Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1905-12-26
A. B. Tyler has moved to Shelburne,
In. H. where he has q section.

/ Howard G. Wheeler was at home from
Burlington, VT, for Christmas.
A. Keith Spofford is at home from
Harvard for the Christmas vacation.
o. E. Barrows has bought the Lemue
Quincy farm in Hebron Of c. E. Tolman
Mrs. Eva DeCoster from Gilead has
been visiting her sister, Mrs. G. c. Al
drich.
Miss Susie l.. Porter is at home from
teaching in Portland for the Christmas
vacation.
Ivory Smith is seriously i'll at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. j. +.
McArdle.
Rev. j. w. CHESHIRE and wife are the
happy parents of another son born Sun
day morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Stanley of East
Auburn spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
c. w. Bowker.
The annual meeting of the South Paris
Congregational church is held this
Tuesday evening.
Miss Julia p. Morton is at home from
her teaching in Abingdon, Mass, for the
Christmas vacation.
The annual meeting of the Congrega-
tional parish is called for Monday, Jan.
/, 1906, at 80 p. NJ.
Miss Lucelia Crockett is at home for
the Christmas vacation from her teach
ing in Maynard, Mass.
Miss Florence Tufts left Saturday for
Portland where she will visit with
friends until after Christmas.
The list of committees for the fair of
the Universalist Good Cheer Society
will be published next week.
Miss Grace NJ. Stuart, who is teaching
kindergarten in Marblehead, Mass, is at
her home here for the Christmas vaca-
ton.
The Ladies' of the G.. A. r. will serve a
clam chowder dinner at G. A. r. Hall
Thursday, December 2s, from IL to
o'clock.
The athletic rooms in Pythian Block
will be open this week on Friday and
Saturday evenings, and will not be open
on Wednesday evening.
All members of the Good Cheer who
have to provide milk for the next sup
per are asked to bring it round as soon
after dinner as possible.
Z. p. Parlin and family of Sabattus
and William A. Blake and family of Au-
burn have been guests of the Christmas
season at w. H. Blake's.
The regular monthly missionary
meeting will be held at the Baptist
church next Sunday evening. Subject,
IAN Hour with the Immigrants"
Mrs. George W. rockingham has
been up from Portland for few days,
and Mr.. rockingham was here over
Sunday and Christmas, with relatives.
A remarkably mild winter week has
been enjoyed-quite a contrast with the
weather of last winter. Monday was
perfect winter day, and everybody enjoy
ed it to the full.
The class of 1905, Paris High School,
enjoyed reunion in the form of class
ride Monday morning. They "did" the
village in good shape, and made things
lively with their class yell.
A special entertainment is to be pre-
pared for next Saturday afternoons
meeting of the School Boys and Girls
Brigade, Dec. 80, which all are invited
to attend. Refreshments will be served.
The next supper and entertainment of
the Universalist Good Cheer Society will
be held Tuesday, Jan. I'd. An oyster
supper will be served and the programme
of entertainment will be announced later.
Mt. Mica Lodge, 1. o. o. F., conferred
the initiatory degree on three candidates
last Thursday evening. Next Thursday
evening the annual reports will be pre-
sented and the election of officers for the
ensuing year will take place.
Next Sunday the pastor of the Meth
odist church will preach special ser
mon on Farewell to the Old Year, All
Hail to the New" Some lessons of
time and eternity will be presented, and
motives for Christian life.
Mrs. Josiah Burnham and William r.
Stone and family of Portland were here
to spend Christmas day with their
mother, Mrs. Z. +. Stone. A family
party of the children and grandchildren
of Mrs. Stone, numbering about twenty,
gathered there for the day.
Mrs. Emma Gibbs, Mr.. F. c. Jackson
and Miss Nellie jackson of Portland
spent Christmas with Mrs. Louise Briggs.
A pleasing programme was enjoyed,
after which gifts from a well-laden
Christmas tree were distributed. The
day was happily spent and all agreed
twas indeed a Merry Christmas.
Mt. Pleasant Rebekah Lodge Friday
evening chose the following officers,
who will be installed Jan 18th:
NG.-Miss Maui Douglass.
VG.-Mrs. +. z Kimball.
Treas.-Mrs. Albert Dean.
Fin. Sec.-Mrs. Frank 5. Clark.
Rec. Sec.-Miss Hattie Leach.
Trustees-Miss Anna Morse, Mrs. Cara NJ.
Howard, Miss Florence Richards, Walter L..
Bonney. Ellis Doble.
The .'men's supper" at the Baptist
church last Thursday evening was a sue
cess in every way. The cook won for
himself very flattering comments. Every
thing moved smoothly and all were hap
py. Mnch of the success of the event is
due TO Mr.. Adkins, who worked with
great enthusiasm to make the supper of
the best. Let the men try their hand
again.
Incandescent lights have been placed
by the street railway people on Pleasant
Street at the functions with Church
Street and Skillings Avenue. These two
lights make quite difference in the
evening appearance of the streets in their
vicinity. 1t is understood that they are
put up solely for the benefit of the car
men, who without them had difficulty
in seeing waiting passengers at those
points, and that they are in no sense a
bait. During the week an arc light was
! also placed on the pole at the post Office
corner, and all these lights are doing
business regularly.
Mrs. Nancy Whitman, Miss Nellie l..
Whitman, Mrs. A. 4. Shurtleh and
Misses Emma and Ida Shurtleff from this
place attended a Shurtleff family re-
union at the home of Aretas Shurtleff OF
Portland on Wednesday. The occasion
was the fifty-sixth anniversary of Mr..
Shurtleff's occupancy of his present
home on Winter Street, which was occu-
pied for the first time Dec. 20, 1S49.
About fifty guests from various parts OF
the state were present on the occasion,
which was entirely informal. Mr.. Shurt.
laff wbo in we'll known in Paris ia a