Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-11-10

vi VIC litSneSter road. Mr.. PnllllpS
Will WORK LOT Frank Collins, this winter.
All the schools closed. Friday for one
weeks vacation. The same teachers have
been engaged for the winter term
Herbert Horn has been having repairs
on his mouse and some mason work done.
Bert Goodwin and John Horn did the
work.
Quite number Of children on the Neck
are sick with chicken pox.
Harry Spear and family visited at Mr..
Spears brothers, Milton Spears, in Man
chester, Sunday.
Mrs. Harry Wood and child returned,
last week, o from Tacoma, Wash, where
thinking of making her future home
there. They We're not pleased with the
country and prospects and Mr.. Wood will
return IN lew weeks, satisfied that
Maine Is ABOUT the best state after all.
Mr. and Mrs. Allie Merrill are spend
ing few days in the city and their res
idence near Aliens mills is closed for the
present.
| SPEARS CORNER-The supper and
sale held by the Ladies Aid, was very
successful, both financially and socially.
Mr. Rice contemplates putting water
| connections between his buildings and
spring, some 800 feet distant.
Mrs. Powers is visiting in Massachu-
isetts.
| School entertainment at the Long
fellow school, next Friday evening.
Mrs. Alvin Spear is suffering with a
severe cold.
| Charles Stevens had plow stolen the
same night the pump was taken.
Idell Blaisdell of Lewiston, spent
Sunday with his parents.
READFIELD.
Mr.. Record is very ill. Charles Rec
ord has been called home by his fathers
| illness.
Mr.. Stearns, who has been ill with
consumption at Mr.. Kimbalrs, died,
| last week, his funeral was held under
the auspices of the +. and A. M. The
| body was taken to New Hampshire for
burial.
Rev. F. u. Crane of Arson, preached
in the Universalist vestry, Sunday
Miss Margaret Andrews of Gray, is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. w. G. Hunton
EAST vASSALBORO.
Edwin Barrows of Riverside, was in
town, Monday, on business.
| Mrs. Emma Hamlin has been very i'll
| the past week but is slowly improving.
| Miss Blanche Marshall spent Monday
| in Watervlle visiting friends.
Tuesday evening, the ladies of Vassal
| boro Grange entertained the gentlemen.
| The offices were all taken by the ladies.
| A unique program was most successfully
carried out and proved a most interest
| ing feature of the evening. Many guests
| from neghboring Oranges We're present
| The feast was bountiful and never did
| the ladies show their skill in this direc-
| ton to better advantage than on this oc-
caSion. The decorations were very at
tractive. Speeches closed the evenings
entertainments, which was but one more
of the successes of Vassalboro Grange.
The Women's Foreign Missionary Socie-
ty held its regular monthly meeting,
! made for the annual fair the first of De-
cember. g..
Wednesday afternoon, the w. G. T. U.
met with Mrs. Zilpha Butterfield The
usual routine of business was carried out
ana other matters of interest disposed of.
John w. Butterfield has returned to his
home in Washington. D. c., after spend
ing few weeks here.
Mrs. Ezra Lord has returned from q
visit to New Hampshire.
The threshers have been making their
annual tour in the village. This year, it
is naphtha instead of the horses that
have produced the power. More can be
accomplished by this method than by the
old, in much less time.
Charles Mower is still busy improving
his buildings. A substantial platform is
being built around the corner store. The
repairs are being looked after by Jerry
Butterield.
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Pierce passed
their 5oth marriage anniversary, Friday.
Two in California and three in Maine.
Their 18th anniversary was marked by
silver wedding and of the friends who
were then present still many remain who
will be GLAD to learn of the recent event,
which was happily foretold at that time.
Not long since a pile of shovel handles
was seen near the street where they had
been placed temporarily. Tnis brought to
on in this place by the Butterfelds a num-
Der of years ago. 1t gave employment to
a large number of men and brought in an
amount of wealth. The buildings have all
been torn down and all traces of tie
once busy place of business removed ex-
cept this one small pile of handles put
together in the old systematic fashion
Mrs. Etherlnda Denico fell while cross
DenicO is an aged lady and much sympa-
thy is expressed for her in her misfor-
tune.
$. NJ. Evard of Weeks Mills, was in the
village, Monday, on business.
CHURCH HILL.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. Mcfarland of Wey-
mouth Center, Mass, visited relatives
here last week.
G. L.. Wentworth has built a dormer
window on his house.
e. B. Stackpole has been altering and
improving his barn.
G. T.. Mosher is pressing the hay from
Oak Ridge farm. The yield will prob
ably be 50 tons.
D. E. Foster is charging his wagon
house.
Scott Hewins has purchased a pair of
fine black horses.
Miss Alma Taught of the Hewins
school, Miss Alice Leighton of the Brack-
EFT school, and Miss Clara Bennett of the
Howard school, spent last Friday in Lew
iston visiting schools.
NORTH WAYNE.
Roswell Morrell is very i'll and under
the care of DR.. +. l.. Chenery.
George Foss is building a large hen
house. c. A. Ladd is doing the work.
L. G. Jennings returned, Saturday, from
a three weeks business trip in oxford
county.
Mrs. Mary TowIe is at home from
Brockton Mass, called here by the ILL
ness of her mother, Mrs. Phebe Giles, who
is suffering from a severe attack of Ia
grippe, at this writing is somewhat i'm
proved and is under the care of DR.. C. w.