Oxford Democrat., 1917-05-08

INT. Bob" Wednesday and Thursd.,
MISS Laura Adkins spent the week-en,
with friends in Bethel.
Mrs. H. B. Whiting of North Abineto,
ls the guest of her daughter, Mrs. W. B
Young. =
The Weelaffalot Club will meet will
MRS Mildred Cole Tuesday evening O
this week. '
The rank Of Esquire will be worked b,
Hamiin Lodge, No. 81, Z. of P, mex
Friday evening.
| The selectmen Of Paris have decided
to grant no permits for the sale of fire
works of any kind this year.
The Congregational Juniors are eact
earning five cents to be given to tn.
Women's Service League for the Rec
Cross work.
Mrs. Hattie Gould of Mechanic Fall.
is moving to South Paris, and will occu
py rooms in the house of j. q. Stuart or
High Street.
A meeting of the South Paris local OF
the New England Milk Producers Asso.
citation will be held at Grange Hall mex,
Saturday afternoon at 3 O'Clock.
c. Freeland Penley, who has been with
bis son In Kansas during the winter, ar.
rived at his home here Friday night, and
seems glad to be back In Maine again.
Court officers and lawyers are abou,
leaving for Rumford, where the Nav
term of court opens Tuesday morning.
with Justice George F. Haley presiding.
The Delta Alphas held rook party at
Mrs. s. c. Ordwsy's Thursday evening at
which four tables were filed, each mem.
Der having the privilege of inviting one
guest.
Mrs. Cora Briggs and Mrs. Kate Lin
der started Monday morning for Boston,
where they will probably stay two or
three weeks. During their absence Mrs.
Ida Briggs will play the organ at the
Congregational church.
The Official Board of Desring Memo
rial Church holds It's annual meeting
this Monday evening. The trustees OF
the church held their annual meeting
Thursday evening and reelected the
former board of officers, as follows:
Pres.-windeld S. Starbird.
Sec.-Dr G. l.. Buck.
Treas.-George i. Burnham.
News has been received here of the
marriage on the 25th of April of Nathan
A. Chase, formerly of South Paris, and
Miss Mildred Gunston of Oswego, N. Y.
Mr.. Chase has for some years had posi-
tion as chemist with the Remington
Arms Co. at Iliop, N. Y. Miss Gunston
has been private secretary for one of the
officials of the company. They will re-
side at Ilion.
Tax Collector Irving o. Barrows has
bis commitment of poll taxes, and is out
after the money. And IL you have any
tax to pay later, you'd better
pay the poll tax right away, for you'll
have difficulty getting money enough to-
gether to meet both at the same time.
Increased state and county raxes, and
the rather magnificent appropriations
made by the town at the annual meeting,
foot up total of about eleven thousand
dollars more than last year to be assessed
in Paris. We don't know yet what the
tax rate will be, and don't know as we
shall dare to tell when we find out.
KING DISTRICT.
William King has bought new pair
of horses.
Horace Cummings has recently been
for c. King splitting wood.
Misses Hattie and Wilma Mason re-
Gently spent the day at T. F. Thibo-
ieau's.
About six inches of snow around here
on the morning of May I'd looked like
winter morning.
August Niskanen, who has been living
at Charles Wbitmsn's this winter, has
bought the Cora Hardy farm and moved
there.
Willie Thibodeau, who enlisted 10 Co.
D, is now with the company doing guard
duty at Biddeford. His mother, Mrs.
Nellie Thibodeau, felt very badly to
have her son go, but we hope that they
all will soon return home in safety.