The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-01-10
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/ son, rIuesday atlenuinE U surBicdi
| cases.
Rev. George Merriam goes to East
Madison this morning to ofhciate ct
the funeral of Luke Poulin, well
known resident of that village.
Mrs. Ella Raymond and her daugn-
! ter, Mrs. EVE e. Davis of Lewiston
have been here this week owing to
the death of Mrs. Raymond's mother,
Mrs. A. P. Austin.
Miss Carolyn Cover left Monday
morning on her return to Wheaton
College. Miss Alta Porter and Miss
Helen Lord, both students at the same
institution returned Tuesday.
Members of the Skowhegan Dane
! ing Club are anticipating a pleasant
evening tomorrow night friday IN
| Grange Hall when another OF the
clubs assemblies will be given.
Miss Dorothy Bird, nurse in train
ing at Kennebec Valley Hospital, re-
turned Sunday after spending few
days at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs Walter Bird In Madison.
The S. H. S. debaters in the Bow
dom League will debate with Cony
High School at Augusta on February
5th. The speakers ON this team are
Hamlin Tobey, James White, Reid
Appleby with Miss Rebecca Russakoff
as alternate.
In compliment to Mrs. Enrol Tay-
| lor of Maple street, small bridge
| party was given Friday evening by
Mrs. r. A. Derbyshire at her home on
Madison Ave. The prizes were won
by Mrs. H. L. SWEET and Mrs. H. e.
Smith. Refreshments were served.
Season tickets for basketball games
have been sent out this week to local
people interested in high school ath-
letics. The price of these tickets
will be 50 which is a saving OF 81 as
a person can see the twelve games
for that amount. Anyone desiring to
purchase one may do so from Reid
Appleby at the high school.
At the annual meeting of the West
Skowhegan Aqueduct Co. held last
Friday A. H. Lang, ]. r. Mcclellan
rectors. Mr.. Mcclellan was re-elect-
ed president of the board and Mr..
Sawyer, treasurer and general mana
ger The meeting was held at the
office of John r. Mcclellan.
Mrs. Florence Waugh .Danforth,
president of the Maine Federation of
Womens Clubs left here Tuesday aft
ernoon for Lewiston to attend meet
ing of the Federation Board and the
Federation meetings In Lewiston. Mrs.
Sarah P. Reed, corresponding secre-
tary will alse be in attendance as
will Mrs. E. T. Goodrich and Miss
Louise H. Coburn.
Tomorrow (Friday) afternoon a
meeting of the Town Improvement
Society will be held in Library Par
lors. Mrs. Annie Nichols will be
the speaker and her topic will be
Women of the Bible" Mrs. Mich
OILS is the wife of Rev. H. l.. Nichols,
pastor of the Methodist Church, and
is an able and entertaining speaker.
Each member of the club will be
privileged to invite one guest.
The junior English class at S, H.
S. held three very interesting debates
last Friday On the question:: RE
solved that the Federal Government
Should Legalize the Manufacture and
Sale of Light Wines and Beers. In
the first debate the speakers were
affirmative: Linwood Meader and My
ron Towle. Negative: Katherine Nc
Quade and Louis Strickland. - The
class voted for the affirmative and
voted that Miss McQuade and Mr..
| Strickland were the best speakers. In
the second debate the speakers were
affirmative: Yvonne Roy and Laura
Clark. Negative: Doris Tantish and
Fay Russell The affirmative was
voted for and Miss Roy and Miss Tan
| fish were chosen as best speakers.
Phe speakers for the third debate
were affirmative: Morris Gates and
Gerald Stinchfield and negative: JOS
eph Cayouette and Charles Dionne.
The affirmative won and Gates and
Cayouette were chosen as the best
speakers.
Members OF the Methodist Parish
gave banquet on Friday evening
last to the members of the Church
Choir, with the husbands and wives
of the members and few others who
assisted in the Christmas music. At
tractive place cards were used and
the table decorations were white and
yellow narcissus. The menu includ
ed grapefruit cocktail fried chicken,
potato, squash, celery, jellied cram
berries. hot rolls, ices, coffee, nuts
and minis and was delightfully."- SER
we'd by members of the Ladies Social
Circle with Mrs. Carrie Macpherson
as chairman. Invocation was offer
ed by Rev. H. l.. Nichols and he also
in behalf of the church expressed his
appreciation for the splendid work of
the organist and choir, and Mrs. Don
aid Burrill, the director of the choir
responded. Songs were sung during
the evening with Mrs. Howard Friend,
the church organist at the piano. The
evening concluded with the regular
choir rehearsal.
The Helen Coburn Mission Circle
met Friday afternoon with Mrs. JOS
eph Otis Smith at her home. Devo-
tions were conducted by the presid-