Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-03-12
NORWAY.

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Charles L. Hathaway was in Boston
this week on business.
Chas. s. West Is In charge Of the horse
clipping business at Samuel j. Records
shop.
DR.. A. N. French is improving. He
has been confined to his homo for .
long time.
At the annual meeting of the Baptist
Ladies' Aid the following officers were
elected:
President-Sfrs. r. E. Tower.
Vice President-Mre. W. Merrill.
Secretary-M.s. e. 8. Cotton:
Treasurer-Mrs. Frank Lovejoy.
Oxford Lodge, No. !. Ark Mariners,
held its annual installation and smoke
talk with work Wednesday evening, the
9Th. The officers were installed by Past
Venerable Patriarch, Lee N. Smith,
assisted by NJ. of c., Geo. L. Curtis.
After the installation and work was a
banquet. The officers were:
v.P.-Geo. W. Holmes.
A. Master-H. L Bartlett.
A. Mate-J. W. Nash.
Secreiary-M. L. Kimball.
Treasurer-C. ii. Adams.
Tyler-E. e. andrews.
N. of CIV. G. Leavitt.
Asst Nj. OF C-E. e. Libby.
/. Wv. 8. Cordwell.
The March term of the Norway Mu-
nicipal Court was held on Tuesday.
The usual amount of routine business
with few new entries.
Mrs. JIM. Favor visited her sister,
Mrs. Ernest Hall, at Augusta this week.
Irving Frost has returned to Poland
Spring House, where he has several
weeks work on steam work "in steam
heated apartments"
Rufus Rice and wife have gone to
Bethel where Mr.. Rice takes charge of
the corn factory for the year.
At the meeting of the school COM
mittee Tuesday Herman L. Horne was
elected chairman and Charles P. Barnes
superintendent of schools for the coming
year.,
The village schools will commence the
spring term on Monday, March the 18th,
and continue in session, high thirteen
weeks, others twelve.
Jesse w. Warren, formerly of Water
ford, now of Norfolk, Virginia, claim
agent for the Norfolk and Portsmouth
Traction Co., has been here for some
time engaging men for his company at
forty dollars per month and board with
transportation one or both ways If they
work ninety days for the company. Mr..
Warren secured nearly forty men in
Norway and Waterford.
DR.. C, E. Walker has sold his place on
Marston Street and leased the Parker
tenement at the Falls.
jeremiah D. Cragin died at his Winter
Street home March Sd, at the age of
sixty-five yeats. He is survived by a
widow, Susan NJ. (Somes) Cragin, two
daughters, Mrs. Geo. W. Moholland of
Medford, Mass, and Hattie E. Cragin OF
Norway, one son, DR.. Charles l.. Cragin
of Portland. Services Tuesday after
noon by Rev. c. A. Brooks. Interment
in Pine Grove.
The annual town meeting resulted In q
total of S21 ,8S7. 76 against 81, 10000 last
year in appropriations. This Is nearly
five thousand dollars more this year than
last in taxes for the townspeople.
Mrs. j. E. Budden, who has been for
some time stopping with Mrs. Aaron
Paige, has recovered her health to such
degree as to have returned to her home
on Hazen Street.
Walter Hutchins, with the F. q. NOyes
Co., is at the Lewiston hospital for
He has been operated up
on very successfully.
The engagement of Annie Leferrier to
Frank Wingate of Hallowell is announc-
ed. Marriage to take place Monday.
March 18th. Miss Leferrier was one OF
Norway's most successful teachers. Mr..
Wingate is a dealer in coal and grain
with most successful business in his
city.
Rev. c. A. Brooks on Monday evening,
the 18th, will address temperance
meeting in G. A. r. Hall on "Why / am
a Good Templar." Such an organiza.
ton Is needed in Norway and all in
terested are invited to attend.