The Somerset reporter., 1909-06-24
NORRlDGEWOCk.


turned fom being pesslmists TO
optimists.
Miss Marion TAYLOR arrived in
town Saturday to spend a vacation
with her relatives. She has been
spending the greater part OF her
time during the past few months IN
WatervilIe.
Miss Lois Burgess, who makes her
home with her sister, Mrs. Nesta
Garland, In Oakland, is in town this
week visiting her brother, Harry
Burgess. Miss Burgess formerly
lived here and has many friends
among the young people.
The Somerset road has had crew
here for number of days leveling a
place for side track to run III front
of Whitney's new potato house.
Sunday was utilized to place the
rails and got the work well along
toward completion on that day.
+. E. Barker has his motor boat
ready to be placed in the water after
giving it good overhauling and
painting it.
The Spiritualist Society of this
place have secured Mrs. Mary Pepper
Vanderbilt to deliver lecture and
give test readings in. the q. a. X.
Hall on Friday evening of this week.
Mrs. Vanderbilt is considered TO be
one of the best test mediums in this
country and the meetings over which
she presides are always we'll attended
and full of interest. The members
of the society have recently received
some remarkable tests through Mr..
Briggs, q medium who has been hore
on several occasions.
Mrs. Ed Whiting of Skowhegan
and her little daughter, Phyllis, are
visiting this week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Whiting.
Charles Whiting is remodeling his
hay barn into potato house and
will add forty feet to the length of
it. Mr.. Whiting has been for many
years a dealer in farm produce and
live stock and since the acreage of
potatoes in this section has been in
creasing to the point where this
station becomes an important ship
ping station for them, Mr.. Whiting
has kept in touch and has been very
successful as dealer.
The graduating exercises OF the
n. II. S. Glass 100 will take place in
the Congregational church on Thurs
day evening Of this week.
County Attorney l.. R. Folsom was
in Madison, Saturday, Monday and
Tuesday OF this week, trying liquor
cases and q number of convictions
have resulted.
Rev. Mr.. Bainton of the Congrega-
tional church preached the bacca-
laureate sermon Sunday morning to
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attendance at the church was large
and the sermon and the talk to the
class were interesting and instructive.
E. Reginald Crane, Superintendent
of the Union Bible Society of Wor-
cester, Mass, was in town over Sun
day.
Quite number of our people are
planning to 60 to Kineo, Sunday, on
the excursion which will be run on
that date by the Somerset Railroad.
The management have engaged the
Norridgewock band to furnish music
on the way up and after the arrival
at Kineo. Several boats have been
arranged for to carry the passengers
across the lake.
Nelson Sheaff, whose familiar figure
we have seen on our streets for many
years, died at his home in Larone on
Thursday of last week. He was well
advanced in years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Whitney and
daughter, Hazel, spent Sunday at
Kineo.
Earl Pickering of Gardiner is max
ing visit at Frank Smiths on Mer-
Ger avenue.
nj n, on
tertainment in the High school room
on Monday evening. The program
was Az follows:
Plano solo, Iva Hotham
Roadina Linnion Brown
READING blanche Longley
Duet, Lou Bigelow and Cora William
Reading Effie Maddocks
Piano solo, Annette Spauldlng
Reading Helen Heckert
Reading, Miss Kabatchnick
After the program a short time
was devoted to playing games. The
proceeds of the entertainment will be
used toward defraying the gradua-
ting expenses.
Bernard Otis has purchased an
Indian motor cycle and Is now busy
mastering It's mysteries.
The combined distance made by
four of our autos Sunday was over
two hundred miles.
The band will give a concert at the
band stand OH Friday evening OF next
week If the weather is favorable.
Miss Olney is expected in town this
week to spend short vacation.
Business has been good this week
at o. F. Halls in his closing out sale
of goods.
There was quite washout at the
south end of the toll bridge during
the rain of last week.
Mr.. Fred Rogers has had little
trouble with his motor boat during
the past week. 1t came about
through the collision of his propeller
with an uncharted rock while he was
sailing near the coast of the Kenne-
bee. After having the trouble di-
agnosed by several experts to no
avail 1t was at last found by Mr..
Philip Carr, g. g., in a badly bent
propeller which so loaded the engine
that it refused point blank to go.
Now everything Is serene and the
craft is making her regular trips.
The Farmers Cooperative Tele-
phone Company of this place have
recently installed new telephone
booth at their central office and pole
changer for ringing up subscribers,
both of which are very convenient.
At Skowhegan also, they have In
stalled a fine booth and ringing out
At. They are now ut work in Kenne-