The Somerset reporter., 1909-07-29
TOWN and VICINITY

uon Z. y. Merrill was in Augusta
Friday on law business.
Rim W. Page has been in Boston
.bis week on a few days business
trip.
Mrs c. E. Millett of Bingham has
heen visiting with her sister, Mrs.
uarrv Hubbard the past week.
Miss Margery Morrison has a new
haby grand piano. IL arrived on
Monday last from New York City.
Mrs. G. S. Benson has been visiting
her brother, G. II. Dinsmore, for the
mast week at Long Island, Casco Bay.
Miss Miriam S. Merrill returned
home Friday after several weeks
visit with old school-mates in Han
cock and Rockland.
Miss L. B. Phillips of Rockland,
yermont, returned home Thursday of
Lost week after short visit with the
family of Herbert Wentworth.
Arthur Wood, son of Fred Wood of
this place, who is in the employ of
the Casco Steamship Co., of Portland
has rec ntly been promoted to
cashier.
George W. Cover Esq. and Frank
pennell with their families went to
Bootbbay Harbor, Saturday where
tbey are to camp out for couple of
weeks.
Mrs. John B. Nutting has gone to
Kennebunkport for three weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Mae st.
Clair, who has rented a cottage there
for the summer.
Miss Gala Kennedy of the tele-
pbone office passed last week on a
vacation with friends in Bingham.
This week her sister, Miss Annie is
enjoying her vacation.
The pretty residence on East Front
street erected by Charles Dusty some
years ago was this week sold by him
to John Donigan who with his daugh-
ter, Miss Lizzie will occupy it.
Miss Mabel L. Smith, accompanied
by her niece and nephew, Mabel E.
Bigelow and Robert Bigelow, Jr.,
took the train for Bangor this morn
Ing They are to visit relatives in
that vicinity until the middle of Sept
ember.
Mrs. G. w. Reed and her sister,
Mrs. D. j. Rowell, left here this morn
Ing for Kennebunkport where they
will be guests of Mrs. Cora Mitchell.
Before returning home they will also
20 to Sanford to visit Mrs. Reeds son
Will g. Reed.
VIM. Kelley of Somerville, Mass.
was in town few days the past week,
returning home Tuesday. Mrs. Kel-
ley, formerly Miss Elsie Hackett is
passing the summer at the farm home
of her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Wm. A. Pitts.
Hon. and Mrs. Forrest Goodwin
gave clam bake at their summer
cottage on the west shore of Hayden
Lake Saturday night last at the usual
supper hour, to which were hidden a
party of about twenty five of their
friends. The "bake" was a most sue
cessful one.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Poland, who
have been passing their annual vaca-
ticn at Athens for a short time were
in Skowhegan, Friday on their way to
their home in Fairfield. Mr.. Poland
isin the employ of the Maine Central
Railro ad as designer of statuary and
bronze work.
The New York Decorating Co. who
had charge of the decorative painting
and scenic work of our opera house
and of which Harry Aiken is the NOV
ing spirit have been engaged to do a
job at similar notice for Union Hall,
Pittsfeld. Albert j. Blair and Will
liam Burney of this place are employ
cd on the job.
Mrs. E. K. Carpenter of West Med
ford, Mass, and Misses Ida M. Davis
and Annie Manning, both of Somer-
vile in the same state, arrived here
last Saturday and went at once to
Kilcare, the summer home of @. H.
Davis, on the Hayden Lake road.
Mrs. Carpenter is to return home
next Saturday and Misses Davis and
Manning will remain for several
weeks.
The Poonoosac Club was entertain
ed at six O'Clock dinner, Saturday
evening, by Mrs. Grace Coburn Smith,
at her home ON Elm street. This
club was organized over twenty
years ago and for considerable peri
Cd held meetings from month to
month. Many of the members are
now residents of other towns so that
regular sessions have of late, been
out of the question and, instead,
several meetings, in the rature OF
reunions, have been held in the sum-
mer OF each year.
Company E, Capt, Rice command