The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-24

MIS-. EDWIN J0DDer Oh Fa1rf1eld anu
Ray Kilgore of Benton were in town
the first of the week owing to the ILL
ness of their mother, Mrs. Rose Kill
gore.
Lewis Lowe, manager of the Ameri-
can Clothing Store here, which was
partially burned out Sunday, left
Monday on the midday train for Port
land on business.
Attorney and Mrs. e. F. Merrill
were in Dexter over Friday night to
visit Mr.. and Mrs. L. II. Whitney, for
merly of Skowhegan and attended the
subscription dance given by the Dex-
ter Club.
William Mitchell, superintendent of
the Maine Spinning Co. and actively
identified with a min In Tunkhan-
mock, Pa, left yesterday for New
York and the last mentioned place on
business.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Er~ Symonds
have taken up their residence in East
Lansing, Mich. where Mr.. Symonds is
employed. They are making their
home for the present with Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Steward.
The boys basket ball team of S. II.
s. and the girls team will play Fri
day evening in the respective cities
of Waterville and Augusta. The
/ boys will play Waterville high team
and the girls Cony High team.
Miss Gladys Antes and Miss Chan
tel Bison have taken positions with
1 the Skowhegan Paper Co. in the cleri-
cal department and will begin work
next Monday. Miss Ames is visiting
friends this week in Lincoln.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the
American Legion conducted a very
/ profitable food sale in the Post rooms
4 last Saturday, clearing about $25. The
committee in charge were especially
tappreciative of the donations of food
and money made by those who are not
affiliated with the auxiliary.
! Attorney VIM. Folsom Merrill re-
turned Friday from business trip
to Washburn, Aroostook County Mr.
Merrill made this trip in twenty-four
/ hours, covering a distance of six
hundred miles. This allowed him
eighteen minutes to transact the
business which called him there and
in This he was successful.
There was basket ball game last
evening in Heselton Hall between the
local X. C's. and the team from Co
burn Classical Institute at Water
vile. The Skowhegan lineup was
made up of the following men: Cur
rier, Dostie, Dysart, E. Dionne and
G. Dionne. After the game there
was dance with music by Fortier's
Orchestra.
Funeral services for the late Mrs
Ludivine (Poulin) McIntire wife of
James McIntire, were held yesterday
at 9:15 from the Church of Our Larry
of Lourdes, mass being celebrated by
Rev. ]. l.. A. Renaud.. Mrs McIntire
died Monday forenoon at the home of
her daughter Mrs. Willie Gagne on
East Front street. She was seventy
two years old.
Lloyd l.. Jackson. who has for some
time been employd at the American
Wooden Mills is leaving shortly for
! Proctersville, VT, where he has taken
position as superintendent of one of
the departments in mill. He will
/ be accompanied by Ray Bell as
second hand man in his new location.
| Mrs. Jackson will remain in Skowhe
gan until in spring. The family
came here from Boston but their
home was formerly in Norfork, Va.
Mrs. Fanny J. Cabot leaves here
next Saturday and on February End
will sail from New York on a Medi
terranean voyage, going east as far
as Constantinople and Palestine. She
will visit Alexandria, Italy and
France, reaching England where she
will spend the months of April and
May. She expects to return to Show
hogan in June. Her daughter, Miss
Edith Cabot is at Berlin, South
Africa and while plans had been made
for the two ladies to meet overseas,
| it is not now expected that they will
do so.
At the services last Sunday after
noon at the State Reformatory for
Women, Rev. Herbert l.. Nichols of
the Centenary M. e. Church delivered
the sermon. speaking on the Parable
of feeding the five thousand, There
was responsive reading and the wo-
men of the institution sang with Mrs.
Myron j. Smith, former organist at
Centenary Church, at the plano. On
Saturday evening Rev. George Mer-
riam, pastor of Bethany Church,
showed slides of the Japanese earth
quake, which the audience greatly en-
joyed.
Mrs. Lena e. Wentworth and her
son, G. Allan Wentworth left Monday
afternoon for Boston where they met
friends and sailed from New York on
the Megantic yesterday for a six or
seven weeks trip to South America.
They will land at Havana, Cuba,
where they will remain for four or
five days and then continue on to Port
of Prince, Kingston, Jamaica and
Panama where they are. to sojourn for
several days, after which they will
Journey down the west coast of South