Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-22

Auburn last week on account OF the
Illness OF her mother, Mrs. Fitzgerald.
Street lights iu considerable mart of
the village were OF Sunday night. Re-
pairs to the line were made Monday
morning.
As usual, the stores, banks and ofices
VIII Dc closed on Thanksgiving Day.
The drug stores will close at noon for
the rest OF the day.
| Mrs. o. =. Barrows 10 at Pelham.
n. a., with her daughter, Mrs. N. ".
McAlister. Mr.. Bsrrows will 90 there
Wednesday for Thanksgiving.
\ General Manager George r. Morton of
the Paris Manufacturing Company, says
there 10 a foot and Q half Of snow In
Crystal, N. e., where their mill is situ-
ated.
The mild weather, fog, and Saturday
nights rain together have carried of the
bulk OF the snow, and the hills are again
brown. This will give Us little water
In the ground to be thankful for.
Emery Jordan and Maurice Bean
brought in deer last week that they
shot at West Bethel. It was o nine-point
buck, though some of the prongs had
been broken of, and weighed about $50.
Mr.. apd Mrs. Leonard Wilson have
been recent guests at William L. Gray's.
Mrs. Wilson Is a niece of Mrs. GRAY.
They are from Manchester, Ca, and be-
fore coming there were In South Amer
lea.
The Norway Branch engine and tender
split switch in Norway Tuesday and
became tangled up in the tracks, 90 that
traffic on that road was tied up for sew
eral hours, or until the way freight en-
gine from the main line came to the res
cue, and got the dummy on the rails
again.
Hamlin Temple, Pythian Sisters, will
bold their next regular meeting Tuesday
evening, Nov. g., At this meeting will
be made the nomination OF officers for
the coming year. After the meeting they
will play rook and each lady is asked to
bring q plate of candy. All please
come. 1t 10 an important meeting.
Traffic on the Grand Trunk Railway
Is beginning to swell in volume. The
last steamers for the season are leaving
Montreal, and will make their next trips
| TO Portland. The Empress of France
left Tuesday on her last voyage this sea-
SOD from Montreal, and the Csssandra
will leave that port this week for her
last trip.
The following pupils In the Main
Street Primary received 100 per cent In
spelling for the week: Third Grade,
Hazel Mosher, Rsta Thurlow, Alberta
Paige, Ismsy Aldrich, Mildred Marston,
Frsnklyn Goldsmith and Francis Martin;
Second Grade, Grace Foss, Arlene Whit
ney, Muriel Titus, John Starbird and
Herman Thurlow.
The o. Z. class of Deering Memorial
church met at the home of their teacher,
Mrs. Bell, Saturday afternoon. After
q business meeting bouutiful supper
was served. The officers elected for the
coming year are:
| Pres.-Glends Garcelon.
/ Vice Pres.-Hazel Maxim.
1 Sec. .-Treas.-Edyth Kerr.
Elk Com.-Helen Judd, Francis Knight.
The following pupils of the Porter
Street Primary have had 100 per cent In
spelling for the past week: Third Grade,
Marjorie Powers, Christine Noyes, Mar
ion Ksnnsy, Pauline Paine, Stanley
Whitney, Austin Record, Gilbert Ste-
veus, Ava Grant. Second Grade, Mario
rie Record, Helen Powers, Alton Swan,
Martha Briggs, Kathleen Foster, Ira
Briggs.
Some Grand Trunk men have been
here during the past week keeping watch
day and night at the crossings in the
village. They have kept tally on the
automobiles which pass, and are also
supposed to be on the watch for tres
passers on the track. At Lewiston sew
eral arrests were made last week OF
track walkers on the Maine Central, and
az is understood that the railroads are
determined to put stop to the practice.
| Alton G. Wheeler was at Brldgton re-
J Gently as attorney for the state In the
Northern Cumberland Municipal Court
against Fernando N. Potter, who was
accused Of shooting two dogs while on
} a hunting trip in Otisfeld, and OF Will
liam l.. Deming Of Boston for assaults on
Potter. From the stories brought out
! In court 10 seems Potter with some other
voupg mon, while hunting In Otisheld,
saw a buck coming out OF the woods
which he fred at. Close behind him
came two dogs, one belonging to Deming
and the other to Elmer LaTulip OF OTIS
field, which, because it was uniswiui 70
hunt with dogs, the respondent snot'
Potter was found guilty but appealed.
, Am. Muuce, formerly of Calais, has
! bargsiped for the purchase OF the house
built by o. e. Barrows on Barrows
Street this season, and the household
, goods have come and are being moved
. lin. Mr.. Munce was formerly superln'
tendent of the wood department. OF the
ST Croix Paper Co. at Calais, but is
2 retired. Being troubled with asthma
hs spent the summer at Penpesseew wssses
Lake. and was so much better tnat n'
r decided TO remain In this vicinity. hs
: and Mrs. Munce have been staying at INT
0 home of Mr.. Barrows, and Mr.. Muoc'
/, has been quite III there during the pas
Q week. he is improved, but still has
o trained nurse. Mr.. and Mrs. MuHc'
Il have a married daughter who lives II
e1 Eastop. and q son, also married, Clsmen
n N. Munce of Hebron.
,fl About fifty members OF the Oxford Dis
a .r,ct of the New England Milk Producers
:. A ssoclation met at the Engine Hall Fr
a day In q forenoon and afternoon session
"A iThere was q business meeting &c 10
Z first session In the forenoon. In IN
|, afternoon the association listened .
"a an address by W. P. Davis OF Bostor
assistant manager of the New Engian
MiIk Produeers' Association. Accort
D. inc TO his talk and that OF the memoel
D. the great problem facing milk producer
Of IA the surplus milk which 10 produce
st and offered for sale ut certain times
,k YEAR. Fluid milk 10 worth more tns
no manufactured milk. Fluid milk can
Of sold At q fat price without regard
le onality, but milk from which dali
Mt 1roducts are made is worth only wn'
at bottsr fat II contains as . general tn'n
vn The question therefore 10 what can
10 done with this surplus and ut what pr,
d, can it be sold. There was some sen
ng ment In favor of standardized MILK -
ot 10 ethod Of equalizing price. Inc ioiio
I'm ing officers were elected:
IN Pres-D. A.. Bisbee, Canton. s.....
oh vtce- Pres-R A. Pierce, Hebron SsasLon'
IN sec Treas.-W. @. Thayer, Sou5n rsns;c c.n
AL Trecutiye Committee-C. y. TripP' OeaA'
Point, a. g. Chesley, East summer " S'
abbott, Norway.
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