The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-04-26

Tuesday, leaving here for visit with
| her sisters in Lewiston before re-
/ turning to her home.
| Miss Margaret Leavitt is here from
Purcell. Oklahoma to spend the sum-
mer with her grandfather, Llewellyn
| Goodwin and her cousin, Mrs. Mar
garet G. Briggs. Mr.. Goodwin who
has been very i'll Is considerably i'm
proved as is his daughter, Miss Lola
B. Goodwin.
| List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the post Office for the week
ending Saturday April 21st: Mrs.
Olive Burrill, Adolph Hackey, Mrs.
Gertrude Parker, Mrs. Arthur Mar
tin. These letters will be sent to
the Dead Letter Office if not called
for before May 5th.
e. P. Dyer of Hartland, who has
lately purchased the clothing and
boot and shoe business of the late
Harry Dyer at Madison, was in town
Tuesday morning on his way to the
ltown last mentioned. Mr.. Dyer has
for some time been operating sim-l
liar business in Hartland.
Lester G. Keyes of Pennington, who
has come here to work as a paper
maker, has purchased of E. T. Goods
rich the house on Middle street,
which has been for a long time occu-
pied by Arthur Springer and family,
but which was formerly for many
years the home of the Maddocks fam
| lily.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dysart are go
ing to Winthrop next week and will
vacate their home on Water street.
Miss Dorothy Kilbreth, sister of
Mrs. Dysart and a student at the high
school, plans to remain in Skowhe-
gan. Mr.. and Mrs. Levi Thomas will
move to the former home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dysart.
The junior students of Skowhegan
high school gathered at the train Sat
urday noon to bid farewell to w. E.
coached their exhibition last Friday
evening. Just before his departure
they presented him with beautiful
gold cigarette case as souvenir of
his stay in Skowhegan.
Skowhegan friends of Robert w.
Linn Jr., who has for several years
been superintendent of the wooden
mills at Vassalboro, will be interested
| to learn that he has returned to his
| former home in Hartland and Is now
Superintendent of the American Wool
en- Co.'S. plant in that town. Leon
Haines, who has been at the Hartland
mills as superintendent, has taken a
position in Pittsfeld.
There is to be an important meet
| ing of Somerset Council No. 20S9,
knights of Columbus, Monday even
ing, May 18th. The second degree
will be exemplified on class of
thirty-two candidates, the officiating
Officer being District Deputy Thomas
Delaney of Watervlle. Plans will
be made for the working of the third
degree under jurisdiction of the same
official about the middle of May.
| Mrs. Annie p Hackett went to Pitts
field, Tuesday, to attend the funeral
of Fred Hackett He was brother
of Mrs. Hackett's late husband, Will
fred E. Hackett of Skowhegan and
| WAS SUI vi IUS late ~AiiNi iiobhNt'.
Mr.. Hackett was sixty-three years of
age and died after a brief illness.
Ernest Hackett of this town, one of
Mr. Hackett's sons has been in Pitts
field because of his fathers death.
Atkinson's Bakery has installed
modern Peerless mixer and moulder.
The former machine runs by electric
motor and will mix barrel of -four
at one operation. The latter imple-
ment, which is also electrically driv-
en-, will mould the dough into uniform
sizes at tremendous speed. This
equipment has made more space
necessary and the basement of the
( Oxford building has been renovated to
meet this need. The apparatus was
| operated for the first time Monday
and as soon as Mr.. Atkinson has per-
fected several details the public will
be invited to witness the interesting
process of making bread.
A good sized delegation of Scot
fish Rite Masons went to Augusta,
Monday afternoon to attend a meet
ing of the Princes of Jerusalem,
Sovereign Prince Edward F. Merrill
being assisted by the following local
men in comforting the degree of the
knights of the East or Sword: Wal
ter P. Ordway, Frank w. Buchanan,
r. Il. Atwood. A. r. Jewett, II. A.
Dinsmore, J. H. Jenkins, f. c. Tar
box, L. II. Whitney, G. Allan Went
worth, John l.. Fish and T. e. Green
way. Others in attendance from
Skowhegan were DR.. M. e. Lord, DR..
George f. Young, VIM. Folsom Mer-
rill. Charles Perkins. Harold. Parker,
M. w. Savage and Roy Sylvester. A
banquet was served preceding the
work. There we're about 70 candi-
dates.