Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1916-04-11

Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Jordan and child
LEI Portland are guests at Walter l.
Gray's.
The high school excursiouists to Wash.
ington arrived home Thursday evening,
after q trip which Was entb usiastically
enjoyed.
Geo. r. Morton and Mr.. and Mrs. d,
D. Field went to Boston Monday morn.
Ing, where Mr.. Field will be fitted with
an artificial leg.
Those who come from outside the vii.
lage tell us that We were lucky to get of
with some less than Q foot Of snow In
Sundays storm.
Members of Paris Grange will canvass
the village on Wednesday to secure old
papers. II 10 hoped that enough may
be obtained to load car.
Alton G. Wheeler, In company with
Wallace 81. White, Jr., of Lewiston,
made trip to Oyster Bay, N. Y, the
first of last week, to confer with Col.
Roosevelt.
Raymond w. Penfold was at home
from Portland over Sunday. He now
has position with the Cumberland
County Light, Heat and Power Co.,
reading meters.
After the regular Rebekah lodge meet
ing Of this week, there will be Q short
musical program followed by leap year
party and every lady 10 requested to
bring five cents.
The Ladies' Aid OF Deering Memorial
church will serve q cafeteria lunch on
Friday, April IA. This will be followed
by q social and entertainment, the ad-
mission to which will be old rubbers.
Miss Marion Everett will 90 on Satur-
day to enter the training school for
nurses of the Tslitha Cumi Hospital at
Jamaica Plain, Mass, Of which Miss
Catherine G. Briggs Ia superintendent.
1t Is hoped there will be q good at
tendance at the regular meeting of
Stony Brook Lodge, N. E. o. p, Wed
nesday, April IL, a. one OF the Grand
Lodge officers 10 expected to be present.
Robert e. Shaw, who recently pur.
chased the Richardson hardware BUSH
ness, and his family, will move from
West Paris into the rent In Alton G.
Maxim's house on High Street vacated
by Geo. G. Fernald.
Paris High School base ball team is
to open its base ball season
next Saturday, but 1t certainly does not
Iook much like base ball conditions this
1t is evident that If they are
able to play at all, they will play with
very little practice.
j. 81. Nichols, who has been with his
laughter, Mrs. Warren SWEET, in Win
chester, Mass, for the winter, returned
home Friday. Mrs. Nichols will not re- |
urn from Winchester for some weeks,
but her sister, Mrs. Briggs, Is here to
ook after the household affairs.
Roy s. Parker, fireman on the Grand
Trunk, who formerly lived at South
Paris but recently moved to East Deer |
pg, had an ankle broken in q collision
IF engines at the Portland yard in the
snowstorm of Sunday. Two
,ther men were injured at the same
lime, and all had narrow escape from
atal injury.
Rev. D. A. Ball, scout master Of the
West Paris Boy Scouts, and two OF the |
older Scouts from that place, were here
asst Tuesday evening to attend the or
yanization meeting as. announced. Ow-
ng to other affairs on that evening and |
,ther circumstances, the attendance was
,ot large enough to take final action, but |
The organization of q body of Scouts
seems assured. Fifteen boys Of eligible
.ge have signified their desire to join,
md q partial choice of committee Of
men to have general
charge of affairs has been made.
Franklin Grange of Brysnt's Pond and
Paris Grange were royalty entertained |
,y Norway Grange Saturday, April Sth.
At the forenoon session large class was |
in the first and second de-
,rees. A bountiful dinner was provided
~ the host grange, the spacious dining |
hall was filed to overlooking with hun
Try Patrons, and the second setting was
.equired to satisfy the inner man of the
arge numbe present. At the afternoon
session a most excellent entertainment |
vas presented, which would compare
with any vaudeville entertain
nent one could witness anywhere.