Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-03-05

The town farm and property thereon not
included in above which Is appraised at
IS, 100 81.
Alton E. Whitehead has returned
from a trip in Texas After leaving
state college he went south and has been
gone some months.
A stated convocation of Oxford Royal
Arch Chapter, No. 20, F. and A. NJ,
was held at Masons' Hall Wednesday
evening. The Royal Arch Degree was
worked. Refreshments were served and
social hour enjoyed by the large at
tendance.
hon. John A. Morrill, of Auburn was
at the Beal's House this week. He was
engaged in an equity hearing before
Judge Savage at the Court House.
Superintendent of Schools, True c.
Morrill,, has been sick with mumps the
past week.
No school Tuesday of this week owing
to the storm.
Mrs. George A. Brooks visited her
mother, Mrs. W. q. Warren, at Cornish,
this week.
H.F. Andrews, of the firm of Fl. F. &
E. E. Andrews, left for Iowa Saturday
for horses.
Emil o. Herms, former Superintendent
of Schools for Norway aud Waterford,
is taking post graduate course in lam
guages at Harvard College.
The ladies of the Congregational
church on Wednesday evening, March
6, will serve supper at Grange Hall on
Whitman Street. After supper the
drama, The Village Postoflce, will be
presented. Committee In charge, Mel.
Vivian Dingley.
F. J. Mofftt and wife of Dorchester,
Mass, have been the guests of Miss En-
ma j. Smith the past week.
DR.. and Mrs. F. E. Drake have been
with relatives in Portsmouth, N. a.,
and Manchester. y-the-Ses, Mass.
June Smith, former forelady In the
stitching room at the shoe factory, and
Lottie Daigle, drove their team to Lynn,
Mass. They left here Tuesday. Miss
Smith offers her Lake cottage for sale.
Her parents. Mr.. aud Mrs. Norman A,
Smith, have moved to their Lynn, Mass,
home.
Judge W. F. Jones attended the Har.
ward Club banquet at Portland Wednes-
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hal Eaton and son of
Attleboro, Mass, are the guests Of Mrs.
Eaton's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sargent.
Ladies' night of the knights of
Pythias will be observed at Grange Hall,
March 26th. The drama, 1.-THE Deacon's
Mistake" will be presented. The com.
mittee having the same in charge con-
sists of Randall o. Porter, Arthur Lewis,
q. E. Abbott and Homer Tubbs.
Merton L. Kimball, of the law firm OF
A. S. Kimball & Son, has announced his
candidacy for delegate to the Demo
cratic National Convention to be held In
Baltimore In June.
Mrs. Hattie Harmon is soon to resign
her position as librarian Of the public
library. The executive committee have
engaged Addie DeCosta to I'll the va
cancy. Mrs. Harmon will 20 to Lewiston
to live with her son Carl. Mrs. Harmon
has been librarian for some years and
has been very faithful In the discharge
of her duties.
One Of the plessantest affairs Of the
season was the leap year ball at the
Opera House Thursday evening. Every
thing was we'll carried out by the ladies,
and there were very few masculine wall
flowers. Mrs. E. F. Smith was floor
manager, with capable corps Of assist
ants. For those who wishe to play
cards tables were arranged on the stage.
Between eighty and ninety couples Joined
in the grand march, and most of them
stayed through. At intermission a fine
turkey supper was served at Concert
Hall. More of the "old timers" were
out for this ball than at any previous
one for some time.