eighth grade pupils
of the Junior high school gave
party recently. The affair was held
in Engine hall and members of the
teaching force acted as chaperones.
Miss Martin, who has gone to Lake
Auburn with her mother, Mrs. VIII
liam Martin, for the summer, was
given a fountain pen by the class.
Games were played and ices were en-
joyed.
A regular business meeting of the
Russell Relief Corps was held last
Friday afternoon in Grand Army
Hall with Mrs. Viola Smith presiding
in the absence of Mrs. Marta Morrill,
The matter of making wreaths for
Memorial Day was discussed and
the members were all asked to come
to the hall Saturday afternoon toI
make wreaths and also on Monday. Al
picnic lunch will be served Monday
noon. There are two hundred and
ten wreaths to be made.
The body of Miss Ellen Whittier
| was brought from Augusta, Thursday
and taken to the home of Mr.. and
| Mrs. Almon Whittier in North Corn
| Vile. Mr.. Whittier being brother of
! the deceased. Funeral services were
held Friday afternoon at the Whittier
home Rev. George Merriam, pastor of
the Bethany Baptist Church here Of
| floating. Miss Whittier died In a
hospital in Augusta She was ma
tive of Cornvile. For a time she
was employed at the M. T. Pooler
home here.
A delightful house party was en-
joyed by the Misses Marie Bison,
| Agnes Cockburn, Helen lies, Phyllis
Whiting. Mary Merrill, Mildred Fox,
] Dorothy Kilbreth and Doris Sylvester
| at the cottage Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy
| Sylvester at Lakewood last week end