Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-02-12

day with friends in town.
Miss Florence Richardson Il visiting
her sister in Exeter, N. Fl.
Mrs. Roxie McArdle spent Sunda,
with the family Of DR.. Packard at Yves
Paris.
N. Dayton Bolster & Co. will close
their store Tuesday, Feb. 10, to "tak'
stock"
Mrs. L. N. Lunt of Lewiston visitet
) her daughter, Mrs. Harold T. Briggs
Sunday.
George A. Briggs and Miss Catherine
G.. Briggs visited relatives at Gray few
days last week.
A. NJ. Gerry of Lisbon Falls was here
Sunday to visit his father, Henry
Gary, who is quite i'll.
i A full attendance of the Ladies' Of the
G. A. r. is desired at the next meeting,
Feb. 10, as business Of importance will
come before the circle.
A valentine party, under the auspices
of the Young Peoples Christian Union
of the Universalist church, will be given
at Good Cheer Hall Thursday evening.
The woman's Christian Temperance
Union will hold their regular meeting
Thursday Afternoon, Feb. IA, at half past
two O'Clock with Mrs. Ernest Millett on
High Street.
Mrs. III. A. Hilton, who has been with
Mr.. Hilton ut Bingham and vicinity
through the winter. returned to South
Paris Monday. Mr.. Hilton is expected a
week or two later.
Friday evening, Mt. Pleasant Rebekah
Lodge, at it's regular meeting, voted to
extend an invitation to Liberty Lodge of
Auburn to visit them at their first meet
ing in March, March s, and exemplify the
degree.
The Good Cheer Pergola preparations
are going rapidly forward. All interest
ed are asked to meet with Mrs. Murphy
every afternoon and evening this week
to- help make flowers, and with Mrs.
Carter to make vines.
Please do not make any engagements
for the evening of the 2lst, but be sure
and attend the Patriotic Tea, given by
the ladies of the Congregational church
on that date. For full particulars read
the next issue of this paper.
Ray Chapman of Milo has been in
town for a week, the guest of his uncle,
p. K. Wheeler. He will teach this
spring as principal of the Lagrange
Grammar School, and will resume his
studies at Bates College next fall.
The Seneca Club will meet this Mon
day evening with Mrs. Herman Wilson.
Geneva is the city to be studied. Essays
will be given by Mrs. Shurtleff and Miss
Rounds, current events and anecotes on
Lincoln by the club members. A pleas
ant evening is assured.
Next Sunday, at 7:30 P. NJ, the W. c.
T U. will hold meeting in the Con-
gregatioual church. There will be
service consisting of songs and readings
entitled "The Saving of Father" Music
will be rendered by double quartette.
All are invited to attend.
Mrs. Frank w. Perkins expects to 60
to the hospital this week, to submit to
amputation of her left hand. The
hand was affected by bone sore some
years ago, and was injured in a runaway
at the county fair last fall, when she
was thrown from the carriage.
Mrs. L. NJ. Lunt, formerly in business
here and later at Norway, now of Lewis
ton, is about going into the dry and
fancy goods business in Lewiston, in
partnership with a Mrs. May of that
city. The firm name is Lunt & May,
and their place of business is q Lisbon
Street. They will open their store next
Saturday.
The Ladies' Circle of the Baptist
church give supper in the church
vestry Tuesday evening. Following the
supper will Do social hour under the
direction of six different people who
have promised to furnish entertainment
for ten minutes each. All are cordially
invited. Fifteen cents pays for supper
and evenings pleasure.
At the bonnet and necktie social given
Friday evening at the Congregational
vestry, under Christian Endeavor auspi-
! ces, Roy Bennett won the prize for trim
ming the best bonnet, and Mrs. Barnes
the prize for making the best necktie.
The social was we'll attended, and the
! features of the programme, especially
the millinery work of the male members
of the party, very amusing.
The Pink T of the Delta Alphas at the
Methodist vestry Thursday was a pretty
affair. The central table was set in the
form of a T, lunches of pinks were
plentifully distributed for decorations,
the young ladies who served wore pink
/ aprons and caps, and the color scheme
was otherwise carried out in detail. The
supper was first-class and bouutiful.
4 Following il, an entertainment OF music
and illustrated Mother Goose melodies
was given.
The general secretary Of the Maine
State Sunday School Association, Mr..
II. G.. Lufkin, is the guest of Rev. FL. A.
Clifford. He spoke of Sunday School
methods at the Methodist church SUM-
day morning. On this Monday he will
conduct institutes at the Norway Bap-
fist church at 2:30 p. Ne, and at the
Soutb Paris Methodist church at 7:30 p.
NJ. All persons are invited to attend and
bring their Bibles. Mr.. Lufkin came to
Maine from Illinois where he was q
business man and an efficient superin-
tendent of Sunday School.
People were shocked on Sunday to
learn of the death Of Charles II. Muzzy,
SON of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Muzzy, 10
years of age. He had been i'll for few
DAYS with appendicitis, but it was not
thought that the case had reached a
dangerous point. 1t was finally con-
sidered that an operation was necessary,
and he was taken to the hospital at Lew
iston on the early train Sunday morning.
He did not live to undergo the operation,
but died about two hours after reaching
the hospital. The funeral will be at 80
Tuesday afternoon. The deceased was a
member of the class Of 1908 in the high
school. He was a boy of excellent
habits and good character, and the great.
est sympathy is felt for the members OF
the stricken family. Besides the parents,
he leaves two sisters, one older and one
younger.
Rare AGAINST lUuOr are Down.