Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-04-10
NORWAY.

| NORWAY.
Oxford Chapter, B. A. n, 1t IL meet
Ing Wednesday evening had an official
Visitation from Grand Scribe John 81.
Lancaster of Skowhegan. The r. A. de-
gree Was conferred, and IN oyster sup
per was served after the close OF tho
session.
The Browning Reading Club viii meet
this Monday evening with Nrs. Gertrude
Libby. The principal feature Of the
evenlng, will Be readings from Non.
taigne's essays by Mrs. Favor and Nrs.
Libby.
Rev. n. L. Nichols has been invited to
remain another year with the Norway
Methodist church, BY . unanimous vote.
Miss Dorothy Swan Of Roxbury, Mass,
10 visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Row
ena Swan, and other relatives here. Miss
|Swan 10 . student In Boston University.
Miss Edith Parker was given . shower
BY the saleswomen of Brown, Buck d
Co. and other friends Wednesday even
ing ut the home Of Mrs. Lauretta Maxim
on Main Street. The rooms were deco.
rated In pink, and the presents were in an
inverted parasol suspended overhead, or
attached to It. Refreshments were serv-
Cd.
Dr.. Irwin K. Moorhouse of Norway
and Miss Ruth Annette Cruise were mar
ried in New York city on the Goth of
March. DR.. Noorhouse came to Norway
last summer from Texas and has since
been In practice here a. an osteopath.
he 10 . graduate of an osteopathic insti-
tuition In Los Angeles, Calf. The bride
il an artist. DR.. and Mrs. Moorhouse,
after their short honeymoon, arrived in
Norway Wednesday and will make their
home in the r. Wilson Walker residence,
where his Office Is located.
Homer Truman did what was required
of him In the main bout OF the wrestling
match ct the Opera House Tuesday even
Ing. He grsppled with Kid Bolduc,
champion light weight of Now Hamp.
shire. They are NOT ut all in the same
class, and Truman bad no difficulty 10
getting the required three falls within IN
hours time, but Bolduc proved himself
plucky antagonist. In the other bouts
Kid Stanley OF Norway won two straight
over mckinley Of South Paris, and As
pipwsll of West Paris won over Ned
| Truman, two to one.
The annual meeting OF Norway Viii
lage Corporation will be held In the
Opera House Tuesday evening Of this
week at 1880.
Officers of Co. D, Second Regiment,
and the Hospital Corps are at their head
quarters here for recruiting purposes,
and are securing some recruits.
Miss Berenice Nash has returned from
the Central Maine General Hospital at
Lewiston, where she had remained for
FIVE weeks following q surgical opera.
ton.
The w. C. T. U. holds its April meet
/ ing with Mrs. Charles Chick on Paris
Street Wednesday at 2:30. The subject
will be Educational Temperance"
Harry V. Cole of Portland has been
the guest for . few days Of his mother,
Mrs. William G. Cole.
Vera, the six-year-old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. George Fogg, who live on the
Richardson farm ct North Norway, fell
Tuesday from Q scaffold in the barn to
the floor, distance OF nine feet. She
was brought to DR.. Trufant's hospital,
where 1t was found that the skull was
fractured. The little girl recovered con-
seriousness Thursday morning.
Mrs. Charles w. Steele of Pennington,
state regent, was present at the meeting
of Abigail Whitman Chapter, D. A. r.,
at Geneveve Barker's Wednesday even
ing. and gave an address on Red Cross
work.
Miss Mary Metcalf OF Winchester,
Mass, 10 q guest In the family of her
uncle, Judge William r. Jones, while
her parents are on q trip to Philadel.
phis.
Miss Thelma Gerry has been spending
her vacation from her teaching at Spring
vale with her mother at r. q. Noyes'.
Misses Stella and Helen Pike spent
Easter In Portland, aud are attending the
Maine Methodist Conference at West
brook this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Goodwin will 60
In May to North Newry to take charge
of Poplar Tavern for the summer.
Miss Annie NJ. Newcomb, who teaches
| In Harrison, is spending her four weeks
vacation with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Newcomb at Steep Falls.
Miss Mildred Noyes 10 visiting her
aunt, Mrs. F. d. Lowering. at West Med
ford, Mass.
Frank Lafranoe, Jr., 10 spending the
Easter recess with Mr.. and Mrs. Adelard
Boisvert and bis sister, Miss Marion La
france. i
Misses Esther Pike and Bessie POttle
are spending their Easter vacation visit
ing relatives and friends In Dorchester,
Mass, aud other places.
DR.. Albert Thompson was here . few
days last week on business, leaving on
bis return to Philadelphia Thursday
morning. 3h /,
Capt. j. Waldo Nash, formerly In CON-
mand of Co. D, proposes to organize Q
company of sharpshooters independent
of the National Guard, for service only
in the United States, Mexico or Cuba.
Robert. the younger son OF Mr.. and
Mrs. 8. W. Goodwin, has been very Ill
with bronchial pneumonia, but 10 i'm
proving. !.
Harry Horne. who has been principal
of the high school at Bryant's Pond for
the past year, has accepted Q position
with the Phoenix Life Insurance Co. Of
Hartford, c., with headquarters at Bath,
where he will DO located after the close
OF the school year. alf,5
Benjamin B. Bicknell has purchased
OF Mrs. Mary Bonney the house formerly
known % the savings bank house on up
per Main Street, and will put 1t 10 frst-
class repair. /
George w. hobbs went to the Maine
General Hospital In Portland, Sunday
night for surgical treatment.
RECENT DEATHS.
Mrs. Augusta G. Brown, widow OF DR..
Sidney T. Brown, died Wednesday even
Ing ut the home OF her sister, Mrs. B..
Perley Proctor, on Main Street. Mrs.
Brown was born in Albany, N. a., May