Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-11-13
me Oxford Democrat,
"A Paris, Maine, November 70, 1917
SOUTH PARIS.

naushrsty was at home fror
= !. for two days last week.
.,d Mrs. William L. Frothinghar
NJ from their wedding trip tn
" d the week
r,n,a White OF Dsnville juno
s hssp the guest Of Miss Harrie
I..,s during the past week.
and Mrs. Z. P. Parlin Of Wilton
VI 80 guests for few days Of Mrs.
~ Nv. SIsks and Mrs. Elizabeth Edgerly
..,i.I meeting Of Paris Lodge, r
4AN will be held Tuesday evenin,
w. MA = week, for work in the Z. A. de
,T Tjpdley, formerly Of Soutl
,ox proprietor of 3 drug store II
az .s.s Mass, visited here short tim,
nj week.
Urn. Anderson left Friday for {
81 .ome two weeks to the family Of
~. Harold C. Anderson, In Wollas
90, Mass.
-s.,s will be a rehearsal OF the degree
.soiths Pythian Sisters following the
ding Tuesday evening. All member
n requested to be present.
R,lph G. Andrews, after being laid
-, .ons weeks with a sprained leg
Wv 40 be gets out little on crutches,
s,thss little use Of the game leg as yet.
~, annual reception to the teachers
Wet. U. will be held at the
SDs,t church Tuesday evening of this
~ The parents are invited to be
present.
Vn Anna q. Hayes, after spending
s.umusr months here, left for the
siotsr Friday, going first to Reading,
Va. where she will visit her daughter,
NJ, Rodusy ". Brown, for while.
Friends here have received announce
,.ots Of the birth of son TO DR.. and
We frederick P. Hammond of New
To,k civ on the Sd inst. The boy has
va chrsssned Frederick Benjamin.
W and Mrs. Louis W. Clark started
rburs1sy morning for Washington, d.
r sbsre Mr.. Clark has secured q posi-
ian 4. clerk in the Food Administration.
Eb probable that they will do light
Housekeeping there.
The sugar famine has struck here also,
pd The rule now is only q quarters
worth 10 customer at one time. We
Ihsn soon be economlzing on sugar per-
force, whether we signed the food admin
Irsilun pledge or not.
M. and Mrs. Rae L. Newton visited
Ri, relatives here for a short time last
week. Nr. Newton was on four days
Through from Camp Devens, Wsstfield,
Mass, where be is stationed as q men,
Der Of the band of the First Maine Heavy
Field Artillery.
4 still alarm was given about ten
o'clock Wednesday forenoon for q Chin
Ny Ere in the house owned by William
wheeler and occupied by the family Of
larry Dudley on Pleasant Street. By
b. use Of ladders and extinguishers II
vas soon out. No damage.
VI. and Mrs. Z. T. Hubbard, who
we're at their summer camp in Lowell
through the season, returned to South
Paris Wednesday, and will occupy the
sui IN the Hewett house vacated by Mr..
ind Mrs. /. o. Bsrrows. Mr.. Hubbard
"a IN the store of Eastman & Andrews as
clerk az present.
Pc. Wheeler, who has been with the
inIly Of bis son, Alton G. Wheeler, for
The past few months, went Tuesday to
Wakefield, Mass, to the home of his son
barry N. Wheeler, and will spend the
winter at that place. Mrs. Alton c.
Wheeler accompanied him on the trip,
md returned home the next day.
Mrs. 3. R. league of Madison visited
Der tasher, Harrison Fsrrar, over Mon
tsy night, and be accompanied her home
90 Tuesday and will remain there . few
weeks. Mr.. league has sold his hard
ware business at Madison, and he and
Mrs.. league expec. to 60 about the first
q January to spend the winter in
Florida.
An automobile truck Is q useful thing,
bit even an ordinary touring car may be
used 70 carry a variety OF freight. Re-
Gently such cars have been noted used
q milk delivery wagons, and for the
transportation Of apple packing outfits,
veal calves, and breaking up plows, not
% mention smaller, lighter and less
lively articles.
good patronage was given the ex-
ssllsnt supper served by the Congrega-
uonsl Circle at the vestry Thursday
evening, and the lecture which followed,
90 The Might of Manhood" by Rev.
A. /. MeWhorter, the former pastor Of
;ae church, now of Lawrence, Mass.
sf AcWhorter was greeted with pleas
IRE BY his friends here.
The Seneca Club meets this Monday
evening with Mrs. Fannie Eastman.
woman and Social Relations Is the
Oplc OF the evening, and the program as
'fspared oy toe committee is a. follows:
s sO CALI Quotations from Clara Barton.
WI TnIaoa@Osaers Ideas Of Woman's Place and
". uVas Own Misc Grace Thayor
~ hOover's Idea Of woman's Place.
You'd womans Social Usefulness be Increased
,,.a,Oy tee ballot?- Edith Wheeler
'H1ins-Selected Mary Stanley
Miss Winifred G. Swift of Minneapolis,
'aemlst In the laboratory of the hospital
! the University of Minnesota, il 10
europe to engage in war work a. .
physiological chemist in the Red Cross
lOspltal In Paris. Word of her safe
'fii'sl on the other side has been re-
sl'eo. Miss Swift 10 the daughter of
af' and Mrs. A. G. Swift formerly Of
YUM Paris, and has q nu mber Of
s1nVes here. She graduated from the
University OF Minnesota In 1918. and
~ Two years has been assistant TO DR..
~ HoWntree Of the university hospital.
There is little likelihood that the crib
|. incubator" for raising potatoes will
= used here next year. Last spring
.1sn the story was told OF somebody
using forty bushels or moro In one OF
.sss cribs, that was packed about solid
.'tn potatoes, it looked worth trying,
Won as the high price of seed, and at
'S1 three OF them were built and plant
: mere. As far az the Democrat can
ssH,er'ain, they were practically Q total
snufs. Land 10 plenty enough and
aoap enough here 90 that IL pays better
cultivate the face of the earth than IL
0s' 70 construct hanging gardens.
friday evening Mount Pleasant
1soekah Lodge through special invita-,
'oIs entertained Ruth and Liberty
.ouges OF Auburn. It was q ine mild
Issnlng Tor the season, and the visitors,
.ao came In automobiles, had conditions
'Ey agreeable for thai, trim Ah0ut r