Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-12-14
NORWAY.

lNOh W u L.
e Excellent sleighiug for the first tim
this season on Wednesday, the 9Th o
December.
The December term of the Norway
: Municipal Court was held at the Office o
: Judge Jones on Tuesday. New entries
I etc. The attorneys are pleased with tn
: prospect of q new court room for tn,
|. Municipal Court. The I. o. o. F. Blocl
when completed will be most accept
able place for the court.
: In the civil case, George Fogg vs. Al
bert Richardson, in the Municipal Cour
, on Wednesday, involving question OIL
; payment of wages claimed by plaintiff
!, the decision was reserved.
F. j. Rolfe of Rumford Falls has taker
possession of Beck's garage on Temple
Street. Mr.. Rolfe has fitted 1t fol
American Box Ball. Electric lights have
been put in and the building has beer
, sheathed with heavy blue paper and ID
,, very attractive.
Leon NJ. Longley returned from o
weeks hunting trip at Flagstaff Mon
day. He brought home with him two
deer. Mr.. Longley also shot a mink,
the pslt of which brought him nine dol.
lars. Mr.. Longley's brother, Silas Long.
ley, resides at Flagstaff and is engaged
in guiding, hunting and numbering
There were six in Mr.. Longley's party
and they report big time.
The first rehearsal for the festival cbo-
rus at Mrs. Hattie Harmon's on We'd
nesday evening was attended by about
twenty. The officers were elected as
follows:
President-Carl Harmon.
Sec. and Treas.-Carrie Tucker.
Conductor-Mrs. Arthur Fogg.
Abner Mann while at Boston attended
a Y. P. C. U. meeting last week.
Mrs. Llewellyn Jordan has gone to
visit her daughter in Lynn, Mass.
The fair given by the ladies of the
Universalist church last week cleared
two hundred dollars.
Stephen L. Ethridge of Portland was
in town with friends few days last
week.
On Monday evening at the residence
OF Capt. NJ. P. Stiles, Camp Galilee of
the Brotherhood of David held it's an
nual meeting and elected the following
officers:
David-willia Lebroke.
| Jonathan-Roand Ayers.
Jehoshaphat-Otis Jones.
| Joab-Fred Waite.
| Benaiah-Roland Mccormick.
Se-iah-Fred Stiles.
| Shalum-Stanley True.
Stephen Libby of New Gloucester was
in town the first of the week on bust
ness.
Fl. L. Horne, who is in hospital for
surgical treatment, is reported as doing
we'll.
George T. Tubbs is reported as again
an inmate of the hospital for treatment
for spinal trouble.
Prof. Newton of Hebron preached at
the Congregational church Sunday.
Music by Mrs. Arthur Fogg, organist,
Mrs. Luella Smiley, c. W. Horne and w.
C. Horne.
John F. Swain captured his deer in
North Stoneham before his return the
first of the week.
Mrs. c. H. Sargent is with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Hal Eaton, in Connecticut.
barry Il. Glidden has resigned his
position as foreman at the shoe factory
to accept a similar position with Wise q
Cooper at Auburn. The workmen in
his department presented him with
very nice travelling bag.
Rev. B. S. Rideout preached at Bris-
tol, Conn, Sunday. Before his return
be enjoyed visit with his friends of
few days.
The first of the "Star Course" of en-
tertainments was held at the opera
house on Thursday evening. 1t was a
recital, "Leah, the Forsaken," by Char
lotte Adams Dunno.
The annual Christmas sale will be
held at the Congregational vestry Tues
day afternoon and evening, Dec. IA.
| Walter Anderson crushed two of the
fingers on his right hand while assisting
in moving an electric car the last of the
week. They were not amputated, how
ever.
Oscar ]. Tubbs OF New London, N. H.,
after a short visit with his father, G. N.
Tubbs, has returned to Colby Academy,
where be is instructor in languages.
| Irving Frost was at home from Poland
Spring last week for few days.
Oxford Castle, No. 2, K. G. E., will
give its sixth annual ball at the opera
house on Friday evening, Dec. 81. Mu-
sic BY Stearns' Orchestra. Floor man.
ager, Harold A. Anderson. Aids, Ur-
shall C. Cannon, Carl W. Boynton, Al
bert c. Fogg, Geo. L. Curtis, Geo. W.
| Winslow and D. L. Farrar.
Edward Lovejoy slipped and fell from
the piazza roof the last of the week and
crushed the bones in both of his ankles.
He was attended by DR.. Bradbury and
at once moved to the Lewiston hospital.
He has returned and is doing az we'll as
can be expected.
The village schools closed Friday
afternoon for two weeks vacation.
There seems to be an epidemic among
the teachers to close their services In
Norway and look for other places in
which to teach the little American.
Two other teachers in the grade schools,
Miss Helen A. Akers and Miss Celia A.
Abbott, have resigned, with Miss Cragin
and Miss Green, who resigned this term,
all four among the best teachers In Nor
way. There is difficulty, it 10 claimed,
with what is left of the Norway School
Board, of which one is deceased, one in
the Portland hospital and one at home
about one half the time from Augusta.
The superintendent claims to be carrying
into effect the orders of the Norway
School Board, and 1t is all because Of
teaching music and drawing in the vii
lage schools and the Norway Lake
school. 1t is interesting to know that
for years there has been big fight in
town to secure an appropriation for this
work. II is now five hundred dollars
per year for construction In drawing and
music" An instructor of very limited
experience and solle qualification for
the work has been secured. Now tho
difficulty apparently is this, shall the in
structor in drawing and music super
intend the obstruction" in these branch
es, taught by the several teachers, or
shall she instruct the pupils in the vari-
GUS grades? 1t is said the wages paid
the teachers who have resigned, nine
dollars, were never intended to cover
compensation for instruction in drawing
and music, while the fourteen dollars
paid for special teacher in drawing and
music is for this special and particular
instruction. In other words the special
appropriation of $500 Is not for another
superintendent but for a teacher, hence
the trouble in Norway schools and loss
of four of the best teachers.
Graydon has returned.
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