Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1912-04-30
Mothers' Day will b. observed at the
Methodist church May 18th.

Mrs. B. A. Evans Of Rumford has been
visiting relatives here for the past week.
A second-story piazza is being added
to the house of Warren French on
Skillings Avenue.
Miss Charlotte Giles spent Saturday
and Sunday with her sister, Miss Addie
L. Giles, in Lewiston.
Ernest Dudley of Stearns Hill Is at.
tending the grammar school and board.
ing at Cbas. Edwards.
Beatrice Andrews of North Paris spent
the latter part of the week with her
aunt, Mrs. Chas. Edwards.
Mrs. P. E. Hathaway and son Donald
spent the past week visiting Mrs. Hatha-
ways parents in Wsterville.
L. S. Sessions is able to resume bis
place in the choir at the Uuiversalist
church, and sang there Sunday.
Larger basement windows are being
put in under the store of the A. E.
Shurtleff Co. in Odd Fellows Block.
Mrs. Agnes L. Morton was in Portland
most OF last week, assisting the family of
her son, Ralph B. Penfold, in moving.
Miss Eva Z. Walker will leave Tues
day for n visit of some weeks to her
sister, Mrs. Percy Rankin, in Leominster,
Mass.
Mrs. C. Fl. Kimball went to the Central
Maine General Hospital at Lewiston the
last Of the week for An operation for gall
stones.
Hamlin Lodge, K. of P, will work the
rank of Kaight next Friday evening. A
rehearsal of the rank team is called for
Tuesday evening.
There came to Mr.. and Mrs. Harold C.
Anderson's home in Providence, Friday,
April Goth, a little daughter, Helen
Beatrice, weight 8 pounds.
Mrs. Helen True, who has spent quite
a part of the winter with the family of
Hon. James S. Wright, has returned to
her home in New Gloucester.
Miss Addie L. Edgerly, who has been
in Chelsea, Mass, through the winter,
returned to South Paris last week, and
will remain here for the present.
Mrs. j. g. Wentworth is here from
Gorham, N. H., called here by the i'll
ness of her granddaughter, the infant
child of Mr.. and Mrs. Z. B. Curtis.
The meeting of the Woman's Baptist |
Missionary Society will be Thursday at
half past two o'clock with Mrs. w. b.
Edwards. A full attendance is desired.
Repairs are being made on the roof of
the front portico at the court house, |
doubtless with view of doing away with |
the time honored dribble of rain from |
the roof down over the steps.
j. r. Plummer is enlarging the porch |
at the rear of his house on Pine Street
by the addition of six feet to the width, |
and is also building wide verauda |
across the back of the house, which will |
be all screened.
Albert Ames and j. j. Merrill have |
purchased a piece of the pasture OF
George A. Briggs near Mr.. Ames' house
on Hillside Avenue, and are clearing it
of rocks. II your hear big guns oc-
casionally, you may know what it means.
Josiah n. Horr has started work on
his new house on Penley Street. The
house will be in bungalow style, 26 SO,
with five rooms on the ground floor and
chance for two chambers, finished in |
southern pine, with basement under the
whole house.
+. c. Briggs, Donald s. Briggs and
Miss Gibson went the first of last week |
to Carrabassett. Donald S. Briggs will |
have a position at the Rangeley Lake |
House for the summer after it opens, the |
Others expect TO remain at Carrabassett |
for the summer.
The district meeting of Odd Fellows
of South Paris and Norway district,
which was postponed, will be held with
Mt. Mica Lodge on Thursday even
ing of this week, May I'd. 1t is
expected that Grand Master Jackson of
Portland, Deputy Grand Master Flanders
of Auburn, and Grand Secretary Cutter
of Westbrook will be present at the
meeting.
News has been received by relatives
here of the death of Mrs. Mary A. Brown
at her home in Cherryvsle, Kan, on the
10Th of this month, at tho age of 81
years. Mrs. Brown was the daughter of
Martin Brett of Paris, and her early life
was spent in this town. She married
w. W. Brown, and they at one time ran
the restaurant at the railroad station
here. They left Paris many years ago.
Franklin Maxim has shipped to Port
land the frame of house which he will |
build in the Deering district for his son,
Harry <. Maxim. The double tenement
house which he built some years since |
in Portland, one tenement Of which Har-
~ E. Maxim has since occupied, was
sold last fall. Mr.. Maxim will go 10 |
Portland within day or two to work |
on the house, the cellar for which is |
ready.
There was large attendance at the
Odd Fellows anniversary sermon, which |
was given Sunday afternoon at 2:30 at |
the Baptist church by the pastor, Rev.
Z. A. Davis. Mr.. Davis took two texts,
Prov. 1924, and Luke 1874, and his sub
ject was, 1.-THE best friend and the best |
friendship" 1t was a powerful ser
mon, and highly appreciated by the
members of the order. There was
special music for the service.
The reception given by the junior
class Of Paris High School to the senior
class was held in Grange Hall Friday
evening. A program Of entertainment
was given, and following that an order
of dozen following games. The enter
tainment program was ~ follows:
ORCHESTRA.
FlanO SOLO, hoWoLu nav
Reading Frank Starbird /
song, Alice Barden i
Drum solo, Rae Newton /
Reatlng, rIank Ssarouu