Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-04-20
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A. E. Shurtleff 10 building an addition
on the rear of his grain mill.
The Fan-Tans will have one of their
first class suppers at their hall tonight,
Tuesday.
The w. FL. NJ. S. will meet with Mrs
T. N. Kewley at the parsonage Friday
afternoon.
Mrs. Susan r. Harlow is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Arthur w. Royal, in
Worcester, Mass.
Donald S. Briggs, who is teaching
school at East Dixfield, was at home
over the weekend.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church
will have the last supper of the season
Thursday, April 90.
There will be special meeting OF
Paris Grange next Saturday afternoon at
l 80 O'Clock to confer degrees.
II. w. Dennison has begun digging for
the cellar of the house which he is to
build next his residence on Park Street.
The Senior Glass of Paris High School
will hold sociable in New Hall, Friday
evening, April 90. Admission 10 cents.
The Married Ladies' Whist Club will
observe gentlemen's night next Friday
evening, the event taking place in Fan
Tan Hall.
The chimneys are being rebuilt in the
house of Mrs. Walter l.. Gray, and Incl
dentally other repairs and remodeling
are being done.
Are you going to the auction? Where?
When? At the Briggs Homestead,
Market Square, South Paris, April rs, if
stormy, the next fair day.
Thursday of this week State Com
missioner of Highways Paul D. Sargent
will hold his road meeting for Oxford
County at the court house here.
The w. c. T. U. will meet at the Bap-
fist vestry Tuesday afternoon, Apr. Goth,
at $50 o'clock. 1t will be mothers
meeting. All mothers are invited.
The Ladies' Aid will have a business
at the close of the prayer meet
ing at the Baptist vestry next Wednes-
day evening. A large attendance is
desired.
S. G. Ordway went Tuesday to attend
the annual meeting of the Grand Com
of the Golden Cross at Port
land, as delegate from the Golden Cross
Of this place.
If you are in need of sewing machine
Or any other household article you will
ind it if you attend the auction at the
Briggs homestead, Market Square,
South Paris, April rs.
Charles NJ. johnson is putting in the
for a house which he will
build on Spring Street, across the corner
from the house where he lives on Myrtle
Street. He already has part Of the lum-
Der on the ground.
Hose Co. No. 2 organized April 10,
1909, as follows:
Foreman-Robert Paterson.
Assistant Foreman-A. 1. Hatch.
Clerk-C T.. Campbell.
Pipeman-C. K Edwards.
Assistant Pipeman-C. X Cutler.
Hydrantman-E. X. Campbell
HoserSen-A. d. Wing. j. F. Mason, E. n.
Littlefeld.
The annual Odd Fellows sermon will
De given next Sunday afternoon at 2:S0,
1t the Methodist church, by the pastor,
Rev. T. n. Kewley. Mt. Mica Lodge,
|. o. o. f., and Mt. Pleasant Rebekah
Lodge will attend in body. The ann:-
,ersary of Odd Fellowship will be observ
ID Monday evening at Odd Fellows Hall.
The South Paris Board of Trade elect
I'd number of new members at its
special meeting last Tuesday evening"
The proposed banquet will be held at
Hotel Andrews, at some early date not
yet fixed. The committee of arrange
ments is composed of William j. Wheel
Or, William A. Porter and A. Z. Shurt-
left.
A. l.. Hodgkins, of the firm of Rob-
bins Il Hodgkins, who was formerly
running the Bijou moving picture show
here, and later was at Brighton, has
gone from that place to Portland to act
Is telegraph operator for brokerage
firm, at which work he is an expert.
The show at Bridgton is left in charge of
other parties.
In the United States Court in Boston
last week, Walter Mills of that city was
of using the mails to defraud.
Mills purchased large quantities of
Maine apples for which the growers
never received anything. Numbers of
the Maine growers who shipped to him
were witnesses in the case, among them
A. X. Jackson of this place, and others
in this and nearby towns.
The graduating class of the Seneca
High School have elected the following
officers:
President-virgie Lydia Wilson.
Observation-Disclosures Eta Taylor.
Treasurer-Grace Thayer.
Secretary-Annie Belle Hilton.
Executive Committee - Harriet Evelyn
Barnes. Madge Shirley Gray, Florence Mabelle
Haskell, Mariana Clason, Ivy Morton, Ethel
Hathaway.
Class Colors-Green and white.
Motto-Neyer do today what you can do TO-
Mostly practice games marked the
opening of the base ball season on Pa
triots' Day. At the fair grounds the
Norway High School team played a
picked team from the same town. Score
to o in favor of the high school, and a
good game for the first. At the brick
school house grounds the grammar
school played nine picked up from the
village, the score being something like
IS to 2 in favor OF the grammar school.
None of the essential noise was omitted.
The annual meeting of the Seneca Club
was held at Mrs. w. P. Morton's last
Monday evening. At the close Of the
meeting the club enjoyed banquet
served at Horne's cafe, Norway. The
officers were elected for the en-
suing year:
President-Mrs Herman Wilson.
Vice President-Miss Eva Walker.
Treasurer-Mrs. Writ Stanley.
Secretary-Miss Grace Thayer.
Press Reporter-Mrs. +. A. Taylor.
Literary Directors-Mrs. I. S. Barnes. Mrs
T.. n. Haskell.
Executive Committee-Mrs. W. L. Gray, Mrs.
z. Z. Hathaway, Mrs. w. p. Morton.
North Paris School Reunion.
Some of the alumni of the village
school at North Paris wish to have a re-
union of all the alumni, teachers and
scholars who have attended the school,
and at meeting of citizens held March
16 it was voted to have reunion July
Z, and a cordial invitation is hereby ex.
tended 10 all scholars, teachers and