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privileged 'Senator yesterday & tot ‘ torkhire . lot push, \bu cating there by Goverings to the' /- popular : entertainm ( zens opera house\ for the benefit: of Sappho Hose company on Saturday évening. parrot 25 years ids (P 'Our citizens are pleased to learn [reasive. thE-A. D) Harrington is to repair the | A) new front is to be added and. 4 provementa to the hall asoy block.: the home;. of. Loyal Bast HI FORTY YEARS AGO . Oxford: Tlmm, Oct. o@4, 1875 Death: Fvertook- Samiuel Farnham's ther day after a chase-of birthday, 30 =- Mrs, Shepard pad been) invitad to /as othe members of th family be‘ Att Suith and w.. 0, Little ot New York Mr; Parsons, do it was only partially sevorat muglcal solections. ': home : K Betors Noa: n; tor home °C. Ar, oi to. bo the work satis- .: toa few well chosen: words, ; - 20 : and I rs. Shepard: I - expressing | the estaoim. of h trends, Those present the _ ope & boun 16 Le Vern Shepard, Miss Loulse Wat- The village 6f ~ Greene, les ot Binghnmton, Mr. 'and, Mrs & traction of | orld by wireless | ; m Highs Put: Up Good Game But | Are Defeated It. was clear and cold Saturday land 1t:was good football weather. The Academy boys had for their op- iporients the Afton High | school eleven; < ' 'The Acadbmy had a new backfield with the exception of Bliss, Murray turning his aukle in practice and be-|. ng.. unable to: play, Cronk played |- end but went in as halfback in the| > last half,\ Powers and Frost playing the balf back positions and for men | , not being used to the positions they |- layed remiarkably well. © ~The Afton boys appear to be a}. team than our last oppon- ||. ents, Sherburne: High school! They were particularly good on. the de- t The- Academy goal was at no'time in danger. - Frost and Pow- 'at the .Oitl- ers wore good 'ground: gainers~ the record in public service is one in Whlbh action, always in the interesth constl uents has been a domi- former making the first touchdown; the latter made good gains New: Bullding Owned by B. w. par. {at once began 'to attract noticeby sons: of Coventry tons 'of the: law this condition tun- for fifty years, 0° Mr. originate and secured the en- nt of legislation 'corrécting the |' Ice,, sa ing Chena‘ngo county in ixes many thousands | of dollars. His knowledge of county matters 'of . highway e accomplished unu nd prominendée_for'a first year rep- resentitive,\ > f (Etna Correspondent) * MEETS DEATH IN GREENE . Wilkins Settlement, Coventry Oct 28.-As: Bueno go and daughter I‘rod Thomas -of. Smithville Goes Julia were passing B. W. Parsons' 'Over Bank in 'Car place- at, about 11.o'clock, Thursday i '! Inight,: Oct. 21, they \discovered 'Mr. (Staff QGorrespondent) | Greene, Oct. 28.-A very serioys Paftsons new barn to be on: fire. J. automobile. - occurred just || : Botore help gould 'artive the fire a above this village on - Wednesday past control and the barn with , morning at about 10 - o'clock, in 6d: all of thisyear's produeewas \burned. which Fred L Thomas of Smithy lle : . The bulidli‘ng .was onlieiiéstoggxir; Fiiits lost his life. dinner he} “d, pieted ind The car, a new offe, which was be-, Ing. (driven, by Leroy Smith of the same place toward home and In turning (“fit for id losded tiealln just north of William. arvin's it is “More Light.- Ithought that it must have sllppsd on Oxford wants \more light.\ | The ling wet Teay d turned turtle over ssrvlc' now being 'used seems to bo the stfop 'ombankment, going \over lat leakt twide.: 'Mr. Thomas Iived operates 15 minutes after being picked a munlclptaii plant airmail? gore Elia? up. - Mr. Smilth was- Also hurt. , L,. Stone [self sustaining and whic ves first- . | cfass add 'general satisfac- | Mr. ngfizagofi’fil‘gffufigg ition. It 1s\ 'that in the\ of fthyilte Flats, He was bora in nest mt? 18 & ctgztl’lllixéuoggwn 100321? Greene and was a son 'of the late % and. look us over, and if you decide o ¥ {Trig Lilli??? hiss DE: ie it a municipal plant -you will Eastern 50 froge Company of §1 for regret—Entan- &. M., and O¢ i mpany is survived by his wife, 'p0dge It is! suppos- an Intendiary. coveréd by Insurknce; substantial ere, M ddle-Shepard, Mrs. ' Flats, \also. two sisters, Ars, Herbert J, Young of Greene and hirer Jen: s McCall of Bingliemlon‘ 6 died at 11\ o'clock Si Hy Hospital, - men! :- wesident of\ ody for a ‘s‘olnmary s ose who vol te vice, Sunday even ¥ essage for Me: on Yates for ; galtur- Beeche’ In: many has-am: r years : ‘vemne (sh Yd hear Ins stitute Kor their & ear ' iTubbard | l. > m . iv S chapel Thursday Nox. honing tomes, 1&3wa ther attk * FARM HOUSE BURNED Erford Page Loses Home From Ex- h plosion of Gasoline (Staff Correspondent) . Brisbin, Oct. 28 —T—The farm house of Erford Page, a few miles from this place was burned to the ground Thursday night of last week at\ T o'clock.. 'There was nothing saved out of the house, I is stated that the cause of the fire was occasioned by a gasoline en- gine backing fire, Everything went up in the flames and in less than half an hour the house whs com- pletely déstroyed and Mr, Page did not even have a coat to put on, His | father-in-law, ' Arthur- Fields, lost over $500 on housthold goods that he bad stored in the house. \There were 60 bushels of potatoes and 70 squashes '~in. the cellar. 'There was a stilt insurance on the! house and contents, - -Mr. Page is fixing the hed house to live ins, which is a now building and had not 'been put in use for &ifowis. » Meetings of the Clubs The Round Robin Study Club with Ars. Cart on Wednesday. The Travelers Club ~ with Ars. Brown on) Monday evening. ~‘ Ars. Hale .on Monday evening. | ide Literary Cub with Congregational abliged to go over an“ I; and one of the. {ness section and expenditures |- Tha Joseph Jefferson Club with Wednesday night, to celebrate the i ranged in a way | j {Cards were enjoyed nntil a late Hour, ifsée es,\ for It was a oomflete sur- THE tw, AGODA aC ', ‘l‘h ‘Finest; 'of. Its 'Mind in This l C - Section. .- The: pagoda, or. badd stand erect- park this fall ds colomal in style prettiest in. the State we ventura to say. >; a It was built 'by popular: subscrip— tion, of which about $600 was raised. with the assistance of the band. The Tn V. I. Society paid for the plans 'which were secured of an architect through J. H. Rdwards of Passaic, N. J., formérly. of Oxford. . The style. ang plan is different from the usual band pagodas and can be used \by the citizens for a resting place during a hot summer's evening or a meeting place for-ladies during the daytime: I is an ad- andis situated where tourists will see 'and admire it.- It is now pos- sible for the band to play part of their summer concerts in the busi- give the west- siders a chance to hear and enjoy the music. The foundation, a good solid one, {was put in by the villago fathers. Natural seam-faced stone were used in the wall and a concrete slab floor rests upon it, Entrance by stone |steps® will be on the east and west gides of the structure. This work was dong by Albert Haight and 'his assistant, \Jack\ Murtaugh, and is 'la fine job: The wood work was done {by Fred Tracy, the colonial posts be- The roof is of E. F. Ec- cleston is doing the painting and ing made to order green stained\ shingles, {Floyd Mowry will install the elec- tric lights. ~ 'When approached in the matter of lighting the band stand, Manager O'Neil of the Norwich Electric Light , Co., said he would gladly furnish the light free gratis. His attention was '|called to the electric pole standing on the park near the new building as being unsightly. Mr. O'Neil told the committee that he would remove the objéct and leave the park free of poles. Tt will be quite an expensive ' {proposition to change the, construc- [tion so as to carry the wires over the long span.. The Electric Light Co. has also removed & number of poles from the streets and are (deserving the thanks of all our citizens. Monday Evening Sue 'The Travelers Club-held their an- nual, Hallowe'en party with Mrs. 'V. D. Stratton on Monday evening. The: house was prettily lighted with candles, Japanese and jack o' lan- terns. Each lady donned her witch's cap, which was decorated with the symbols associated with the festival of witches, cats and bats, the presi- dent wearing an owl. Several brain racking contests had been prepared for solution. The prize for answering the greatest number of the 25 questions on \The Nations\ ' was won by Mrs, J. S. Parsons. Miss Senn's solution of the Shakespearian love story was very complete, All enjoyed Miss Dixon's vocal solos. She first sang \Somewhere a Voice is Calling,\ and after repeated applause gave \A Lit entertainments were given, the grand march bringing much hilarity. The serving tables being placed, the place cards were consulted for partners, refreshments were served and after a very jolly evening, at a late hour the ladiés bade their hostess \'Good Night,\ hoping all would be here to partic/pate in as pleasant a gathering in 1916. BRIDGE “E‘lBERS CEL'EBRATF Birthday Anniversary of Mrs. Ded« rick Wednesday Night The Auction Bridge Club: with a few invited guests took possession\ of the- hore: of Mrs. |F. J; Dedrick, timable lady. ‘Blfihday \cake\ with candles ar- p all guessing 16 fair hostess. birthday of that las to the age of al dispersed feeling that they test given th '6d. . on. \the west: end 'of. LaFayette |. dition to the beauty of our village: ' jsued his classical studies An. Holy“ “graduating in 1894 with high hon- tle Bit of Heaven.\. Other amusing! - St. Joseph's Church _, The announcement is: made: by Bishop Grimes \that -- Rev, Father [Richard Purcell hasbeen assigned to: Pulaski, Oswego county, 'to act. as pastor 'of. the church: in that place. Father Purcell, was notifled to: leave for his new charge next week. ° The. announcement: will be receiv- ed with regret not only by the par- ishioners- of St: Joseph's Church, but by the citizens of Oxford. Father Purcell 'has been liked during his twelve years residence in Oxford, for he has a-disposition that-is pleas- ant and a manner that is inviting. Since coming to St. J oseph’s Church, which he found heavily in debt, and at' low ebb, he has been able to pay off all indebtedness incurred by the society, which included a cometery debt, and leaves the same free of financial inctuimbrances. 'It was through the efforts of Fath- er Purcell that St. Joseph's cemetery was enlarged-and the grounds put in a good\ condition. It was «also through him that the W. R. C. Home procured a catholic cemetery, and no one man' is more popular at that 'State institution than he. His as- sistance in one way and another has been felt and appreciated by the board of managers, of the Home,. Father Purcell will leave our com- munity with the assurance that he bas many friends, not only in town but -in the surrounding community, whose best wishes will go with him in his new field 'of labor. The church to which he has been as- signed is an important one, and will and energetic pastor, Purcell. - Father Purcell also has had charge of the Mission at Greene, the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, 'and through him thecongre- gation has been built up, the build- ing repaired and kept 'in excellent order. In this last work he and the people of that church are greatly in- debted to Mrs. J. J. Blodett of New York, who made it possible for the society to accomplish much of this . good work. Father Purtell came to. Oxford and took charge of St. Joseph's . Church in January, 1903... He pur- like Father Cross .College <at Worcester, ore. - He went abroad for his. theo: logical studies, entering the Univer- sity of Louvain, in Belgium, one of the oldest institutions of learning in the world. He was ordained there June 29, 1898. The following three spent in traveling through Europe and later came back to America. Upon his arrival he was assigned to Syracuse,, where he was assistant to Father Dougherty at St. Vincent dé went to Utica and was assistant at St. John's. A short time before the death of President McKinley Fathor Purcell was tendered an appoint- mont as chaplain in the navy, but to- mained in Utica. 'He's a fine lin- guist and can speak seven or 'eight different languages. DPELIGHTEOL sURPRISE For Mré. Mary | Britt: on Tuesday Evening i About 30of the friends and neigh- bors of Mrs, Mary Britt gave her ia very complete and pleasant surprise « party at the residence of Mr. and 'Mrs. Owen Graham on Grant street, Tuesday evening. Ars. Britt has resided in Oxfora for the greater part of her life and is soon to remove to New York city- where her son James ison the polite force and her daughter Sprah Is a teacher in the public schools. - Mrs. Britt was presented with a hand- Bome casserole as a memento 'of the occasion. ~Ca joyed. - Refreshments ware and the guests departed at a Jate hour declaring that they had had.. Rev, Fatheanhnrd Purcell to Leave 2 require the guidance of a zealous | montis he R Paul's Church for one year. He then ° and music were en-:
