The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-11-13

town.
Miss Grace Parads has returned
from a visit with Miss Blanch Cole in
Portland.
Denis Dionne, Benjamin Lewia, and
William Gagne were business callers
in Bangor Monday.
Miss Phyllis Whiting has returned
home from Haverhill, Mass, where
she has been visiting with Miss AL
tana Murphy.
Mrs Elizabeth Watson left Monday
for Gardiner where she spoke before
the Monmouth Grange.
Miss Eunice Chase substituted at
the high school the first of the week
owing to the absence of Mrs. S. NJ.
Cover, a member of the faculty who
was in Limington.
There is to be a harvest supper
and dance tomorrow (Friday) even
ing at Grange Hall. Everybody in
vited. Supper tickets, rs cents.
Dance tickets SO cents.
MI. anu MI D. lldiltE blSllOD are It.
turning home Saturday from Morris
Vile, VT, where they have been for
several months, Mr.. Bishop having
been employed on construction work
at that city.
Sheriff Elect John w. Healy will
move his family from his farm on the
Lakewood road to the Jail residence
h hi
duties January /. He is looking for
Responsible parties to occupy his farm
dlring the next two years.
: aSorosis meets next Monday evening
IN Library Parlors. Mrs. Florence
Waugh Danforth who attended the
Canadian Federation of Womens
Clubs, and has just been made an
honorary member of Sorosis, will
give travel talk dealing with her
trip to Canada as recently referred
to-
Rev. George Merriam will go to
Waterville tomorrow evening to at
tend the rehabilitation of Colby Chap
el. Mr.. Merriam, who is a member
of the class of 1879 will read the
Scripture and will offer prayer On
Tuesday MIR Merriam was in Bangor
TO attend the ordination committee
meeting of the state convention.
At a special conclave of De Molay
Commandery, No. 10, X. T.. held last
evening, the orders of the Red Cross
and Malta were conferred and buffet
lunch was served under the direction
of Sir knights L. II. Goldsmith. R. A.
Derbyshire. Geo. l.. II. Smith and
John h. Fish. The menu included
sandwiches, pickles, pumpkin pie and
coffee.
Mrs. Sarah S. Marston and her
daughter. Mrs. Thomas f. Greenway
left Sunday for Boston, where they
were to be joined by Mrs. Addie Mars
ton and then continue on to New
York. The two Mrs. Marstons are
to sail from New York for San Fran
cisco. Calf. via the Panama Canal.
Mrs. Sarah S. Marston will visit her
son, Coburn Marston in San Diego.
Mr.. and Mrs Ernest F. Dionne. ac-
companed by Mrs. Dionnes mother,
Mrs. George A. Lewia. and her two
sisters. Geneva and Madeline, motored
to Warren Saturday afternoon, where
they visited briefly with Fred Duplis-
sey. In the evening they went to
Camden, AE. Dupiissey accompany
ing them, where they visited with Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph Davenport, return
ing home Sunday evening.
The death of Philomena Turcotte,
twelve @gear old daughter of Alfred
and Lena CLaneyo Turcotte, occur
red Sunday at the home of the family
at 5 Chestnut street. Funeral SER
vices were held Tuesday at nine
o'clock from the Church of Our Lady
of Lourdes, Rev. Phillip Dudley oficiat-
ing. The child died from rheumatic
fever, having previously suffered an
attack of the fever sometime ago.
There are three other children in the
family.
delightful birthday party was
given Emily Elizabeth Weston, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred w. Weston
OF Turner avenue Saturday after
noon from three to five o'clock. Four
teen little friends were entertained
the time being happily spent in play
ing games and music. Refreshments
were served in the dining room which
was attractive in autumn decorations.
Little Miss Emily received number
of gifts and happy returns Of the
day. An interesting gift was a
family relic given her by her father.
This was a piece of gold, mined in the
gold fields of California in 1S49 by
her greatgrandfather John Weston.
Friends of the Lumsden family
formerly of Skowhegan. will be inter
ested to learn of the weddings which
occur next Saturday. Bin Williams
Lumsden, son of the late James Lums-
zen will be married in Portland to
Miss Annie Gilmour Burgess of Fail
mouth Foreside and graduate of
Colby College in the class of 1922
Mr.. Lumsden served overseas with
the 101st Artillery. They will make
their home in Reading, Mass. The
other marriage is that of Miss Jessie,
oldest daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. And
rev Lumsden of Everett, Mass, to
Glenwood John Sherrard. They will
spend the winter in Bermuda. Mr..
and Miss Lumsden are the nephew
and niece Of Mrs. William Donaldson
and Mrs A. II. Hes of this place.
A meeting of the Helen Coburn
Mission Circle of tho BpthanV Ran