Oxford Democrat., 1908-06-09
West Paris.

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GUS ways of the liquor traffic, two solos
by Miss Alice Sparks Of Shows Falls
and singing by chorus choir OF seven
voices. There was large audience
present and Mrs. L. G. Bates presided.
Last Thursday afternoon the regular
meeting of the W. C. T. u. was held at
the home of the president, Mrs. Bates,
with an unusually large attendance.
The special topic was "Flower Mission
and the programme was as follows:
/. Opening exercises and roll call.
2. Report Of secretary and the various superin.
tendents Of departments.
8. Poem, Hymn to the Flowers,
4. Reading. What the Flower Mission n Means. y
5. Flowers. Poem by Longfellow.
6. Song, just for To-day, Mrs: q. II. Bates
8. Singing Of hymn and social hour.
Refreshments were served and all voted
it very pleasant occasion.
On Memorial Day in the afternoon at
Grange Hall the Farmers Protective
Association held special meeting with
an attendance of about twenty-five.
The state president, Frank NJ. Hawkes.,
of New Gloucester presided, and ex-
planned that the meeting was called to
hear reports regarding the placing of
milk of former patrons of the Maine
Dairy Company. 1t was reported that
most farmers along the Grand Trunk
line were loyal to the Protective Asso-
citation and the Maine Dairy Company
was getting but little milk up the line.
The farmers still maintain that they
should have the higher price and it was
unanimously voted to continue to fight
against the Maine Dairy Company, who
were the only dealers in Portland to
break the contract.
Children's Day will be observed at the
Universalist church next Sunday, June
14th, at the morning service, and there
will be baptism.
Rev. l. S. Macduff was at Dexter last
week In attendance at the Universalist
State Convention.
Miss Ruth A. Tucker has returned to
Lewiston where she expects to remain
for an indefinite time. She still con-
tinues to have the position of home
secretary at the Young Women's Home
on Bates Street in that city, where she
has general oversight of the manage
ment of the institution.
Rev. Laurie Miettinen of Thomaston,
pastor of the Lutheran church of the
Firms, is here for two weeks making
calls and visits among his people in this
locality. Mr.. Miettinen, who is regular
pastor at Thomaston, has been here be-
fore to hold religious services, and we
understand has this as an auxiliary
pastorate and meetings are held here at
the F. B. church about once month.
Miss Ella e. Berry and Mrs. Z. L.
Porter attended the Baptist quarterly
conference at West Peru last week
Miss Clara Berry recently entertained
the Ladies' Social Circle of the Free
Baptist church.
We received wedding card from
Pennington dated May 25,h, announcing
the marriage of Margaret Elizabeth
Carsley, a granddaughter of Dea. Geo.
Berry, to Dean Whittier Rollins.
A week or two ago d. P. Curtis was
bitten through the hand by neighbours
dog, and while the wound appears to be
doing we'll it heals slowly.
Mrs. Will Hall of Rumford Falls made
relatives here a short visit last week.
Mr.. George E. Boomer from the state
of Washington was here last Tuesday to
see his cousin, Mrs. G. F. Barden. Mr.
| Boomer was son of Joel S. Boomer,
and is political speaker for the Social
lists. He went from here to Auburn,
where he was TO address meeting.
| Mr.. Augustus S. Dunham, a former
resident here and for many years en-
ployed on the G. T. r. r., has come
here to live for the present with his
daughter, Mrs. Charles +. Barden. Mr.
Durham has been retired from the
Grand Trunk service and pensioned
He came here from Danvile where he
has lived for a number of years. His
daughter Jennie, who kept house fol
him, is now Mrs. Lester Currier and has
a home at Bryant's Pond.
H. G. Brown is planning to enlarge
his strawberry bed this season and has
planted large patch of potatoes. He
still has about 200 hens. Miss Brown
has had charge of Matching 345 Rhode
Island Red chickens. Early in the sea
son the matches were rather poor bu,
recently have been about as good as
they will average. A hatch from Isl
egg incubator produced 110 chicks and
out of 3S eggs put under three hens the
result was 81 chickens.
Mr.. George F. Cummings of Boston
recently made his brother-in-law, D. 81
Fifield, short visit.
Mrs. Mary Locke Gerrish and little
daughter expect to remain here through
the summer with Mrs. Elva E. Locke
and Mr.. Gerrish comes here from Lisbor
to stay over Sundays. Mrs. Gerrish
on account of i'll health, is now constant
ly improving from her attack of nervous
prostration.
Mr.. Verrill's family at Trap Corner
Bertha Ridlon, Maynard Chase and
Robert Churchill are having the measles
and many more are likely to have them
The cement sidewalk on Main Street
has been continued into the center Of
the village as far as d. p. Curtis. 1t IL
a great improvement and makes vii
lage street as pretty as any we have seer
in this part of the state.
West Paris Lodge, I. o. o. F., No. 10
and Onward Rebekah Lodge, No. 30
united in memorial service Sunday
the 7th. The graves of deceased mem
bers were decorated and the annual ser
mon was preached at the F. B. churct
by Rev. j. q. Little of South Paris
Music was furnished by a mixed quar-
tette-Mrs. F. S. Farnum, soprano; Mrs
Elva E. Locke, alto; L. M. Irish, tenor
F. A. Dunham, bass. Organist, Miss
Brown.
S. Barry Locke, who graduates from
the University of Maine this week, was
at home over Sunday, and has returned
to Orono. Immediately after graduation
he goes to Indian Township in Wash
ington County to do some forestry worl
for the state, and has other engagements
to follow Immediately in forestry work,
which is his speciality.