Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-02-05

an epidemic, cutting the attendance In
all the schools, some of the grades being
reduced nearly one-half.
The February meeting of Abigail
Whitman Chapter, D. A. R., will be held
Wednesday evening of this week with
Mrs. Mary Smith.
Cap and gown have been adopted by
the graduating class Of the high school
as the garb for commencement week.
1t is the first time this has been done.
Leslie Gibson. and Hugh Pendexter,
Jr., of Bowdoin College, have been
spending the mid.term recess with their
parents.
Rev. Orville j. Guptill of Deer Isle
preached at the Congregational church
on Sunday, morning and evening.
The Past Noble Grsnds Association OF
Mt. Hope Rebekah Lodge will observe
it's fourth anniversary with q banquet and
entertainment at Odd Fellows Hall,
Thursday evening, Feb. Z. The officers
of the association are:
Pres.-Mrs. Eva Kimball.
" Pres-Mrs. Ada A. Libby.
Sec. and Treas.-Mrs. Gertrude Hosmer.
Entertainment Com.-Mrs. Gertrude Hosmer,
Mrs. Effe Akers, Mrs. Alice Danforth.
Hartman, Mrs. Nora Bradbury.
Lake Temple, Pythian Sisters, held a
special meeting Tuesday evening, when
q covered dish supper was followed by
installation of officers. The officers,
who were installed by Mrs. Gertrude w.
Libby as Grand Chief, are:
ME-. C.-Evis 1. Cook.
ES.-Nettie NJ. Nevers.
e. J.-Addie Thurston.
Manager-Maud II. Spiller.
NJ. of R. C.-Martina Richardson.
NJ of Emma Fl. Cullinan.
Protector-Ida Hall.
Guard-Susan e. Vented
The Browning Reading Club met last
Monday evening with Mrs. Eva Kimball,
when the question was debated: Re
solved, That the necessary evils of war
in the history of the world outweigh the
good results 1t has produced" Mrs.
Eva Kimball took the affirmative, Mrs.
Mary Cole the negative. A vote on the
question was In the affirmative by mar
row margin. This Monday evening the
club meets with Mrs. Edith Bartlett.
The Rare Free Klub was entertained
Wednesday evening by Miss Edith Sad
lier, when the time was spent socially.
Walter Luck & Son, who have run
grocery and provision store for the past
four years, have closed their doors. The
fuel situation, slow collections and gen.
eral conditions are given as the causes.
Frank b. Noyes, after spending some
time at Southern Pines, N. c., where he
found conditions decidedly wintry, has
gone to st. Augustine, Fla, and expects
to remain in that state for the present.
At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Gregg on Cottage Street, Saturday, the
Goth, their daughter, Miss Katherine
Alice, was united In marriage with Ches'
ter Arthur Morey of Greenwood. Rev.
q. L. Nichols officisted, using the single
ring service, in the presence of immedi.
ate members of the family. Mr.. and
Mrs. Morey went Immediately to their
home In Greenwood, where they are to
reside.
The executive committee Of the newly
formed Red Cross Chapter has appointed
committees as follows:
Flnance-Eugene N. SWEET, Albert j. Stearns,
Frank e. DeCoster. g. Ralph Hartman Fred 8.
Brown.
man.
Sub. Committees.
Yarns-Elizabeth B. Beal.
Cutting-Zilpha 8. Prince.
Packing-Mrs. Arthur w. East0n.
Surgical Dressing-Mrs. Alice w. Stearns.
Pillows-Lelia Watson.
Buyer-Stella B. Prince.
observation-disclosures j. Beal
Refreshment-Mrs. Nettie NJ. Nevers
Civilian Relief-Lawrence n. Carroll.
Chairman Of the Junior Red Cross-Supt'
True c. Morrill,.
Next meeting of the Veranda Club
with Miss Clara Jordan Thursday even
ing, Feb. IA.
Forrest Longley, Roland Andrews and
Percy q. Nevers, Jr., have been chosen
delegates from the Congregational Sun.
day School to the Boys Conference in
Portland this month.
W. F. Tubbs, the snowshoe manu-
facturer, was In Pennington recently to
look at some timber on lot the stump
age of which has been purchased by E.
E. Flood and Harry Wood on fve-year
contract. He liked the looks of the ash
growing on the lot, and closed contract
for about twenty thousand feet OF 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred G. Proctor OF Au-
burn and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Wood OF
Skowhegan were here to attend the
funeral of B. Perley Proctor, which was
held at bis late home on Tuesday.