The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-05-22
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/ Mrs. Edward Quincy and her two
sisters, Miss Gala Kennedy of this
town and Mrs. Luther Moore and two
children of Jackman, Mrs. Sarah
Abbey and Mrs. Gurneys daughter,
Elizabeth, motored to Waterville, Fri
day.
Memorial services for the late Mrs.
Isabel A. Small were held Friday af-
ternoon at O'Clock from her late
nome on Madison Ave. Rev. George
Loring Thurlow ofilciated and there
was large attendance of relatives
and friends. Interment was In the
FAMILY lot at the North burning
ground and pail hearers were E. II.
Greenwood, NJ. e. Beale, George Ho-
bart and +. T. Goodrich, neighbors of
Mrs. Small
There was good attendance at the
! Rebekah dancing party in Heselton
Hail. Thursday evening. last, with
music by Mrs. Oddy's Orchestra.
i Punch was sold during the evening by
Mrs J. n. Smith and Mrs. Merlon
i Dyer The grand march and circle
was led by Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Keene
and a number of old fashioned dances
/ htit lCdluiNh III AHN "a OS ali. ice
cream cones were sold at intermis-
sion by Masters Maurice Valliere and
David Halves.
Charles II. Davis of Elizabeth. n. ].
has been spending a few days at
"Kilcare" his country place, be-
tween here and Madison. He plans
to come during the summer again for
a longer stay Mr. Davis was graft
fled to find in Skowhegan the new
I Woolworth store as some seven years
ago he wrote to the concern asking
them to establish a place of business
In SkOwhegan. While immediate re-
suits did not come, perhaps Mr.. Davis
set the company thinking.
The weekly assembly of S. II. S.
students was held Friday. May 16.
Mrs c. b. Hight spoke on THE S. II.
S. Food Sale The class making the
| largest returns from the sale is to
receive prize of five dollars. e.
Dionne gave a talk on the school
spirit shown toward baseball. The
S. H. S. team had played six games
and won all. Miss Ruby Burkhardt
j spoke on The School Dance" Pro-
gram was ended with school cheers
/ by student body-cheer leader, j.
Cayouette.
Thomas Oliver and family, who
moved here last week from Lubec,
prize more highly than ever their
house cat SISTER The journey be-
ing rather a long one from Lubec to
Skowhegan, members of the family
talked the matter over and decided to
give the family cat away. The an
imal disappeared, however, and was
not to be found. so the family left by
train, while their goods came by
truck Fred Mckay of this place be-
ing the mover Much to their sur
prise upon arriving at their new home
on Hanover street, in this town Sis
ter was discovered having secreted
herself in the furniture van a day be-
fore its departure and had ridden all
the way to Skowhegan, without food,
in order to be with the family. It is
needless to say that Mr.. Oliver and
his household would not be willing
to part with the cat for anything now.
After being found guilty to the
charge of malicious intent in tearing
down fence, Octave Vigue appealed
/ to the Supreme Court and gave bonds
in the sum of $4,000 Vigue was heard
before Trial Justice T. G. Lord.
/ Thursday afternoon and it appears
that Fred Freese, formerly a barber
at the corner of Madison avenue and
Elm street, purchased house lot on
the state road TO Waterville, which
adioined Mr.. Vigue's land. Mr.
Freese, it seems built a fence on the
line between his property and Vigue's
md according to the testimony it APP
! peared that Vigue had said that il
i Freese built the fence, he would tear
it down. When Vigue plowed his
garden, it was alleged that he drove
SO near the fence that the whiffle-
] tree caught in the wire and demolish-
ed the same. Vigue's attorney was
J. II. Phillips and Freese was repre-
scented by S n Shumway. Vigue
was fined $1,000 and costs amounting
to about $14.00.
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