The independent-reporter., 1910-12-22
ATHENS.

ATHENS.
The Somerset Atheneum held lts
first meeting of the term MONDAY et-
ening. December l9. FOLLOWING
the program: Lords Prayer; music,
recitation by Caro- Cooley DRIVING
Home the Cows" debate, Resolved
that country life is preferable 10 ci.s
life:" disputants, Jasper LeaVie.'
Donald Hight, Verna "ormiisn''
Fred Weeks. Rena Stickney, Edna
Hight. The question was declueo III
favor of country life; recitation py
Helen Dunton; story OF Count ioi
stoi's life, by Cora York; original
stroy by Rosie Forbus; reading oy
Cecil Cooley, Horse or Husband,
Big Mistake" music.
Rehearsals of the Christmas exer-
cises are being held this week some
very pretty drills are part OF Tue
program. The exercises will be In /.
o. o. f. hall, Saturday evening De
cember "a. \,
The next regular meeting of the NJ.
f. b. society will be with Mrs. r V.
Barker Friday afternoon, December
23.
We missed Mrs. Lillian Deering ana
Vina from church and Sunday schoo,
and learned that they had vacated
their rent at the George hight larh
and moved for the winter TO Augusta
where Mr. Deering is employed.
Miss Marguerite Fox Is home from
Pennington Normal school for the
Christmas vacation.
Leland Bosworth of Condor, oree
was in town last week.
Mrs b. II. Johnson Is entertaining
her brother with his vile ana chlla
from Rochester, n. \.
Miss Edna Johnson is at Skowhe-
gan taking medical treatment.
Miss May Johnson, who has Deeh
i'll since the close of her school at
Bingham. is now improving. Lttle
Florence Johnson, who was very Ill
in October is now about the mousse,
though not as well as before her III
ness. She was much pleased Dy
surprise gift on her birthday, NoVem-
ber II, of a pretty kimona from her
Sunday school class, assisted by the
mothers in the making
Mrs. H. P. Bush has moved tenn
porarily to her farm home mile
from the village that she might De
better able to care for her SICK son
than in her upstairs rent in the VII
lage
q. w. Bailey has been again very
i'll from third attack OF acute lndl-
gestion He is now conVaiesclng
without the surgical operation that
was thought for a time unavoidable.
Mrs. Fanny Tibbetts has recently
returned from Norridgewock where
she was nurse for nearly three weeks.
Athens Grange in regular session
December IT, accepted three cann-
dates for initiation and received tour
applications for membership. Ihe
other business of the afternoon was
the election of the remaining officers
which are as follows: Worthy Secre-
tary, Il. C. Elliott; Worthy Gatekeep-
er, Eddie Nelson; Pomona, Eta Ber-
ry: Ceres, Florence Elliott; Flora,
Stella Chapman. w. M, J. F. Cor
son, was chosen delegate to the State
Grange at Augusta with w. M.-elect
Ellen p Jones as alternate. 1t is
hoped that a State officer will be
present to install the officers and that
the installation may be public
The annual chicken pie supper. en-
tertainment and sale by the Baptist
Auxiliary, was held Monday evening,
December IL. The society are CRATE
full for the liberal patronage received,
the financial results being very salts
factory There was long line of
quilts on one side of the hall with
four prettily decorated booths on the
other side from which were sold
candy, useful and fancy articles, SOU
venir cards and honey. Each de-
partment received its share of trade,
the honey table alone yielding 100
pounds. The entertainment consist
ed of several musical selections and
an hour and a half by Miss Vivian
Laughton as reader. Miss Laughton's
selections were very pleasing and she
held the close attention Of the large
audience till the end. Many express
sions of concentrations were heard
and many expressed wish to hear
her again.