Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-12-12
SOUTH PARIS.

~, Social Union will meet
The L. sas =, 2.SOP. NJ. to sew. All
cone. 49,. sa.ond
Nc. ME- ,bs meeting Thursday evening
degree al 'pe ui'''
Of this week
Miss Geneva Young is at home ot from
MIS- MIS-. Normal school for the Christ
mas vacation -,
,,,5s schools of the town close
Inc ap The high school continues
,potber week.
n..,,,.r meeting of Hamlin Temple,
h s:.n i.ters. will be held Tuesday
PytIar II is earnestly requested that
sv'u,u hers possible be present, as
il To business of Importance to come
More this meeting
N, and Mrs. James BumPus enter,
NJ a. D.rrv of friends at their home
ansu sa = Ssve2ing in the Hall Pond Dis
"a, dancing was enjoyed and refresh
r,S, served. making a very pleasant
.S.nipg for those present
Economical Club met Wednesday
tus virb MIS-. J. ]. Murphy. when
nVsl.ohlss were filled at whist. On
I9ls S.ssSav afternoon of this week the
n We n,ssts 9TH Mrs. j. j. Emeley,
S , eigh, ne" members VIII oe ini''a''
3D.
n. Mica Lodge and Mt. Pleasant Re
~ To5os have united in the pur-
U.s. of a four burner oil stove to be
49, in the preparation OF refreshments
. W. affairs. Il was christened at
~ meeting Of the Rebekshs Friday
evening
Paw e G. Miller has purchased
..ar, If land amounting to IS acres
s uat Of the old Hathaway road and east
ss,bs Grand Trunk Railway of D. n,
Cr A. and Frank B. Fogg. Charles Z.
Mil acted as agent for the Clifford
holding
v.,ss, E. shaw was in Lewiston Wed
,,.Jav night 10 attend the meeting OF
Tn;rb,s n Pythias, when they were ad-
1900 nv John J. Brown of Illinois,
..n,aua chancellor of the order.
V1igbts representing 46 of the l4S
lodges in Maine were present at the
meeting
Last week Mr.. A. C. Wheeler spoke to
,bs nnnils Of the high school on his trip
10 The southern part of our country He
mentioned 10 a very pleasing way the
nacss Of historic interest that he motto
= and contrasted very forcefully the
vonng men of the North and those of
The South
taking little play was "Sally LuuD,"
r,sssntad by the Universalist young
nsople of Norway Tuesday evening as
ibs entertainment following the Decem-
hsr snpper of the Ladies' Social Union
,,,bs Tniyersalist church. 1t was well
playsd. and received with appreciation.
There was fair attendance at both the
supper and the entertainment.
Mrs D. NJ. Richardson and Miss Flor
snce Richardson, who have lived Tor
some years iu the house of George w.
Cook on Western Avenue, are breaking
no housekeeping. Mrs. Richardson will
70 10 live with the family of her son,
Marx & Richardson. Miss Richardson
will be- for the present with her sister,
Mrs. Walter Peaslee, in Exeter, n. q.
Psrley B. Ryerson, formerly of Paris,
was in town last week for the first time
10 some wears. For a number of years
he has been in railroad work in Mssss-
chuse,ts, but be is now on the road for
the McCaskey Register Co., manufactur-
gs of account registers. He aud his
family are at present with bis parents,
Nr. and Mrs. Frank G. Ryerson, at
Wslchvills.
Wm. < Kimball Circle, Ladies OF the
G. A. R, has recently elected the follow
Ing officers:
Pres.-Mrs Florence Hicks.
senior Vice. Pres.-Mrs. Ellen Curtis.
Junior iCe-Pres.-Mrs. Z. L. Buck.
sec-Mrs Lydia Rounds.
Treas-Mrs Eva Ordway.
Chap.-Mrs. Rossie Monk.
COnductor-Mrs. Eva Record.
Patriotic lns,ructor-Mrs. Love Dresser.
Guard-Mrs. Emily Cook.
c. L. Russell, who has run the livery
stable at Hotel Andrews for the past
year or two, has exchanged the business
With Car P. Durham of West Paris, for
the store OF the latter. Mr.. Dunham's
line is boots and shoes, furnishings, to-
bacco and cigars, with ice cream in the
summer. Mr.. Russell has run a good
stable here, and Mr.. Durham has for
nerly been in the business and we may
expect that he will conduct it in good
shape.
A gOOd number Of visitors from Ok
ford Lodge, z. and A. NJ, of Norway,
we're at the meeting of Paris Lodge last
Tuesday evening, and number of visit
ofs were also present from several other
lodges, making a total attendance OF
eighty or more. By invitation Oxford
Lodge conferred the NJ. NJ. degree on
Two candidates for Paris Lodge. After
TIE close Of the lodge an oyster supper
was served at Grange Hall by the ladies
otthe grange.
Last Tuesday was quite busy day for
the workers of Paris Grange. During
tne day Oxford Pomona Grange was en-
RETAINED here, with an attendance OF
ABOUT 250, and in the evening the grange
furnished an oyster supper to eighty or
ninety Of the Masons for Paris Lodge.
10 make the day complete, and I'LL IN
'he waiting time, Dunham's Orchestra
vas engaged, and some friends were in-
nted 10 to join in dance with those
whose occupation kept them at the hall
The Julia Hammond spelling contest
vii De held at the high school building,
south Paris, on Jan. u, 1917. There
VIII De two divisions. One division will
oe selected from the sixth, seventh,
eighth and ninth grades, while the other
VIII consist of members of the high
'enool There will be two prizes to
each group, one for the best speller
among the boys, the other for the best
speler among the girls. All students OF
'oe town in the grades mentioned are
snglole for this contest.
=, The Seneca Club is entertained this
aonday evening by Mrs. L. G. Smiley at
uer home on Western Avenue. The
os1t meeting, which would come on
Vuristmas evening, will be omitted. This
evenings program continues the consid-
saaon Of home economies, as follows:
Eol Call-Current Events
RAISE Ads and Lying Labels
"a Mrs Margaret Taylor
me me emergency Shelf Mrs Fannie Eastman
O'Scussion-Domestic Science In the Common
Schools Club
n Leader, NJ rs. Edith Wheeler
Ds"onstration-New Labor Saving Devices Tor
The House Wife Mrs. Madge Gray
We are frequently assured that the
e situation, so acute in this country 10
sse early part of the war, is now reliev-
", or fairly well so, by the establish
Ssnt OF the dye industry in America