The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-05-10


in Waterville.
Mrs Ethel NJ richardson is spend
ing a few days with her parents at
Lisbon Falls.
Miss Florence Pooler left Monday
morning to visit her aunt, Miss Julia
Coburn in Concord, Mass.
Duncan Hall of Augusta departed
Monday morning after visiting with
relatives in town.
Mrs. Laura Beaulieu has gone to
Salem, Mass. called there by the death
of Miss Marie Cyr.
Mrs. Carrie l.. Howard left Monday
morning for Springvale to visit her
sister, who is very i'll there.
w. E. Adams, now of Auburn, for
merly proprietor of Hotel Oxford, was
in town Monday greeting friends.
Attorney S. N. Shumway was in
Rumford Tuesday and Wednesday
attending the Oxford County Supreme
Court.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Parkman, who
have recently moved here from Hart
land, returned to their former home
on business, Monday.
Mrs. Edward Fairbrother, formerly
of this town returned to her home
in Fairfield, Monday after visiting
here.
DR.. and Mrs. B. 0. Goodrich and
daughter of Watervlle were guests
Sunday of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. T. Goodrich.
DR.. and Mrs. Kleber w Smith of
Freeport visited over Sunday with
the doctors brothers, Clyde II. and
Myron Es,Smith.
Howard Steward and Herbert
Young entertained party of young
people at Mr. Stewards camp at Lake
Wesserunsett, Sunday.
Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson of Pleasant
street, who has been ill for several
weeks. was able to be out for the first
time Monday.
Warren Hymer of New York is
coming this week to the Hymer
summer cottage at Lakewood. His
father, John B. Hymer is coming the
fifteenth.
( Clayton<Atwood, manager of the Di-
rect Importing Co, now the Overland
CO., has moved his family to Nor
ridgewock They have been living
at Is Leavitt street. Mr. Atwood will
go back and forth by automobile.
Miss Irma Rancourt has resigned
her position as stenographer at the
e. A. Strout Farm Agency and is
leaving Saturday for Augusta, where
she will be employed by Judge Bene-
dict F. Maher.
Donald w. Philbrick Esq. of Port
land and Karl and William Philbrck,
students at Bowdoin College, were at
home the latter part of the week to
visit their parents, Mr. and Mrs. S.
w. Philbrick. The friends of the
family will be gratified to learn that
Mrs. Philbrick is much improved from
her recent critical illness.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. w. Leighton have
sold their home on Dyer street to Mr..
and Mrs. A. B. Plummer. The
Leightons will probably leave for
their new home in Portland soon after
Jaly l and Mr. and Mrs. Plummer
will then. get located in their future
home.
Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Jewett left Sun
day morning by automobile to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. o. Childs in West
Medford, Mass. and with other friends
in Boston and vicinity They were
accompanied to Boston by G. E. Avore
and were joined in Portland by Mrs
Avore who had been spending a few
days there. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett
will return tonight.
The members of the Helen Coburn
Mission Circle met Friday afternoon
at the parlors of the Bethany Church
to prepare quilts for the members of
The Ella +. Mitchell Philathea Glass
to work on at their meeting Monday
night The quilts are to be sent to
the Mather School in the south. The
meeting was in charge of Mrs. HON
sted and a goodly number were pres
emit
Word has been received from Mrs
Fl. Tobey Moocrs that she and her son
Richard Give Mooers have arrived in
Providence, II. l., on their trip from
Lisbon, Portugal and are now visit
ing in Philadelphia. American Con-
sui Mooers will sail about the middle
of this month and will go first to
Washington, d. C. before coming to
Skowhegan with his family for a
three months vacation.
.After jumping from third story
window following his arrest and es-
Gaping to Wateryille where he was
apprchended, Harry Kelly was be
fore Judge Sawyer of the Western
Somerset Municipal Court Thursday
last. He was first arrested for dis
turbing the peace at Madison and was
given thirty days in Jail and ordered
to pay fine of $1,000 and costs, with
thirty days additional in. default of
payment.
Benjamin Smith of Norridgewock,
who has been spending the winter in
Florida, but who leased the Merrill
store, the first building after crossing