The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-15

Convalescing surgical patients at
Kennebec Valley Hospital are Mrs.
Archie Corson of Skowhegan, Harlem
Vigue OF Fairfield and John Living
ston of Madison.
Miss Aggrandice Healey of Pitts
field, a teacher at Good Will high
school, was in town Friday evening
to accompany the students from that
school here for the debate.
The members of the Sewing Club
were pleasantly entertained last Sat
urday afternoon by Mrs. Bin w. Page
aud Mrs, Gerald C, Marble at Mrs.
Pages home on Water street.
The Working League of the FEEDER
ated church will serve a supper from
$50 until o'clock next Saturday
night in the church dining rooms. This
will be a st. Patricks Day supper.
Carroll Beal. S. H. S. 90, who has
been attending Northeastern College
in Boston this winter, is now at his
home on Hilton HILL having been i'll
with pneumonia. He will not return
until September.
G. NJ. Holt Of the firm of Holt q
Hight is among the Skowhegan peo-
pie in attendance at the Boston auto
show. Henry Thomas. an employee
of the concern, left Tuesday morning
to be present at the show Mr.. Holt
also attended the District Rotary
meeting in Providence r. |.
Miss Gladys Rowell senior at
the Posse Normal School in Boston, is
spending her spring vacation with her
parents, Mr.. aud Mrs. Elmer Rowell.
1t is interesting to note that Miss
Rowell has formed Maine Club for
the Maine girls at Posse and has been
felected president of the same. Sery-
ing with her are Miss Lucia Kendall
Of Augusta as vice president and Miss
Martha Wing of Pennington as secre-
tary and treasurer. Miss Rowell has
been elected to the Alpha Zeta Phi
Fraternity. the Posse School Sorority.
Tickets for the Commandery Ladies
Night may be obtained locally from G.
II. Plummer, F. r. Madden, G. E.
Avore r. f. Atwood, c. NJ. Holt and
w. r. Elliott Elsewhere in the coun-
w
Miller. Norridgewock; C. f. Davis,
John Hamilton and Rev c. II. McEl-
hiney, Madison; Gould A. Porter, No.
Arson: DR.. ]. O. Piper, Scion; Orrin
Hill, e. w. Moore Bingham; Albert
Clark, Caratunk, w. l.. Barney, Jack
man; r. c. Hamilton. Hartland and
III. W. Lane of Pittsfeld. The
Knights will be expected to wear the
Commandery coat but no other part
of the uniform at the observance.
Skowhegan friends will learn with
much regret of the death of Mrs. Alice
Fletcher Mower at her home in Dex
ter. She was native of Skowhegan
and was the daughter of the late Ben
jamin and Fidelia (Cleveland) Flet-
cher. She was ffty-nine years old
and was a sister of Mrs. Abel r.
Thompson, Mrs. Kate c. Holbrook,
and Bert Fletcher all of Skowhegan,
One brother, w c. Fletcher resides
in Norridgewock The deceased was
the widow of Carroll Mower who died
last October and is survived by two
sons, Kenneth and Clyde Mower Of
Dexter. Mrs Thompson has been in
I lVtAltl III StNti al udS anu 4hl - i'oi
brook and W {. Fletcher attended the
funeral.
REV. Theodore Halbert Wilson, a
former pastor of the Congregational
Church. who assisted in the services
at the Bethany Baptist church last
Sunday, has with Mrs. Wilson and
two children been visiting with her
PARENTS, MI and Mrs. + +. Harris on
Turner Ave The family now reside
in St Johnsbury. Vt. and Mr. Wilson
is at present working on a $500, 900
endowment fund for St. Johnsbury
Academy of which he is principal. He
is leaving this week for an extended
tour Of the west as far as the Pacific
coast in an attempt to complete the
fund which is already half raised Mrs
Wilson and children will remain in
Skowhegan during his absence which
will probably be for the balance OF
the school year.
\ very ENJOYABLE meeting of the
Ella + Mitchell Philathea Glass was
held last Monday evening in the chap
el of the Bethany Baptist Church
Mrs Holmes Pickett and large com
mittee of ladies including Mrs. Annie
Ioomis. Mrs. Nora Lancaster. Mrs
= Cora Nye. Mrs Washburn, Mrs. Rick
:. er. Mrs Witham and Mrs. Foster were
| in charge. This was a numerous meet
ing and the committee were most sue
cessful in their effort to make the
| affair both witty and entertaining
The committee were dressed as child
! rem and sang humorous songs while
4 Mrs Gladys Hall Kicker gave hum
orous reading as did Miss Mildred
| Lancaster. and Miss Lura A. LOOMS
played a piano solo. Games were
| played and the decorations were green
and white suggesting st Patrick :
Day. Dreamed peas and green punch
1 ,.oro enryaJ az ,ofrnu bpont finna