Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-08-08
NORWAY.

| The Norway Opera House, which has
been closed some weeks for renovating,
was reopened on the Goth of July, with
H. Price Weber and the Boston Comedy
Company in 1.-THE Honeymoon" The
company was we'll received, a. 1t always
Is. Tuesday evening Mildred and Rou-
clere played return engagement here
to good house. The opera house In its
new decorations and with some new
scenery added to the stage, looks f1ne,
and would be credit to any town.
Fire was discovered Monday morning
10 the cellar of George Coles rent, occu.
pied by the Dubee family, at the head of
Main Street. Spontaneous combustion
of can OF something that had been left
by previous occupants OF the rent was
the cause. Being discovered. in time 1t
was extinguished without difficulty.
Miss Loantha York of Damariscotta
Mills Is visiting her aunts, Mrs. A. P.
Bassett and Miss Lila York.
Miss Florence Rideout Is spending two
weeks with relatives at Garland.
B. B. Bicknell of the Rumford Falls
Times has been visiting his brother, w.
A. Bicknell.
Mrs. Fred Moore and daughter Fran.
ces are making visit of some weeks to
Mr.. Moore's parents in Gilesd.
Allard & Moulton are taking their
vacation, and have gone to Freedom, N.
a., in their auto.
Roland Thurston, who is with Loring,
Short & Harmon In Portland, is spend
ing his vacation with bis brother Her.
har
WetZler.
Two autoists have been in the Norway
Municipal Court on the charge of rum
ming their autos on the Bear Pond road
in Waterford, which was closed to auto
mobiles by act of the last legislature.
They were Fred Rhodes of Boston and
C. G. Goodhue of Sherbrooke, p. @
Each pleaded guilty and was fined $40
and costs of S7.87. On Wednesday
there was hearing in the court on the
trespass case of Daniel Walker va.
George K. Coffin, both of Woodstock, an
action brought to recover for damage to
Walkers crops by Collins cattle. NJ.
L. Kimball for Walker; James S. Wright
for Coffil. Decision reserved.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Frost and son
Arthur of Dixfield have recently visited
Mrs. Frost's brother, George Kenerson.
DR.. and Mrs. q. L. Bartlett, DR.. and
Mrs. F. N. Barker, Col and Mrs. A. j.
Stearns, and Mr.. and Mrs. George L.
Curtis went by auto to Stoneham Tues
dav and returned Wednesday. They
were Joined by Mr.. and Mrs. V. 81.
Littlefeld of Stoneham, and the party
camped on Speckled Mountain Tuesday
night.
d. NJ. French of the a. F. Webb Co.
has returned from vacation of some
weeks, during which he with Mrs.
French spent two weeks in Boston, and
some time visiting in Bangor, Orland,
md other towns in eastern Maine.
Col. and Mrs. E. F. Smith and daugh-
;ers, Elsie and Eleanor, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Y. W. Hills made an automobile trip of
several days last week to Richmond,
Gardiner and Augusta.
The Waterford and Norway Cow Test !
ng Association will hold their meeting |
Tor August with George H. Dunn at
Alpine Farm, Wednesday, Aug. 8.
Basket dinner. II. G. Black, state dairy |
instructor, and other speakers are ex.
Dected to be present.
DR.. r. M. Drake, after spending a
week with his family, returned Tuesday |
10 his home in North Weymouth, Mass.
Rev. A. T. McWhorter Of South Paris
spoke at the Methodist church Sunday |
his topic being the temperance
md prohibition issue.
Fred Perry has returned from Boston,
md is again on his rural delivery route.
His son Carl accompanied him on the
rip. Mrs. Perry delivered the mail dur.
pg his absence.
Repairs are in progress on the Con-
church.
Mr.. and Mrs. V. E. Delano of Worces- |
er, Mass, are spending their vacation
with relatives in Norway.
Mrs. Jennie Young is spending several
weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Chester
Gates, at Gilead.
Mrs. o. L. Stone and children have
been with her father, c. F. A bbott, in
Bethel, for week.
Scott Merrill has opened an apple bar
.el shop on Pleasant Street.
Cyril Foster has returned home from
Poland Spring, where he has been work |
ng. i
For the past week the store conducted
or so many years by s. b. & z. S. Prince
has been closed to take account Of
stock. The new proprietors, z. l.. Mer.
chant & Co., announce that 1t will be re-
opened on Tuesday of this week. Their
in this issue is of interest.