Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-06-22

MRS. Louise j. Briggs 10 visiting IN
Portland.
Mrs. N. G. Elder visited relatives in
Portland last week.
Miss Alice Eastman of Lowell is a
visitor at Arthur E. Clark's.
Miss Hattie Rowe of Portland visited
at T. F. Hathaway's Sunday.
Mrs Julia Colley and j. Arthur Col.
ley are visiting in Portland for few
days.
Rev. Hannah j. Powell occupied the
pulpit at the Universalist church again
on Sunday.
The Ladies' Aid of the Baptist church
will meet for sewing with Mrs. L. c..
Morton Thursday afternoon.
Rev. A. T. Mcwhorter will give an
address on Joan of Arc at the Congre-
gational church next Sunday evening.
F. Weudall Rounds has gone to Rum
ford, where be will be in the Office of
DR.. Z. A. Sheehy, dentist, for few
weeks.
Quite a number OF the club women of
the place attended the field day of the
Norway Federation at Mrs. Stephens at
Norway Lake Wednesday.
John Z. Palmer, Boston contractor,
was here last Monday and went over the
route for pipe line laid out by the wa
ter committee of the village corporation.
Mr.. and Mrs. William B. Edwards
started Tuesday morning on trip to the
Alaska Yukon Pacific exposition at Sc
attic. They will be gone month or
more.
W. A. Porter and family have got
moved into their new home, the McArdle
house. Mr.. and Mrs. l.. B. Carter will
occupy the rent over the store from
which the Porters moved.
There will be meeting of the Uni
versalist parish this Monday evening, to
take action on the matter of continuing
services through the summer, and the
question of ways and means.
In athletics the South Paris students
are making good at Bates College. Roy
(. Cole has been chosen president of the
Bates College Athletic Association, and
Charles E. Merrill is manager of the
base ball team for next season.
There was much fear and trembling
for the gardens Friday night, when the
temperature went down to frigid point.
But the breeze kept up through the
night, and in spite of the Arctic con-
ditions, no damage by frost is reported.
Mrs. A. A. Abbott of Lynn, Mass, is
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
SWEET, for stay probably of two or
three months. Mrs. Abbott has been in
poor health for some time, and is now
recuperating from serious surgical
operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred W. Lee have been
visiting relatives and friends in Paris
and Norway for a while. They left on
the night of the 18th for Los Angeles,
Calf, where Mr.. Lee has a brother.
Their many friends wish them health
and prosperity.
The Christian Endeavor Society of the
Congregational church will give recep-
ton to the members of the church and
parish at the vestry next Thursday even
ing. The new piano will be in use at
that time All members Of the church
and parish are invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest NJ. SWEET spent a
few days of two weeks vacation with
Mr.. Swett's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben
iamin SWEET, last week. Mr.. SWEET has
a position as chemist with the s. 5.
White Dental Co. at its works at Prince
Bay, Staten Island, n. Y.
The first practice for the fire COM
panies will be held between June 2lst
and 10Th. Companies will be required
to lay 100 feet of hose and get water
through the nozzle from the nearest
hydrant. Fire alarm signals to be given.
Fire alarm card to be had at the chief
engineers.
The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist
church will hold seven-cent social at
their vestry Tuesday evening. A pro-
gramme of music, tsbleaux, and read
ings has been provided. Ice cream and
fancy crackers will be for sale. Admis-
sion, seven cents and every seventh per-
son will be admitted free. Entertain
ment begins at seven minutes of eight.
The work of installing the steel shelv-
ing and filing cases in the vaults at the
court house has been in progress for
few days, the material having arrived
some time since. The shelving is of the
approved pattern for record books. In
stead of standing on end on shelves each
book lies fat, and slides on metal roll
ers, thus preserving the shape of the
books. When this work is completed,
the vaults will be as nearly fireproof as
il is possible to make them.