Oxford Democrat., 1910-07-12
West Paris.

The sane Fourth was q great success
In this village. The boys are receiving
many congratulations on their thought.
fulness In preserving 80 much Of the
quiet both night and day on account OF
the illness of several people.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Smith, Mr.. and
Mrs. Alvin Swift, Mr.. and Mrs. E. D.
Stilwell and son Edward, Mr.. and Mrs.
j. F. Reed attended the Fourth of July
celebration in Lewiston.
Quite large number went to Bryanes
Pond to celebrate the Fourth, and sever
al staid to enjoy the dance In the even
ing.
Mrs. L. c. Bates gave veranda party
Wednesday afternoon to the members OF
the Good Will Society.
Much sympathy is expressed for Mrs.
w. II. Lurvey who is i'll at the farm OF
Solon Curtis on Curtis Hill. Miss Min.
ME Tibbetts of Portland is the trained
nurse. Mrs. Lurvey will go to the
Hebron Sanatorium In about two weeks
where it is hoped she will regain bel
health.
Harry Patch, who has been at the
c. NJ. G. Hospital, is sufficiently recov'
cred to be able to return home.
DR.. and Mrs. Sullivan Andrews and
son of Clinton are visiting relatives In
town.
Miss Mabel Kicker is the guest of Mrs.
Perley Miles in Gorham, N. Il.
Abner e.. Manp, Warren V. Cookson,
Misses Jennie l.. Bradbury and Madge
L. Tuell are attending the national con.
vention of the Y. P. c. U. in New York.
Among the recent guests in town were
Mr.. and Mrs. Paris Lawrence of Dan
Vile at @. F. Barden's; Mrs. C. E. Leslie
of Andover at DR.. Wheeler's; Miss Ruth
Tucker of Lewiston at j. R. fuckers
Mrs. Persis Shedd of Portland at Lew
Shedd's; Miss Bertha Emmons of Port
land at 1. F. Emmons'; Mr.. and Mrs. w
F. Dunham of Lynn, Mass, Mr.. and Mrs
E. H. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
L. Brown of Rumford Falls at q. G.
Browns.
Mrs. Mary Bucknam has gone to Mel
rose, Mass, with her son, s. G. Curtis.
E. w. Penley is building an addition
to his residence on Greenwood Street
The addition will contain bath rooms
Office and sleeping apartments.
Mrs. Earle Bessey is at the Maine
General Hospital, Portland.
Rev. and Mrs. D. R. Ford wish to ex
press their thanks to their friends fol
the many kindnesses shown them during
Mrs. Ford's stay at the hospital, and als(
since her return home. They are fully
appreciated and will never be forgotten
| Friday afternoon the community was
4 ah hu ho hof
wife of Elmer G.. Hammond of Tral
Corner, while assisting her husband il
the hay field had fallen from load o.
hay, striking on her temple and killing
her instantly. Mrs. Hammond was abou
fifty years of age, and was the daughter
of the late John and Kate Martin o
Winthrop, Me. With the exception o
her husband no near relatives survive
her. her brother being killed on th'
electric cars.
Mrs. Charles Dunham and son Stuart
of Brattleboro, Vt, and Mrs. Harr
Hamilton an0 four children OF Green
field, Mass, arrived Wednesday and viii
occupy Hiram W. Dunham's house a
North Paris.
| P. c. Mayhem, Mrs. Phila Davis
Frank Mayhem and Marion Curtis al
tended the circus in Portland Saturday
Mrs. Effie Robinson and daughter o
West Sumner are visiting Mrs. Ber
Day.
One of the worst electrical shower
ever experienced here by the oldes
residents passed over this village Sunda
evening lasting nearly three hours. Th,
barn of George w. Ridlon was strucl
and slightly damaged but not fired
Lightning also struck the chimney of
r. fuckers house, entering at the tOl
and passing out through the cellar.
struck in several places on Berry
Ledge and Churchill Hill doing NJ
damage.