The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1910-06-23
~ The News of SOmersets Busy Towns ~

cries in Harry Cars house one day
last week.
The last meeting for the summer
of the o. (. S. was held in their hall
on Friday evening and a delicious
treat of strawberries and cream was
served.
At the regular meeting of the Viii
lage improvement Society in their
rooms last week the committee con-
sisted of Mrs. A. D. Brackley. Mrs
Cora Smith and Mrs. Bainton. A very
pleasing talk on Mexico" was given
! by Mrs. Elizabeth Stark, who also
gave several fine selections on the
piano The meeting was a musicale
and the program was treat.
MIR. and Mrs. Charles A. Whiting
attended the baccalaureate sermon at
/ Waterville which was delivered by
Mrs. Writings nephew, Rev. Wood
man Bradbury, D. D., of Cambridge,
Mass.
Mrs. NJ F. Carr and Miss Lila Car
are visiting at Pennington Falls.
Charles Miller is having some fine
strawberries from his own garden. MIR
Miller also has some green peas so
nearly ready for cooking that he eX-
poets to have some for dinner some
! day this week.
Charles Bruce returned from bust
ness trip to Corinna Thursday.
The ball game at the park Saturday
between the Starks and the Norridge-
wocks was won by the Norridgewocks
the score standing 7 to 8.
Mrs. Charles Dempsey and daugh-
from R09tnn
Saturday to spend the summer in this
vicinity. At present they, with Mr..
Dempsey. who has been here for some
days, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs
william Bracket. A little later they
will go to their summer cottage AZ
North Pond.
The latest news from Mrs. Barbara
j Thompson of Embden, who is sister
of Mrs. Mary Spaulding of this place,
is that she is considerably better than
SIZE was when she left here few
weeks ago.
Mrs. NJ A Watson has returned
from Kingfield where she has been
visiting her son, William Watson
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Whitney ane
daughter, Miss Hazel will leave this
week for visit with friends in East
TIo lden Me.
Mrs. A. w. Merrill, who has been
very sick for a few days, is now gain
ing. She is under the care of Miss
Leayitt a trained nurse from Lewis
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. G. Davis arc eX-
pected in town this week. They Will
be the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. S.
Miller. Next Sunday Mr.. Davis will
deliver sermon before the members
of Lebanon Lodge, Fl. and A. NJ, in
the Congregational church. In the ev-
ening there will be union praise
service in the Baptist church.
Mrs. R. J. Goodrich of Passaic. N.
j., who has been visiting her mother
Mrs. G. w. Barker, went to North
Berwick Tuesday to visit her daugh-
ter.
Mrs. Maria Carr arrived home TINS
week for her vacation.
Mrs. Stevie Mills is spending few
days in town.
Mrs. Walton. Mrs. Angelina Walton
and Mrs. Stark, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. F. w. Spaulding, are spending a
few days at North Pond.
Almont Stanley spent few days of
last week in Bingham.
BY an oversight the name of Miss
Cora Witham was left out OF the list
of graduates last week.
j. H. Wood, optician, is in Norridge-
wock every Thursday. See ad, page 2.
DEATH OF MRS. BOARDMAN.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Hilton were
called to Orono last week by the
death of their daughter, Mrs. Carrie
Boardman. Mrs. Boardman had been
in poor health for long time and a
few months ago was so critically i'll
that her friends despaired of her re-
covery but she finally rallied and APP
peared to be getting along finely hav-
ing only a short time ago visited her
parents here, and she was making
plans to spend the summer months at
Rangeley. These things make her
sudden death all the harder for her
friends. Mrs. Boardman was grad
uate of the Norridgewock High school
and a native of this town, where she
has a host of friends. Among those
who went from here to attend her
funeral Saturday we're: Her brothers,
Henry and William Hilton, her aunt,
Mrs. Caroline Morse and Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Carr, and Mrs. Florence
Jewell, cousins.