The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-06-12
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I Miss Gail A. Taggart and friend
from Providence, r. |. are occupying
cottage In Palmyra for few weeks
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Larrabee of
Beverley, Mass. are visiting her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Withee on
the Russell Road.
John w. Fogler with his son Ben b.
Fogler of Belmont, Mass. have been in
Minneapolis, Mimi. for a few days at
tending to business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Steward and
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Goodwin spent the
week end with Carroll Goodwin and
family at Northeast Harbor.
The regular meeting of Priscilla
Rebekah Lodge will be held next
Tuesday night, the 18th. Routine
business only will be attended to-
Mr.. and Mrs. Enroll Taylor and
children have returned from a visit
with Mrs. Taylors parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. f. Drummond in Waterville.
Grover Green returned to Jim Pond
Camps Sunday accompanied by his
sister, Miss Margaret Green, who is
here from New York for vacation.
Miss Lenora Tozier of Scion will
cook at the Lakewood Community
House for the actors this summer and
her assistant is to be Mrs Hattie Mer-
rill, also of Scion.
Edward lies and son Halsey re-
turned Sunday to their home in Lew
iston after visiting with A II. lies
and family. Halsey will enter He
bron Academy this fall.
Mrs. c. H. Tilton was in Waterville
Monday to undergo another operation
on her eyelid which resulted from the
accident which she sustained while
riding on motorcycle a year ago last
spring.
Miss Laura Carpenter will be in the
opening performance of Officer 666"
next week at the Lakewood Theatre
in place of Miss Dorothy Stiekney,
who is arriving for the second week S
performance.
Miss Ruth Garland and her mother
arrived here Saturday from Boston
and are at the Lucy Jewett cottage
for the summer at the Lake. Miss
Garland will play leads in the Lake
wood Stock Co.
The Odd Fellows and Rebekahs
conducted their annual Memorial De-
ooration services last Sunday. A
delegation from both lodges, going to
the Southside Cemetery and the North
burying ground. At the Southside
ritualistic ceremonies were conducted
by Noble Grand Mathew Greene and
Chaplain Edward Spear of Carrabas-
sett Lodge. The graves of one hun
dred and twenty-five Odd Fellows
were decorated and nearly fifty
graves of deceased Rebekahs.
e. A. Bothman of Skinner was in
town Thursday of last week. He was
in search of a moderate priced farm
suitable for poultry project but did
not find one on that trip. The loca-
tion he desires must also be suitable
for summer boarders. Mr.. Bothman
reports that the general condition OF
the roads from here to Jackman is
very good. His present home, at
Skinner, is % miles west of Jackman
There Is no highway between the two
towns Just mentioned. Access to
Skinner is had only by means of the
Canadian Pacific railway
Announcement was made Thursday
by c. S. Stetson, chairman of the
board of State assessors, of the dates
of the meetings of the board with the
local assessors in every county in the
State. At these annual meetings the
State assessors will examine the
books of the local assessors and will
invetigate the methods used by the
local assessors for the valuation of
personal and real property, these
conferences being for the purpose of
aiding the board in making the State
valuation in the fall. The Somerset
County conferences will be as fol-
lows: Pittsfield, Assessors office,
Tuesday. August 10; Skowhegan,
Court House, Wednesday, August 20;
Bingham, Assessors office, Thursday,