Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-11-05

meeting VIII DC held with Mn. Claroncl
G. Morton next Thursday q sP. n.
Mrs. Nae Psnlsy left Friday for Athol
Mass, where she will spend severa
weeks with her niece, Mrs. Rlsye Tren
oweth.
A covered dish supper and social vii
be hold ct the Congregational church
Thursday evening, Nov. It'll. Admis
sion 10 cents.
Mrs. Mary r. Shurtleff has returned
. to her home here from Andover, where
she was with Ars. Victorine Blanchard
during the summer.
Mrs. Arthur G. Soule and dauphte,
Elizabeth of South Windhsm are spend.
ing the week with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. R. Morton, while Mr.. Soule ID
on hunting trip.
A special meeting of the Ladies' So
cial Union will be held ut the ladies'
parlor Of the Universslist church Wed
nesday afternoon at $50, to tack puffs
and do other work.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. n. Winslow have re.
ceived letter from thar son, Sergt.
Clarence Z. Winslow of the medical
departments, 57th Pioneer Infantry, who
has recently gone across.
Rev. G. w. Rogers and Alton G.
Wheeler attended the Oxford Associa-
ton Of Congregational Churches at East
Sumner Tuesday, going in Mr.. Wheeler
car. e. N. SWEET of Norway accom-
panied them.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Wiggin were visit
ed on Sunday by Mrs. Virgins parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. s. L. Plummer, her broth
or and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. James Plum
mer, and her aunt, Miss Mary Plummer,
all Of Lowell.
Harry NJ. Wheeler and Dr.. Curtis L.
Sopher of Wakefield, Mass, went
through Friday in Mr.. Wheeler's car to
his camp at Shagg Pond. They return
ed Sunday, taking with them Mr.. Wheel
er's father, P. E. Wheeler, who will
spend the winter ut Wakefield.
Rodney w. Brown of Reading, Mass,
and Mr.. Whittemore Of Aver, Mass, ar
rived at South Paris Thursday and went
on to Shagg Pond to spend few days at
the camp Of Alton c. Wheeler. They
returned home Friday on account Of ILL.,
ness in Mr.. Whittemore's family.
Hamlin Temple, Pythian Sisters, will
hold q special meeting Tuesday evening.
Following the meeting there will be .
rehearsal Of the degree staff. The de-
gree staff of this Temple will exemplify
the degrees at the district convention to
be held here Tuesday evening, Nov. II.
A masquerade sociabls under the
auspices of the teachers, Miss Newcomb,
Miss Paddock and Miss Littlehale, was
given ut the brick school house Friday
svenidg. Net proceeds of about ten
dollars from the sociable will be applied
on the Liberty Bond purchased by the
school.
A meeting for conference, in the In
tsrest of the Univsrsalist Sunday School,
will be held with Mrs. Annie Swift on
Deering Street next Saturday evening
at Z O'Clock. All who are interested In
the welfare Of the school are requested
to meet with che officers and teachers ut
that time.
This Monday evening the Seneca
| Club meets with Mrs. Haskell. its first
meeting for the season, with Q patriotic
program. The first program Of the
Euterpsan Club will be given next Mon
day afternoon, the 11th, &C Mrs. Ida
Dean are the hostessss.
| A football game between Paris High
School and Pennington High School was
played at the high school grounds Satur-
day afternoon, resulting in victory for
Paris BY the score of 81 to o. One Of
the Pennington players had his nose
broken during the game, and there were
two other less serious casualties.
Much rejoicing over the sugar situs-
tion, which allows households an in
crease from two to three pounds month
/ Nv for each person, with privilege Of
buying a months supply at one time.
This ruling of the food administration Is
also about as surprising az 1t 10 pleasant,
because we had been assured that there
was no prospect of any letting up on the
restrictions for six months at least.
A masquerade sociable was held at
the high school building Friday evening
Prizes were given for the best girls and
boys costumes. The prize for girls Was
warded to Miss Marion Clark, who
represented an old.fashioned girl, and
that for boys to Horace Cummings, who
secured 1t BY default, as be was the only
boy masked. The BOBBY was awarded
to Miss Frances Cole. The committee
of award was Albert D. Park, Mrs.
Agnes l.. Morton and Mrs. Writ Stanley.
Music for the games was furnished oy
Howard Shaw.
Some twoscore workers from the
several churches carried out the home
visitation Sunday afternoon as had been
Originally arranged for date hve weeks
earlier. Approximately every house 10
the village and the surrounding country
within three miles was visited and
record made Of each family and the
church membership or preference OF the
Individual members. These records
will be turned over TO the respective
lohurches for their use. The one most
striking feature Of the visitation was the
ease with which the work was done.
while it required some time OF the work
ers and not little clerical work, 1t was
accomplished practically without IN
pleasantness. In all except very lew
cases the information asked for was given
promptly, courtsously and cheerfully.
LIE was q little after 2 O'Clock when the
workers started out from Deering Me
mortal Church and it was nearly o:SO
when the last reports were turned In.
| The Local War Work Campaign.
Rev. C. w. Rogers, the Paris chair
man of the committee on the War Work
Campaign of Nov. Ills, has named as
| other members of the committee Dr. Y.
| L. Buck. Principal Jasper G. Haggersy
of the high school, 81. W. Dennison'
Arthur z. Forbes, Irving 0. BarroWs'
J Rev. 81. A. Marley, Loren B. Merrill.
Mrs. Albert d. Park 10 chairman OF
the women's committee. and otner
member are Mrs. Z. n. Haskell, MIS-
George =. Eastman, Mrs. John Wigot'
Miss Eva e. Walker. Mrs. Park has ap-
pointed % assistants Mrs. Q. A. Cole,
|, Mrs. Charles Edwards, Mrs. G. w.
/, Bowker, Mrs. Arthur E. Forbes, MISS
Helen r. Cole. ,
.osrt uaostno Of tho committees