The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-07-05
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friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Green Of Ro-
| chester, N. H. have returned after Wis
iting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. e. NJ
Green OF West Front street.
Mrs. Martha A. Goodrich. formerly
of Athens, who makes her home with
her three daughters in Greater Bos-
ton, Is visiting with her sister, Mrs.
Mary Leighton and her niece, Mrs. D.
ii. Bartlett.
| John Ames has gone to Lewiston
| to take charge OF construction work
for the Central Maine Power Com
pany In the adding OF another unit
| to its present power system In that
| city.
Miss Elizabeth Pendleton OF Bangor
| who has Just completed her sopho-
more year at University of Maine has
! been spending several days with her
college room mate, Miss Mary FL.
/ Friend who has completed her junior
year. Miss Friend will leave about
! the 9th to attend summer school at
Bates College.
A prayer service for the late Harry
| Springer was held Friday afternoon
at three O'Clock from the house ON
| Middle street. Rev. George Loring
| Thurlow of the Federated Church Off.
| ciated The remains were taken by
auto Saturday to Franklin where Rev.
Mr.. Thurlow ofiiciated at the funeral
| and where the interment was made.
John Colby, son of Mr.. and Mrs. R.
| d. Wilder Colby of Maiden, Mass,
formerly of Skowhegan will be en-
ployed at the Lakeside House at New
London, N. II. this summer. He Is
| the brother of Mrs. G.. c. Marble OF
this place and a nephew of Mrs.
! Grace Vail of Pleasant street. He
was elected president of his frater-
nifty In Maiden High School for the
coming year..
The death of Lepla Kimball, ten
years old, occurred Tuesday at the
| home of her mother, Mrs. George
| Kimball who lives in an apartment in
| the Leech house on West Front street
! She had lived here but three months,
| having come from New Hampshire.
iiC iothCi 10 ia shS AioiiAS
| Spinning mill and is widow. The
remains were sent by early train yes
terday morning to Newcastle and will
| be buried at Brennan. There Is one
| brother fifteen years old who attends
school at Good Will Farm.
Warren w. Swain is combating his
| tendency to rheumatism In very
| practical way. Heat in some form
Is we'll understood to be effective for
| sive hot days, last month, Mr.. Swain
| offered to hoe corn at the Maurice
| Malbon farm. This offer was accep-
| ted and he worked all day long in
| the corn patch, resting now apd then
| when he felt obliged to. Mr.. Swain
| reports the result as good as bath
| at Hot Springs. Says he did not get
| over perspiring until eleven o'clock
that night. He felt better, is sure
he took no harm, and very certain
that he was benefited thereby.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Chase who
were married last week at the rec
tory of the Catholic Church by Rev.
]. L. A. Renaud plan to establish
their future home in the house on
Madison Avenue which Mr.. Chase has
! lately purchased of Mr.. and Mrs. A
II. Cleveland Mr.. Chase Is an en-
ployee at the Steward e Smiley grist
mill and his bride who was formerly
Mrs. Annie Ready, formerly lived at
Tignish, Prince Edward Island. She
has for sometime been employed as
l., zf Nv ny,1
Mrs. w. P. Ordway. Mr.. Chase is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. John Chase
of Skowhegan who formerly lived on
farm near the White Schoolhouse
I in Madison. Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland
plan to buy house elsewhere.
The extensive grading around the
Maine Spinning Company and the old
Bacon homestead which Is soon to be
occupied by Charles Turner and fam
| lily is the latest Improvement on
Skowhegan Island. The Island is
| fast becoming one of the beauty spots
of Skowhegan and In the last two
years has been radically changed in
| its appearance. Numerous old build
ings, including the old foundry in
this historic part of the town where
Benedict Arnold and his men once
stood made the place rather insight
| ly but with the creation of the beau
tiful Weston power house and the fine
building of the Maine Spinning Com
pany many OF the old structures were
RACED while the park for which the
Central Maine Power Company Is res
ponsible and the grading already re-
ferred to has made 1t most attractive.
The Methodist and Federated
Churches on the Island have also
caught the spirit of repair and are
constantly adding to the beauty of
their, edifices by general improve
ments. At the present time several
men are working on the river bank
on the Weston power house prepare
tory to filling In with dirt where the
water in last springs freshet did
considerable washing away