Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1917-06-26

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Sunday school st Il sebbotS evening service
ss' So. Prayer Messing Thursday evening g
so. Covenant Meeting the Aet Friday befor s
the LIS Sunday Of Tie month g . 80 =. =. All
. Certainly Il u vet June and now the
advocate OF the old saying, "If IL rains
the first Sunday In the month Il will
rain every Sunday" has qualified for the
'I told you so'' class.
Owing to the very wet and backward
season It has been impossible to cat the
grass on the fields Of the Paris Hill
Country Club, therefore the standing
grass will be sold to be taken on - soon
az team can be used without damage
to the golf links, a. advertised In this
paper.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stacy Robbins Of Port.
and are guests of Mr.. Robbins' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. franklin Robbins. Mr.
Robbins has enlisted In tho Engineering
Corps a. locomotive fireman and ex-
poets to 90 to France soon. Mrs. Rob
bins and her young daughter viii remain
here with Mr.. and Mrs. franklin Robbins
during his absence.
By the return to the old train service
on the Grand Trunk Railway . different
arrangement of mails for Paris Hill has
gone into effect. The local forenoon
train to Portland and afternoon train
from Portland are not to carry mails a.
they previously have done. Mails arriv-
ing at South Paris on the lsto evening
train will be brought to the Hill ct eight
O'Clock the following morning. Incom-
ing mails will arrive here at 500 and
:O5 A. NJ. and 5:57 P. N. Outgoing
mails will leave this Office ~ $50 A. n.
and $3.50 P. N.
Mrs. Robert 8. Boyd of Portland has
presented the Paris Hill Country Club
with handsome set Of sndirons. Mrs..
Boyd was guest at Paris Hill-iast
season.
Arthur and henry Shaw are at home
for q short time. Arthur will 90 into q
training camp at Aver, Mass, with the
First Corps Cadets On Friday Of this
week.
Reginald L. Cummings has . new
automobile stage ready for use when he
takes up the contract for carrying the
mails on July fret.
Alfred NJ. Daniels 10 advertising the
Mrs. Drake place In the Whittemore
District for sale or to let. This 10 .
desirable place with hundred acres Of
land and ten-room house with plumb
ing and running spring water.
Leo w. Fsrrar and family are here
from his teaching In Dallas, Texas, and
will spend most Of the summer with bic
Hroak
The Paris Hill Red Cross organization
has had busy week and accomplished
results which prove that patriotism 10
not lacking In this community. Between
sixty and seventy members have been
enrolled and more than four hundred
dollars in money has been raised during
the week. On Monday evening Mrs.
William r. Jones of Norway gave . very
talk on the Red Cross work.
At q meeting Wednesday afternoon,
which was addressed by Mrs. Alton C.
Wheeler Of South Paris, 1t was decided
to work in connection with the Service
at the school house will be used for
work room and will be open for work on
Thursday afternoon. Everyone who can
sew or cut or knit 10 expected to be
present, bringing her sewing bag aud
whatever pieces Of new or old linen or
cotton she can spare. Stocking tops
and other scraps cut In pieces about one
inch square (this can be done also at
home) will DO used for stuffing pillows.
Be sure to keep white and oolored cut.
tings separate.
At the annual meeting OF Paris First
Baptist Sunday School the following
officers were elected:
Observation-Disclosures <. Twitchell.
Asst. Observation-Disclosures. Edna Cummings.
Supt. Home Dept-Miss Myra King.
Secretary-Mrs. Marietta Hammond.
Asst Secretary-Miss Anesta Eastman.
Treasurer-Mrs. Cynthia Pomeroy.
Librarian-Miss Anesta Eastman.