The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-02-14
WHO WILL Be MISS
SKOWHEGAN
American Legion Will
be the Referee
The Minstrels Are Getting Better and
Better at Every Rehearsal.
Remember the 26th

Who will be MISS SKOWHEGAN''
We don't know her name yet, but
we will know on Saturday, February
23rd. The rest of you, however, will
not know until the h. ndsome and dig
nified 1nterlocutor announces it and
presents her with a beautiful, solid
gold wrist watch at ti.e American
Legion minstrels. It's mighty nard
to decide what manner of girl rep
resents the town to the extent that
she may justly be christened Miss
Skowhegan.' No committee in the
world could decide with justice be-
cause each member of it would have
some favorite and would be preiuiced
in his opinion The decision must
be absolutely fair. 1t has long been
an axiom that true worth is best
shown by the willingness and glad
ness of friends to work and make sac
rifices for a person. The Legion
has therefore set itself the job to act
as referee in a real contest to deter
mine who of all the girls in Skow-
hegan is entitled to be crowned MISS
SKOWHEGAN." Is she school girl,
does she work in the mills or the
shops, or does she work in an office
or a store, or perhaps does she just
help her mother at home? Only this
contest will decide. AS the poet
said:
Some girls are pretty,
And some girls are witty,
And some have marvellous charm,
Some girls are scamps,
And all girls are yamps,
That's why boys leave the farm.
Elimination contests will be held to
determine who shall be Miss Ameri
can Woolen," who shall be Miss
Maine Spinning" who shall be Miss
Somerset Shoe" and who shall be
"Miss Skowhegan High School Suit
able prizes will be gwen to the win
ner of each of these contests. and
the grand prize and distinction of be-
ing christened "MISS SKOWHEGAN'
will go to the highest point winner
of all.
AS to who shall compete is left with
the organizations themselves. 1t is
than two competitors in each outfit.
After each competitor has secured all
the support possible within her own
bailiwick, she then goes after the in
dependent vote along the business
streets and in the homes. The ln-
successful competitor can turn her
votes to her successful mate in her
outfit. That is, if the American
Woolen crowd should give $4,000
votes to the beautiful and fair Nelly
Bly, and $4,000 votes to the pretty
and dark Susie Heartbreaker; 1t is
permitted that Nelly can turn her So
900 votes to Susie who will then have
10000 votes in the grand contest for
the honor of being Miss Skowhegan,' .
but this transfer of votes cannot be
made until Saturday, February 23rd.
One ticket to the minstrel will en-
title the seller to so votes; and ono
ticket will cost the small sum of
fifty cents, the one-haif part of one
dollar Just think what buying two
tickets will do! 1t meanso100 votes
cor your fayorte girl. it means a
much appreciated addition to the
treasury of Simon Peters Post; but
most of all it means that two folks
can have two hours of undiluted joy
at the show. Now if just two tickets
will do all that, think what you will
get if you open the flood gates of
your heart and buy ten tickets. This
is the only opportunity ever offered
the citizens of Skowhegan to get your
money back three times.
aI, ,a tno hot ,I hot
ter at every rehearsal Why. the
other night Doctor White overheard
tho boys rehearsing, and rushed up
stairs and told them they'd got to eut
ont about half the funny things or
half his patients would die of apop-
lexy Wentworth & Plummer are in
suring against busting corset stays
and vest buttons. Otherwise the au-
dience comes at its own risk. Next
week the Independent-Repo in
tends to split wide open the great
est newspaper scoop in Somerset
county. 1t has scouts listening from
the caves of Legion Hall, and will
be able to tell It's readers, just about
everything that will be on the pro
gram. In the meantime, VIC advise
you all TO be thinking deeply as to
which girl you want to be advertised
to the world as MISS SkOWHE-
GAN" and when you have decided
Just get behind her an push, for
Susie and Nellie and Ruth and Prue
All are selling seats:
Funny and pretty and wise and true,
BY ,Iimminy, but they are sweets.
SO pick your girl. don't hang back
Till your hearts in whirl
Like duoe In the pack,
You love them all,-but one the most,
Which one shall We call Miss SkoW-
hegan," to be our toast?