The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-05-15

by automobile from Lynn Saturday
night. Mrs. Marcia remained for Il
weeks visit with her mother, Mrs
Alma Lowe while Mr.. Marcia return
ed Sunday. Mrs. Levi Ham accom-
panied Mr.. Marcia back for a weeks
visit with relatives.
Walter Rogers of Arson Valley has
been visiting his sister Mrs Charles
Miller.
Mrs. Ray Kinney is enjoying a visit
from her sister from the Aroostook
County.
Mr.. Nickerson of Portland and Mr.
Maxim of Winthrop were in town last
week looking after their interests in
the Bracket & Russell Co. store.
Lewis Miner of Oakland visited his
mother and his wife in town over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Pierce, Mrs. Helen
Pierce and Harold Pierce were Sun
day guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Oliver in Oakland Sunday.
Ernest Ross and wife and Mrs
Murphy of Oak Grove were callers at
the home of Samuel Albee. Sunday.
The Minstrels recently given under
the auspices of the Chamber of Com
merce are TO be repeated at Bingham
next week Thursday evening.
The many friends of Clarence Tom
pkins were sorry to learn of his
serious condition last week. He is
at present at the Kennebec Valley
Hospital receiving treatment.
Charles Worthley, the marble and
granite worker is doing a good bust
ness this spring setting cemetery
work. He has had teams and trucks
hauling and setting for the last two
weeks. He recently placed a Scotch
granite monument on the Samuel
Bracket lot at Forest Hill cemetery,
Madison and also placed one on the
Charles Lakeman lot.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Witnam have
returned from Epping. N. H., where
they have been closing the TarbOx
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Carr and
family and Mrs F. G. Davis were in
Wateryille, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. H. Appleby of
Skowhegan visited here Sunday with
her mother, Mrs. Alice Bigelow.
The Grandn Milling Co. had flock
of Rhode Island Red Chicks on ex-
hibition in the J. B. Ham Co. store in
town last week and offered the chicks
to the one who guessed the nearest
to their weight Over one hundred
and seventy guesses were made and
Fred Clark guessed the exact weight
of the Twenty-Five chicks, fifty one
and one-quarter ounces. Clarence
Rogers, Kenneth Dickinson and Carl
Huff each guessed fifty-one ounces.
The chickens were fed on Chicken
Starter
Last week it was stated that Mr..
and Mrs. Willett Rogers had returned
from Mitehellville, Maryland, which
was not correct as Mrs. Rogers did
not come as she had just started
chicken business. Mr.. Rogers re-
turned for short time to work for
Gerald Marble. Mrs. ingalls, is liv-
ing with Mrs. Rogers during Mr..
Rogers absence.
Mr. and Mrs Benjamin Everett OF
Portland were Sunday guests of rela
tives in town.
Mrs. Alice Bigelow is enjoying her
Radiola 5 that her son-in-law. l.. II.
Appleby helped her to get. Her son
Walter Bigelow installed it for her. ,
INTERMEDIATES SCHOOL
Pupils not being absent or tardy for
the past month are Earle Webb, Stan
ley Bigelow, Glenys Berry, Ruth Rob
inson, Charlie ELS, Pauline Mitchell,
Robert Miller, Fern Boone. Glenys
Stevens, Elizabeth Miller We wish
to thank the Boy Scouts for putting
up our flag rope. We are having Il
wild Flower Contest" The pupil
getting the largest collection of wild
flowers will be awarded a little prize
at the end of the term, June 6. New
pupils are Grace Moody, Alene
Thompson and Ruth James Pupils
not missing any words in spelling the
past month are Rena Tracey, Dorothy
Blaisdell, Glenys Berry, Myrtle Phil
brick, Esther Dickinson and Hazel
Lee. We observed Arbor Day, May
8, by a general Clean Up.
DODLIN DISTRICT
Mrs. Ella Sanford had a slight OPP
Grafton on her hand last Wednesday.
She is getting along nicely.
VIM. Smith has been working for
Fred Tobey the past week.
Merle Stevens has a new Ford car.
sister Mrs. Alice Beane last week.
A party of young people hung
very nice Maybasket for Helen Nc
Intire, Friday evening. They were
invited in and the evening was spent
with music and games.
Mrs. Susie Storer bought twenty
five White Leghorn hens from Mrs.
Ella Sanford last week.
Mrs. Helen Barker, Miss Fay Bar
ker, Roland Barker and George Me-
Intire of Waterville were callers at
Walter McIntire's Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Susie Storer picked butteroup
blossoms Sunday, May 18th.
TOBEY DISTRICT
A number from this neighborhood
are enjoying the meetings held by
Evangelist Lewis Smith Of Boston at
the Baptist Church.
f. p. Holway has purchased a new
Velie car.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex futile and Mr..
and Mrs. Ralph futile have moved
onto the Horace Frost farm.
Ashley Wing is making repairs on
his house.
Mrs. Alice Bigelow is visiting her
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