Oxford Democrat., 1918-09-03

work In Lynn, Mass, for q weak or two
because Of indispositlon.
Henry Morton and Cecil Kimball spent
. few days at Camp Concord last week,
making the trip by bicycle.
81. r. Carter is Ill with pneumonia at
his residence on Western Avenue. and
under the care of . trained nurse.
81. w. Clifford and daughter, Miss
Mildred II. Clifford, of Worcester, Mass,
are guests Of relatives In town for about
week.
Mrs. Esther Ryerson has purchased
the land around her home on Oak
Avenue which was formerly the property
OF the late Sylvan Shurtleff.
Labor Day is being more or less OBJ
served as holiday. The stores, banks
and Offices are closed. The factories
are both running ss usual. So is the
Democrat Office.
Mrs. 81. N. Porter and daughter
Marguerite are expected to return Tues
day from two weeks vacation spent at
Peaks Island. Mr.. Porter has spent q
weekend with them there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving o. Barrows,
Richard Millett and Miss Ruth Winslow
started Monday morning by auto for .
days trip, with the summit OF Mount
Washington as the objective.
Miss Geneva Young has returned from
Munyon Springs, Rangeley, where she
was employed during the summer
Monday morning she left for Medford,
Mass, where she will teach . fourth
grade school for the coming year.
Hours of the regular evening services
at the churches have been changed with
the opening of the autumn. The young
peoples meeting is now at 8 O'Clock Sum-
day evening, regular Sunday evening
service at Z, and mid week meeting at
7:30
Miss Priscilla Chase, who has made
her home at A. w. Walkers since the
death of her mother some years since,
started Monday morning for Ilion, N.
Y, where she will make her home with
her father, Nathan A. Chase. Miss Eva
4. Walker went with her to Bostop,
where they meet Mr.. Chase.
George E. kirkpatrick. who has been
for some years manager of the Buckfield
Branch of the Paris Trust Co., has re
signed, to take position with the
United States Trust Co. in Portland.
Morton r. Garland of Portland, who has
been with the Fidelity Trust Co., has
been engaged to succeed Mr.. Kirkpatrick.
Fifty-nine young men of the recent 21-
yesr-old registrants leave Tuesday
evening at $50 for Camp Devens. The
government wishes that the friends and
we'll wishers of these young men would
give them all the encouragement pos
sible. The Rev. c. j. Cassidy of st.
GATHERINGS church will address the boys
at the station.
Miss Annie j. Gwynne will be present
at the monthly meeting of the Women's
Missionary Society at the Baptist vestry
Thursday, Sept. 5th, P. NJ. Miss
Gwynne has been working for number
of years among the destitute churches of
our state, and has an interesting story to
tell. Let every woman show her interest
and appreciation by coming to hear her.
The frst gasless Sunday, according to
the request of the fuel administration,
was pretty we'll observed. In an hours
walk Sunday afternoon, on one of the
best roads leading ont OF South Paris,
the Democrat saw only one car, and but
few during the entire day. Doubtless
quite little gasoline was saved. But
there was q lot of 1t burned Saturday
and Monday.
A party left here at an early hour Sat-
urday morning by automobile for q
ping trip Of three days or more in
the White Mountains. The party In
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Albert D. Park,
who have made the trip annually for
some years, Mr.. and Mrs. P. NJ. Walker,
Mira. A. F. Goldsmith, Miss Pearl Ben
nett, Miss Jeannie Hubbard of Paris
Hill, Earle Dunham, Donald Mason.
MI. Noyes has q house of eight
rooms and bath we'll under way on the
lot south of John Wight's on Pine Street,
where he put in the foundation last fall.
This we believe is the first house built
in the village this season. 1t Is under
stood that the house will be purchased
when completed by Mr.. Anderson, who
came here from Freeport, and with his
family is now occupying Miss Wyman's
house on High Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Robinson and Ira
Durgin, all of North Anson, were recent
callers on Rev. and Mrs. C. w. Rogers.
Mr.. Robinson is one OF the directors of the
Maine State Pomologicsl Society, and is
greatly interested in orchard renovation
His recipe is very simple. "Give the
orchard hair cut (pruning), shave
(scraping), and . shampoo tsprsying)."
The party motored from North Anson,
and attended the meeting of the Pomo-
logical Society at Hebron.
Captain Frank q. Plummer returned
FRIDAY from Chesuncook, where be has
been running the A. B. Smith towboat
during the summer. About 120 million
| feet have been towed during the season
10 Ripogenus dam. There the drive 10
hung up for the lack of drivers, but
such of ID as practicable will De siuiced
down the stream by giving 1t good
head of water, and letting it largely take
care of itself. A few million feet may
be held in the s'logans" and along the
banks. where IL will have TO stay till an
other year.
A delighted audience which filled
Grange Hall listened to the recital FRI
day evening given by Miss airline ID.
| Crocker. readings, Miss Isabelle Rear.
don. piano, and Miss Florence Ethel
smith of Dorchester. Mass, soprano. a
recital was given during the summer
vacation of last year by these young
ladies. and the appreciation OF them was
manifest not only by the size OF this
audience but by the enthusiastic recep-
tion which was given them on their aP-
pearance. The results OF another years