Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-08-14
Miss Grace CARL Of Westbrook /.
guest at s. @. 0rdwsy's.

George A. Chapman OF Haverbill
Mass is In town for short time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter s. Abbott and
son are spending vacation in Portland
Mrs. G. A. Frost of South FRAMING
nam, Mass, 10 the guest of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. e. s. Maxwell.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson G. Elder wore n
AUBURN Friday to attend the funeral 81
MRS. Cora (Cummings) Atwood.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles z. Brett bav,
returned from their camp at Matthew,
Pond, where they spent week or more
Mrs. Shirley j. Rawson of Mexico ba,
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry D. Cole, for few days, returning
home Monday morning.
| A party of twenty-five, in five cara
made trip to the dam at Aziscoos Sum.
day, starting about eight o'clock in the
morning, and returning in the evening.
The Ladies' Social Union will hold an
important business meeting Wednesday
at 2:SO in the church parlor, to arrange
for the Oxford County fair dining booth.
The hose companies and hook and
ladder company will meet at their own
houses Thursday evening, Aug. II, at I
O'Clock, to rewind hose and look
over apparatus.
Captain r. G. Tribou and Miss Rens
rribou have returned from Machias.
where they have been for some time
on account OF the illness of CAPTAIN
Tribou's sister.
Edward, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
G. DeCoster, who is serving In the navy,
was with his parents for short time the
first of last week, on forty EIGHT hours
leave of absence.
Can any one tell what makes the black
stain on the elm leaves? 1t 10 only on
part of the trees that ii appears. The
Democrat has found no one who has
ever seen it before.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. 81. Minch of WASH
ington, d. c., while on an automobile
tour through the mountains, visited at
George +. Eastman's Saturday. Mrs.
Minch is sister of Mr.. Eastman.
Harry d. Cole and family and Ernest
T. Shaw and family made an automobile
trip to Fortune Rock Sunday, and Misses
Doris and Charlotte Cole remained there
for weeks visit with relatives.
Harry P. King was at his Singepols
camp, the Lesnto, over Sunday, and had
as guest Herbert Harris of Portland,
who came from Andover Saturday morn
ing and returned to Portland Sunday
night.
T. NJ. Davis is wearing a splint on his
right arm and the arm In sling as the
result of an injury received Wednesday
while at work at the creamery. The
injury is bad sprsin and perhaps q
cracked bone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert D. Park are
entertaining at their camp at Shagg Pond
Mrs. Parks sister, Mrs. Ella s. Heald of
East Sumner, their nephew, Stephen
Russell of East Sumner. and Mrs. Grace
Robinson Hodsdon of Ysrmouthville.
Quite number of the Methodist peo-
pie, including DR.. C. L. Buck, super
intendent of the Sunday School, will be
at Poland camp meeting on Tuesday,
which is Sunday School day, and others
will be there later in the meeting, which
holds its last services next Sunday.
Miss Airline Crocker will give a recital
in Grange Hall Friday evening, Aug. II,
for the benefit of the Service League.
She will be assisted by Miss Isabelle
Reardon, pianist, and Miss Florence E.
Smith Of Dorchester, Mass, soprano
soloist. Miss Croker will give Booth
Tarkipgton's Seventeen"
Sheriff Harry D. Cole went to Rumford
Monday morning to attend hearing on
q car of booze captured by Deputy Sher-
if Niles and others Saturday night near
Roxbury Pond. The driver of the car
jumped off and swan across the pond,
eluding arrest. The amount of booze
taken with the car has not been learned
here.
DR.. and Mrs. c. L. Buck, their guest,
Mrs. Jane Wheeler of Auburn, and Rev.
and Mrs. D. r. Faulkner and daughters
went to the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Ray
mond Gates on Stesrns Hill Friday for
an outing. On account of the beautiful
and welcome rain of the day, the picnic
dinner was eaten in the house, but the
day was very en1oyaoie.
Mrs. e. w. Morton and son Henry,
Miss Miriam Chapman of Brookline,
Mass, and Mrs. Soule and daughter
Miss Geuevieve Soule of South Windhsm
were at Camp Concord for . few days
last week. They returned home Friday,
and Mrs. l.. C. Morton and Mrs. G. A.
Bessey went to the camp to join the
others W no have been there for the past
ten days.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. King are visited by
their daughters, Miss Helen King from
Portland and Miss Frances King from
Toronto. The latter will complete her
vacation and return to Toronto the mid
ale of this week. On Sunday Francis
Shaw took Mr.. and Mrs. King and Miss
Frances King to Brunswick to see Phiiip
King, who is in Battery B, First Maine
Artillery. They found him In excellent
health and spirits, working hard, and
az pecting an appointment as sergeant.
Rev. WI. Wilson of Somsrville, Mass,
will preach at the Baptist house at the
usual hour on Sunday, the 18th. MI.
Wilson is spending his vacation IN Stone
ham, and very kindly consented to come
and spend the day with friends In TINS
village and also occupy the pulpit while
here. Some of our townspeople nave
had the privilege of listening TO tins
yery pleasant speaker 10 the past ana
will no doubt be very glad to avail them
selves of this opportunity to hear Dim
again, and to everyone most coroiai
welcome to be present Ia given.
The lightning of the early morning
shower Of Friday did damage to the
power station in Norway. IL was que
to what is known as bottled up electric
| ity. which let loose when the plant was
started in the morning. People IN the
vicinity of the station thought at nrss
that the whole thing had blown up. we
were without light or power until ABOUT
4 O'Clock in the afternoon, when the
lights were run on the South Paris power
plant, though the water was low. Inc
street car was of for the day Friday, ous
WAS running as usual Saturday, the dam
age having been repaired.
Rev. and Mrs. Milton V. McAlister ana
children and Mr. and Mrs. Clinton NC
Keen were at Welchville Friday 10 ~.
rsnd a reunion of brothers and sisters
who had not before been all togetner
since their mothers death some years
ago Thew met ut the homo OF Mr.. ana