Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-11-05
Rsmlniscsncs and consratulation.
TIE GENERAL FEATURES OF MONDAYS
CENTENNIAL ExERcIsEs.

CENTENNIAL EXERCIsEs.
Following the formal and impressiv
services Of Sunday, Oct. n, in obsel
vance OF the centennial Of tho Soutl
Paris Congregational church, tho exer
ctses OF Monday were Of generally In
formal and social nature.
At o'clock In the afternoon there va
meeting in the auditorium, at which
Rev. A. +. MoWhorter, the pastor, pre-
sided, devoted to fraternai greetings
"reminiscences and the reading Of letters
The meeting opened With praise and de
votional service.
Greetings were extended to the church
by number Of the neighboring pastors
including Rev. w. C. Curtis Of the Bethel
Congregational church, Rev. b. C. Went
worth OF the Norway Methodist church.
Rev. Chester Gore Miller Of the South
Paris Universslist church, Rev. T. N.
Kewley of the South Paris Methodist
church, Rev. E. A. Davis Of the South
Paris Baptist church. All spoke par.
ticularly Of the present-day frendliness
of the denominations, and expressed the
soOokAs tuos shO PAooPOtity VI Ouo
church is the prosperity of all. Mr..
Davis voiced one thought that is Of par
ticular local interest, when he said that
In the matter of church attendance, he
considered South Paris to be about the
banner town of the state, the fact being
that nearly or quite one-third of the pop
ulation of the village is found In church
on the ordinary Sunday.
Greetings were read from the Mexico
Congregational church, the East Sumner
church and the Oxford church, and Rev.
r. j. Bruce Of the Norway Congrega.
.tional church gracefully extended his
congratulations to the South Paris
church on its material and spiritual pos
sessions.
Letters we're read from Rev. Edward
e. Bacon Of Arlington, Mass, Rev. E. C..
Ingalls, Of Somerville, Mass, and Rev.
A. K. Baldwin, former pastors or sup
plies, and Mrs. Lizzie B. Fitz Of Bridg-
ton, widow of Rev. A. G. Ftz, q former
pastor.
Mr.. McWhorter then read number of
letters from absent members Of the
church. These included Herbert Morse,
Sarah Chase Morse, Georgia Chase Swift,
and Mamie L. Chase of Minneapolis;
Miss Eunice W. Fobes Of Wakefield,
Mass. Mrs. Martha L. Cash Of West
Paris; Miss Mary Bemsn of Yarmouth
vile; Mr.. and Mrs. Roy E. Cole of Can
ton, Mass; Mrs. Grace Wheeler Wood
bury OF Dover, Mass. Ray A. Chapman
of Bangor; Mrs. Alta Walker Rankin OF
Mass. Mrs. George A. Cut
ting of East Hartford, CT; Miss Grace
Bennett of Orange Park, Fla. Letters
were also read from Rev. T. j. Rams
dell, D. D., of Caribou, former pastor
Of the South Paris Baptist Church, Rev.
q. o. Thayer of New York city, Col. F.
E. Boothby of Portland, a. W. Clifford
Of Worcester, Mass; and Mrs. Annie
JENNIE Merrill of Kennebunk.
Taking up the matter of "reminiscences,
a paper on the work of the Ladies' Social
Circle was read by Miss Alice Knight.
Miss Knight reviewed briefly the work
Of the circle from the time OF it's organi-
zation, Jan. 2, 1878, to the present. She
gave special testimony to the long and
services of the late Mrs. George
A. Wilson, who was president OF the cir
Gle continuously from 1878 to 1909.
w. Fl. Porter of Norway gave some OF
his recollections of the early days OF the
church. Mr.. Porter Is 80 years old, q
former member of this church but now q
deacon OF the Norway church. His
memory goes back to the time when the
church building was up on the hill near
Fairview Cemetery, though the moving
Of it was near his earliest recollection.
Mrs. Carrie A. Briggs brought word
from Mrs. SOuthworth, wife Of former
pastor, and Miss Annie E. Eastman gave
greetings from the Paris Hill Baptist
church. This closed meeting which
bad continued for two hours and half.
At6:45 p. NJ the banquet was served
in the vestry of the church, when over
22O of those connected with the church
in some capacity sat at the tables. An
appetizing chicken pie supper, of such
quality as the Congregational cooks
know 80 we'll how to prepare, was served.
For the after-dinner exercises, Walter
L. Gray, ESQ, was toast-master, and
there were ten-minute responses. The
toasts and speakers were: "Congrega-
Rev. G. D. Crane; 1.-THE
Church and the Professional Man."
Hon. James S. Wright; "The Church
and the Business man." j. Hastings
Bean; "The Minister and the Physician"
DR.. D. NJ. Stewart; "Our Church."
Alton c Wheeler; and Rev. Mr.. McWhor-
ter, in Enthusiastically brief fashion,
gave what the toastmaster called the
The singing of the dox-
ology by the entire assembly closed the
services of the centennial observance.