Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1907-05-21
West Paris.

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West Paris Grange held an all day SEES
sion on Saturday, May IL, at their hall
There was q good dinner and An interest
| ing address by the state lecturer, Mr.. W.
In. Thompson of China. There was also
q programme of readings and music and
a discussion of the subject, "What is an
ideal granger"
The first three evenings Of last week
the Rostell Stock Co., dramatic troupe
of eight people, were at Dunham's Hall
and presented some good plays which
were we'll dramatized and largely pat
ronized.
Mrs. A. R. Buchanan, Mrs. G. b. Bates
and Mr.. P. C. Pickett from Granite
Chapter, o. e. S., attended the session
of the Grand Chapter Of Maine in Port
land last week.
Local interest in the ball game season
is being manifest. The Junior ball team
has played couple of games with the
South Paris boys.
Several new books have recently been
added to the public library.
At the recent annual meeting of the
library association the following officers
were elected:
President-Clarence G. Morton.
Vice. observation-disclosures NJ. Irish.
Sec-Miss Jennie NJ. Brown.
Treas.-Miss Ruth A. Tucker.
Trustecs-Dr. F. e. Wheeler. Mr.. L. @. Bates,
Mr.. e. d. Stilwell.
P.J. Miles is repainting his store.
Hezekiah Farrar has sold the house
next his residence, which was owned by
him, to Mr.. w. s. Jackson. The house is
occupied by Eugene Hammond on the
lower floor and the upstairs rent by s. T.
White. Mr.. Hammond will move at
once, and Mr.. White probably will re-
main. Mr.. Jackson will move into his
new purchase as soon as possible to
make arrangements. He has sold his
house at Trap Corner to Sam Filing
wood.
Lester Bessey has moved from North
Paris into house at Trap Corner.
w. H. Lurvey was at Canton last week
doing telephone work.
Eugene Hammond has hired out to
carry on the farm work this season on
the place owned by Mrs. Marietta A.
Fuller.
The Skillings farm, formerly owned by
Mrs. Sarah Starbird, has been sold to
Will Whitman of North Paris, who in
tends to occupy it by fall. Mr.. and Mrs,
Harry Lane, who have been living there,
have moved to South Paris.
Advertised letters in West Paris post
office:
Mrs. Nellie Barker.
Mr.. Frank Chase.
Mrs. sewall NJ. Rowe.
Mrs. Nathaniel NJ. Rowe.
Mrs Edward Simpson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald Dinsmore are
stopping at the Maple House for a while
with Mrs. Dinsmore's parents, Mr.. anG
Mrs. Jesse Dexter.
Mr.. Samuel Evans, pastor OF the Fret
Baptist church, exchanged pulpits las
Sunday with Rev. Lyman Rollins o.
Otisfeld.
Walter E. Kicker is working at Harri
son.
Mrs. Frank S. Briggs and little daugh
ter are visiting her mother, Mrs. Sara E
Curtis.
Rev. l. S. Macduff returned from
Claremont last Friday.
There was a good program of enter
tainment at the Good Will social las
Friday evening. consisting of songs b!
Miss Inez NJ. Briggs, c. A. Bacon ant
Master Earl Bacon with some clog dane
ing, and song and encore by Russell
Briggs. There was also instrumental
music, tableaux, some readings by Mrs
C. R. Briggs, closing with a short farce
entitled: ,s'The chatting dish tragedy"
Mrs. C. S. Bacon is selling at hel
store nice fresh food from the Norway
Bakery, and if the patronage continues
good intends to keep good variety o
bread and pastry.
Last Saturday afternoon our gramma
school base ball team played a game
here with South Paris Grammar Schoo
I'd team and won the game with scor
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