Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-07-13

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atives in Gray for few days last week.
Andrew j. Jackson OF Ionis, Mich, is
visiting his brother, Alfred b. Jackson.
Mrs. l.. NJ. Lunt of Lewiston was the
guest OF her daughter, Mrs. 81. T. Briggs,
, Sunday.
Miss Helen NJ. Barnes went Monday
morning to attend the summer school at
Castine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. A. Morton are at their
camp at Shagg Pond, where they went
Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Rand have returned
from week spent at Mr.. Rand's former
home in Albany.
Mrs. John F. Stanley, afrer visiting
relatives here, returned to her home in
Auburn Saturday.
Mrs. Ellen F. Cummings of Mechanic
Falls was guest at Writ Stanley's for
! few days last week.
Mrs Grover Ross and two children of
/ Lewiston are guests of Mr.. Ross moth
er, Mrs. Thomas Powers.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank L. Doble of Me-
tbuep, Mass, are spending portion Of
/. their vacation in South Paris.
/ Hsmlin Lodge, K Of p, will work the
5 rank of Esquire next Friday evening. A
good attendance is requested.
Alton c. Wheeler was in Augusta Sat
) urday completing the organization of the
} Browntield Electric Company.
Vida Cole, who lives with relatives at
Mechanic Falls, has been here a few
days with her father, Guy Cole.
c. A. Record returned Saturday from
Castine, where he has been attending
the conference of school superintend-
ents.
The c. E Society of the Congregation
al church will hold food sale at the n.
Dayton Bolster Co. store on Saturday,
July Il, at 3 o'clock.
On account of the wetness and the
wind, the picnic of the Congregational
postponed from Friday to Saturday.
Howard Shaw, pianist, and George
SOper, drummer, furnished the music for
the dancing at the Universalist Circle at
Academy Hall, Paris Hill, last Tuesday.
Mrs. Agnes L. Morton was in Portland
last week visiting the family of her son,
Ralph B. Penfold. Mr.. Penfold has been
appointed on the police force of Port
land.
Miss Helen NJ. King has gone to Cas-
tine where she attends the superintend-
ents' institute, and later teaches in the
summer school, which continues for four
| weeks.
Harold Merrill, Clarence Wiuslow,
Arthur Remission and Fred Stiles started |
Saturday night on foot for Kezar Lake, |
Lowell, where they will spend week |
camping.
The Norway Water Co. have had
break, and we are at present supplying
number of days before their repairs can
be completed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Emerson of Lynn, |
Mass, are here visiting Mr.. Emerson's
people, and are accompanied by Mr.. and |
Mrs Herbert Shaw and William Shaw,
also of Lynn.
Maurice L. Noyes has the contract to
build the new school house at North |
Paris, and will begin work on it at once. |
The house is to be completed by the goth |
Of September.
II there is flight of browp-tail moths
this week the street lights will be shut |
off to prevent their concentrating at |
those points, so IL the streets are dark the
reason will be understood.
The date of the ball of Valley Spring |
Lodge, X. p, at South Waterford, for
which Sbaw's Orchestra of eight pieces |
will furnish music, is Friday, the 10th,
not the 26.h as stated last week.
Just as if we hadn't had rain enough |
within a week, work was begun Satur-
day moving Mrs E. NJ. Millett's mead
ow between High Street and the rail-
road. The natural consequence looks
likely to follow.
A base ball team made up in the two
towns went to Kamp Kohut, Oxford,
Saturday afternoon, to play the camp |
team. Score to in favor of Ramp Ko-
hut. Klain and Newton were battery
for the local team.
The Uuiversalist Sunday School will
hold its annual picnic in Ames' Grove,
Wednesday of this week, or if stormy,
on the first fair day. All are requested
TO meet at the church at 10 o'clock, and
go to the grove in body.
Mrs. E. B. Clifford and daughter, who
have been for the past few years in Los
Angeles, Calf, arrived Saturday for
visit to Mrs. Clifford's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. b. Russell, and other relatives.
Mr. Clifford may come later.
Ray Z. Cotton is building a bungalow
for his own occupancy on the farm of his
father, F. l.. Cotton, on Brett Hill. 1t is
situated below the other house, on the
west side of the road, little above the
turn at the top of the steep part of the
bill.
On Friday the Fan Tans will meet in
Mrs. L. Z. Beams grove on Pine Street
for sort of field day gathering. Dinner
will be served at noon, and all members
are requested to bring knife, fork, spoon
and mug. The afternoon will be spent
soc tally and with games.
Friends of William A. Pidgin, at one
time the proprietor of the Oxford Demo-
crat, thereafter for many years business
manager of the Lewiston Journal, will
be glad to know that he has recovered |
from a recent illness so as to be able TO |
go to the seashore with Mrs. Pidgin.
The oil for the streets has arrived, and |
the cart came in Monday morning and
began the work of applying it. The oil |
will be applied from the Norway line to |
the cement bridge on Hill Street, and to |
the Park Street bridge on Park Street,
and on Maple Street and on some private
driveways. Also to a portion OF the
streets on Paris Hill and past The
Beeches.
Frank C. Small is making good prog
ress on his bungalow on Pine Street, the
frame being up and boarded. The house
is 81 feet front and 20 12 feet deep, five
rooms and bath on the ground floor, and
two rooms on the second floor. There is
basement under the whole, with con-
crete walls ON the front and sides, the
back wall being framed. The exterior
of the house will be single. There will
ha s,rnaca heaf full Dlumhinp hard