Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-25
The 0xfnrd Democrat.
SOUTH PARIS.

Mrs. W. w. Walker and son Harold of
Woodfords are visiting relatives at South
Paris.
Harold E. Hebbard is here from Lynn,
Mass, visiting his mother, Mrs. FL. l..
Hebbard.
The two iron bridges in the village
have been given coat of black paint by
the town.
Mrs. J. j. Murphy attended the Grand
Lodge of Pythian Sisters in Portland
last week
Commencing June first both banks
will close Saturday afternoons during
the summer.
Mrs. \. G.. Sessions has returned from
Providence, K. l., where she has been
with her sons for some months.
Charles T. Buck, who recently sold
his farm near SHOWS Falls, has moved
into ". B. Russell's house on Gothic
Street
Miss Leona d. Stuart has visited at
Peaks Island few days, and her moth
ar Mrs. j. H. Stuart, was there over
Sunday.
Lewis II. Holt suffered paralytic
shock Sunday morning, rendering bis
left side useless. At last reports he was
in serious condition.
Verne Aldrich is about to start fish
ronte i'm the two villages, running Tues
dsy and Friday of each week. be ex-
poets to begin this week.
The degree will be conferred at the
regulsr meeting Of Mt. Pleasant Re6ekah |
Lodge Friday of this week and it is |
asked that the team be present.
Fl NJ. Gerry, who is engaged in |
YM. c. A. work in Cambridge, Mass, |
was IN town with relatives a few days |
last week, and also made a fishing trip |
to Lowell.
Mrs. Vim. G.. Hammond, who has |
been spending the winter in Georgetown,
Mass has returned to South Paris and is |
With the family OF her brother, T. F.
Hathaway.
Miss Charlotte Giles, stenographer for
the Mason Manufacturing Co., is in Port
land for few days taking the place of |
the stenographer in the cOmpany's Port
land office.
Roy T. Strickland of Schenectady, n. !
Y was here for two or three days last
week. Mrs Strickland, who has been
here for two weeks, went back with him
on bis return.
Mrs. Miriam Stone is visited by her
sister, Mrs. Augustus Brainsrd of Read
field. Her brother, Edward Townsend
Of Braggville, AroOstook County, was
here short time last week.
Frank Z. Barrows, who has lived for
some years in the house of K. j. Record
on Pleasant Street, has moved into a
rent in the house of his father, A. +.
BarrOws, on Skilliugs Avenue.
The Delta Alphas were entertained
Thursday evening by Miss Grace Dudley
and Miss Edith Hatch at Miss Dudley's.
Various games were played and very
social evening closed with refreshments.
Work on the court house addition is
hung up at present, as the supervising
architect, Mr.. CoombS, refused to accept
the granite which was shipped here for
use in the building, as not up to the
Specifications in quality.
E.E. Chapman drove that pair of 2
year-Old white-faced steers recently
mentioned in the Democrat on to the
scales the other day. They weighed
23SJ 10 the yoke. Good enough for
pair years old in March.
This weather is something more like
living, though there is quite lot of
room get for it to get up TO the seasonal
average 1t is very rarely that we have
seven consecutive days with so little sun
shine as there was last week.
AS next Monday is the day on which
the Memorial Day exercises will be held,
the Democrat will not be printed on that
day according 10 the usual custom, but
will be twenty-four hours late, appear
ing on Tuesday The delay is unpleas-
ant but unavoidable.
J. +. Murch and Sanger S. Maxim
went 10 Boston Friday night, and re-
turned with a Thomas Forty five-passen-
ger car. This car, which has been run a
little more than one season, is the prop
erty Of Mr.. Murch and the Maxim
brothers, and is now in Maxim's garage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percival 4. Hathaway
are receiving congratulations upon the
arrival, on Sunday morning, of a ten
pound boy; and while you're eongratu-
lating don't forget that Mr.. and Mrs. I.
2. Hathaway are the proud grandparents
and are not looking bit unhappy about
it either.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
Office May "a:
Mrs l.. c. Swift.
Sarah ;. Bennett.
Mrs Lizzie Day.
Mrs. LiZzis Sherrien.
Miss Flora Marston.
Mr. John X. Reever.
Lafayette Waterhouse.
The remains of Rev. Francis Grosvenor
were brought here Tuesday for inter
ment in Riverside Cemetery. Mr.,
GrosvenOr who was formerly OF Paris,
was Methodist minister. For the past
few years he has had no pastorate, but
has been living in Richmond, Maine,
where he died. He was "A years Of age.
The assessors of the South Paris Viii
lage Corporation find this year real
estate 10 the amount of 1921, $50, and
personal property SlSl,6lO, making the
total valuation S709, 10, a gain of about
So 600 over last year. The total COM
mitment TO the collector is 50, 100, and
the rate is mills, against Al mills last
year. The tax has been committed to
Collector Alfred II. ackson.
There is some talk Of Sunday School
field day in the early part of July, ask
ing all the Sunday Schools in this
district to unite with South Paris and
Norway schools. A picnic dinner and
sports, and in the afternoon addresses
By prominent Sunday School workers
from out of the state. What do you
think of it? Please express yourself at
your school next Sunday.
At least one more auto owned in town.
T. B. Clifford came in from Portland |
Wednesday afternoon with REQ road |
ster De shouldn't of course be sus- |
pected of exceeding the speed limit, but |
1t is related that friend who accom-
panied him TO Portland thought ne |
didn't have time to wait for the purchas- |
ing of lamps and other accessories, so he
took the afternoon train home, which
arrives at 1926 He gained number OF
minutes by doing so, but at o'clock
Clifford was cleaning up his machine in
his own dooryard after the run from
Portland.
The home Of Mr.. and Mrs. l.. E. Monk
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