The Somerset reporter., 1908-07-09
TOWN and VICINITY.

Mrs. I. '. Hanson OF huihioId / aii7i
Me. arrived here on the evening
train, Monday, and is the guest OF
Mrs. Helen S. CobuTn.
Miss Paulena Freeman, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Freeman oil
Fargo, North Dakota, arrived here
Thursday evening of last week. She
is TO be the guest of her grandfather,
Judge o. r. Baeheller, for few
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Otis Smith
will give a reception to the members
of the Bethany Church and congre-
CATION, at their home tomorrow Fri
day evening, from eight to ten, to
meet Mrs. {. V. Hanson.
DIR. and Mrs. j. Z. Wadsworth and
their children, with Clement Bunker
and family, are passing the week at
the Curtis cottage on the East Shore
of Hayden Lake. Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Blunt of Pennington are also members
of the party.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. M. Barnard of
Boston arrived here last Saturday and
are visiting with Skowhegan rela-
tives. Mr.. Barnard will return home
Saturday and Mrs. Barnard will con-
tinue her visit with friends in other
parts of the county.
Mrs. Henry Gregoire of Augusta
with her son Clement, and her sister,
Miss Nellie Morrisette, were in town
last week, as guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
j. B. Morrisette They were accom-
panied by friend, Miss Anora Bour-
dette of Lynn, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. G. Varney left here
Monday morning for North Chelms-
ford. Mass, where they are to reside
in the future. On their way they
were to step for a few days with
their grand daughter, Mrs. Victor
Edwards at Biddeford, Pool, Me.
The teachers and pupils of the
primary department of the Congrega-
tional Sunday School, of which Mrs.
f. w. Buchanan is superintendent,
were ente rtained for the afternoon
Friday by Rev. and Mrs. b. b. Mer-
rill at their home on Main Street.
Mrs. S. A. Shaw of Webster, Mass.
and Mrs. Bert Kelley OF Worcester
in the same state, are guests TINS
week at the home of A. NJ. Thomp-
son and family. They are daughters
of the late Albert Leavitt of Athens,
formerly one of the board of County
Commissioners of this county.
Mrs. Robert Robinson. Mrs. Samuel
J. Clark, Miss Ellen Clarke and Miss
Belle Taylor of New York City are in
town for the month of July, having
leased Kilcare cottage on the Lake
wood road for that period. They
came to Portland by rail and from
that city here in their Peerless tour
ing car.
Samuel Weston of Illinois, passed
a portion of last week in town and
left to return home on Friday morn
ing. He is the son of Ruel Weston
and grandson of Stephen Weston,
families who once lived here i'll the
brick house on the Norridgewock
road, now one of the buildings be-
longing to the Sacred Heart Farms.
Myron j. Smith who has been in
town since February last, left here
Monday to return to Boston. He is
to reenter the employ of the Nj.
Steinert & Sons Piano Company and,
under the direction of that firm he
went to Ellsworth from here, to
attend to some business for them
before reporting at their Boston
office.
|. w. Whitaker of Ontario, Cal.
has been in town on visit with his
daughter, Mrs. c. A. Goodwin. Mr..
Whitaker went from Albion in this
state to the Pacific coast 3S years ago
and this is his first return to Maine.
He is passing the present week with
friends in Kennebec county and will
return here again before setting out
for the west.
Miss Ethel Merriam, who is en-
ployed at lockwood this summer,
writes to her parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Geo. Merriam of this place of the
striking of the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. John Holden, by lightning,
during a storm of last Sunday even
ing. The bolt tore the elapboards
from the house, ripped up the floors
and struck Mrs. Holden in the arm
causing quite a severe burn. Miss
Merriam was in the house at the
time but was not injured.
So far as we learned, no accident of
any kind resulted from the Fourth of
July celebration of last Saturday. 1t
is something OF responsibility to in
vite several thousand citizens of other
towns here for day of that kind the
to accident, always present
at large gatherings to certain extent
and increased by explosives on the
Fourth, is always source of anxiety
to those who give the matter thought.
Forethought and careful attention to