The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-07-31

/ Pomelow at her home on North ave-
nue..
John Carter left yesterday for Camp
! Devens, where he will enter the train
ing camp there for the month of Au-
gust.
( Mrs. Edgar Hughes left Monday
noon for her home in Ashland after
being guest of Mr. and Mrs. d. A.
Porter.
Earle Grundy of Washington. D. C.
arrived here Tuesday night to Join
Mrs. Grundy and visit with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs John H. Grundy.
Mrs. John Rhodes and little son.
William, are. leaving Saturday for
Boston and will visit relatives in that
vicinity for a time before going to
Nile, Michigan where Mr. Rhodes is
now located
Mr.. and Mrs. T. f. Greenway go
Saturday to Boothbay where they re-
main for a week. experimenting the
completion OF their new cottage. The
building will probably be finished by
Tuesday next.
Miss Elizabeth Gordon of New
York arrived Tuesday and as Is her
custom is located at Fa6rgrieve Bay,
Lake ,Wesserunsett. This is Miss
Gordon's tenth or eleventh summer
visit at the lake. She will remain
during the month of August
The marriage intentions of Guy L.
Giles, a farmer. of this town and Miss
LII tah ha
in the Skowhegan rural schools have
been placed on file at the Office of the
town clerk.
Harry Kurdish of Rangeley and
George F. Goodspeed of Wilton, called
on Mr. Goodspeeds uncle, George b.
Fairgrieve last Friday. The two
gentlemen are interested in timber
land holdings and were ON their way
east on business.
Miss Beatrice Genthner of the First
National Bank is enjoying the com
pany of her sister. Mrs. Staples and
three children of Damariscotta. who
are at one of the Fairgrieye cottages
at Lake Wesserunsett.
Miss Lophemia Robbins of Belfast
has been engaged to teach at the Pitts
school. The school building has late
been improved and there are pros
poets of purchasing one-half an acre
of land for Fairgrounds.
Allan ]. Stinchfield. student at
Dartmouth College has been at home
this week for short visit with his
parents but will return shortly to
New Bedford, Mass. He is employed
this summer in selling automobile
maps.
Leon Genthner of Auburn has been
engaged as supervisor OF manual
training in the public schools, sue
ceeding Clement Downes. He has
lately been a teacher of woodwork in
Auburn. Mr.. Genthner is married
and he and his wife are planning to
take a house in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. r. Fogg are back
at their home on Pleasant street, aft
er a few months in Melrose, Mass,
where Mr. Fogg has / been receiving
treatment at a sanatorium. Mr..
Fogg is much improved in health but
Mrs. Fogg has been quite i'll since her
return, probably due to an infection,
Friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter r.
Goodwin of Portland will be interested
to learn that they have a daughter,
whom they have named Mildred Flora.
The little lady weighed seven and
one-half pounds at birth. Mrs.
Goodwin is the youngest daughter OF
Mrs. Flora McPheters and graduated
from Skowhegan high school in 1907.
From time to time, the Reporter has
made mention of the condition OF Roy
VI Savage, who has been confined Tor
nineteen months and twelve days in
the WatertQ&n New York City Hos
initial Mr.. Savage has sufficiently re-
covered to come to Skowhegan to Wis
II his mother. Mrs Nellie Clark, his
brother. Arthur and seven OF his
eight children. One son, now elgh-
teen is employed in construction work
in northern New England. Mr.. Saw
age was injured in a fall of seventeen
feet when engaged in construction
work on Junes g. 1922. i During his
stay in the hp5ital, hS lbs undergone
thirteen operations, eight of which
were major operAtions These were
due to a double compound fracture OF
MS IlRHI dIh1f. liz ~
port to the hospital again and under
20 another operation by which 1t IS
hoped to facilitate the healing OF the
bones in the ankle. II this opera
ton proves unsuccessful, the doctors
have advised Mr.. Savage that ampnta-
ton will be necessary. He is abe TO
walk about at the present time with
cane.
The dance given by the BPW Club
was most pleasant diversion on
Monday evening and the spaeioushess
of the Exhibition Building at FairVelw
Park where the dance was held was
much appreciated Miss Blanch
Jewett. the president very ably dl,
rected the affair assisted by a general
committee composed of Mrs Roy
Keene. Mrs. f. C. Tarbox and MISS
Ruth L. lies. As the dance pro
crossed soft drinks and ices were dis-
pensed by the Misses Mona Jones'
Nellie NJ. Beane. Ethel C. Ward, Jeh-
MIC NORM, Anna Groder, Mary Mur-
phy and Mrs Grace Tilton. MISS
Gertrude Sampson was at the door
and .other members of the club help-
ed insyarious ways to entertain those
nresenf During the elimination