The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-27
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Forty ride local tickets will be sold
for So by the Somerset Traction Co.
Miss Ruth McHugh, matron at the
State Reformatory, is spending
Thanksgiving with her brother in
Fort Fairfield
Erlon Viles of Fairfield and Phillip
s. Viles of Madison visited Sunday
night with their sisters, Mrs. Ava V.
Sheridan and Miss Velma S. Viles.
Mrs. Donald Flint and two children
have been visiting this week with her
mother, Mrs. Clara Gaylord. Mr..
Flint is employed this winter at Sc
bago Lake and Mrs Flint and family
are spending the winter at the old
Flint homestead in West Baldwin.
Miss Hannah X. Page is returning
home from Sandwich, Mass. next
Tuesday and will speak at the Fed
Grated Missionary Society Friday of
next week on the annual meeting of
the Woman's Board of Foreign Mis-
sions which she attended in Hartford,
Conn
Mr.. and Mrs P. S. Turner went to
Auburn yesterday to pass Thanksgiv-
ing and the week end with Mr.. and
.ii %. Lev piOMu. MT. brown
and Mr.. Turner were collegemates at
Bowdoin. Both were prominent in
football and other athletics in the
same period
The Working League meets next
Tuesday, December End. at the Fed
Grated Church parlors, for an all day
meeting Please come as early as
possible as much work has to be COM
pleted before the fair December 16.
Each lady is to bring her own lunch
and hot coffee will be served
A whist party was given by Miss
Alice r. Parker and Miss Annabelle
Lancaster at the Red Cross rooms
Monday evening, to which the teach
ers of the public schools were invited.
An admission fee of twenty-five cents
was asked and ths proceeds went to
the BPW Club. Refreshments were
served. This money will aid BPW
members in their present efforts to
make clothing for poor children.
Miss Virginia b. Stinchfield who has
held position as stenographer in
the office of the Central Maine Power
Company for the past year, has re-
signed and will complete her duties
/ there on December LIST Miss Stinch-
field has accepted a fine position as
head bookkeeper in the Office at the
shoddy mills, owned and operated by
W. H. Cummings & Co. taking the
place of Miss Gala Gordon who has
been promoted to the Boston office
of the above company.
New patients admitted to Somerset
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ems; Miss Verna Coffey. town: Mrs.
Ethel Taylor. Hallowell; Norman
Rowe, NorIlidgewock Cassius Mer-
rill, Harmony; Geraldine Smith, Ca
naan; Alfred Sargent, Fairfield; Cas-
sic Durgin, The Forks. Patients dis
charged: Mrs. Grace Huff, town
Eddie Jaryi, town. Albert Dunton.
Bingham; Al Heselton, town. Efie
Corson. Brighton; George Richards,
and Martha Briggs, Skowhegan.
A special meeting of the Ladies'
Auxiliary to Simon Peters Post was
held Monday evening at the American
Legion rooms and large amount 70
business was transacted. 1t was de-
cided to have a food sale December
9Th, and the committee to have charge
of the same is composed of Mrs. Mary
E. Roderick. Mrs. Lila p Perkins and
Mrs. Mildred Thornhill. 1t was voted
to send money to the disqualification
committee for Christmas gifts for
wounded soldiers in hospitals. After
the business session. which was pre-
sided over by Mrs. Ava V. Sheridan,
refreshments of sandwiches, olives,
cookies, cheese and coffee were SER
we'd, The refreshment room was
decorated with Thanksgiving garnish-
ings and cut flowers.