Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-05-27
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$ home by sickness several days the pa
week.
Mrs. W. B. Gilbert of Canton was tb
guest OF relatives here q few days La
week.
Mrs. Omar Morrow OF Auburn and til
little Misses Abbott are guests at I
n. Haskel's.
, The Clark reservoir of the villag
water system will be emptied and clean
ed this week.
Next Sunday, June 1st, the regula
Sunday excursions to Berlin will begi
for the summer.
Miss Edith Maxwell who teaches l,
I. Melrose, Mass, was with her parents TO
their fittieth wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Carrie Adams of Lewiston ant
Mrs. Helen Kimball of Audover wer,
guests of friends in town for the week
end.
Oscar Barrows has been drawn as jury
man for the United States Court, Maine
District, which is to be held at Bangor
beginning June Sd.
George Jones, for many years in bust
ness in this village, and his daughter
Mrs. George Ham of Woodfords, are
guests at Joseph Jones.
Mrs. Fl. L. Hanson of Rumford was In
town Friday TO attend the basket meet.
ing of the Woman's Missionary Society
of Oxford County at the Baptist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rodney W. Brown OF
Reading, Mass, visited Mrs. Browns
sister, Mrs. Alton c. Wheeler, a few
days recently, making the trip by auto.
Mrs. Roy Strickland and two children
of Schenectady, N. Y, arrived Friday
morning for a visit with Mrs. Strick-
lands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. C. E. Nc
Ardle.
At the parish meeting Of the Univers-
slst parish Tuesday evening it was vot-
ed to enlarge the platform in front of
the organ. The necessary room will be
taken from the isle space.
William Culbert who was formerly for
several years the tinsmith with J. p.
Richardson but has lately been employ
ed in Auburn, has returned and is again
employed by Mr.. Richardson.
Elijah Littlefeld has accepted the po-
sition Of foreman in the mill of the B.
Il W. Reality Company at North Paris
and will move his family TO that place as
soon as a suitable rent can be provided.
The boys celebrated their victory in
the game with Portland High Saturday
night with the ringing of bells, bon
fire in the Square, and the proper
amount of cheering and general demon
straticn.
The delegates from Hamlin Lodge,
X. of p, TO the Grand Lodge in Port
land the past week were DR.. j. G. Little
field aud Alton C. Maxim. j. Z. Ken
uey also made the trip and attended the
meetings.
Delegates to the Universalist state
convention at Bangor next week from
the South Paris parish are Mr.. and Mrs.
;. p. Stearns, Mrs. L. Z. Bean, Miss
Cora j. Mason, Miss Grace Thayer, Mrs.
J. G. Littlefield.
The Bradbury Barnett house on Gary
Street, advertised in the last issue OF the
Democrat, was sold at auction Saturday
10 George o. Chase. A piece of land
near Swift's crossing was also sold to
Paul Locke of Norway.
On the afternoons of Wednesday and
Thursday the Ladies of the G.. A. r. and
any other friends who are willing to help
are requested to meet at their room to
make wreaths with which to decorate
the graves of the veterans on Memorial
Day.
| +. W. Walker, proprietor of Paris
Home bakery, has. purchased the Lafa-
Vets Dow house ON Pleasant Street, next
tu Central Park. After extensive repairs
aud alterations on both house and stable,
the Walkers will occupy the place as a
home.
Hamlin Lodge, K. of P, have accepted
an invitation to join with Pennesseewas-
see Lodge of Norway In the services Of
Pythian Sunday on June lst. Brothers
are requested to be present at the meet
ing Friday night for rehearsal OF the
third rank.
Rev. Z. A. Davis and Rev. A. T. Nc
Whorter are among the speakers at the
annual convention of the East Oxford
Local Union, Y. P. 5. c. E., at the Bap-
tist church at Mechanic Falls Wednes-
day of this week. The meeting opens at
i0:45 A. N. and closes in the evening.
The meeting of the Delta Alphas,
hich was to have been held at the yes
try of Deering Memorial church on
Thursday evening was postponed until
Tuesday evening of this week because of
the Euterpean Club concert which was
given Thursday evening at the high
| school.
Thursday evening of this week is the
date set for the opening OF Central Park
under new management. The new pro-
prietors are L. p. Fox Of Augusta and
George +. Jones of Damariscotta Mills.
A four piece orchestra, moving pictures,
aud illustrated songs are advertised to
make up the program.
Professor Donald b. Mcmillan, the
we'll known explorer, who was with
Peary, is here to oversee the building OF
the sledges for his expedition to Croker
Land, on which he is tc start early in
July. The sledges are to be made by
the Paris Manufacturing Co. Mr.. Nc
MILAN is a guest at a. w. Dennison's.
Morton V. Bolster left Thursday after
noon for Boston and on Friday and Sat
urdsy attended the games of the New
England Intercollegiate meet which
were held in the Harvard Stadium, Cam
bridge. While in Boston he was the
guest of Clarence Quimby of Turner,
who was a classmste of his at Bates,
and who is now taking special course
at Harvard.
Mrs. 4. n. Anderson returned Friday
from Boston where abe has been for
eight weeks with her son, Harold Ander-
son, and bis family. just before going
to Massachusetts, Mrs. Anderson fractur-
ed bone in her wrist by slipping and
falling on the ice near her home, from
which she is making rather slow recov-
err and the injured wrist still bothers
her TO a considerable extent.
Chester r. Easson and Lloyd Davis re-
presented Paris High School in the Ly-
ford Speaking Contest at Colby College,
/ Waterville, Friday of last week. There
were 40 contestants for the four prizes,
representing the leading high schools
and academies Of Maine and New Hamp-
shire. This was the first year Paris has
been represented and much credit Is due
the boys for the showing they made.
Mrs. Isabel S. Brooks Of North Lowell,