Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-01
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOIN0s OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF TnR COUNTY.

SECTIONS OF TnE COUNTY.
PariS fil1l.
Firss Baptist Church, Rsv. g. W. !. Hi. pas
tor. Preaching every Sunday g l0ao 4. y.
sunday School as " ssnrssn sveninS , ~ ~ 81
I so. Covenants Meeting the last Friday befcre
the LIST Sunday Of the month At 80 Pm. Al
not otherwi~e come ted are cordially invised.
The regular meeting Of the Library
Association will be held Wednesday,
Jan. q at P. NJ.
Mrs. Charles q. Thayer> of South PARA
was the guest OF Mrs. Orlando Thayer .
few days last week.
Wish You q warmer New Year.
"Keep the home fires burnIng"-if the
fuel holds out. :.
Miss Annie Paris has 20 far recovered
from q recent surgical operation % to
leave the hospital. She 10 now with her
sister In Biddeford.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Guy Bennett Of Point
Anne, Ontario, were Christmas guests OF
Mr.. Benefits parents, Mr.. and Afs.
Frank Bennett.
Archie Cole came up from Poland
Spring, where be is employed, to attend
the funeral of the late Mrs. Rose Cole
and remained with his family here over
Sunday.
The Christmas dinner given by the
ladies of the Baptist Circle at Cummings
Hall was we'll patronized and pleasant
social affair. Nearly hundred sat down
to the tables, which were well loaded
with chicken pie and all the other good
things that 20 with Ii. Following the
dinner program of interesting exercises
by the children under the direction OF
Mrs. Edna n. Cummings completed
successful occasion.
Set down December 1917 az Q record
breaking month for snow and extreme
cold weather. Friday gave us three or
four inches more Of light snow followed
by one Of the most severe cold waves
that the "oldest inhsbitant" can recall.
Saturday and Sunday were steady "below
zero" temperatures with . record OF
twenty four below Sunday morning and
five below in the warmest part OF the
day. Monday morning It was fifteen
below. Let's hope that the New Year
has something more comfortable In store
for Us.
Mr.. and Mrs. BENZ. 8. Doe were guests
of relatives here over the Christmas holi.
day.
E. L. Paris, Jr., Is employed In an
important branch OF the government
service, having charge of all the magnetic
ins pection at the Curtiss aeroplane fac
tories at Buffalo, N. Y. As the plant
works twenty-four hours per day, in
Guiding Sundays and holidays, 1t can
easily be seen that he must keep quite
busy in this interesting branch OF work,
10 which he is An expert.
Miss Mary Daniels returned to New
York Monday, after spending the Christ.
mas vacation with her parents, Prof. and
Mrs Edwin A. Daniels. Orland Daniels
will remain here for few days.
Stanley Bennett, who 10 superintendent
of the corn factory at Livermore Falls,
/ is spending most of the winter with bis
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bennett.
Mrs. William Hooper is spending the
winter with the family OF Chas. n. John
SON in this village.
Mrs. Rose Davee Cole, wife Of Harry
G. Cole of this village, passed away
Wednesday morning, after long and
painful illness, at the age of 6fty-seven
years. Mrs Cole was 9 daughter OF
James s. and Mary Davee and was born
In Hebron. She was married to Harry
G. Cole October 7th, 1881, and has since
made her home at Paris Hill. Besides
her husband, she is survived by four
sons, Arthur, Bert, Harold and John
Cole, all of Paris, and one sister, Clara,
wife Of Will Slattery OF Rumford, and
two brothers, Bert Davee of Minot and
George Davee of South Paris. The
funeral services were conducted at her
late home Friday by Rev. g. w. r. Hill.
In this community, where Mrs. Cole has
lived for thirty-six years, she was held
in the highest esteem by all who knew
her and the family have the sympathy
of all.
There were sixteen members, five
guests and four children present at the
Sunshine Club which met with Mrs. o.
A. Thayer last Thursday. Patriotic and
Christmas decorations were in evidence
| In the dining room. The work done by
the ladies was mostly on ambulance pill
lows for the Service League unit al
South Paris. Mrs. Guy Bennett Of Point
Anne, Ontario, who was present, gave q
most interesting and instructive talk on
the Red Cross and Service League work
done in their country, and the amount OF
work being done there astonished Us all
and made us feel that We were doing
very little comparatively, when we
thought we were doing good deal. Al
the business meeting ii was voted to
entertain the gentlemen the following
Saturday evening at Mr.. and Mrs. Albion
Abbott's, which meeting had to be post.
poned two weeks ago on account Of the
bad travelling. Mrs. Fred Scribner In
vited the club to meet with her in two
weeks. A rising vote OF thanks wat
given Mrs. Bennett for her entertain
ment, and while standing the ladies
closed the meeting by all joining in sing
ing America.
| PARTRIDGE DISTRICT.
Mrs. w. S. Mason Ia visiting relatives
in the Mountain and King Districts.
Mrs. Frank Lowering 10 spending few
days In lewiston, where she went tC
place her little daughter Elva In family
for the winter.
| John Hammond has sold his oxen Il
Irving Thurlow.
Will Harlow is getting in his ioe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Guy Bennett of Point
Anne, Ontario, and child are visiting hii
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Bennett.
Frank Perkins and son have bought q
heifer and two steers.
Dickvale.
Grafton Gordon was In the place Tues