The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-12-11

Charles Turner went to Boston Fri
day on business for the Maine Spin
ming Co
Fair and supper of the Working
League at the Federated Church Par
Tors next Tuesday, the 10th.
Mrs. N. E. Smith went to Greenyille
the. latter part of the week called
there by the illness of her father John
w. Hall.
]. " & I. J. Smith have recently in
stalled Eederal 4-tnbe radio in n
Vietrola, style No. 30 for .Perley
Hanson of IIartland.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Lessard who have
been here from Lawrence. Mass. on
a honeymoon trip visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Lessard returned home
Friday.
Bernard j. Whitney of North An
son has bought the E. A. Strout Farm
Agency. from Clyde II. Smith and l.. A.
/ CasweN and has moved his family to
this town. They are located on
Hanover street and beside Mr.. and
Mrs. Whitney and their four children,
Mrs Roxie Mitchell. Mrs. Whitney's
mother, lives with them.
At the meeting of the Skowhegan
Woman's Club ON December Il, at
Library Parlors, Rev Frank l.. Cam,
pastor of the Uniyersalist Church in
Pittsfeld viii be the speaker His
topic will be Our American Mania
for Performing Mental and Moral
Autopsies.' Each member is privil-
edged to invite one guest.
I ]. II. Grundy left Friday night for
Washington, d. G.. called there by the
serious illness of his daughter, Miss
Helen Grundy, who was in that city
visiting with her brother and family.
Mr.. and Mrs Earl Grundy. A tele-
gram was received by Mrs. Grundy
Sunday morning, telling her that an
operation had been performed and
was successful.
A meeting of the Working League
was held Monday at the church par
Tors and in spite of the inelement
weather, twenty-sepen ladies were
present. Much work was accom-
plished for the fair. A nominating
committee for the 1925 official board
was appointed consisting of Mrs EN-
ma Simpson, Mrs. Georgia Goodwin
and Mrs Emma Pooler.
Miss Louise Fl. Cobbrn Of this town
was one of the authors of biographi-
cal stories of Notable Sons and
Daughters of Maine which wall later
be assembled and published as a
companion book to "Maine, My
/ State This book will be publish
ed by the Maine Writer'S. Besearch
Club of which Miss coburn is Q mem
| Der. She wrote upon Elijah Parish
! L0yejoyAA Martyr to the liberty of
the Press" and the article was pub
lished in the Lewiston Journal of
Saturday night last.
! Next Monday evening a special CON
vocation of Somerset Chapter, No. IL,
r. A. NJ. will be held at Masonic Hall.
This will be the occasion of the Of
I fetal visitation. of Rt Ex Comp.
/ George H. Bangs iof Orono, Deputy
Grand High Priest of the Grand Chap
ter of Maine. banquet will be
furnished by Sunset Chapter, o. e. s.
and will be served at go. There
will be work in the Mark Masters
Degree. f. r. Madden will be act
ing High Priest in the absence of
Charles T. Nelson (Nitschkcl, and w.
c. Hobart will be acting King in
place of F.. r. Madden. A special
car will be run to Madison at the
close of the work,
Robert Simpson has just learned
that his radio telegraph signals have
been picked up in France This sta
ton is Xxi. 1t seems that a young
telegrapher in the French radio dis
trict, No. 8, heard his message and re-
ported it to Des s (of the eghths)
This, as its name indicates, is a
! French publication devoted to amateur
telegraphy and amateur brOadcasting
and hence its name from the amateur
district in which it is issued. SkoW-
hogan talking TO France across hum
dreds of miles of land and thousands
of miles of ocean. And the science
which makes this possible has been
I developed within the life of this young
telegrapher, who is only sixteen.
Edward Harold Crosby in his COM
/ Ile0JS last ounudS bH tHc 1dIilINd l
being played at the Park Theater in
Boston says: Our old friend Nicho-
las JOY, is in the company, playing
in the first act one of the idle rich
who has been captiyated by Camilla
charms and willingly remains a pris-
oner. In the last act Mr.. JOY is seen
as the Commissioner of Police, search
ing after the supposed thief of the
crown diamond. What is particular
/ ly noticeable in his work is the fin
! ished manner in which he gives a
comparatively small role. If | am
not mistaken. Mr.. JOY received his
early theatrical training in England,
where instruction is much more thor
ough than it is in this country. So
1t is that actor thus schooled does not
slight any part to which he is as
signed Mr. Joy has this profession
al education as any one may observe
who will watch him in Carnival
The members of the Pioneer Past
Noble Grands Association were most
pleasantly entertained by Mrs Ava Va
Sheridan at her home on Maple street,
Monday evening At o'clock dam