Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-07-16
Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Small
Surprised BY Friends. .
Death Of Clarence Collier Thurs
day. After Long Illness.
Business change--.Persona Items
...notes About the Town.

Clarence Collier, respected citizen
of this town. passed away at an early
hour Thursday morning, after a long
illness with grinders consumption. Mr..
Collier was for many years a grinder
in the local scythe shops. He passed
the greater part Of tile summer in a
tent OF the lawn, hoping to allay the
disease, but without avail He was
prominent in the work of upbuildinf,
the High Street Mission aiding it by
example and tinacially, and his pres
ence will be greatly missed there. as
well as in the home and town. A
widow. son and q daughter survive.
The funeral will be held at 10 A.. NJ
Saturday from the Mission.
The friends of Mr. and Mrs. Ned
Small rendered them reception Thurs
day evening in the form of Surprise
party. The following were present:
Mr.. and\ Mrs. Jeses Halett, Mr.. and
Mrs. F.. IL Dudley, Mr.. and Mrs Hen
ry SpaulCiing, Arthur Gleason, Frank
Brown. Murray Leonard, Dean E.
Wheeler Frank Haynes, Willie Haynes
and the Misses Izctta Hamm, Genvieve
Bowman. Olive Fleet, Mabel Blake,
Thena Sullivan. Annie Hall. Florence
Ormiston, Winnie Ames. Julia Hutchin-
son and Belle Spaulding. After an in
formal program. Mr.. and Mrs. Small
were presented with Il beautiful leath-
er upholstered Turkish rocker After
which refreshments We're served and
the guests returned to their homes at
a late hour.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Vinegar, Miss
Marion Brown, and Mr.. and Mrs Les
ter Andrews will leave Friday morn
ing for weeks outing at Birch Point
Salmon lake.
l.. l.. Leonard of st. Louis, Mo, ar
rived Thursday to pass two-weeks
vacation with his brother, Arthur
w. Leonard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Moody of Bridge
port, Ct, called in town Thursday.
Mrs. Thomas J. Mullen has sold her
stock of dry and fancy goods to the
firm of Ridley & Flanders, who will
move it to their store.
Mr.. ana Mrs. A. r. Small are at
Pemaauid for q vacation.
Mrs w. f. Morang and granddaugh-
ter, Mildred Perkins. will pass a weeks
vacation at Old Orchard
Edwin Bailey of Woburn, Mass, is
in town for short time Mr.. Bailey
made the trip by auto in one day.
The Oollland nine will meet VIM
throp on the Winthrop field Saturday.
Letters for the following persons are
unclaimed at the Oakland postofIice:
M. Ben Rosso; l. Robinson; F. @.
Smith; Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Blaisdell:
S. Fl. Eaton; A. B. Cole; Mrs. Still
man Mrs. Elha Flagg; Mrs. Rose A.
Floyd; Mrs. Grace +. McKinn: Miss
Florence Bresford Miss Eva York:
Miss l.. E. Meras (2); Miss Edna M.
oliver
The Fidelity Glass will meet with
Mrs. Elizabeth Johnston on Fairfield
street at $50 Friday afternoon. All
members are requested to be present.
Jay Pierce of Norridgewock was in
town Thursday on his way to Brock
ton.
Hon. F.. F. Danforth of Skowhegan
was caller in town Thursday after
noon.
Charles Dusty returned Thursday
from a business trip to Portland
j. r. NJ. I.ovejoy of North Chester
vile was calling on friends in Oak
land and Sidney Thursday.
Tho work on the Baptist church is
progressing rapidly. Architect Butter
field was in town Thursday looking
after the work.
George Haskell of the New England
Telephone Co. was in town inspecting
the work being done in this place.
Dwight. the 4-year-old son of Charles
l.. Bacon. had his hand caught in the
snatch block of the horse fork about
4 O'Clock Thursday afternoon and mar
roWly escaped losing it. 1t appears
that the child grasped the rope as it
was running through the block and his
hand was drawn between the rome and
pulley, chatting the flesh and cutting
the end Of the fore finger to the bone.
I'r. V. G. Totman was called from Oak
land and dressed the wound