The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-10-04
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A regular meeting of Sunset Chap
ter o. E. S. will be held tomorrow
friday evening at 7.45.
Miss Alice 2. Goodrich and Miss
Margaret NJ. Chase went to Portland
yesterday for a short visit.
Miss Ethel Ward left Sunday for
Nashua, N. H., where she is spending
the week with her brother.
Miss Blanche Jewett has gone to
Brockton, Mass. to visit with relatives
and attend the Brockton Fair.
Rev. Fl. L. Nichols was in Halo
well the first of the week where he
attended the district Preachers meet
ing.
Judge and Mrs. T. A. Anderson of
Pittsfield were in town yesterday,
the judge having business at the
Court House.
Mrs. George Merriam is spending
few days with her daughter and
family, Prof. and Mrs. L. F. Weeks
of Waterville.
Miss Beatrice Pomelow has resum-
ed her duties at the Office of Dr.
Cover after returning from a vacation
in Boston and vicinity.
A large class of candidates will be
worked at the assembly of Mt. Morlah
Council on October 18th. A harvest
supper will be served.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ E. Smith and
daughter Norma, Miss Marguerite
Savage and Forrest Storms were at
Bar Harbor last Sunday.
The Juniors of the high school will
give a series of debates later in the
season under the direction of Mrs
Gladys Hall Kicker of the faculty.
Mrs Sarah Nevins of Hartland Is
visiting with Mrs. Flora Williams of
North avenue, and Mrs. Julia Mitchell
and Mrs. M. st. Ledger of Bloomfield
street.
DR.. and Mrs. l.. w. Symons and son
Gordon, leave Saturday for a visit in
Boston and vicinity. They will be
away about one week and will drive
through by automobile.
The lads of the Sunday School
class of Clifton Whittemore at the
Bethany Church were entertained by
their teacher at his home on Madison
avenue. Friday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Dow of Sang
erville and Mr.. and Mrs. James Dow
of Dexter were week end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. William Donaldson of
Baptist Hill. The three gentlemen
are cousins.
Mrs. f. B. Chase and her daughter,
Miss Gladys Chase are leaving tomor-
row for a trip to the Pacific Coast
They purpose to visit in Seattle,
Washington, Portland, Oregon, San
Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stackpole. for
merly of Skowhegan, now of Belfast
accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs. Gray of
that place, were calling on friends In
town Saturday. Mr.. Stackpole when
here held a position with the Somer-
set Shoe Co.
The four silver cups TO be present
ed by the Somerset Central Agricul-
tural Society, American Wooden Co..
A""ihS SPINNING Nv. anu biiC DUiiCioCt
Shoe Co., to the winners OF the differ
ent races Saturday. are now on exhi-
bition In the window ora. l.. Nutting's
Jewelry store.
w. II. Cummings will probably re-
turn today from business trip to
Boston and New York. Mr.. Cummings
will entertain various agents of the
different mills of the American Wool
en- Co. at the races Saturday at Fair
view Park as we'll as officials at the
local plants Of the concern and in the
evening will have the gentlemen as
guests at his cottage.
DR.. George Otis Smith of Washing
ton, d. c. Is spending several days in
town with Mis-. Smith DR.. Smith
concluded his duties with the Fact
Finding Coal Commission on Septem-
Der % and on the oath was appoint
ed by President Coolidge to his for
mer position az director of the United
States Geological Survey. DR.. Smith
will be in Skowhegan until next week.
The City Bowling League has been
organized with Herman Tracy as
Captain and Sewell Curtis manager.
A series of games will be arranged
with teams from nearby towns and
cities. The first match will be rolled
at the Bowlodrome tonight with the
city league from Pittsheld The line
up for Skowhegan: Herman Tracy,
Leon Fox, John Harrison, Dan Sta
Piles. Guy Gilman; subs NJ Gledhill,
F. Sedgley.
Mr. and Mrs. r. F.. Washburn and
family passed through town yester-
day on their way to Guilford, where
they will visit for a few days with
relatives and friends. Mr.. Washburn
is proprietor of a photo studio in An
sonia, Conn, and the trip was made
in his Oldsmobile Brougham The
party stopped at Springfield, Mass,
visiting sister, Mrs. M. d. Gillette;
at Peabody Mass, where they were
guests of Mrs. Viola Washburn and
her son, Nelson.
The local Festival Chorus will be
well represented at the Maine Music