Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-08-05
SOUTH PARIS.

and for lev days
Record Joined his wife and son
csNrge B CrOckett's last week.
s.,,lsv Greene spent last week visit
..SS ,. cousin, Harold Walker, at Wood
lords.
v.s JslnC. Gerry of Lewiston is a
-, NJ Mr. Gerry's sister, Mrs. Arthur
{. Clark.
v.s4B Wiggiu and family are spend
49, v,cs,ion at a cottage on Lake
Ps5Desseewa assoc.
cs.s Howard and family went
s..r,T,y 10 Bailey's Island to spend
-, weeks vacation.
Mis- GLADYS Cobb is at home from
-, \ II 10 spend her vacation
s.h ls- parents, Mr.. anu Mrs. D A.
Barry.
n 81 Plnpus left Wednesday morn
f-- onset, Mass, TO join Mrs.
srrre, acre and remain for the rest OF
The season
Paw .--fea Robinson of Philadelphia
~. Walter Robinson Of Arlington,
No. we're guests at Mrs. Esther Ryer-
.11', a au days last week.
~ and Mrs. Arthur K Shurtleff and !
y-s ,-.rteT's father, Z. d. Lane OF
Ts,. a-s went Wednesday to Trip |
p,o4 Poland, 20 spend their vacation.
p,-r- Gray is at home from Boston
.a.a. ms vacation with his parents, |
q. and Mrs. Wm. L. Gray. Miss
Gee SAWYER of Boston is also guest
AM. Gray's.
vr AMI Mrs. T. ). Barnes, Miss Helen |
A. R,--ss Mr.. and Mrs. Roy <. Cole, |
.,FFsva-t Z. Shaw, went Wednesday |
A. Can. oN,,ey, Crystal Lake, Harrison,
irsya-l.en.
lanes p axe is visiting his daughter,
NJ. B..rs... at Yves, brook, and before
g.. ,a,gr- IS I. also visit Mr.. ana Mrs.
81 Tucker at Bay Point. He expects
=, he axay turing the month of August.
The ns1 the Universalist denomina-
zion have course Of preparation a
drama. "T.e Doctor" " hich they, assist
Al bgsi-r Of the ladies, are planning
10 present New Hall, early in Novem-
Der
Mrs. Il. E. Wilson and Mrs. L. c.
Smiley we're at Brysnt's Pond Wednes-
dsy tr eng az the funeral of Mrs. Sarah
psrhsu Mrs. Wilson was formerly for
a time a member of the family of Mrs.
Perbam
Mrs.. Aryilla Wise returned the first of
ss, week from two weeks visit In
We. Bethel and vicinity. She also Wis
i.el q, East Bethel, where she taught
scll. years ago, but found none Of her
old ,cbOlars there.
During this week the factory of the
Mason Manufacturing Co. is shut down |
20 make necessary repairs, aud the em-
Q. IS are using the time for their vacs-
lions. II is expected that the factory |
y start up again next Monday
Miss Daisy Marley of Williamsburg, |
Pa. and brother Jesse of tue Baptist |
N ssionary Home, Newton Center, Mass, |
are spending a part Of their vacation |
with Grandpa G. Freelsnd Penley. This
is their first visit to the national play
ground, the Pine Tree State. On Friday
hey picknicked on Streaked Mountains
old bald bead, and picked some blue
berries from bis gray hairs.
Just about the right kind Of reading
for this weather when no one wants TO
make any mental exertiOn is "rhe Melt
ing of Molly" publication of which as a
serial is begun 10 this issue of the Dem
0crat. OF course, the end is little too
plainly to be seen from the beginning,
and as a whole il will not rank as great
literary production, but Molly is de-
HsiOus little creature Though not so little
a. she wants to bel, and her naive nara
tive is delightfully."- entertaining II not
profound.
At her home on SkilliDgs Avenue
Tuesday evening Mrs. Sarah Clark enter
tainsd a lawn party In honor of Mrs.
Kate Under of Manksto, MIMI, aud Miss
Mary Chase of Minneapolis. Besides the
special guests there were present Mrs.
Marg Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. George A.
Briggs, Miss Catherine Briggs, DIR. Carl
;. Briggs, Mr.. Jus,ina Hall, Miss Carrie
HaH. Miss Gertrude Hall, Mr.. and Mrs.
Fred Z. Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank 5.
Clark. Mr.. and Mrs. Louis w. Clark,
Miss Anna Morse.
Without questioning the truth of
scripture, il ~ safe 20 remark that there
dlesu't seem TO be exactly an even dis
tributiou Of the rain on the just and the
unjust his season. A man who return
ed igom Shsgg Pond the first OF last
week reported two good showers there
the previous day, and the next day
sumner man reported three hours
rain a, his place, while on neither OF
those days did we get more than enough
20 be reckoned BY the weather bureau as
a trace" at South Paris.
Mr. and Mrs. S. p. Stesrns entertained
a, pleasant dinner party on the 18th,
Mt Stearns' sister, Mrs. Lydia 5. Ham
mond, Mrs Charlotte Howe, Mrs. Mary
Hall, and Mrs. Justins Hall. The COM
biued ages Of the six In the company
amounted to 1853 years. Although the
oldest Of the party, Mr.. S'earns enter
tanned them by doing some dancing steps
gracefully in the style of the old days,
and under the lead of Mrs. Howe, long
noted for her sweet voice, the company
gathered about the piano and sang the
oldtime songs with great enjoyment.
Paris Lodge of Masons held special
meetings Thursday and Friday evenings
20 confer the degrees on a candidate
who was at home on vacation. A
notable feature Of the meeting Thursday
evening was the presence OF two Of the
Boston Post canes. They were carried
BY Silss p Maxim of South Paris and
W. II. Porter Of Norway, the oldest men
10 their respective towns, and the two
oldest members of Paris Lodge, in both
years and length Of membership. Mr..
Maxim is Sc years of age, and received
his degrees IN 1864. Mr. Porter is 81, and
received his degrees in 1865. Notwith-
standing his age, Mr.. Porter remained
through the work Of the first aud second
degrees before leaving for home. Ofthe
slI oldest members of the lodge, four
we're present at this meeting.
Some of the old girls" were enter
tanned Tuesday afternoon by Miss Hattie
Burne.l, Mrs j. ID. Haynes, Mrs. Fran
celia Clark aud Miss Carrie Hall, at 'Sel-
dom Inn the camp of Miss Burnell and
Mrs. Haynes, near the Burnell residence.
The guests of honor were Mrs.. Mary
Hall Of Pawhuska, Okla. a former Sun
day School teacher of many of those
present, Mrs. Kate Under OF Mankato,
MINI, Miss Mary Chase of Minneapolis,
Mrs. Matte Colby Gerry Of Lewiston,
Mrs. Hattie Haskell Morrow Of Auburn,
and Mrs. Hattie Fobes Pratt OF East
Orange, n. j. Other guests were South
Paris schOolmates and friends 10 former
days, making a party OF twenty one in