Norwich bulletin., 1919-12-17

Local people will be interested in the annonceinuent that F. H. Andrews, a former Greeneville boy, has been made vice president and secretary of a new and important industry to be established in Aburn, Me. It is the Free Andrews Shoe company incor- porated for s150,000 and will start producing about March i.
 With regard to MT. Andrews, the Lewiston Evening Journal of recent date says:
 sMr. Andrews is a shoe man of long and practical experience. He was for five and one-half years 'cost man" and office manager in the A. J. Bates company plant at Webster, Mass, a big factory manufacturing mems belts and McKays: was six years Chicago branch manager of the company, eov- ering the central and western terri tory with a selling force, building his own lines and passing his own credits during which time the business in creased from s200,000 to $4O0,000 was one and one-half years a road sales man for himself, covering western territory in the children's jobbing. line; and was one year manager and buyer of retail store in Chicago the Morrison Boot Shop. Coming to Lewiston, he has been, for a year buy CT and cost man of the Mayflower Shoe company. He was for three years chairman of the boot and shoe l division of the Chicago Chamber of | Commerce, and was for one year the president of another important Chica- go organization-tle Shoe Travellers association. No man in Maine more thoroughly understands the shoe bus mess in all its phases-buying. man. | ufacturing. administration and distri- button. The new firm will start with bright prospects of success.
 l Mir. Andrews was born in Greene vile and graduated from the Greene vile Grammar school. While in the village he was employed by the She tucket company, the W. H. Davenport company and with the Beckwith Cal endar company. He went from here to Webster. Mass, with the Bates l company. He is a member of St James lodge of Masons and is also a member of Columbian Commandery | Knights Templar. His partner in his new business, M. A. Free, is also g Mason.
 Monday afternoon a party was given to Elmer Tefft on his eighth birthday at his home, 121 Fourti street About twepty-fye childrel l attended 1t. The refreshments tabli was very attractive. indeed with large birthday -cake set in the centre with bouquets of holly on each end surrounded by many other goodies
 During the afternoon games 'wer,
 played at which prizes were given 7 Russell Metzger won the prize fo finding the most peanuts and Waite Enright for pinning the tail on tn,
 donkey, Miss Anna Gorton and Mrs
 Francis Grover assisted in servin
 the refreshments. A very pleasant af
 ternoon was spent by everyone an,
 good wishes were made to Maste
 Tefft for many happy birthdays. Tn
 gathering broke up about o'clock.
 Francis Sullivan Of Eighth street i
 improving after being confined to tn
 house with bad cut on his arm.
 A party was given in Baltic 0
 Saturday evening in honor of Thoma : Ryan of Greeneville, by Baltic an ; Occun friends. Among the guest from Greeneville were Lawrence No } Ian, Elmer Johnson, Harold Sha' : and others. MT. Nolan entertaine , with exhibitions of modern daHein
 with Miss Burke of Occum and sclo
 were rendered by MT. Ryan accomp
 anied by Miss Connors.