Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-06-01
NORWAY.

| NORWAY.
Mr.. and Mrs. q. ]. Bangs were called
to Sabattus by the sickness OF Mr..
Bangs brother this week.
The new road commissioner, Mr.. NIL
lett, is greatly improving the Main
Street in the village by grading It with
earth taken from the bill easterly OF the
village on the Rumford road.
Mrs. E. F. Smith and daughters,
Elsie and Eleanor, are visiting for few
weeks at Augusta and Richmond.
Frank b. Beck il making rapid head
way on bis Main Street garage building.
| When completed It will be modern In
every respect.
Pythian Sunday was very properly
observed by Pennesseewassee Lodge,
No. 10, X. of P, May 23d. The large
attendance at the lodge room formed
and marched to the Baptist church on
| Cottage Street, where at 2:30 the pastor,
Rev. j. e. Whittemore. delivered very
eloquent memorial sermon. After the
services the graves In Rustfield and Pine
Grove Cemeteries were visited and the
usual ceremonies were held. Evergreen
wreaths and sprigs of myrtle were used
in the decoration of the twenty-four
| mounds. Their memorial Sunday is one
OF the esta blished features of the order.
Carl Foss, son Of Walter e. Foss, is
working in the machine shop OF Frank
Murdoch on Greenleaf Avenue. He will
learn the business.
Howard Lasselle, after an absence OF
several months in Montana, has returned
to his Norway home. He had a position
with the Great Northwestern Railroad as
clerk. He thinks Norway is all right
Thad Roberts lost by fire brooder
house and some two hundred marketable
chickens last week. Thad Roberts is
the son of Hon. John A. Roberts and the
manager of Highland Farm. The loss
was considerable.
The lake fishermen are having very
good luck at the lake. Percy Parker
captured a red spot Thursday that
tipped the scales at the four pound
notch. 1t was beauty.
Memorial Day exercises for Norway:
Sermon at the Baptist church by Rev. j.
E. Whittemore Sunday morning; Mon
day morning procession headed by the
band, Harry Rust Post, G.. A. r., No.
"a, Woman's Relief Corps, No. 40, Co. D,
I'd Regt., N. G. s. NJ, Sons of Veterans,
Spanish War Veterans, line OF march
Pine Grove Cemetery and Rustfield
Cemetery. In the afternoon singing,
recitations and address by Rev. NJ. c.
Ward of the Universalist church.
The Kickapoo Indian display, Indian
and all, at the Noyes drug store window
! is attracting lots of attention. The
Opera House is occupied by the people
with free concerts, etc.
| Extensive repairs and improvements
at the H. F. Webb Co. corn factory on
Bridge Street. A new boiler and smoke
stack will be introduced. 1t Is conf
IDENTIFY expected that the business will be
greatly enlarged and improved. The
company's present acreage is a little less
than three hundred which will yield, II
the season is favorable, nearly one mil
lion cans of corn. Quite a good indus
try.
The 18th anniversary of the Sunday
School at the Universalist church will be
observed on June 18th. There will be
special services in the afternoon at four
O'Clock.
A new sign was put up at the Norway
post office Wednesday.
Bal F. Bradbury, N. D., has been con.
fined to his home with tonsilitis several
days the past week.
Porter Seavey has commenced opera
tions on his Summer Street lot. Mr..
Seavey will build fine set of buildings
for some one. The question is does
Porter intend to occupy them or let them
to others.
The funeral services Of the late
Bracket Winslow Marston, who died at
his residence in this village Thursday,
May 20, were held at his late home Sun.
day afternoon attended by Rev. Merrill
G. Ward. Mr.. Marston was born in
Norway Oct. 81, 1889, the son of Brack-
EFT and Sarah Hall Marston. He always
resided in his native town. he moved
from his farm to the village Nov. 1, '05.
In 1884, two years, he was snperin-
tendent of the Norway town farm. he
was an influential member of Norway
Grange and for two terms was master.
In politics he was Democrat, and In
religion a Universalist. He was twice
married, first to Jane McWayne and in
1857 to Alice NJ. Whitehouse, who sur
wives him. He had one brother now
living in Portland, Eben Marston. and
four sisters, Mrs. Ruth Thayer of Paris,
Mrs. Harry Hall of Norway, Mrs. Martha
Pride of Waterford, and Susan Ryerson
of Norway. Mr.. Marston's daughter,
Mrs. V. E. Dunn, resides in Norway.
Mr.. Marston was q man who will be
missed in the town as a most respected
citizen.
| Stephen Libby has gone to Poland,
where he will fiud employment on q
farm.
| George Noyes, his mother, Mrs. Anna
Moves, and his son, Max, who for the
past four years have been living at Frye
burg, are visiting in town for short
time.
The Norway Federation of Women's
Clubs will meet with Mrs. Christine
Stephens at Norway Lake June 16. An
excellent program has been arranged,
readings, music and an address by Mrs.
c. q. Flagg of Portland.
Mrs. W. F. Jones and children left for
Small Point this week. They will spend
the summer at the Jones' cottage there.
A large delegation of Good Templars
from this place visited Lewiston Wed
nesday where they attended the district
meeting. They report most excellent
trip and entertainment by Advance
Lodge of Lewiston.
/ Merton L. Kimball was elected Grand
Master of Records at the Grand Castle
of the K. G.. E. at Lewiston, and Geo.
l.. Curtis Grand Sir Herald.
Elmer J. ,Millett has purchased the
John NJ. Frank farm on Frost Hill. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Frank reserves
large part of the wood and timber land
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