The Somerset reporter., 1907-11-28
NORRIDGEWOCk.
Who's got turkey?

Who'S got turReyT
Chicken and roast pig seems to be
more in favor this season.
The village schools are having
vacation of one week for Thanks
giving. The superintendent thinks
that If the pupils are given vacation
OF only the latter part of the week, the
week is SO broken up as to be I'M
profitable so they might as well have
the whole week.
Mr.. Elmer Davis was in town from
Portland over Sunday visiting friends.
Mrs. Turner is visiting her daughter,
Mrs. L. l. Mason of this place.
Friends to the number of seventy
FIVE met at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Delbert Adams on Friday evening OF
last week it being the occasion OF the
fifteenth anniversary of their wedding
and left substantial tokens of their
visit in presents, among which were
handsome extension dining table,
parlor lamp, dishes and doilies.
Sandwiches, cake and coffee was
served. Mr.. and Mrs. Adams had
invited their friends to neigborhood
party and did not mention the nature
of it, therefore did not expect any
presents. The invited ones however
found out that their wedding an
niversary came upon this date and
surprised them with the gifts. The
evening was most pleasantly spent.
Miss Genie Hurley of Skowhegan
was in town over Sunday visiting
her uncle Mr.. Nicholas Miller.
The members of the Hale family
will spend their Thanksgiving with
Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Pierce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bigelow Jr.,
will entertain the members of the
Bigelow family Thanksgiving.
Mr. Frank Fuller is making prep
arations to do considerable lumber
ing in the Withee neighborhood this
winter. Mr.. Everett Campbell will
assist him with his team.
Mrs. Almira Barker who is eighty
six years Of age, was called to Mercer
Saturday morning to attend the
funeral of her sister, Mrs. Gould who
was ninety at the time of her death.
Mrs. Barker returned home the same
day.
The regular monthly Rebekah
supper was held in their hall on Fri
day evening of last week. The
committee furnished good supper
and fine entertainment. The
program consisted of Rotations,
solos and cornet solo, Mr.. Arthur
WEIGH furnishing the cornet music in
his usual excellent manner.
The masquerade ball given last
Thursday evening by the members of
Somerset Grange was most success
full affair. There was a large at
tendance and the costumes varied
from the beautiful TO the horrible,
fierce indian warriors and gentle
demure maids hob nobbed together
while the genus hobo would probably
have spent thirty days In the solitary
at Skowhegan had sheriff Smith got
his eye upon him before the .unmask-
ing. Young ladies were old and
o.! (scuse me, middle aged ladies
we're young, the powder puff had made
many a head of white hair and
possibly the ladies whose hair was
naturally little gray had found some
means to make 1t appear in the
natural shades of earlier years. How
ever it all came out In the unmasking
and everybody was surprised to find
out who everybody else was. The
net results of the evening was about
$55. toward the hall fund.
Prof. Beane of the high school and
Mrs. Beane are spending their vaca-
tion in Waterville.
Although the Village Improvement
Society was not organized 30 many
years since, yet it was found at their
last meeting that theSe was good
sprinkling of Colonial ladies among
it's members and that even the great
G.. w. was an honorary member. The
meeting was held in their rooms in
the library building and was in charge
of Mrs. Lou Brown, Mrs. Fuller and
Mrs. Harris. The ladies were receiv
ed at the door with stately courtesy
by George Washington, the father of
his country, and by Mrs. Martha, the
mother of his country, (that is, If it
all belonged to George) while other
danes OF high estate made ditto
movements. Everything was as stiff
and pokey as the colonials were sup
posed to be until the candy, nuts and
popcorn came around, when there
was general unbending and the
seeds of indigestion were promicious-
ly sown, to the pleasure of all. Twas
a great event.
Harry Giffin left Monday for his
home In Nova Scotia, after spending
the season here In the employ of the
Burnham & Morrill, Company. Mr..
Giffin has been in their employ for a
great many seasons.