Oxford Democrat., 1908-05-05
WMt Paris.

The annual meeting Of the West Paris
Public Library Association will be held
Monday evening, May 4, at Good Will
Hall at AS. The library is in pros.
porous condition, 43 books having been
added this year, making 500 volumes
G. G. Morton recently donated several
boys books, and April Is the new books
added included the following:
Shepherd Of the Hills.
Miss Petticoats.
| Claim Jumpers.
Dorothy South.
Her Winter In Quebec.
Scarlet Car.
Tilie.
Princess and the Ploughman.
Making of q Marchioness.
The library has fund of some $3.50 and
the members are making some talk Of
having reading room.
We have been informed that West
Paris Grange have not been able to make
| satisfactory arrangements about build
ing their new hall as they voted to do
and the whole matter has been deferred
until autumn.
The Wednesday Club held its last
meeting for the season with Rev. I. s.
Macduff last week. The funds on hand
to the amount of about 81 were donated
to the public library.
Rev. Franklin Van Gordor, who for
two or three months has been boarding
at P. M. Wyman's, has returned to his
home in Pennsylvania. He preached for
several weeks for the Free Baptist So
ciety. They had no services through
April except their regular Sunday School
but expect to again have preaching now.
Miss Nellie Hammond of Gorham,
N. H., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Charles
Fl. Curtis.
Miss Elinor 81. Tuell came home from
Westbrook Seminary last Friday to at
tend the May ball and stay at home over
Sunday. On Saturday evening quite a
party of young people manifested their
regard for Miss Elinor by hanging her a
handsome Maybasket. The girls hid at
q neighbours near by while the boys hung
the basket, and after some exciting
chasing and much merriment the whole
party went into the house and made a
short call, treat being furnished by the
young men.
II. G. Brown was quite sick last week
from the effects of a severe cold.
Citizens in this section are much in
terested in securing Mr.. Swasey as Rep
resentative to Congress.
The W. C. T. U. will hold its regular
meeting for election of officers next
Thursday afternoon, May I, with Mrs.
David Emmons.
c. Howard Lane, Geo. W. Ridlon, and
A. j. Abbott of North Paris attended the
Republican state convention as delegates
from this section of the town.
Mrs. F. S. Farnum is having busy
season. She went to West Sumner two
days of last week with millinery goods.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Bryant of South Paris
visited at II. &. Browns two or three
days last week and also spent the day at
Jacob Curtis to see Mrs. Rebecca
Bryant.
Rev. Isabella S. Macduff was called to
Tuelltown Friday to attend the funeral
of John Crawford.
Mrs. C. E. Chase has been on the sick
list for week.
Abner Il. Mann from Norway, son OF
Mrs. Walter Mann, is boarding here with
his uncle, Lewis NJ. Mann, and intends
to remain through the summer. He is
working at Mann's mill.
Rev. D. R. Ford has been sent here to
be resident pastor for the Methodist
society. He will move here this week
and with his family will occupy the
Methodist parsonage, four rooms OF
which are already furnished. He comes
here from Baldwin and Hiram.
Miss Minnie A. Lane, who has been oc.
cupying the parsonage, has moved into
two rooms upstairs in the house of l..
NJ. Mann.
The May ball Friday evening at Dun
hams Hall was largely attended, some
seventy-five couples being present, quite
a number being from out of town. The
Swastika Orchestra furnished excellent
music. A good supper was furnished at
intermission, the net proceeds being
several dollars for Granite Chapter, o.
E. S., of this place.
Mr.. Archie N. Edgerley, son of Fred
Edgerly of Greenwood, is baggagemaster
here at the station.