The Somerset reporter., 1909-06-03
NORRlOGEWOCk.


per was held at their hall on Friday
evening of last week. After the sup
per a short literary and musical pro-
gram was given in the hall before the
opening of the meeting.
Miss Hazel Knowlen whose illness
with scarlet fever caused the closing
of the town schools for few days, Ii
now much better and able to sit up.
Apparently the prompt measures
taken were effective In preventing
further contagion.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. J. Watts, who have
been here from Boston for number
of days packing their goods from the
house they recently sold to Mr..
Heckert, will return TO Boston some
time this week. They found the task
rather new experience, having
lived in Norridgewock for over forty
years and many years in the res
dence sold,so what little they knew of
moving years ago they found they
had forgotten, or at least their pre-
vious experiences had been SO mel
lowed by the course of time that they
had forgotten how disagreeable it
was.
There was an opening dance at the
Norridgewock hotel on Monday even
ing of this week. Kendall's orches-
ira furnished music.
The annual meeting of the Village
Improvement Society will be held in
the vestry Of the Congregational
church on Friday evening of this
week. A business meeting will be
called to order by the President at
five O'Clock at the completion of
which supper will be served. Each
member will have the privilege of in
viting one guest. The members can
procure their supper tickets from the
secretary, Mrs. Annie Burgess. This
is the meeting when the ladies treat
their husbands and friends to the
good things both at the supper table
and later an intellectual entertain
ment of some nature. This time it Is
to be an operetta by the young people
which promises to be of high order.
The ball game played Monday fore
noon between the members of the
shoe shop and the band boys was a
rafting good one and would have
done credit to teams with consider
able practice. The battery for the
shoe shop was Olan Taylor and Alvin
Otis. The band had Neil Mills for
catcher and several candidates tried
the box among whom were Arthur
WEIGH, Frank Goodrich, and Will Hill
ton. The score was eight to five in
favor OF the band.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Preble have
been spending the winter in Fairfield
but are in town again this week.
Mrs. Marcia Watson returned home
from Kingfeld last week where she
has been spending couple of weeks
visiting her son, Mr.. William Watson.
She reports having some fine trout
dinners while there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Almon Blaisdell have
gone to bingham, Mass. to visit Mr..
Blaisdell's twin brother for a short
time.
The apron and food sale at the Bap-
fist vestry on Friday afternoon of last
week met with wet reception and
stock of umbrellas would have sold at
a premium. However quite an
amount Of goods was disposed of.
The little baby of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur WEIGH has been having the
measles.
Quite number OF the members of
the Congregational church are plan
ming to attend the Church Conference
which will be held at Madison on
Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week.
Mrs. B. B. Merrill of Skowhegan
was in town several days of last wee k
visiting her son, Mr.. Albion Merrill.
The union meeting in the Congre-
gational church Sunday morning was
attended to the capacity of the
church. The sermon by Mr.. Bainton
addressed to the members of the post
was most appropriate for the occa-
sion. Only about dozen veterans
were present this year which was
several less than last year. A very
beautiful solo was rendered by Miss
Hazel Leavitt Of Skowhegan.
Rev. Mr.. Bainton and wife will
come next week prepared to stay for
the summer. They will have rooms
with Mrs. Maria Hopkins and do light
housekeeping.
Mr.. Fred Rogers ia now reaping the
reward of his labors and has his motor
boat chugging on the placid waters of
the Kennebec, which Is rather start
ling to the Kennebec, for all of the
many motor boats owned here, all of
the others are operated upon North
pond.
The degree team of Somerset Re-
bekah Lodge worked the degree at
the district lodge held at Skowhegan
on Tuesday evening of this week.
Mr.. Carol Staples injured his foot
quite badly last week by letting a
quarter of beef fall upon 1t and he
was obliged to be out of the store for
several days.
There will be a sociable on Thurs
day evening in the Baptist vestry.
Mr.. Normandy of the shoe shop 10 in
Producing some new features In this
series of sociables which make them
very interesting. This week it will
be box sociable.
Miss Frances Jones who has been
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Orrin Jones for several weeks, has
returned to Monmouth where she
lives with her uncle.
DR.. j. L. Taylor who went up river
last week on trout fishing trip re-
turned Saturday going directly home
to Boston. He stepped out of the car
long enough however to present his
mother, Mrs. Jeanette johnson, with
a fine lot of trout already for the fry
ing pan.
Mrs. Henrietta E. Wood will go in
to her house this week for her per-
manent residence. She will have the
company and assistance of Miss Briggs
of Madison.
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