The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-12-20
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/ trict nurse will leave Saturday noon
for her home in Gardiner where she
will remain until after Christmas.
Mrs. c. o. Chfds of Medford, Mass.
arrived the first of the week to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. A. r. Jewett. Mr..
] Childs will come for Christmas day.
Joseph Paradis has returned from
/ visit with his son, Arthur Paradis
in Coscob, Conn. While away he al
! so visited in Stamford, Conn, and
New York.
Miss Thelma Cook of Athens is WIS.,
ting with her aunt, Mrs. Albra G.
Smith over Christmas. She is en-
j ployed while here as saleslady at
the Green Bros. store.
/ Sunset Chapter, No. So, Order of
j the Eastern Star, will hold regular
meeting tomorrow, Friday evening at
/ 7.45. There will be work, entertain
ment and refreshments.
Mrs. Olevia Reed, who has been at
tending commercial school in Bos-
ton arrived Monday night for Wis
/ it with her parents. Mr.. and Mrs
J. F. Sidell on Poplar street.
Mrs. Della Cowan of Sidney and
her daughter, Mrs. Clyde Blake of
Oakland were in town Tuesday Wis
iting with Mrs. Fannie P. Nash and
daughter, Miss Edna Cushing.
Mrs. Lillian Melanson who has
been visiting at the home of her par
j ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Laurison
on the River road has accepted en-
ployment at the New Skowhegan
House for the winter
Miss Mary Casey arrived the latter
part of the week from Massachusetts
i for an indefinite stay in town. She
left here about thirteen years ago.
Miss Casey is visiting with Mrs. Paul
Belongia on Poplar street.
Capt. and Mrs. E. c. Lord of North
j Brooksville who have been spending
/ sometime with their son, DR.. M. Z.
Lord and family on Water street are
leaving this week to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Jay Staples in Port
land.
Members of the Clementine Weston
w. c.. r. u. will meet at the Pub
lie Library next Saturday afternoon at
2.30 to pack the box Of Yuletide cheer
/ for the city farm inmates. All mem
bers are asked to make contributions
/ for this box.
Mrs. j. C. Foyer and daughter, Bet
/ ty returned to their home in Waldo
! boro yesterday after being here for
! some time with Mrs. Foyers par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Fletcher
They were accompanied to Waldoboro
! by Mrs. Fletcher.
There will be the usual masses
/ Sunday at the Church of Our Lady of
/ Lourdes with low mass at eight
/ o'clock and sermon in French by the
i pastor, and high mass at 10 o'clock,
with sermon in English. Music by
the children at low mass. and by st.
Mary's choir at high mass.
DR. and Mrs. w. s. Stinchfield and
Miss Lyle c. Stirchfield are to pass
] Christmas. day with Hon. and Mrs.
/ Fred w. Bunker in North Arson. AL
| Ian j. Stinchfield, Dartmouth Fresh
man, will come home for vacation but
will probably not arrive until after
Christmas day as he Is to be employ
ed in the U. s. mail service for a
time.
Tuesday, December 25, Christmas
Day, holiday hours will be observed
at the Skowhegan postoffce. The
rural carrier will not make their
trips and the city carriers will stop
work at noon, regardless of whether
their mail is delivered or not. Pa
irons of the postoffice should take
notice of this ruling, as it is effective
all over the country, and all packages
should be in the mail by Friday, to
insure delivery by Christmas day.
The Lincoln school children have
been making up Christmas boxes
which inclue little gifts they have
themselves made and these packages
were taken yesterday to the children
at the Central Maine Sanitarium in
Fairfield by Miss Alice r. Parker,
the Red Cross school nurse, who
with the teachers, has been superyis-
ing the work. The children have
put much time and thought into the
work and full of enthusiasm ever
the idea.
Irwin r. Ladd formerly of Fair
field, will arrive in Skowhegan Mon
day, December "a, and resume his EN-
ployment at the Office of the Indepen-
/ Interpreter Mr.. Ladd comes of
a family of printers and his mother,
Mrs. Abbie J. Laid, is conducting a
printing Office in Fairfield at the pres
ent time. He first came to work at
i the Independent-Repo about
! July 1922. While here he has TAX
en- up the linotype, rapidly acquiring
/ skill on that intricate and interesting
machine Mr.. Ladd has many friends
in Skowhegan who will be glad to
welcome him again to this communi-
ty.
The Christmas meeting of the
Town Improvement Society will be
held this Thursday afternoon in Lib
rary Parlors Rev G. w. Hinckley
will read his own Christmas stories
and the members of the society will
furnish Christmas music Each