Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05
NORWAY.

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Memorial Day exercises we're more
largely attended and moro impressive
than usual this year, and were carried
| out in general according to the usua
program. In the forenoon the procee.
sion formed In charge OF Capt. J. Wal
do Nash % marshal, led by drum
corps, and including the Grand Army,
Relief Corps, Sons Of Veterans, Spanish
War Veterans, Boy Scouts, Modern
Woodmen, Loyal Order of Moose, and
school children, and marched to Pine
Grove Cemetery, where the graves were
decorated with brief exercises In the
afternoon the exercises we're held Ut the
Opera House. There was music by
Kimball's Orchestra, and singing by the
school children. Prayer was offered By
Rev. b. L. Nichols. The address wal
given BY Donald B. Partridge, principal
OF Canton High School, . Norway boy,
Mr.. Partridge gave an acceptable ad
dress, directing his thought largely to
the conditions and ideals of American
citizenship during the present crisis and
in the years to come.
Ben F. Hosmer has completed bis
course of instruction in embalming and
has passed the examination Of the state
board OF embalming examiners.
Mrs. Sadie V. Martin will entertain
Abigail whitman Chapter, D. A. R.,
Wednesday evening of this week, ct the
,, home of her sister, Mrs. Evils I. Cook.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Spurge, Jr., OF
Newark, N. j., are at the Swan cottage
at the lake for the summer. They spent
last summer here.
Homer N. Tubbs of Boston visited bis
mother, Mrs. George Tubbs, several
Gays last week.
At meeting of the board Of managers
and the executive committee of the
Maine branch OF the National Congress
of Mothers and Parent Teacher Assoc!-
ations at Augusta, Mrs. William F.
Jones of Norway, the ce-president, was
elected president to I'll the vacancy
caused by the resignation of the presi.
dent, Mrs. Delbert w. Adams Of Angus
to.
Mrs. Kate Bradbury will take the
place In the store Of Brown, Buck & Co.,
formerly held by Miss Edith Parker.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. q. Hayden and daugh-
ter Caroline, and Mrs. Carl Hayden and
two children, of Haverhill, Mass, spent
few days in town last week.
Miss Annie Bagley 10 visiting friends
In Vermont for few weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Burns of Lynn,
Mass, have been spending the past
week at their camp at Sand Pond.
An entertainment by local talent for
the benefit of the Red Cross will be
given In the Opera House Thursday
evening, June Z. Every expense con.
nected with the affair is donated, and
the receipts from admissions will all 90
for the work. The program is:
Easter Dawn -. In charge of Mrs. 8. 1. Jackson
Dance. -. Marguerite Frost and Bertha Sessions
Reading. Observation-Disclosures Mrs. Rnnell Bicknell
x ON 9. K. a. Mandolin Quartet. -
Speech NJ. Willie, Bar Harbor
Original Patriotic emonstrstion ....
..-....-...-.....In charge Of Mrs. 8. I. jackson
Beading ..-. Mrs. Herman p Z; Bartlett r sas
Albert P. Pingree, a private In Co. D,
Second Maine, died May 2sth In hospi'
tai at Biddeford, where the company has
been stationed for the past few weeks.
Death was due to typhoid pneumonia.
Pingree was 10 years OF age, and was
senior In Gould's Academy when be on.
listed in the company In April. he was
born In Albany, the son Of Charles P
and Clara (Fosfer) Pingree. Later be
moved with bis parents to Bethel, and
attended the schools there. His people
moved back to the home farm in Albany,
and he continued in the Bethel schools
up to the time of bis enlistment. Be-
sides bis parents he leaves two brothers
and four sisters. He was given q mill
tsry funeral at Biddeford, and Private
Herbert Bean, Q clsssmste, brought the
remains to Albany for burial.
Four from the Hospital Corps have
been chosen to attend training camp IL
Indiana, Ned Shepard, Raymond Evirs
Paul Brooks, and Stetson Of Lewiston
They will leave within few days. Sew
eral farewell parties have been given the
Norway boys. The first was on Tuesday
evening, when the senior class OF the
high school gave Raymond Evirs party
at the home OF Miss Ruth Smith. Wed
nesday evening party of over twenty
went to the Shepard cottage on Lake
Penn ss eewassee and gave Ned Shepard
q surprise farewell.
Officers elected by the Universslis
Sunday School are as follows. Charles
r. Ridlon, who has been treasurer OF tht
school for many years, declined re-
election:
Supt.-Mrs. Eva N. Kimbsll.
Asst. Supt.-Stephen B. Cummings.
sec.-virginis Mixer.
Treas.-Lloyd Fletcher.
| Asst Tress.-David Klain.
Chorister-Adeline DeCoster.
Asst Chorister-sara True.
Librarian-Miss Della Noyes.
| LIST Asst.-Elsie A. Favor.
| ID Asst.-David Klain.
Clayton e. Heath OF the First Regi
ment of Engineers, Boston, has beer
visiting bis parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Tim
othy L. Heath, for few days. BE ex
poets that bis regiment will be one OF
the first to 20 to France.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elhsnan Tubbs, who
spent the winter In Portland, have re-
turned to Norway.
The selectmen of Norway will issue nc
permits for the sale of fireworks or ex'
plosives for the Fourth of July this year
Philip Young has gone to Old Orchard
where he has position with A. L. CLARK
ut the Seaside Drug Co. for the summer
Mrs. Charles A. Frost.
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