The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1899-04-27
SOUTH NOKRIDGEWOCK
CIT X HIS.

IN X - 70.
CosGhKGAroaAL CHURCH KeY. }. A zone.
pastor. Sunaas-NofH1ug service. 10 20 Sun.
day school, Il N. Y.P.s {. E..7pA Weane.
day evenings Prayer meeting fg.4oved Is
teacher ueetiu2
THE CHRisfIAS kSDKAYoK Society u The
Congregational church { II FulIer. president;
Mrs. {. l.. Carr. wee president HattieA L3ng.
ley, sec. and 1feas. Meetings sunday ese IN
yestry
BAPTIST CheFeH-Rev. +. +. Turner. pastor
Sunday oruing -eri lee, 10 -, sunday school.
" NJ prayer meeting J. "
The CHKIsrIAN EsDKAHoK society II tie
baptist cburch-B. +. Turner. Pres Ar- &. J..
turner, OR sec Mn. {. a. Whiting. Tfeas
Meetings "Wednesday evening" in Yestry al ~
THE NEHEMIAH SOCIETY of the BAPTIST ftufeb
e II. Hussey, Pres; Mrs j. 7 Hech So
Mrs. Lucy Hussey, Treas. Meetrg- nee
month on call.
SOCIETIES
LEBANON LepGE No. Isl & A GEORGE
o. Carr. Master G. A. Ward @ec ? a..
Dsnforth, Treas Regular meeting- satuTday
on or before the fun ~ tire moon.
QuNaEBAssEfI Lopez No 1os q o r
b. +. Jones, Noble Grand. A o ffedere.
Sec +. {. Holt, Treas Meetings Monday eFe-
nings at 100.
SOMERSET LoDGE No. ~ RKBKKAH-Augus.
ia Bailey, Noble Grand Jeanette g.. johnson
Recording See. MARY l. arr. Treas Meeting
Ind and 4th Friday evening"
Echo LODGE 1913 kNIGHI- NJ Pf4HiAs-fies
r, Lunt Chancellor; " Z. Pierce h ~ 4 q
s.; +. b. Nickerson, Master OF Hxehequer Tue.
day evenings at Miler's Hall.
OLD POINT LODGE No 8l4 J. q g. r l..
Frederic {. T; Leslie Jones See Mahel BeII-.
treas. Regular meetings Thursday evenings n
Grange Hall.
SOMERSET GRANGE No. Is +. ofH-F. p Hol.
way aster: l.. II. Tobey Sec. Fbeb Miller.
Treas. Meetings Thursday evenings on or be-
fore full OF the moon. and two weeks after Al
Mier's Hall.
BATES POST No. IS 6. A. RI c. Doyen.
Commander; H. H. Cross, Adj II. Z. Hale
Quartermaster. Meetings FIRST Tuesday even
ings in Grange Hall.
BATES RELIEF Corps No. l4-Edith Tomp
kins, Pres; Mary l.. Carr, sec; Eleeta i
Tobey, Treas Meetings second and fourth
Tuesday afternoons of each month at the homes
of the members.
THE VILLAGE IMPROVEMENT socIgTY-ars.
). W. Hathaway, Pres: Mrs. J. j. Ames
Sec. Mrs {. A. Harrington. Treas Meetings
first and third Friday afternoons Of the month
i F. w. Spauding and Charles Hussey
are treating their houses to coat Of paint
Everybody has been cleaning up their
front yards and raking dead leaves. the
result is that the town has been rather
smoky from bonhres but when the smoke
clears away We shall look as slick as a
new pin.
Colds are quite prevaen. with Us at
present.
The soda water fountains have been
frightened up and are all ready for bust
ness.
Arthur Welch is at home from Madi-
son, where he has been at work on the
night force which has been taken off
Our road commissioner is hustling
around getting ready to repair the ways
for the people. He says that We have
over hundred miles of highway in town
! to look after and this year we shall make
the purchase of new road machine
which will reduce the highway money so
that it will be close rub to get along
especially if it should drift very much next
winter.
Fine spring weather we have been hav-
ing the past week and some of our gar
deDers have already commenced putting
in their seed for ealy garden truck
j The river is nearly all clear of running
ice and the walter though at the highest
pitch 1t has been this year, is only ABOUT
ten feet above the low water mark
The V. |. S will meet tomorrow after
noon with Mrs. Bolan. the subjec, IS
Botany with quotations of flowers
The Oosoola Sisterhood have fixed
upon Friday evening, May 5. as tie date
to present their MINISTRIES. They have
been at work on those for some time
Besides the number who will take part.
there will also be the full band and Ken
dall's orchestra in attendance. The ad-
mission has been fixed at the popular
price of twenty-five cents
There have been number OF out of
town people, who have felt an interest in
our Soldiers Monument and We append a
list of names of those who have conuibut-
ed to the fund Geo. N. Page, Ed Z.
Page, Ed. F. Danforth, A K Bixby of
Skowhegan; Russell w. Eaton, Bruins
wick Heber Wheeler, New York; Mrs
Sarah McCobb and Mary S McCobb.
Portland.
A union Fast day service viii be held
in the Baptist vestry, Wednesday even
ing Chs evening" of this week.
The Good Templars lodge is in a grow
ing condition and has every appearance
OF becoming one of the strongest lodges
in this section. The temperance work is
progressing and although il looks as If
a little more was needed, there isn't much
doubt but what it will be looked after
In the respect of teaching temperance and
afording pleasant and respectable. place
for our people to spend an ever the
lodge holds high place. The temper
ance people have become thoroughly
walked up and mean that this shall be a
temperance town, not that they shall call
their object accomplished by simply turn
ing the key in one more lock and making
a bluff, but that the sale must stop
There will probably be trouble for some
one unless this fact Is realized
A series of gospel meetings will begin
in the Baptist Church, So. Nofridgewock,
on Sunday, April 80. under the leader
ship OF Evangelist Harry Taylor OF Halo
well, Maine. Mr.. Taylor Is an earnest.
/ Consecrated Christian worker and his sue
cess in other fields leads US to expect
good results from his work IN Norridge-
woCk. The cooperation however. OF
/ Christian people in this community viii be
necessary if We ale 10 witness general
and widespread interest in the woIk of
! the Christian church Let all who have
the welfare OF orr town at heart help 10
make this movement one OF lasting good
10 this place.
Letter to Wentworth ~ Oak.
Skowhegan Me.