Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1908-09-29
NORWAY.

DR.. and Mrs. Harry P. Jones spent the
past week at Andover.
Mrs. Katherine G. Hutchins of Boston
has spent a week with her son, Roger NJ.
Hutchins.
Mrs. F. e. Tower has been visited for
few days by her brother, George
Carpenter of Fairhaven, Mass.
Lake Temple, Pythian Sisters, will
have an official visitation Wednesday
evening, Sept. 80, from Mrs. Nellie j..
Weymouth, Grand Chief.
Mrs. Leroy D. Keene, who has been
spending two months with Norway
relatives and friends, has returned to
her home in South birmingham, Mass.
Oxford Royal Arch Chapter, No. 20,
will hold It's annual meeting Wednesday
evening, October ]. The officers for
the coming year will be elected and in
stalled, and there will be refreshments.
Thad Roberts is at the Brockton fair
this week with some of his Barred Ply
mouth Rock and Rhode Island Red birds.
Mrs. Sarah S. (Partridge), wife of
Orripgton NJ. Cummings, died Monday
afternoon of last week after a long ILL.,
ness, at the age of nearly go years. Mrs.
Cummings was the daughter of Samuel
and Eliza Partridge, and has two brothers
and two sisters now living at Norway
Lake. She married, Sept. II, 1859, Or
rington NJ. Cummings. who has been in
the livery business in Norway since 1870
She is survived by her husband and five
grandchildren, the children of Thomas
Thibodeau of this town, who had Mrs.
Cummings care after the death of their
mother. The funeral was at the house
Wednesday, attended by Rev. B. S. Ride
out of the Congregational church, of
which Mrs. Cummings was member.
There is record attendance in the
Norway schools which opened last week,
the total number registered in town 30
far being 522.
F. E. Tower has purchased Buick
fve-passenger automobile OF Harry
Brown of Waterford.
Vernall A. Rich and Miss Edith NJ.
Pierce were married Tuesday evening at /
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. S. Pierce. |
The ceremony was performed by Rev. |
Miss Jessie Jordan of Mechanic Falls, the
single ring service being used. Only the
members of the family were present, but
there were a number of guests at the re-
ception later in the evening.
b. F. Spinney & Co. are enlarging the
reservoir from which they take water for
their shoe factory. Their supply was
exhausted, for the first time
since the factory was built thirty five
years ago.
Quite a number from Norway attend
ed the Bridgton fair last week, and the
Norway Woodmen played game of ball
with the Bridgton Woodmen at the fair,
the Norway team winning by a score of
10 to IA.
La Fiesta, a dancing entertainment
under the direction of Miss Harriette
Harris, will be given at the Opera House
On the evenings of Oct. Z and s, under
the auspices of the Universaists.
At the home of Mrs. Sarah Millett
Tuesday noon occurred the wedding of
her daughter, Miss Sarah Elizabeth, to
Harry l.. Patch. The house was beauti-
fully decorated with autumn leaves,
cut flowers and ferns. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. B. S.
using the double ring service.
The rings were made of gold dug in
California by the late j. III. Millett, the
father of the bride. Forty relatives and
friends were present.
Lee Templeton of the Advertiser is
spending weeks vacation at his former
home in Bradford.
Freeland Howe is on his regular fall
fishing trip at the Rangeleys, and will be
gone several weeks.
David S. Knapp has sold his house on
Pleasant Street to Judge William F.
Jones, and has purchased a farm in Rum
lord. Judge Jones has leased the Knapp
house to Charles S. Akers.
l.. p. Bartlett, Jr., of b. F. Spinney &
Co., and son Lawrence, have been in
town few days.
NJ. II. Merriam has sold lot on Pleas
INT Street to Charles A. Frost, who will
build in the spring.
The Norway Hand Laundry, G. Z.
proprietor, is out with hand
some new covered delivery wagon.
This seasons pack of the Fl. F. Webb
20. at the Norway corn factory is larger
han that of last year.