Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-06
SOUTH PARIS.

,r,lin Lodge, n. VI = WIN "o> s-e
y Il Esquire next Friday evening.
=. ,ss recent rains. there isn't
ATE s.ngsr of the ground closing up
n ibis winter
. Rsan returned Saturday from q
n - triu to Gilesd, bringing Q good
rIisbOrn buck
and True have been engaged to
:. -, dances at North buckneid NOV.
I'D Il West Sumner Nov TO-
oNs study class has been formed
- iris of the sophomore class in
ggS;,S school, and instruction 10 given
. o Raw D. 2. Faulkner once week, on
T,s.d,y afternoons.
- nnpbsm and family, who are to
y Ssrs from Dixfeld, will occupy
~" w. tbeS. P. Stearns house on
-, Street when il Is vacated by
rssUcs c. Morton and family,
-1,-sjs talk OF having an egg laying
~, IN connection with the coming
Nus;S;,ion of the Western Maine Poultry
;s..Ocl,tiOn, provided enough signify an
.'''.,ion 10 enter. There will be no
.,nsDss to the competitors.
v,,,,cs L. Moves has broken ground
~ son.s on the lot on Pine Street
"a ~ John Wight's which be pur-
go some time since. He will put in
I"nndation at once, but whether he
m 10 more this fall is not yet certain.
", and Mrs. Walter L. Gray were In
o..,l,nd wednesday and Thursday as
49,, of Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Jordan.
"a N. Stewart accompanied them,
- ,,tspded q dance Wednesday evening
FORT Mckinley, where her husband,
,, Stewart, is stationed.
NCM Merrill and family have re-
,,,naS from Progress Farm, where they
Ssvs bsan during the summer, to the
.Il,,s for the winter. If some are not
smiTir With the name of Progress
T,rp. it NAV be explained that IL is the
y,th,pisl Rowe farm near Hooper's
Lsdgs.
ISiu,snt Henry H. Maxim of VIM. Z.
vimb,p Post. G. A. r, has been
,bul,,lpg the ages Of the members, and
srj, that Of the thirty.one members OF
NM post now 10 good standing the
,vsrsss age is 70. The two oldest men,
bss are 81, and the youngest Is SO.
living Merrill, who has been engineer
At .bs factory of the Paris Msnufactur-
sg Co. for some years, is now In the
uns work with the Union Box Co. at
Luburn. his place with the Paris
Nap1iscturiDg Co. is taken by Hobart
A. Ksnuey. Mr. Msrrill's family are
EIll here, Oh Alpine Street.
Mrs. Cora 5. Briggs and Mrs. Kate
Under entertained a dinner party at
heir home il Market Square Tuesday.
The guests we're Mrs. Louise j. Briggs,
HrS. Alneds Newton, Mrs. Sarah Ad.
tIus, and Mrs. Clara Doble. Two others,
Yr. Sarah Clark and Mrs. Charlotte
HuEs, we're unable to attend. All the
invited guests were over seventy years
ollgs.
The ladies' Of the Baptist church are
packing barrel TO send TO a mission
EhOO 10 Beaufort, S. C. Any articles
Of household use, bedding, secondhand
clothing for men, women or children
viii be gratefully received. Please leave
them st Mrs. L. c. Morton's during this
week, or inform her that You have such
articles.
The court house sewer was found to
be pngged one day last week, and 1t was
rot until the second days work that 1t
wa cleared. A stream of water was put
into the sewer from the lower end at the
uanhOls in the street, and about ten feet
from II the cause Of the obstruction was
found. II was bent piece Of wire,
which had been carried down through
The upper part Of the tile, where there
wa good pitch, but in the fat part at
The lower end il bad lodged and formed
the nucleus Of a dam which finally
stopped the sewer altogether.
correspondent of . Bangor paper,
writing on the morning OF Oct. 81, says
that Halloween was one of the worst
nights OF the season, and then gives Q
description OF the weather on the even
iog OF the S0th. According to the
dictionary and other authorities, Hal
loEs'sn Is the evening Of the 3lst. But
perhaps Halloween is q movable feast
10 Presque Isle, where the sbove-men-
Toned correspondent lives. To q GER
tan extent Il is that here, as may be
Inferred from the fact that local must
;laus played for four Halloween dances
90 four several nights last week.
Qnite party from South Paris, most
81 them teachers in the schools, attend
q the presentation of Rigoletto by the
ytsstore Grand Opera Co. st Lewiston
Monday evening Of last week. Principal
roster OF the high school and Mrs. Foster
y their car, were accompanied by the
olgn school assistants, Mrs. Alta Rankin,
Mrs. Ethel Scales and Miss Ethel
rocket. The other party taken by
aiton Z. Maxim with his truck, included
ass y Harriet Fogg, Miss Sara Cofho,
fiss Alice Wetherell, Miss Ruth Jane
%, Miss Ruth Remick, Miss Nina
outlsrneld, Miss Hattie Leach, Mrs.
Nel!s Brickett and Mrs. r. B. Wiggin.
a patriotic supper and entertainment
wi be given by the Ladies' Social Union
y me Universalist church Tuesday even
ng Of this week, Nov. 8. Supper at
'S. The menu will be baked beans,
ruu salads, hot rolls, pickles, whipped
ssam pies, tarts, coffee. Entertain
usn' following, with this program:
'iMSlesu-star spangled Banner.
Goddess Of Ijbertv N,ss aF Rsrvl SILVER
Leslie M.rss ss o1 Dale swifs
ned Gross Nurses,
diiary March. ~ --'''
,.. Miss Marie Newton
''"|Ihe Girl That Wears the Red Cross on Her
SSlo-Our Flag with Ts6Iesul Miss Emma West
'ue'-Dont Bite the Hand That's Feeding You.
olo Niles Leona Herrick, Miss Beryl Silver
No. merlca, Love YOU Misc Evelyn Wigns
, Uncle" Henry Porter came over from
'Oissy one day last week to pay bis
nn subscription and make his annual
~ az the Oxford Democrat office.
,ncls Henry is ninety-five years young
w expects to reach bis ninety-sixth
next May; and say, he 10
OO0t as smart of bis age as they make
'@. he is still able to read some with
W glasses, he makes and cares for bis
and always has good one. and
y. walks around some for exercise In
y. spare time; In fact, he started to
'a,k over to South Paris the other day
90 would have done 90 except that
O9e friend overlook him ON the way
no insisted that he tide. Uncle Henry
Us carried the Boston Post cane - the
'S man In Norway since June 1911.
'eOus six and half years, and to all
'sesent Appearances be intends TO carry