Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-03-25

Cleon @. Farrar has opened wet and
dry wash laundry at his residence OF
Park Street.
There will be special meeting of the
Methodist Ladies' Aid at the home OF
Mrs. Ellen n. Curtis, Gothic Street,
Tuesday evening, March %. Ladi,s OF
the Aid please come.
Nelson 1. Mixer, former principal Of
Paris High School, now principal OF
Lisbon Falls High School, and Mrs,
Mixer, have been guests at George r.
Eastman's for few days.
VIM. K. Kimball Circle, Ladies' of the
G.. A. r., has received an invitation to a
campfire to be held by T. A. Roberts
Relief Corps of Oxford, in celebration of
its twenty-tifth anniversary, on Satur-
day, April 5.
The Christian Endeavor Society of
the Congregational church will unite
with the Endeavor Society Of the Nor
way Congregational church at that place
next Sunday evening in a Livingstone
centennial service.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid will meet
next Wednesday afternoon at half-past
four O'Clock, in the vestry, to appoint
committees and to arrange for the dinner
and supper for the entertainment OF
guests at the Methodist Conference. A
large attendance is necessary.
Paris Grange will hold an all day
meeting at the Grange Hall, April fifth.
b. Walker McKeen, the lecturer of the
Maine State Grange, will be present.
Oxford Grange and the superintendent
of schools and all teachers in Paris are
invited. Come before dinner and spend
the afternoon.
A stockholders meeting of the Citi-
zens Telephone Co. Is called for next
Friday evening, March rs, to vote on
two questions. One is the proposition
for connection with the Maine Tele-
phone and Telegraph Co., according to
terms submitted by the latter company.
The other is question Of raising more
revenue for the support of the ex-
change.
Easter was observed at all the churches
Sunday, and there were large congrega-
tons. In the evening there were special
services at some Of the churches. An
Easter concert was given at the Congre-
gatioual church. At the BAPTIST church
the Christian Endeavor Society had a
Livingstone centennial service. Com
munion was observed in q six o'clock
service at the Universalist church.
Miss Susan NJ. Kendrick of the Paris
High School, and Miss Ruth Bolster,
with Miss Florence Whittum of the Nor
way High School, Mrs. Z. z. Andrews,
Mrs. II. F. Andrews and others from
Norway, will start on Friday of this
week for trip to Washington. The
party, which includes the graduating
class of the Augusta High School, will
go on one of the regular spring excur-
sions, spending four. days in Washing
ton, aud some time at other points along
the way.
Considerable interest is taken by the |
old soldiers in the trip to Gettysburg
semi-centennisl next summer, though
there are not likely to be a large number |
from here. Some of the residents OF
Paris who were participants in the battle
of Gettysburg are Isaac Monk, Lsmuel
B. Carter, G.. X. Ripley and George
York. Mr.. Monk, who was in the Six
teenth Maine, was taken prisoner in the
afternoon of the first days fight, and be
hopes to be able to stand on the same
spot just fifty years later, in the after
noon of July lst. IL is uncertain how
many of the veterans will be able 20
make the trip. Elsewhere in this paper
is an announcement regarding the ar
engagements made by the state for taking
the participants in the battle to the cele-
bration.
BOLSTER DISTRICT.
Harvey SWEET, who is i'll from the ef
tects of slight shock, is reported i'm
proving.
Mrs. W. Il. SWEET has gone TO East
Orange, n. j., to visit her sister, Mrs.
Arthur Pratt.
Mrs. S. NJ. Brown and little daughter
Ruth are confined to the house with the
prevailing distemper
Mr.. and Mrs. c. B. Foster, of Everett,
Mass, were guests at j. s. Browns last
Saturday and Sunday.
Sanford Brown returned last week
from Oquossoc, where be had employ
ment scaling logs for Silas Peaslee.
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