Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1914-04-07
Misc Edna Grimmer Of Portland II Viz.
iting Miss Doris Culbert.

her uncle at Bolster's Mills.
y Miss Nettie Newell has returned from
her visit in Massachusetts,.
|, Charles A. Hersey has entered the Ma
tional Soldiers Home at Togus.
Miss Belle Ames has recently visited
her friend, Miss Carrie Girou Of Auburn.
Miss Muriel Young of Dorchester,
Mass, is the guest of Miss Ruth Bolster
this week.
The Good Cheer will meet with Mrs.
w. B. Young Wednesday afternoon of
this week. All come.
The Universalist Mission Circle have
been invited to meet with the Norway
circle at Mrs. Oxnard's Wednesday Of
this week.
The members of Mt. Pleasant Rebekah
Lodge plan to serve a supper on April
"a, the date OF the meeting of the Oxford
County Teachers Convention.
Mrs. Alta Rankin entertained her class
of young men in The Congregational Sun
day School, and Mrs. Barnes class of
young women, at her home Friday even
ing.
| The date of the convention of the Ok
ford County Teachers Association at
April "a, so that State Superintendent
Payson Smith may be present. 1t will
be one-day session.
The meeting Of the Seneca Club sched-
uled for this week will be postponed for
a week. until Monday evening, April Is,
when the club will be entertained BY
Mrs. Haskell and Miss Thayer. This
| will not change the annual meeting,
which will be held as scheduled April
goth.
Something like hundred members of
Norway Grange we're the invited guests
of Paris Grange at an all-day meeting
Saturday. There were also number OF
visitors from other places, and the new
hall was well filled. State Lecturer c.
o. Purington of Bowdoinham was pres
emit and gave an interesting address.
Tbs Sewall Parker house on Main
Street, recently wrecked by fire, has
been purchased by Charles r. Elder OF
Maiden, Mass, whose summer home is
situated on the opposite side of the
street. Mr.. Elder will take down what
is left of the house and clear the lot.
Mr.. Parker is building house on lot
on the Stony Brook road, q short dis
lance east of +. A. Parlin's.
The relatives and friends and acquaint-
her a post card shower Wednesday Of
a. Ill 70 oanl hor
a card who will. Mrs. Under has re-
Gently been in the hospital where she
suffered another operation on what was
left of her right arm, having fall which
injured the stub so that amputation was
necessary. Her address is $40 Liberty
Street, Mankato, Mimi.
At the adjourned meeting of the
Board of Trade Thursday evening, Mr..
Henry Spinney of Lynn, Mass, was pres.
emit and presented a proposition rela- |
tive to the establishment of shoe fac |
tory in South Paris. As he must confer |
with his partner before anything actual |
" is done, the details are not yet certain !
ly known. A committee of the Board |
of Trade was chosen to have charge of |
the matter, consisting Of William j.
Wheeler, n. Dayton Bolster, j. Hast
iugs Bean, Geo. c. Fernald, A. E. Shurt-
left
All who are interested in base ball and |
would like to see South Paris represent |
ed by a town team during the coming |
summer, are requested to meet at the !
assessors office Wednesday evening of |
this week at Z O'Clock. With the ex-
celleut material that there 10 available |
here at the present time a strong team |
can be organized and supported with |
very little financial help. All that is
basis with proper management. 10
provide these conditions this meeting Is
called.
Rev. Geo. r. Stair, pastor OF the First
Baptist church, Portland, successor to
Rev. NJ j. Twomey, has been engaged
to give an address on Christian Endeav-
or Evangelism at the Norway Congrega-
tional church on Thursday evening, May
7, in connection with the Trinity Chris !
tian Endeavor rally. This Union in
cludes the societies of the South Paris
Congregational, Baptist, Norway Con-
gregatioual and Oxford Congregational
CuuECuce, anu Otu0i youh6 POoPio . w
cieties of the vicinity are most cordially
welcomed to attend.
At recent Maine reunion at Southern
Pines, ". c., the vocal soloists were Mrs.
Gibbon of Boston and Miss Faith Davis
of South Paris. Among those present
from this vicinity were Mr.. and Mrs.
Danforth of Norway. Miss Faith Davis
also sang the part of Ruth in the cantata
Ruth recently given At Southern Pines.
She expects to return home 10 May, and
for the summer she 10 booked for work
with A. W. Pottle & Son, the proprietors
of Hotel Hollywood, Southern Pines, at
one of their hotels in the White Noun
tains. Her health is excellent.
DIR. Minor c. Baldwin of New York
and London, a noted organ concert
soloist, gave an organ recital at the
Uuiversalist church Sunday evening.
This was arranged through his having an
engagement at Skowhegan Monday
evening, and he took this on his way.
Although only brief notice was given,
the church was packed far beyond its
seating capacity, the number present
being nearly five hundred. Two large
car loads came from Norway. Besides
the organ, there Was a solo by Mrs.
Wilson, with violin obligsto by Miss
Grace Dean, Mrs. Morton at the organ.
Devotional services conducted by Rev.
C. G Miller and Rev. A. T. McWhorter.
DR.. Baldwin presented varied program
of more than an hour in length, includ-
ing some classical music and some OF
more popular character, with two or
three numbers of his own compost
tions. He is q great artist, and the
opportunity to hear him is rare privi-
lege, which is fully appreciated by the
music lovers Of the two towns. Further
than that the Democrat will not venture
in musical criticism. His playing also
revealed strikingly the capacity and
lexibility Of the organ. A collection
was taken to pay the expenses, which
made good return.