Oxford Democrat., 1915-07-13
Bethel.

ment to the young people, especially -
no picnic could be hold a. planned. In
the evening q large crowd attended .
fine display Of fireworks on Church
Street.
Tuesday Miss Mary Dudley of Men
don, Mas, Joined Mrs. Webster Wood.
bury, who came to spend the month OF
July In Bethel.
Mrs. Hattie Hutchins and her bro ther,
John Harris Of Chelsea, Mass, arc here
and opened their house on Broad Street
for few weeks.
E. E. Randall 10 critically Ill and un-
der the care OF Q trained nurse.
Mrs. John Y. Holt and son Reginald
of Andover, Mass, are with her parents,
Mr., and Mrs. j. U. Purington. Mr..
Holt Joined his family Saturday for
three weeks vacation.
Mrs. r. r. Tibbetts and little son
Ashby have returned from Caribou,
where she visited her parents.
DIR. and Mrs. ]. G.. Gehring and W. j..
Upson returned from . delightful stay
at the Barker, Rangeley, and are now on
an automobile trip along the coast OF
Maine.
Irving Carver and his brother, Mrs.
Carver and Miss Marion Mansfield, took
an auto trip to Jonesport, their former
home, and will remain for short visit.
Miss Wiley has returned from Port
land.
Mrs. Ernest Pratt and children came
to Bethel Saturday to spend few
weeks at the old home.
IL II har fn affect
of the high water, and an ali-night
watch was kept on the Grand Trunk
tracks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hiram Bean have return.
ed from Rumford and opened their
home. They have been much missed
while absent caring for Mrs. Beans
brother, Alden Howe, who passed away
recently.
Mrs. Bertram Packard is visiting her
mother, Mrs. Davis Lovejoy.
MIDDLE INTERvALE.
Mrs. Angie Parlin and son, Elwin c.
Parlin, have been visiting relatives on
Swans Hill.
Ruth Buck is at home from Mortified
Seminary.
VIM. Chase has been repairing his
barn.
Mrs. VIM. Farwell is Ill.
Rev. Z. a. Slower of Bryant's Pond
breaches here every other Sunday at 8
P. NJ. He has started Sunday School,
and is a hustler In every good cause.
j. Il. Carter is superintendent and
teacher, and Grace Farwell teacher Of
the primary class.
DR.. Wight was here recently to call on
sick ones.
Mrs. Dorcas Watkins is at her old
home, the Oliver homestead. She is
nearly the last one left on the tree of
that once large family, and we remem-
Der them as good neighbors. She loves
the scenes of childhood, and always has
a warm welcome to the old loved home
Relatives from Norway came to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. h. Carter, Jr., and ac-
companied them by auto to North Ches.
terville to visit relatives and friends.
The children of Willie Bean Of Locke's
Mills have been guests at the old Oliver
homestead with relatives.
Frances Baker has been with relatives
in Grafton.
Alice Carter, nurse, is having her sum-
mer vacation here with her father, j. b.
Carter.
Clifford Downs has returned to bis
home at Locke's Mills. =
Michel Tirrell went to Berlin to visit
his relatives, and his sister returned
with him en- route to Hanover to visit
her sister, Mrs. Andy Barlin, and family.
Mollie Stanley is at home from Farm.
ingtop, and Frances Abbott from Cor.
ham.
Miss Edith Abbott has visited her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Abbott, and
returned to Portland.
Blanche E. Kimball has received q
present of picture Of her school here
taken by her teacher, Miss Iona E. Tib
belts.
We are glad the Shirley Russell family
have come to their summer home from
Brooklyn, N. Y. Such people are pleas
ant to meet.
A Mr.. Allen from Paris has been a
guest at the Osgood home for few
days.
Mrs. Alphonso Bean is quite Ill.
DR.. Twaddle has been here to attend
the sick.
Elmer Trask and family frequently
ride this way In their new auto. Charles
Games also has new auto.
We must praise our Maker for this
beautiful rain.