Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-10-01
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOIN0s OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris Hul. 4

(. First Baptist Church. Rsy. g. ". Z. Hill. pas.
tor. Preaching every Sunday - loab 4. ~.
Sunday School at u Sabbath evening service
So co7ensns a assns sSe LAST irdsy before
the Let Sunday Of the month q 30 p. =. AL
not otherwise connected arc cordially Invited
Arthur NJ. Goss, the golf expert Of the
Portland Club, was 1t Paris Hill last
week and laid out the new golf links for
the Paris Hill Country Club. Work on
construction begins at once In order to
have them ready for use next June.
Hon. Maynard 8. Bird Of Rockland 10
a guest at the Hubbard House for few
days.
There will be Q dance at Academy
Hall, Paris Hill, Friday evening, Oct. 4.
Music by Stearns' Orchestra, four pieces.
Admission 25 cents each. All are cor
dially invited to q first-cla time.
Mrs. Ingraham and Mrs. Davies will
return to their home In Bro0kline, Mass,
the present week.
Charles L. Case Of New York Was q
week end visitor to his summer home In
this village. Mr.. Cases family returned
to New York with him Monday.
The entertainment for the benefit Of
the piano fund, given by Buckfield talent
assisted by James Thompson Of Boston,
at Academy Hall last Tuesday evening
was one of high class In every respect
and deserved . much larger audience
than was present. While every number
On the program received . deserved en-
core, IL 10 not too much to say that the
hit" Of the evening was the reading Of
John N. Irish. This veteran of seventy.
live years young can still give points to
some of those of the modern school. Mr.
Irish is we'll known to all readers OF the
Democrat as the author of "John't
Letter" and we found out on this occs
sion that his abilities % . reader are
saying considerable.
Rev. C. A. Knickerbocker closed hi
summer pastorate at the Uuiversalis
Church last Sunday. As Mrs. Knicker
booker has not yet fully regained hel
strength from q recent illness, they viii
remain here for time until she Is bette
able to take the trip to Massachusetts,.
Miss Mary P. Burchfield Of Pittsburg
Pa, who has been spending the summer
at Elmhurst, and Miss Ruth Potter o
Swarthmore, Pa, returned to thei
homes last week.
The funeral of Mrs. Belle GarlanC
Merrill occurred at her late home OF
Paris Hill Tuesday afternoon attended
by Revs. G. W. F. Hill and c. A. Knick
.rbocker.
Beside relatives and friends gathere,
iround her bier was her Sunday Schoo
class numbering seventeen boys and
girls. Mrs. Merrill was an active mem
Der of the Baptist Church. She was or
gauist many years, beginning that dut
| when she was sixteen years Of age an
continuing to the time of her sickness
Since joining the church she has tangh
class in Sunday School: and probabl
has trained the children for more cor
csrts than any other person connecte
with the school. She was prominent .
all other work connected with the churc
and always ready to do what she coul
to further Its interests.
She took an interest In most othe
things connected with the village life
She served on the board Of directors q
aamlin Memorial Library from its incol
poration to the present time, was vict
president one or more terms and refuse
the Office of president on account of poo
health. But while taking all this intel
est in public things, her true life wa
IN her home and with her loved onei
IL is particularly sad that woman s
useful, so comparatively young possesl
ed of q beautiful home and so man
things to make life worth living shOul
be forced to lay 1t down.