The independent-reporter., 1924-05-22

Mrs. J. W. Higgins went to Kezar
Falls yesterday for a visit with her
mother.
Mrs. Jennie Flood Kreger, chair
man OF the Womans Republican party
was in town Tuesday from Fairfield
on official business.
The Country Club will meet next
Wednesday with Mrs. Nina Dunlop
and her mother Mrs. Victoria Gordon
will be the hostess
The churches are arranging for
union services to be held several
weeks during the summer similar to
the arrangement of year ago.
The regular meeting of the Clemen-
tine Weston w. c. T. u. will be held
next Tuesday afternoon at the home
of Miss Gertrude S. Weston on the
Island
Mr.. and Mrs. William Mitchell left
Tuesday morning for a two weeks
automobile trip through Massachu-
sets and Rhode Island Burton
Reed accompanied them as chauffeur.
The pardon case of William King
of The Forks, sentenced in January
1924, to ten months in the Somerset
County Jail for assault, came up for
hearing yesterday before the Cover
nor and Council.
Mrs. Donald Macphail is spending a
few days with her parents. Mr.. and
. Mrs. Robert Boyd, and Is packing her
household effects preparatory to es
tablishing her home in Cambridge,
Mass. She will leave for that place
next week.
The friends of Miss Orlinda +. Wes-
ton of Waterville, formerly of SkOw-
hegan, will be interested to know she
has bought the beautiful home of Mrs.
A. c. Ladd on Main street, Fairfield,
two miles from Wateryille, and will
take possession of ii July 1st.
Miss Ruth l.. Hes left yesterday
afternoon for Brunswick where she
is to attend Ivy Day exercises at Bow
doin College and other college events.
Miss Ruth Viles will go down from
Colby College and Miss Verna Porter
will also be in attendance at some of
the events.
The Christmas Club was pleasantly
entertained by Mrs. l.. c. TraftoAs at
her home on Main street Tuesday
afternoon. Mrs, L. A. Caswell was
a guest of the club and gave very
comprehensive and interesting talk
on her winters sojourn in the south
land The next meeting will he held
with Mrs. Alfredo Cool, Bloomfield
street.
IIoratio S. Weston of Logtown.
Miss. president of the LAMAR Insur-
ance Company of Jackson in that
state. will be in the north on business
in June and will visit relatives in
Skowhegan shortly after the 21st. He
will be the guest of his brother-in-law
II. 7. Patten and his cousins, Miss
Gertrude Weston and Miss Clara B.
Varney.
Members Of the Ladies' Auxiliary to
Simon Peters Post arc requested to
meet at their rooms Wednesday even
ing, May 2S. to make wreaths for
Memorial Day Please bear this in
mind and make plans to be there.
It is hoped the poppies will have ar
+ rived at that time and can be distri-
bnted. Poppy Day is to be observed
May 80.
N. +. Beale and Isaac Pierce were
both badly injured yesterday while
painting on the Avore property, Bap-
tist Hill, when the staging collapsed
Mr.. Beale was taken to Somerset Hos
pital where he was found to have
fractured ankle bone. Mr.. Pierce was
taken to his home on Jewett street
where he appears to have sustained
injuries to his back
Mrs. NJ, J. Hooper of Bucksport is
visiting her daughter. Mrs. c. f.
Adams of Bush Street. Mr.. Adams
is connected with the Blaisdell Auto
mobile Co. on Madison Avenue and
will shortly move to the Charles w
Taylor place on the same street Mr..
Taylor is shortly leaving for Hart
ford, Conn. to live with his daughter
Mrs. Leon Pratt, who is now spending
some time with him here
Members of Priscilla Rebckah
Lodge will hold food sale. Satur-
day afternoon, May gath. I'm the room
over Eugene TarbOX's shop. The COM
mittee of arrangements is composed
of Mrs. Kate Turner, chairman. Mrs.
Nina Clough, Mrs. Eva Stanwood and
Miss Florence Beale, who will be at
the rooms at 1890 to receive the food.
All wishing TO help will please have
their food there early as the sale
starts at | O'Clock.
Owing the birthday of Mrs. 7. r.
Thomson, the S. S. S. Club met this
week Tuesday and the members re-
paired to Mrs Thomson's home and
gave her real surprise party. Mrs
Agnes Dunbar was hostess of the
meeting. Orange sherbet, saltines
and a birthday cake were served at
refreshment time and the gift was an
electric fatirOn. Mrs. Thomson re-
Gently was severely burned and her
many friends will be gratiiied to learn
that she is improving.
Fred Burrill of East Madison was
caller at the Reporter Office Saturday
afternoon and related rather un-
usual coincidence. Some 20 years
ago shortly after f. T. Goodrich lost
his store by fire, he bargained with
Mr.. Burrill to purchase his stock Of
tobacco, and the trade was consum-
ated. The same day Mr.. Burrill
bought several items of goods at the
Ordway store. When he called to