The Somerset reporter., 1906-12-06
A cold snap
n NVIU VIA
Snow enough for sleighing.

| A large number OF DOaIds arc oeluB
shipped from this station from saw
mill located on Mount Tom in Smith
] field.
Mr.. and Mrs c. ". Farrand spent
Thanksgiving with friends in Pittstield
This is the month of election of off
GERS in tho societies
Mr.. NJ. G. Holt aud Miss Mary l..
robey were united IN marriage at SOM
ersworth, n H.. one day last week re-
turning TO their home on the Waterville
road last week v ednesday Miss Tobey
is one of our popular Norrdgewock
girls and her many friends wish the
happy couple long and happy married
life.
A moving picture exhibition is adver
tised to take place in the grange hall on
Wednesday evening Of this week, This
| in the first out of town show to use the
new hall.
Mrs Georgia Wood was in town this
week on her way to New Sharon where
! She will spend some time visiting rela.
tives.
Mrs c. S. Wright was called away
last week by the Ve:y critical Illness OF
her father, Mr.. Randall.
Mrs. c. Fl. Fuller left last week Wed.
nesday for Pawtucket, X. l., where she
will spend several weeks visiting her
sister, Mrs Fred Baxter.
ME-. Wetherbee who has been
spending a few days in town returned
to his home in somerville, Mass, last
| week.
Mr. j. Y. Frye, DR.. and Mrs. W. f.
| Brown and daughter spent Thanksgiving
with the Fullers at the Fernside Dairy
| Farm.
The village schools began Monday
after vacation of little over week
| They were closed ON account OF the
dipthera and scarlet fever being in
town but as there are no new cases it ls
| now thought to be safe to continue
| them
Mr. George Simonds has gone to
Waterville to spend tho Winter with his
son, Harry.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. j. Haynes of Madison
spent Thanksgiving with Mrs. Haynes
parents, Mr. and Mrs Charles HOlbrOok.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Merrill took
their Thanksgiving dinner with Mrs.
Merrill's parents, MIR. and Mrs. George
sawyer.
Rev. r. G. Davis and family spent
Thanksgiving with DIR. and Mrs. j.
Ames.
Mrs. Flora Whiting arrived from New
York last Saturday and will make her
home here for the future with her moth
or, Mrs. Allen.
The work of repairing the corn shop
under the direction of w. @. Everett has
been completed for this fall but there is
talk of building an addition in the
spring.
| Mr.. Gray, who recently purchased the
| LoDgley farm has contracted with the
Burnham and Morrill, Company to sup.
ply them with seventy cords of good
hard wood for use in their boiler in
canning time.
The Congregational fair in the vestry
and town hall on Tuesday evening of
this week was most successful affair.
| The rooms were prettily decorated, As
you entered the vestry large table of
| fancy articles and Christmas presents
was encounted which was decorated in
white, this was presided over by Mrs,
George Carr, Mrs Cony Russell, Mrs
Annie Merrill, Mrs. Grace Whitney and
Others. In the came room was the apron
table decorated in red and yellow and
contained a select assortment of aprons,
more especially for the children, this
was presided over by Mrs. Stewart and
Mrs. Enos Gilman. Mrs. f. w. Spauld
ing and Mrs Blasdell had the mystery
table in the new form of "Mrs. Wigs in
the Cabbage Patch" While the candy
booth was presided over by Mrs. Walton
Mrs Bell Hall and Mrs. Miller and con
| tanned choice assortment of home
made confectionery. In the town hall
was the pie table presided over by Mrs.
Flavilla Cooley and Mrs Roland Sawyer.
A paper flower booth presided over by
Mrs. Vickere and Mrs. Carrie Morse and
Mrs. A. d Brackley. A bargain coun-
ter Mrs s. G.. Fuller and Mrs. Marcia
Watson in attendance. A very prettily
decorated booth furnished ice cream and
the sales ladies' were Miss Hattie Long
ley and Mrs. Josie Whiting. The cake
table was presided over by Mrs. Wood
and Mrs Rowe. Sandwich booth was
in charge of Mrs. Jennie Stevens and
Mrs. Nellie Whiting and the coffee
boot was attended by Mrs. Field and
Mrs. Butler.
w. G. Everett is having his house
| wired for electric lights
Miss Merle Turner returned last Sat
urday from Topsham, where she has
been spending a week with her parents
Mr.. Alpha }. Lawrence of Chelsea
Mass. died at the residence of DR.. d,
Ames. Sunday, from complication of
heart disease and drOpsy. The remains
were inferred at Skowhegan, Tuesday.
Mr.. Lawrence was a distant relative of
Mrs Ames and had been boarding at the
house for several months His occupa.
ton was that of wood tinisher and he
was an expert In his line. His age was
sixty two years.
Mr.. and Mrs Chester Hussey spent
Thanksgiving with Mr., Husseys parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hussey,
Mr.. Ira Taylor and Miss Jessie Holt
were united in marriage on Thanksgiv-
ing day at the home of the brides par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Holt, by Rev,
j. II. Gould.
The social at the home of Miss Hattie
Longley for the benefit of the Congre.
gational church on Thursday of last
week netted the society about twenty
dollars Each lady had to earn her
money in some unique way. The funds
will be used to pay for the painting of
the vestibule and buy clock and mirror
for the vestry.
MIR and Mrs. William atson of King
field were in town ast week to spend
Thanksgiving with Mr.. Watson's mother
and sister Mrs. Marcia Watson and Mrs
A. d. Brackley.