Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-10-26
NORWAY.

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The concreting Of the road down Of
tho Oxford Plains has been held mp to
the past two or three weeks because o
the breaking Of the concrete mixing ma
chine. A new one Was ordered and !
arrived last week, 90 It 10 presumed th
work on the paving Will b recon
menced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry 3. Gibson an'
Misses Marion and Mary
Mrs. Gibson's father, N. Bradley Frost
and Mr.. and Mrs. G.. Ralph Hartman
left for their new home In California
Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Philip Smith with Mr
and Mrs. Clinton Harmon OF Portland
are In the Rangeley region hunting.
Mrs. Fred E. More and grandson
Norman Drake, have gone to Boston TO
the winter.
The Loyal Order Of Moose gave
dance at the Opera House Friday nigh
with the following COMMITTEES In charge
Frank j. Whitman, Daniel Dullea, w. Z
Everett and Edward 8. Cannon. Th
Crescent Jazz Orchestra Furnished
music.
Mrs. E. e. Lourd and Mrs. L. G
Barnes of Kearsarge, N. H., are visiting
their sister, Mrs. j. Waldo Nash.
Mrs. Arthur e. Depison and Miss Eli
Wright, guests OF Mrs. Charles G.. Blake
were In Portland q few days last weel
to visit Mrs. Amos L. Millett and Mrs
Lyman B. Chapman.
Henry B. Foster and William LIB!
have been at Camp Cinnamon on hunt
ing trip.
Charles b. Evirs was here from Mel
rose, Mass, last week for few days.
Mrs. Jonathan Bartlett Of East Stone
ham is visiting at the home OF her son
DR.. Herman L. Bartlett.
Melvin Bartlett OF Somerville, Mass.
was the guest of bis brother In this vii
lage last week. he went to Andove
from this village to visit his brothers
Charles and Fred Bartlett.
Mrs. Joseph B. Cole of Paris Hill wa
. recent guest of her daughter and hus
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert F. Bickford
Mrs. Elizabeth Manning visited friends
last week in Bangor aud Millinocket.
Miss Edith Rideout and Miss Heller
Tracy of Augusta were In town two Oh
three days last week.
Spaulding Abbott is clearing large
lot on the lake shore owned by John G.
Shepard of Auburn. It 10 understood
several cottages will be built another
year on the land thus cleared.
Mr.. and Mrs. James N. Favor were
recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert j
Stearns at Camp Stearns In Lowell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank e. Beck observed
The twentieth anniversary of their mar
rage on Friday evening last with an IN
formal reception of friends.
The Barton Reading Club met will
Mrs. Hugh Pendexter Thursday after
noon.
The boys who are taking the new
AGRICULTURAL course In the high schoo
have formed the Norway Agricultural
Club, with the GLOWING officers:
Pres.-Alva L. Richardson.
Vice-Pres.-Fred G. Noble.
Sec.-Charles A. L. Everett.
Treas.-Warren #. Knightly.
Executive Committee-Harold W.. Thurston
Arthur NJ. Higgins. Erwin W. Cummings.
The Veranda Club at Its annual meet
ny elected the following officers:
Pres.-Helen Canwell.
Vice. res.-Laura Everett.
sec.-virgie Murdoch.
Treas.-Clara Jordan.
G. Ralph Hartman, who left with The
Gibson party for California last week
vas presented with Q handsome watcl
,hain with gold knife attached, and with
beautiful bouquet OF flowers, BY the
Methodist Sunday School, of which BIT
las been superintendent.
At the last meeting Of the Woman,
Home Missionary Society OF the Metho
list church, officers were elected % FOL
ows:
Pres.-Mrs. 0. L. Stone.
Pres.-Mrs. Eva Deane.
sec.-Miss Eta Noyes.
Treas.-Mrs. Carrie Muirhead.
Mite Box Secretary-Mrs. Knightly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen o. Jefferson
have returned from an automobile triE
@ assachusetts and New York.
The shoe factory of the Carroll-Jeller'
ION Co. shut down Wednesday to await
orders. 1t is not known how long II
will be before It starts again. The Nor.
way Shoe Co. is also closed for q while
,ut will resume Nov. 1st. The boz
hop of the G. B. Cummings & Sons Co
9 also shut down to await orders.
Misses Elizabeth and Agnes Beal, who
rave been at w. G. Leavitt's during the
summer, have gone to the home OF
Judge VIM. F. Jones for the winter.
G. e. Bradford has closed the Norway
for the period or month, to
.eopen on the 22d Of November. The
,ntire crew will have vacation.
L. 8. Sessions is clerking ct the Noyes
Drug Store.
81. Knox Bickford has moved bis fam.
" into their new home on Fair Street.
The ladies of the Universalist church
will have their harvest supper on Tues
lay evening of this week.
There was q pleasant family gathering
It the home of Clarence w. Merrill at
North Norway on the 18th, when twenty.
our of the family were present as
,uests. A bountiful dinner was served
~ Mrs. Merrill.
On the occasion of her seventy fifth
Mrs. Thaddeus Cross was CIV
N a surprise party arranged by her
daughters, Mrs. Will Libby and Mrs. A.
!. Cook. The guests were three friends
md neighbors. Mrs. Ruth A. Foster,
Mrs. Adelia Crooker, and Mrs. LeBarop
Gard. Decorations of the dining room
or the supper were of autumn leaves,
berries and ferns. A birthday cake
bearing the figures 1S46.1920 was q con-
Ipicuous feature.
E. e. Andrews, formerly of Norway,
9 Ill at bis home In Allston, Mass, un'
Ter the care of physician and with 0
high blood pressure.
Edwin G. Thompson has bought the
,tock of the Norway Cash Market OF the
assignee, w. G. Conary, and Is selling II
,ut.
Before leaving for California, Miss
Marion Gibson was presented with
gold brooch set with Maine gem, by
members of the Methodist church. 10
appreciation of her services a. organis'
md teacher.
w. T. Smith, the jsweler, has moved
his household goods from Mechanic
Falls into the Hatch house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Kilgore are on
.wo weeks hunting trip, taking . tent
Ind other outfit with them, and camp
ng where night overtakes them.