Oxford Democrat., 1917-05-08
SOUTH PARIS.

SOO :
~, csorrs Turner of Lynn, Mass,
ME ,Us.t aft. A. Turner'S shor'
time last week
". William L. Gray spent q lew days
gportIsnd last week with her son,
Sslph E. Gray
c.,,lins on almost every corner now.
uasS has heeu installed at the store OF
he Cole Wiggin Co.
N-srN Lunt of Lewiston was the
N, A oi her daughter, Mrs. Harold
Briggs, Thursday
n,,,ipO at Grange Hall Tuesday even
VSItbi VSI,bis week. with music by Shaw.
~, ~ for Norway after dance.
D Easpe Of North Buckfield was a
u = a,5 guest Of his daughters, Mrs.
Tnr1er and Mrs. L. NJ. Winslow.
su.,,. are running, and several good
have been brought in from the well
gasvp ~ smelt brooks within the past
week.
v-LN. stanley of South Portland
,,.nt sunday at c. ". Bowker's. Mrs.
" STANLEY accompanied her home for
avsis.
III. cratic cop" the little wooden
,,st which saws Keep to right" has
sssin resumed its station at the corner
SS Odd Fellows Block.
n, and Mrs. y. G. Elder entertained
,,1- tables al rJ0k at their home Thurs
Ssv @ svspinc. and little was added to
.Ss Ra8 Gross fund from the contribu-
ron. ot The hosts and guests.
rbs Ernp'e K,ub was pleasantly en-
....oine9 ~ Mr. and Mrs. Harold Fletch-
A. Friday evening II was voted to dis
sor,fnue regular meetings for the sum-
var and 10 90 Ou an automobile theatre
,-in 10 Lsvis.Jn Friday evening, May Is.
Mrs. Geo. r Norton and son Henry,
vbo had been for some weeks IN Califor-
MA With relatives, arrived at their home
hare Wednesday night, accompanied by
NJ. Morton's mother, Mrs. Rlzpah
whitman. who went to California last
iar
Gsorps A. Doran Of this place is one
a, the officers of the Maine Packing
COMPANY recently incorporated with a
c,piial If $50 coo to buy, sell and pack
ra5nsd goods The other officers are a.
P, Sgee,ser ard A. P. Brewer of Port
and.
Miss Lillian NJ. Pierce, former COM
usrcial teacher in the high school, who
resigned her position few weeks since
On account of her health, went Saturday
to her home 10 Holbrook, Mass. Miss
Nnris Kennedy accompanied her as far
Is Portland.
Miss Ruth Barnes and Miss Olivia j.
Baglsy of Portland were weekend guests
ATT, S Barnes Miss Bagley was su-
pervisor of music in the Paris schools
during the wear 1915 16, and is now as
,i,tant supervisor of music in the Port
land schools.
The trustees of Riverside Cemetery
have rendered TO the agricultural COM
mit,ee Of the Public Safety organization |
the use for the season of the land at the |
TOP Of the sand hill, purchased for a |
cemetery annex. Between two and
three acres can be utilized there.
A few packages of the government
vegetable seeds are still left at the Demo- |
cas Office, though they have gone rapid |
IL since their arrival, and what remain
will not last long. II any should make
APPLICATION aud fail TO receive the seeds, |
We hope they will understand that 1t Is
because there are none left.
&c. NcArdle as official representative
Of Paris Lodge, and Ernest j. Record,
district deputy for this district, were in
attendance at Masonic Grand Lodge in
Portland last week. and others of the
MasOns were in Portland for short time
during the sessions. Mr.. Record was re-
appointed district deputy of the Six
tenth District.
Winter fingered in the lap of May this
yesr The first and second days of May
gave Us two inches of snow, and IL was
30 cold that the tops of the hills were
white through another day. Sunday
morning the ground was again white,
and though that snow has disappeared,
there is yet little sunshine or springtime
warmth in the air.
George L. Jackson has sold his farm
on High Street near West Paris through
the agency Of Charles E. Merrill to Z. B.
Chesley of West Milan, n. H. Mr.. Jack
son will sell at auction on Thursday of
this week, beginning at $50 in the fore
noon, all his stock, farming tools and
household goods, long list of which is
gwen Oh the bills.
The teachers of the town will attend
the meeting of the Oxford County
Teachers Association at Rumford on
Friday Of this week. A very full pro-
gram OF general and department sessions
eas been arranged. Principal John 5.
CarVer OF Paris High School is speaker
10 TOE secondary schools section, on the
topic, Three Phases of the Recitation"
Superintendent True c. Morrill, of Nor
way speaks on Rural School Supervis-
iOn.n
10 observance of the ninth birthday OF
Mss Mary Briggs, daughter of Mr.. and
MS Harold I. Briggs, a grandmother |
party was given her on Thursday. Be-
aues the members of the immediate fam |
uy, the two guests of honor at dinner
we're Aary's grandmother, Mrs. l.. M.
Luot OF Lewiston, and her at-grand- |
mother, Mrs. Louise j. Briggs of this |
pace. birthday cake with nine can
ules, and a number of gifts to Miss Mary
were features of the occasion.
Everybody is interested in the drama
MI Bob which is to be given May 9th
Sau IOth for the benefit of the Red
Ifoss work. The Grange have given
" spe use OF their hall for both nights and
~ sSe members Of the orchestra are to give
nslr services. The Boy Scouts have
sold tickets without any recompense.
VOW u all attend the drama IL will be a
financial success. Tickets are now on
'ale al Howsrd's drug store. All seats
reserved at p cents. Children under IL
years Is cents.
r Two squads of eight men each from
W: T. Second Maine Regiment, of Dover,
asnVed n here Wednesday TO guard the
sliroad "a bridge and other property.
ttney are quartered in the camps built
vi ~. qasSers lodgings some years since at
sue oaruham & Morrill, corn factory, and
sa' Isole board at several of the board
~ houses in the village. Since early In
ue present war the Grand Trunk has
Ssintalned SIi a guard at the railroad
,S TSsiage, one man being stationed there in
sIe ~ daytime, and two in the night. Their
FN'ss are now taken by the gusrdsmep.