The independent-reporter., 1924-06-12
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Oscar Perry and George Booker of
/ Portland, were in town Monday call
| ing on friends.
George Soule, Roy Nay and w. B.
Gates were at Grace Pond for week
end fishing trip.
Julian c. Goodrich and Harry Ste
venson spent the week end at Grace
+ Pond camps on fishing trip.
Miss Marguerite Sawyer of Cam
bridge is visiting her sister, Mrs. II.
B. Stafford, having arrived Sunday.
j Wendall Thompson, a student at
/ Boston University. has come home for
the summer vacation with his mother,
Mrs. Lora Thompson.
i Cyrus Currier. who has been a resi-
dent of Lynn for the past three
! months, was in town last week He
has returned to that city but he and
Mrs. Currier will arrive here next
week to become again residents of
Skowhegan. They have hired a rent
of Ira Norton on Winter street. They
went to Lynn expecting to make their
home with their son, Maurice G. Cur
rier, but old friends and associations
back in Skowheean were strong
enough to cause this change in plans.
Quite a delegation of Skowhegan
people are leaving tomorrow for Nor
ton, Mass. to attend The graduating
exercises at Wheaton College. Thvee
Skowhegan girls are graduating, Miss
/ Helen Lord daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
i II. G. Lord, Miss Carolyn Cover.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George ".
Cover and Miss Alta Porter, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. b. A. Porter Among
those who will leave tomorrow for
this event will be the parents already
mentioned, Miss Priscilla and Harold
Lord, Miss Hannah r Page and Miss
/ Dorothy NJ. Elliot The trip is to be
made by automobile.
The ladies of the Federated Mis-
sionary Society met with Mrs. Wood.
i bury at her home on West Front
street. At o'clock picnic sup
per was served. the menu including
sandwiches. salads, olives, cakes,
j strawberries and cream and coffee.
+ The meeting was presided over by
Mrs. Dorothy Thurlow, the president
and after the regular business was
taken up. the members Of the socie-
ty who had been away during the
winter, gave reports along missionary
lines. in the places which they had
visited. Mrs. Thurlow read a letter
from her sister, who des missionary
work in Burma and Mrs. Bailey told
of the work in the south. Miss Han
nah r. Page, who spent the winter in
Sandwich, Mass, told of the work i'll
the Sunday school there. The ar
rangements were in charge of Miss
Page assisted by Mrs. Stanley Cow
err.
The Past Grands Association Were
very pleasantly entertained by Mrs
T. Sara Dyer at her home Monday
Mrs Lila French, the vice president
presiding. in the absence Of the pres
ident, Mrs. Violet V. Fogg. II was
voted that the next meeting woult
be field day and the ladies woull
entertain the gentlemen, the place K
be announced later. The committee
in charge of the arrangements fol
this gathering is Mrs. Sarah Dyer
Mrs. Mabel Bragg and Mrs. Lilli
French. After the business session
readings were given by Mrs. Carrie
Bearce, Mrs. Cora Hurley Mrs. Lii
liam Smith, Mrs. Mary Bailey, Mrs
Lila French, Mrs. Mabel Bragg. Mrs
Dyer served delicious dinner at five
o'clock, the menu including grape
fruit, cream of tomato soup, cold roas
chicken, with dressing. mashed pota
toes, gravy, green peas, strawberry
shortcake and tea. The place card:
were tiny beehives and the favor'
were small baskets of nuts. Th'
next meeting will be on July l4th.