The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-14
6kn1uhrgat, Enral Nrlua


the home of S. r. Greenwood here.
Miss Florence Burrill, clerk at the
Farm Bureau office, Is enjoying.
weeks vacation from her duties, hav-
ing gone to her home in East Madi-
son.
Ray s. Oliver, formerly of Lubec,
but more recently of Lowell, Mass,
has come to Skowhegan to be employ
ed at the plant of the Independent
Reporter.
Mrs. George Beers, accompanied by
Miss Vena Blaisdell, Mrs Margery
Murray and Miss Maitland Walters,
all nurses at the Kennebec Valley
Hospital, were visitors in Bangor
Tuesday last.
Last Friday evening a regular meet
ing of Bloomfield Temple Pythian Sis
ters was held in the X. of p. lodge
rooms. Six ladies of the Waterville
order were present as guests and at
refreshment time sandwiches, coffee,
ices and cakes were served.
George C. McLowd, who has been
employed by the Skowhegan Paper
Co. is leaving in a few days for Ban
gor. His family will join him there
IN few weeks. They have been
living in an apartment of the Leon
Titcomb house on Summer street.
w. J. Thompson, master of Maine
State Grange. and Mrs. Thompson of
China were in town Tuesday greeting
friends. They had attended Grange
meeting at East Madison the evening
previous and left here to attend a
meeting of Somerset Pomona Grange
at Fairfield Center.
DR.. F. S. Bigelow returned home
Sunday from a visit in Milo and Med
ford. While away he attended Spir-
itualist meetings at North Bradford
and Medford Center. He was accom-
panied home by Mrs. John Hathorn,
Robert Hathorn, Mrs. Fred Roder, all
of Medford and Hathorn Adams of
Dover Foxcroft.
Mrs. Marta Morrill,, president of
Russell Relief Corps, Mr. and Mrs. S.
F. Emerson and Miss Alice Emerson
motored Wednesday morning in the
Emerson car to attend the annual en-
campment of the Department of Maine
Grand Army of the Republic and Re-
lief Corps in session at Augusta We'd
nesday and Thursday of this week.
Joseph Tulley, who has been for
some time connected with the Lake
George property was before Trial
Justice T. G. Lord, Tuesday, charged
with operating motor vehicle with
out proper registration. He pleaded
guilty, was fined $1,000 and costs
amounting to $10.75. Settlement en-
sued Tulley was arrested by State
Police officer A. w. Cush-
man.
Ralph Nye of Los Angeles, Califor-
a brief visit with Mr.. and Mrs. A. r.
Jewett and other friends. He resided
in Skowhegan in his boyhood He
has not visited here previously for six
years. Mr.. Nye during his residence
in California has married and now
has three small children, the twins
a son and daughter being less than
a year old.
The members of the Past Noble
Grands' Association we're very pleas
antly entertained by Mrs. Elya G.
Greene in Odd Fellows Hall, Monday
afternoon Mrs. l.. +. Jacobs of Au-
burn, formerly of this place and a
of the organization was pres
ent. Mrs. Greene assisted by Mrs
Pauline B. Greene served delicious
dinner at o'clock. At the next
meeting will occur the annual picnic
and the gentlemen are to be guests.
Mrs. f. E. Harris arrived home last
night from a visit with her daughter
in st. Johnsbury. VT and with Mr.. and
Mrs. l.. ID. Junkins In Somervil,e,
Mass. While she was In st. Johns
bury her two daughters, Mrs. Theo-
dore II. Wilson and Miss Freda Harris
attended reunion of their class at
Mt. Holyoke College in South Hadley,
Mass, little Faith Evelyn Wilson be-
ing designated as the class baby as
she was the first child born to any
member Of the Mt. Holyoke 1919 class.
A very charming June party was
held Monday evening at the home of
Miss Louise H. Coburn under the
auspices of the Ella F. Mitchell Phil
athea Class. There was an especial
ly large attendance and the regular
exercises of the class were held with
Mrs. Marie r. Foyer presiding. Dur
ing the business session it was voted
to have field day for the July meet
ing. The arrangements to be left
with the committee in charge. Miss
Helen NJ. Hawes played the "The Wat
erfall" and in response to an encore
played THE Storm which Is one of
her original compositions. Miss Co
burn gave an interesting talk of the
things she had seen during her sew
eral weeks sojourn in New York and
report of convention she had attend |
ed in New Jersey. She also read a
poem written by Edna Millett. a |
Maine girl, who won a thousand dol |
lar prize from one of her compo1i- |
tons in the Literary Digest and also
spoke of Mr.. Robinson, a Maine poet
who had won similar prize in the
same magazine previously. During
the recreation hour there was travel
game in which the prize was won by
Miss Fife NJ. Nye, while THE Eccen-
tr;c Gentleman" was the title of an