Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-30
Miss Annie Shaw OF Portland q ,
guest &C Mr.. i. A. shaH,a.

Miss Annie shaw Of Portland q /.
guest 81 Mrs.. l.. A. Shaw's.
The Phllathea Glass will msst Nth
MIS-. Frank Turner Thursday, Sept. s.
The Norway Paris Band have been an.
Day. ~ HA0or
Dance at Oxford Thursday night: also
az Buckfsld Friday night. Shaw's Or.
chestrs.
George w. Cook left town Saturday
for several weeks stay with rslatives N
Buckfeld and Portland.
The stores will close TUESDAY, after
noon OF this week, to give all an oppor.
tunity to 60 to the ball games.
The New Harmony Orchestra furnish.
cd music for drama and dance at Acsde-
my Hall, Paris Hill, August 20.
The September meeting of the Ladies,
Aid of Deering Memorial Church will be-
held in the vessry Thursday at SP. M.
Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Morris are SPEND
Ing q few days at the home of Mrs. Nor
rus father In New Vineyard, and will
return to the parsonage on Pine Street
the latter part of this week.
Mrs. Mary Pierce of Canton. NY.
and her daughter Alice, now Mrs. E3
Brush OF Brushton, N. Y, both formerly
residents here, visited Mr.. and Mrs. l.. e.
Monk few days last week.
Shaw's Orchestra will furnish music
for the dance at Norway Opera House ON
Tuesday evening, this week, under local
management. This dance will end up
the day of the big base ball carnival.
Mrs. L. G. Smiley started Friday morn
ing for Boston, where she intends to
take course In maniouring, shampoo
Ing and facial work preparatory to OPEN
ing beauty parlors in Southern Pines,
n. C.
The apple canning factory of the
Conant Bros. Co. on Western Avenue In
being put in condition for the seasons
run, some new and improved equipment
being added. A good seasons work is
expected.
To set at rest discussion about the
matter, Superintendent Charles W. Bow.
ker or the village water system states
that since the first of January We have
had water from Norway one day and a
half, and Norway has had water from Us
one day. Only this and nothing more.
Mr.. William MCPHERSON and Miss
Grace CARL of Portland were guests of
S. G. Ordway and family over the week.
end. Miss CARL is niece of Mr.. Ord.
way. Miss Hester Ordway, who has been
visiting her relatives In Portland the past
week, returned with them Saturday.
81. G. Anderson, wife and daughter,
arrived by auto at his old home Sunday
forenoon. They will spend the week
here. the Ordway family, composed of
bosrders and guests and the Anderson
families, making party of fifteen, took
their picnic dinner at Gibson's Grove
Sunday.
The Hiawsths Sport Club held social
Thursday evening st the Brick Grammar
School. The room was tsstefully deco
rated in red and yellow, which are the
club colors. Home made candies and
sodss were for sale. Quite . good sum
was realized which Is intended for .
future playground.
In collision Saturday night on Paris
Street, Norway, between the cars Of 81.
p. Millett and Matti Heikkinen, q wheel
of each car was smashed. As the out
come of the affair, Mstti Heikkinen was
locked up over night, and Monday ap-
peared in court to answer to the charge
Of driving car while intoxicated.
Still no relief from the drought, which
is worse In this immediate vicinity than
anything before in q great many years.
Even the showers which have refreshed
other parts of the surface of the earth q
little have mostly passed Us by. 1t Is
too late now for the prsyed-for rain to
do the crops much good. Many OF the
dryer of the gardens in South Paris have
been almost entirely failure this year,
some of them producing little more than
q few early cucumbers.
With Sunday, August %, Rev. Chester
Gore Miller closed his usual summer
services preaching in West Sumner, Bry-
ants Pond, Rumford Point and Andover.
On Monday, August %, in response to
the proposal of Mr.. Miller, the First
Universalist Church OF Rumford and
Hanover located at Rumford Point trans
ferred its parish property in trust to the
Maine Uniyersslist Convention. This is
the fourth parish which has taken this
step in response to the appeal Of Mr..
Miller to conserve its property for all
time for the uses for which IL was origi-
nally dedicated, the others being West
Sumner, Brysnt's Pond and South Paris.
A man who gives bis name as Joseph
George Sullivan of Norfolk, Va, attach
ed to Cole Bros show at the fair
grounds, was arrested here Friday even.
ing and was later taken to Mechanic
Falls and bound over, on the charge OF
breaking and entering the bank building
at Mechanic Falls Thursday night.
Among the plumber which was taken
from the bank were eight of the Maine
centennial half dollars which bad not
been locked up in the safe, and these led
to his undoing. Il peculiarly happened
that under the eyes Of Sheriff Cole and
Deputy Sheriff Simpson at the fair
grounds he displayed some OF the half
dollars and inquired what kind OF money
they were, and the officers EXCHANGED
with him for four of the coins. The
rest was comparatively easy, and In the
mans bunk at the car were found .
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