Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-08-08
NORWAY.

Norway may have free delivery of mail
In the near future. For the fiscal year
ending July let the gross revenue Of the
Office Was ti0.210.47. According to the
postal laws and regulations, . district ID
entitled to free delivery when the Office
produces gross revenue Of not less than
ten thousand dollars. Postmaster Do.
Coster hes made proper application for
free delivery. There are, however, GER
tain other considerations besides the rev.
enue Of the Office, such 10 the houses
being numbered, and the presence OF
continuous sidewalks. An inspector 10
expected here soon to look into the situa-
ton. i f2
Our new post Office, when We have 1t,
will be on the site Of the old Elm House.
The department has accepted the propo-
sition OF Frank 81. Beck to provide ac-
commodstions for the Office at that
place. Mr.. Books present plans are to
put up two story building Of cement,
the first floor to contain the post Office
and display room for automobiles, and
the second story two tenements, with Q
garage In the rear.
Mrs. E. B. Terhune at Camp Kingfish-
or is entertaining for month q patrol of
Boy Scouts from Phillips Beach, Swamp.
SCOTT, Mass, of seven members, with
Harvey A. Scranton, Harvard '16, as scout
master. The boys are enjoying them
selves greatly.
Miss Helen Dunn is organist at the
Baptist church.
Mr.. aud Mrs. D. NJ. French have been
visiting friends in Portland for few
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lester v. Ashton have
gone to Higgins Beach to spend . two
weeks, vacation.
Miss L. Agnes Campbell has been hav-
Ing weeks vacation from the town
clerks Office.
Hugh Pendexter of Norway, Richard
Stiles of Portland and Miss Ruth Cum
mings of Norway are with party Of
young people who are enjoying q two
weeks house party at Lake Thompson,
Oxford. with Miss Leotine Robinson.
Miss Florence Rideout Is on . two
weeks visit to relatives and friends In
Bangor, Garland and Dover.
Mrs. Marguerite Cowan and Mrs.
Jameson Finney accompanied DR.. B. +.
Bradbury last week on tour of inspec-
ton of the several recruiting stations In
the state.
The Office building of the G. B. Cum.
ming & Sons Co. on Bridge Street will
be one story building 26x40 feet, CON
tanning q fireproof vault.
Miss Annie Hamlin 10 spending the
month of August at her home In Water
ford, the dressmaking rooms of Brown,
Buck & Co. being closed for the month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald B. Partridge,
who have been teaching In Canton for
the past year, are visiting relatives In
town. 9@
The next meeting of the Veranda Club
will be held with Mrs. Clara Jordan on
upper Main Street Thursday evening,
Aug. 10.
Miss Margaret Mcdonald, a registered
nurse, of Fitchburg, Mass, is visiting
Mrs. Harlow D. Adkins at the home OF
Mrs. Adkins father, Otto Schnuer.
F. 81. Richardson has moved his real
estate and insurance business to an Office
at his residence on Main Street.
d. W. Danforth ID again In the store of
the Direct Importing Co., after having
been out for some weeks on account OF
illness.
Mrs. Edith Bates and daughter Helen
Of Cambridge. MasR., are guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. F. II. Beck.
Mrs. Clinton Masseck has gone to The
Weirs, N. H., to visit Mr.. Masseck's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. 8. Mssseck.
Miss Marjorie Barker has been enter.
tanning her college classmates, Miss
Esther French ofSolon and Miss Lucille
Foster of Waterville, at . weeks house
party at the Barker farm.
The Norway Lake Mothers Club will
hold fair at their hall Thursday after.
noon, the 10th, and an entertainment In
the evening.
Judge Charles F. Whitman is at work
upon new history of Norway, to con-
tain much hitherto unpublished matter,
several chapters of which have been
Oxford Chapter, Order of the Eastern
Star, was represented at the field day OF
the order at Bethel Thursday by about
twenty people, members of the order
and their families, five automobiles going
from here.
Mrs. Percy q. Nevers entertained the
Foreign Missionary Society Of the Con-
church at her home Wednes-
day afternoon. Twenty.four were present
ut the meeting which was held on the
lawn, missions In China and Turkey be-
Ing considered. After the program light
were served by the hostess.
Fred q. Brown has purchased the Stu
art W. Goodwin lot on lower Main Street
and will build q bungalow on 1t. He ex-
poets to begin work at once.
Mrs. Freeland Howe, Jr., returned
Wednesday from Nevada City, Calf,
where she has been since last October.
She was accompanied here for visit By
her mother, Mrs. Ann NJ. Brown, and
nephew and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Dana
Brown, with whom she has been living
In California.
At the Methodist parsonage Sunday
morning, the 3Oth, at 8 O'Clock, there