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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-10
HARMONY

One of the important items for this
paper was accidentally misplaced; at
the home of Mr., and Mrs. Charles
Kicker Christmas Eve their children,
grandchildren, great-grandchildre
and relatives were gathered totaling
forty. The trees contained hun
bred and twenty-five presents ranging
in value from five cents to thirty dol
lars. Mr.. and Mrs. Kicker each re-
ceved SIS gold piece, There was a
splendid pair of wooden blankets
from members of The Wild Goose
Club. There were many jokes among
the presents which created much
merriment The supper tables were
loaded with all the good things to
make a first class Christmas dinner.
At midnight the party broke up after
having passed day long to be re-
membered wishing their host and
hostess many returns of the day.
w. s. Bemis and Arthur Marble
were in Guilford Saturday each buy
ing horse.
\ F. II. Gilman of Milo was in town
last week visiting relatives.
e. o. Bell is working at his, trade
of painting in Pittsfeld.
The men and women of the Farm
Bureau will meet with Mrs. Eleanor
Brown, Jan. IS, for an all day meet
ing. Mr.. Dunn and Miss Hare will
be present A baked bean dinner
will be served each one bringing
something for the tables.
r. II. Reed was In Bangor, Satur-
day.
Pomona Grange met with Harmony
Grange No. 1874, Wednesday and
Thursday of last week. Wednesday
evening a joint installation of the Of
ficers of the Pomona and subordinate
Grange took place.
MAINSTREAM
Miss Evelyn Bailey of Cambridge
who taught the fall term of school al
the Mckinley schoolhouse, is now
teaching the winter term and board.
ing with Mrs. Blanch Stafford.
The Improvement Club met at the
Club House. Friday night, Jan. 4. ant
elected the following officers: Presi
dent, NJ. J. Merrill; vice president
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FLAGSTAFF

o. Wing was very agreeably sur
prised on Christmas Eve with the gift
of a radio set from Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
Lisherness of r. L. Lisherness & Co.
of Stratton. The gift Is very much
appreciated by Mr. Wing as ill health
compels him to spend his time on the
porch of his cottage. He has listen
ed in on most of the stations east OF
Ohio since he has had the machine.
George Tanguay is boarding at
Frank w. Ashley's.
Glenn Viles and Percy Parsons
were suffering last week with lame
backs and were unable to work.
Dwight Viles is hauling pulp and
Merton Crymble is helping him.
Lynn OFF and family have moved in
to the VIII Viles' rent.
Arthur Wright and family have
moved to Stratton and will occupy
one of Mr.. Grey's rents.
Glenn Viles and Percy Parsons are
cutting pulp for Charlie Savage.
Our stage driver, Frank w. Ashley
made his first trip with horses on
New Years Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Wing spent the
week end at Coplin.
Lynn Moody and Percy Burbank
have returned to their school.
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Mrs. VIII Cookson who has been
visiting with her mother Mrs. Joshus
Gray, has gone to Penhacook, N. H.
where her husband has employment
Miss Erma johnson, teacher at the
Tracy school and Miss Irene Libby OF
Pond school attended an all day meet
ing of the Sebasticook Teachers Club
at Hartland on Saturday.
Bessie Buker Is staying through the
week at her uncle's, Al Buker's In
Hartland and attending school.
POND SCHOOL
Pond School, Irene Libby, teacher,
reports the following for the week
ending Jan. 4, also the first week after
our vacation. Everybody came back
to school except Evelyn Morrow, who
was not able to attend after her ill
ness. We hope to see her next week.
We have another new scholar, bring
ing our enrolment up to 27 1t was
Myrtle Lewis of Harmony.
We have another exhibit, 1t being on
the manufacture of steel pens.
The long-talked of new teachers
desk has arrived and we are very
proud of 1t. The reading test for
January was given Wednesday and
the following were up to standard:
Clarence Morrow, Margaret Buker,
Beatrice Frost, John Braley, Althea
Morrow. Myron Wood and Hilda Blu
ker. A decided gain was shown for
all. We hope that next month every
body will be up to standard.
Hilda Buker and John Braley are
captains of the new spelling contest
started this week and both teams have
35 points each. The following re-
ceiyed perfect spelling for the week:
Margaret Buker. Myrtle Lewis. Chas.
Braley, Hilda Buker, Althea Morrow,
Beatrice Frost
We had our Christmas tree Friday
afternoon. After a nice program in
which every child took part, the con-
tents of the packages were examined
and enjoyed also a treat of popcorn
and candy. In neat little bag and
nicely wrapped In paper was neat
sum of money for teacher" also in a
box and an envelope was found some
more. Teacher" does ! appreciate
not only the gift but the spirit in
which 1t is given.
Mrs. Alton Morrow, Mrs. Frank
Libby, Mrs. Frank HOLSTER and two
children, Mrs. Stanley Hunt and little
daughter, Mrs. Roscoe Spaulding
Mrs. Lester Jepson and Mrs. Louise
Linnell and little son were visitors.
The week of January 1913 will be
"Go-to-school week" We want
everybody that can possibly do so to
visit us.
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ANSON CENTER

Archie Smith was at home from his
work in the woods several days the
past week.
w. T. Booker is hauling white birch
to Clark's Mill in Arson Valley.
Willis Emery of North Arson was
business caller in our neighbor-
hood, Thursday.
Mrs. Charles Tibbetts went to Madi-
son, Saturday, to have some dental
work attended to.
Mrs. Mary Ingham and Mrs. Ella
Davis of Waterville visited their
brother George Pullen last week, re-
turning to their home Friday.
Fl. A. Clark expects to shut down
his saw mill for the remainder of the
winter this week.
Cyrus Parlin is boarding at Cyrus
Walkers and attending Arson Acad-
envy.
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Stacy Pinkham has returned to ths
home of her aunt. Mrs. D. W. Elmer,
and Ia attending Central high school
The Neighhorhood Circle met with
Mrs. c. B. Walker Wednesday after
noon of last week. There was Q
good attendance. The hostess served
Canadian tea and cookies. Tht
next meeting will be with the pres.
ident, Mrs. Eunice Hilton on the Isl
Wednesday In February.
Thurston Hutchins lost one of his
horses last week.
Mrs. r. B. Steward led the services
last Sunday. Mr.. Steward will lead
next Sunday.
Mrs. Eugenia Fenlason is boarding
at H. A. Emery's and attending Gen.
trail high school.
NORTH NEW PORTLAND
OBITUARY
Oscar NJ. Perkins died December
IL, 1928. He has been a resident in
New Portland for about twenty years.
living most of the time in c.. II. Bart
let's family. He was a pensioner
of the Civil War, having served three
years in the Massachusetts Regiment.
Mr.. Perkins was naturally of social
and generous disposition and was
always ready to help any needy case
of charity. He will be greatly
missed by neighbors and family. Flu
neral services were held at the home
of C. H. Bartlett, conducted by Rev.
C. w. Rogers of North Arson, whose
remarks were very appropriate as
well as comforting. Mr.. Perkins
was never married but leaves many
friends, two nephews, Fred d. and
Sprague Perkins, one niece, Mary
Talbot, all of Massachusetts,. Bur-
ial was in the family lot at Holes
ton, Mass.
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CANAAN

Stanley Horne, who is attending
school at Kents Hill, has been visit
ing his grandmother Mrs. Horne at
the home of his uncle Frank Penney
Mr.. and Mrs. Sewall Salisbury are
the proud parents of baby boy born
Saturday. January 9Th.
Miss Geraldine Smith who has been
teaching at Corson's Corner is at
home for a vacation.
Mrs. Addie Putnam who has been
nursing at Skowhegan, arrived Mon
day for a visit with her brother and
wife, Mn and Mrs. ]. w. Boston.
George Smith has entered the Som
erset Hospital for treatment.
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SMITHFIELD

Mrs. Margie Gilman who has been
visiting her brother Alger Cunliff, has
gone to Norridgewock.
There was a card party at the
Grange Hall, Saturday night which
was very we'll attended. There will
be another January 10th.
Roy Cunliff has returned from the
Somerset Hospital.
The young people OF this town who
are attending school ut Norridgewock
have returned to their studies after a
two weeks vacation.
Leslie Bickford has completed his
work at Oakland.
George Clement has had hot water
installed in his house.
John Sabin, Mrs. Maud varDey and
the little son OF Mr.. and Mrs. VIII
McFarsen are on the sick list.
Miss Hazel Clark who has beer
visiting in town has returned to hel
home in Augusta.
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WEST ST. ALBANS

Mrs. Frank Heath is doing the work
and caring for Mrs. Earle Robertson
and young son.
Frank Varney, Fred Finson, Almon
Gilmore, and Earle Robertson were in
Harmony Wednesday to attend the
annual meeting of East Somerset Po-
mona Grange. Frank Varney was
elected overseer
Myrtle Lewis is staying at Frank
Bukers where her mother is employ
ed as housekeeper and attends Pond
school,
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EAST SOLON

Franklin school opened December
81, after a two weeks vacation.
Harry French spent Christmas at
home.
Wedding bells are ringing for Aus
tin Taylor and Mrs. Nellie Bartlett.
Mrs. Rowena Bean spent Christmas
with her mother Mrs. Luther Albee.
Miss Esther Boyington Is spending
the week with her sister, Mildred
Boyington.
Edith Hunnewel spent the Christ
mas holidays at home.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lobdell spent
Christmas with her son Maurice Jor-
dan of Skowhegan.
Lester Chase was caller in Scion
the past week.
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The Interesting News Of
Somerset's Busy Towns
NEW PORTLAND

Nathan1ei Luce passed away at Ms
home at the Great Works, Wednesday
forenoon after an illness of several
months. Mr.. Luce was sixty-fouI
years old and had lived a greater
part of his life in New Portland. He
leaves to mourn his loss, wife, Ida
Mosher Luce, two daughters, Mrs.
Lynn Dyer, Mrs. Harold Luce and a
brother Leroy Luce all of this place
a sister, Mrs Ida Foss and brother
Bert Luce of Brockton, Mass, another
sister, Mrs. Nancy Hall of Mount Yer
non. Funeral services were held
Saturday forenoon at the house. In
torment was at the Pennington Gem
etery.
Word was received here Monday
that Doris Stafford, who Is in the
kennebec Valley Hospital at Show
hogan was not as we'll.
A drama, "a Poor Married Man."
was given here Saturday evening by
parties from North New Portland.
The parts were well taken and an
enjoyable evening was reported by
all who attended
Mrs. Elsie Tinker entertained the
Wecanbeatem Whist Club Wednesday
afternoon. A very pleasant after
noon was spent playing whist. Mrs
Maud Morton winning first prize and
Mrs. Blanch Hoyt consolation. A
lunch of sandwiches, olives, cookies
and hot cocoa was served by the hos
tess. DIR. A. H. Clark returned
home from Bingham, Saturday night
During the high winds Monday our
lights were put out OF commission
Birch has begun to pour into the
mill yard at this place.
The many friends of Miss Evelyn
Burns will be glad to learn she is
attending high school in Gorham, New
Hampshise.
The last cases of whooping cough
reported are Vera Stafford and Ber-
nice Clark.
At the business meeting of the Fire
Association the following officers
were elected for the coming year:
President. John Butts; treasurer,
Charles Hoyt; secretary, Clifton To-
Mer.
EAST NEW PORTLAND
At meeting of the School Improve
ment League held at the Pines school
Thursday of last week the following
officers were elected: President,
Merton Edwards; vice president, Al
via Edwards; secretary, Carl Bols-
ter; treasurer, Mildred Edwards. Com
mittee on entertainment, Clarence
Bolster, chairman; Ruth Sprague,
Vertra Adams Carl Bolster; Mildred
Edwards. Girls entry committee.
Helen Wills; Alma Edwards. Boys
entry committee, Porter Wills, Lyn-
don Atwood. Yard committee, Fred
serick Stafford. Keith Emery. Boys
toilet committee, Lyndon Atwood.
Girls toilet committee, Alma Ed
wards. Desk committee, Vertria
Adams, Lyndon Atwood, Dana Emery.
Room committee, Alma Edwards, Carl
Bolster. Board committee, Alma Ed
wards, Helen Wills.
Pupils OF the Pines school not abb
sent one day during last term were:
Henry Mckinney, Dana Emery, Yer
tria Adams and Hollis Stafford. Those
not tardy were Vertria Adams, Dana
Emery, Ardean Jones and Hery Nc
Kenney.
Pupils of the Pines school who
have enrolled in the agricultural and
home economics club are: Dana En-
cry, Beatrice and Derward Bracket.
Helen and Porter Wills and Ruth
Sprague.
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Cony Chadbourne; secretary, Miss
Doris Wing; treasurer, Mrs. Ralph
Libby; Elmer Fox and Ralph Libby
were reelected as trustees. Miss
Mabel Baine was elected as third
trustee.
C. L. Corson was a business caller
In Pittsfleld and Dexter, Jan. 5.
Mrs. Mary Merrill was called to
Hartland, Friday, Jan. 4, by the death
of her niece's baby.
Miss Mabel Baine is In Sangerville
at the home of her niece, Mrs. Bertha
Coburn, whose small son was badly
hurt by sliding into a telegraph pole.
The many friends Of Mrs. Mary
Leavitt, who was successfully oper-
ated On at Plummer Hospital In Dex-
ter, last week, are glad to hear that
she is getting along nicely and a
complete recovery is expected.
Mrs. Ben Peabody is quite Ill at
this writing.
Mrs. Ted. Leavitt took her infant
daughter to Dexter last week for
medical treatment.
Ralph Libby was business caller
in Pittsfield, Saturday.
Charles Pierce Is working for Guy
Booker in West Ripley.
A. W. Fuller of Gorham, N. II. was
in this place on business last week.
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MERCER

Clarence Brown. who has pneu-
monia, is reported as little better
at this writing. Mrs, Arthur ROSS,
r. NJ is caring for him.
William Farrand was the week end
guest of his nephew Harris Farrand
and family before going to work for
Fred Pressey.
The school entertainment and
clothespin social was held In Grange
Hall Saturday night.
Fred Florette who has been away
for several days, has returned home.
The many friends of w. II. Doran
will be sorry to hear that he is in
a Portland Hospital where he Is re-
ceiving surgical treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Shaw have
rented rooms at VIM. Niles and NOV
ed there last week.
The annual Peoples Telephone
meeting was held at the schoolhouse
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Stella Bigelow and Mrs. John
Williamson were in Skowhegan shop
ping, Saturday.
Miss Irene Hilton who underwent
an operation for appendicitis is gain
ing.
Mrs. Miller from Oak Hill is keep
ing house for Ruel Whitcombe's.
The weekly meeting held by David
Shaw was well attended. The sub
ject for next Sunday night is where
Are the Dead?" Everyone Is cor
daily invited.
The annual donation was held at
the vestry last Tuesday with good
attendance.
VILLAGE SCHOOL NOTES
Paul Campbell and Ernest Gray
have the most arithmetic papers on
the burlap. One has ten the other
eleven. Paul has been absent sever
al days lately.
Teacher says that our register the
last two weeks does not look very
good. Too many absent marks. She
says she is afraid she will change her
mind about us attending school so
we'll. There are only three OF us
who have not been absent or tardy.
Our room is large and we use lot
of wood on cold days. Some one
! has commenced to haul our wood for
next year.
! OuT ClOtHcSplu SuGlai 10 w NC Johu
airy 5th. We tried to have 1t Dec.
/ 29th Only very few came.
! We were quite surprised last week
to have some grown up visitors, Wed
hesday of last week Mrs. True and
/ little son, Miss Brown and Ira Bun
ker called to visit US. Thursday the
next day we had long list of visit
ors. They were the following. Irene
I Hilton and little sister, Mr.. Simoneau
and little son, Dorothy Chandler and
Verna We hope now few have
found their way to the schoolhouse
that others will try to.
Some more hotel dinners. Yester-
day baked beans, brown bread, pick
les. butter, etc. Today mashed po-
tatoes and string beans with cream
and butter. We have decided that
the Campbells keep cows by the looks
of milk, cream and butter that comes
to us on Friday. We are told that
they keep chickens.
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13

Says Pat Moran: "An Irishman
never dies except when there's one
more angel needed in heaven"
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13
Page Eleven

Mother O. mine, mother O. mine.
IF | were damned in body and soul,
| know whose love would make me
whole"
Yes, God himself smiled when he
first thought of mothers. / cannot
speak for yours, but / do know mine;
and | suppose there is something akin
in all of them that makes them mem
bers of that mystic sisterhood CT SER
vice and love. And l am now old
enough to remember something of the
standard of character that my moth
er dreamed for me and prayed for me
since / was little lad. Her whole
life has, indeed, been one Of love and
prayers for her children What finer
thanks then, can / give her than to
help the great good God by making
that dream and that prayer come
true.
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13

She monkeyed with him for a year,
Although she said he was deer.
A little horse play hitched the two,
Now he's the goat; it's nothing gnu.
H. A. Ashcraft.
"How is the milk maid ?"
He said with bow.
"It isn't made, sir,
1t comes from cow"
j. Manning.
He stood on the bridge at midnight,
Beneath the heavens great dome,
Because he was married, and the jag
that he carried
Made him afraid to go home.
e. D. Babbitt.
"I'll stick to you whate'er betide,
Though all the world may scott. !"
Thus spake the heavy flannel shirt,
But the man said, "Aw, come off"
Charles Glenn.
T. E. Pollock says that the two
drunkest men he ever saw were on a
train in California. One said to the
other:
'Whasha time p"
The other pulled a card case out
of his pocket. Thursday" he said.
"Thash our stashun," said the first
man. "Letsh get off,"
eyes," said Arch Ude, rapturously,
"a black COW gives white milk that
makes yellow butter precisely for the
same reason that blackberries are red
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13
NJ Y MOTHER
ddress by walter Funke at Flagstaff Rotary May 18th

sentiment, for there are no saints
more self-sacrificing than our moth
ers. There is no limit to their de-
mands, on high heaven, that they will
not ask for their children, and they
Wilt do everything in their power to
make the paths of their children
straight and true.
Rudyard Kipling did not exaggerate
much when he wrote these lines:
"If l were drowned in the deepest
sea,
/ know whose love would come to me.
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13

proprietor of the ice cream parlor
and that my customers will not be
bothered in the future with children.
Billie Wildman. Adv. in Prophets
town Echo.
A public bath-house in this village
would be of immense value to those
~uI,o have no bath privileges in their
homes. Very few tenements have
baths, which makes it necessary for
occupants to utilize sponge or the
family wash-tub, or, annually, on some
hot day in summer, go to some seclud-
ed spot in the river and soak or scrub
off the accumulations of the year
Bristol, VT, Herald.
F. E. Pipes overheard two darkies
talking. One said: "Ah's tough boy.
Abs SO tough dat de bahbah done use
concentrated lye to soften nah beard
an sprinkle sand on nah face instead
o. talcum."
"Ain' tough a-tall, boy" said the
other. "Ah's so bad All done had
de plumbah fix leaky valve in nah
heart"
Carter Joy has figured out that
thhe reason a cat swallows mouse
head first is so she can use the tail
for tooth-pick. Cats are so cleanly.
Some feller wandered into The Sun
office the other day and asked if we
had any painless dentists in town.
"Yes," we said. 1.-TWO of them.
Doc Mackey and Doc Mcclure"
care they really painless ?" the fell
ler inquired
"Sure," we said. ut doesn't hurt
them"
Rimmy Jim Giddings says he found
out in Phoenix sure way to get rid
of bed-bugs, though it's little tire
some. He goes to sleep on the floor
one night, on the bed the next, on
the floor the next and so on. After
awhile the bed-bugs get so discour-
aged and mad they go somewhere
else to find more reliable victim.
A. F. Grimmell recalls once finding
an acquaintance of his lying in the
street near the curb. "How do you
happen to be lying here" Grim asked.
"Az alright" the man explained, IT
jush happened to walk between two
lamp-posts and leaned against the
wrong one."
Rube Neill says when he sees man
staggering nowadays he knows one of
two things is true-either the man is
drunk or he has wonderful memory.
Now some of our graduates can
answer this, says Alf Dickinson: If
a blind flea walking on stilts takes
a day and ahalf to cross Niagara Falls
and it takes an hour and half for
a hard doughnut to sink in gallon
of apple-sauce, how many mosquito
skins will it take to make pair of
pants for baby elephant
Remember, how several years ago
when you and the boys had few
drinks together you'd all sing Sweet
Adeline ?" Now, if you had that many
your choice would be Nearer Ny God
to Thee"
Reminds us of what a friend of
ours, whose name is not to be mem
toned, told about a recent visit east.
He met fellow who'd had three
drinks and wanted to sell him New
York bay for $3.50. During the con-
versation about it our friend had a
couple Of drinks himself and then he
bought it.
Some cynical cuss writes in anony-
iiiously that the greatest battle song
in the world is, Here Comes the
Bride"
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13

If there was only one bachelor in
the world, ruminates Ben Doney,
every married woman would still think
she made a mistake when she mar
ried her husband.
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13


The "crazy man" story Milt Powers
told at Rotay last week is harder to
tell this way than orally. Milt used
his hat to illustrate. Some inmates
of an insane asylum Clipped together
and sent one of their number to a
saloon for beer. When he got there
he had nothing to carry the beer in.
He offered his hat.
The hat was filled. 1t didn't hold
all the beer that had been paid for.
The crazy man was at no loss to know
what to do. He simply tipped the hat
upside down and had the rest of the
beer poured into the crease on the top
of the hat.
Getting back to the asylum, and
showing the other fellows the beer
he had in the crease of his hat, they
protested it wasn't enough for the
money. ooh, here is the rest of it, T"
he exclaimed, and tipped the hat bot
tom upwards to show them the beer
first poured in.
If any of you can't figure this out
without demonstrating to yourself
with a hat, go ahead and do it that
way. If you have the real beer to
try it out with, you can take my hat.
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13
when they are green"

when they are green"
Says Pat Moran: "An Irishman
never dies except when there's one
more angel needed in heaven"
Reported that Bill McClurken, who
used to live here and now in Phoenix,
was pinched for speeding in some
town down that way recently and
fined $40. He threw a $40 bill down
on the magistrates desk and started
out.
"Hold on," said the magistrate. II
fined you only $40 and you gave me
SEE"
"That's alright" said Bill, "I'm go
ing out of town a damn sight faster
than I came in"
Three hundred pairs of shoes for
sale or exchange for Ford automobile.
w. E. Darling's adv. in Mansfield,
Ohio, News.
Somebody step on this: For Sale
SO acres, a choice Illinois farm in
Indiana. Want ad in Chicago Tri-
bune.
Notice. wish to say that I'm the
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13

When they first met he said, "A Bear"
He'd dog her footsteps everywhere.
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13

Notice. wish to say that I'm the
The Coconino sun., 1924-06-13

proprietor of the ice cream parlor
and that my customers will not be
bothered in the future with children.
Billie Wildman. Adv. in Prophets
town Echo.