The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-06-21
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different plans and repairs and re-
port.
Mrs. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Lander are
spending their honeymoon OF ten days
at the Lander cottage at Tufts Pond
Frank Marshall Landers of Kingfield
and Helen Estella Tufts of Auburn
were married Saturday, June Q, at the
home OF the bride by DR.. Roderic J.
Mooney d. D. using the double ring
service. The wedding was very
quiet only the immediate relatives be-
ing present. Out of town relatives
were the groom's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. /. Landers Of Kingfield, uncle
and aunt Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Koch
Ter OF Skowhegan and cousin Norris
Pooler Of Madison. Mr.. and Mrs.
Landers returned with the groom's
parents to Kingfield. Frank Landers
was born In Kingfeld, graduated
from Kingfleld High School and Uni
versity of Maine In 1920. He is an
electrical engineer and Is now en-
ployed with the A. & X. Street rail-
road. The bride was born in
Auburn, graduated from Edward
Little High School In the class, of 1918
and from c. M. G. hospital in 1920,
Mr.. and Mrs. Landers will make
their home at So Spring street,
Auburn.
President of the New England Asso-
citation Of Wood Turner's, Horace II.
Winters and wife start Thursday for
Chicago Ill. to attend the meeting of
the Nations Wood Turner's Assocja-
ton.
In honor of the birthday of her
nephew, Charles Malcolm Dolbier,
Mrs. Belle Dolbier. Norton entertained
sixteen or more young people of the
town. Whist and other games were
enjoyed and refreshments of sherbet
assorted crackers, cake and punch,
also birthday cake lighted with
twenty-five candles.
Ladies night OF Mt. Abram Lodge
F. & A. M. was observed with a ban
Quet at the Herbert Thursday night.
There were eighty-one present, Mas
ons wifes and lady friends. Out Of
town guests we're the following, Hon.
Cyrus Blanchard of Wilton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Bert Savage, Mr.. and Mrs. War
rem Clark, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Know
les, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clark from
North New Portland and Mr.. and
Mrs. Eben Carsley, Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Luce, Harold Dunlap and lady and
Frank Knowlton from West New
Dort1aud tn tho dinnipu rooy,, uara
arranged number of small tables
seating six, center pieces being yell
low butter balls flowers, the dinner
consisted of fresh lobster stew, olives,
cucumber pickles, cranberry sauce,
roast beef with brown gravy, string
beans, peas, creamed potatoes, lob
ster salad, Parker house rolls, straw
berry college ice, assorted cakes, and
cafe noir. The guest OF the evening
was Hon. Cyrus N. Blanchard, Grand
Commander of the Grand Comman-
derry of Maine who spoke very enter
taingly for an hour on his South
American trip last fall. The supper
and social part of the evening lasted
until $50 and consisted of music by
the party, several solos by guests OF
the hotel, and Fred Hutchins sang
Old Pod Anger Day. While the songs
were being sung in the ladies parlor
in the lobby another group were lis
tening to music on the Vfctrola. At
$50 they repaired to Masonic Hall for
the lecture on South America which
started with sailing from New York
down the Eastern coast to Rio de
Janeiro, Montevideo. Buenos Aires
stopping three weeks at the latter
place and returning Home via Chilli,
PERU, Ecuador, Columbia across the
Isthmus OF Panama to New York
He described going through the
canal. the locks opening by electricity
t0apermit their passage. The three
fall months Mr.. and Mrs. blanchard
we're in South America were the
spring months and the plant life
was most beautiful in the parks and
all about. In reaching the Equator
ial Line on the way down those eros
sing for the first time was asked to
sign up and the crew then proceeded
to initiate them into the Order OF
Neptune. The men in bathing suits
were put through various stunts and
one of the party was required to
crawl through a creased ships 'tun-
mel placed on an incline while water
was running through. At Rio de
Janeiro the city was getting ready for
their exhibition and were engaged
extensively in building. The longest
stop was made in Buenos Aires where
they were splendidly entertained
One fourth Of the population of Ar
gentine is in that city He spoke OF
the Jocky Club to which no man could
belong unless worth million and yet
1t had a good membership; the won
derful shores and tea rooms on top
where beautifully dressed women and
men went for tea and social evenings
from 4 to o'clock; the wonderful
clock made of flowers, only two more
in the world, one in Detroit, U. S.,
beds Of flowers represented the num-
erals and the metal hands ten feet
In length which revolyed over the
flower numerals; the cemeteries were
most wonderful ever seen; the graz
ing district about fifteen miles from
the city with hundreds and thousands
Of cattle all along the track reaching
to the desert of Chill.