Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1906-08-07

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present week at Rumford Falls.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. McArdle are spend
ing few days ut Peaks Island.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Eastman an
taking weeks outing at Old Orchard
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Webster are spend
ing a vacation at Bangor and Greer
Lake.
Mrs. Emma Gibbs and Miss Nelli,
Jackson of Portland were guests of Mrs
Louise Briggs Sunday.
Mrs. Tanguay and two children Of
Portland have been guests at George A
Briggs for few days.
Mrs. A. C. Jones il in Portland tt
spend two or three weeks with hel
daughter. Mr.. Jones spent Sunday with
her.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. E. Hathaway, who
have been away since their marriage in
June, arrived in town last week to re.
main.
Mrs. Newell Cook has lost an um-
brella which she especially valued, and
she would be grateful If it could be re-
turned.
Mrs. A. j. Stearns of Norway and Miss
Susie NJ. Wheeler went Saturday to
spend few days with the Misses Dean
at their cottage at Old Orchard.
Mrs. j. f. McArdle, Miss Iva L. Nc
Ardle and Miss Maud Carter spent Sum-
day with the family of DIR. Packard at
their cottage near Locke's Mills.
Eli j. Swan, supreme grand deputy OF
the New England Order Of Protection, is
at home from Vermont, where he has
been working in the interest of the
order.
1t is understood that Miss Susie M.
Wheeler will decline the position to
which she was elected In the Butler
School in Portland, preferring to remain
at home.
Mount Mica Lodge of Odd Fellows has
voted to make thorough repairs on the
interior of its hall. A steel ceiling will
be put in, the walls redecOrated, and a
new carpet laid.
EN-. Haskell is taking his vacation
from the store, and the Haskells and Mr..
and Mrs. John G. Gerry of Auburn are
spending the time at the Haskell camp
south of the village.
Miss Gertrude Hall spent few days
in Portland last week, and Miss Carrie
Hall, who had been spending vacation
at Bailey's Island and in Portland, re-
turned home with her Thursday night.
Mrs. George Ham and children of Port
land are visiting her brother, j. H..
Jones, and will 60 from here to their
cottage on Pennesseewassee Lake to
spend the remainder of the month Of
August.
Mrs. A. E. Whitman of Portland and
Miss Lena Hicks, who teaches in Beverly,
Mass, are with the family of their
father, B. +. Hicks. Mr.. and Mrs. Wat
son formerly Miss Alice Hicks, the
other daughter) of Gilead were there
over Sunday.
William K. Kimball Post and Ladies
of the G. A. X. are cordially invited to a
lawn party at the residence of Isaac
Monk Saturday evening, August 18th.
Should the evening prove rainy there will
be accommodations indoors. Refresh
ments will be served.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office Aug. 9th:
T. NJ. Twichell. 3.
Mrs. Iva Merrill.
ID. B. Harlow 2.
Mrs. j. II. Fletcher.
Miss Mildred Gates.
Earl +. Coffin.
Mr.. Sirey Buck.
Sunday was a blazer-the hottest yet.
During the heat of the day Thermometers
about the village indicated various points
in the nineties, and it was next thing to
impossible to keep comfortable. The
spot most to be coveted was the seat OF
a speeding automobile, and numbers OF
them went through the place.
The population of the Jail got down to
low water mark for short time Friday
morning, when the expiration OF a
sentence reduced the number of inmates
to four, the smallest that this jail has
ever accommodated. When the forenoon
train arrived, Officer ViOlette of Rum
ford Falls brought in two recruits to re-
plenish the supply.
The Four Ponds fishing party which
started Saturday morning consists OF A.
w. Walker, C. II. Flood, w. o. Frothing.
ham and Fred p. Chandler OF South
Paris, Fred W. Sanborn, j. F. Bolster,
John f. Swain and E. Z. Andrews OF
Norway, Frank Bennett of Harrison, and
Mr.. Terry of Boston. FL. F. Andrews
of Norway will 60 in later.
MIR. and Mrs. Edwin 1. Spofford at
tended the reunion of Mr.. Spottord's OLD
regiment, the Fourteenth Maine, al
Long Island, Portland HarbOr, last Wed
nesday, and will not return home fol
several days. 1t may be necessary, IN
order to make the above fully intelli'
gible to all our readers, to explain thai
Mr.. Spofford surprised his friends some
DAYS since by bringing home wife from
Nova Scotia. As they have been absen,
from town since the Democrat learned OF
the fact, particulars can not be given.
Work was begun Monday morning or
the new store house of the Paris Manu-
featuring Co., in charge of George r. Ham
mond. The building will be one hundred
feet square and four stories high, heavy
timbered. Like the rest Of the plant, II
will be fitted with automatic sprinkler'
throughout. A portion OF the old store
house will be used as an extension to TIT
leompany's stable, and one or two small
buildings will be removed to give the
necessary room. Nearly four hundred
thousand feet of lumber will be used II
the building.
A very pleasant time was enjoyed b!
Mount Mica Lodge, l. o. o. F., on Satur
day. when the thirty anniversar!
of the lodge was celebrated by picnic
at Penley's Grove, in which the Rebekah
were invited to join. The sports and en-
ioyments of the day were such as usual!
are part of q picnic, but the specia
feature was a ball game between tn
married and single men, played in Pen
LEWIS field above the grove. The singh
men had a married man on their team
bnt "a his wife had left him for the day
he was declared eligible. The game re
suited in favor of the single men, ~ q
10.
A Jolly party OF members OF the ran
Tan Club and guests went on an excul
sion to Lake Auburn and Turner Satul
day. Leaving here on the forenoon trai
they went to Auburn and there took th
electrics for Lake Grove, where they ha
n shore dinner and took in the afternoo
performance at the theatre. Then the
took the cars for Turner, returning o
the same trip to Auburn and around tn
Figure 8, and home on the evening trair
Those who were in the party were Mr.
Cora S. Briggs, Mrs. 81. E. Wilson, Mr.
w powLer Mira Writ Stapley. Mr.,