The independent-reporter., 1910-06-30
y The News of Somersets Busy Towns X

visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Sara b.
Parlin.
Miss Nellie Hapgood, one of our
trained nurses, is caring for a patient
in Skowhegan.
w. c. Robinson. Mrs. Robinson.
their daughter, Miss Carrie, and MISS
Ellen French arrived home from Can
ada Saturday where the young ladies'
have been attending school.
Prof Guy +. Williams will teach the
Academy the coming year Mr.. VII
liams is a popular teacher and ms
many friends will be glad to welcome
him back to his former position IN
the Academy.
Mrs. Nelly Parlin, who recently ten
dered her resignation as teacher OF the
Marn Emery primary school, has been
elected teacher of the Park street
school at Skowhegan. Mrs. Parlin has
taught in the primary school in this
village "a terms, and has proved an
efficient. faithful teacher She has
worked increasingly for the best in
terests of the school, and the children.
Skowhegan also gets another OF our
teachers. Miss d. Jet Briggs, who mas
taught eight terms in the Anson prl-
mary. Another of our teachers, MISS
Nellie E. Holway, who has taught 70
terms in the primary school at An
son, has been elected teacher OF the
second grade at Brewer,
NJ. l.. French, w c. Simmons ana
Herbert Marston were among the
Shriners who went to Bangor Friday
and were royalty entertained by an
excursion to Bar Habor.
G.. E. Paine. Superintendent OF
Schools, went to New Vineyard Tues
day. The schools close there this
week. They also close in Embden.
Mrs. B. ]. Dunphy and children went
over East, Tuesday morning, to visit
her relatives.
Mr., and Mrs. Wallace Emery, Mrs
Nj. G. Emery and Miss Myrtle Hughes
went to Peaks island Monday to re
main at their summer home during
the warm weather.
Miss Marian Payne has been en-
gagged to teach music and drawing in
the schools.
The North Ansons played a ball
game with the Solons at Solon Satur-
day, which resulted in score OF D
to in favor of the Solons.
Rev. Hervey Hoyt, occupied the pull
pit of the Uniyersalist church, Sun
day morning.
Charles Tarbell of Athens was in
town Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Williams were
visiting relatives in Embden Sunday.
Sherman Hapgood was at home
from Portland over Sunday.
Mr. and Nra n II Waggnn re-
turned home from Skowhegan Tues
day where they had been for two
years.
DEATH OF BERT ROLFE.
Bert Rolfe was struck on the head
by a piece of pulley which burst in
Dr.. Andrews mill at Embden lake at
100 Saturday afternoon and died at
G.15 without regaining consciousness.
He was 4S years old and had been
employed in this mill several years.
He leaves a wife and three children,
and an aged father and mother The
funeral was held at two o'clock Mon
day afternoon, Rev. F. T. Crane Off
eating. The burial was in Sunset
cemetery.
A SAD ACCIDENT.
A sad accident occurred about five
clock Sunday afternoon by which
Mrs. Henry McKenney of Kingtield
was drowned in the Carrabassett riv-
er, about two miles above this village.
Mrs. McKenney and her husband had
spent the day with his brother anG
wife, Mr.. and Mrs Fred Mckenney,
Hho live in Embden on the Allbee
farm.
AS they were starting for home the
two brothers and wives went down to
the river, and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
McKenney and brother, Fred, crossed
Oh a raft, leaving Henry's wife on
the Anson shore and Mrs. Fred Nc
kenney on the Embden shore, while
the men returned to the Embden shore
and went down some distance While
waiting for them to return, Mrs. Hen
ry McKenney waded back to the
Embden side, and when returning to
the Anson shore she went little low
er down the stream and stepping into
a deep hole did not rise. AS the men
were on the opposite shore, no help
could reach her until life W. extinct
The body was recovered in about
ten minutes. Mrs. McKenney was
about 40 years of age and leaves two
sons The burial was at Kingfield
GRADUATION EXERCISES.
The graduation of the Mark Emery
primary school took place Friday af-
ternoon at 1.30 o'clock with the fol-
Il wing program: Music; prayer
usic; salutatory, AN Awful Mis-
take" Bernice Eta Bailey; "The
Mountain and the Squirrel Harold
Martelle Adams; What Does the
Clock Say?" Ida May Spaulding;
What Did They Teach Little Boys?"
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