Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-05-27

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Lodge which met In Lewiston last week
Mrs. Freeman Bennett Is making q
good recovery from 8 recent operation
for gall stones at the Central Maine Gen.
ersl Hospital, Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evander Whitman and
family Of Bethel have moved to Norway,
and are occupying the house OF Mrs.
Whitmsn's father, Eugene Audrews, on
Green Street. Mr.. Whitman will clerk
in the q. B. Foster Co. clothing store.
Currie Wiles, who has been In France
for nearly year, has arrived ut Camp
Devens on his return, and 10 expected
home soon.
George C. Lsavitt, telegraph copy
editor on the Philadelphia Enquirer, and
his four year old son, William l.. Leavitt,
are visiting Mr.. Leavitt's father, VIM. q.
Leavitt, for their vacation. Mrs. Leavitt
and their younger SOD, George c. Leavitt,
Jr., are visiting Mrs. Leavitt's relatives
in Pennsylvania.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. w. Hills were In
Union and Waldoboro last week, making
the trip with their car.
The members of the Barton Club will
meet with Mrs. George A. Brooks this
Monday afternoon to consider the mat
ter of joining the Literary Union for Ok
ford County, which Is to be organized at
Dixfield June Sd.
Alfred Dyer is employed in the E. B.
Jackson meat market as assistant meat
cutter and general utility man.
Harold Bailey 10 machinist In Beck's
garage.
Fred L. whitman has moved from
Woodstock to the place recently pur-
chased of G. Elmer Russell. The Rus
sells have stored most of their household
goods until suitable rent can be pro-
cured.
Mrs. Ella Jewett Cole returned Mon.
day from visit to her son and daughter
In New York city.
George q. Bennett has the lumber on
the lot for an addition to his paint shop
on Whitman Street.
E. NJ. Thomas Ia recovering 80 that be
walks out q little on pleasant days.
Harold Thomas, his son, is In the shoe
repairing shop at present.
A. ]. Stearns, B. G.. McIntire and
Eugene N. SWEET were at Augusta Tues
day to attend the conference on the
street railroad matter.
A. L. Cook is putting in hot water
heating plant at his home on Pleasant
Street.
Mrs. Florence Hall of Augusta has
been the guest of her sister, Mrs. James
N. Favor, on Pleasant Street.
Veru Weber has sold his place on
Summer Street to George Golf.
Mrs. George P. Locke Is in Boston for
few weeks visiting her daughter, Mrs.
William Stanton.
The Royal Neighbors of America will
entertain Walker Camp of Bridgton this
Monday evening.
Mrs. Frieda Schnuer Barker and son
Edwin, who have been here for some
weeks, have gone to Chelsea, Mass,
where Mr.. Barker ia now employed, and
where they will reside.
Mrs. Earl Farnham of Lowell is the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Charles Currier,
and family.
Oxford Council, r. and s. M, has
elected the following officers:
IT,. M.-Arthur W. Easton.
D. M.-John w. Lasselle.
PC. W.-Edwin Richardson.
Treas.-Howard D. Smith.
Sec.-Ernest j. Record.
C. G.-Raymond H. Eastman.
@. C.-Hsrry w. KimbaIl.
St.-Winfeld 8. Cordwen.
Sen.-Horace C. Kimball.
Francis d. SWEET has received bis dis
charge from the service and is assisting
In the Office at Baltimore for two weeks
while one OF the men Is on q furlough.
he will spend q few weeks vacation
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene
N. SWEET, In June, before going to q
summer school, and In the fall will enter
q university course in the University OF
Chicago.
The Memorial Day program for next
Friday is after about the usual form,
though the day will have an added sig.
pificsnce this year. The procession will
form at 8 O'Clock and march to Pine
Grove Cemetery, where exercises viii oe
held. conducted by Rev. N. 0. Baltzer
and Donald B. Partridge. Theoce, after
the graves are decorated, proceed to
Rustfield Cemetery where the graves Will
be decorated. A dinner will be served
At Grange Hall to the soldiers OF the
several wars. The afternoon exercises
will be held at the Opera House at ESQ,
With address by Hon. Frederick w.
Hiuckley of South Portland.
Miss Alice Walsh, who has been work.
ing at the telephone Office, has returned
| TO her home in South Portland.
Miss Marion Bradbury has finished
work as book.keeper at the Carroll
Jefferson shoe factory. She recently
entertained the Office girls at her home,
when she was presented with an eiectric
floor lamp.
Mt. Hope Rebekah Lodge has extended
an invitation to the lodge at Harrison to
visit here on the S0th of June, and ex-
emplify the work.
d. Cromett Clark of Somerville, Mass,
who with Mrs. Clark and others accom-
panied the remains of Mrs. Clark's
father, Hosea P. Aldrich, to Norway
Wednesday, was former reporter aud
foreman In the Norway Advertiser office.
he has continued In newspaper work,
and 10 now assistant editor OF the Lynn
(Mass.) Item.
The remains OF Hosea P. Aldrich were
brought here Wednesday morning from
Somerville, Mass, for burial In Pine
Grove Cemetery. Mr.. Aldrich died Sun
day night at his home. He was born In
Conn ecticut in 1884. He was . farmers
sop. but learned the trades OF shoemaker
and mschinist. He was the Inventor OF
| a number of shoe manufacturing ma
chimes. and manufactured the machines
which he invented. Up to l9l7, wnen ne
retired, he had conducted . macninist
business, first In Spencer, Mass, later 10
Boston, and afterward In Charlestown.
he 10 survived BY bis wife, Mrs. Lucy y:
(George) Aldrich. who was daughter OF
the late Dr.. and Mrs. Willard @. George
of Norway, and three children, Professor
willard G. Aldrich Of Port Deposit, Ma.'
Mrs.. D. Cromett Clark OF Somerviile,
and Guy B. Aldrich Of Now York city:
and ono sister, Mrs. Charles A. Hill Of
i Worcester.