The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21

iioi uluS oh "a nuoihcoo eiip W L iI-
land.
Mrs. Clara Z. Brown has taken the
rent Of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Perkins, 1872
Madison avenue.
Mrs. Sac F. Clark arrived home
Monday night from visit at Belgrade
Lakes and Oakland.
Mrs. Della Stone one of the teach
ers in the Park school during the past
year left Saturday to spend the sum
mer in Turner
Mr.. and Mrs. A. II. Jewett and Mr..
and Mrs. F. l.. Conant enjoyed an
automobile trip to Bar Harbor where
they visited friends on Sunday.
Miss Ruby Lathe, one of the teach
ers in the Garfield building, has gone
to her home in Sidney for the sum-
mer vacation. She will return next
fall.
The pupils of the seventh and
eighth grades of the public schools
held picnic at Lakewood last Fri
day, as the closing festivities of the
school year.
Augustus Stanwood of Reading,
Mass. and two friends were in town
Saturday calling at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. William Donaldson. They
were on their way to Lake Embden
for few days outing.
Mrs. Elmira Lanctot of East Maple
street, her sons, Leon, Eugene and
daughter, Valeda, returned Sunday
from Springfield Mass. and Water
bury, Conn. where they visited rela-
tives. The trip was made by auto.
George E. Chase with his son VIII
bur and daughters, Laura and Evelyn
Chase and Miss Carolyn Crocker
| went to Portland Sunday returning
| Tuesday with Mrs. Chase who has
been visiting relatives in the forest
| city,
The pulpit of the First Universalist
| Church will be supplied next Sun
| day afternoon at three o'clock by Rev.
Mr.. Bennett, pastor of the Universal
| list Church in Oakland. Mr.. Bennett
| has become somewhat noted in Uni
yersalist circles from the fact that he
| is blind
Mr.. and Mrs. II. Alfred Hanson of
Boston were in town Friday, being
| on an automobile trip from Bar Har-
| Dor through this section to Quebec
and the White Mountains. Mr.. Han
| son Is from the Hanson Type Found
| ers Co. in Boston and made a call at
| the Reporter office while in town.
Among the social events given pri-
or to the departure of r. w. leighton
and family for their new home In
| Portland was "A birthday party for
| Mrs, Leighton at the home of Mrs.
| George l.. II. Smith. Cards were
| played and Mrs. Leighton was pre-
| sented with leather shopping bag.
Rep. and Mrs. Hollis Stitham of
| Pittsfeld and Rep. Dora Pinkham
| accompanied by Mr.. Pinkham of
| Aroostook County were in town Sun
| day calling on friends. Mr.. and Mrs.
Pinkham had been spending the week
end with the Stithams in Pittsfleld
after attending the Lamoine shore
Inner.
| Skowhegan claims that it has bet
Ter streets than any other municipal
| ~ in Maine. Well, we know that the
shire town of Somerset county has
| some miles of excellent macadam
roads and we also know that Bidde-
ord for one municipality, is mot in
| position to seriously challenge
| Skowhegan's Standardization Jour-
nal.
| Among the out of town people here
o attend the Skowhegan High School
| graduation were Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
| Longfellow of Augusta, Mss Doris
Merrill of Norway who were guests
| 1t the home of Charles Longfellow,
Mrs. j. d. Fletcher and two daughters
ida and Elizabeth and Gordon Belle
If Fairfield who were guests of mr..
md Mrs. II. b. Cole. Mr. and Mrs. e.
| " Rnssakoff of Watcfville who were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. S. Russakoff
Mrs. Clara Doe of Bingham a guest at
:. ,. Nights, Nrs. Lizzie Allen Cool
dge of Scion guest of Mrs. Alice
l. Mitchell, Miss Lucy Dinsmore of
Iipckley and Roy. and Mrs. L. W.
irundy of Phillips.
| a NiiitSi Foi wac SiNti SATURDAY
| evening at Hotel Oxford In compli-
ment TO Horatio Tobey Mooers, Amer
| can Consul to Lisbon, Portugal who
| Trived home last week for a few
| months visit Those attending
| we're the former intimate friends of
| Mr.. Mooers during his youthful days
Sgowhegan. Included were
Maurice Philbrick. and Arthur II. Nc
| luillian who left Sunday for Boston
o enter hospitals for training after
short vacation from Harvard Medical
| School, Attorney John Lewis and
| John l.. Fish. The evening was
! spent socially at the home of the last
mentioned. Dr. II. II. Rodden of Mad
son Joining the party there.
Lawrence Cockburn of this town,
Alden Merrill of Augusta and Philip
Lord'of Meriden. Conn. left last week
On the first stage of a trip by auto
mobile to California. They are
planning to make the trip along the
lincoln Highway and knowing very
little about what they are to see and
where the highway will lead them.
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