Oxford Democrat., 1907-06-25

SOUTH PARIS.

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Wsterville.
csorce Clark is clerk in the grocer
store OF Fred N. Wright.
Samuel Morse and family of Minneapt
lie are guests at A. Z. Morse's.
I,,s too bad to mention it, but do 20
.aaIize that the days are already grow
ing short?
Row E. Strickland of Schenectady
Y V is visiting his mother and othe
relatives here.
Miss Jessica Curtis has been campin
.,Tocke's Mills for few days with tn
..Paris Wanderers"
Miss Rose A. Murphy has been visi,
inc her sister, Mrs. Penley, at Green
wood. for a few days.
IS Sessions has charge of the Pari
mi store of F. A. Shurtleff & Co., whicl
was opened last week. -
George Burnham of Portland has beef
:, ,own looking after his business inter
ssts for the past few days.
Nr and Mrs. Frank Andrews o.
s,Harville Mass, have been visiting
his cousin, Mrs. Charles Edwards, ano
other relatives in town.
Mr. and Mrs. George A. Briggs, Car
: Briggs, and Mr.. and Mrs. L.. 5. Billings
made a trip to Lake Auburn and ate
shore dinner Wednesday.
Miss Henrietta Edwards of South
o.ange Nj. is guest at w. b
Edwards'. Her brother, W. Il. Edwards
was here for few days only.
Mr. and Mrs. j. P. Richardson recently
,;site6 Boston and MelroSe. While in
Ro,ton Mr.. Richardson attended the
hardware dealers convention.
Finer l.. Aldrich, VIM. A. Blake,
Vernon Walton and Roscoe c. Gray
started Friday morning for a few days
fishing in the vicinity of Ellis River.
Mrs H. C. Anderson of Providence is
s,eniing A few weeks with relatives in
,pwn Master Walter and Miss Bertha
Sessions of Providence accompanied
her.
There will be a special meeting OF the
Cirr'. of the Ladies of the G.. A. K. Sat
nriay evening, June Goth. After the
business meeting the Post are invited in
for social hour.
Tbers will be exercises of special
interest at the regular meeting OF the
Odd Fellows Thursday evening OF this
week. IL will pay every member of the
lodge 10 make special effort to be
present.
Mrs. ". w. Slower has gone to Port
land where Mr.. Slower has for some
weeks been at work on the street rail-
road. Charles r. Newell and family
have moved Into the Slower house on
Nichols Street.
The Maine State Epworth League
convention, which meets at Dover and
Foxcroft on June 21 and 2S, will be rep
resented from South Paris by Myrtle
Buck and Sara SWEET, who have been ap-
pointed delegates by the Epworth League
from this place.
4 big car load of Rebekahs from Mt.
Pleasant Lodge visited Mt. Hope Lodge
at Norway Friday evening by invitation,
aud we're Hospitality entertained. There
was no work, but pleasing entertain
ment was given, and light refreshments
were served. The party returned on a
late car.
The body of Joel Fl. Weymouth was
brought here Wednesday from Greene,
where his death occurred on Sunday, at
the aye of 65 years. The remains were
accompanied by the widow, Mrs. Annie
Crockett Weymouth, formerly of this
place, and daughter. Interment IN
Riverside Cemetery.
A special town meeting is called for
next Saturday, June 80, at 2 O'Clock
P. NJ, to see if the town will appropriate
500 additional for snow bills, to be
assessed in 1905: also to see if the town
will accept the road as laid out by the
Selectmen from Pine Street in South
Paris to the house of Albert p. Abbott.
A party which left for Camp Concord
Thursday morning for a few days out
ing consisted of F. A. Heidner of Spring
field. Mass. Mr.. and Mrs. K. Fl. Warren
of Newton, Mass, Mrs. II. A. Morton,
Mrs. +. A. Howe and Miss Florence
Richardson. III. A. Morton and Master
Henry Howe Joined the party Saturday.
The selectmen give notice that they
will lay out road on the 9th OF June,
at o'clock p. NJ, from Pine Street be-
tween Charles Prescott'S and the Uni
yersalist church, to the house of Albert
P. Abbott. This, although private
way, has been travelled as a street for
quite number of years, and has been
unoflcially termed Stiles Street.
Next Saturday the administrator, Mr..
Wright, will sell at auction lot of the
personal property of the late Capt. II. n.
Bolster. The goods to be sold include
household furniture in variety, guam
tity of farming tools, some store goods,
&c, partial list of the articles being
given on the bills. Albert ID. Park is
auctioueer. Sale begins at 9:3O A. NJ,
regardless of weather, and sale is positive
on everything.
Gothic Street is going to have a lot of
cement sidewalk, and will be about
the best supplied of any street in town.
On the north side the walk has been ex-
tended by the houses of Mrs. Newton
and A. II. Doble to the corner OF Myrtle
Street On the south side work is in
progress laying it by the houses OF d. c.
Swift, Mrs. K. NJ. Curtis, Minot L..
Whittle, George NJ Giles and Mrs. Stone,
thus covering nearly the entire distance
from High Street to Church.
II. NJ. Gilman, Jr., and G.. W. Gar
land of the United States Geological
Survey are at work in this vicinity. The
primary level line, as it is called, was
run through here last year, coming from
Poland to South Paris and thence over
the mountain road to Bucktield. This
party is now working from the bench
marks established by the first surveyors.
During the past few days they have been
to Halls Pond and over the Hebron
road, and have made altitude marks at
frequent intervals along the roads.
A committee of about twelve members
appointed from the South Paris Board
of Trade visited Hebron last Tuesday to
meet the trustees of Hebron Academy at
their annual meeting, and confer with
them regarding the possibility of secur-
ing a water supply for South Paris from
Halls Pond. As is well known, Hebron
is already supplied with water from
Halls Pond, and the Trustees OF the
Academy represent much the largest in
terest in that supply. The opinion has
been frequently expressed that the pond
supplies water enough not only for He
bron but alse for South Paris. The
committee was very courteously receiv-
ed by the trustees, and given hearing
which occupied only few minutes. II
was voted by the trustees that South