The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-05-01
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brother Walter Cornelius Crocker.
who is arriving from Ireland.
Miss Ruth Buckley, who has been
caring for Mrs. A. Z. Rodden and
baby daughter returned Saturday
morning to Cambridge, Mass.
Probation Officer Savage was in
Augusta last week to accompany Her.
bert M. Lakeman back to the Child
ren's Home Society in that place.
Miss Theresa Bison, designer and
model in New York fashion house,
arrived home Tuesday for a few
weeks visit with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs A. (. Bison.
Mr. and Mrs. C. NJ. Barnard of Lew
iston and Mr.. and Mrs Grant Witham
of Embden were among the out of
town people here to attend the flu
neral of Frank Thompson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo A. Tilton are an
nouncing the marriage of their daugh-
ter, Anna b. Akeley to F.. Glen Har-
mon of Old Orchard to occur on We'd
nesday, May 20, in Skowhegan.
Among the pleasant events of this
week will be the auction party which
is being given tonight by Mrs. William
Folsom Merrill and Mrs. NJ. P. Merrill
at the formers home on Water street.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs will
attend divine service at the Bethany
Baptist Church, Sunday May 18th
Canton Somerset will act as escort
and the Citizens Band will be in at
tendance.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Staples of Au-
burn visited Sunday with their uncles
John and Webster Nutting on the
Lakewood road. They came by au-
tomobile and had no serious difficulty.
They will later come to Skowhegan
on their way to Quebec.
Christening services were held
Sunday at the Church of Our Lady of
Lourdes for James Arthur. infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hamilton.
The Godfather and Godmother were
Ledger King and Miss Leona LeClair,
who stood with the parents at the
time of their marriage.
The fruit business on Madison
avenue purchased about month ago
by Guy Debe, former proprietor, has
DcbtA-SOlu W al lllul lIcDtli w llO w do
formerly. clerk at the Pooler Market.
1t is understood that Mr.. Debe CON
templates an early return to Italy,
where his family are at present.
Patients at Somerset Hospital are
Thomas Bolduc, Oldtown; Mrs. Mari
eta Pease, Anson Samuel Green.
Oakland; Mrs. Belle Jewett and Miss
Doris Tozier of Skowhegan. Patients
recently discharged are A. r. Moody,
Cornville Mrs. Mildred Dunlap, Mad
ison and Alice Emerson of Skowhe
gan.
1t is estimated that more than 80,
900 Maine youngsters will hang May
baskets this year and in each basket
will be an appeal for a silver Offering
to be used in Maine by the Maine
Public Health Association to bring
better health to Maine boys and girls.
The funds. are to be sent direct by
the donors to the NJ. p. II. A., 316
Water St, Augusta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Everett Burnor are
the parents of a little daughter, Mar
vette Airline, born last Thursday
morning at Somerset Hospital. Mr..
Burnor returned this week to Spring
field, Mass, where he is employed by
the Rolls Royce Co. Mrs. Burnor
and baby daughter will join him there
later. They will be accompanied on
their return by Mr.. Burnor's mother,
Mrs. c. A. Burnor.
Mrs. William Martin was given
party Sunday evening by her children.
She was much surprised and was pre-
scented with several dainty gifts. A
delicious lunch of sandwiches, fruit
salad, cold boiled ham, potato chips,
olives, pickles, ice cream. cake, tea
and coffee was served during the
evening. The out of town guests
present were Mrs. Frank Gibson and
son Richard of Lewiston.
Mrs. w. w. Mayo, wife of the super
intendent of Opportunity Farm at New
Gloucester, accompanied Willard wal
lace Howard Osborne, Kenneth Pear
son and John De Viewer, group of
singers from the farm here Saturday,
and spoke on the work for boys at the
services in the Bethany Baptist
Church, Sunday morning. The young
men sang and also sang during the
Sunday School hour going from here
to Madison to sing at service in
that town. Mrs. Mayo was enter
tanned by her sister-in-law. Mrs. JOS
eph Otis Smith and the boys were en-
tertained by Mrs. George Otis Smith
The store on the first floor of the
Hotel Oxford Block which has been
in the hands of the carpenters for the
past few weeks is fast nearing COM
pletion and the Woolworth & 10 cent
Co. who have leased the same will
probably open by the last of next
week The exterior like other stores
of the company is painted red and red
is the prevailing interior decoration,
with the upper part of the walls
painted in cream. Two entrances on
the front with large show windows
are patterned after the Portland
stores. The basement is we'll filled
with goods which have already arrtv-
cd for the new store. The entrance
TO Hotel Oxford is now to the lett
Of the old entrance and is the one
which formerly led to the Sawyer Of
fees.
The last non concert of tho season