Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-12-29
NORWAY.

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Ralph Kueeland of Boston has been
guest of relatives and friends In tow
for . few days.
Rupert Mixer of Portland was will
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Horace Mixer
on Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Glidden Of An
burn, formerly of Norway, were TIT
guests last week of Mrs. Gliddrn's sister
Mrs. Jesse Edwards.
The sunlight hop at the Opera House
two performances at Rex Theatre, after
noon aud evening, roller skating .,
South Paris and the basket ball game q,
the Opera House in the evening, gave
the people of the village ell the amuse
ment they could wish for Christmas day
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Kimball and Ed
ward Charon, wife and family, went tt
Naples and spent Christmas with Mrs
Kimball's and Mrs. Charon's parents.
Guests at Thomas Thibodeau's for thu
holiday and week. end, were Irving Thi
bodeau and wife of Medford, Mass, ano
Earle Thibodeau, who teaches at Nor
ton, Mass.
Hugh Bethel of Lewiston visited bis
mother, Mrs. White, Cottage Street
Christmas.
Win Mckay, who is now employed BY
the Maine Telephone Co., has been
guest at Elmer Russells.
The shoe factory closed Thursday
night, starting again Monday morning
thus giving their employees the Satur
day following the holiday.
The trolley wire at the corner OF Main
and Paris Streets was broken Wednes
day afternoon by coming In contact with
building that E. B. Tubbs was having
moved from South Paris to lot on Elm
Street in Norway. The car lost two trips
and as Christmas shoppers were out in
large mum bers, it proved quite an incon'
venience to the travelling public. The
car boys got lot of call-downs for
something they could not help or pre-.
vent. Oh, well, such is life.
James Favor and family spent Christ.
mas at Oxford with Mrs. FavOr's par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stuart Goodwin and two
sons were at Paris Hill with Mrs. Good.
wins parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin
Stearns, for the holiday.
The busiest place in town last week
was the post Office, and an enormous
amount of mail was handled throughout
the first part OF the week. High water
mark was reached on Thursday after
noon when one mail brought in thirty
full pouches. On Wednesday afternoon
twenty. three pouches we're sent out from
the office on one mail. 1t took an extra
car on the Norway & Paris Street Rail
way to carry the mail part of the week.
Mrs. Frank Kimball, who has been
seriously i'll of bronchial pneumonia, is
now improving, and her many friends
are hoping she is on the way to speedy
recovery.
There were Christmas trees at the
Congregational, Methodist and Univer.
salist churches Thursday evening, with
the usual exercises by the scholars Of
the Sunday schools. At the Universalist
church there was supper for the MEM
bers of the school before the other exer-
cises were held. This has also been the
custom at the Congregational church,
but the supper was omitted this year on
account of the large amount OF illness
among the Sunday school children. The
money that it would have cost to pre-
pare the supper was used for charitable
purposes among the poor Of the village.
At the Baptist church the tree was held
from 4 to 6 o'clock Christmas afternoon,
at which time Santa Claus appeared and
made things very interesting for the
children.
The store windows have been most at
tractive during the holiday season. The
window at z L. Merchant & Co.'s repre-
senting scene at the birth of Christ,
being much admired by all.
The merchants tell us that this year
beat all previous years in regard to the
tendency amoug Christmas shoppers to
purchase practical and useful articles.
Thus the tightness 10 money has some
good results.
The marriage OF Henry F. Favor and
Miss Alice S. Atwood, both OF BrocktoD,
n ass, took place in that city on the 2Sd.
Mr.. Favor was formerly of Norway and
has relatives and many friends In this
village who wish him happiness. His
sister, Miss Elsie Favor, who has been
with him for some time, will return to
Norway to her home.
Mrs. William Warren Of Cornish will
come to Norway to make her home with
her daughter, Mrs. George A. Brooks.
Until the time of her death, Miss Jessie
Warren was with her mother at Cornish.
Miss Lucille Spinney, daughter of
Henry Spinney, formerly of this town,
now located at Warren, is the guest of
Miss Madeline Pride.
Miss Edith Rideout OF Bates College Is
with her mother during the holiday re-
cess.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Cbafin of Buck
field were Christmas guests of Mrs.
Chaffin's sister, Mrs. A. l.. Sanborn.
DR.. and Mrs. Leon EversOn spent a
few days including Christmas with DR..
Everson's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Everson, in Bryantville, Mass.
At the next regular meeting OF the W..
R. c., No. 45, which will occur at Wood
man Hall, Thursday, Jan. Z, a poverty
supper will be served at six o'clock to
all veterans and husbands of Corps men,
bers who are not veterans. At eight
O'Clock the officers for the coming year
will be installed.
Miss Ella Clark is with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Clark, for the
Christmas vacation of her school. She
Ia an assistant at Dixfi high school.
The Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist church meets with Mrs.
Lucelia Merriam Thursday afternoon OF
this week.
Earle Stearns, who is employed in
Portland, was with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter S. Stearns, for the holiday
A new corporation to be known as the
Norway Farmers Union was organized
in town recently. The purpose OF the
corporation is the buying, handling and
selling of farm products and the inspec'
ton OF all products thus sold. The Of
ficers elected are, President F. P. Towne
of Norway, Treasurer G. w. Richardson
of West Paris.
The email baby boy of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Hutchius, Cottage Street, is III OF
ppeumonia. but IL looks now as IL the