The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-26
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at Hotel Oxford.
Clerk of Courts w. T. seekins was
in Alfred yesterday In attendance up
on the Clerks of Courts convention
held in that town.
DT. ii. Z. Lord and family will be
II at home Thursday from their vaca-
j ton. They have been visiting with
his parents in North Brooksville.
Mrs. Isabel Hutchinson of Portland
has been here to visit Mrs. Helen
Weston Hutchinson and George Wes-
ton Hutchinson, the latter being her
grandson.
Mrs. Alfred T. Morrill, of Newark,
N. j. is here until probably the first
of September with her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. F. L. Flint. Mr.. Morrill,
will join her here in a few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Lessor who
have been visiting with George Grod-
er in st. George, Canada, have return
ed home. They were accompanied
by Peter Gagne of Waterville.
Miss Mary Dean of the Twelve Cor
ners was in town yesterday on bust
ness connected with the forthcoming
meeting of the Madison Spiritualist
! Association which opens at Lakewood
on Sept. 2.
Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Jewell and chill
dren and Miss Clara Libby will spend
the week end with Mrs. JEWELS and
Miss Libby's brother, Fred Libby at
Calais. Miss Ruth l.. lies of the In
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will accompany them.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson of Pleasant
| street has returned from a visit with
her mother, sister and other relatives
in Leominister, Lynn and Swampscott,
| Mass. On her return she was ac-
companied by her sister and husband,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Nutter of Leo
minister, the trip being made by auto
mobile.
Frank Parsons has leased the A. K.
ROwell feed stable on Madison avenue
and will convert it into garage. This
is one of the old landmarks of Show
hogan and has long been used by peo-
pie driving in from the country and
other towns for stabling purposes.
The advent of the automobile has
largely done away with the need OF
such place, however.
Miss Mabel Boardman, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. George II. Boardman of
Vineland, N. j., formerly of this town,
is visiting at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Elmer E. Harris, "a Turner Ave. Miss
Boardman is very successful teach
err in the public schools of Vineland
and also in voice culture, being a very
pleasing soprano singer herself, hav-'
ing charge of the choir in one of the
largest churches in Vineland.
The funeral of Mrs. Fred o. Eaton
will be held probably Friday fore
noon at 10 o'clock from the house if
her daughter, Mrs. John Brown, ar
rives by that hour from Muskogee,
Okla. Mrs. Eaton's other daughter,
Miss Nell Clifford arrived from New
York, Tuesday afternoon and a son,
Fred Clifford of Oklahoma arrived yes
terday accompanied by sister of
Mrs Eaton's, Mrs. George Danforth
who came from Philadelphia. An
other sister, Mrs. Charles Kelley of
\ Benton had previously arrived.
Among the patients at Kennebec
Valley Hospital are Daniel r. Blanch-
ard of Lakewood. who was admitted
Monday and Mrs. Marie Ingersol of
Madison, who is much improved from
her recent surgical operation and will
return home some time the last Of this
week. Lezim Labbey of Kineo and
4 Joseph Pollard of this town have both
been discharged from the institution
i S. r. Greenwood and Clyde Blackwell
who have both been at the hospital
receiving treatment for injuries are
very much improved, as is Mrs. Elmer
French of Scion, who has been suffer
i ing from the effects of broken arm
j Mr.. and Mrs. H. c. Judkins with
their guests Mr.. and Mrs. d. F. Jud-
kins and son Donald, returned Sat
urday morning from Den Rock, Phil
lips. While there they also enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Mellen A. Whit
ney, VIII motored through to town
from Springfield, Mass, and Mr.. and
Mrs. C. e. Ball of Bingham, making a
family party of nine. They visited
i friends in camp at Crescent Lake,
; Rangeley, Webb Pond and other
places of beauty and interest through
out Franklin county. Den Rock, re-
Gently purchased as summer place
by Mr.. and Mrs. Judkins, was the
home of the latters paternal ances-
tors and is a spot of rare charm. They
are making many changes and i'm
provements which, when completed,
; will make this one of the most at
tractive places in that section.
A delightful auction bridge was Civ
; en- Tuesday afternoon at the Arcadia
Tea Room by Mrs. II. c. Woodbury.
and Mrs ]. w. Blunt. There were
eleven tables, and prizes were won
as follows Mrs. Matte E. Goodwin,
; first, Mrs. J. p Oak, second and Mrs.
Carl Greene of Waterville, consola-
; ton. Refreshments were served by
the Arcadia management and the af-
fair was very much enjoyed The
following we're among the out of town
people present: Mrs. T. A. Ander-
SON Pittsfeld; Miss Anna Brogaard,
Cambridge, Mass; Mrs. Clair r.
Marston. Mrs Carl Greene, Water
Nfta, Judith L-irh,, Dncton. MIRO