Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-05

soA AuOmos was here from
Portland over Memorial Day.
Daniel G. SWEET Is building . bungalow
on nis lot on Highland Avenue.
Mrs. Clinton McKeen il in the Oxford
democrat office learning typssetting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron A. Evans of Rum.
ioro were In town over Memorial Day.
Mrs. Ella s. Heald of East Summer :,
tns guest this week of her sister, Mrs.,
Albert D. Park.
Mrs. A. W. Nichols of Portland was q
guest OF the family of N. Dayton Bolster
on Memorial Day.
invitations are out for the recital to
De given by Maxine Bennett at Miss
Jackson's this Monday evening.
Easy to believe the Official statement
that the month just closed was the cold.
est May since the records have been kept.
Charles F. SWEET and family have
moved from their farm to the house of
A. Z. Witham north Of the Park Street
bridge.
Mr.. and Mrs. 81. P. Brett and Miss
Georgia Brett of Beverly, Mass, are at
their camp at Halls Pond for stay of q
few weeks.
The Tubbs School Improvement
League bad sociable Friday night In
spite of the rain. The attendance was
small but the children report q good
time.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. N. Anderson went
Thursday by auto to Massachusetts,,
where they will visit with their son,
Harold Anderson, and other relatives
for two weeks.
j. B. Barnett has been doing an extern
sive job of shingling, painting and paper
ing on the house recently purchased by
him on Hill Street, and will move in
some time this week.
| j. Augustus Record, who now has q
position in the shipping department of
the National Cloak and Suit Co. of New
York city, visited his mother and sister
few days last week.
Clyde Hartwell and Mrs. Angie Ripley
Tubbs, the latter formerly of South
Paris, now both of Auburn, were MARI.
ed in that city Saturday evening by Rev.
R. F. Johonnot, D. D.
John s. Blair, who has been in the
employ of the Paris Manufacturing Co.
for years, has completed his work there,
and Monday morning went to work in
the Norway Hand Laundry.
First Lieut.. Guy I. SWEET of Co. D,
Second Maine Regiment, now stationed
at Biddeford, is here recruiting for the
company, which is ordered to be filled
to full war strength of $50 men.
We are told by the weather bureau
that the tendency will be toward higher
temperatures in the eastern part of the
country for the next few days. Really,
we should like to know how 1t could be
otherwise.
o. E. Barrows has the foundation In
for a second bungalow on the Hewett
lot, in addition to the one now under
construction which will be occupied by
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving o. Barrows.
Paris Grange will provide the banquet
for the Alumni Association of Oxford
Normal Institute and Paris High School
on the evening of Friday, June Is, and
music will be furnished by Shaw's Or
chestra of six pieces.
Miss Bertha Wight visited Miss Fran
ces Chapman at Oakland the first few
days of last week, going on Saturday and
returning Wednesday. They spent the
time with other girls at house party at
cottage on the lake about two miles
from the city.
The annual Delta Alpha picnic will be
held at Mrs. Myrtle Gates on Thursday
evening, June 7th. Each member is
entitled to one guest. All who wish
public conveyance please notify Mrs.
Charles Merrill before Wednesday noon.
Supper will be served at O'Clock.
Mrs. Guy F. Stevens gave tin shower
to Miss Nettie Newell Thursday evening,
in honor of her approaching marriage to
John Hall of Norway. About dozen
young ladies were present, and the pre-
sentation of the gifts, which were more
or less fantast ically dressed, caused much
amusement. Refreshments were served.
Advertised letters and cards in the
South Paris post Office June 4:
Mrs. Maud Bubier.
| Mrs. Nellie Curtis.
Miss Doris Ordway.
Miss Alice league.
Mrs. W. +. Ktdder.
Mr.. Everett +. Kidder.
Mr.. Alonzo Churchill
ia. Kenney. P. NJ.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. N. Chapman were
visited over Sunday by Mr.. Chapman's
nsphew, Ernest Chapman OF Berkeley,
Calf. Mr.. Chapman hiss just completed
a course in Bible school at Columbia
University, New York. He 10 now re-
turning to California, and expects to en-
gage in foreign work in Japan In Septem-
Der.
Governor Carl E. Milliken, Hon. Fred
w. Bunker of Arson and Hon. Edward
F. Gowell of Berwick, members OF the
Executive Council, and DR.. T. z. Hardy
of Wateryills, chairman of the trustees
of tuberculosis sanatoriums OF the state,
we're in town on business for q short
time Wednesday. DR.. Hardy took din-
ner with Walter L. Gray, classma'e I'D
Colby College.
Alton C. Wheeler was In Augusta
Thursday before the governor ana ooun.
ell as attorney for Mrs. Grace Paradis OF
Rumford in her petition for PARDON.
Mrs. Paradis is now serving sentence
of eleven months In the county jail, I'M
posed at the last October term, for adul,
terry. This petition and one other neaso
at the same meeting were denied by the
council after o long executive session,
and a third was laid on the table for =
month.
I'm to Monday morning 20 young men
of Paris had registered under the select
live draft law with Town CLERK
William j. Wheeler, who lie to act as
registrar for the town. More than nan
| of this number are men who are absent
from town as teachers, students, CLERKS
| or in other capacity, and quite nnmper
are Firms, who are attending seasonapiy
to the requirements. The Firms were
most of them here on Saturday, ana II
was necessary to employ an interpreter
for q number Of them.
In order not to conflict with the oac-
calaursate sermon before the senior class
of the high school, Mt. Mica Lodge nss
changed the date of its memorial Gay eA'
ercises from June 10th to June Iitn'
Members of the lodge as well AZ mem
beers of Aurora Encampment ana M';
Pleasant Rsbskah Lodge are requested
TO take notice of this change. Ii Is OK
pected that the members will meet ~