The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-03
News Of Somerset's Busy Towns

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brown bread, white bread, ginger
bread, hermits, cake and doughnuts
for sale.
Addie Walker was taken to the c.
NJ. G. Hospital, Lewiston, Friday for
an operation for appendicitis.
Mrs. Ellen Brown of Mercer is
spending a few weeks visiting her
niece Mrs. Ella Bryant.
Williams Bros. Motor Co., Author
lied Ford Sales and Service, Cars,
Trucks and Tractors, North Arson,
Maine. tf37
Martin Dale has moved from the
Hilton farm to the village into the
house owned by Mrs. Heffren. better
known as the Jim Gahan place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Shaw accom-
panied by their granddaughter Emma
Gould. spent Christmas In Portland
with Mr.. Shaws daughter, Mrs. j. ].
Smith
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter McKenney's
daughter, Fern, spent her Christmas
vacation at home, returning to the
Sargent School in Cambridge, Mass,
Wednesday
ACADEMY NOTES
Four of our young people, Misses
Fl. Virginia Smith and Amanda Ellis
and Messrs. Joseph Spiller and Mark
Rand attended the State Contest for
Agricultural Club work at Orono last
week. Miss Smith was one of the
speakers at the banquet.
New students at the Academy this
] term are Harold e. Fenlason, Dorothy
Friend and Dwight and Olive Barron.
! The Academy students were very
fortunate to have for assembly
speakers on Monday, F. S. Parsons
Miss Agnes Mantor, student at
Boston University, and Miss Mabel
Steward a teacher in Philadelphia.
Miss Mantor developed Josh Billings
idea of the postage stamp sticking to
the end of the journey as a good ex-
ample for young people, also she
pleaded for more neighborliness. Miss
Steward spoke on her last summers
tarvels In Europe.
The Academy boys will play Show
hogan high school boys at basket
hall this Friday night in Academy
hall at o'clock. There will be
girls game also.
| The date for the annual Farm Blu
reau meeting Is Tuesday, January s.
Watch out for any later announce
ments. Plan to attend and bring
some one with you.
M. e. CHURCH NOTES
Our Sunday morning service was
we'll attended and the pastor preach
! ed very able sermon upon Keep
Ing in Touch with God Through All
I the Year by Prayer" The choir
rendered most beautiful song "In
the Garden with Miss Louise Shaw
presiding at the organ. In the even
ing Henry Van Dykes STORY of the !
Other Wise Men" was effectively Civ
en- by the pastor, to good sized au-
dience.
At the last official board meeting
It was voted to have an Honor Roll
for Civil. and World War Veterans, al |
so for ministers who have gone forth /
from our Methodist Church. The
committee in charge of this new
feature Is Mrs. Bessie Rand, Mrs. EN-
| ma Mckinney and Mrs. Ethel Deane
Will any one who thinks of a name
which should be added to the Honor
Roll, please notify one of these la
dies?
The Woman's Home Missionary So /
ciety will meet this Thursday after
noon with Mrs. Jennie Hodgkins. All +
ladies please come early prepared to .
sew
There was a business meeting of
the Ladies' Aid at the home of its
president, Miss Addie Fenlason on
Monday afternoon. 1t was voted to
learn a play entitled "The Minister'S
Wife's New Bonnet" to be given SOME
time in February by the ladies of
the society. The play Is irumor-
gus one and has proved very popular
wherever 1t has been given, The
details Of the play are In charge of
Mrs Ethel Deane, Mrs. Fowke and
Mrs. Vesta Caswell.
Other business matters were dis
cussed and 1t was planned to have a
cold meat and salad dinner ON Janu-
airy 9th, with Mrs. Walter Deane, Mrs.
Pearl Fenlason and Mrs. Emma Jack
son to serve on the dinner commit
tee.
The Christmas Offering of our
church for the Deaconess Hospital in
Boston should have been mentioned
last week. 1t was a generous one
and went for a worthy institution In
Methodism. Smaller gifts were CIV
en- to other causes and In accordance
with our custom, gifts were brought
on Christmas eve for distribution on
Christmas Day to the lonely. the
needy and the shut-ins, thus trying
to carry out the spirit of the season.
Our pastor has secured for next
Sunday, an inspiring speaker along
the lines of Sunday School work In
the person of Mrs. Elizabeth Wins
laide of PASSPORT. Every one be sure
to come and hear this interesting
speaker.
win Felker has kindly made and
presented to our church two bulletin
boards, one for use in posting notices
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