Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1910-12-27

Miss Fannie Bisbee is at home for tn,
holidays.
But the sun rises later every morning
for two weeks yet.
Miss Amy Hayden of Haverhill, Mass.
IS the guest of relatives here.
Carl S. Briggs is at home for the holi
days from Tufts Dental College.
Misses Isabel and Katherine Morton
are at home for the holidays from Bos.
ton.
Mrs. George H. Cummings Of Mechanic
Falls was the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Writ Stanley Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John F. Stanley of Au-
burn spent Christmas with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. G. W. Bowker.
Roy j, Bird, who has a position with
the c. S. Clapp rubber works in Hanover,
Mass, is at home for the holidays.
The annual meeting and roll call of
the Congregational church will be held
this Tuesday evening at ! 80 o'clock.
Don't miss seeing "Old Acre Folk" at
Good Cheer Hall next Tuesday, Jan. Sd.
Cast of characters next week. 1t will
be worth ten cents.
Miss S. L. Pratt, designer in Mrs
Smiley's millinery store, has completed
her seasons work and returned to her
home in Yarmouth.
Mrs. c. A. Frost of South Framing
ham, Mass, is with her parents, Mr.. and
Maxwell, who teaches in Maiden, Mass,
is also at home.
Wednesdays all-day snow gave US
hopes that at last the sleighipg was
clinched. Saturdays all-day pour of
rain gave US fears, at the same time that
We rejoiced to see whole lot of water
falling. As ii is, there is kind of icy,
rough shedding, which is long way
from the ideal.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Stuart had their
whole family with them for Christmas,
including Mr.. and Mrs. III. Fl. Stuart of
w. Earle Stuart of Phillips,
Fred ). Brown and family of Portland,
and Miss Leona ID. Stuart. Mr.. and
Mrs. W. A. Gould of Mechanic Falls
were also there.
Miss Octavia C. Pratt, who had been
with her niece, Mrs. George II. Davis,
for some years, died Sunday morning
after a short illness with Bright's dis
ease. She was SO years of age. The
funeral Tuesday afternoon is attended
by Rev. A. T. McWhorter, and interment
will be at Hebron, which was Miss
Pratt's home.
There will be supper and entertain
ment at the Baptist vestry under the
auspices of the Ladies' Aid of the NJ. K.
church Thursday evening, Dec. Goth.
Mrs. Helen Bisbee Packard of Bethel,
who is a graduate of Boston School of
Oratory, will be the reader. Supper
md entertainment % cents, or 10 cents
each.
A Christmas family party which in
GUIDED all her children and grandchil-
iren and other relatives was entertained
Monday by Mrs. l.. G, Morton, when
twenty sat down at the table. Those
present besides Mrs. Morton, were Mr..
and Mrs. VIM. P. Morton and Raymond
Penfold, Miss Julia p. Morton, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. K. Morton, Miss Isabel G.
Morton, Miss Katherine Morton, Master
Henry Morton, Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A. Nor
ION, Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence G. Morton
,ud children, Helen and Hugh, of West
Paris, Misss Fannie A. Forbes, Arthur
E. Forbes, Miss Maud Douglass, Ernest
P. Crockett. A Christmas tree for the
benefit of the children exclusively was
nnloaded after dinner.
Saturdays downpour of rain on top of
he snow was rather different from the
traditional and conventional New Eng
and Christmas eve weather. Quite
early in the day it was decided to post
poue the Christmas exercises of the
afternoon and evening at the Congrega-
tional and Baptist churches. The sup
per and tree at the Universalist church
were held Saturday evening according to
announcement, and in spite of the al
most impossible streets, over forty were
out TO enjoy the evening-which they
did, fully. The exercises at the Congre-
gational church were held at 8 p. NJ.
and the union exercises OF the
Baptist and Methodist Sunday Schools
at the Baptist church Monday evening.
A union Christmas concert was given at
the Baptist church Sunday evening by
the Baptists and Methodists, which was
very good and highly enjoyable.