The independent-reporter., 1910-07-07

Charles Smith spent the Fourth al
Oakland visiting friends.
Mrs. Charles Baker went to Lincoln
Friday called there by the illness OF
her mother.
Miss Gertrude Day of Providence
r. l.. is visiting her uncle, Charles
Day. and family for several days.
Miss Dorothy Knowlton and heI
mother of Brewer, are guests at the
home of Oscar, Knowlton and family
The next meeting of the Sunshine
society will be held July IA. Election
of officers will be held and a good at
tendance is desired.
A lawn prayer meeting was held al
the home of James Emerson on Madi-
son avenue Tuesday evening. There
was large attendance.
Miss Lena Packard, stenographer in
the IndependentRepo office. is
taking her annual vacation. She is
now at Peaks Island for a week.
Miss Jessie Maddocks, teacher in
the public schools of Massachusetts
has been in town for several days
from Melrose, the guest of her moth
er.
Mr. and Mrs. John Cummings OF
Bingham have been the guests the
past week of Mr.. and Mrs. James P
Thompson at their home on Winter
street.
Frank o. Dean, a graduate OF Colby
College in the class of 1909, now an
instructor in Colby, was in town Tues
day, calling at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Oscar Knowlton.
Emery Adell who died last week.
had been in poor health for over a
YEAR He had, however, been able to
do light duties about the house until
the morning of his death.
Paul Murray, who is employed for
the summer in the machine shop of
the Maine Central Railroad Company
in Portland, was home over the
Fourth with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Joseph Murray.
John McIlwarth, an electrician in
Harvard College, spent the Fourth
with his father, Samuel Mcllwrath.
Mr.. McIlwrath was formerly employ
ed here as electrician for the Maine
Telephone Company
Mrs. Rena Tibbetts Hull of Beverly.
Mass, has been in town several days,
the guest of her sister, Mrs. Derne
Green. Mrs. David Staples of Water
Vile, was also a guest Of her sister.
Mrs. Green, last week.
There were 653 tickets sold at this
station for Adam Forepaugh & Sells
Bros circus at Waterville. Eight
coaches were run on the 7.55 train
in the morning. Every outgoing train
was crowded during the day.
Miss Marjorie Salley left here last
week for Portland where she met Miss
Eunice Bodwell They sailed from
Montreal Saturday for Europe. They
will be gone two months. Among
tother places they will visit Paris and
London. Miss Salley is bookkeeper In
the store of C. W. Day. Miss Bodwell
was formerly teacher here in the High
school and is now teacher in Deer
ing High.
The class of 1909 S. H. s., are to
have a reunion Friday at Hayden lake.
! The plan is to go to Lakewood on
the S.45 car and cross the lake to
the East Madison side where they will
spend the day at the cottage of F. S.
Morrill, whose son Carroll is men,
Der of the class. They will have
picnic dinner there but will return to
the Lakewood side In time for bap-
suet and the theatre at night.
The new corn shop which is being
built at Norridgewock by Sidney
Jewett is nearing completion. The
main part is completed on the out
side and Is almost ready for the in
stallment of the machinery. The
prospect of this new shop has awak-
ened great many farmers in and
about Norridgewock and they have
planted a large acreage of corn for
this shop. The shop is to be owned
and run by Sidney Jewett, formerly
superintendent of the Burnham e
Morrill, shop at Norridgewock.
In spite of the pouring rain at six
O'Clock Sunday night, the union meet
ing of the Young Peoples Societies
was held at the Bethany church only
at the Bethanyshrdlu shrdlu uu
little later than the hour appointed.
The attendance was less because of
the shower and two of the speakers
were absent but otherwise the meet
ing was helpful one. The room was
fittingly decorated with flags and c. E
pennants and the motto adopted by