Oxford Democrat., 1910-07-26
THE OXFORD BEARS.
The DOIN0S OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris Hill.

Paris Hill.
First Baptist Church, Rev. G. W. +. Hill, pas
tor. Prsschins every sunday & a. ioas .z.,n. A; n.
at I 81. Prayer Meeting Thursday evening at
80. Covenant Meeting the last Friday before
the lst Sunday of the month &C 80 p. u. All
not otherwise connected are cordially inviteo'
Uniyersalist church, Rev. c. A. Knickerbocker.
Minister. Preaching service at l0a5 A. N. sun
day; Sunday School at l2M.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Hallett of Bos-
ton are the guests of Mrs. Halletts
sister, Mrs. E. Fl. Jackson.
Recent arrivals at White Mountain
View House:
Miss Vera Hamilton. Miss Mary P. Burch-
field, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miss Olive Harris, Indiana, Pa.
Mrs. Jessie Goold and daughter, Miss
Dorothy, who have spent the past three
weeks at White Mountain View House,
returned to their home in Portland
Saturday.
The entertainment given Wednesday
evening under the auspices of the Uni
versalist circle at Academy Hall was
most excellent and the work of Mr..
Knickerbocker as a reader, the tine
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playing of Mrs. Little were very highly
appreciated and heartily encored.
Miss Georgia S. Perham returned to
her home in Washington, d. C., the past
week.
Frank r. Walton of Pittsburg, Pa, is
a guest at the White Mountain View
House.
H.K. Knickerbocker of Boston is the
guest of his parents, Rev. aud Mrs. Z.
A. Knickerbocker.
Miss Adelaide Case arrived from New
York this week and is accompanied by
Miss Margaret Leal of Plsinteld, n. j.
The Misses Helen and Josephine Cole
and Miss Mary Pierce are at Bsiley's
Island for an outing of few days
Mrs. Winslow of Buffalo, \. y, and
Miss Bates of Salem, Mass, are guests
at Miss Mellen's.
Miss Birchfield and Miss Hamilton of
Pittsburg, Pa, friends of Judge Potter's
family, are guests at the White Mountain
House.
DR.. Lawrence Hill and Hon. Prentiss
Cummings returned to Boston this week
with Mr.. Cummings automobile.
Hon. Frank P. Stearns of Shawnee,
Okla, is the guest of his brother, Austin
P. Stearns, and other relatives in Paris.
Mr.. Stearns is serving his fourth term
as Mayor of Shawnee.
During the past week one OF Paris
Hills famous old colonial mansions has
changed hands. The birthplace of Vice
President Hannibal Hamlin, in front of
which the Maine Commandery of the
Loyal Legion of the United States
erected last summer a monument in
memory of the statesman, was purchased
by Kimball C. Atwood of New York.
Mr.. Atwood is native Of Oxford County
who has been very successful in creating
large insurance company in New York
and an extensive grape fruit industry on
the west coast of Florida. The Hamlin
place which Mr.. Atwood has purchased
contains sixty acres and occupies very
desirable location on the western side of
the village common, aud in addition to
its valuable historic associations, COM
mands one of the grandest and most
extensive views of scenery to be found
in Maine. "The Life and Times of Han
nibal Hamlin" has the following refer
ence to the place: DR.. Cyrus Hamlin,
father of HannibaD built fine colonial
mansion on top Of the Hill, and cleared
large farm in the immediate vicinity
of his house. His home became social
and political center. Enoch Lincoln Ia
former governor and congressman lived
at DR.. Hamlin's house for many years
In front of tue Ilamlin house was the
village common, and the young people
of the town found the doctors home AT
attractive place.
Arrivals at the Hubbard House the
past week;
Mrs George Pottle. Lewiston, Me.
| Miss Pottle, Lewiston, Me.
/ William Lyons, Westbrook, Me.
| Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Gannett and party of five
Augusta. Me.
Thos. Mathews, Augusta, Me.
| Mr. ana Mrs. II. L. Josselyn, Portland, Me.
Mr.. and Mrs IL. A. Kelly and chauffeur, Port
land.
There will be social dance at Acad
emy Hall, Paris Hill, Tuesday evening
July 20, instead of Friday evening as an
nounced. Admission % cents each
All cordially invited.
| PARTRIDGE DISTRICT.
James Frye, Lewis Rawson and anoth
er man, with the sled factory team, are
cutting Perley Ripley's hay. They are
boarding at Will Psrlin's.
Guy Bennett and family from New
York are visiting his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Frank Bennett.
Haying is progressing finely here.
John DeCoster is working for William
Mason haying.
The shower of Thursday night was