The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-03-22
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| Mrs. Arthur Roderick. returned
Monday to her home in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Merrill left Tues
day afternoon for visit In Boston.
Irwin r. Ladd spent Sunday with
his mother Mrs. Abbie J. Ladd in
| Fairfield.
]. d. Symons and his two sons, R.
K. and L. w. Symons were in Lewis
ton Monday on business.
There was no program at the meet
ing of the Woman's Relief Corps in
Grand Army Hall last Friday.
Miss Lyle C. Stinchfield of the high
school faculty leaves next Sunday to
spend her vacation in Boston and vici-
nifty.
Miss Doris Sylvester and Miss Helen
4 lies leave tomorrow for Bath to visit
| Miss Sylvesters aunt, Mrs. Florence
! Erskine.
Miss Clara Libby was In Wateryille
Saturday evening to attend dancing
party given by one of the fraternities
at Colby College,
o. r. Wilder and j. H. jenkins of
the Somerset Shoe Co. were in Bos-
ton last week attending to matters of
business for the firm.
Miss Gertrude Steinhart, who has
been spending frye weeks with her
sister, Mrs. Charles Nitschke, returned
| to her home in Lawrence, Mass, Sat
urday.
The Misses Mildred Fox and Mary
i Merrill spent the week end in Wat
erville as the guests of Miss Fox's
| sister, Miss Grace Fox, a student at
Colby College.
The Good Will Club is meeting this
| afternoon at the home of Mrs. Mar
garet G. Briggs. A Nicnic supper will
| be enjoyed at the conclusion of the af-
| ternoon's work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mitchell and
Miss Edna Oddly are planning a trip
to England the old home of the
Mitchell and Oddly families. They
expect to go in June.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Paddock of
Portland and Miss Winona Paddock,
teacher in the schools of Rumford
have been here this week because of
Roys Paddock
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Emigh and
children. Kenneth and Ellsworth left
here last week for Richmond. Va. to
visit with relatives. 1t IS understood
that Mr.. Emigh will later continue to
California, where he may reside.
The monthly meeting of the trustees
of the State Reformatory for Women
was held here last Thursday. Those
present were DR.. |. B. Mower of Wat
erville. Mrs. Sadie Bates of Sandy
Falls, G. f. Avore of Skowhegan and
Mrs. Gertrude Stevens Leavitt of
Portland.
= Joseph Coburn Smith of Skowhegan
a junior at Colby College and Ray
mond Grant. Colby 25 were made rep
resentatives to the Colby Christian
Association conference at Northfield,
Mass. This was conference of AID
New England College Christian Asso
citation delegates.
Among the out of town people here
last week to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Nellie Groves were Mr.. and Mrs. E. c.
Tracy of Smithfeld. Mr.. and Mrs. G.
H. Blaisdell. Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Withee
of Norridgewock, Mrs. Mertie Holmes
Mrs. Grace Dow, Wateryille, Mrs.
Nina Otis, Madison and G. A. Groves,
Smithfeld.
Miss GLADYS Hamor, teacher of Do
nestle Science and Miss Gertrude
Parmalee. superintendent of the kin
dergarten departments. leave on their
vacation tomorrow. Miss Hamor goes
to visit her sister in Boston and Miss
Parmalee to visit at her home in
Holyoke. Mass. Miss Ruby Lathe,
one of the Leavitt street school teach
ers. accompanied Miss Hamor to Bos-
ton.
The date of May % has been select
ed for the concert to be given by the
pupils of the high and grade schools. !
There will be both instrumental and
vocal numbers under the direction of
Harrison Smith of Waterville, direc- |
tor of music here. Both the Senior
Orchestra and the Junior Orchestra
from the grades will play. The Senior
Orchestra is composed of nineteen |
pieces with fully as many pieces plav- |
cd by the younger people, The
chorus will include about two hundred /
voices
Mrs. Harry Dyer of Madison whose
husband was found dead on the sec |
ond floor of his business location in
Madison was In town Friday. The
circumstances were particularly sad I
as Mrs. Dyer was on her way to a hos
pitai for surgical treatment when not
flied of her husbands death. In /
her haste to return home she came to
Skowhegan thinking to make closer /
connections by trolley from here to
Madison. On learning to the con
tr7ry however she returned to Water
Vile and was to take the train thence +
to Madison. Friends of Mr.. Dyer in
this section regret to learn of his sud
den death.
The musical comedy. presented at a
matinee Thursday afternoon and Fri