Oxford Democrat., 1910-04-05

spring song.
Carl s. Briggs is at home from Tuft
Dental College for the vacation.
The Ladies' Finch Club met Frida
afternoon with Mrs. N. &. Elder.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Lunt of Lewiston visite
her daughter, Mrs. II. T. Briggs, Sur
day.
L. Z. Scruton of Portsmouth, N. II.
was in town a short time the first Of th
week.
Hon. James S. Wright was at Skow
hegan and Augusta on business las
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. George q. Cummings o
Mechanic Falls were guests at Wir
Stanley's Tuesday.
Mrs. Mayo came up from Auburn Sat
urday and stopped over Sunday with
Mrs. 5. NJ. Glover.
During the month of March, Donald
II. Bean secured from SO White Wyan
dotte hens, 557 eggs.
Miss Adeline DeCoster and Miss Doris
Foster of Norway were guests of Miss
Phyllis Taylor Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. II A. Hilton, who have
spent the winter in Portland, returned
Saturday to their home here.
Mrs. George C. Fernald has returned
from the hospital at Portland, aud is
progressing well in her recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Haskell of Au-
burn were guests of Mr.. Haskelrs sis
ter, Mrs. l.. A. Rounds, over Sunday.
Another window to light Clarke's
harness shop has been added in tue east
basement wall of Odd Fellows Block.
Woodbury. Cummings, who has been
at the soldiers home at Togus through
the winter, has returned to South Paris.
Vicente Estrada of Matanzas, Cuba,
who is attending Hebron Academy, is
spending the academy vacation at Albert
ID. Parks.
Mrs. Gershou P. Bickford of Washing
ton, d. c., daughter OF the late George
&. Buck, has been guest at Mrs. Sarah
Clark's for few days.
Advertised letters in South Paris post
office April 4th:
Mrs. Joe Vigeant.
Mrs. NJ. NJ. Shorey.
Bijou Theatre.
Some of the sick ones are beginning
10 get out again. j. NJ. Doble and Eben
q. Marshall are on the street in good
" weather, and Henry Perkins is improv
ing though not yet out.
The Oxford Comfy Fruit Growers
Association will meet at Grange Hall,
South Paris, April 90, at 10 o'clock.
There will be speakers from away. Paris
Grange will furnish dinner.
Appomatox Day exercises will be held
oy the Ladies of the G. A. r. Saturday
evening, April 9, to which Joshua l..
Chamberlain Camp, Sons of Veterans,
md ladies are cordially invited.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Cutting went
To Lynn, Mass, where they are
o live. Their sons, Harold and Carroll,
ire in the employ of the General Electric
20. at Lynn. Mr.. Cutting will work at
lis trade as carpenter.
Ripley & Fletcher have quickly dis
,osed OF at least part of the car load Of
Ford automobiles which they received
bout ten days since. One has been
old to John McPhee, and another to
ieorge NJ. Atwood. These are FIVE
passenger cars.
Miss Lula A. Payne, daughter of Mr..
md Mrs w. w. Payne, formerly of this
lace but now Of Waterville, is in Mrs.
dayhew's hospital being treated for ap-
'endicitis. She is doing as well as could
70 expected, considering it was COM
'ound operation.
All the schools began again Monday
morning, except that the high school and
ONE of the others are suspended for the
ay on account of Philip Bolster's fun
raj, and the eighth and ninth grades are
deferred until Tuesday because Miss
latch was unable to reach here until
donday afternoon.
Chas. A. Jordan of Dorchester, Mass,
former resident of this town, died sud-
lenly in that city on Sunday at the age
u II years. Mr.. Jordan was brother
u Mrs. Ellen L Jackson of this village.
drs. Jackson with her daughter. Mrs.
'harles Rawson, went to Dorchester,
Monday afternoon to attend the funeral.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. W. Walker went
to visit their daughter, Mrs.
Percy Rankin, at Wells Beach. Mr..
Rankin is quite i'll with rheumatic fever.
Mr.. Walker remained over Sunday, and
Mrs Walker will remain fer a few weeks.
Mr.. Walkers mother, Mrs. Walker of
Brownfield, who has been here for few
weeks, accompanied them as far as Port
and on her way home.
At the annual meeting Of the Peoples
Water Company held Saturday the re-
port Of the treasurer showed the COM
Dany to be in excellent financial con-
iition. The following officers were
elected for the ensuing year:
President-Frank A. Taylor.
Vice. .President-J. Edward Murch.
See and Treas.-George NJ. Atwood.
Supt.-Winslow B. Young.
Collector-John w Chute.
Direc.ors-J. Hastings Bean. J. E. Murch. T.
4. Taylor, Geo. ID. Robertson, Sumner 4. Tuck
n.
Rev. w. r. Manley and wife are visit
ug South Paris for few days, on their
way home from India, where they have
'pent most of the last thirty years as
in the employ of the Ameri-
IAN Baptist Foreign Missionary Society.
Mrs. Manley is the only daughter Of Mr..
;. r. Penley, at whose home they are
,taying. She was born and her child
hood was spent in Bethel. but her father
has lived most of his life in or near
South Paris. Mr.. and Mrs. Manley
nave visited this village three times be-
lore, once in the fall Of 1879, when, as a
newly married couple, they were on their
way to India for the first time. They
we're here also at the beginning and
close of their first furlough, in the
spring of 1888, and the fall of 1890.
Naturally they see a good many changes,
not only in tie town, but in the people
for good many people can
lie or move away IN twenty-five years.
Three of their children, who had to be
eft in this country for their education,
were here in South Paris for the sum-
mer vacation on two or three occasions.
One of these, Emerson b. Manley, who
IS serving on board the U. s. 8. Kansas,
was here year ago on visit OF few
days to his grandfather. Mr.. and Mrs.
Manley will be leaving for the West In a
lew days to visit their children and
other relatives.
BOLSTER DISTRICT.