Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-06-12

Miss Nertie G. Walker ID in Portland
for . few days.
Mrs. L. B. Carter il spending some
time In Boston.
Mrs. Charles II. Thayer was at An.
burn over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Hargrave Of
Portland were at N. D. Bolster's Sunday.
Hiram Pulsifer has greatly improved
his residence on Pleasant Street with
new paint.
The summer schedule on the Grand
Trunk does not go into effect until next
Sunday, the nth.
The ladies of the Baptist Social Circle
will hold food sales on the third Fridays
of July and August.
Frank w. Shaw and his daughter,
Miss Annie Shaw, of Portland, were at
the Andrews House over Sunday.
Miss Mildred Clark, who has been at
her home in Bangor for about six weeks,
has returned to DR.. c. L. Bucks.
Miss Susie L. Porter and Miss Bessie
c. Ripley are attending commencement
at the University of Maine at Orono.
Miss Florence Richardson is assisting
in the post office, and will take the place
of Mrs. Allen during the latter's vaca-
ton.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George c. Aldrich, Eva May, who has
been sick for few days, is again able to
be out.
Mr.. Fred G. Holt and Miss Grace NJ.
Stowell of Bethel were married Saturday
evening in the home of the brides moth
or, Mrs. Sadie Seely. Rev. Fl. A. Clifford
officiated.
The Universalist Y. P. C. U. visits the
Norway Union Thursday evening of this
week by special invitation. They will
take the els Car and 1t is hoped all the
Union members will 60.
Mrs. j. w. CHESHIRE entertained the
Junior Endeavor Society of the Baptist
church with lawn party at the parsOn-
age Saturday afternoon. The boys and
girls had an excellent time.
Preparations for the Rebekahs' Forest
Carnival are going rapidly forward. The
committees are chosen and all will
be notified where they are to be by the
chairmen of the several booths.
An engraved diploma, containing q
picture of the high school building, has
been procured for the graduates of the
high school, and has been adopted by
the school committee as official.
Next Sunday will be observed as me-
mortal Sunday by the Odd Fellows, and
the Rebekahs and Odd Fellows wives
are asked to meet at the hall next Satur-
day afternoon at 2 o'clock to help make
wreaths.
Next Sunday morning the children will
assist in the services at the Methodist
church and take "Children's Day" col
lection for education. There will be q
special song service at p. NJ, making
use of the new hymnal.
Principal Z. F. Clason of the high
school, who has been at his home in
Lisbon for a week on account Of illness,
has returned. He is not feeling particu-
larly husky yet, but is so as to resume
his duties in the school Monday morn
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. W. Dennison and
Masters Harlan and Robert have been
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. P.
Dennison, at West Bethel, for few days.
They all returned Sunday night, except
Master Harlan, who will remain for a
while.
The June number of The Chronicle,
published by the students of Paris High
School, is just out. 1t is dedicated to
the senior class, and contains as a
frontispiece portrait of Miss S. L.
Rounds, the first assistant in the school.
Special features Of this very creditable
number are stories written by students
in prize competition.
The Park Street border of Moore Park
has been graded and seeded, which will
make quite an improvement in the
appearance of the park when the grass
gets started. With the large amount OF
rain we have had, the park is now look
ing very fine, and would be pleasant
place to sit down on warm afternoon,
if there was something to sit on.
Children's Day was observed at the
Universalist church Sunday. The floral
decorations were very pretty. The
music was furnished by the church choir
and Mrs. Kilborn of Bethel who sang a
solo and duet with Miss Tolman, both
of which were greatly appreciated. The
sermon was appropriate for the day and
three children were christened, making
the whole service very pretty and i'm
pressive.
Police Officer Bennett wishes to deny
the charge that has been made that he
has allowed men to ride their bicycles
on the sidewalk and has pulled in boys
for the same thing. He says that he has
made no complaint for offences COM
mitted before the time when he was in
structed to enforce the law and publicly
announced that he should do SO, but
since that time he has endeavored to
enforce the law impartially, and intends
to continue doing so.
New England weather has given US q
sample of its vagaries within the past
few DAYS. Friday it was necessary to
keep fires all day, and Saturday morning
| 1t was about the same. At 2 O'Clock
Saturday afternoon thermometers at the
store doors were at or about ninety de-
grees, and it was almost unbearably
muggy, a condition which lasted until
Sunday night. Monday morning with a
fresh breeze the temperature is down
near fifty. And it has rained every day
since most of US can remember.
Republican Caucus.
The Republican voters Of the town OF