Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1911-03-28
MISS Isabel c. Morton is at home from
Boston for few daps, pacation 0-

Mr.. and Mrs. Montell Turner will M
: employed this season on the farm Of A
Y. Cairns. - -
: Mrs. Lillian Shaw went SUNDAY to
Hebron to assume her duties at Sturte
want Home.
Roy Z. Cole, principal of the Ashland
Mass, high school, is at home for the
spring vacation.
} Mr.. and Mrs. Ned Packard of Green.
wood attended the Rebekah meeting
here Friday night.
Edwin Rounds and Miss Carrie Doyle
OF Danville have been guests at j. D..
Haynes for the past week.
There will be a missionary entertain
ment at the Baptist vestry this Monday
evening. Admission 10 cents.
will be at .Pythian Hall Monday evening
at O'Clock sharp. Every one please be
present.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Fl. Evans, who
have been visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. l. +. Evans, returned to Enrol, N.
e., Saturday.
The second week in April is the time
set for the show of the "Darktown Min
strels," now in preparation under the
auspices of Hamlin Temple, P. S.
Mrs. A. d. Park entertained the Bar
ton Club of Norway at her pleasan.
home last Thursday. About twenty
were present and q delightful time en-
joyed.
Alfred II. Jackson expects to open his
store on Market Square on Wednesday
of this week, to old and new customers,
with full line of the goods which he
usually carries.
Those who have tablecloths belonging
to the Good Cheer are asked to bring
them in before the mems supper. They
can be left at any place Of business most
convenient in the Square.
The sophomore basket ball team of
Paris High School went to Auburn Sat-
urday and played the Edward Little
High School freshmen in the afternoon.
Score Is to II in favor of Edward Little.
Sunday was a real spring day, and
should have enough said in its favor to
offset some of the unkiud remarks re-
gsrding the weather which may be found
in numerous other places in this paper. |
The Married Ladies' Whist Club was
entertained by Mrs. j. A. Scott at her |
home Thursday afternoon. In the even |
ing the members of the club and the
gentlemen enjoyed hop at Central Park.
Mrs. T. z. Delehanty of Lewiston, who
has been visiting her brother, Vim. Gull |
bert, fer fhe past week, returned home |
Sunday. Miss Doris gilbert accom-
panied her home for visit and will also /
attend Madame Y while there.
j. Fl. Record is putting in one of the
modern water systems at his farm, with
a large tank in the cellar, which is filed
with gasoline engine and pump, and
from which water is carried over the
buildings by compressed air.
Still an occasional load of wood or
lumber comes into town-and as far as
the roads are concerned this apparently
might continue till the Fourth of July.
But the bulk of the tesming is evidently
done, and there never was better win
ter for il.
wescustogo Lodge of Yarmouth will
visit Hamlin Lodge at special meeting
next Saturday evening. Wescustogo
Lodge will work the rank of Page, and
Hsmlin Lodge the rank of Knight. On
account of tue large amount OF work,
the lodge will open at I O'Clock.
Mrs. wynifred Staples Smith Of Car
thage has been engaged TO sing for the
mems supper Of the Good Cheer Society
Tuesday of next week. Mrs. Smith is
well known as fine singer. A. Z. Morse
of South Paris, always a favorite at
home or abroad, will be the reader.
On account of the extremely wintry
conditions, only few members of On
ward Rebekah Lodge OF West Paris &C
cepted the invitation to visit Mt. Pleas
ant Rebekah Lodge Friday evening.
However, the supper which had been
prepared for the visitors was not wasted,
as the members of the home lodge took
good care of it. There was large at
tendance both at the supper and at the
lodge session, and the evening was
pleasantly spent.
A gathering of friends consisting Of j.
A. Kenney and wife, Philip Mason, wife,
and son James, W 3. Edwards and wife,
Winfield Starbird and wife, James :
Heath, wife, and son Vivian, Edwin
Parker, Hester Oldham, Emery Mason,
wife, and granddaughter, Ida May, called .
at the home of Cbas. Edwards Saturday
night 10 give Mrs. Edwards a surprise
birthday party. and such was the case. |
A pleasant evening was spent in various
ways, as they came well laden with good !
things in the eating line.
The annual meeting OF the fire COM |,
panies will be held at Engine House Hall
Saturday, April 1st, at Z o'clock P. NJ, to
organize the hose companies and hook J
and ladder company for the year. Each
member receives so cents for attending
this meeting. The hall will be meet
ing place for the firemen this coming
year, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
nights.
s$ss1s y s, S $5;ss.a
A good attendance and fine program
at the w. c. T. U. last Tuesday. Con-
trary TO their usual custom OF consider
ing reforms, this afternoon was given
M to self-culture and to the topic of
"Books Worth Reading" both new and
old. the "reminiscences OF books OF our
childhood being fully as entertaining as
the lists of newer books. Talks on
these subjects were given by Mrs;
Rounds and Mrs. Crockett. or especial
value was a paper by Miss Wetherell on
"What Makes a Book Worth Reading"
10 the course of which she gave interest
| log statistics gathered from her pupils
"a 10 their habits and choices in reading.
Best of all was the sparkling talk by
Mrs. Wallace Clifford as to how to In
l.huence children in their choice OF read
Ing. Including some pointed hits a. to
what not to do.
| KING DISTRICT.
Charles Coffren has lost his horse.
Canwell and Thibodesu are working
ND their wood-a little late for them,
but they have had quite a lot OF SICK
ness this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. 81. Adams are both
i'll. Mrs. Adams has been quite Ill Tor
several days. The most of the SICK peo-
pie about here are improving.
Well, now, how about this weather
for wild geese? Sunday, March III, a
large flock of wild geese passed over
4 Charles Kimbalrs buildings. They