The Somerset reporter., 1901-06-13
SOUTH NORRIDGEWOCK

The farmers have been utilizing the
pleasant weather during the past week
III putting n the balance Of their crops
The graduating exercises Of the gram
mar school will take place in thgBap'ist
church, Thursday afternoon, the 10Th at
30 p. m. uiee program has been
prepared for the occasion There are
II members in the class. The class
colors are pink and green
We regret TO learn that Mr.. NJ B.
Corliss has severed his connection with
the high school of which he has been
principal for the past two years He
intends to take a course in a Western
college. His services here have been
of most satisfactory kind and We feel
sure that greater success is in store for
him in the future.
The annual meeting and supper Of the
Village Improvement Society will be
held in the Baptist yestry, Thursday,
June 10th. The business meeting will
be held at O'Clock and supper at $50
| p. m. to be followed by the usual enter
tainment of toasts and music Each
member has the privilege of inviting one
guest The committee on supper are
Mrs. Julia Conant, Mrs. Susan Fuller,
entertainment are Mrs. Elizabeth Saw
yer, Miss Henrietta Z. Danforth, Mrs.
Blanche Ward. We suppose that after
having accomplished 80 much in the
way of fixing up the town and getting
the soldiers monument they are now
looking for more worlds to conquer.
I Miss Alma Warren has resigned her
position as teacher in the primary school,
! II xEol Ill l.
was very popular with the little fellows
and did fine work as a teacher
The play "The Blue or the Gray
which was to have been repeated long
ago for the benefit of the monument
fund but which has been delayed several
times by unavoidable circumstances
will be given in the congregational
church next Tuesday evening. The
first production was very fine indeed.
Mrs. Caroline Dole arrived home last
week from Massachusetts where she has
been spending the past eighteen months
with her son, Rev. c. F. Dole of ia.
maica Plain, Mass. We learn that she
has engaged rooms at Mrs. Staples
where she will spend the summer.
Miss Anna Tappan is expected at the
Quinnebasset sometime during the next
week to spend her summer months as is
her custom.
The Misses Clarke accompanied by
Mrs Lindsey arrived last week from
California where they have been spend
ing the winter.
1t has not been definitely settled but
it is now expected that the annual meet.
ing of the Eaton and Norrdgewock high
#l | cphnp1 alumni asGnpiatinr1 vi faL "a
place here the 31st of July This seems
to be very appropriate time as il will
be at the beginning of the Old Home
Week but it will be little early for the
old scholars to take advantage of the
reduced railroad rates probably II is
hoped that arrangements will be com
pleted whereby Mr.. Eaton may again be
present and give by his presence that
zest to the meeting which we witnessed
a couple of years ago when he presided
over the old school room and all the old
scholars seemed to become young again,
each one finding his seat with alacrity
TO avoid any possible punishment which
a failure thereof might cause him.
Jay and Walter Pierce have purchased
the "Majorie" the fast sailing boat
which whipped everything on North
pond last year and have it up on the dry
dock giving it coat of paint, tney think
they are putting on a greasy hind that
will make it still have a light pair of
heels.
The entertainment given by the
scholars of the high and grammar
schools, Friday night, was we'll patroni-
zed and the exercises were very nice.
The annual meeting of the Village
Improvement Society has been postpon
ed until Monday, June oath.
j. 7. Welch, "rom', has just put in a
new machine which the boys say is an
automobile and it really looks as though
they might be right but the use of the
thing is to pop corn and roast peanuts
1t runs by clock work and you only have
TO put in the corn and peanuts and light
up the heaters and the machine does the
rest.
And now it looks as though that boat
race would fall through it can't be be
cause anybody is afraid of being beater
but that all are so tender hearted that
they don't want to win from the Other
poor fellows.