Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-08-31
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOINdS OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris hnl.

First Baptist Church. Rev. g. W. 7. Hill. pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday as Cao a. -.
Sunday school at IL. Sabbath evening service
40. Covenant Meeting the last Friday before
the lst Sunday of the month At 80 r. =. Al
not otherwise connected are cordiAly mV'seo'
The engagement is announced OF Miss
Susie T. Chase of Mechanic Falls 10 Mr.
Harry l.. Danforth Of that town, former
ly of Island Pond, VT. Miss Chase is the
Youngest daughter of James l.. and An
ME p. Chase, formerly of Paris Hill. -.
Mrs. j. ii. Brooks and four sons OF
Bridgeport, CT, are guests OF her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Austin +. Stearns.
Mr.. Brooks is still in Europe where he
has been since his perilous experience on
the Lusitania when the ship was torpedo
ed on May seventh last and he was one
of those rescued from the water.
Henry d. Hammond Is greatly I'M
proving his home by the addition of an
extensive piazza upon the front. Phil
Mason and crew are doing the work.
Albert l.. Burbank of Portland was
guest at the Hubbard House last week.
Clayton K. Brooks of Boston arrived
here last Saturday for a vacation with
George Lunt returned last week from
Honolulu where he has been on Govern
ment commission. He and Mrs. Lunt
are receiving the congratulations OF many
friends upon the arrival of a son, Wilbur
Fisk Lunt, born August 23d.
The raffia basket donated by Mr.. Win
slow to the fair was given by subscription
to Wilbur Fisk Lunt, the youngest
member of the community. The receipts
from the basket subscription amounted
to over thirteen dollars.
Miss Fannie Perham of Washington,
| D. c., is the guest of Mrs. John Pierce.
The tea at the Country Club on Sat
urday afternoon was given by Mrs.
Edward T. Brown, and was one OF the
pleasant occasions of the season.
A subscription paper to aid in paying
the expense of painting the Baptist
parsonage is in the hands of Loren B..
Merrill and he requests that any who
desire to give something will see him
about it during the present week.
Mining operations are now in progress
at Mount Mica and it is hoped that some
tourmaline pockets will be reached and
opened within the next two weeks.
Recent arrivals at the Beeches are
Mrs. K. j. Monks, Mrs. Page, Boston,
Mass; Mrs. T. r. Loomis, Mrs. Smith,
Hartford, Conn Miss NJ. E. Mitchell,
Arlington, Mass; Mr.. Philip Ogden,
Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Ogden, Wood
fords, Me-; Mrs. A. NJ. Hall, Newton,
Mass; Mrs. Charles Gordon Ames,
Mrs. j. B. Scott, Boston, Mass; Miss j.
A. Davis, New York; Miss L W. Don
nell, Philadelphia; Mr.. Edward Bur-
rage and Miss Burrage, Newton, Mass.
Mrs. Charles III. Phinizy, Augusta, ia.
Miss c. r Wendell, Dover, n. H.; Mrs.
Imogeu Oakley, Philadelphia.
The Beeches pet, Donnie Dog, cele,
brated his fifth birthday, last week,
giving his friends an opportunity fol
some very clever doggerel verse.
Mrs. John W. Brooks and Miss Brooks
of Worcester, Mass, are again spending
the season at The Beeches.
| Thursday was given over to the
Country Club fair. The weather CLERK
smiled upon it and so did nearly every
one else in the immediate vicinity; they
not only smiled, but they bought the
goods offered for sale and grabbed the
grabs and did all the other numerous
and entertaining stunts that were made
and provided. No one expected that tht
former large record of receipts would
be equalled but it was exceeded by
handsome sum and the club is several
hundred dollars to the good. AL
records for the past fairs are "broken,'
at least so far as financial results go
and all the departments were fully up
To any previous exhibit. To name al
those responsible for this great success
would require nearly a complete list o
the members aud include many who are
not members but ought to be. While
the household department netted th'
club the most money and the baske
booth and fancy work departments were
close seconds, the Chinese laundry will
its cos,umed attendants and unique sign
proved the most popular and disposed o.
all its wares in short time after TIT
sale begun. In the various contest
Mrs. Ruth Stearns Brooks won the clock
Miss Mary p. Burchfield the tea coy
and Mr.. A. Chute, the tourmaline. Tit
concert in the evening by Mrs. Wynifret
Staples Smith, soprano, Mrs. Cora S
Briggs, accompanist; Miss Marion Has
kell, violinist, Mrs. Ruth Cummings, &C
compauist; and Miss Ruth Potter
pianist, proved successful climax to
very successful fair and called out al
audience that filed Academy Hall,
The receipts of the fair were as fol