Friday afternoon

GRAY DAY!

More rain.
(But quite balmy - so it's o.k.!)


It's just the sort of weather that the ornamental Kale at the Foster residence on Madison Street loves.........

.....and, as if they didn't know it was almost Thanksgiving, Mrs. Davis' pansies are in fully magnificent bloom!

(Photo Jean B. Davis)

Out on Madison Street, across from the entrance to the High School, grading for Mr. Pumilia's Town Houses began quite early this morning but, by noontime, had to come to a soggy, muddy - but only temporary - halt.

Cleaning up after the rains dumped heaps of dirt and leaves along the sides of the roads, Waterville's super new STREET SWEEPER, doing a turn-around on Buell Avenue.
I followed it for a bit and Oh, those slick brushes get right up against the curbing and leave nothing behind!

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When Reuben Tower began to build the tower on his Sanger Avenue residence - now the Masonic Temple - a few people in the village must have been mightily upset: suddenly their elegant towers looked awfully small, in comparison to his!

J.E. Plummer owned one of the earliest "towers" in the village.

Mrs. Holmes, on White Street, was no doubt shocked!

W.H. Hanley was embarrassed;

George Putnam, who had built his castle but a few years earlier, was dismayed, but he
said nothing and added more "gingerbread."

The Curtises, however, built their house later and were simply pleased to be living so far "up" on Sanger Avenue!