The Somerset reporter., 1909-06-17
Il The News of Somersets Busy Towns II

George Harlow has completed the
work of saving the large piles OF
logs at his portable mill and has now
moved the machinery into the Mar
tin stream neighborbood.
Charles Newson was in town from
Moxie, over Sunday.
The Village Improvement Society
will meet in their rooms on Friday
afternoon of this week. The meet
ing is in charge of Mrs. Cora Smith,
Mrs. A. d. Brackley and Mrs. Aithea
Campbell. 1t will be a musical.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wing of Skowhegan,
Mr.. Joseph Smith and Mrs. Frost OF
the Waterville road, visited at George
Carr's, Sunday.
Bert Greenwood of Waterville was
in town the first of the week visiting
at A. d. Brackiey's.
A ball game on the park grounds
between the Stark and the Norridge-
wock teams proved to be hard
fought battle with the odd score in
favor of the visitors. The score stood
9 to 10. 1t was late in the afternoon
before the game begun, the visitors
not arriving until four O'Clock. The
first half of the game looked a.
though the Norridgewocks were an
easy mark; finally Alvin Otis got a
fair crack at the horse hide and four
scores were added when he touched
the home pate for the homo team.
This placed them ahead for O short
time but the visitors succeeded in
running I'm several scores more. Mr.
Milford Tibbetts had his leg quite
severely bruised by being run into by
q base runner.
The band had engagements to go tc
Kineo on the 9th and again on Sun
day, the Fourth and to Smithfield or
Monday the fifth. Through some
misunderstanding the date at Smith
field has been cancelled and the band
now has this date open for engage
ment.
The very beautiful flower operetta
which was given at the annual meet
ing of the Village Improvement Soci-
ETY. will be repeated at the Eastern
Star OH Friday evening of this week
Edwin Cooley is expected home
from Boston in a couple of weeks. All
present Mr.. Cooley has made no def
mite arrangements for the summer
months which he usually spends in
Bar Harbor.
By an oversight we omitted the
name of Herbert Stevens from among
the students of the U. OF M. who had
passed their examinations and re-
turned home, in our last weeks cor
respondence.
Miss Edmunds has been visiting hel
aunt Hiss Sarah Clark.
Mr.. Dell Cooley OF Lewiston has
been in town for a few days. Mr.
Cooley has a store in that city which
he has been running for the past five
years.
DIR. @. E. H. Beane and wife and his
father MIR. Fred Emory Beane of Halo.
we'll have been in town the past weel
packing up the Doctors things which
they will move to Hallowell. DR.
Became will open an Office there and
has also been appointed upon the
staff of surgeons In one Of the hospi'
tails in the section. DIR. Beane has beer
with us for several years and has
made many friends who are sorry tC
have him leave town but the new
opening looks as though bright things
would be in store for him.
+. W. Spaulding spent Sunday IL
Smithfield.
The high school will close mex
week. The students are worrying
about exams at present.
E. H. Vaughn has closed a trade
for the upper third of the plot of land
opposite the Hale lot and will COM
mence at once to erect store, % feet
on the front and so feet deep, for his
own use in the clothing business.
John Stanley of Mercer was brought
before trial Justice Lonely yesterday
forenoon charged with keeping his
girl, who is under the legal age of 1e
years, from attending school. He
was fined So 90 and costs and took an
appeal.
Mrs. @. A. Ward entertained the
senior class N. II. s. Tuesday even
ing with tea and games.
D. E. Taylor & Son have received
the large air compressor which they
will use to drive pneumatic tools at
their quarry on Dodlin Hill.
Rev. B. F. Turner and family ar
rived Tuesday to spend the summer
at their cottage at North pond. They
are receiving visit from their
daughter, Maud, who is married and
lives in the West.
The robins are giving considerable
trouble pulling up corn. Frank Smith
has had a good part OF a piece of
corn spoiled by them.
E. H. Burgess is having the piazza
at his house extended to the stable
which will make a roomy and COM
Portable place to sit.
Fred Tobey of the Smithfield road
has been in Monmouth this week on
bus mess.