Oxford Democrat., 1914-09-01

month, In g. A. K. Hail.
VIM. K. Kimban Circle. Ladies' Of the G.
Y, meets first and third Saturday evenings
each month. IN Grand Army Hall.
S. v.-Joshua L. Chamberlain Camp meet
On the first Tuesday night after the fun OF th
h. H.-Parfs Grange. meets first and thirt
>t,urday of zach month. IN Gs aDge Hall.
r. .. g. C.-Second and fourth Mondays Of
r. o. P.-stony Brook Lodge. No. Isl
a.-.'- second and fourth Wednesday evenings
az .lrb month.
,f P.-Hsmnn Lodge. No, 81. meets every
ri SIS evening at Pyshian Hall
Two weeks to election and county fair
Nr ]. F. King visited her brother in
south Windhsm, CT, during the past
weea.
Ms Mary <. Ordway of Old Orchard
isy,.,ing her nephew, Z. n. Anderson,
ali wife.
Nss Hattie Bray is taking her vaca-
t.l rom the post Office, and is visiting
il o.snd.
vy and Mrs. A. L. Holmes have re-
tl-esd from their visit to the family OF
Their son in Connecticut.
Mrs George Day of Franklin, Mass,
is listing her sisters, Mrs. Ellen Rich
ar. aud Mrs. Wealthy Clifford.
W-. and Mrs. Ralph l.. Thompson of
Portland have been recent guests at E.
y Auderson's, where they spent week.
s. C. Ordway and family, with Mrs.
RICHARDSON, are spending vacation OF
. --aaLS at tho park camn ar Shapp
Pond.
Recent guests at Fred B. Virgins
we're Mrs. Virgins parents, Mr.. and
MIS- $ L. Plummer, James and Marion
Prmmer, of Lowell.
Nr. and Mrs. W. w. Walker and son
Harold of Woodfords have visited rela-
,yss aere for few days, returning to
their home Thursday.
Miss Abbie Starbird, who has been
spending her vacation with her parents,
N- and Mrs. W. S. Starbird, returned
Saturday TO her work in Washington.
Walter Peaslee and daughter Miss Mar
Jo-.s Peaslee and Miss Christine Button
Of Exeter, n. H., were guests at Mrs. d.
" Richardson's few days last week.
Mrs. Harry Myrick and son Arthur,
aud her sister, Miss Eva Farrar, of Au-
burn, after spending some three weeks
sitting relatives in this vicinity, return
si home Thursday.
Ralph <. Gray is spending his vaca-
zion with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lam l.. Gray. he is employed as buyer
10 the drug department of the Shepard
NOrwell Co. in Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Fl. Small of Dixfield,
Judge and Mrs. N. W. Packard of Balti-
more and Miss Dunn of Washington, ID.
c., were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles r. Durham a few days last
week.
All the services will be resumed at the
Congregational church, Sept. 9th. The
following are some of the subjects oil
the morning sermons for the fall: A
False Presumption" "a False Silence,"
Nothing New Under the Sum-" safety
First"
William Thiede recently returned to
MIA home in Elizabeth, Y. j., after spend
ing a week of his vacation with his aunt,
Mrs. Henry Fletcher, on Maple Street.
His cousin, Miss Margaret Render of
Brooklyn, N. Y, who came with him,
will remain for a longer visit.
Herbert L. Whitman, superintendent
o. schools at Buzzard's Bay, Mass, Mrs.
Whitman and daughter Imogen, are Wis.,
ting his mother, Mrs. Gilman A. Whit
N
he Curtis of Portland, and Mrs. Frank
smith Of Stoughton, Mass, visited Mrs.
whitman Friday.
The members of Shaw's Orchestra will
lave their first annual ball in Grange
Hall Tuesday evening, Sept s. Six
pieces in the orchestra: Howard Shaw,
leader, pianist; Miss Grace Dean, violin I;
Eae Newton, flute; Clarence DeCoster,
trombone Philip Jones, cornet; George
Soper, drums. III. Walter Starbird, hoor
manager.
The large pine in the yard Of the
Pleasant Street school house, which was
struck BY lightning i'm the memorable
shower of Aug. llth, has recently been
blown to the ground in several pieces,
only a fragment of the top remaining on
the trunk. Although none of the tree fell
az the time ii was struck, it is evident
that it was badly shattered by the bolt.
Miss Daisy Manley of Chicago and her
friend Jack Hedenburg are making a
short visit with Miss Manley's grandtath'
er, G.. Freeland Penley. Mr.. Hedeuourg,
who is making his first visit to Maine, Is
81, tn
cry Of the state, and reports deligh'tui
summer vacation spent at the famed
Locke House in Bethel, the old home oil
Miss Manley's mother, Alice Peniey
Msnley.
In honor of her friend and guest, Miss
Edith Kelley of Waterville, Mrs. Alton
g. Wheeler entertained the members OF
the Seneca Club Thursday afternoon AZ
her home on Porter Street, from TO
o'clock. The guests were received on
the versnda, which was decorated with
flowers and green, and here the puncn
and other refreshments were served.
Mrs. Forbes and Miss Florence Richard
son assisted 10 serving.
A pleasant two days automobile trip
into Canada aud return by the White
Mountains was made recently by
Stearns family party, including s. Porter
Stearns. So years Of age, Mr.. and Mrs
Austin p Stearns, Mr.. and Mrs. William
c. Stearns, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles 3
Dudley and Frank S. Dudley OF Paris
Frank P. Stearns of shawnee, Okla,
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Kilborn and Mr.. ano
Mrs. Z. c. Park and Miss Muriel Park ol
Bethel
An especially attractive year book mas
been issued to the members of the Sene
ca Club, giving the literary programs io'
the coming seasons work. Regular
meetings begin Oct. 8 and continue on
alternate Monday evenings until April
49, The literary directors who prepared
the program are Mrs. Stanley and Mrs
Littlefield. Miscellaneous subjects are
taken up, and IL Is interesting to note
that the first five evenings are occupied
with Germany, the program OF course
having been arranged before the sudder
outbreak of the war. Later . numoel
Of evenings are spent With South Amer
lea and Mexico, and few miscellaneou'
subjects. officers Of the club for th'
year are:
Pres-Mrs T. N Haskell