Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-01-06
NORWAY,

ton at that time.
Sam Isaacson has gone to Boston to
arrange for the removal OF his wife and
family from Russia to this country.
Mrs. Mary Winslow of Auburn is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. L. Curtis.
DR.. Lester Horne has been here for q
few days, having just arrived from Dub
lin, Ireland, where he has been taking q
special course In surgery for the past
few months. He went to Fairhavep,
Mass, last Tuesday, and Mrs. Horne and
children, who have been with her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. b. D. Smith, during
his absence, will 60 there when arrange
ments are completed.
The Browning Reading Club meets
this Monday evening with Mrs. Alice
Stearns on Orchard Street. Roll call
will be answered by quotations from
Tbackeray. The hostess will read con.
densations of two of Thackeray's stories,
"The Newcomes" and "The Virginians."
This week Friday evening the high
school basket ball team plays West Paris
High School at the Opera House, and
the girls teams of the two schools will
also play at the same time.
Pennesseewsssee Lodge, Z. OF p, has
elected the following officers:
| C.C.-Donald B. Partridge.
v.C.-Elon L. Brown.
| P.-Roland 8. Nevers.
| K. of r. and s.-Edwin ]. Sharon.
| NJ. of Frank J. Witham.
| n. Of E-Charles q. Billings.
NJ. at A.-Herbert E. Rich, Jr.
| LIZA. G. Snow.
! o. G-Paul r. Boynton.
Trustee for three years-Frank J. Cook. VIVA,
/ REPRESENTATIVE year6-Er8nK D..
am.
Alternate-Harry A. spiller.
Miss Aura Cook, who Is training for q
nurse at the Lawrence General Hospital
in Lawrence, Mass, is at home for q
months vacation.
Mrs. F. A. Sullivan is visited by her
sister, Miss Ruth Day.
A Grand Trunk crew are making re-
pairs about the station and freight shed,
and are installing a set of built-in scales
at the freight shed. They are quartered
in car at the station.
The annual meeting and supper OF the
Congregational parish will be held at
the church Wednesday evening of this
| week.
Harry Box, the English tenor concert
singer, has recently been in town to visit
his mother and bis son, Richard Box.
Mr.. and Mrs. Box are on concert tour
through the New England states, which
has been very successful.
To test the fire alarm system, an alarm
is to be rung in from one of the boxes,
followed by the all out, at 1910 P. M.
each Saturday.
Mrs. Minnie G. Bangs of Gray, for.
merly of Norway, started last week for
Arizona to visit her daughter, Miss Mil
dred Bangs, who is in hospital there
for treatment. Miss Bangs enlisted In
Red Cross work, and was taken Ill while
on duty. She has recently gone from
Denver, Colo, to Arizona, hoping the
change would prove beneficial.
Mrs. F. A. Danforth will be the host
ess of the Barton Reading Club Thurs
day afternoon of this week. The sub
ject of the day will be "Prominent Wom-
en-" with selected magazine articles.
The annual meeting Of the Universalist
parish was held Thursday evening, when
reports were made and officers elected
for the coming year. A buffet lunch
was served after the business was com
pleted. The officers elected are:
d.
Clerk-F. e. DeCoster.
Treasurer-James n. Favor.
Collector-Glenn McIntire.
Parish Com.-Maford Mann, Charles G. Blake,
Music Com.-Mrs. s. A. Danforth, Mrs. Clar-
ence Downing, Miss Ruth Cummings, Miss Sara
True. Miss Eula Bicknell.
In the wrestling match Of Tuesday
evening, the main bout was between
Frank Mckinley of Paris and Kid Taylor
of Waterville. The young Paris wrestler
rather surprised the fans by winning In
two bouts. Mike Nadir won from AdDa
Buck of Norway, and Young gilbert of
Bolster's Mills from Harold Gagnee OF
Welchville.
Mrs. Archie Quincy has returned from
the Central Maine General Hospital at
Lewiston, and ia receiving medical treat.
ment at home.
Rev. F. A. Sullivan and D. L. Joslin
were in Boston last week to attend the
big laymen's convention there.
Mr.. and Mrs. John LaForte arrived 10
town Wednesday evening. Mr.. LaForte
is former foreman In the stitching
room at the Carroll, Jefferson shoe fac
tory, aud ia to be foreman OF the firms
stitching room at South Paris.
A post of the American Legion, to be
known as W. Henry Stone Post, is to be
organized in Norway. Application for
the charter has been made. Howard
Chick and Charles Clark are actively at
work in its behalf.
David Klain Is census enumerator for
the town of Norway.
John Sanborn has been spending bis
vacation from the University of Maine
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. l..
Ssnborn.
Mrs. Merritt WEIGH Is in st. Barnabas
Hospital, Portland, for treatment.
Lake Temple, Pythian Sisters, will
have it's annual supper Tuesday evening
of this week at 6:45.
Miss Emogene Hunt, who Is teaching
in Pittsfeld, has been at home on short
vacation.
Miss Hazel E. Bicknell has returned
from Pennington, where she has been in
the millinery store of Mrs. Harry Brown,
and Is in the store of 2. L. Merchant.
A somewhat wild run without disas-
trous consequences was recently taken
by the pair of black horses driven by
Lewis Holden on the South Paris Market
delivery wagon. Running from Tucker
Street through Alpine to Paris, they
went up against the flagpole in the yard
of Mrs. Fannie Frost, and splintered 1t.
One horse was thrown and the other
cleared himself, but both were caught.
Harness and wagon were badly wrecked.
As the team started while Mr.. Holden
was waiting on customers, there was no
on the team, and no one was injured.
Mrs. George P. Locke and Miss Irene
Locke. who went to Washington to visit
Mr.. Locke, have returned to Maine, and
will spend the winter In Portland.
Electric power clippers have been In
stalled In the Foster barber shop.
Nearly two hundred floor tickets were
sold for the first annual New Year ball
of Oxford Castle, Knights of the Golden
Eagle, which was held in the Opera
House Wednesday evening, and the at
tendance was very large. Music was by
the Imperial Singing Orchestra, nine
pieces.
Kenneth Quincy has come from bis
camp at Stone Pond, Stoneham, where
he has been since last March, and has
gone to Boston to visit his brother. His
health is considerably improved. BE
will return in the spring.
The Ladies' Circle of the Universalist