Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-28

AenA franck, former teache,
's' 70 visiting friends In town.
Rev: A. T. MoWhorter was in Hebro,
4usaroay to attend the funeral of Mrs
Mr.. and Mrs. Southwick and dauphts
Oh feaoody, Mass, are guests of Mr.. AND
mrs. Harry Holden for two weeks.
Clarence K. winslow of the Ambul.
ance Corps which IL stationed at For
Williams was the weekend guest of hi
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L. M. Winslow.
The Ladies Social Union will hold a,
important meeting In the church parlo
wednesday at $50 P. NJ, to perfect
arrangements for the Oxford COUNTY
Fair booth.
All services will be resumed st Ia,
congregational church next Suuds,
morning. Mr.. McWhorter will preach
morning and evening the first thre,
Sundays In September.
Miss Lillian waldron of Portland ba,
been spending a few days with Mis-.
Aobie Starbird who is spending bel
vacation from her duties In Washington
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. s
Starblrd.
Miss Marion Everett, who has been
spending the summer with her aunt IL
vermont, has returned and Is now with
her sister, Mrs. Philip Chapman, al
Bethel. She was here short time last
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. A. Heidner were in
Auburn last week to attend the wedding
and reception of Mr.. Earle NJ. Chesley
and Miss Edith L. Estes. Mr.. Chesley
Is the youngest son Of Geo. F. Chesley
former resident of this place.
The postponed meeting of the Fan
Tan Field Day will be at Mrs. L. e.
Beams grove on Pine Street Wednesday
afternoon and evening, the committee in
charge are Mrs. L. Z. Bean, Mrs. W. A.
Porter, Mrs. j. D. Haynes, and Mrs.
Writ Stanley. Supper will be served.
Besides the box of supplies recently
sent to the Red Cross, the Service
League has just sent the following
knitted articles to the Portsmouth Navy
Yard, to be used for our Maine boys
S5 pairs wristers, 8 sweaters, Is pair
socks, l skull cap, 3 pair heeless socks,
81 scarfs, hemlets.
Jurors drawn last Saturday for service
at the October s. j. Court from the
town Of Paris are:
Grand Juror:
Ernest II. Herrick. South Paris.
Traverse Jurors:
Howard D: McAnster, North ParIs.
Seward p. Stearns, Paris Hill.
Irving Hartman of Bethel, who has
been clerking at Riccar Inn, Poland, was
taken suddenly i'll about two weeks ago
with hemorrhage and was taken to the
Maine Sanatorium at Hebron Saturday
for treatment. Mr.. Hartman spent sew
eral summers here with Bannister Chap.
man. and was a student at Bates College
with number of South Paris students.
The Donald B. Macmillan exploration
party to Crockerland after spending four
years in the frozen north, arrived at
Sydney, N. g., Sunday, several previous
attempts to rescue them having failed.
Mr.. Macmillan Is we'll known here, where
be obtained some of his equipment for
the expedition and directed its manufac-
.ure at the works of the Paris Manu-
Company. he found that
Crockerland was mirage and does not
sxist.
The Service League served tea very
Saturday afternoon at their
rooms from three to five O'Clock. Miss
Sue Thompson, who is visiting Miss
Morton, kindly told the fortunes of the
guests by reading the tea grounds in
The cup. The result was much merri-
nent and four dollars added to the
League treasury. The committee ar
ranged the affair late Friday afternoon
after it was known Miss Thompson
would give her services for Saturday, so
i was impossible to give as general
notice as they would have wished.