The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1923-12-06

parted Saturday morning after a
short visit in town.
Lawrence Cockburn returned to
Brunswick, Sunday, TO resume his
studies at Bowdoin College.
/ Mrs. George Goulette and son
George returned Saturday from a
visit with relatives in Gardiner.
Mrs. Henrietta Bowman, parole
matron at the State Reformatory
/ spent the week end in Gardiner.
Mr.. and Mrs Luther Hill Elliott and
i son Junior returned home Sunday af-
! ter visiting with relatives in Newton
Mass.
Miss Martha Spear, a teacher in the
Arson schools spent the week end at
the farm home of her cousin, Mrs
l.. NJ. Sanborn.
Miss Egline Dionne, one of the
nurses at Kennebec Valley Hospital
underwent an operation for append
citis last week.
A regular meeting of the First
hiiothOu 1ldoo W 40 lltlh ioSN NfNhih .
at the home of Mrs. K. L. Marston
on Baptist Hill.
Miss Eleanor Halves. a teacher in
Somesyille. was at home with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. D. Symons
for the week end.
Miss Carolyn Crocker returned
Sunday to her home in Canaan after
visiting for several days at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. George e. Chase.
Street Commissioner Ephraim Cow
cite has had a crew of men cleaning
out the catch basins and filling UP
holes in the highways this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Mills of Madi-
son avenue had as guests last week
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Decker of Bangor
and Mrs. Carroll Conant of Oldtown.
Miss. Ellis Drew of Cambridge, Mass
departed Monday after being a guest
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon
Buker. Enroll Buker was at home
from Bowdoin College for the holiday
recess.
Arthur Hight of Athens was in town
Sunday accompanied by his father, NJ.
J. Hight and left with Brooks Saw
age to resume his studies at Bow
doin College.
Harold Rowell, principal of the
high school at Franconia, n. II. visit
ed here last week with his mother,
Mrs. Mary Rowell. He was accom-
panied by John r. Weeks, submaster
in the same school
Miss Margaret NJ. Chase, president
of the IDEAL BPW Club will go to
Wateryile. Saturday, to attend a
meeting of the State Educational com
mittee of the Federation of BPW Clubs
of which she is chairman.
Misses Edith Etimpson. Reba Vail,
Margaret Vail and Delphine Murray,
all students at the State Normal
School at Pennington, have returned
to their studies after the Thanksgiy-
ing recess at their homes here.
Arriving in Norridgewock on Mon
day nights train. David j. Wright of
Norridgewock, George Beauchene and
John Gagnes of Lewiston were found
to be in very much intoxicated con-
dition. They were later arrested on
the north side of the river by Deputy
Sheriff Charles L. Miller and were
brought to the County Jail the same
evening. On Tuesday afternoon they
pleaded guilty before Judge Sawyer
of the Western Somerset Municipal
Court and were given fines of $40
and costs or thirty days in Jail. They
settled
The Literary Digest of December
list contains an article on Richmond
Repudiates Robert +. Lee" which
is a criticism on Drinkwaters play,
Robert f. Lee" after a presentation
in the capitol city of Virginia. The
article is given local color, through
one of the illustrations which shows
James Durkin as Jeb Stuart. Mr..
Durkin is we'll known to many in this
section through his long associations
with the Lakewood Stock Co. There
has been, it seems from the Literary
Digest article. various protests from
Virginians, some claiming that there
are historical inaccuracies in the
play and that it is objectionable TO
caricature Robert f. Lee, but it is
believed that the presentation would
be more enjoyed in the north than in
the south.
The output of brick at the Puring-
ton brick yard this season was about
100000. These products were ship
ped to various points including Saco
and Boston and some were used in
the addition to the Stevens cottage
at the State Reformatory. At the
present time wood is being cut to be
used in the baking process next sea-
son, from $50 to 300 cords being re-
qured at the local yard The same
company operates kilns in Augusta,
Mechanic Falls and Dover Foxcroft
and about $500 cords of wood are re-
CURED at the various plants. The
company has bought lot in Albion
where about one half million will be
cut r. A. Meader, superintendent
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