Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-01-16
NORWAY.

Fl The excellent shedding and flrstclas
, those who have wood and timber t.
market.
A sleigh driven by two ladies OF
! Main Street Thursday afternoon wa
overturned. The horse ran down MAR
Street to the Andrews stable. No ont
was injured. Little damage.
| At meeting of the Board Of Manager
of the Norway Public Library Saturday
morning it was voted to purchase abOu,
!. 800 worth of new books, and invest thu
balance of the years fund in repairing
old books.
V. W. Hills attended the annual meet
|, ing of the Maine Association of Optician.
at Hotel Gerald, Fairfield, Wednesday.
E. z. Philbrook, of the Department Of
Agriculture, made this section visit
last week looking for brown tailed
moths. We understand that he found
very few If any. His aim Is to instruct
the school children in gathering and
burning the nests. This is, he claims
the only way known to prevent the
spread Of the moths.
| Walter C. Thompson, for the past
three months in Norway, putting In
power plants for A. c. McCrellis and the
Norway Water Company, has gone to
his home in Lansing, Mich.
The statement is given out BY the
selectmen that the expense of building
the new bridge and road from the
tannery lot to Lynn Street will not much
exceed the sum of $1,000. Although
there was no appropriation for the same
voted by the town, the contingent fund
is large enough to easily take care of the
same.
Rev. n. Il. Hoyt of Hiram will con-
duct week of gospel meetings at the
Universalist church commencing the
10th inst. He will be assisted by the
pastors of the village churches and by
Guy Irving Waltz of Boston. Mr..
Waltz will lead the music.
The H. S. I. League, Holt school
district, held its annual meeting on We'd
nesday and elected the following officers:
Prcsident-Blane he Adams.
Vice.Pres.-R. E. York.
Sec-Mrs. p. II. Howe.
Treas.-Mrs. +. d. Knightly.
! Executive Com out of schooleHerbert Hobbs,
| Hattie Richardson, Vienna Hobbs.
! In school-Margie Hobbs. Lena Buck, Alton
Howe.
Reporter-Mrs. F. D. Knightly.
Janitor-Alton Howe.
.. W. G. Rand and party were at the
Beal's House Saturday.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Norway and Western
Railroad will be held at the Deering
Street Office Tuesday, Jan. 10th.
The Merry Eight whist club visited
Oxford Tuesday evening and partook OF
most delightful and abundant supper
at the Lake View Hotel. Whist was
played after the supper for an hour.
They report the sleighing and evenings
outing most delightful.
Mrs. John Woodman observed her
birthday Wednesday with friends at the
"Kingfisher."
Operations have ended at the Lucius l.
Bartlett pine lot in Oxford. The Irish
& Cloutier Lumber Co. will next operate
at Carthage. Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. 81.
McKeen, who ran the boarding house.
have returned to their East Oxford
home.
d. S. Sanborn is the new surveyor OF
timber for G. B. Cummings & Sons.
Norway High, '0s, will give supper
and sociable at G. A. R. Hall Friday
evening, Jan. 10. All are invited to at
tend.
An electric motor will be used to run
the machines in the stitching room at
the shoe factory. This will be an indie
pendent power and not in any way con-
nected with the other rooms and ma
chinery. 1t is understood that in this
way much better results will be obtained
with the work.
The monthly meeting of the Norway
Board of Trade was held at Engine
House Hall Tuesday evening.
A stated convocation of Oxford Royal
Arch Chapter, No. 20, was held Wednes-
day evening with work in the N. E.
degree.
A party of eight, four young ladies
and four young gentlemen, chaperoned
by their teachers, Mr.. Wheeler and Miss
Harlow, enjoyed an oyster supper at
Homer Tubbs' camp, Pennesseewassee
Lake, Monday evening.
DR.. E. A. Sheehy, after a pleasant va
cation of two weeks In New York, has
returned to his work at DR.. F. E. brakes.
Mrs. w. F. Jones entertained the
Barton Reading Club at her home on
Pleasant Street Thursday afternoon.
Z. X. Berry has moved from Danforth
Street to his new home, corner of Paris
and Greene Streets.
Mrs. Lydia Winslow, after a long sick
ness, died at her home on Paris Street
Tuesday, Jan. 8. She was born in Bar
rington, N. S., in 1927. Her husband,
George c., died many years ago. She
leaves one son, E. c. Winslow, in trade
here. Funeral at the house attended by
Rev. B. S. Rideout.
The stockholders of the Norway
National Bank Tuesday elected the fol-
low directors: C. N. Tubbs, G. E. Holt,
L. S. Billings, II. D. Smith and F. w.
Sanborn. The directors elected G. n.
Tubbs President and 81. D. Smith
Cashier.
Clarence NJ. Smith, for many years
machinist at the B. F. Spinney & Co.
shoe factory, had an attack of blindness
last Thursday. He Immediately had a
specialist examine his eyes, which have
for some time troubled him, and he
found the cause of blindness to be the
rupture of blood vessel, and that by
absorption the sight will probably be re-
stored. He can see to get about and is
improving each day.
Ladies' night at Oxford Lodge, No.
IS, F. and A. NJ, will be held in the near
future. All necessary ARRANGEMENTS are
being made bv the first officers of the
lodge, having the matter in hand. They
are: w. NJ, Harry Farris, NJ. D.; S. W.,
George l.. Curtis; j. W., James N.
Favor.
Mrs. H. j. Bangs entertained Miss
Staples of Rumford Falls Sunday.
The officers elected Saturday by the
Norway Cooperative Trade Association
are:
scc-Mr. c. W. Ryerson.
Treas.-H. c. Oxnard.
Authoritarian Grover.
Directors-C. w. Ryerson. Fred Rowe and e.
| E. Freeman.
Brig. Gen. Charles E. Davis of the
N. G. S. NJ. inspected Co. D of the LIST
Regt. Thursday evening at the company's
armory. There was an attendance OF
forty officers and men. Gen. Davis
found the company in most excellent
condition, and of the nine inspections
thus far made Co. DIS Is at the head.
Mrs. Davis accompanied her husband to
Norway and was much pleased with tho
visit.
V. W. Hills was made member OF
the executive committee at the annual
meeting of the opticians association at
Fairfield last week.
While Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Shank, who
| live on the old Pike place on Pike Hill,
were driving to the village Saturday
morning, at q place about one-third of