Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1913-06-17
SOUTH PARIS.

Mrs H. A. Hilton spent last weel
With friends in Portland.
v,sL.C. Morton entertained Mis-
anna Gordon at dinner Thursday.
V-s Agnes Morton is at ST. Agatha
c,rsda. with her brother, Fred C.
Rriggs Who is in poor health.
Ms o II. Bumpus started Saturday
morning for Onset, Mass where she viii
ba during the summer as usual.
FAR. lean Tolmsn of Hartsville, S. c.,
"a. \, Town few days last week to visit
he family Of his father, c. f. Tolman.
Tia Western Avenue Club met Friday
,f-a-rlln with Mrs George F. Farnum
s.he- home Refreshments were serv-
a. 4rea social afternoon was enjoyed.
" and Mrs. G. F. Eastman attended
,bs funeral Of T. G.. Larry at Gilead
THURSDAY. The T. G. Larry Store, own
a by ll-. Lazy, was closed for the day.
A.tse meeting of the Western Maine
pantry Association held last Monday
sg.-f--. +, was definitely decided to
b4'5 ,la show at Norway Opera House,
srf he dates will be Dec. 80 and 81,
1913 and Jan. /, 1914.
Albion L. Tubbs of this place and his
7arHsw. Fred <. Tubbs of West Paris,
s.sr.el saturday morning for Florida,
vEare they will spend week or more.
From Boston they went oy steamer TO
savannah, Ga.
Advertised letters and cards in South
Paris. Maine, post Office June 10, 1918:
Mamie Trip
M- -snk Barrett
W-- ~HnII
V.- len Campbell
Joseph uerow
5. T. DAVIS, p. NJ.
r.s Wgmau's Christian Temperance
r.,'..0 vii. hold their last regular meet
.-.fr--b- season Tuesday afternoon at
Nrs George f. MorJon's. They propose
M .r,sbratett as u,ual by an outdoor
meeting r. .he weather is suitable. Bust
me-. meeting al o'clock, followed by
a sgciai hour and Tea on the lawn or
porch
Another K.u. Hineo range contest Is
started 5y Hubs Variety Store in this
issue af the Democrat, TO continue tor
SIX months. This differs from previous
contests % that besides the advertise
ra0t iu the Democrat, purchases at
ii DOS, store and of 5. j. Record Il Son
VII. produce coupons and count in the
decision, as stated in the advertisement.
some lost tender plants in the freeze
Of ss. Tuesday morning, but many e..
s,r-9 serious consequences by reason OF
the Iateness of the season and the fact
,ha, the plants were not yet in condition
% freeze. There was also thick FOG
along the river, which saved more or
less Of the damage. The Thermometer
went several degrees below the freezing
point.
sawyer Brook and Black Brook, An
dover, under present conditions OF auto
mobile travel, are right in the outskirts
Of South Paris, aud it would be dithcult
70 keep track OF the number of car loads
OF the number of fishermen who have
made their way there during the past
week, to say nothing of reckoning the
number of big brook trout they have
brought home.
Erland c. Torrey has purchased OF
Sylvan Shurtleff house lot at the cor
ner of Shurtleff Avenue and the street
laid out along the top Of the ridge By
Mr.. Shurtleff The lot is 100 feet square,
on the ridge above the house of Mrs. En-
tber Ryerson, and nearly opposite the
house of Albert ID. Park. Mr.. Torrey
will build a good house on the lot, and
already has the cellar nearly completed.
C. W. Bowker is building an addition
on the front of the small building near
the rear of Bowker Block. The back
part of the building will be used for
storage OF material belonging to the viii
age water department, and the front
viii be an Office for Mr.. Bowker. who is
superintendent Of the water system, and
also for the selectmen and the town bust
ness. There will be fireplace at the
back Of the room.
The friends of Mrs. Ella w. Burbank,
member OF NJ. Pleasant Rebekah Lodge,
NO. 80, will be pleased TO learn that she
was recently the recipient OF beautiful
gold Past Noble Grand jewel, the gift OF
Ideal Rebekah Lodge, No. Is, at Gorhsm,
Y r. 10 appreciation of services render
cd and willingness to assist in any good
for the lodge, having served "a deputy
grand marshal four years, and been in
iuential in increasing the membership oil
the lodge
At the regular meeting Of Paris Lodge,
z. and A. NJ, Tuesday evening, past
masters night will be observed, and the
NJ NJ. degree will be worked. The past
masters who will occupy the several sta
tiOns are:
Albert W. Walker, ls9l.2,3. as W. NJ.
j Ferdinand King. lSS0l'23, az s. w.
William z. Morton. 1899, a. j. w.
James :. Wright. 1884, as Treas.
Walter L. Gray, 1903 as See.
Ernest J. Record, 1911, as Mar.
Josiah y. Horr, 1910. as Chap.
Z. r. McArdle. l9o+-5, as 5. ID.
Arthur +. Forbes, lS9I-S, as I'D.
l. l.. Briggs, 1893, as 5. 5.
Wallace b. Strickland, 1905, as j. s.
Chas. II. Howard, 1907, a. I. K.
Percival L. Hathaway, 1912, as ;. X.
+. Wendell Rounds, 1918, AZ i X
George II. Clark of this place, son of
Mr.. aud Mrs. Arthur Z. Clark, was one
of the class which graduated from the
Massachusetts Institute OF Technology
last Tuesday, receiving the degree OF
Bachelor of Science. The title OF bis
graduation thesis, which was undertaken
together with w. G.. Lowell OF Cam
bridge, Mass, was 1.-THE Effect OF Pipe
Friction on the Velocity of Low Pres
sure Steam" Mr.. Clark and friend,
A. j. Walton of Melrose Highlands,
Mass, are now spending week here,
and Mr.. Clark will then 60 back to the
Institute of Technology to work during
the summer in the physical research
laboratory. At the opening OF the
school next fall be takes the position of
assistant in the engineering laboratory
of the Institute. IL is quite an honor
for graduate to go back directly to a
teaching position like this.
Il. G.. Larry, whose illness was noted in
the Democrat last week, died 10 the hos
pital at Lewiston early Tuesday morning,
the cause being Brights disease. BE
had not appeared IN good health for
some time, but had been very active,
putting in sixteen acres Of potatoes on
bis farm in Gilead this season as one
item of his activity. His home was IN
Gilead, but only few weeks since he
had purchased Of j. r. Plummer the
lstter's store and business, real estate
aud stock in trade, in this place. BE
had only occasionally been here to look
after the business, having left the man.
sgemeut Of it with Geo. T. Eastman,
who had for some years been in the
store previous to his purchase. Mr.
Larry was 81 years of age. His wife
died some years ago, and the only near
relative he leaves Is a sister, Mrs. i. ID
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