Oxford Democrat., 1909-06-08
NORWAY.

Memorial Day was observed In Nor
way appropriately, and with about THE
usual programme. In the forenoon the
line of march was formed, and Norway
Pine Grove Cemetery and Rustfield
Cemetery were visited and the graves
decorated. The speaking at Norway
Pine Grove Cemetery was by Rev. E. O.
Wentworth, and at Rustfield by NJ. l..
Kimball, Esq At the afternoon exer.
cises at the Opera House the address OF
the day was given by Rev. NJ. c. Ward,
pastor of the Universalist church.
The Barton Reading Club met with
Mrs. E. N. Swett Thursday afternoon
Miss Augusta Sanborn of Bethel has
been visiting in town for few days.
Joseph W. Downey has. been spending
a week at his home 10 Roxbury, Mass
Mrs. Charles Litchfield Is visiting heI
father, George W. Goodrich, at Farm.
ington, N. Fl.
Oxford Chapter, No. 20, R. A. N
held its last meeting Wednesday evening
before "calling off, for the summer.
The next meeting will be Sept. 80
Miss Edith Parker has gone to Peak
Island, where she and her nephew,
Norman, will spend the summer with
her brother, R. W. Parker.
Mrs. Z. r. Smith and children have
been visiting her people at Richmond fol-
the past ten days, and Col. Smith has
been there with them for few days.
1t is said that c. B. Cummings & Sons
are to give up their steam heating plant
with which they have for number OF
years heated a number of buildings along
Main Street. The reason for this is the
trouble caused by the pipes under the
street in winter Some of the buildings
heated by their plant have no other
method of heating, not being provided
even with chimneys.
II. Knox Bckford was at home from
Portland over Memorial Day.
Mrs. Alice Wise of Bangor is visiting
her brother, Selden C.. Foster.
Mrs. c. l.. Hathaway has been con
fined to the house for several weeks with
trouble with her foot.
The Universalist Sunday School elect
ed the following officers at it's annual
meeting held on Sunday, May 30:
supt Mrs. f. II. Mann.
V. Supt- Mrs James Dauforth
y.
Asst. Sec.-Jennie Mann.
Librarian-C. S. Akers.
lst Asst Lib-Elsie A. Favor.
81 Asst. Lib-W. NJ. Mann.
Chorister-Mrs NJ. G. Ward.
Asst Chorister-Susie Walker.
2d Asst. Chorister-Pearl Cook.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Waterford and Norway Dairy Testing
Association was held in Grange Hall
Wednesday afternoon, the principal
speaker being Leon S. Merrill of Solon,
state dairy instructor, who spoke on the
subject of ventilation. The next meet
ing will be held at South Waterford
June 80
A number of young people from the
village attended dance given Tuesday
evening at the Haywood Club House,
Crockett Ridge, by the Mackietonquor
Band boys.
The Augusta District convention Of
the w. F. NJ. S. will be held at the
Methodist church in this place Wednes-
day of this week, June 0. In the fore.
noon business session, papers and dis
cussions in the afternoon, and in the
evening an address with special music.
The w. C. T. U. will hold it's June
meeting Tuesday of this week with Mrs.
a. D. Smith.
Rev. and Mrs. j. E. Whitmore were
given surprise party Tuesday evening
by the Baptist Ladies' Aid, Sunday
School and friends, and were presented
with a dinner set, Arthur .Littlefield,
superintendent of the Sunday School,
making the presentation. The evening
was very pleasantly, spent with games
and singing of hymns. Ice cream and
cake we're served by the ladies.
Thomas L. Proctor, formerly of Wa
terford, who died in Portland, was
buried at Pine Grove Cemetery Tuesday.
Vernon Staples has gone to Jamaica
Plain, Mass, where he has a position.
Mrs. Staples will go few weeks later.
Professor Oscar j. Tubbs OF Water
Vile, one of the teachers in Coburn
Classical Institute returned home the
first of last week, after visit to his
father and brother, G.. n. and James n.
Tubbs.
Miss Irene F. Hazen, who teaches in
Manomet, Mass, was here over Memorial
Day with her father, John B. Hazen.
Mrs. Clara Hayden is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Howard Winchester, at
Manchester-by-t the Sea. Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. W. Faunce were at Me.
chanic Falls over Memorial Day with Mr..
Faunce's sister, Mrs. Frank Millett.
Charles Rowe of Westbrook was the
guest of relatives over Memorial Day.
Professor Verne NJ. Whitman, prin-
cipal of the high school at Milford, n.
a., has been reelected to the principal,
ship for another year at an increased
salary.