The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-07-24
BINGHAM

The annual Water District meeting
will be in Firemen's Hall next Mon
day evening at seven o'clock. Very
important matters are to be brought
before the meeting and full attend
ance is desired.
Funeral services of Mrs. Mary
pooler were held Wednesday after
noon at two o'clock at the Congrega-
tlonal Church she passed away at
the home of her son William Pooler
on Monday morning.
We've never sold anything finer
than the new Hart Schaffner K Marx
clothes we are showing this week.
Mark Savage & Company
DR.. and Mrs Ralph ogden have re-
turned from their honeymoon and
are at Ne home of the brides par
ents, Mr. and Mrs Charles Foss.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Spaulding of
Princeton were calling on Mr.. and
Mrs. c. c. Stewart Sunday.
Ralph Goodrich with his wife and
two children Sidney and Philip are
guests of his father S. T. Goodrich
and sister Mrs Elizabeth Jordan.
Mrs. Walter Hunnewell of Scion
was in town Saturday calling on her
sister Mrs. Edward Miller.
Frank Fitzsimmons, time keeper
for the K l.. ID. on the Madison sec
ton was recently in town.
Mrs Harry Haskell of Portland
made a very brief visit to her sons's
H. A. Coleman a few days since.
]. l.. Andrews and Miss Gertrude
Steward were members of ii large
house party entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. f. II. Colby at their Pleasant
10 Saturday and Gun
day.
Alden Goodrich of Rumford. has
been organist at the Congregational
Church for several Sundays Mr..
Goodrich has been organist in Rum
ford for many years. This summer
he is spending with his sister Mrs.
Robbie Sands.
Mark Savage & Co. have a line of
p. n. Practical Front corsets that
have been discontinued They are a
regular So corset and are now mark
ed down to 3d. Also one other line
of p. n. Laced Front. discontinued,
marked from $275 to $l.75. They
have new models in place Of them.
Mr.. and Mrs. d. G. McGregor and
daughter Helen Of Augusta were in
town Monday, guests of C. c. Stewart
and family. They were on their
way to Comber Inn for a few days.
Mrs. f. H. Caswell is entertaining
visitors this week.
w. W. Stoddard with his daughter
Mrs. Harold Coleman and her child
rem, Lucille, Phyllis Bruce and Cedric
made an auto trip to one OF the
Maine beaches the first of the week.
Mrs Elizabeth Andrews returned with
hn. in DnrflnpH MiaG
Lucille Coleman will remain with her
grandmother for a weeks visit.
Taylor Brothers e Hill furniture
sale continues until Saturday evening.
Mrs Harry Woodland and CHILDREN
Robert, Madeline and Harry of Lew
iston are visitors at the home of
Pearl Woodland.
Mrs. Cony Robinson Is In one OF
the hospitals at Skowhegan. A surgi-
cal operation was performed last
week and she is reported to be re-
covering.
Mrs. Harry Cummings will be
able to return home this week II
her condition continues as favorable
as at present.
Leon Robinson of Portland is in
town for short time.
There were nineteen from Bing-
ham who went to Kingfield to the
ID. A. r. State Field Day and the
dedication e xercises of a marker at
Flagstaff, on the 18th. They report
good time with banquet at The
Herbert.
All interested in the Goodrich and
Baker reunion will please bear in
mind the date August 18th as the time
set for this years reunion.
The Dora Goodrich w. G. r. Z. met
with Mrs. Esther Collins the evening
OF July IS. Seven members respond
ed to the roll call. One new honor
airy member was reported. The
flower committee gave a most excel
lent report. 1t was voted to change
the evening of the meeting from the
third Wednesday of the month to the
third Friday. The next meeting
Will be held with Mrs. Elizabeth Jor-
dan. Friday evening, August Is.
As Miss Louise Durgin returned
from a horseback ride about week
ago her horse lost his footing on the
concrete driveway and fell. She was
thrown in such a way that her left
arm was injured An X-ray showed
the injury to be a break near the
elbow. DR.. Young of Skowhegan and
DIR. Piper of Scion set the fracture on
Saturday and she is getting on very
we'll.
Mrs. Abbie Guild is having very
good sale on her household goods
Those interested will please call in
the afternoons. until further notice.
Mrs. Nora Lander Hopkins of Chi
cago gave much pleasure to her many
old friends by singing in church last
Sunday. Alden Goodrich played the
accompaniment.
Mrs. S. ]. Whitney is spending some
time at her Pleasant Pond cottage.
With so many cars passing and so
many reckless drivers the narrow
dugways above Bingham are very
dangerous. Near the lower part of
what IS called the ED Berry intervale,
n short steep hill in the dugway pre-
vents auto drivers from seeing each
other until too close to prevent aecid-
ent il the rate is fast one. Three
accidents have recently occurred at
this particular spot. The first, a
motorcyclp and auto cOllided crush