Oxford Democrat., 1917-12-11
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DoINas OF THE wEEkIN ALI,
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris nm.

First Baptist Church. Rev. g. W. 2. hin. pas
Cor. Preaching every Sunday q io9 A.. A: =.
sunday School as Y SseesSn s,snins sss;ns 3
80. Covenant Meeting the last Friday before
4 the lst Sunday Of the month at 80 Pm. All
not otherwise connected are cordially Invited.
Another snow storm Saturday night
added about eight inches to the already
large burden of snow that the storm OF
a week ago left rs. This winter starts
In sufficiently "old fashioned" to promise
more snow than We have any use for.
The Andover hunting party returned
home last Tuesday well loaded with
game. A. NJ. Daniels got two deer;
Reginald Cummings got one and men,
bers of the Tuttle family from the Whit
temore District got two. Mr.. Daniels
got his car back as far a. Hanover and
the Cummings car, with skis under the
front wheels, got back into Woodstock.
Mrs. N. G. Snow was at Paris Hill last
Wednesday, returning to Portland the
same day.
Miss Helen r. Cole spent few days
in Portland the past week.
Rawson +. Tufts of Poland, former
resident of this place, was at Wallace Il.
Cummings' Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. William e. Atwood and William
Jr., who have been the guests Of relatives
here since Thanksgiving. returned to
their home In Hebron Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mark P. Shaw have
received several letters from their son
Arthur somewhere in France" Arthur
writes that he is well and all right and
that he recently hunted up the Norway
Company and saw Edward Eastman,
also from this village.
Mrs. Alonzo Pomeroy, who is spend
ing the winter with the family Of her
son, Charles Pomeroy, in Auburn, has
been with her daughter, Mrs. Cummings,
in this village for few days.
There will be spelling contest at the
school house next Friday afternoon at
1 80, after which there will be Christmas
exercises and tree for the children.
Every one Is invited.
Notwithstanding the bad travelling
eighteen adults and three children were
present at the Sunshine Club which met
with Mrs. George Stone on Stearns Hill
last Thursday. Lots OF sewing was
done, and merriment was intermiDgled,
and it was regretted that all the MEM
bers could not have been there. The
ladies' voted to spend their spare time
knitting for the Service League at
Sonth Paris during the winter. 1t was
also voted to have mems night next
Saturday, Dec. 18th, and they were in
vlted to meet at the home of Mrs. Al
bion Abbott that evening. 1t Is hoped
that every member of the club will be
present and bring q gentleman.
Among those to complete the recent
training course at Plattsburg and receive
a com mission as second lieutenant was
Lewis r. Twitchell, son of Ernest F.
Twitchell of Ashland, Mass, q former
Paris man. The Ashland local paper
saws Of him:-"He has been called to
Immediate active duty and has been
granted leave of absence until December
Is, when he will report to the command
ing officer of the regiment 10 which he
may be assigned. Having completed
one enlistment of three years in Com
psny E, 9th Regiment, N. V. NJ, he re-
enlisted two years ago and was made a
corporal. He attended the school for
officers for two years past and still re-
taining his afiliation with the Framing
ham company he passed the examina-
tions for the Plattsburg Reserve Officers
Training camp several months ago. His
many Ashland friends are pleased to
learn of his appointment and will give
him hearty welcome when he returns
to his home next Saturday. His age Is
20 years."