The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-19
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home from Boston, where he Is a
student at the Harvard School of
Business Administration.
Mrs. Harold Ward and daughters
Dorothea and Barbara apd Benjamin
Ward of Medfleld, Mass, returned
home Saturday after. visiting Mr..
Wards daughter. Mrs. Ethel W. Tur-
cote and family.
Arthur S. Merrill of Augusta was
among the out of town people here
for graduation and the alumni recep-
ton. Mr.. Merrill Is the son of the
late Rev. B. B. Merrill, for many years
the beloved pastor of the Congrega-
tional Church.
The marriage of Joseph Alfred Tur-
cote and Josephine Fedora Beaulieu
wAl be solemnized at the Church of
Our Lady of Lourdes. next Monday.
The bride is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Willie Beaulieu. A reception
will be held June 2Sth at the C. o. F.
Hall.
Mrs. Joseph Ware, Miss Mildred
Ware and Miss Albertine Champagne
of Fairfield were in town Friday
evening to attend commencement ex-
ercises, at which time, Mrs. Wares
grandson, Richard Laney, son of Mr..
and Mrs. William Laney, graduated
with honors.
Mrs. Backus, mother of Miss Georg-
la Backus, one of the Lakewood play
ers, who Is here with her daughter
for time, was in town Friday. Mrs.
Backus is vice regent of the State D.
A. r. Chapter of Ohio and was making
inquiry as to some of the officers in
the local chapter.
Miss Kathleen Norton, who is to
graduate from Chambers Business
College in Boston, Mass, June 18th, Is
coming to spend her vacation with
her grandfather, F. L. Norton of Sum
mer street. Miss Norton has been at
this school for two years, graduating
from S. H. S. in 1922.
Miss Doris Cover, who has been
teaching in Dover, N. H. will take
summer course at Columbia. She
will room while there with Miss
Eunice F. Patten. Miss Gladys
Chase, who has been teaching at Long
Island, n Y. will come home next
Sunday and will also take a summer
course at Columbia.
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar r.
Wilder and their son, Jack. will be
sorry to learn that they are to es-
tablish their future home somewhere
in Greater Boston, Mr.. Wilder hav-
ing accepted position there. He
completes his duties at the Somerset
Shoe Factory in a few days and will
take vacation prior to his depart
ure Mrs Widder and her son are
likely to remain here until September.
The Jolly Givers Club composed of
several young misses spent the day
Friday on an outing at Lakewood. A
picnic dinner was enjoyed and Mrs.
Lottie Gates was the matron in at
tendance. The children were driven
up by George Chase in the morning
and Postmaster and Mrs. w. r. Elliott
were responsible for the homeward
trip. Their daughters. Laura Chase
and Thelma Elliott are prominent
members of the club.
Miss Margaret NJ. Chase last year
president of the BPW Club, has been
nominated as delegate to attend the
National Convention at West Baden,
Indiana. The club is planning to
hold a food sale in the early future
and to have a moving picture benefit
for the purpose of raising money to
defray the expenses of the delegate.
A committee composed of Miss Grace
Do lie Ar
Miss Blanch Jewett has been appoint
ed to have charge Of the moving pic
ture benefit. The club has also voted
to arrange for a dance to be held at
Lakewood.
A letter has recently been received
at the Reporter Office from John l..
Valliere, who is at the State School
for the Blind in Portland. He is at
present engaged in learning how to
cane chairs. There are about TWEEN
ty-one men and nine women at the
school. Mr. Valliere, who is totally
blind, states that his work is easy
and that he is now doing some chairs,
that he gets pay for. Mr.. Valliere
does remarkably we'll in writing and
says that to accomplish this, he has a
piece of board, the size OF the paper
with brads on both edges, with an
elastic over the paper and board, NOV
ing the elastic after writing across
the page each time.
There will be no meeting of the
BPW Club, June oath, which is the
regular night of the meeting. The
slate of officers has been completed
for the ensuing year and stands as
follows: President, Miss Blanch
Jewett; vice president, Miss Ethel c.
Ward; secretary, Miss Ruth l.. Hes;
treasurer. Miss Gertrude Sampson;
auditor, Miss Mona Jones; chairman
research education committee, Mrs.
Mildred Lewis; chairman program
committee, Mrs. Rose Borden; chair
man publicity committee, Miss Flor
ence Beale; chairman good fellow
ship committee. Miss Chantal Bisson;
chairman membership committee.
Miss Anna Groder; chairman legisla-
tive committee, Miss Nellie NJ Bean;
chairman service committee, Miss
Doris Eaton; chairman finance com
mittee, Mrs. Ella X. Foster.
There were twenty-three present at