The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-03-27


recess.
Rev. H. L. Nichols of the Centenary
Church conducted the services last
Sunday afternoon at the State Re-
formatory for Women.
About $500 was cleared from the
food sale held Saturday afternoon by
the |. II. S. girls in the store of
Charles w Day & Sons.
Mrs. Myrtle Towne of Waterville
was in town over Monday night to
attend the Sorosis benefit. She was
the guest of Mrs. II. S. Hopkins.
Miss Rattle Tozier, who has been
spending some time with her niece,
Mrs. Earl Grundy in Washington, d.
c.. returned to Skowhegan, Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Granville Reed spent
the week end in Fairfield with Mrs.
Reeds sister, Mrs. F. l.. Tozier. Miss
Doris Tozier, her niece, is their guest
this week.
Mrs. Harry M. Cullen left Tuesday
morning for a visit in Augusta and
from there is continuing her journey
to Turner Falls, Mass. for visit with
Mr.. Cullen.
Miss Dorothy Kilbreth and Miss
Marie Bison, seniors at the high
school, have been visiting this week
with Mr.. and Mrs. H. j. Dysart in
Waterville.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. r. Philbrick will
have as their house guest next week
Miss Florence Dodge of Seattle,
Washington, who is a student at
Mount Holyoke College.
Several ladies, whose husbands
were participating in the Command
cry banquet and inspection Tuesday
evening, enjoyed a picnic supper and
cards at the home of Mrs. G. E. Avore.
The Senior class at the high school
were awarded their honor parts last
Friday at the closing session as fol-
lows: Bessie Webster Kenneth
Woodbury., Richard Thompson and
Richard Laney.
Stillman Holmes and family have
moved to Waterville this week where
Mr.. Holmes will be employed. They
have been living in the Frank Davis
house on Main street and Mr.. Holmes
has been employed at the Skowhegan
Novelty mill.
Mrs Stella Dinsmore has been in
Waterville this week, visiting at the
home of Mr. Dinsmores parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Mark Dinsmore, and with
Mrs. Inez Baker. She will attend the
Style and Fashion Show at the Haines
Theatre while there.
Mrs. C. H. Secor and daughter,
Elaine are visiting this week with
their daughter and sister Mrs. Leon
Smiley on Baptist Hill. Mrs. Smiley
and little daughter, Joan, who have
been visiting with her mother in Ban
gor, returning home Saturday.
Miss Myra French resumed her du
ties as bookkeeper in the Office of the
Somerset Shoe Co. last Monday morn
ing after being i'll for several Weeks
with an attack of the measles. The
disease was communicated to her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs Fred French. Mr..
French has been very seriously i'll
but Mrs. French has improved so as
to be about the house.
Among the patients at Somerset
Hospital are Mrs. Susie Ames, Eli
Carpenter, Lillian and Guy Fish of
Skowhegan, Miss Bertha Hunnewcll
of South Scion, Albion Moody of
Cornville, Mrs. Ethel Taylor of Farm
ingdale and Miss Lucy futile Of Wat
erville. Patients lately discharged
are Edward Lessor of Skowhegan and
Mrs. Harold Glidden of Madison.
Judge Sturgis, who comes to Show
hogan next Tuesday to hold his first
term of court here. will bring as his
stenographer, w. II. Conforth of Au-
burn, who was with Judge Savage for
about ten years and then with Judge
Spear until his retirement. Mr.. Con-
forth is a brother of Miss Edna Con-
forth, teacher at Edward Little high
school in Auburn, and a brother of
G. r. Conforth of Madison. He is
also nephew of Mrs. Anna Boswell,
widow of Judge Boswell of Scion.
Patients lately discharged from the
Kennebec Valley Hospital are Mrs. S.
I -. Rlcn anu DdDy Allled Oh NE" poII'
who have gone to the home of her
sister, Mrs. Stanley Rich of the East
Madison road and also Paul Vigue of
Madison, Mrs. James Norton of Arson
and Mrs NJ. w. Clark of North New
Portland Surgical patients at the
institution are Lionel Salisbury of
Canaan, Miss Lorraine Warman of
Madison and e. Il. Sawyer of North
Arson, who underwent surgical treat
ment yesterday.
In connection with the punishment
of the youthful picture of our towns
man. A X. Butler, which has caused
much interest, the Reporter has re-
ceived letter from Charles Black of
Portland. Someone guessed that the
picture shown in the paper was the
likeness of Mr.. Black and cut the
same from the publication and mailed
il to him. The unusual thing about
the circumstance was that Mr.. Black,
himself, believed it was his picture,
after seeing it, and wrote the Report
cr. asking where we obtained it, re-
calling in the letter, he said, the time
that he had tho pbotopranb takpn