Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-07-03

NORWAY.
Two semi.convertible closed cars have
arrived ct South Paris, to be used by
the Norway q Paris Street Railway, or
the Oxford Electric Company, ~ Il 10
now called. These are to take tho place
OF tho closed cars that have been In use
BY the company for many years and have
reached that state where it ID an expen.
sive job to keep them In running order
and they will no doubt be relegated TO
the scrap heap. These cars are OF about
the same size - the old ones but are
driven by moro powerful motors. They
are painted green and white and will no
doubt attract considerable attention
when they sppear for the first time.
There 10 Q rumor about that they are to
be used ~ q one man car, that 10 that
there will be no conductor, but a. near
"a We are able to ascertain there IL no
foundation for this story. Certainly the
public would deeply regret having that
system put back into use. One trial of
that kind OF service is all any commun-
ity cares for.
OF all the successful events held In
this Vicinity for the benefit of the Red
Cross work, none have been more pleas.
ing or successful than tho Service First
Hop given by the !"Hello Girls' OF the
Norway and Paris Telephone Exchange
at the Opera House Thursday evening
The operators have been busy selling
tickets for some time and the result was
even better than anticipated, the net
amount cleared for the local auxiliary be-
ing almost ninety dollars. Fine music
by Shaw's Orchestra, large attendance
and the happy spirit with which all en-
tered into the affair made the evening
one of real pleasure to the dancers and
the spectators.
The Salvation Army speakers, who oc-
cupied the pulpits In the various
churches on Sunday, conducted very in
teresting services and were greeted by
large audiences, who manifested much
interest In their work.
Children's Day was observed at the
Methodist church Sunday. The pastor,
Rev. q. L. Nichols, spoke to the chill.
dren at the morning service on "a Great
Tug OF War;" and In the evening the
children OF the Sunday School gave
we'll arranged program Of Rotations,
music and dialogues.
Charles Mixer, who has been in the
employ of the Hartford Refrigerating
Company for the past few years, is the
guest of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Hor.
ace Mixer. Mr.. Mixer is not located at
any one place but has been sent about
all over New England by the company,
to the various places where they INSTALL
ed their systems.
Prof. Earl Thibodeau has closed his
school at Norton, Mass. and Is with bis
father, Thomas Thibodeau for the sum-
mer. Mrs. Sherman Rowe of Auburn
has also been with her father, Mr.. Thibo.
deau, for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Dustin and two
children of Greenfield, Mass, are visit
ing Mrs. Dustin's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Sanborn, Beal Street. Mr.. Dustin
will be here but q few days but Mrs.
Dustin and the children will remain for
quite an extended visit.
Edwin Thompson is making extensive
repairs to the Frank Small stand on Beal
Street which he recently purchased,
Electric lights, q new bath room and
work on the grounds are In progress.
Prof. and Mrs. Verne Whitman have
arrived from Laoonis, N. r., and are at
their cottage at the lake for the summer.
Judge Jones has returned from bis
Massachusetts, trip, during which he at.
tended Harvard Commencement. Mrs.
Jones is still In Massachusetts, and is
putting In considerable time in Red
Cross work.
DR.. Harry P. Jones attended the SD
annual convention of the Maine Dental
Society at Bangor on Wednesday.
Frank Boswell, manager of the local
telephone exchange, has been In Show
hogan for few days uperintendihg the
installation of new switch board in the
exchange at that place.
Mrs. Ada Gerry and daughter Thelma
are visiting Mrs. Gerry's eldest daugh
ter, Mrs. Hood, In New York.
Hazel Foster has completed her teach
ing in Brockton and is with her father,
s. G. Foster, for the summer.
The Browning Reading Club will hold
their memorial service at the home of
Mrs. d. L. Bartlett Monday afternoon at
three O'Clock.
The Swastika Club was very pleasant
~ entertained at the home of Mrs.
Emma Buck Wednesday evening. Like
most of the other clubs In this vicinity
they are putting in. their spare time
'snipping" for the local Red Gross Aux.
Hilary.
The new cement road on Main Street is
nearing completion and 1t Is expected
that two weeks at the most will be the
time needed to have everything finished.
Although this is the main street In the
village and passing of foot travellers from
one side of the street to the other is
nearly constant, the automobile drivers
are already showing signs of desire to
use the new street as speedway and
unless those In authority take firm
stand and live up to II, there is going to
be trouble. The time to stop 1t is In the
beginning. And, by the way, when an
auto.driver 10 about to back his machine,
1t IL we'll to sound bis horn or give some
notice to those in the rear that be is to
back rather than 60 ahead. One lady in
the village was recently knocked down
and was fortunate to escape serious in
jury just because driver began backing
bis car without giving any warning that
he was about to do 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Clark and son Al
bert have been at the Norway store for
several days the past week. Mr.. Clark
returned to Old Orchard somewhat earl
Ter than he expected when the warm
days In the middle of the week made
their appearance. Those were the kind
of days that make business good at the
beaches. Thus far this year they have
not been very numerous.
Oxford Chapter, o. E. g., initiated
three candidates at It's meeting Tuesday
evening. The summer vacation season
10 now present and there will be no more
meetings until September.
Members Of the Congregational Sun
day School, especially the younger mem
bers, we're much pleased to have their
athletes win the silver cup at the Sunday
School field day held at the fair grounds
on Tuesday. This is the second year
this school has held the cup.
A Creature Day." under the auspices