Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-12-28
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE D0INOS OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris hul.

First Baptist Church. Rev. g. W. 2: Hill. pas.
Sunday school At IL. Sabbath evening service
az so Prayer Meeting Thursday evening a
] 80. Covenant Meeting the last Friday oeforS
the LIST Sunday Of the month At so r. =. Al
not otherwise connected arc CORDIALLY lnvlteo'
Among other events of Christmas
week was the marriage on Thursday last
of Rev. C. A. Kuicksrbooker Of Reading,
Pa, and Mrs. Caroline p. Harlow OF this
village. Both the contracting parties
are too we'll known here to require COM
ment at this time. Mr.. Knickerbocker
as preacher Of great eloquence ana
power has supplied the Universalist
pulpit here for the past ten summers'
entering into the social life Of the place
and making friends of all. Mrs. Harlow
Is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando
A. Thayer Of this village, where she was
born and has always lived. As former
teacher in the village schools, and later
as postmaster for more than seventeen
years, she has made hosts Of friends oy
whom she will be greatly missed. The
wedding on Thursday was very quiet
one, only the immediate families OF the
bride and groom being present. The
ceremony, the single ring service, was
performed BY Rev. G. W. F. Hill OF this
village. The bride was gowned IN
becoming gray charmeuse with lace ana
gilt trimmings. The groom's gift to the
bride was ring with sapphire encircied
in diamonds. After refreshments Mr..
and Mrs. Kuickerbocker started imme-
diately for Reading, Pa, where new
house has recently been furnished Tor
them. A great number OF valuable we'd
ding gifts were received. The good
wishes of this entire community and OF
the many members of the summer colo
nv who have met them here, goes with
them to their new home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George NJ. Atwood
spent several days last week with rela'
tives in Dixfield.
RAYMOND L. Atwood is at home from
Bowdoin College for the Christmas re-
cess.
Mrs. Lyon left here recently for a
brief visit to friends in Massachusetts,
and Pennsylvania, spending Christmas
in the latter state. Early in January
she and Admiral Lyon sail for Barbados,
where they will spend the remainder OF
the winter.
II. S. Knickerbocker of Reading, Pa.
was at Paris Hill Thursday to attend
the wedding of his father, Rev. e. A.
Knickerbocker, TO Mrs. Harlow.
Lieut.. and Mrs. Geo. Z. Turner AND
children came from Portland to spend
Christmas with Colonel and Mrs. Edward
T. Brown. A we'll loaded Christmas
tree formed part Of the festivities OF
the occasion.
Two weddings in one week is rather
gay for place as quiet as Paris Hill in
winter.
lin, v. a., to spend the holiday and
| week end with his mother and brother.
The roads were 80 much improved
that Leslie Bennett went to Hanover
last Wednesday and ran his car home
that he had left there when on deer
hunting trip recently.
Miss Gertrude Brooks Of Cambridge
Mass, is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
NJ. Atwood this week.
A quiet and very pretty wedding wa:
solemnized at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs
Sidney S. Soule in New Gloucester, al
high noon last Tuesday, when tbeil
daughter, Miss Marjorie Olive Soule, be
came the bride of Mr.. U. Hiram Heald
of Paris Hill Rev. George w. +. Hill
of Paris performed the ceremony, using
the double ring service, after which
wedding luncheon was served. The
bride was gowned in an ashes-of.rosei
silk which was worn by her mother OF
her wedding day. The decorations were
tastefully arranged, forming screen OF
trailing yew sprinkled with scarlet rose
hips. Red carnations were also used eli
fectively. The couple we're the recipi
ents of many gifts of silver, china, glass
and linen. The bride Is graduate
nurse from the Newton Mass y Cit!
Hospital and young lady OF culture
and refinement. Mr.. Heald Ia one o
the largest and most successful orchard
lists in this part OF the state and is one o
the selectmen in the town Of Paris.
Mrs. Newton A. Cummings returned
last Thursday from New Vineyard
where she has been for few weeks oil
account of the sickness and death Of be
mother, the late Mrs. Rebecca Luce,
Lifelong resident Of New Vineyard, ant
one who was held in high esteem by tn
entire community IN which she lived.
There are still several hundred bar
rels of apples for sale in this village ant
tno buyers in sight.
Mr.. Winslow has named his quarter
in the old court house "Larjly Hall"
and it is.