The Somerset reporter., 1909-07-01
NORTH ANSON

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has been instructor in mathematics,
physics and chemistry at Bates Col
lege during the past year. Mr.. Will
| liams, the former Principal of the
Academy, was asked to return at an
increased salary but has decided to
take post graduate work at Yale.
The annual meeting of the Trustees
of Foster Public library for the
library, Monday evening, July 9th,
at O'Clock.
A recent decision of the school
committee, of interest to parents, is
that scholars entering school for the
first time in the primary grades
shall be admitted only in the fall
term. The reason for this decision is
that the work of each grade begins
with the fall term and scholars en-
tering at other times are not pre-
pared to do the regular grade work.
George Allen, George Cole and
Elmer Sawyer have the measles.
Mrs. Stephen NORM of Embden
visited her mother, Mrs. Ambrose
Sprague, Saturday.
Mrs. E. J. Clark and her daugh
tiers, Mrs. Noddin and Miss Susie,
and Miss Gladys Beale, took car
rage drive to Madison, Saturday.
Rev. and Mrs. G. E. Brooks ar
rived here, Saturday night, and were
the guests Of Mr. and Mrs. @. ".
Bailey during Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Sprague of
Waterville were visiting his parents
here few hours, Sunday.
Mrs. Ellen Brown of Mercer is
visiting her niece, Mrs. o. w. Bryant.
Friends Of Mr.. and Mrs. Everett
Fenlason of Brunswick are congrat-
ulating them upon the birth of a
daughter, their first born. Mrs. Fem
! Jason will be remembered as Miss
Ada Rice.
Harvey Grant of Waterville was
wishing in town over Sunday.
e. p Barnaby and son, Murray,
went to Madison, Friday evening.
Miss Addie Robinson spent Thurs
day in Norridgewock.
| Mrs. Mercy Randlett of Madison
was the guest of Mrs. N, w. Murphy,
Friday.
Mrs. Sara B. Parlin has gone to
her daughter, Mrs. E. G. Graves, has
at the University of Maine.
Principal Williams of the Gram
mar school spent Sunday with his
parents in Embden.
Mrs. Abbie Hartman, who has
been visiting her daughter, Mrs. AL
fred Roberts, went Saturday to
Bingham.
Aubrey Blake of Gardiner is visit
ing his cousin, George Longley, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Cragin and
Miss Cragin of Pennington, and Dr.
Cragin and his brother, Abbott
Cragin, of Waterville, were in town,
Sunday, having taken an auto ride to
Bingham. George Cragin formerly
resided here and learned the tailor's
trade with the late E. F. Collins.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Earring
ton of Gardiner were the guests of
G. S. Longley and family last week.
F. II. Pease OF Madison was visit
ing his father, w. w. Pease, Sunday.
Alexander Gould is visiting his
daughter, Mrs. w. H. Williams.
Archie Danforth is at work in the
Railway station at this village.
Mrs. William Benjamin returned to
Portland, Thursday morning, having
completed the seasons work as
trimmer in w. @. Simmons MILL
merry department.
Supt. Emery has been painting the
machinery at the corn factory dur
ing the past week.
But little haying will be done this
week. The backward spring brings
this work later than usual.
The Methodist Sunday school in
Embden will have picnic, Saturday,
July Sd, in John Wentworth's grove,
to which everybody is invited.
Arson Grange went to Madison,
Thursday evening, to visit Kennebec
Grange, and conferred the Sd and 18th
degrees and furnished a fine literary
program.
Our artist, Ben Foster, has one Of
his dreamy, restful, poetic pictures at
the Poland Springs art exhibition.
The Boston Globe says of it: "Misty
Moonrise," by Ben Foster, is pict-
ure in which the nocturnal values are
very delicat9ly rendered, and the
cool moonlight is beautifully suggest
ed. 1t is large in spirit and concep-
ton and is rarely we'll handled.
An excursion train containing the
Biddeford Commandery went up over
the Somerset road, Sunday morning,
and returned to Biddeford, Monday
night.
Mrs. Almeda Cults. went to Boston,
Tuesday morning, to attend the we'd
ding of her son, Q. F. Quits, Esq.
The graduating exercises Of Gar
field Grammar school at Arson took
place, June oath. The following is
the program: Chorus, Blue Bells of
Scotland, School; prayer; chorus,
Flag song, school; Recitation, The
Coast Guard, Ithiel E. Rogers; read
ing, Kentucky Philosophy, Beatrice
L. Trip; recitation, Disappearing
Dollars, Olin G. Greenleaf; music;
recitation, The Railroad Crossing,
Frank j. Carlson; reading, Young
America, Eleanor M. Crozier; recita-
ton, The Merchant and the Book
Agent, Willard M. Elliot; vocal solo,
An Irish Song, Miss Agnes Vose; rec
itation, Sixteen Lost and One Saved,
Walter H. Ray; reading, Tommy's
Prayer, Florence V. Otis; recitation,
Make Things Turn Up, William M.
Tomas, Sup't. G. E. Paine; singing Of
America, followed by Benediction.
DIR. H. E. Thompson of South Port
land and DIR. Fl. w. Ball of Mt. Desert