The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-05-31
NEW PORTLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. Edd Thompson, King
field and Mr. and Mrs Cephas Walk
er and family, North New Portland,
were dinner guests at o. w. William
sons Sunday.
We're all going to Skowhegan's big
Fourth of July celebration.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. O. Bangs and party
took pleasure ride Sunday after
noon to Madison and vicinity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles E. Hoyt went
Sunday to Pennington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chauncy Clark of Far
mington were Sunday guests in town.
EAST NEW PORTLAND
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Viles of North
Vassalboro visited at Fred McKen-
ney's Sunday.
Miss Christie Moulton visited Miss
Irene Guppy recently.
J. Chester Knight of Hudson Mass
is spending some time at the home Of
his nephew, H. c. Hilton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Walton visited
in Scion Saturday and Sunday.
Sunday School every Sunday at .
p. M; church services at p. m. Don't
forget the Tuesday evening prayer
meetings at the parsonage at p. m.
We're all going to Skowhegans big
Fourth of July celebration.
Irving Holbrook, who is working in
Strickland came home Friday and re-
turned to his work Monday. While
at home he purchased a new Ford car
of Williams Bros, North Arson.
Prin. and Mrs. Leon Rockwell and
Miss Irene Guppy attended the teach
ers' meeting in Scion last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thales Spaulding and
sons, Thales Jr. and Edward Bingham
were Sunday visitors at Ray Nye's.
Edward Spaulding recently purchas-
ed new Studebaker car at the Wat
erville Motor Co.
MARY J. (kNIGHT) HILTON
Our little community has been call
cd upon to part with another of its
most beautiful women, Mary Jane
(Knight Hilton who died at the home
of her son, Harry, May 23rd, after an
illness of fifteen weeks, fourteen of
which she was confined to her bed.
The cause of her death was influenza
and other complications. Mrs. Hill
ton was born in Athens, II years ago
the 18th of last March. She spent
her girlhood in that town, attended
the schools there, graduating from
Somerset Academy in the class of
1857, later attending the Eaton school
n Norridgewock In 1868 she taught
school in Bingham. In the winter of
'72-'73 she worked in the straw shop
in Massachusetts, On July 81, 1878
she married Nahum Q. Hilton of An
son and they always lived at the Hill
ION homestead where Fl. c. Hilton now
lives. They had only one child,
Harry. Mrs. Hilton was the daugh-
or of Calvin p. and Susan ID. War
NUM- knight and was the oldest of
i've children, j. Chester knights, Mrs.
Emma Cushman, deceased, Mrs. Susie
EIstey, deceased. and Mrs. Carrie Will
liams of Madison. Mrs. Hilton was
a member of the Methodist church of
North Arson, Arson Grange and n. P.
H. Circle. Funeral services were
held from her home at 1890 a. m., May
18th. conducted by Rev. Gardner
Wills, former pastor Of her church.
Burial was at East New Portland be-
side her late husband who died four
years ago.
Mrs. Hilton was great sufferer
during the months of her illness and
was tenderly cared for by her son
and his wife. Mrs. Hilton's sweet
womanly ways and Christian charac-
'er won the very highest esteem of all
who knew her and all who mention
her say What a beautiful woman!'
"How long We 1--we not years but
actions tell" Besides the son. broth
or and sister mentioned above she
left a grandson, Chester.