The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-17
DR.. GAIA returned yesterday from

DIR. GAIA returned yesterday from
business trip to Lewiston.
The Skowhegan Hockey aggrega-
ton played against the Coburn puck
chasers Monday and were defeated by
I the Coburn boys at Waterville by a
score of 22-0. Donefly of Waterville
played the whole game, making six
teen goals. Skowhegan men playing
were Provost. @. Dionne. Goulette, r.
Dionne, Appleby and Furbush.
Mrs. Edrie B. Wyman has been in
Gardiner owing to the illness and
death of her sister-in-1aw, Miss Nellie
A. Wymat. The funeral services
were held yesterday. Miss Wyman
was fifty-six years old but had been
blind for many years and for some
! time had been unable to get about
because of affection of the spine
which also caused her blindness. Her
parents survive.
! The Farm Bureau will have sew
ing school conducted by Miss Edna
/ Cobb of Orono and Miss Marion Hare,
Home Demonstration Agent on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday, January
"a. 20 and 26 in Grand Army Hall.
There will be an admission of ten
cents per day and those attending are
requested to bring picnic lunch with
cup and spoon, as coffee will be fur
nished at the hall.
A meeting of the S. G. Club was
| held Tuesday in the Bethany Club
/
was decided to hold the Mother and
Daughter supper on January 10th at
the church parlors. The supper
committee is composed of Mildred
Lancaster and Edna Gates and the de-
corating committee of Gladys Mantor
and Ahbe Stinchfeld. Volley ball
! followed the meeting Tuesday night.
DR.. s. NJ. Cover was in Waterville
Monday evening TO attend meeting
/ of the Kennebec Valley Dental So
! ciety held at Massachusetts Inn. A
banquet was served at 6 o'clock which
was followed by very interesting
clinic given by DR.. Geo. Anderson,
president of the Portland Dental So
ciety. 1t speaks we'll for the stand
ard of Maine dentistry that Mr. An
derson has been for some years the
personal dentist of Cyrus H. K. Cur
tbs, owner of the Ladies' Home Jour
nal.
Regular meeting of Priscilla Re-
bekah Lodge No. SO was held Tuesday
evening The regular routine of
business was transacted, the noble
grand, Miss Ade1ena M. Landry ap-
pointing her various committees. At
the close of the meeting the new Of
ficers presented the following pro-
gram: Song by ladies' chorus;
reading by Mrs. Sara F. Dyer; dia
logue, Mrs. Kathleen Cheney and Mrs.
Charlotte NJ. Tarbox; character song,
Melinda Jane from Dixieland by Mrs.
Alma Bishop; reading, Mrs. Ava V.
Sheridan; song, Loves Old Sweet
Song, by ladies' chorus, accompanied
on the piano by Miss Airline Burnor;
piano solo, Miss Adelena Landry. Re-
freshments of sandwiches, cream
buns and coffee were served in the
dining hall after the entertainment.
The next meeting will be held Feb.
9Th and will be charter members
night at which time the charter mem
bers will be entertained by COM
mittee to be announced later.
A surprise party was given Tuesday
evening for Miss Beatrice Pomelow at
her home in observance of her Goth
birthday The affair was arranged
by Miss Flavie Thibeault, assisted by
Miss Pomelow's mother, Mrs. Arthur
Pomelow. There were thirty-one
present Miss Pomelow was invited
to Mrs. Alton Roderick's for supper
and to listen to the radio, returning
to her home about S:45 where she
found the guests assembled 1t was
complete surprise and there were
decorations of cut flowers. Music
and games were enjoyed and prizes
were won by Mrs. Lena G. Butler,
Lillian Laney, Blanche Bernier and
Hazel Dumont Refreshments were
served and there was a beautiful cake
with twenty candles, including a
dime, thimble and ring which were
received in the following order by
Mrs. Lena Butler, Miss Pomelow and
Miss Evelyn ST. Ledger. After a
pleasant evening the guests departed,
realizing that they had participated in
most successful surprise party.
Miss Pomelow was presented with
cedar chest, presentation remarks be-
ing made nv Miss Thibeault