Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1902-04-08
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOlN0S OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
PARIS HILL,

First Baptist Church. Rev. 81. b. Bishop,
Pastor. Preaching every Sunday Ut II A. II.
sunday School at I'm. Sabbath Evening Ser
vice st 7:N 2. n. Prayer Meeting Thursday
Universaliss Church; Sunday School every
| Sunday at IL An
Mrs. E. Fl. Jackson, who has been
away for the past three months, return
ed home Tuesday.
Mrs. l.. B. Merrill visited her sister at
Mechanic Falls few days last week.
In response to the call published last
week, about twenty people assembled at
the Hubbard House Wednesday evening
to form village improvement society.
George N. Atwood was elected moderator
and Arthur E. Forbes secretary OF the
meeting. The officers chosen for the
society are:
i Presidens-John Pierce.
Il Vice Prestdent-Mrs. K. II. Jackson.
II Secretary-Mrs. j. l.. Chase.
i Treasurer-Mrs. E. G. Harlow.
Directors-Loren Il. Merrill ID. A. Maxim,
Mrs. o. A. Thayer. Mrs. II. W. Lyon. J. l..
Il Chase.
1t was decided to name the organization
The Unity Club. An organization of
that name some twenty years ago or
more did quite good work along various
lines of village improvement, and was
incidentally quite a factor in the social
life of the place. Some of the objects
aimed at now are the cleaning up and
keeping clean of the roadsides, the i'm
provement of the common, and so on.
Charlotte F. Hammond, NJ. D., arrived
at Paris Wednesday,, and is making
preparations to open The Beeches for
the season. Work was resumed two or
three weeks since on the large addition
to the house which was begun last fall,
and it is expected to be ready when the
house is opened.
Benjamin Maxim, who has spent a
portion of the winter with his daughters
in Cambridge, Mass, returned home
last week.
Miss Fannie A. Forbes is visiting rel
atives in Waterville.
By request of some of the patrons the
date of opening the Paris Hill schools
has been changed from April 2lst to
April l4th. As previously announced,
Miss Helen Cole of this village will sue
lceed Miss Mae Perkins as teacher of the
primary school. Miss Cole has recently
taken a normal course at Westbrook
Seminary. For the vacancy in the gram
mar school caused by the resignation of
Mr.. +. W. Rounds, the services of Miss
Florence Jewett of Denmark, a teacher
of large experience and unqualified sue
lcess, have been secured.
A special meeting of the Baptist
parish was held Friday afternoon, al
which Carroll X. King was chosen
treasurer in place of Herbert NJ. Tucker
who has removed from town. The
house committee was also instructed to
confer with the directors of the Unity
Club with regard to the improvement OF
the common, and authorize such changes
as they thought advisable.
IF all men should lose all faith in an
other life, what would be the result?'
. will be Rev. W. w. Hooper's subject al
day, April l3, at IL A. NJ. AS there was
no preaching service March 30th, the
= sermon will be appropriate to Easter.
Mrs. NJ. A. Greene, who has been quite
. seriously i'll, is improving. Her sister
: Mrs. A. b. Greene, of Revere, Mass, il
here TO help care for her.
Hiram Heald is laid up with cut
foot
Walter Z. Twitchell has been chosen
treasurer of the Baptist Sunday SchoO
in place of Herbert NJ. Tucker.
II. W. Lyon, Jr., is at Hebron Academy
where he is to take special course O
: study.
: One OF the new attractions at the Hub
bard House is nice open fireplace tha
has just been added to the dining room
. The Sunday and Thursday evening
services at the Baptist church will com,
: mence at the next meetings at 7:30 in
stead of p. NJ.
The Unity Club will have another
meeting at the school house Wednesda,
evening at 1870. Every one who il
interested in village improvement is
Earnestly requested to be present.
The Providence Journal has the fol
lowing report of Easter Sunday observ
ance at Block Island which will be Of
interest to many of our people:
after two days of fog and rain and
GENERALLY disagreeable weather condi
tons, the sun arose on Easter Sunday in
a burst of glory, dispensing all the
clouds. The day was warm and lovely
almost beyond example, and it will long
be remembered by the people here.
after brief services at Harbor Chapel,
which was crowded to its utmost capac.
lily both on the audience floor and in
the galleries, the congregation adjourned
TO the sheltered beach west of the inner
basin at East HarbOr, where the first OF
a series of baptismal services was to be
performed.
IAN audience of nearly thousand
people from all parts of the island gath.
erred, including also some strangers here,
who had gathered to witness the sacred
rite.
LED into the water by Deacon S. p.
Dodge and received by the pastor, Rev.
Horace A. Roberts, ~ were baptized.
The occasion was most impressive
one, as was its sequel in the evening,
when Is were given the right hand OF
Fellowship and received into the church,