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Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-09
North Waterford.

Schools here have been In session .
week.
Lillian Douglas 10 working for Mrs.
Will Ray.
Merton Hobson. who has been laid up
with neuritis In his leg, 10 90 he gets
around some by the aid Of crutohes.
Mrs. j. Henry Hsmlin Of Philadelphia,
Pa, 10 Q guest at s. L. Lebroke's.
Rev. G. N. Eliopoulos 10 away for
three weeks.
W. J. Holmes has sold ont here, and
he and his housekeeper have gone. away.
Newell Andrews has finished work at
the corn shop, and 10 now working at
Haskell's cav MILL ct East Waterford.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. e. Jackson have re-
turned TO their homo here after having
their house closed for few months.
understand Roy Lord has purchased
Arthur Andrew place.
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East BrownfleId.

All roads here led to Fryeburg thi
week. Thursday was rainy, SO the at.
tendance was greatly diminished.
Fred Gould has been very Ill with the
measles. Nearly all the pupils In this
district have been having them, or are
now Ill.
Mrs. Susan Wakefield is with
her cousin at the liberty. She has late.
ly arrived from Stockton, Calf.
The Red Cross has obtained quantity
of yarn, and all knitters can be supplied.
We hope to have some ready foI
Sweater Day, OCT. 10.
Granville Mansfield, who has been
very Ill, 10 much improved.
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500 Reward, 500

The readers OF this paper Will be
pleased to learn that there 10 at least
one dreaded disease that science has
that II catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced BY constitutional conditions
requires !. constitutional treatment,
Halls Catarrh Cure II taken internally
and acts thru the Blood on. the Mucous
Surfaces Of the System thereby de-
giving Che patient strength By building
up the constitution and egsistine na.!
tors have 90 much faith In the curative
powers Of Halls Catarrh Cure that
case that Il fails to cure. Send for list
'of testimonials.
.Addr..; z: J: CHENEY : CO. Toledo.
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And0ver.

Mrs. cambridge and daughter Nelli,
have returned to their home In Brook
line, Mass, after having spent ths
summer in Andover.
Rev. Mr.. Atwood of East Sumner
preached in the Congregational church
Sunday morning.
Lawrence Parsons shot deer recently
Marion Learned, who has been work
ing ut the lakes this summer, has re.
turned to her home In town.
James Littlehale has q new Hudson
auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Marston and sor
have moved to Canton.
Ex-msyor Henry Porter Of Auburn
was In town recently.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-09
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

T. L. Merchant 4 Co.
Brown. Buck & Co.
Paris Trust Co.
Atherton Furniture Co.
Button Boots.
Horse Blankets.
A Mackinaw Season.
Blue Stores.
village Dwelling and Stable.
Dried Apple.
Goldsmith 4 Edwards.
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Lost.
2 Bankrupt's Petitions for Discharge.
Wanted.
Cider Apples.
VIM. Tel Flour.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-09

George and Charlie Common went to
Oxford Sunday with their car, and called
on relatives.
G. G. Becker has been repairing the
road below bic place, and Flushing up
the patrolmsn work, - he has got done.
Nrs. Addie Connor 10 stopping with
her sons, Charlie and George Conuor.
Nrs. Cobb and sister Minnie Waited
their sister, Mrs.. Asa Remission. Tues
day. Mrs. L. J. Andrews and Mrs. Al
bert KsuIston spent the afternoon with
them.
Mrs. Harry Bumpus from Auburn
drove up with the old family horse
Saidsr. She stood The drive fnsly.
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ATWOOD &c FORBES,
Kditors and Proprsescrs.
GEORGE NJ ATWOOD. A. e. FORBES.

TERMS -sl.5o year II paid strictly In advance.
Otherwise e2.0o year. Single copies cents.
ADvERTIsEAESrs: An legal advertisements
are given three consecutive Insertions for $l.oo
per Inch In length of column. Special con-
tracts made with local, transient and yearly
advertisers
JOB PRINTING New type. rass presses. electric
power, experienced workmen and low prices
con dine 70 make this department OF our busi-
ness complete and popular.
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Nrs. Albina Irish, widow Of the late
Stephen Emery Irish, died ct the home
OF her daughter, Mrs.. Geo. Holmes
Thursday night, altar { long illness, Of
the age Of 70 years. She Was daughte,
Of Lewis and Harriet (Bsrry) Mason, and
was horn In Buckfleld. She ID survived
BY two daughters, Mrs. George Holmes
and Mrs. A. L. Purkis. Funeral wa
held Sunday from the home attended BY
Rev. Eleanor B. Forbes. Burial d
Damon Cemetery.
Mrs. Emily Kicker died Friday morn
| ing Ut the home of her SON, Lester, aged
70 years. She Was . daughter OF Tuba
and Sylvia (Bosworth) Keene, born II
Sumner, and the widow Of the lat'
Henry Kicker. She has three sons living
Roscoe Of Auburn, Carroll of Blocl
Island, and Lester With whom she lived
Burial In the family lot In the Howard
Cemetery, Hartford, Sunday. Funeral
attended BY Rev. Eleanor B. Forbes.
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SINGLE COPIES.

single copies Of THE DEMOCRAT are four cents
each. They viii be mailed on receipt OF price by
the publishers or for the convenience OF patrons
single copies of each issue have been placed on
sale az the following places In the County:
South Paris, Towards Drug Store.
Shurtlefs Drug Store
Norway, Noyes Drug Store
stones Drug Store.
Ruckdeld, A. l.. Newton. Postmaster
Paris Hill, Helen R Cole, Post Once
West Paris, Samuel T. White.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-09

1.-THE roses all long since have died;
But still within the garden.bed
Chrysanthemums and asters bright,
Are blooming thickly In their stead.
Thus hold the seasons each some JOY,
Since springs sweet blushes pink Begin
Through summers crimson, autumn's gold
TIL winters gray il closing inl"
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East Bethel.

Russell Swan Is working for G. B.
Tebbets at Locke's Mills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Bartlett attended
Oxford County Pomona at Sweden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Victor Rowe and Lewis
Rowe Of Melrose, Mass, are guests oil
Mr.. and Mrs. Porter Farwell.
o. B. Farwell and auto party attended
Fryeburg fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. e. 8. Mitchell are NOV
ing to Locke's Mills.
c. q. Swan and family are moving into
Mr.. Harding's rent at East Bethel.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Richardson OF
Hanover have moved to Mr'. Fannie Far
rar's farm recently purchased,
Mrs. r. B. Howe Ia spending several
weeks with relatives at Waltham, Mass.
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Oxford.

A Congregational parish meeting was
held Monday evening. 8. =. Keene was
elected trustee TO ill the vacancy
caused by the death Of Geo. j. Parott,
and John Eden trustee pro tenn. In
place OF Major b. r. Farris, now In the
U. s. Service.
Mr.. and Mrs. 8. r. Keene have gone
10 Worcester, Mass, to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Smith, whose daughter, Miss Stella
Smith, has just returned from California,
where she was head nurse In . sani-
torium.
Walter Wills. who has been sick In
Bridgeport, Conn.,, came homo on Thurs
day.
An auction sale Was held at the home
of Arthur Storer Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Washburn are Waiting
friends In. Rhode Island.
Mrs. William Burns Of Portsmouth,
N. a., visited her grandmother, Mrs..
Anna Edwards, last week.
The Red Gross Society ID distributing
work to be done for the soldiers, the
knitting Of scavfs, stookings, wristers,
etc.
Born October 4. to the wife Of Albert
Wills, son.
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Oxford UnlversaIlsts.

The Oxford Association Of Universal
lists will hold its seventy third annual
session with the church In Mechanic
Falls. Wednesday and Thusday, Dot. 81
and Nov. 1. 1917.
Rev. g. ". SzAs, Secretary.
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Coming Events.

Oct. @supreme Judicial Court, South Paris.
Oct. 10, Ii, 12-Maine State Sunday School Con-
vention, Rockland.
Oct ., AEMaine Conference Of Charities and
Corrections, Waterville.
Oct. 81, Nov l-Oxtord Association Of Univer-
salists, Mechanic Falls.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-09

Halloween ball at Grange Hall, West
Bethel, Monday evening, Oct. 20. Dane.
ing from $50 to / O'Clock. Supper
served by the grange at intermission at
so cents per plate. Dancing, ladies 25
cents, gents Is cents. Music by Shaw
and True of South Paris. A cordial In.
! vitation ia extended to all.
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West Bethel.

1.-THE beautiful summer has gone;
And never at noon or dawn
Can she smile on her lovers again,
Who win long for her smile In vain,
And grieve at her adverse fate,
And wander disconsolate."
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Charities and Corrections.

The Maine Conference Of Charities
and Corrections meets at Waterville Oct
% and "a. Also at the same time snC
in connection with it are the meetings Of
the State Anti-Tuberculosis Association
and of the New England Red Cross, the
latter presided over by Mrs. Alice Zig
gins Lothrop of Boston. The mothers
aid meeting is presided over by Hon
Robert T. Whitehouse of Portland, snC
Is especially for overseers of the poor
The speakers are of national reputation
and most of the papers were given a
the great national conference In Pitts
burg last June.
The program is as follows:
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Masquerade ball at Buckfield village
Saturday evening, Oct. 20. Prizes fol
the best designed costume. Music BY
Shaw and True. Dancing 25 cents each.
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Bryant's Pond.


The freshman class at Woodstock High
School held reception Friday evening
at the school rooms. At the introduc.
ton brief speech was made by G. W.
@. Perham, Esq. Refreshments were
served. There Is an increase of nine In
the class this year.
The rally day program for the coming
Harvest Sunday Is as follows:
On Rally Evelyn Coffin, Ruth Hol
For Little Beginner. Gertrude Titus
Our Field Day ...........-....-.....Cly Brooks
Girls Chorus.
when Life is worth the Fight. Stanley DeshoI
In small flace-- ......Florence nImaI
20 ForWaro. hutn dol
Camping at Twitchell Pond. Raeburn Hathawa!
Grange Quartet.
The Joys Of Harvest. Hanno Cushmal
The Farmers Life ........-....-..-.C.M NJ. Wisk'
Male Quartet.
Following this during the week, bar
vest supper will be held at the Baptis
parsonage.
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TUESDAY. OCT. q.

1904. New England Red Cross meeting
10 90 A M.-"Effects Of the War on Social Condi
ions," j. Prentice Murray, Boston
- M.-Luncheon
2 500 p. M.-"How TO organize Associated Chari
ties IN small town." Robert Dexter
Montreal.
7SOP. M.-open meeting; welcome by Governor
Millken.
"The Menace of the Feeble Minded, .
DIR. Walter Fernald, Waverly
WEDNESDAY,, OCT. "a.
800 M.-Meeting Of Maine Anti-Tuberculosii
Association.
10 90 .M.-"The Problem Of the Unmarried
Mother" j. Prentice Murphy, Bos
ton.
II O0M.-Business meeting and election of officers
s30P. M.-"The Mothers Aid Law In Massa
ckusetts," Robert w. Kelso, Boston
"The New State Department Of
Health" DR.. Leverett Dale Bristo
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-10-09

Dance at Centennial Hall Wednesday
night of this week. Same prices,
Music by Shaw and True.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
Germans Want to Know
When Britain Will Be Beat

Copenhagen, Nov. 9.-Captain Per-
sius, naval expert of the Berliner
Tageblatt, notes growing impatience
among Germans with the results of
the submarine campaign, registered in
a swelling flood of letters demanding
an answer to the question, "When
shall we have England. beatenp He
throws cold water on the optimists
and warns them against accepting as
reliable figures on destroyed tonnage,
including those apparently German,
and other statistical material.
Captain Persius says that with the
1917 harvest and the imports of grain
the food problem can scarcely become
motive, for the next six months at
least, to make Great Britain inclined
to conclude peace.
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
PLOT TO PREVENT
YOUNG men FROM
JOINING THE navy
Ensign Condict Says Effort is
Made to Keep Down
EnIistments of
Sailors.

There is an organized scheme on
foot about here to prevent enlistments
in the navy" said Ensign Condict at
the navy Office Friday.
I'VE are discovering it every day.
There is a propaganda being put
forth to keep young men from join
ing the navy. All kinds of untrue and
ridiculous statements are being cir
culated about the navy, the object
being to induce young men to stay
out.
"The most common one Of these is
the statement that the navy is full
and needs no mere -nfef eff.'- his rs
false. The navy is calling for 10000
men this minute. 1t has the new bat
tleships> all ready and all it needs is
men to handle the big guns and ruin
the ships.
Put in Trenches.
Boys come in here and tell us the
strangest stories they have heard.
One boy was told the other day that
if he joined the navy, as he wanted
to do, he woHd be taken out of it and
put at once in the trenches in France.
There is no rivalry between the army
and navy, it is the Army and Navy for
ever and we do all we can to help
each other. But men are not trans
ferred from one branch to the other.
If boy prefers the army and joins
it, he will stay there and it is the same
with the navy. Soldiers and sailors
are not shifted around regardless of
their choice.
Try to Influence Boy.
Gone boy came to Omaha the other
day from substation, on government
transportation. As soon as he got
into Omaha some one, who had per-
haps trailed him, got hold of him and
put up arguments against his joining
the navy. 49,.
For two days the boy hesitated till
we got anxious and went in search of
him He had been persuaded the navy
was full and was going back home.
at is hard to run down these ru-
mors, they come third or fourth hand
to US. But certain people are work.
ing actively against the navy. Ger
many knows that men are needed in
the navy to convoy the troops, across.
Therefore efforts are being made to
stop enlistments."
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
Horrors! The Teachers Used Slang,
And in Their Literary Talk, Too

Miss Mac Z. Schneider. Boston,
and DR.. Albert Perry Brigham, Col
gate university, used slang express
sions yesterday afternoon during their
talks before the literature section Of
the Nebraska State Teachers asso-
citation, in the Auditorium of the
Young Mems Christian association.
l'iss Schreiber said "Cut it out"
Dr.. Brigham said, "Up against it."
The Colgate university educator
excused himself on the plea that he
could not choose other words which
would better express his meaning.
The Boston woman offered no
apology for her slang.
The meeting was we'll attended,
many standing during the program.
English as a Training for Citizen
ship" was discussed by Superin-
tendent Beveridge, who was first
speaker. 1T is self-evident
fact that English is valuable training
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
STABLE MARKET
FOR PROTECTION
OF THE PRODUCER
Secretary Stryker of Live
Stock Exchange Confident
Minimum Price on Hogs
Will Bring Returns.

"a careful review of the statement
made by Herbert Hoover, food com
missioner, and ]. P. Cotton, chief OF
the meat division of the food admin
istration, shows that it is the inten-
ton of the department to do all in its
power to stabilize market conditions
and to protect the producer" says A.
F. Stryker, secretary and traffic man.
ager of the South Omaha Live Stock
exchange.
They will soon have the purchas.
ing power of all orders from the army
tie navy, the alliess the Belgian re.
lief, tho Red Cross, and the neutral
countries. This power, together with
the rigid control they expect to exer-
else over the packing industries,
places them in a position where they
feel confident they can keep the mini
mum price on the average drove Of
packers hogs at Chicago at about
$3.50 or better. This refers to this
years crop of hogs which will nat
III any DC MAI hClCu III tiC hCdh iuLulcf
while the hogs that will be farrowed
next spring and marketed next year
they will endeavor to see are bought
on a basis ofNthe cost of IS bushels
of corn to 100 pounds of live hogs"
added Mr.. Stryker.
"Thc price of corn used in the feed
ing is to be arrived at by taking the
average cost of corn for each month
from the time the sows are bred until
the pigs are marketed, taking into
consideration the approximate amount
of corn consumed by every hog for
each month during the II months.
This puts the minimum price on hogs
for many months to come on basis
that ought to insure the producer a
substantial profit regardless of the
price Of corn during the coming
year.
"Mr. Hoover has announced that
he has. no intention of fixing, directly
or indirectly, the price of cattle or
sheep. Therefore, we believe that
every stockman is fully justified i'll
enlarging his feeding and breeding
operations so far as his surroundings,
will permit"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
.0MAHA'S MORALS
AYERS ARMY
INVESTIGATOR
War Department Social EyiI
SIeuth Finds Gate City So
Clean He Will Tarry
Only One Day.

Henry F. Burt of the War depart
ment commission on training CAM
activities arrived in Omaha Frida,
morning to open his campaign to min
imize social evils which tempt Uncl
Sam's soldiers in the encampment
near Omaha.
Il have had an Investigator il
Omaha this week. He is one of tn,
best in his line of work in the coun
try and | can say that Omaha is on,
Of the cleanest cities, from a mora
standpoint, that we have visited. w,
have found none better. This inves
tigator when | arrived told me h,
found no street walkers nor opei
houses Of prostitution. He heart
there were few places known as as
signation houses which have been re
ported to the chief of police" statec
Mr.. Burt.
The government man said he founc
it necessary to remain week in Kan
sas City, but will be here only today
He described conditions in Kansa:
City as very loose"
Praise Tor Omaha.
He was sincere in giving Omaha
fine credit mark for moral cleanliness
He does not wish to be understood
as, saying there is no immortality ii
Omaha, but said he would report tliat
as metropolitan city he found Oma,
ha unusually free from the tenpta.
tons he is removing from places neal
encampments and forts.
This government man conferred
with Mayor Dahlman and Chief .ot
Police Dunn and was assured hearty
cooperation in attaining the end he is
after.
Secretary Baker has high ideals in
matters of personal purity, We are
striving to furnish the soldiers in the
encampments with interesting anc
healthy activities and to protect them
FROM evils which experience has
SHOWIi ICuuISS lllC ClHIlCHIy VI INC
army" Mr.. Burt added
Drive Against Disease.
He stated that the War department
is making determined drive against
certain infectious diseases which were
manifested to an alarming extent dur.
ing the time the soldiers were at the
Mexican border.
"Worse than that" Mr.. Burt re.
piled.
The commission on training camp
activities, created by the secretary OF
war, in an official bulletin announced
the following law enforcement meas
ures:
First-Elimination of commercial
lied prostitution in the cantonment
zones.
Second-Repression Of clandestine
prostitution.
Third-Control of alcohol and
other aids of prostitution.
Fourtf-Combating of gambling,
use of drugs and other harmful prac-
tees a:-a.'@.sa+se>.s-
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
Teachers Late; Must Stay After
School; They Sing "Aunt Dinah'

S. Toledo Sherry, government in
spector of Indian schools, arose in his
seat during the general meeting of
the state teachers Friday morning to
inquire what is the constitution of the
Nebraska State Teachers association
between friends.
Miss Ida Lee Tall of Baltimore
was addressing the teachers when
Mr.. Sherry obtained the privilege of
the floor to ask that the rules be sus-
pended and 500 beIated teachers be
admitted to the Auditorium.
A rule of the association prohibits
admittance during a number of the
program. This mornings meeting had
been announced in various ways to
begin at 9:30, but it was not called un-
til 9:35 and 500 arrived after that
time, to remain outside until Mr..
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10

for citizenship. To be good citizen
you must have sound thinking mind.
| believe that English is the most
valuable study of the curriculum said
the Omaha superintendent. He re-
ferred to citizenship as "The sum of
the worthwhile qualities which go
to make up the individual" He Ex-
planned his reference to English as
a study included spelling, reading and
study of literature.
Dr. Brigham urged that the style
makes the man and to gain a style
that is worth while one should read,
study and travel. Miss Schneider
contended that bad English in the
class room is due more to habit than
any other cause.
"When Johnny says. I done it, it
is not the fault of his English, but
it is habit he has cultivated" said
Miss Schneider, who spoke on the
ssubjct of English Caught, Not
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10
HAPPINESS
REQUISITE IN
EDUCATION
Miss Tall Of Baltimore Gives
State Pedagogues Some Epi-
grams for Betterment Of
School System.

"You can't teach efficiently unless
YOU have common sense"-Lida Lee
Tall of Baltimore, speaking at Fri
day mornings general assembly OF
the state teachers.
Miss Tall gave a thoughtful consid-
Grafton of efficient supervision, con-
sidering the superintendent's point OF
view and the teachers point of view.
She referred in plain language to a
lack of coordination which exists in
many instances between the grade
teachers and the supervisor. She
urged the teacher to look upon super
Msionsas a helpful agency rather than
a mere inspection. ,.
:. Emphasizing the Importance of the
grade teacher, she said: what the
schools turn out is, after all, the
product of the grade teacher. Re
member that we have a part in shap-
ing the thought of the future. We
must socialize our ideas if the world
is to receive the benefit of Our ideas.
Praise Is Needed.
A few of Miss Tails epigrammatic
statements are given:
, Johnny will practice self-control
on promise of piece of chocolate; a
good teacher will be more efficient
if told she has done good piece OF
work. o.
patriotic education is to the fore
this year and back Of it all should be
efficient supervision.
"a look of happiness on a teachers
face is a real factor in education.
"The function of the supervisor is
to improve the teaching act. Good
teaching takes into consideration what
is going on inside of the child-mind;
good supervision takes into considera-
ton teacher and child.
Teacher Underpaid.
"A community has a queer sort OF
sympathy for the teacher-pities US,
as it we're. They do not pity the law
yer nor the preacher. They say the
teacher is underpaid, and she is. If
we can make the public respect us,
and stop plying US, we have made a
case for education.
IF we are to have efficient super
vision, teachers must realize that SUI
pervision is their right, rather than a
burden imposed upon them; must
realize that supervision is a helping
process, rather than a. mere inspection.
"The best we can give is none too
good for our school children"
Miss Tall urged the teachers to dis
card feeling of fear which frequently
overwhelms them when their work
may be compared with the work of
other teachers. Remember" she said,
"the children in a factory district will
do just as we'll, according to them
selves, as children of other districts" !"
Omaha daily bee., 1917-11-10

Sherry's persistence at the door over
came the guard. Once inside, the In.
dian school inspector fastened to a
vantage point in the balcony and
straightway affected an entrance for
the 500 teachers who were late.
President Martha Powell of the as.
sociation, declared that all who were
late should remain after school fifteen
minutes.
Mae II. Schreiber of Boston, one OF
the principal speakers before the as
soclation, was curious to know what
the teachers who were late would saw
if 500 of their pupils were tardy al
school.
Mr.. Sherry was so happy in having
gained his point that he Joined in
singing the chorus of aunt Dinah's
Quilting. Party" in the community
singing led by Thomas J.. Kelly.