Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-12-28

Dental School for the Christmas recess.
The Married Ladies' Whist Club will
meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs.
Alton c. Wheeler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Cannon enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Reemts of
| Bryant's Pond over Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Writ Stanley spent
Christmas at Mechanic Falls, the guests
of George Cummings and wife.
The annual meeting of the South Paris
Congregational Parish is called for Mon
day, January 8, 1910, at 1 80 p. NJ.
Mrs. David B. Woodbury. has just had
very pleasant visit from her nephew,
Abner c. Griffin of Concord, N. 81.
Miss Eva E. Walker is spending the
Christmas weekend with her sis er,
Mrs. Percy Rankin, at Wells Beach.
Alfred G. Monk, who is working in
Greenwood, was with his parents, Mr.
ami Mrs. |. j. Monk, over Christmas.
Don't forget that the next supper OF
the Universalist God Cheer Society will
occur on Tuesday of next week, Jan.
The annual meeting of the Good Cheer
Society will be held on Wednesday after
noon OF this week, at 2:S0, in the ladies
parlor.
Mrs. Leon S. Fairbanks of Newton
vile, Mass, is the ChristmaStide guest
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. B.
Crockett.
Miss Ruby Clark is at home over the
Christmas season from Portland, where
she is taking voice culture under
Llewellyn B. Cain.
The Citizens Telephone Co. will issue
new stock for the old stock of the Citi-
zens Telephone and Telegraph Co. at
the treasurer's Office now.
Pennesseewassee Lodge, K. of p, of
Norway, will visit Hamlin Lodge Friday
evening Of this week and work the rank
of Knight. Refreshments will be served.
The Swastika Orchestra played for
dance at Bucktield recently, and Friday
evening, Dec. 81, will play for New
Years ball at West Paris. The season
starts in well for them.
The annual meeting of the South Paris
Congregational church will be held on
Thursday evening of this week. A sup
per will be served at 6:45, and cordial
invitation is extended to the members Of
the parish.
The Rebekahs elected the following
officers last Friday evening:
N.G-Mrs. Carrie Briggs.
V.G.-Mrs. Eva Clifford
Rec. Sec.-Mrs. Alice Marston.
Fin. Sec.-Mrs. Sophia Clark.
Treas.-Miss Grace A. Thayer
Quite s'old-fashioned," the weather
was Sunday. The few inches of snow
which fell will make matters rather bet
ter for work in the woods, but in the
open it is piled rather too unevenly TO
benefit the sleighing, which didn't need
bene6ting anyway.
The annual meeting of the Oxford
County Patrons of Husbaudry Mutual
Fire Insurance Co., which was held at
Grange Hall Saturday, was adjourned to
Saturday, the Sth of January, when the
officers will be elected. A good attend
ance is desired at that time.
At r. N. Halls there gathered on
Saturday a Christmas party numbering
fifteen. The guests were MIR. and Mrs.
Fred Z. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. George A.
Briggs, Carl S. Briggs, Mrs. Kate Lin
der, Mrs. Sarah Clark, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank E. Clark, Louis Clark, aud George
Z. Buck.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Pickett of Rumford
Falls and C.. A. Pickett of West Paris
have been guests of their sister, Mrs. 81.
z. Perkins, over the Christmas season.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A Pickett, the latter of
whom was Mrs. Bessie Presley of Rum
ford, were married on Wednesday at
Rumford by Rev. G. B. Hannaford.
All the schools opened for the winter
term Monday morning, except the high
school and the grammar. AS Mr. Ham,
moud and Miss Hatch, the principals of
these schools, were in franklin County
over Christmas, and could not get back
here until Monday afternoon, their
schools do not open until Tuesday morn
ing.
A Christmas dinner was much enjoyed
at W. P. Morton's. Four generations
were present, namely Mrs. Louise j.
Briggs, Mrs Agnes l.. Morton, Ralph b.
Penfold aud Mae Fales Penfold. After
dinner short exercises were given by the
four generations, after which Mae Fales
Penfold unloaded her little Christmas
tree.
The Democrat was in error in saying
that the selectmen laid out the road ask
ed for between Park Street and Hill
Street. They did not lay out road.
They say of 1t: "0ur idea of the road is
that when house lots are sold and some
building done, there will be demand
for the road, and il is not for the towns
interest to build this road at present"
Christmas day was sunless but not
extremely cold, a very good day for the
family parties of which good number
were held. The public affairs of the
occasion included trees and other exer-
cises By the four Sunday Schools, which
were all held on Christmas eve. The
stores were not closed on Saturday. In
the evening the band played for skating
in New Hall, which was the only public
entertainment on the bills, and good
number enjoyed it.
Informal action by the officers and
memb ers of the Universalist parish
makes it fairly well assured that Rev.
Chester Gore Miller OF Woodfords will
be called to the pastorate OF the Uni
versalist church here, and it is under
stood that he will accept the call. Mr..
Miller is a young man Of marked ability.
For the past four years, until within q
short time. he has been pastor of the
Universalist church at Woodfords. Mr..
Miller occupied the pulpit on Sunday,
but will not be here again until the
second Sunday in January. The pulpit
will be supplied next Sunday at the
usual hour.
Fred S. Jackson has been working in
Moore Park some during the past week,
cutting out brown-tail moth nests for
the town. There is quite seeding of
them there, as we'll as nearly everywhere
else. Over 500 nests have so far been
gathered in Moore Park alone, and the
work is not yet done. One elm tree,
which stood nearest the arc light on
High Street, was badly peppered, and
the Democrat reporter who travels by
there daily has estimated that there were
''forty or fifty" nests on it. The num-
Der gathered from it, by actual count,
was 225. Multiply this by the average
of 200 to 500 caterpillars to nest, and
Won ran see somAthing of what it means