The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-09-20

H Mrs. Alice Twombley of Medford,
Mass, Is visiting with the family of
A. K. Rowell. :
A regular meeting of Sunset Chap
ter o. e. S. will be held tomorrow
friday evening at 7.45.
Dr. and Mrs. George E. Young are
expected home Sunday from their va
cation at Penobscot Lake.
/ Miss Adelaide H. Lancaster return
ed Thursday to Boston to resume her
studies at Simmons College.
Robert W. Haines and party of
friends were over from Wayne last
week for the Skowhegan fair.
Miss Geneva Smith leaves today for
Columbia University in New York City
where she is one of the faculty.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. o. Thompson and
Mrs. Grant Brooks of Hartland were
among the out of town shoppers here
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund L. Walker
returned to their home in Woodfords
Monday after visiting with their
daughter, Mrs. Carl Curtis.
Perley Stevens has gone to Boston
on business accompanying Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold Bradley of Somervllle,
Mass, back on their return.
Arthur R. McQuillan who has been
spending sometime here with Mrs. Nc
Quilan will return this week to Bos-
ton to resume his studies at the Har-
ward Medical school,
Mrs John Ames and daughter Miss
Eva returned Sunday from a visit in
Houlton with her brother S. A. Fair
banks They went to Houlton with
Mr. and Mrs. G. r. Fogg.
Langdon A. Jewett, who is returning
this week to resume his studies at
Bowdoin College, has been entertain
ing two college friends, Charles Bra
deem of Connecticut and Ernest Joy
of Bar Harbor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Dumont and
daughter, who have lately been living
in Dover-F oxcroft, were here last
week visiting with relatives prior to
leaving for California, where they will
probably reside.
The fire department was called out
Monday noon to extinguish a small
! blaze caused by defective chimney
at the home of Harry Stevens on Ma
pie street. The damage was esti-
mated at about 800.
i Granville Reed, who has been spend
| ing sometime with Mrs. Reed and
| daughters at home of Mr.. and Mrs.
| F. P. Pennell left Monday for an alb
sence of about two months in Aroos-
took County where he will be engaged
in Forestry work.
| DR.. and Mrs. w. S. Stinchfleld and
| Miss Lyle C. Stinchfield arrived home
during Sunday night from their auto
mobile trip to Boston and Hanover,
N. H.. where they accompanied their
son, Allan j. Stinehfield for entrance
to Dartmouth College.
Charles B. Dodge of Seattle, Wash
ington, formerly of Skowhegan has
been back for few days renewing old
acquaintances. He is accompanied
by his daughter, Miss Florence, who
is enterting Mount Holyoke College
in South Hadley, Mass.
Col. r. L. Marston Is on a three
. weeks inspection trip to Dayton and
Marion, Ohio, Milwaukee, Wis, with
the board of managers of National
Homes for disabled Volunteer Soldiers
where they will visit the homes in
these different cities. Col. Marston
Is a member of this board.
The following young people are re-
turning to resume their studies or
leaving to enter the Freshman class
at Colby College: Helen c. Hight,
Fayalene Decker, George H. Halves,
David Thurlow, Marion Merriam, He
len C. Smith Grace Fox, Rachel Con-
ant, Vivian Hubbard Fred Chase and
Joseph C. Smith.
| Guy p. Estes and Wallace G.. Ar
mold of New York City who have been
guests at the home of Mrs. Eva o.
IT. Baker left Sunday by automobile
for Greenville and Moosehead Lake
and thence on to Canada. They have
been travelling over a route in Maine
seeking places of historical interest
! and next year purpose to take party
of boys over the same route.
Skowhegan friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Knowlton will be interested to
learn that they are the parents of
a little daughter, Eloise Bertha, born
September 2 at Pembroke. The fam
lily live in New Rochelle, N. Y, dur
ing the winter but spend their sum
mers at Pembroke. Mrs. Knowlton
was formerly Miss Myrtle Green,
daughter of Charles Green of this
town.
What came near being very seri-
Gus automobile accident occurred
| Tuesday night about 1890 O'clock
about one mile this side of Shawmut,
in which Ford car belonging to
Freeland Kincaid of Skowhegan and
a Buick Sedan owned and driven by
Walter H. Hight of the firm of Holt
e Hight, Skowhegan were both badly
damaged. Mr.. Hight accompanied
by Mrs. Hight and Miss Judith Kirby
were returning from Waterville and
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