The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-08-16


to Wilton after visiting with Mr.. ana
Mrs. G. B. Fairgrieve.
Mrs. John Totman of Winthrop,
Mass, arrived Monday evening to VS.
it Mrs. Carlton M. Holt.
Earl Clifford and family of Wilton
occupied the Goodspeed cottage at
Fairgrieve's Bay over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Holt returned
Monday from a sojourn at their cot
tage at Bayside, near Northport.
The standpipe of the Skowhegan
Water Co. on Neil Hill is shortly to
be painted, for the first time in many
years.
Lucinnne Cayouette, eldest daugh-
ter of Mrs. Cora p. Cayouette will
enter Mt. Merici Academy at Water
Vile this fall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Meller of Gull
| ford returned home Sunday after Wis
| iting with Mr.. and Mrs. William DON
| aldson of Baptist Hill.
George E. Sampson with his daugh-
ter, Gertrude and son, Edwin l.. Samp-
| son will attend the annual Sampson
reunion at Phillips next Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Tooker of West
field, n. j. are visiting for two weeks
with Mrs. lockers mother, Mrs. An
geline Parsons and Mr.. and Mrs. l..
F. Parsons.
Mrs. S. C.. Durgin of The Forks re-
turned home Saturday after visiting
with her mother, Mrs. Flora A. Saw
age and Harold Savage at their home
on Middle street On Friday Mrs
Savage with her daughter and son
enjoyed an automobile picnic which
took them to Bangor.
Arthur r. McQuillan, a student at
Harvard Medical School, who has been
engaged in hospital work in Boston
and vicinity part Of the time at
Boston Relief Hospital during his
summer vacation arrived home Sat
urday forenoon to remain in this sec
ton until the opening of school.
Several neighboring families on
West Front street enjoyed trip to
M0osehead Lake, Saturday and Sun
day. Included were Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert Simpson and children, Mr.. and
Mrs. Merle Leavitt, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Priest, Roland Priest, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen Dyer and Miss Ruby Dyer.
AT the field day gathering today of
the Piscataquis County Farm Bureau
and two Pomona Oranges at Barnard,
State Senator Clyde H. Smith will
speak in behalf of the Forty Eight
Hour Law and Judge Cloaves of Port
land, who is executive secretary of the
Associated Industries of Maine, will
speak in opposition to the same.
Funeral services for the late Mrs.
Odelie Gagne, wife of Frank Gagne
were held Friday morning from the
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes. The
funeral mass was celebrated by FIR.
]. L. A. Renaud. local parish priest,
assisted by FIR. John Michigan of st.
Sebastian Church, Madison as dea-
con and by Pr. Louis Baudin of the
Sacred Heart Church in Waterville
as sub-deacon.
X. A. Withee, eighty-four. one of
the active veterans of the Civil War
who lives on Maple street while help
ing to unload hay at the farm of his
son Milford Withee in Canaan Thurs
day sustained a fall He was setting
the hay fork and had signalled for
the load to move up to the loft when
the snap rope caught his hand and
took him up with the load. He fell
striking the girt and later fell between
the grit and the rack to the barn
floor. He was not so seriously in
jured but that he was able to be about
soon after the accident.
Skowhegan Rotary Club has been
notified of the fall conclaye of the
Clubs of the 31st District which will
be held at Poland Springs on Tues
day, Wednesday and Thursday, Sep
ember %, rs and 81, ending with
breakfast on Friday the 28th. This
is planned to be real Rotary fellow
ship gathering, to bring all the Rotar-
ians of the District and the ladies of
their families together for three days
of fun and frolic, interspersed with
the real spirit of Rotary. All mem
bers who can possibly do so are urged
to plan to attend Reservations
should be made as soon as possible.
Horace M. Weston of Minneapolis
was in town last week. Mr.. Weston
was the son of Ruel. and Esther
Burns) Weston and was born in Mad
ison. He left that town when IL
years of age and has visited there
only once since, that being II years
ago. Mr. Weston's principal con-
nection has been with the Western
railroads. For many years he has
held the position of commercial
freight agent with especial charge of
flour and grain shipments at Minnea
polls, which is the leading flour and
grain city of the world. Mr. Weston
was accompanied by his cousin, ma
tive of Scion. Mrs. c. H. Birmingham
of New York City.
Advance Agent Cameron of the Red
path Chautauqua, which is to be
given in Skowhegan, August 80 to
September 5, was in town Thursday
night to meet the 1928 indorsers,
They arc: L. II. Appleby. Mrs. Della