The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-05-08
N0RTH ANSON

NORTH ANS0N
Every person whoever lived in
North Arson village or is i'm any way
Interested in the place or Arson
Academy, should be n subscriber to
the independence Reporter as it car
ries each week important news re-
garding the village and especially
items relating to the school and the
plans for raising the 100000 en-
dOWment fund.
Williams Bros. MOTOR Co., Author
lied Ford Sales and Service, Cars,
Trucks and Tractors, North Arson,
Maine. tf37
Mr.. Mclcher from Portland was IL
business caller in town Monday.
The regular meeting of the d. A.
r. will be held at the home of Mrs.
Earl Wing Friday of this week. May
9Th.
Mr. and Mrs NJ. l.. French and son
Dwight, were in town Monday. Mr..
and Mrs. French went.tO their camps
at Lake Moxie for few days fish
ing and Dwight returned to Bangor
with the car.
II. j McKinnon Of Richmond
state agent for the Mack trucks and
Eugene Young. local agent were in
tervieWng prospects in this territory
Monday.
Mrs Marion Bickford who passed
the winter at Elmer Sterlings on
the Marshall farm, is visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. D. NJ. Marshall at Oakland.
Judge Elmer Sawyer and Wallace
Emery made n business trip to Bos-
ton this week.
Harvey Spear is confined to the
house with the measles.
Mabel Clark returned 10 her stu
dies in Lewiston Thursday after a
few days visit with her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George Clark.
The Farm Bureau had an all day
session at the Academy last Monday
A good attendance was reported. Miss
Hare was present and many iireless
cookers were made by the ladies as
sisted by girls from the Academy.
Fred Bunker has returned from n
recent trip to Boston and other west
ern points
The Mems Association assisted by
some of our farmers and other men
in. the village worked all day on Tho
sidewalks Friday, May End. All la
Dor was donated They succeeded
in gravelling nearly all the walks in
the village the work done would have
cost the town about two hundred and
fifty dollars. G.. p. Moore worked
his team all day. A pretty good
stunt for man seyenty-six years
old.
The next regular meeting of Emer-
aid Rebekah Lodge No. 65 will be
held Wednesday evening, May i4tl
and the degree will be conferred. Tht
committee for that evening are those
whose surname commences with II
|, and j with Mrs Addie HodgdOn az
chairman. Members who will con
tribute articles for the exchange arr
requested to bring them to that meet
ing for the articles will be on exhibi
| that evening. The money received
! from the sale of these articles goei
/ toward the Odd Fellows and Orphan
! Home fund.
/ Ezra Dunton has had a Farmer,
i telephone installed at his residence
and the ring is 15-2.
Lester Williams has moved his ga
pump and accessories from his homI
garage on Center street to his new
garage on Main street. He recent!
returned from Boston bringing home
another Ford.
Edmond Danforth is on a fishing
trip in the Lake Moxie section.
Mr.. aud Mrs f. S. Hodgkins o
Benton passed the week end with Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Wait. Mrs. Hodg
kins will be remembered as Mr.
Waits mother,
Perley Thompson of Norwood
] Mass. is visiting friends in town.
Alice Pullen and family have re
Gently moved to Bingham.
Our enterprising grocer Ira Dur
gin is taking orders and delivering
goods with his new truck.
Joe Duguay and family have move'
to Bingham.
The one hundred and fifth ami
versary of Odd Fellowship in Americi
was observed by Table Rock Lodg
and Emerald Rebekah Lodge by at
tending church in a body last Sun
day. Rev. C. Wellington Rogers
pastor of the Congregational Churcl
delivering the sermon. Text: &c
Thou and Do Likewise" Mr.. Roger
was assisted by Rev. Mr.. Grundy, pas
tor of the Methodist Church. Their
were thirty-hve Odd Fellows ant
thirty Rebekahs present.
The trustees of Arson Academ.
held n meeting at the Academy build
ing last Saturday and discusses
plans for the coming year. 1t wa
decided to introduce commercial
course beginning at the fall term, thi
will necessitate another teacher max
ing a total of six for the coming year
improvements and repairs will b.
made on the buildings during tn
summer vacation, Mr.. Bailey, tn
publicity director of the endowmen