Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-12-18
SOUTH PARIS.

Professor q. B. Purinton Of Bates Col.
leke occupied the pulpit ct the Congre.
gational church on Sunday.
Mrs. L. W. Titus and little daughter
Of Bfyant's Pond were guests Of Mr.. and
Mrs. John A. Titus Tuesday.
Mrs. T. s. Barnes entertained her
Sunday School class ct her home on
High Street Tuesday evening.
The PathHnders met with Mrs. Geo.
r. Morton. their teacher In the Univer-
salist Sunday school, Wednesday after.
noon.
Raymond William Ferguson, who mar.
ried Miss Hilds Chandler, formerly OF
South Paris, died at bis home In Lewis.
son on the 7tb, at the age Of 80 years.
Mrs. Harriet Witham, who went to the
Central Maine General Hospital for treat
ment about ten days since, is so far re-
covered as to 60 to her sons at Mechanic
Falls, and is expected home soon.
On account of Monday evening of next
week being Christmas eve, no meeting
Of the Seneca Club will be held on that
evening, (which Is the regular date of the
club. The.next meetingAwill be two
weeks later.
Lieut.. Erland C. Torrey was In town q
day or two last week, on his way from
Dixfleld to Camp Devens, where he was
to report on Saturday. As before re.
ported, he has just been commissioned
from the training camp at Plattsburg.
Mrs. I. j. Monk went Wednesday to
spend q week with the families of
George n. Giles aud Cliston Mcallistor,
who live near neighbors on Gamage
Avenue, Auburn. Mrs. Mcallistor,
formerly Miss Addie Giles, has q young
son about q month old, the third.
ia. Thurlow thinks he hauled the
other day the heaviest load ever taken
over that road behind one pair of horses.
1t was hauled from Prentiss Crockett's
on High Street two miles and half
above the village to the railroad, and
was 90 bales of hay, weighing 800
pounds over six tons-12, 800 pounds.
Assignments of justices of the
Supreme judicial Court for the several
terms of court in 1918 have been made
For the Oxford County terms they are:
February term at South Paris, Justice
George E. Bird; May term at Rumford,
Justice Arno W. King; October term at
South Paris, Justice Warren @. Phil
brook.
The Democrat last week from Insult.
cient information gave the wrong rank
to Col. Alfred A. Starbird, who has held
that title now for some months. Col.
Rtarbird is connected with the Office of
the inspector general at Washington,
and 1t Is part of his duties to inspect the
artillery at every army camp In the
United States, q work in which he has
now been engaged for some weeks.
The change In rural carriers from the
South Paris post Office went into effect
last week, by orders Of the department.
Ernest NJ. Millett is now carrier on
route No. 1, from which ]. F. King re-
signed. Charles A. Young, substitute
carrier on No. 8, is now delivering on
that route, as Frank A. Dodge, who is
the duly appointed carrier, does not
want to move here from Canton until
the first OF January.
Earle R. Clifford, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
W. Z. Clifford, who has been sub
master Of the high school at Turner's
Falls, Mass, has enlisted In the medi-
cal department OF the United States
army, and went to Fort Slocum, N. Y, q
few days since. His brother, Stephen P.
Clifford, who Is In the senior class at
Bates College, has gone to Turner'S
Falls to take bis place In the school
until the end of the term.