The Somerset reporter., 1909-06-10
TOWN and VICINITY

MISS y. II. - w dlkcI
with friends in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs, Ira \. Norton passed
last Sunday in st. Adams, guests Of
Mrs. Norton's sister, Mrs. Emma Big
Glow.
Some forty of the girl friends o.
Miss Sadie McIlwrath gave her {
surprise party at her home on Turner
avenue, Tuesday evening.
w. II. Norton, the automobile man
is making a speciality of second hano
cars. He can furnish them at al
prices from 500 up.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Green of Boston
have been in town this week, called
here by the death of Mrs. Green's
brother, Elmer o. DanfOrth.
DIR. c. r. Viles gave a house warm
ing to a party of friends, early in thu
present week, at his newly acquired
cottage property, Hayden Lake.
The Congregations Working Lea
que will hold strawberry festival al
the Vestry, next Wednesday, June
Is. Supper served from six to hall
past seven. Tickets, % cents.
The summer time table of the Som
erset Traction Co. will go into effect
Monday, next, June 14th, and copies
of the time table may be had at the
office. 1t is published in full on page
7.
Samuel Whittemore has recently
sold his handsome bay mare, French
coach and Morgan blood, to @. D.
Forbes of Brooks, Me. at good price.
Mr.. Whittemore ishow in the market
for another horse.
A small company of Skowhegan
young people were invited TO the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. j. w. Steward
Monday evening to participate in a
shower party given to Miss Elsie
Walton, now Mrs. Byron G. ingalls,.
Mrs. Ada Malbon has gone to the
Sisters hospital in Lewiston where
she was to receive surgical treatment
yesterday. She is accompanied by
her daughter, Miss Lena Malbon, and
by DR.. H. G. Taggart, her physician.
G. Davis Miller and @. w. Day were
in Waterville, Tuesday, looking up
horses for the races to be given at
Fairview Park on July 4th. They
found several good ones that would
come here If classes for 2,1S aud 2,4O
horses can be arranged.
The track athletic meeting, be-
tween the Boys Club of this place
and the Waterville organization
known as the Knights of the Triangle,
will occur at Fairview park, next Sat-
urday afternoon. There is large
list Of entries in all events.
Mrs. Horace Stilson is to go to Mes
sachusetts this week for fortnight's
visit with friends in Boston and Wa
tertown. On her return she will be
accompanied by her grandson, Geo.
WEIGH, aged years, who will remain
with her through the summer.
The regular monthly meeting OF
the Town Improvement Society will
occur tomorrow friday afternoon
at the home Of the president, Mrs.
Clementine A. Weston at $50. Mem
bers are requested to bring quotations
about birds or Incidents relating to
bird life.
Smith & Rumery, the firm Of con-
tractors who built our municipal
building, suffered a serious loss by
fire, Friday of last week, their milling
plant in the city of Portland being to-
tally destroyed. The papers give the
value of the property burned as
$50, 900.
One hundred dollars is not often re-
ceived for beef animal in this Sec
ton but that was the amount realized
by William Hunnewell of So. Scion
for full blooded Hereford, sold the
past week to Jewett & Pennell Of
this place. He was three years old
and weighed 1900 on the hoof.
Herbert A. Clay of Portland, agent
of the Maine Steamship Company
was In town yesterday, and made 9
tour Of our manufacturing districts in
company with John II. Lancaster
member Of the transportation COM
mittee of Skowhegan Board Of Trade
Mr.. Clay is native of Waterville, 6
city which has furnishe ed many mer
who have become prominent in the
transportation systems of this and
other states. The feet of five or six
steamships represented by Mr.. Clay
does an extensive freight and pas
senger business between the ports Of
Portland, Me-, and New York City.
Mrs. Elba Danforth was thrown
from her carriage, Friday afternoon
of last week, and suffered fracture
of the right leg. She was driving tc
town and had reached point on the
river road not far from the river dri.