Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-05-28

Sunday was about the fiat near perfec
day We have had this season.
Geo. r. Morton has been on business
trip OF few days to New York.
After June first the banks will clos,
Saturday afternoons during the summer
Hon. James s. Wright is riding In hi,
new auto, REQ touring car, received
Saturday.
Mrs. w. A. Farwell of West Bethe
was the guest of Mrs. L. <. Bean severa
days last week.
Maurice l.. Noyss has bought two
house lots of Alton c. Wheeler or
Wheeler Street.
Mrs. Hannah Holt has returned from
Mexico. where she spent the winter, to
her home in South Paris.
The stores, offices and other business
places will close all day Memorial Day,
next Thursday, May S0th.
After our three weeks of rain and dull
weather, everybody is rejoicing in the
sudden coming of real spring.
o. z. Barrows is putting in cement
walks and steps at the house on Pine
Street which he built last season.
Miss Eva Z. Walker has returned from
Leominster, Mass, where she has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. Rankin, for some
weeks.
The degree team of Mt. Pleasant Re-
bekah Lodge will have q rehearsal Fri
day of this week and it is important that
the team be present.
VIM. P. Morton and H. c. Knight
have been on a fishing trip Of a few
days, with headquarters at Camp Con-
cord on Concord Pond.
The Junior Endeavor Society of the
Congregational Church will have food
sale at Bowker's store on Friday after.
noon of this week at O'Clock.
Philip S. Mason has built an ell and
stable at the Caswell house, south of the
village, which he recently bought, and
into which he has moved with his family.
b. F. Cummings has been taking a
course in piano tuning and repairing,
and is ready for business in that line.
He has a card in this issue of the Demo
crat.
Ellis McAllister will not move to Bos-
ton at present, on account of the serious
illness Of his aunt, Miss Lothrop, but will
move into the down stairs rent of James
Rlaka IN Gothic Street
Appointments of election clerks, made
May lst by the selectmep, are: Ballot
clerks, Stanley NJ. Wheeler, Albert NJ.
Ryerson; election clerks, Chester FL.
Lane, Jr., Benton L. Swift.
Members of the Ladies' Circle of the
G A r. are requested to meet at
G.. A. r. Hall on the afternoon of Tues
day, May 18th, to assist in making
wreaths for Memorial Day.
Miss Carrie Mathews, of the Smiley
DreSsmaking Department at Norway,
who has been out of health for the lsst
four weeks, took up her work in the
store again Monday morning.
Delegates from the South Paris Uni
versalist church, chosen Sunday, to the
Universalist state convention at Pitts
field, are Mr.. aud Mrs S. P Stearns,
Mrs. c. A. Young, Mrs. L. E. Bean, Mrs.
Geo. X Morton.
Mrs. Lola NJ. Foster of Locke's Mills,
who has kept the readers of the Demo-
crat informed of local events at that
place for some years by her CORE
spondeuce in the Democrat, was at
South Paris the first OF last week as the
guest of Mrs. j. j. Murphy, and called
at the Democrat office.
During their recent stay with Mr.. and
Mrs. c. S. Osgood at South Rangeley,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert d. Park of this
place and Mrs. Ella S. Heald of East
Sumner bad remarkable luck in fishing
Mrs. Park caught one that weighed
three pounds and half, and a number
of two Founders were taken by members
of the party, the total catch being large.
The fishing there has been unusually
good this spring, but few have Jared as
well as this party.
There will be a concert at Deering
church under the auspices of
the Delpha Alphas Thursday evening,
May 90th, for the benefit of the piano
fund. Mrs. John F. Wood Of West
Paris has been engaged as reader. Mrs.
Wood comes to US highly recommended
as one of the best in this part of the
state. Music will be furnished by the
Sunday School orchestra and other
talent. Tickets, 20 and 10 cents, will be
sold by the children.
Sanger Maxim took a party of the
high school girls to Buckield for the
ball game Saturday afternoon in the
Stanley steamer. On their return they
ran about the village cheering for little
while, and when on Maple Street it was
discovered that the auto was on fire.
The crowd got out on record time, as
may be imagined. The gasoline pump
leaked bit, which was the cause of the
trouble, but very fortunately a few hand
fuls of sand put out the blaze, without
serious damage.