Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-06-27
Bethel.

Bethel.
Mrs. Davis Lovejoy's mother, Mrs.
Churchill, has returned to her home In
West Paris.
Monday Rev. W. G. Curtis accom-
panied Eve of the z. o. K. A. boys to
Caribou Mountain and they camped two
nights. The party consisted of Harold
Rich, Charles Tuell, Asa Burgess, Car
roll Valentine and Harold Chandler.
They reported fine time.
Wednesday the burial of Mrs. Eliza
beth Winslow, wife of VIM. E. Chap
man, took place In Riverside Cemetery
In the family lot. Mr.. and Mrs. Chap
man formerly lived in Bethel. Mrs.
Chapman was i'll with consumption for
more than a year. She leaves hus-
band and five daughters, the youngest
six, years old. Much sympathy is ex-
pressed by their Bethel friends. Rev.
w. C. Curtis conducted the service at
the grave. The family returned to their
home in Portland on the afternoon ex-
press.
DR.. and Mrs. Twaddle were in Hebron
to attend the graduation of their son,
Gard Wilson Twaddle.
Claude Goddard is at home from Bow.
dom Medical School for his summer
vacation.
The ladies of the Universalist Circle
will hold their annual fair July 20.
Mrs. Clinton Metcalf and daughter
Therese of Pennington are visiting Mrs.
Metcalf's father, Mr.. Seth Walker.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. E. Whitney attended
the graduation of their nephew, Roger
Spaulding, at Lancaster, N. H.
As far as heard from 1S4 pupils have
signed the muster roll of the Young
Campaigners for Prohibition. The rural
teachers are taking much interest in the
movement.
DR.. and Mrs j. G. Gehring are stop
ping at Bar Harbor.
The Ladies' Club will hold their mid
summer fair Aug. 10th.
The village schools closed Friday with
a picnic in Chapman Grove for the two
intermediate grades and their teachers.
Last Saturday the grammar grades en-
joyed a picnic at Songo Pond. The pri-
mary grades with their teacher observed
the close of school nearer home.
Arthur Herrick is TO be chauffeur for
Mr.. Prescott of New York, who is a
guest for the summer at Poplar Tavern.
Sparks circus is well advertised for
July 9Th.
There are already quite number of
summer guests at Holden Hall, which
will be open for the summer under the
management of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Knight. This is an ideal place for rest.
Bethel has become noted for its pure air
and water, and guests may be sure of
being Hospitality cared for at Holden
Hall.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
Elmer Trask is shipping box boards
to Boston.
Potato bugs appear about as soon as
the potatoes are out of the ground.
W. A. Bragg, representing the Grand
Union Tea Co., was here June %.
Hermon Mason and family were here
the 2lst.
Edith Kimball of Bethel Hill has been
here calling on friends and relatives.
Mrs. Fred Tirrell of Turner has been
here with relatives, also her son. Her
husband made short visit, while she
remained longer.
Mrs. Frank Herrick and son of Me-
chanic Falls visited at Orlando Bucks
recently. Mr.. Herrick returned the
same day.
Mrs. Rebecca Caswell, nee Kimball,
has been visiting in Bethel village.
Mrs. Cullen Carter is at her old home
here.
Grace and Marjory Farwell, who have
been students at Keene, N. H., have re-
turned home for the vacation. They are
fortunate TO have such privilege to at
tend school.
Mrs. VIM. Farwell has more than 200
chicks.
Many thanks to the kind friend at
West Paris, and one in Brookline, Mass,
for the song asked for. "a kindness is
never lost"
We are glad to see an influence in the
W. c. T. U. to make the children up.
derstsnd the importance of standing up
for temperance, this being part OF
loyalty to the union.
June is here with all its loveliness
and beauty.
| "Hail, thou balmy days Of June;
Days of joy and bliss art thou;
All of Nature Ia In tune
From waving grass to budding bough."
Since the rain everything grows fast.
A tramp recently called here who had
lost money and job by drinking liquor.
Once had good home and we'll off, now
a wanderer-often sleeps on the ground
and is not contented to work, only long
enough to get little money to buy rum
and tobacco. How brave our teachers
should be to teach the children the evils
of liquor and tobacco, and the need oil
prohibition in Maine as leading state.
Goods angels drop like grains Of gold
Our duties midst life's shining sands,
And from them one by one we mould
Our own bright crown with patient hands
From dust and dross We gather them,
We toll and stoop for loves sweet sake"