Daily Kennebec journal., 1913-07-10
BROOKS.

befhafd stapleS mas been spending 4
week with his parents, Mr. and Mrs
Harry Staples. He has employment the
past. year in Worcester. Mass.
Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Carpenter and Mrs
| Allie Roberts, are at Bayside, for the
week
Rev. Fl. G. Booth organized a Sunday
| school at West Brooks some weeks ago
| to be held at 3 r. NJ. in the schoolhouse
Several of enr village people go up eacn
| Sunday and assist in conducting the ser
vice.
| Charles +. Bowen. who has been very
| i'll with gall stones. is now getting
| about
Mr. and Mrs ludkins of Newport,
spent Sunday here, with their daughter.
Mrs. n. r. Cook. going on to -Baysfde.
where they have taken cottage Tor n
month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie small have moved
from Swanville to the C.. q. ross house
for the summer, as he has a large
amount of painting TO do in this locality.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bachelor of
Dixmont, recently visited their daughter,
| Mrs w f. Emmons. of Emmons st.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Cheney Higgins
took their car and went to Bayside, sun
day, July 9Th. to spned tne summer at
their cottage.
George Roberts and daughter, Doris,
are entertaining company from Boston.
Mrs. Mary Dickey of Tyngsboro, Mass.
| is visiting old friends in town.
Mr.. and Mrs Everett Tasker came up
| from Belfast to help celebrate the Fourth
| in their home town.
| Mrs. r. l. Huxford recently spent
several days in Portland, the guest oil
Mrs Lizzie Chase. The vacation was
| rare treat and greatly appreciated py
Mrs Hllxford as she has been closely
confined at home for a year, by the Ill
| ness of her mother, Mrs. Aimira Rieh
| who passed away and was buried, June
10th, and also by the care OF an aseu
aunt. who lives in their home.
Considerable building is being done IN
tho village this spring. and Brooks con-
,,nnes 10 grow. Some new houses are
soing ND and several residents nave
r,aaa extensive repairs, remodeling their
homes In various ways. Commonious
.o,aanad niazzas have been added TO the
residences of A. r. Pilley, G. E. Lane
, W. S. Rolfe. George Han, ha"iii Do'e.'
Henry REYNOLDS and others. DE- \. II.
Cook has just completed paih'ihs me-
! stand of buildings, and EDWIN ooous >
| nlace looks fine in its new coat oi paint
| Melvin Roberts and family nave i'ioNeu
| into their new house on Emmoh5 S't' a."
| will finish its interior during Tue
mer completing an unusuaiS p'
| and attractive house in the shaoow Vi Wv
h,e nine grove. Roy Godding mas ee'
| lar dug on the adjoining lot. WIN wac.
hA
mines laid, and will buiid IN the
| future. ,sy ot
Mr. and Mrs. Wellington boods o.
p,ttsfe,d. have been visiting the''
brother, Edwin Body.
M. "Clorious Fourth" was eelepfatea
| In Brooks in grand style TINS year, '"e
| last occasion of the kind being SOME -
l. xaars ago. Brooks citizens certainly olo
themselves proud, and have great CAUSE
sor concentration in the way the whoie
| -,,, ,,oyad along to a perfect ana satis-
f,,;ng completeness. The day was al
| ideal Fourth of July IN every ae"s-
.na word The weather being perfect
some two or three thousand people Gun
| .resated in the village streets ouii"s '"e
morning hours, to watch tue p'i az
which took place soon after hii'e eioe"'
and proyed a grand success. Inc ousi-
ness men sent out several most peau''ui
floats. the lady Maccabees flled hah"-
somely decorated team; there were NUM-
erous .fantastics" and the automopiie
narade did credit to the village, as weli
| as TO the owners of the cars, by the
painstaliing and elaborate work displayed
| in them. There are IA cars owned IN the
village. but all did not decorate there
being several, however, VINO We're h'er-
allv covered with bunting, flags ana
| flowers. There We're sports or all kihos
during the day. band concerts, an
Grafton by Roy C. Haines OF E'iis-
worth, dinner at Union hail, dancing po'h
! afternoon and evening, and fireworks d.
night. and best of all, perfect order pre-
vailed throughout the day.