The Somerset reporter., 1903-05-14
NOrridge W0ck.

htF. MI. bOOluDy u NJ d1l s9U, sunday
morning
The junior class Of the y. Il. =. met
at the home Of their classmate Miss
Eva Storer, Saturday evening, Oh the
occasion of her birthday, and passed tie
evening very pleasantly ia a social way.
Refreshments of ice cream and cake
were served.
Miss Hattie Otis il on the sick list tbs
week, having been confined 10 the house
for number Of DAYS.
Eddie Whiting left, sunday, for Lake
wood, where he will spend the season as
assistant in the >hotel
DR.. Ames has sold his automobile to a
party living in Unity, Ne. The delivery
was made on Tuesday Of this week.
The doctor found that there were times
in the life of an automobile when Il
could be as contrary as the most stub
born baker, while at other times 1t wa
a good thing.
MIR. George Carr and Mr.. H. G. Hus
sey attended the Grand Lodge of Mssons
at Portland, last week. These young
men are we'll versed in the mysteries Of
this ancient order and take great inter
est in its workings
Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Dyer returned. last
week, from their trip to California and
report spending most pleasant winter
there, or rather that they had skipped
winter entirely and had only had rainy
season which was not bad at all. The
time passed very pleasantly visiting
among relatives and friends from the
home state who have located there. On
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Der of days with friends in Denver and
La Junta, Colo, and other places and
found everybody glad to see them and
wanting them to stop longer Mr. and
Mrs Cyrus Bean, who accompanied
them on the trip, are still in California,
where they will probably remain for
some weeks longer. Mrs. Bean health,
which had been poorly Here, was most
excellent there during the winter.
Mr. Leon Merrill of Scion was in
town, Tuesday, looking after the inter
ests of the Scion Creamery Co., who are
the owners of the Sparkling Npring
Creamery of this place. Mr.. Merrill
says that he has such an efficient mana
ger here that he does not find it neces.
sary to visit this branch of the business
very often.
The Whiting Brothers are shipping
large numbers of hogs from this station,
this week.
The Skowhegan and Norridgewoek
Electric K. X. Co. have commenced
work upon their road bed by putting in
new sleepers where they are needed,
and intend TO put in a large number OF
them before completing the repairs
which they have ia mind
The graduating exercises of the n. II.
S. will take place in the Congregational
church on " ednesday evening, June 10
The graduating exercises of the gram
mar school will occur in the Baptist
church on Thursday evening, June II
On Sunday, June 7th, Rev, f. G. Davis
will preach the baccalaureate sermon
before the graduating class.
The next regular meeting Of the O. I.
5. will occur in their hail tomorrow
evening. There will be degree work.
The members are getting ready for their
fair which will come off on the Is h.
thildren's day will be observed in the
grange by special meeting on Saturday
| evening, May %, when ali the children
of the members are invited to come and
take part in the program. Those mem
bers who are so unfortunate as not TO
have any children have been given tile
liberty of borrowing some ones else
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Tompkins held
a wedding reception, last Friday even
| ing, at their home on the Mercer road.
large number ,of their friends being
present. They were the recipients OF
a large number of pretty aud useful
gifts.
The Grange have several lots in view
for building purposes and the trustees
have been busy looking up the condi
! tions under which they can be purchas-
ed. The grange has been feeling the
need of a permanent home for some
time and this is the first step toward
securing it, it is doubtful should lot
be secured at the present time that the
grange would decide to build
thereon during the present season. n.
Miller has two lots, Dennison Haynes,
one, and one across from the Hale block
on the opposite side of Main street,
which is much the better lot for this
purpose than either of the others, and
doubtless the Handy lot back of it c6Wd
be bought at reasonable fgure for the
purpose of erecting stables This loca.
tion especially commends itself by being
central and if a good hall could be erect
ed here with large stage and dressing
rooms it would be good source of in
come for the grange By the way, talk
/ ing of stage room, ii reminds us that the
/ people who have charge of erecting
country halls, have strange conceptions
/ of just what is required for stage and
room for dressing purposes and the
usual example of this kind of hall fitting
/ is simply an aggravation built up in one
end of the hall of everything inappro-
pirate for the purpose and the aim
seems to be the making of the most UNI
handy contraption possible. We trust
/ that should we ever arrive to the time
when public hall will be built that the
builders will depart from this rule of
handcapping the structure from the
start, by having proper stage facilities.
Mrs. W. l.. Jennings is spending few
weeks with her parents in Massachusetts.
The barns and outbuildings of ". A.
| Thurlow on Burrill hill were burned,
Saturday afternoon of last week. BY
hard work the stable and house were
saved. Mr.. Thurlow is an industrious
young man, trying to get a start in life,
and last year came here from South
Gardiner, buying the Harding place, so
called, on Burrill hill. The loss of
these buildings will come hard on him
at this time.
E.E Frederic of Starks was in town,
last week, attending to the business es.
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