Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-10-10
NORWAY.

; Grange attended Oxford Pomona at Al
bany Tuesday.
! The Barton Reading Club held its frs
= meeting Of the season with tho president
Mrs. George Brooks, Thursday after
noon.
.. The next meeting of the Veranda Clul
will be with Mrs. Emma Swan ct Norway
Lake Oct. ~. Mrs. VirgIe Murdoch II
. to have charge of the conveyance.
] The fine weather Of the past week bal
helped greatly in the street construction
and rapid progress is now being made.
Mrs. 81. L. Nichols and Miss Heller
Pike 60 this week to Worcester, Mass,
as delegates to the New England branch
meeting of the Foreign Missionary Asso
citation.
The annual district convention oil
Pythian Sisters was held with Lake
Temple Tuesday evening, there being
guests present from Minnehaha Temple
of East Stoueham, Craigie Temple of Ok.
ford, Makomis Temple of Hanover, Echo
Temple of Bridgton, and Hamlin Temple
of South Paris. The Grand officer pres
ent was Mrs. Jennie Pickett of Wood.
furds, Grand Chief. Mrs. Martina Rich.
ardson gave the address of welcome, and
Mrs. Mamie Farris of Oxford made the
response. Hamlin Temple degree stan
exemplif1ed the work after which buf-
fet lunch was served.
Nellie Durham is the first of the locol
hunters to secure deer. He shot fine
doe from the back door of his home
Tuesday morning. Mr.. Durham saw
the deer when he turned bis cows out,
and returning home secured bis rife and
landed his game easily.
| Ernest r. Clason of Lisbon Falls is the
guest of A. L. Cook and they are putting
in their time bird bunting with fair sue
cess. Mr.. Clason was formerly principal
of Paris High School and later superin.
tendent of schools in that town. He is
to represent his district in the Legisla-
ture this winter.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Don Whitney and son,
who have spent the summer at Old Orch
ard, are the guests of Mrs. Whitney's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs Arthur Hebbard.
The Arab Patrol of Kora Temple will
give a drill and ball at Norway Opera
House Thursday evening, Oct. u.
Frank Kimball will have charge of the
music and there will be concert from 8
to $50, followed by the drill and ball.
The last drill and ball given by the Pa
troll in this village was decided success.
Warner Box Co. is now located on
Greenleaf Avenue in the building once
used by George Austin as machine
shop. The company is now employing
ten people with good business pros
pect in spite of the large advance in
price of the raw material which they
use in the construction of the boxes.
Friends and relatives here have receiv-
ed cards announcing the marriage of Eu.,
gene o. Russell, formerly of Norway.
and Miss Bertha Brooks of Yarmouth
Mr.. Russell has been located in Var
mouth several years and will continue to
reside there.
Mrs. Frank Kimball and son Roland
who were at home from Pennington, N.
a., were called to Woodville, N. a., be-
cause of the death of friend, Mrs. Ches-
ter Abbott. Mrs. Abbott met death In
an automobile accident.
The Oxford Electric Co. are construct
ing new dam at Hobbs Pond to take
the place of the one carried away by
high water last spring. Supt. Young
and crew of local workers are employ
ed on the job.
Timothy Heath with q crew of men
and cement mixer are laying new
sidewalk from the Advertiser building
to the primary school house. New walk
will also be laid on the other side of the
street from the Universalist parsonage
to Whitman Street.
About 30 from Oxford Chapter, o. E.
S., visited Keoka Chapter of Waterford
Wednesday evening and enjoyed splen-
did evening. Oxford Chapter exempli-
fed the work.
James Danforth, one of the oldest
residents and among the most highly re-
spected citizens passed away Tuesday.
Mr.. Danforth suffered an Ill turn Sun
day morning. which appeared to be indi-
gestion, but he rallied, and Tuesday was
able to be out Of doors, and went twice
to q. L. Libby's carriage shop, where he
often spent social hour when out for
his daily walk. Death came Tuesday
night at about II o'clock.
Mr.. Danforth was born In Norway,
Oct. 10, 1889, the son of DR.. Asa and
Abigail G. (Reed) Danforth. he was
united in marriage December 20, 1881,
with Miss Mary Files Haskell, and to
this union were born four children,
Charles 81. Dsnfortb, Mrs. Annie Dan
forth Masseck, wife of Clinton j. Mas
seek, Mrs. Sara Danforth Avery, wife of
Dr.. Walter G. Avery, and Francis Dan
forth, all residing in st. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Danforth passed away May 30, 1908.
On October 80, 1904, Mr.. Danforth was
married to Mrs. Alice R. Woodsum, who
survives him, and one brother, Frank A.
| Danforth of Norway, also survives. His
daughter, Mrs. Masseck, who has been
spending the summer In Maine, had not
returned to her home in st. Louis,
aud was stopping at her fathers.
| Mr.. Danforth always resided In Nor
way with the exception of few years In
Oxford, where he lived on farm. He
was a member of Company d, twenty.
third Maine regiment, from Its muster in
Septembe 20. 1852 to Its muster out
July Is, 1858. he was member of
Harry Rust Post, No. "a, G.. A. R., and
also of Oxford Lodge, No. Is, r. and
A. N.
The funeral was held at the late home
Friday afternoon, attended by Rev. G. G.
Miller, pastor of the Universalist church.
Interment was in the family lot at Pine
Grove Cemetery.
| FOSS-CHAsE.
A very pretty home wedding took
place at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Ia. Chase on Paris Street in this village
Wednesday afternoon at 1:30, when their