The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-01-25

Mrs Emma Simpson left Monday
morning to visit with her son William
Simpson and family In Oakland.
Mrs. (. T. Goodrich went to Wat
ervi1le yesterday morning to visit her
son. DR.. d. 0. Goodrich and family.
II. W. Pike Of Lisbon Falls departed
yesterday morning after q visit with
his daughter. Mrs. c. L. Richardson.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Mitchell and
son left yesterday afternoon to visit
with Mrs. Mitchell's sister, Mrs. Fred
Harmon.
! Attorney ". II. Halves. deputy. col.
hector OF internal revenue left Mon
day morning on a business trip to
PittsieM.
4 Mrs. Fred Fellows left Saturday
morning for Boston to visit her SON.
Bradbury Fellows and her father,
Henry Talbot.
Mrs. Lena NJ Cleveland was in
Waterville Saturday to attend a meet
| ing of the Business and Prolessfonai
/ Woman's Club.
4 Miss Alureda Moore. suerintendent
+! of nurses at Somerset Hospital, went
I to Lewiston Friday morning called
! there by the illness of a friend.
4 Mrs. Thomas Boulette Of School st.
1 fell Saturday evening on the sidewalk
1 in the vicinity OF the corner OF High
and North St, breaking bone in
| the left wrist.
The Misses Marion Merriam, Elsan-
or Halves and Vivian Hubbard were
at their homes from Colby College for
! the week end. Miss Halves had as
n guest Miss Mildred Collins.
/ Sister Mary immaculate. Mother
/ Superior at the School of Our Lady OF
Lourdes, and Sister Bernadette of the
faculty went to Waterville, yesterday
1 morning to attend the funeral of Rev.
Narcisse Charland.
The business and Professional Wo-
mans Club are arranging for u benefit
dance to be held in Grange Hall on
February 6. Music will be furnish
; ed by Foley's orchestra and members
are now selling tickets.
. One of the series of assemblies to
De- given ny the fuIydnhth OA"p 10 ~
.. be held in Heselton Hall this (Thurs-
i day. evening. Foley's orchestra Will
: furnish music and the grand march
will take place at 8 O'Clock sharp.
Miss Ruth Viles, who has been de-
! tainedf' In Skowhegan for several
weeks. owing to illness, will go 10
Boston next Sunday to consult her
] physician there and II able will con-
ttuue her studies at Slmmon College
The next meeting OF the Skowhe'
gan Woman's Club will be held next
! "Wednesday afternoon. January 81, In
I LibrAry Parlors. Attorney Edward
+: Merrill will address the member
upon topics Of interest to the woman
of today.
4 A preliminary debate among stu.
! dents of the high school to choose tht
/ six best speakers to take part In thu
hates Triangular League will be held
. Saturday evening at 100 in Engine
. Hall. Admission ten cents to th'
general public. The subjects are
"Resolved that the moving pictures
are detrimental influence" ant
THAT the secondary high schools
should have self government"
W. d. Sargent had an unpleasant
experience last Thursday while or
his way from North Arson. He was
being driven from North Arson Il
Madison by p. M. berry of North An
son and upon turning round TO speaf
to Mr.. Berry, Mr.. Sargent noted thaf
he was lying over the seat and unable
to speak. The man was taken to {
nearby farmhouse and n physician
was called but Mr.. Berry died before
medical help was obtainahle.
Somerset Council No. 20S9. Knight.
of Columbus, will hold the first meet
ing in it's new hall Monday evening
Plans will be discussed for the ex
qualification of the third degree II
), the very near future. Il. r. PatteI
will address the members on the his
tory of Skowhegan. He has alst
been invited to give demonstration
of Indian Club swinging. Undoubt
eddy, the meeting will be one of thu
most interesting held for some time
Mrs. Pearl Vincent of Skowhegai
who was operated upon Saturday a
the Kennebec Valley Hospital is re
ported as improving. Thomas Cam
mack of Norridgewock, a medical pa
tient, Is also convalescing rapid,
and Mrs. Dora Bigelow, who under
went surgical operation severa
weeks ago will return to Fairfield
Sanatorium In a few days. Donald
: Newall OF Hartiand and Mrs. Franz
Foley of Skowhegan have both beer
lately discharged from this institn
ton.
George p. Longfellow. resident en-
gineer for Lockwood, Greene & Co.
engineers OF Boston. Mass, completed
his services on the work for the Maine
Spinning Company In connection witt
the building OF the new mill and re-
turned TO the Boston office yester
day afternoon. Mr.. Longfeilow wishes
to extend his thanks at this time for
the many favors that have been grant
ed him In business way and for tht
social events arranged by the friends
that he has made, for his pleasur'
while in Skowhegan during the pas