The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-08-07

home of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. E. Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bailey of Pitts
held were among The out of town peo-
pie attending the street dance Tues
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dumont and
daughter, Hazel, of Winter street,
spent the week end in Auburn visit
ing relatives.
Florence and Ethel Corvette, Ger
trude Laney and Miss Ethel Lacasse
are spending the week at the Twilight
Cottage at Lakewood.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Dixler of
Washington, D. c., spent Friday with
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Grundy, who are
here from Washington.
Miss Agnes Cockburn, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. T. A.
Min in Quincy, Mass, for several
weeks returned home Tuesday night
Mr.. and Mrs Edward J. Croteau and
son Lawrence, are enjoying a two
weeks vacation at their camps on
the north shore of Lake Wesserrun-
Ssett.
The BPW Club will have a theatre
benefit at Lakewood next Wednesday
night. If many tickets are sold by
the members liberal percentage
will be given to the club.
Thursday, August 14th, DR.. d B.
Holt will visit Centenary Methodist
Church and have a preaching service
at 7.30 in the evening" after which he
will conduct the business of the first
Quarterly Conference.
7 Mrs. George Weisman of West Som
eryille, Mass, is visiting her mother,
Mrs. Frank Lessard. She is accom-
panied by her son, Charlie. On her
return she will visit with her sister,
Mrs. Louis Trial at Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moody F. Jewell and
Miss Clara Libby are to entertain Mrs.
Carroll Butterfield, who is spending
/ the summer at Oquossoc, Fred Libby
] of Calais and Miss Florence Thomp-
son of st. Johns, for the next several
days.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Lewis and
children of Lewiston, formerly of this
i town, were called here Tuesday on
account of the serious illness at the
Kennebec Valley Hospital of Mrs.
Lewis father. Frank Jewett, of Lee
want.
Chapman & Beckwith shipped for
| ty-two hogs out of this station yester-
day, which they had picked up in diff
ferent sections of Somerset County.
They were going to Auburn. Many
of these hogs weighed five hundred
pounds.
Mrs. George Wellman and daugh-
ter, Miss Harriet Patterson, Mrs.
John Breen and daughter, Marion of
Wollaston, Mass, who have been Wis
iting for several weeks with relatives
in Cornvlle started on their return
trip yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sterling T. Moore,
married here July 23rd, returned
Monday from wedding trip through
Aroostook County and the ST. John
Valley. Monday evening friends of
the young couple rendered them So
cial in the Foresters' Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. II. Mooers enter
tanned the American Minister to Por-
tugal, the Hon. Fred Morris bearing
at dinner on July 18th at their apart
ment at Al Rina Alexandra Herculano,
Lisbon Mr.. Mooers is American
Vice Consul to Lisbon, Portugal, form
eriy of Skowhegan.
Relatives here of Ernest Michaud
who died in Waterville last week, at
tended the funeral held in the down.
river city Saturday In the party
were Onesime Bouchard and Della
Bouchard, Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Bou-
chard, Mrs. Charles Giroux, Beloni
Bouchard and John Corson who con-
veyed some of the mourners in his car
Mr.. and Mrs j. S. Barker of Bos-
ton, with their daughter Jeanne Ma
RE. age three and their infant son,
John Junior, arrived Tuesday to be
guests of Mrs. M. S. Carpenter. Mrs
Carpenter recently made mis-step
as she was leaving the verandah OF
her cottage and sustained a fracture
of one of the small bones of the foot
Miss Marjorie Smith very pleasant
ly entertained several members of
the class of 1910 S. H. S. Tuesday
afternoon and evening. Those pres
ent were Mrs. Ethel NJ. Christensen,
Mrs. Irene Turner. Miss Florence
Withee Miss Celia Packard and Miss
Myra French. The afternoon was
spent socially and supper was served
out of doors.
Mrs. d. c. Dorothy of Newark, N. j.
and Mrs. Harriette Dueringer of
Montclair, n. j.. are expected to ar
rive by auto Friday evening. Mrs.
Dorothy will visit for time with
friends while Mrs. Dueringer will be
a guest of her daughter, Betty Kent.
who has been passing the summer at
Lakewood. Miss Kent played the
role of Jimmie Taylor in John b.
Hymers latest success, Maggie Tay-
lor" which was produced at Lakewood
last week Mrs. Dorothy will be
remembered by Skowhegan people as
Miss Belle Estes.
A surprise birthday party for Miss
Blanch Bernier occurred Monday even
ing at the home of Rev. A. o, La
Croix. directed by Miss Vera Nc
Coombs and Miss Eugenla Bernier,
Pink and white decorations and many
cut flowers were used in the dining
o,d Hving rOomc and ahOut twenty