Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-14

short time last week.
Miss Doris gilbert, who clerks in ].
n. Liooys az Portland, 10 spending the
week at her homo here.
A special meeting Of Mount Pleasant
Rebekah Lodge for degree work will be
held next Saturday evening.
All horseshoeing shops in Paris and
Norway will close Saturday afternoons
during the summer, commencing May 10.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Phillips Of Lynn,
Mass, have been guests Of bis sister,
Mrs. Harold G. Fletcher. for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. George 81. Clark and
little son Of Melrose, Mass, are guests
Of Mr.. Ciark's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur E. Clark.
Shaw's Orchestra will 90 to North
Buckdsld on Wednesday night this week
to play for drama and dance, also to
West Sumner on Friday night.
b. A. Morton and family and A. w.
Walker and family, with John s. Carver
of Lakewood, N. j., were at their camps
at Shagg Pond over the weekend.
r. e. Bsrrows' blacksmith shop will
be closed Tuesday and Wednesday of
this week while be Is in attendance at
Grand Lodge, Z. Of P, at Lewiston.
Among those who will 60 to Lewiston
this week for the Grand Lodge of
Knights of Pythias are Mr.. and Mrs.
Alton G. Maxim and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
z. Barrows.
Fred W. Bonney, Robert Hemingway,
Wesley N. Hammond and Mark B.
Richardson made fishing trip to the
vicinity of Reddipg Wednesday, and
secured their limit In brook trout.
Orland Ham of Lewiston and Alton C.
Wheeler spent two or three days last
week at Mr.. Whselsr's camp at Sbagg
Pond, combining some business and
some sport. They had good luck with
the brook trout.
The Oxford County Women's Mission
airy Basket meeting will be held at the |
Baptist church on Wednesday from 10t
A. NJ. to p. NJ, with home and foreign |
missionary speakers. All ladies cordial |
ly invited.
Joseph Y. Rogers of Bowdoin College
spent q part of last week with his /
parents, Rev. and Mrs. G. Wellington
Rogers, and on Friday left for Boston to
axe three months course in the avia-
ton school at the Massachusetts, In. |
stitute OF Technology.
Mrs. L. C. Morton and Miss Julia P.
Morton, who have been for about two
months in Southern Pines, N. c., left
there Sunday on their way home, but
will stop for q short time in Boston and
Geo. &. Morton went to meet
them in New York and accompany them
to Boston.
There will be q covered dish supper
by social at the Congregational
vestry Thursday evening, May 10, ar
8:45, under the auspices Of the c. e.
society. Every one connected with the
church is urged to come and bring some
thing in covered dish. A small sdmis-
sion will be charged.
The Service League has received $61 SO
As Its share Of proceeds of the ball az
Norway Opera House Tuesday evening.
The proceeds were divided between the
Norway Red Cross and the Service
League, and practically all the expenses
Of the affair having been donated, the
returns were quite pleasing sum.
E. N. Anderson accompanied by Mrs.
Nettie G. Weeks and Mr.. and Mrs. Mar
shall Weeks, went to Portland Sunday /
by auto, meeting Mrs. Anderson, who
had been visiting relatives there for q
few days. The Weeks family spent the
day with Mrs. Marshall Weeks sister
and family. They all returned Sunday
evening.
The district meeting OF Rebekahs will
be held at West Paris Tuesday evening, |
the 21st. The lodges comprising this
district are Onward of West Paris, Sum
set of Bethel, Mount Hope Of Norway,
and Mount Pleasant Of South Paris.
Any from Mount Pleasant Lodge who
desire transportation should notify the
committee In good season.
All who have seen the window ex-
hibltion in Miss Thayer's will realize |
what the Girls Patriotic League are do l
ing for the war. This Monday evening |
they will start In on doing surgical dress |
ings In the Congregational vestry. They |
invite all who will to come and help. |
Bring scissors and silver knife. The
vsstry will be open at Z O'Clock every |
week Monday evenings for work.
Relatives in Paris have recently re-
ceivsd q visit from William z. Stone,
who although native of the town had
not been here before for forty five years. |
In that time he has travelled over .
portion of the earth's sur
face. He was son OF the late Nathaniel
Stone, and the oldest OF the family. A
number of brothers and sisters live In |
Paris and elsewhere in this state and In |
Massachusetts,.
Pythian Memorial Sunday will be
observed by Hamlin Lodge, No. 81, Z.
of P, at the Congregational church Sun |
day, the 10th, at 2:S0 P. N. All Knights |
and Sisters are requested to meet at our |
Castle Hall az 1870 P. NJ; will march to |
Riverside Cemetery at Q o'clock, where |
short service will be held; from there |
TO the church, where the sermon will be |
delivered by the Rev. @. W. Rogers.
All are cordially invited to attend.
Sunday was observed In the Deering |
Mem orial Church as Epworth League
Day, IL being the 10th anniversary OF Its |
organization. The sermon in the morn |
ing was for belpfulness to young people
in getting life start with high associa-
tions. In the evening service at 1880
there was rendered by the Upworth
League an interesting program of special
music and addresses. The "Msrch of
the Allies" was given by members OF
the Junior choir bearing flags OF the
Allies, and the new song keep the
League Fires Burning" was impresstvely
given around ''camp fire" by the senior
Choir Next Sunday will observed a.
Mothers Day.