The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-05-08
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Oldtown Saturday morning to spend
Sunday with their son, Donovan Cool
and family.
The Pi Sigma boys of the Bethany
Church are arranging for minstrel
SHOW which they are to give June 9th
in Grange Hall.
Coburn Holtz an dfamily moved Fri
/ DAY IRON the DR.. |. L. Salley house
on Middle street to the Roderick
house on North avenue.
Mrs. Nellie Gagne and Mrs. Sarah
Vlgue left Sunday for Portland where
they will spend two months at Mrs.
! Gagnes home on Danforth street.
DIR. 5. NJ. Cover, who underwent an
/ operation for appendicitis last Thurs
day morning, is reported as making
favorable progress toward recovery.
S. A. Lindsay is returning the mid
die of this week from several days in
Boston and visit with Mrs. Lindsays
sister and family in New Bedford,
Mass
Jimmie Hay of Shawsheen Village.
was guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. L. Clough the latter part of
the week. coming here to attend the
Junior Promenade.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kirby of Dyer
street, who spent quite a part of last
Winter in ST. Petersburg, Florida,
have returned as far north as New
Jersey and will come to Skowhegan
the last of this month or the first of
June.
Rev. and Mrs Leslie Grundy have
moved to their future home in North
Arson where Mr.. Grundy has accep-
ted a pastorate of the Methodist
Church. He had preached twice in
the church before removing his fam
lily to that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Dunton of
Spring street have left this week for
Dead Stream where they will be at
the camp of their son for time. Mr..
Dunton will probably remain all sum-
mer and next winter will be engaged
in numbering in that section.
At regular meeting of Sunset
Chapter O. e. S held Friday evening,
the degree was conferred on a class
of four candidates At the next
meeting on June 9th, the Chapter in
Norridgewock is expected, and a $50
supper will precede the regular SEES
sion.
A regular meeting of the Russell
Relief Corps was held Friday after
noon in Grand Army Hall. Mrs.
! Flora Lewis, the president presided
and all other officers were present.
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next meeting will be held May 10th at
which time the degree will be con-
ferred.
Thomas Oliver OF Lubec was in
town several days the latter part of
the week, visiting with his son, Ray
S. Oliver, who is employed at the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS plant. Mr..
Oliver will shortly locate in Skowhe-
gan and will move his family here
from Lubec having taken the Moody
house on Hanover st.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. W. Leighton, their
daughter, Miss Helen S. Leighton and
Mrs. Leighton's mother, Mrs James
Stewart of Portland have been guests
of Mr.. and Mrs. c. NJ. Holt and family
during the past week. The family
resided in Skowhegan for a long time
and Mr.. Leighton was formerly prin-
cipal of Skowhegan High School.
On Thursday evening Mr.. Holt enter
tanned several OF Mr.. Leighton's for
mer friends at a stag party at his
home.
The bridge party last Thursday
evening given by Mrs. VIM. Folsom
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at the formers home on Water street
was much enjoyed. There were
i twelve tables and souvenirs were won
by Mrs. Morris Gledhll, Mrs. r. a.
/ Derbyshire and Mrs. w. H. Hight
Mrs. b. T. Steward of Waterville was
up for the occasion. The house dec
orations included spring flowers and
! the refreshments were ice cream,
cake coffee and nuts
A recent edition of Sprague's Jour
nal has an article on Holman Day. a
Maine writer of National fame. With
the article is a group picture, which
is copy Of photograph of the Ga
zette force at Dexter in the Spring of
1892. Mr.. Day was then editor of
the paper. In the group is l.. H.
AppitbNr NHD WIS lOIdI tullOI VI TIT
publication at that time and is now a
contractor and builder in SkowhcEan
Another Somerset County resident in
the group is Edwin Bunker, who at
the present time is occupying the old
Bunker homestead in Cambridge.
A telegram was received here Sat
urday by Mrs. II. C. Sheridan an
nouncing the news OF the death of her
cousin, Dwight Nilcs. Mr. Viles had
been employed at the Dead River dam
and sustained injuries which resulted
in broken leg. He was taken to a
Lewiston hospital where his death oc-
Cured Saturday morning. The deceas-
cd was "A son OF the late John r. Vies
and Mrs. Eta II. Viles, the mother
having spent some time here
He WIS native of Flagstaff and WAS
about twenty-eight years old. Mr..
Niles formerly attended Skowhcgan
High School and was a member of the
baseball team. When here he lived
at the homo OF his brother, Carroll
Vile5, now of Gorham.
The members of the Helen Coburn
Mission Circle were pleasantly enter
tanned by Mrs. Clara Appleby at her
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