Oxford Democrat., 1916-09-12
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOINdS OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris Hill.

Il SESiIONS OF lie SOONih'
Paris Hill.
First Baptist Church, Rev. g. W. +. HIl. pas
Tor. Preaching every Sunday at l0a5 A. y.
/ Sunday School at IL. Sabbath evening service
az 7:S6 Prayer Meeting Thursday evening ~
Il 30 Covenant Meeting the last Friday before
the LIST Sunday of the month at 80 p. II. All
| nos otherwise connected are cornauv lnviseo.
A very nice job of grading has been
done under the direction of George 81.
Davis of South Paris on the grounds OF
Mrs. Niemau.
Mrs. Carter and Miss Julia Carter are
to leave this week for their home In
Montclsir, N. j., making the trip with
their car.
Capt. George E. Turner, who has been
serving as an instructor at the Plattsburg
training camp during the summer, has
been returned to Fort Preble, Portland.
Mrs. Turner and children will go there
the present week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stephen Long Bartlett OF
Boston and DR.. John Winthrop Sargent
of Tsmpico, Mexico, were guests at the
Hubbard House Sunday. Mr.. Bartlett
is nephew of the late Gov. John d.
Long ana pears etrikiuS EcSouUlouCo
to his distinguished uncle.
The Paris Hill Country Club amply
justified its existence as a social factor In
the life of this community last Saturday.
Much credit should be given the enter
tsinment committee, Miss Nieman, Mrs.
Brooks and Mrs. Turner, for the great
success of the corn-rosst supper given by
them at the CLUB house. The house was
tastefully decorated with autumn leaves
and tables set 10 each of the rooms. The
guests were lined up and marched
through TO the kitchen where the cafa-
ateria form of service was used, each
guest being served with potato chips,
roast chicken, boiled ham, white and
brown bread, doughputs and hot coffee
and thence proceeded with loaded plate
to seat at the tables where sweet corn
and marshmallows roasted over the open
fires of three rooms was added to the
menu. About eighty members and
guests were served with most appetiz-
ing dinner in. this way and quite an
amount of food remained to be sold at
auction afterwards. Next Saturday the
regular Saturday afternoon tea will be
given as usual to which all members and
their friends are invited.
George C. Danforth of Gardiner was q
recent guest at the Hubbard House.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel S. Page of Nal
den, Mass, are guests at the Hubbard
House. Mrs. Page is the daughter of
Col F. E. Shaw, former resident OF
Paris Hill and for several years the pub
Usher of the Oxford Democrat.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton K. Brooks were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Everett r. JOS
selyn of Portland the past week, Mr..
Brooks returning from there to Boston.
Mrs. Charles Aldrich, Miss Ella Clark
and Mrs. Dora Jordan were in Buck6eld
Saturday calling on Miss Sarah Barrett.
Mrs. Emily A. Stowe, who has been the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. c. Guy Turner and
other Sumner friends, and recently the
house guest of Miss Barrett, returned
with Mrs. Jordan to her home in this
village.
In the Labor Day tennis tournament at
the courts of the Paris Hill Country
Club, ten teams were entered and some
very close playing was witnessed. The
tournament was won by Morton Bolster
and Harold Briggs of South Paris who
defeated in the finals Murray Bigelow
and Gustave Porter of the same place.
The weather was showery and bad for
good tennis play. The Rumford and
Bethel teams failed to appear. The
score was as follows:
Bolster and Briggs beat A. Daniels and King
81, 81.
Bigelow and Porter beat o. Daniels and
Chute and Harding beat spaulding and Ger
rish rs, 4-6, 6-2.
+. Shaw and d. Cole beat Fernsld and Bar.
rows 6S, 6-2.
Bolster and Briggs beat Stuart and Twombly
Bigelow and Porter beat Warren and 8. Cole,
60, rs.
Bolster and Briggs beat F. Shaw and H, Cole.
Bigelow and Porter beat Chute and Harding,
Bolster and Briggs beat Bigelow and Porter.
s l, rs, as, 6-s. 6-S.
Henry D. Hammond Is hauling the
lumber for a new barn. He will erect a
temporary structure for use this winter
and build large barn in the spring.
Bert Cole is Flushing his new house
and expects TO occupy it the first Of Oc-
:ober. Mr.. Cole has had no carpenter
on the house since he started, doing the
work himself with the assistance OF Leon
Maxim. he is entitled to much credit
for he has built an excellent house that
is an ornament to the village.
September End Mr. and Mrs. Heald
motored to New Gloucester, spending
Sunday with friends at Cliff and Che
beague Islands. They returned to Paris
Monday accompanied by Mr.. and Mrs.
Sidney Soule and Miss Marion Soule.
Tuesday they motored to Wayne, where
they were the guests OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Malcolm Soule.
Miss Z. T. Simmons of Boston and
Mrs. Mary Little of Auburn were at Or
chsrdcroft on Friday.
Mrs. Eunice Scott of Newtouville and
Miss Marion Soule of New Gloucester
are visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Hesld.
Miss Marion Hsllett left Monday morn
ing for Boston to visit her parents for
few weeks before returning to New York.
DR.. John Winthrop Sargent, who was
guest at the Hubbard House Sunday,
was formerly Vice Consul to Tampico,
Mexico. Having seen his brother aud
eighteen other Americans shot by Mexi-
cans as well as many other atrocities and
barely escaped with his own life, natur-
ally feels that We need Mexican policy
that will protect Americans in that
country.
Mr.. and Mrs. BENZ. s. Doe Of Portland
are spending vacation with relatives at
Paris Hill.
PARTRIDGE DISTRICT.
Mr.. and Mrs Edison Merrill and sons
Hsrtrick and Bernard have returned to
their home in Manchester, N. a., after
a faw W. waaks, uisit fn har naranfa Mr.