The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-11-01
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Mrs. K B. Steward has been spend
ing few days with her parents in
Augusta
| Mrs. Annie Hunt left Saturday for
Dexter where she will reside during
the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. L. Foss and son,
Glenn of Scion were visitors in Show
hogan Friday.
Rev. ]. l.. A. Renaud was In Madi-
son Sunday calling on Rev. FIR. Nelli-
gan who was i'll.
Mrs. Charles Moore of Newport has
been visiting with Mrs. Thomas Dean
of the Back Road.
Frank Murphy returned the last of
the week from two weeks vacation
spent at his home in Calais.
Willard Leighton of Harmony and
Charles Jordan of Pownal were in
town Sunday calling on friends.
Mrs. C. H. Tilton left Monday morn
| ing for Portland where she Is to re-
ceive hospital treatment for time.
Mr.. and Mrs. wilfred Cedarfelt and
/ family of Athens left Monday for
Brunswick where they are to reside.
Miss Dorothy Dane returned Satur-
day from visit with Miss Helen s.
Leighton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
r. w. Leighton in Portland.
Mrs. Minnie Pishon who has been
spending two weeks with Mr.. and Mrs.
w. B. Whittier left Saturday for
Stoneham, Mass, where she will re-
main during the winter with her cou-
sin, Mrs. Anna Green.
DR.. Cora NJ. Johnson started Mon
day morning on her trip across the
continent purposing to spend the win
ter in southern California. She was
accompanied as far as Portland by
Mrs. Henrietta Bowman.
A big football game is scheduled
for Skowhegan next Saturday after
noon at Fairview Park at 2.30 when
Morse High at Bath will play against
Skowhegan high. In the game with
Waterville high Morse high lost by
score of 20, while Skowhegan de-
feated Waterville high by score of
1910.
Mrs. Ella n Austin of Wailulku,
Maui, Hawaiian Territory. is visiting
with Mrs. A r. Jewett and Mrs. Min
ME Green. Mrs. Austin is one of the
daughters of the late Joseph Nye who
lived in the vicinity of Eaton Noun
tain but has not resided in this section
since her childhood. Her last visit
to Skowhegan was eighteen years ago.
Miss Louise II. Coburn, Mrs. C. D.
Miller, Mrs. George Merriam and Mrs.
f. T. Goodrich were in Bangor Mon
day to attend the Loyalty Luncheon
held in connection with the Baptist
Bible and Missionary Conference. The
team speakers for these missionary
conferences are composed of Dr. c. A.
Brooks, DR.. J. Y. Aitchison, DR.. James
H. Franklin Dr. William E. White, DR..
H. B. Crosse, DIR. John A. Earle and
Albert Scott.
Somerset Council No. 20S9. Knights
of Columbus, will hold the first of a
series of five public whist parties and
socials next Tuesday evening in the
C. o. F. Hall on Water street. Lib
eral prizes are offered and arrange
ments are being made for a good or
Dchestra to furnish music for dancing
at the conclusion of the card playing.
The committee reports that the SER
les and single admittance tickets
have been selling excellently and a
| good attendance is assured.
A truck owned by Jesse Herrin
which was being used on the road
building operations on the state road
i to Norridgewock was somewhat dam
aged near the grocery store of Hub
bard e Furber last Friday. The We
hicle had been driven by Mr.. Herrin's
son, 1t, seems, but he had let some
one else take the wheel when the ac-
cident occurred. The truck appeared
to be headed for the grocery store
window but the curbing prevented a
crash into the building.
New patients admitted at the Som
erset Hospital are Mrs. Hilda Pier
point of Madison, Erastus Thompson
of Embden, Mrs. DIN Dudley of Show
hogan, Mildred Munson, Nellie Merrill
of Madison, Wendall Tetley, son of
/ Rev. L. B. Tetley of Madison and Geo.
/ Boutin of Fairfield. Robert Stock
ford of Mercer underwent an opera
ton for the amputation of one leg at
the hospital Tuesday. Patients re-
Gently discharged are Walter O'Brien
and Marjorie Green Of East Madison.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. r. Greenwood who
a few years ago purchased the S. j.
Walton property on Madison avenue of
Mr.. Walton's daughter, Mrs. Ethel S.
w. Abbott, are making extensive
changes. They will move the stable
from the dwelling to location on
Cemetery Drive, opposite Kennebec
Valley Hospital and remodel the same
into a cottage dwelling. They are
considering possible occupancy of the
building when completed, and the let
ting the Walton homestead which has
been fitted up for two families.
The boys of the manual training de-
partment of the high school are ac-
complishing wonders with the Butler
stable on the new high school lot and
are already installed in the building.
furnace has been nut in and the