The independent-reporter., 1923-09-20

day are in Pennington this week at
tending the fair. They have had
refreshment booth at all the fairs in
this section this season.
Mrs Melissa Morse attended the
Embden fair last Saturday.
Mrs. Harry n Carr is in poor health
and has gone to Pasadena, California
| to pass the winter with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Powers and two
daughters OF Rumford were Sunday
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Longley.
About sixty four North Jay friends
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. G. Longley were
| Sunday guests and enjoyed a picnic
| dinner at the Longley home.
Mrs. David Rushton returned home
| Friday from Eustis where she has
been employed during the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Miller are re-
ceiving congratulations upon the ar
rival of a son in their home last week
| Miss Virginia Averill enjoyed Wis
it from her brother last Friday and
accompanied him to their home in Old
town for overnight
| Mrs. Harriet Blaisdell and Mrs.
Fanny Hussey are attending the
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
at Bar Harbor this week.
A very hard frost amounting to al
most a freeze occurred last Friday
evening doing a very large amount OF
damage to the sweet corn crop in this
| section, Both corn factories are
| canning corn but the pack will prob
ably be two-thirds less than was ex-
pected in the spring.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Lockwood have
returned from a trip to Old Orchard
and other places of interest.
| Miss Sarah Clarke has been enjoy
| ing a visit from Mrs. Morse of Che
beague and Miss Flora Coolidge of
| Portland.
Neil Mills and family of Portland
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs G. c.
! Cooley during the past week
The Woman's Working League of
| the Congregational Church enjoyed
a meeting at the home of Mrs. Liz
| sie Holway last Tuesday afternoon.
Two parties were enjoyed by sew
eral townspeople at Smithfeld last
| week, one picnic supper party at
| the Spaulding Cottage and the other
corn roast and whist party at the
| Chester Jones cottage.
Morris Kelley accompanied by Miss
| Helen Neil, Mr.. and Mrs. Chester She
pard and little son Arthur enjoyed a
trip to Albion Sunday where they
were the guests of Mr. Shepard bro
| ther and family.
| William Wheeler and Chester Saw
! yer have gone to West New Portland
| to work in the Jewett canning factory.
! Mr.. Wheeler will have charge +of the
processing and Mr.. Sawyer will oper-
ate the closing machines.
William Bracket of Lexington,
Mass. was in town last week. visit
ing Mr.. and Mrs. Cony Russell.
Mrs. Alice Wade returned Saturday
from Augusta where she had been Wis
iting her son and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Tibbitts, ac-
companied by Mr.. and Mrs. E. E
Barker of Waterville and some other
friends enjoyed trip to The Forks
Sunday.
On Monday morning. September 10
after an illness of over two years
duration, Mrs. Albina Peavey Young
passed away. Mrs. Young was born
in New Market, N. H., April 8. 1856
and her girlhood was passed in that
place. Later she lived in Waterville
and afterward in Smithfeld. Or
December she was happily united in
marriage with William c. Young and
four children have been born to them
a son who died in infancy, Bertha NJ
teacher in the public schools OF
Mercer, Grace who is now Mrs. Ever
EFT L. Berry of Embden and Charles
NJ, who resides at home. Thirty
seven years ago Mr.. and Mrs. Young
purchased farm on the Mercer road
in town where they have since resid.
ed and have hosts of friends in this
section. Mrs. Young's illness com
menced in July two years ago and al
once became very serious, but during
all that time she has never complained
over her condition and has always
been cheerful. although she was OBJ.
lged to sit in chair day and night
not being able to lie down. Mrs
Young was a real home maker and 6