Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-21
SOUTH PARIS.

noD,ld S. Briggs spent few days Il
Boston last week.
,u.. MALTA Jackson spent last week II
nu,,s,d with relatives and friends.
Mrs O. Z. Barrows visited in Port
~ and vicinity several days last week
N, and Mrs. Z. A. Souls OF Gorhau
u .nssts OF his son, Principal Chester
= Soule of the high school.
u..n.n A. BRYANT of South Paris ID
1T the speakers in the junior prize
.nsaEjng contest at Bates College.
v,s Marv (Green) Hutchinson Of
rirs,mors Falls is the guest OF hel
.onsin Mrs. Elmer r. Briggs, for fe"
days.
mp,blic Parking Space" is the sign
which appears at the edge Oh s1de,
yak on the High Street side OF the ODD
Fellows Block.
The rsgular May meeting of the w. c.
TT r6,ch would have been held on
Trss5ay Of this week, will De omitted on
account Of the county convention AZ NOT
way.
Thu service flag of the Mason Manu-
t,o,rriog Co. has arrived, and was hung
m, on Monday. At present It bears
fourteen stars.
NJ. y g. Swift, who has been at the
bo1,s NJ ber nephew, Frank Z. DeCoster,
., Norway. Tor ten weeks, has returned
10 her home on Gothic Street.
The odd Fellows have put in his wood
for Albert P. Abbott, who has been so
aa3ictad with rheumatism that he has
beep unable to do anything about all
winter.
Mrs Florence Chapman went Friday
morning for a visit of some length to her
dan,bter. Mrs. Elsie Flemming, In
Hartford, CT. Mrs. Flemming is In very
poor health,
Mrs. D. NJ. Richardson, who had been
with her daughter, Mrs. Peaslee, in
Exeter. \. g., since last fall, returned
"Wednesday TO the home OF her SOD,
Marx B. Richardson.
An the schools of the two towns, and
uifhout doubt most of the other schools
oI the county, were suspended Friday,
while the teachers attended the teachers
convention st Norway.
Allie Gotta aud Miss Grace Dean went
Tuesday 10 Vermont for visit Of about
tan DAYS to Mr. Cots's sister before be
leaves with the contingent of drafted
men who 20 to Camp Devens on the
29th.
Mrs. g. r. Carter entertained mum
Der of the ladies' at auction Thursday
afternoon, that they might meet Mrs.
Leslie L. Mason. Three tables were
filed. Refreshments were served by
the hostess.
Mrs. D. r. Palmer of Rochester, n. Y,
10 with her sister, Mrs. John NJ. Morch,
and is assisting in the care of Mrs.
Murch's grandson, Murch Stevens, son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. A. z. Stevens, who has
been for long time in serious condi-
siOu with Brght's disease.
Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Weeks, who
have 3 flock OF about dozen hens, set
one Of them on thirteen eggs and In due
time she bstched out fourteen chickens.
This is not the first time this thing has
happened, but il is unnecessary to say
that il Is unusual.
Mrs. Charlotte Howe spent the day
FRIDAY with Mrs. Justina Hall and
daughters, the first time she has been
there since last fall Mrs. Howe will be
sc next month, and during the winter
half Of the year she has not got ont
much, though her general health is good
considering her years.
Mrs. Nettie C. Weeks and Mr.. and
Mrs Marshall Weeks went Monday
morning 20 Portland for q few days
visit Mrs. Marshall Weeks will go from
there Thursday to her old home in New
Brunswick for a stay of some two
months, and Mrs. Nettie c. Weeks and
Marshall Weeks will return here.
Edward E. Shaw, who has been en-
plOyed in an automobile factory in
Detroit, has returned home TO answer
the draft call with the contingent which
leaves next week for Camp Devens.
Mt. Shaw had some time since put In his
application for the aviation service, and
hopes to be transferred to that later, but
not having been accepted as yet, has to
answer the call.
Charles Clark of Norway, who has
been clerk in the drug store of the Chas.
d, Howard Co. for some time, has en-
listed in the medical department of the
navy, aud will go to Newport, r. l., the
18th inst Merton K. Clifford, another
clerk there, expects to get his number
10 the draft at some early call, which
will increase the number of stars in the
Howard service flag to nine.
Postmaster ]. A. Ksnney was at the
Grand Lodge of Knights of Pythias at
Lewiston Wednesday, and while there
established the fact that be was the old
est Knight present, not in years but In
membership in the order. Two other Of
the most widely known members had
respectively forty-six and forty-f five years
10 their credit, but Mr.. Kenney has
been Knight for forty-ssvsn years.
About FIVE O'Clock Wednesday after
noon blaze was discovered on the roof
OF the Turner Center creamery building
on Pleasant Street. No alarm was given.
The creamery hose was used, and the
bose from the house of Co. No. near
by was brought into action and the roof
wet down. An area of several square
feet was burned on the roof, the shin
giles being burned through In places, but
the damage was small.
There was good attendance at the
basket meeting of women's missionary
societies of the Oxford Baptist AssOcia-
ton at the Baptist church Wednesday.
Among the speakers were Mrs. George
d. Brock of South India, who spoke on
foreign missions, Mrs. Lydia Nichols of
Massachusetts,, who spoke on work
among the Italians. Mrs. Annie Cobb
Smith of Saco, the Western Maine secre-
tary, who spoke on her work, and Mrs.
Willis NJ. Davis Of Buckfleld.
A special car on the eastbound train
Thursday morning carried forty drafted
men from Coos County, N. H., bound
ior the New Hampshire State College at
Durham, n. H., to take three months
course as electricians and tradesmen In
other mechanical lines. They were by
no means downhearted, indeed, quite
the contrary, they were an exceedingly
lively bunch. They were so patriotic
that while their train was on the siding
waiting for the other train to 60 out,