For if a man think nimsehf th something,when he is nothing,he deceiveth himself, Galatians 6:5 o r/S d /T E D

WTE__ ns.u*3.-MM*aktv ^ 4? "Tfia-..thCanada Grace Dyer was in Norway and Paris for the week-end. Wednesday morning. Tuesday a crew started picking Beatrice Mdwrads is in 'know CM.G. Culberts corn. Hospital for treatment* Mabel Peaco went to Lewiston Laura Fickett is in the C.M.G. Wednesday with Helen and Vera Hospital for a tonsillectomy. Peaco.Vera had her tonsils out The Robinson Cooks are moving at the C.M.6.Hospital. back to Portland Sunday.They hope Inie Wiley and Irene Wiley and to come to Otisfield for the two daughters visited Mabel Peaco ends. Friday evening. Kenneth Blossom is driving truck Maurice Wh&tcomb is helping Ed­ for Verne Knightly. win Jillson set up his new silo. Mr.and Mrs.Richard Crockett of Sonia Jillson celebrated her South Portland,Mrs,Resina Sharon fifth birthday last Saturday. Denning and daughter of Bridgton Philip Stone has his car in the and Mrs.Ruby Sharon were week-end garage for a complete overhauling. guests of Bernice Blossom. Howard and Lena Dyer were at Richard Dyer has started school Norway Wednesday afternoon call­ at Bridgton Academy. ing on friends. Several from town went to Norway to see the picture,"Son of Lassie." There are twenty two children Vera Peaco had a tonsillectomy in the East Otisfield School.The last week. four beginners are Donald Baker, Betty Farrar and Lucille Vernon George Dyer,Elizabeth Ann Stone plan to leave next week for Florida. and William Walo Jr. They will tavel by plane. Those children who got one hun­ Benjamin Dyer is working for El­ dred in spelling for the week mer Latulip. wereNRobert Greenleaf.Winona Frank Goggins is making a visit Fickett,Beverly Bean,Joan Morton, to our neighbor countfy,Canada. Malcolm Halo,Anita Jakola and Paul Hartson leaves Sunday for Norman Bean. Fryeburg,where he will attend the George Poland has bought the Academy. Raymond Thorne place on Popple Mr.and Mrs.Ellis Stone and family Ridge* and Mr.and Mrs.John pottle spent The Hubers plan to stay in Sunday afternoon at Camp Losaekum Ralph Lambs cottage until the on Whoreson It .

OTISFIELD GORE Mr*.Helen Holt has gone to Hashing BOLSTERS MILLS ton to settle up her affairs there, The Wights have returned to their winter homes.Mr.and Mrs. then she is going to return to her Norman Wight and Johnny left Sat. fathers again. for Dublin Vermont and Mr.and Mrs Lester Thomas has been,and still Lawrence Wight for Pennsylvania. is,selling h&s poultry to Mr.Scrib­ Mrs.Louise Boardman was up from ner of Welchville. Massachusetts to see her mother Mabel and Charlie Thurlow were in Fannie Wight last Sunday. Lewiston Monday. Mreand MrsePercy Grover motored Willard Brett has been busy pick­ to Sweden Sund^ to visit around. ing peas for the market.His corn They also attended the movies was a failure s<$ ha harrowed it up Saturday evening with the Knight- and planted yeas. Ha is getting a lys. good crop. MrcHenry Loverings mother from Mrs.Bessie Dresser attended a New Hampshire is making him a teachers meeting Monday.Tuesday visit. Bhe went to Waterford to take-up As the mill he was working in her duties as teacher. is shut down,Mr.Carlson of Mass­ Lucile Annis is attending Norway achusetts is taking a forced va­ High School and is staying with cation at the Lowell home- Jane Dresser. Mr.and Mrs .Morse and granddau­ Mr.and Mrs.Norman Annie are vialt ghter made a dooryard call on ing his father Sanford Annis, Bill Skillings the other after* P.F.C.Nathaniel Green spent the noon. week-end with his parents,Thannie Miss Fernald went to Portland and Ruby Green.Florence Flanders Monday,bag and baggage,with and daughter were over alaaathey Lawrence Spiller.She plans to all went down to see Mr.and Mrs.B. stay for awhile. C.Jillson and the Vinings Sunday Gertrude Weston has been very afternoon. sick the past two weeks,but ia Mr,and Mrs.Harold Verrill and comfortable as could be. daughter of Elm Hill,South Paris Lewis Lord started Monday mo m * called on Everett and Lucia York ing to work in the corn shop at recently on business. Norway.He rides back and forth Shirley and Lester Thomas and with Frank Shackford and Charles daughter and Thannie and Ruby Balker. Green were amon^ those attending Gilman Allard rides with Russ the dance at Ea.Otisfield Wednesday Edwards and goes to school at Bight. Norway.He stays with his aunt* Shirley Thomas and sister,Mrs. Margaret Gilman during the weak. Alfred Wiles were in Norway ThnrOe Net Hancock's sow had a litter MrseBvellna Kincaid and Mrs# of eleven little pigs Tuesday Jennie Dion were at Lester Thomas night. %owL Friday. Mr.and Mrs.Wilmot Lord called Thannie Green has been helping on Norton and Kathleen Jillaon Margin Wiley pick com* Monday evening.Also Mr.and Mree Pyt.Robert Thomas is spending a Henry Lovering visited them Sat­ short furlough with his wife and urday afternoon and played cards children,Sunday they enjoyed a out on the lawn. picnic dinner at the Twin Bridge picnic grounds with Mr.and Mrs. Lester Ehomas and daughter,Mr.and Card of Thanks Mrs.Ralph Thomas and NarHEy and Mrs.Sarah Thomas and daughters We wish to express our heart­ Mary and Marion. felt thanks to the men who so Mr.and. Mrs.Alfred Wiles celebr­ kindly gave of their time in put­ ated their childrens birthdays on ting,hauling and sawing woo&;the Sunday,as Stephens was Saturday Ladies Sewing Circle for the and Judiths was Monday. They are bountiful dinner they served at two and four years old.Their noon and to the many friends who grandmother Louise Wiles of Nor­ attended the dance.Also for the y spent Monday n igkt with thern. cards and letters I have received Charlie Brackett took his driv­ during my stay in the two hos­ ers tost and passed OWhE. last pitals. Thursday.On Monday he went to David and Mae Jillson* Bridgton,where he is going to school. - ''Bob"and Ruth Thomas have made Chinese Saying several calls at kis brothers Great men never feel great Lester Thomas and family. Small men never feel small. September 13, 1945 THE ^ g F I E L D NEWS Page 3

GERTRUDES CORNER EDITORIAL

Hi folks! Fairs are on! When rain delayed the seed time --VEooray for the Season of Fairs!!— this spring,one of our local fara "From now till October they'll mers remarked,"There has always swallow the change boon a seed time and a harvest These state fairs,and town fairs and I guess there will be this and county and grange. year." Yes,there is seed time and But apples blush brighter .-r.-anged harvest in the lives of all men. on a plate Mother Nature teaches man how And the cattle look scrumptious in to live,but seldom does man pro­ dignified state." fit by her teaching. (From "Hp in Maine" by Holman Day) Weeds of evil thinking;of back- biting;of cowardice smother and There are not as many fairs as in kill the plant of clean living former days when every town had its and thereby we lose the things one day fair. that make life worth while.Love, In our little town I think of four trust and respect from our fellow different places whereiMrvc boon men are worthy of our best effort held the fair. Rushing from one thing to an­ other,as we do,necessitates South Otisfield,East Otisfield, "time out"for relaxation and Spurrs Comer and Gore taking stock of our lives and Perhaps in the future eliminating the weeds and propa­ We can scare up some more. gating the healthy plants that we may gain a fuller,freer life. But anyway there ig, Norway . .'Jfor whatsoever a man soweth And Bridgton and Gray that shall he also reap." And Welchville and Cornish, Not too far away. From our Mail Box To say nothing of Waterford Mrs.Eugene Holden writes that her The "World's" famous fair, son,Dy.gelderi^j.g in Saipan.She It lasts two whole days plans to make her home,as usual, And most every ones there at the Commander Hotel in Cam­ Hi folks,I will s^op here bridge,Mass.for the winter. 'Till some other time Carl Lamb's son,Pvt.Richard I've not much more room Lamb has been transferred from Besides run short of rhyme. the University of Connecticut to Gertrude 1.Barrows. the University of Delaware. Mrs.Arnold North informs us that there is a bad epidemic of SPURRS CORNER infantile paralysis in Trenton The season for Fairs has start­ New Jersey. In several towns in ed.Several from More are planning that area they have sprayed with to go to the Soreh Paris Fair. DDT. She writeg of her enjoyment Edwin Knight started picking his of Mrs.Barrows Corner and speaks factory corn Wednesday. of their automobile trips since Miss Edna Robinson returned to gas wont off the ration list. West Acton,Masst for the winter af­ Richard Barrows was in Nonan- ter spending the summer at her home court,France in August.He doesn't on Oak Hill. expert to return to the U.S.A. Mr.and Mrs.Donald Lombard spent for some years. the week-end at Mrs,Gertrude Bar- Mrs,Wyman Kemp tells us they rows cottage at the head of Pleas­ are only thirty five miles from Lawrence Kansas and they are ant Lake. Mrs.Gertrude Barrows and. Miss looking forward to an interchange

Anna Nevin called on Mrs.Stanley of visits with the Hankins Pratt and Mrs.Roy Edwards of Oxford family. Sunday. Jean McAuliffe went bars -s St. Gordon and Olive Enight have start Josephs school in Portlaknow tnd. ed their second year of school at Recent guests of the F.J Mchulif- Bridgton Academy. fes were:Mr.and Mrs.Edward Hanley of Saugus,Mass, and Mrs.Minnie Abrams of Boston,Mass. Mr,and Mrs.Carroll Fickett have Mr.and Mrs.Norman Hamlin were in bought land on the,so-called, Auburn on business,Tuesday. back road and plan th build a The Hamlins has", a strawberry home. shortcake,made ,-j' henries picked Ralph Lamb has been doing more from their over. Whnlny watch, shingling for David Bean;he recently. helped Fred Cw!bert pick corn* September 13,1945 TEE Q ^ F I E L D NEWS Page 4

OXFORD "Tiny"and the "Trio" Rev.and Mrs.William Dthsatn visit­ Accidents will happen,so they say, ed patients at the CeM.G.Meayital In the very best families almost Tuesday .Mrs.Frank Clark accompanied, any day, them to Lewiston. A certain family,I'm informed,has Mr.and Mrs.Jason Weatherfield of found the saying true. Camden called on Mrs.Kate Starbird It all began with the neighbors Sunday;after dining at Norway,they cow,' all called upon Mrs.Stanley Pratt Whom they offered to see through. at the beach* Rev.and Mrs.William T.Dunstan of Sir Shorty was proceeding down the Little Valley,New York spent last hill at milking time, week with their son and wife,Rev. When Prof and Dotty hailed him and and Mrs.William n.Dunstan. came running down the line. Miss Effie Towns visited relatives Away the three swung toward their in Portland Wednesday. task; Mrs.Sadie Jillson called on the More joyful faces you couldn't ask! Dunstans Monday evening.She found Each carried a shiny milking pail,- the parsonage personnel canning Today old "Tiny"they'd assail! corn;said personnel waited until 3 o'clock A.MW to take that corn "Hm",thought "Tiny"with one swift from the cooker. glance, Mrs.Etta Towne called on Mrs. " There's one in skirts and two in William Culbert Wednesday afternoon. pants." Rev.and Mrs.John H.Miller and son This should be very entertaining William of Newport maine called at These city slickers with no the parsonage Sunday. previous training." Dr.and Mrs.Herbert Ferria have returned home after a two weeks They arranged themselves with vacation. care and glee The Oxford High School opened The three of them on a milking Tuesday morning with the following spree. teachers: Principal,Mrs.Shirley To the right was Dotty;to the left Brawn of Lincolnville; Commercial was Prof, course Miss Mildred Haynes of South While Shorty considered,with an Waterford; Science course Miss embarrassed cough. Helen Wayner of Hatfield,Mass. The only location he could find Gr%de schools: Seventh and eighth Was toward the North,-directly Mrs.Barbara Smith of Oxford;fifth behind! and sixth Mrs.Edna Durgin of Me­ chanic Falls;third and fourth Mrs. "Tinys"feelings were quite complex Frances Lewis of Norway; first and The situation was beginning to vex second,Miss Pauline Greenlaw of From right to left and from all South Windham;primary,Mrs.Ve*a points Stanton of Oxford. Trouble was brewing in all her Dr.Frank Clark and hie mothey joints. Bertha Clark were in Waterford It was altogether too much of a Tuesday on business. strain Rev-and Mrs.William Dunstan On"Tinys"emotions and dignified called on the Rev.and Mrs.Charles train. B.Rodway of Mechanic Falls recently. She appreciated this fine intention But Prof would be better at a Convention. Calon Ames called on Howard Ames and his mother Sunday. Suddenly Shorty felt at a loss- Mr.and Mrs.Ffank Chute caller on , To think it should happen to him her motherSunday. -the boss! Howard Ames has been picking corn He'd hadnit happen with horse and for Dextor Nutting. shay, But he'd never before been in "Tinys"w*ay! - The Deacon's Prayer +* Dotty and Prof beheld a sight. Dear God,bless mo and my wife Shorty was shaking his left ha&& an Son John and kis wife and right: Us four and no more* The milk was obtained,in spite of all; But whenever visitors come to oall "You are master of the unspoken Shorty slips out to milk the cows word,but the spoken word is master Avoidin'- a H accidents and company