Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-09

L. 81 Penley went Thursday to Port
land, whore he has Q position a. auditor
and accountant In business concern.
Mrs. Psnley and Donald are staying ut
their homo here - Donald 10 attending
school.
The Rlva E. Locke Memorial Glass
and the Dwight A. Ball Bible Study Glass
will meet at Good Will Hall Wednesday
evening to arrange for the winters
work. A basket picnic supper will be
one of the enjoyable features Of the
meeting.
Mrs.. Agnes Pratt has been III from
ptomaine poisoning. but ID reported
gaining.
b. W. Welch- has moved to the house
on Pioneer Street purchased Of 4. K.
Berry, who has moved to . farm In
STARK, fourteen miles from Pennington.
Arthur E. Dean has moved into Mrs.
Lyons rent vacated by Mr.. WEIGH.
Wednesday evening the Mrs. Eva Z.
Locke Memorial Glass and the Rev.
d. A. Ball Bible Study Glass OF the
Universalist Sunday School gave .
farewell party In honor Of Rev. and Mrs.
d. A. Ball, which was largely attended.
The hall was tastefully decorated by
the Boy Scouts under the direction Of
E. D. Stilwell. A short program was
rendered, consisting of piano solo by
Madeline Peabody, readings By Mrs.
Alice C. Wood, who responded to an
encore. Singing by ladies' quartette,
Misses Wall, WEIGH, Dolley, and Spiller,
and with piano and mandolin accompan-
iment, school trio,. violin, piano and
mandolin. DR.. Wheeler was then called
upon and spoke most fittingly, review
ing In brief the splendid work and
Christian life of the pastor and his
wife, and the deep regret of all at their
removal, and on behalf of the friends In
West Paris presented the pastor and
his wife with purse Of more than $50
as an expression of esteem. Mr.. Ball
responded most touchingly, referring
especially to the friendship which be
would always hold for the friends in
West Paris. Refreshments of hot
coffee and cake were served. Mrs. L. C..
Bates, Mrs. F. E. Wheeler and Mrs. <.
D. Stilwell, wives of the trustees, were
at the serving table. A social hour fol-
lowed.
A large number attended the Water
ford fair.
Mrs. Alice Higgins has returned
from the Central Maine General Hos
pital. She spent two weeks in Portland
before coming here with her mother,
Mrs. Lovejoy.
Recent guests at DR.. Wheeler's have
been DR.. Wallace E. Webber, Mr.. Pull
man of the Pullman Car Co., Mrs.
Hodgon of Bath, Mrs. Frank Leslie of
Andover.
The Red Cross auxiliary acknowledge
with thanks the generous gift of S25. OF
from the Universalist Circle of West
Sumner.
Mrs. Agnes Pratt, who has been some
what improved, was taken worse Friday,
and Saturday afternoon a consultation
of doctors was held.
Mrs. Mary E. Stetson attended the
Music Festival in Portland last week.
Miss Diana Wall, Miss Alice Welch
and Miss Ethel Spiller were week. end
guests of Mrs. E. j. Mann at Camp Idyl-
wilde, Locke's Mills.
Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Ball, DR.. and Mrs.
F. e. Wheeler, and the families of d. r.
Tuell and e. ]. Mann recently spent q
few hours and dined at Idylwilde, the
party being as pleasant as good-by gath
erings can be expected. All voted to
come again next summer.
Mrs. II. <. Hamilton of Greenfield,
Mass, was here over the weekend, and
left Monday morning for her home. Her
father, Samuel W. Durham, who ID
only few months less than ninety years
of age, accompanied her to Greenfield,
and will 60 from there to visit his sons
in Brattleboro, Vt.