Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-12-23
NORWAY.

Norway Grange has elected the fonov.
Ing officers for the coming year, TO -:
installed later:
Masser-U. 8. G. Abbott.
Lecturer-Annie Goodwin.
Steward-Norvel Brown.
Asst Stawsrd-Stanley walker
Chaplain-Ren I. A. sullivan.
Treas-G.W. Richardson.
secretary-Ella Perry.
Gate Keeper-Willard Buck.
Ceres-viola Abbott.
Pomona-Fapnie Richardson.
| Flora.Edith Knightly:
Lady Asst. SteWArd-Minnie HerT1ck.
Pianist-Addie Danforth.
Chorister-Louise Cannon.
Mrs. Clara Elliott has been elected
treasurer of Harry Rust w. r. O. for the
twenty. fifth consecutive year.
CharleB w. Evirs underwent Q surgical
operation ct the Central Maine General
Hospital Tuesday. He is reported do
ing we'll.
George L. Ssnborn was In Boston sew
eral days last week on automobile bust
ness for Ripley & Fletcher.
The payroll OF the Carroll, Jefferson
Shoe Co. for the week ending the 13tlr
Was %, 595 10, and that of the Norway
Shoe Co. was $2,Sl9.90, making . total
of $10,916 60. It IL estimated that the
payroll 10 the snowshoe factory and the
wood turning shops would carry the
total for the week to about $751; 900.
| The Christmas week meeting of the
VeraDds Club will be omitted, and the
next meeting will be held with Helen
Canwell on Water Street, Wednesday
evening, Jan. IA. The time OF meeting
has been changed from the second and
fourth Thursdays to the second and
fourth Wednesdays.
Mira. Emma I. Cbafin of Buckfield and
son James B. Chafin of Fl Paso, Texas,
are guests OF DR.. and Mrs. r. E. Drake.
Mrs. Chsfan will remain In Norway dur.
ing the winter while her son attends
business college at Phoenix, Ariz. He
has been In Texas for year or more for
the benefit Of his health, and finds the
climate good.
Miss Clara Schnuer has gone to Ever
EFT, Mass, to visit her father, Otto
Schnuer, and sister, Mrs. Frieds Barker.
She and her father will 90 to Fitchburg,
Mass, where Mr.. Schnuer will spend tht
winter with his daughter, Mrs. q. D
Adkins. Miss Schnuer will be away
about four weeks.
Miss Emily Davis, who has been at G.
Fred Stones for the past year and hall,
started Monday morning to spend the
winter with her sister.in-lsw In Washing.
ton, D. G.
Miss Sara True Is engaged as book
keeper at the s. j. Record Hardware Co
P. z. Hathaway, former principal OF
the high school, was speaker at re.
M konHoroS hon In Nan VnrR
Mr.. Hathaway, who 10 now In Chicago,
has position with the Welfare Associa.
ton of Chicago, and bis salary has re-
Gently been increased to five thousand
dollars.
The Browning Reading Club will meet
this Monday evening with Mrs. Mary
Cole. The roll call will be answered by
Christmas quotations, and the hostess
will read magazine article.
On account OF the Christmas holiday
the Barton Reading Club will not hold
its next meeting until Thursday after J
noon, Jan. l.
Freeman Currier, who has been laid
up for seven weeks with gun shot
wound received while bunting, has re-
covered 80 az to resume work in the cut.
ing rooom at the Carroll, Jefferson shoe
factory.
Fred Kilgore, formerly of East Water.
ford, now of Harrison, and Mrs. Rowena
Russell of Harrison we're married Tues
day evening by Judge William F. Jones.
Mr.. Kilgore has purchased the George
Hancock stand on Beal Street, and takes
possession at once.
The schools closed Friday for Q vaos.
ton OF two weeks.
Mrs. Hugh Pendexter, Hrs. b. L
Bartlett and Miss Ruth Cummings were
members of the Christmas house party
at the Theta Delta Chi house ct Bowdoin
College from Thursday to Saturday.
Mrs. Pendexter was one OF the patron
esses.
Christmas will be observed by the sew
eral Sunday Schools with trees and exer.
cises suitable for the occasion. At the
Methodist church the program will be
on Wednesday evening, Christmas eve;
at the. Baptist church from to Thurs.
day afternoon; and at the Congregational
and Universslist churches Thursday
evening.
Mrs. Florence Fuller has gone to New.
ton, N. H., to spend the winter with her
cousin.
Superintendent OF Schools True c.
Morrill, has gone to st. Bsrnabas Hospi.
tai, Portland, where be Is to have an
operation on bis nose and throat.
Worthy Master U. s. G. Abbott OF Nor
way Grange and Mrs. Abbott, and Mr..
and Mrs. George W. Richardson attended
State Grange at Bangor last week.
News has been received of The death
of Mrs. Gertrude Morrill,, trained nurse,
at Hartlsnd. Mrs. Morrill, was In Nor
way fof some time, having rooms at Miss
Della Noyes', and on account of illness
went from here TO the homo of her broth.
or In Hartland. Death was due to acute
Bright's disease.
The owing of the shoe factory whis-
tie at Q O'Clock Friday morning called
the fire department to the shoe factory
of the Carroll-J ellerson Shoe Co., where
. blaze had started In the north end of
the cutting room. Several lines Of hose
were laid. The building is equipped
with automatic sprinklers, and 1t did not
take long to get the blaze under control.
With the thermometer something like
fifteen below zero, the work Of the fire.
men was no fun. The damage was prin-
cipally by water, and will amount to
$1,000 or,$SO00.
Norway High School basket ball team