Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-08-06
NORRIDCEWOCK

/ Mr.. and Mrs. Sherburne Marshall
4 OF New Bedford. Mass, were in town
/ this week the guests Of Mrs. Mar
| shaus aunt, Miss Alice Johnson.
Later they went 10 Pleasant pond.
Chester Kinney is cutting the hay
On Coleman Clark's farm.
Miss Mildred Gilman Of Waterville
j is at the home OF her brother, Ernest
+ l. Gilman.
I Mr.. and Mrs. Allen Stanley. Mr..
and Mrs. Perley Butler and son, Har-
old. enjoyed a motor trip Sunday to
Dead River. Rangeley and Flagstaff.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. W. 4. Lawrence Of
Stetson are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Err
nest W. Gilman.
1 Mrs {. \. Grant OF Waterville
visited Mrs. Waldo Reeves on Mon
day.
MIR. and Mrs. Elton Nichols accom-
/ panied by Mr.. and Mrs. George Jewell.
made an automobile trip TO Rockland
and Belfast Sunday.
Mrs. Dora Witham OF Skowhegan
/ is in town and will work during the
| canning season at the Jewett fac
tory.
| At the Baptist church Sunday
morning the pastor. Rev. l.. d. Tio-
/ belts will preach on the subject, The
I God That Men Forget" In the eve
ming the subject will be, What
/ Think Ye of Christ"
| Mr.. and Mrs. Newman are visiting
| Mr.. Newman's mother in Wilton for
a few days.
Ralph Tuttle has bought the grass
! on the William Mclaughlin farm and
/ has a crew cutting II.
Mrs. W. r. knapp OF Haverhill Is
passing a short time in town with
| her husband, who is employed in the
| local shoe factory.
A party OF Norridgewock people
motored 10 Searsport Sunday.
| Mrs. David Rushton has gone 70
| a Skowhegan hospital for a second
! operation.
/ Mrs. L. d. Tibbetts and children,
Nelson and Mary. have returned
from visit 10 Steep Falls, their
| former home.
Hon. l.. r. Folsom, member Of the
! Governors Council, IS Portland on
business.
Mrs. Lillian Munsey Of Dorchester,
] Mass, is visiting her sister. Mrs.
Annie Tibbetts, Mrs. Munsey and
Mrs. Tibbetts passed the Weekend
with another sister, Mrs. Helen Bar
ker in Waterville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Marcia OF this
town and Mr.. and Mrs. WIN Marcia
of Larone enjoyed an automobile trip
to Orr's Island Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Blaisdell have
moved into one of the rents in Frank
Ames house at the foot OF Waterville
hill.
Fred Witham returned Sunday TO
North Jay. after visiting his daugh-
ter, Mrs. Frank Miner.
Frank Keene was in Portland over
the week end.
Charles Pray accompanied by a
friend. Mr.. Tague. were at the for
mers home over the week end.
Eugene Huff has returned from
! Orono. where he has been attending
the u. Of NJ. summer school.
ChaunCey Holt drove to Belfast
Sunday to carry three members Of
the knights of Pythias lodge, who at
tended a State committee meeting
there. They were, Coleman Bennett,
Cecil Crommctt and Thomas Theo-
4 bald.
/ Mrs. Madge Holt Brown Of Toledo,
Ohio, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Alta
Bates on Oak hill.
Miss Bernice Blaisdell has re-
turned from Monroe, where she has
been visiting her grandparents.
Ansel Nickcrson has entered the
Eennebec Valley hospital in Skow-
hogan for treatment. Mr.. Nickerson
had the misfortune to break his leg
while employed in the woods last
wintr.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Holway are visit
ing in Portland.
Ralph kctchum OF Dedham Mass,
arrived in town Sunday for a brief
| vacation.
Mrs. George Harmon Of Lexington,
Mass, is visiting Mrs. John Mel.
The annual picnic of the Village
| Improvement society is to be held
Aug. 14th at the Old Point Camp
| grounds. Each lady is to carry her
own dishes, and the committee will
solicit food Those who drive their
! own cars are asked to invite some
member TO go with them, who would
| otherwise have no means of going.
| The committee in charge OF the affair
are Mrs. Nellie Taylor and Mrs.
Edith Jones.
| A party OF Norridgewock people
| enjoyed an automobile trip Sunday
| to Salem. Highland Plantation and
| Lexington.
Hermon Stevens Is on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest J.. Gilman and
family have returned from Rangeley,
| where they visited trends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer r.. Tobey of
Orono were in town last week.
Linus II. White has been visiting In
Lynn. Mass, and also with his
| daughter. Mrs. Sadie Brown in At
tleboTo.
Ira Hilton has been assisting in
Mr.. Whites store during his alb
sence,
MIR. and Mrs. Ezra Kelley and two
oh,
at Belgrade Lakes Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Topper is recovering
f,om her recent severe illness to the
extent that she is able to sit up a
part of each day.
Hamlin Eaton, founder and be-
loved teacher of the famous Eaton
school arrived in town Monday from
California to be present at the an
nual rehnion of the alumni which
occurs Wednesday of this week.
Guy and Eugene Grove have re-
turned from Maryland, where they
were employed.
Mrs. Chester Jones and son Stan
| ley are visiting in Cornwall on the
| Hudson, n. J.
On Friday evening at $50 on the
main street was held a demonstra-
ton of Norridgewocks new fire
equipment. The fire company were
present with the steamer and the
new combination fire engine and
chemical. Streams Of water were
pumped with both machines from the
! mill stream and thrown high into the
air. The crowds were thrilled with
the splendid work done. Norridge-
| wock can we'll be proud Of her fire
| fighting apparatus as it is sad that it
| Is now second to no other town Of
| its size in the whole State.