Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1909-05-11
Bethel.

Bethel.
Saturday, May /, a special town meet
ing was held and the town voted to &C.
cept the road laid out by the selectmen
from Elm to Main Street. F. j. Russell
resigned as road commissioner and War
rem Emery was elected to fill the office.
Saturday evening the First Univers.
alist parish of Bethel held Its annual
meeting and extended q unanimous call
to Rev. j. d. Little of South Paris to
become it's pastor. Mr.. Little has &C.
cepted the call and will begin his labors
June LIST.
Tuesday evening most enjoyable con-
cert was given in Ode0n Hall with Har-
riet Marble of Gorham, N. H., reader,
while the music consisting of vocal solos
and quartettes, with piano duets by
Misses Hall and Merrill, was rendered by
home talent and was highly appreciated.
Program:
Piano Jurisdiction from schubert's Sym.
Misses Elsie Hall and Bessie Merrill,
Quartet-The Lost Chord, Sullivan.
Miss Gibson, Mrs. Banghart, Miss Andrews
mI6. EuWdTub.
Reading, Selected.
Harriet Fuller Marble.
Solo, Selected
Mrs. Angie P. Wight.
Piano Solo-Slow Movement of Beethoven's
Sonata, OPP. 10, Mol.
Harriet Fuller Marble.
Solo-The Charmed Ring,
DR.. !. II. Wight.
solo-Forgotten, (by requestl Cowles
Miss Jane Howard Gibson.
Harriet Fuller Marble. ,,,.
Solo-Bl0ss0m Land, Eihott
Solo, Selected
Mrs. Ava Young Bradbury.
Harriet Fuller Marble.
Quartet-Kentucky Babe, Geibel
Miss Gibson, Mrs. Banghart, Miss Andrews,
Mrs Edwards.
Wednesday afternoon and evening Sum-
set Rebekah Lodge held a fair and serv-
ed most bountiful supper. The con-
cert and fair was most enjoyable and
successful event.
Tuesday, Bethel Grange entertained
the Oxford County Pomona. State Mas
ter c. S. Stetson, also National Master,
Ex-Governor W. j. Bachelor, of New
Hampshire, were present. The degree of
Pomona was conferred upon twelve can.
didates. The day was full of instruction
and deep interest and was great privi-
lege to all who were able to attend.
Wednesday the annual meeting of the
missionary auxiliaries was held with
Mrs. Curtis.
Thursday, the second hose company
held their annual ball at Odeon Hall. A
large number were present and engaged
in the dance, with Stearns' orchestra of
Norway furnishing music. About 800
was realized.
Sunday, May 2, Rev. Mr.. Banghart
preached the annual sermon before the
Odd Fellows and Sunset Rebekah Lodge.
Mrs. Saunders of Hanover, who had
been i'll at the home of her sister, Mrs.
Ann Rowe Burbank, for the past three
weeks, passed away Monday morning. A
few weeks ago Mrs. Saunders came to
visit her sister who was critically i'll and
died two weeks ago. Mrs. Saunders suf-
fered paralytic shock from which she
never rallied.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
Maud Russell has taken charge of the
school at West Bethel.
Charles Stevens of Fayette is doing
carpenter work for his brother, Carey
Stevens.
Mrs. Mary Jordan of Locke's Mills is
with her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Oliver.
Mr.. Oliver, who has been quite sick, is
now better.
Ellen P. Kimball is we'll now and ex-
poets to take little homeless girl soon.
She wants to let her farm to good, re-
liable man or man and wife.
Nearly all of the Bartlett crew have
finished work and left.
A letter from a cousin in Boston says
it has been quite sickly there of late,
she and her family being among the sick
ones.
Carey Stevens is putting up hen
house.
Born, in Middle Intervale, Bethel, to
the wife of Carey Stevens, son. Mrs.
Frank Abbott, trained nurse, Is with
Mrs. Carey Stevens.
The rain May 4th makes the grass
look fine all about US.
Wallace Farwell has bought nice.
span of work horses of Orlando Buck of
Swan Hill, and used them to good adj
vantage hauling up wood on the Maple
and Pine farm. This young man does
not swear, chew tobacco or drink liquor.
He says if he can't unload the wood
without swearing it can remain on the
load.
We heard the music of the frogs last
evening, May 4th.
Two new scholars here by the name of
Smith, the sons of Albert Smith, who
has with his family moved into the
Annas house.
Ned Carter with his nice looking
horses passes here daily en- route to
Bethel depot in the lumber business.
School is in session here under the in
struction of Miss Eva Farwell, who has
been the teacher here for several years
and met with success.
Reading of the death of Charles Dun.
ham reminds US of our old school days
at Gould's Academy some years ago,
with his second wife VIII en- she was a
girl, Mary Mills, and she was beloved by
all. We sympathize with her in her be-
reavementand are glad she has children
left for comfort.
Mrs. F. E. Harvey of Monroe Bridge,
Mass, has sent for her mother, Mrs. E.
P. Kimball, to come and stay with her.
Mrs. Kerwin also has sent for her to 60
to Newton Center, Mass. These were
both girls that Mrs. Kimball took and
brought up until they married. Now
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