The Somerset reporter., 1907-07-18
NORRlpGEWOCk.


Right in the middle of the having
season. although many have not COM
menced get as the season Is so mtsA
later than usual. -
Mr.. Irving Wells and wife are ex-
pected this week on their annual
summer vacation to = Mr.. Wells
parents, Mr. aud Mrs. B. B. Wells.
The funeral of Mr.. William Dew
ereux occurred on Wednesday after
noon of last week, Rev, F. @. Davis
officiating Services were held at the
grave by the members OF Quinne-
bassett Lodge |. o, o. T. Of which he
was a member.
Mrs. Mary Yates and daughter and
Mrs. William Reed and five children
are spending their summer vacation
with DR.. and Mrs. j. y. Harris. Their
home is in New Brunswick, New
Jersey.
Mrs. c. II. Hussey is progressing
finely from her operation which was
performed on the fourth of this
month.
Fred Davis and John Taylor have
been spending a number of days at
North pond in DR.. Ames' house boat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Turner of Medfield,
Mass, are spending their vacation
with Mrs. Turner's mother, Mrs. Al
mira Trench of the north side of the
river.
The regular meeting of the Village
Improvement Society will be held IN
their rooms in the library this week.
The subject is the first number of a
series Of the Colonial period and in
cludes Virginia, Maryland and the
Carolinas; poem, lode to James.
town" The meeting is in charge of
Mrs. Bolan, Mrs. Johnson and Mrs.
Mary Tobey.
In almost any direction we may
take we are blessed with good roads
for several miles out from this village
and in nearly every case they extend
to the town line although there are
still some rough spots, but if any one
wishes to get an everlasting shaking
up he has only to start out and go
down river into some of the towns
in Kennebec county, not particularly
that Kennebee county is greater
sinner perhaps than are many other
counties vi Jul SIdlC bdb SOO0AANS'
knows it is bad enough as recent ex-
perience has abundantly proven to
US. We have to congratulate our
commissioner for the good work he
is doing for us. Mr.. Hale says that
the matter of causeways is tough
nut for the road builder; they may
be ever so nicely put in one year but
the frost will raise them above the
road level the succeeding spring and
make them uncomfortable and even
dangerous to ride over at any speed
until they are fixed again. Several
of these have made themselves con-
spicuous on Oak Hill this season and
occasionally there will be one crop
UP in other places. Our commission
er would like to have them all smooth
as we'll as we would, but there are
lots of roads in Norridgewock and 1t
is now considerably better than the
average roads of the state. Some
time In the future when some smart
fellow invents a waterway that water
and frost will not corrupt, smooth
roads will prevail.
Mrs. F. J. Watts is receiving visit
from her sister, Mrs. Charles Rich
ardson and her daughter, Miss Ethel,
of Los Angeles, Cal.
The telephone service has hardly
got Strengthened out since the big
electrical storms of last week, when
lots of fuses were burned out and
many of the wires crossed up. The
loss to the telephone companies by
these storms is considerable.
Mr.. and Mrs. Matson, Mr. Kilkenny
and Miss Keegan visited at A. d.
Brackley's on Tuesday of this week.
Mrs. Henry Hussey and daughter,
Miss Virginia, left Monday for short
visit with Mrs. Hussey's sister in
r. l. They were accom-
panied as far as Portland by Mr..
Hussey.
Mrs. F. w. Spaulding is receiving
visit from her father, Mr.. Bell, of
Altoona, Penn.
Mr.. Guild of the Y. M. G. A, who
has been having cottage built at
North Pond, arrived last week to oc-
cupy it for the summer.
Mr.. Charles Dempsey and family
are occupying their cottage at the
pond.
K. G. Gray and wife of Madison
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. d.
9. Wood. Mr.. Gray is the cashier of
the Madison National Bank and is
also the manager of the Madison
branch of the Augusta Trust Com
pany.