Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-04
Mn. Josephine Bates d . gasst q

Hiss nary maxim or Cambridge,
Mass., has been the gnest Of rslativec
3 here for few days.
Mr.. and MrG Blanchard Stuart O,
Mechanic Falls were guests OF relatives
here on Memorial Day.
Mrs. e. p. Parlin OF Wilton h thu
guest of her mother and sister. Mrs
Blake and Mrs. Edgerly.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of the
3 Baptist church will meet in the vestry Q,
8 O'Clock Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert D. Park are a
IOquossuc for sfew days with relatives
and friends from East Sumner.
Il Miss Ruth Jameson and Miss Ruth
{ Remick spent the holiday recess ut the
home OF Miss Jameson At Cornish.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene b. Stevens of
Portland have been Visiting relatives In
the two towns for the past few days.
Miss s. e. Porter has been at home
from her teaching in Portland to speud
the holiday recess with her mother, Mrs.
Ida Porter.
Mr.. and Mrs. George B. Bennett and
daughter Maxine spent Memorial Day In
Buckfield with the family OF his brother,
N. E. Bennett.
| Hamlin Lodge, K. of P, will work the
rank of Knight next Friday evening, and
Refreshments will be served. Members
are requested to be present.
The Wetherell family, with the ex-
lception of George Wetherell, are plan
ming to move to Gorhsm, Maine, some
time later in the summer after the close
of school.
Mrs. Preston Holt and children of Hill
Street will 60 to Falmouth Foreside,
where Mr.. Holt has secured cottage.
he has already been working In Portland
for the past six weeks.
Hon. Frank P. Stearns of Shawnee,
Okla, who has been mayor OF that city
for some years, Is reported critically Ill
in hospital there. He has not been
well for some months.
B. G.. Anderson of Freeport IL about
moving into the Miss Wyman house on
High Street. William Record and
family, who have occupied the house for
some time, have moved to Mechanic
Falls.
The Ladies' Aid Of the Deering Memo
rial Church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Brill, Skillings Avenue, Thursday,
June 8, at P. n. Subject for discus
sion, 1.-THE Constitution Of the United
States"
Mrs. Winifred Penley and grandson
Noal Ao.,kou ~ popflopd viaifin Or /
relatives. Noel, who was badly injured |
some months since by the collapse Of
building about which he was playing In
Portland, has made a good recovery. i
Harold /. Merrill, who left with the
men of Fridays call for Fort Slocum,
was presented Wednesday night with
wrist watch from teachers and scholars
of the schools and friends about town,
all contributions being in small amounts.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon A. Brooks are In
Annapolis, Md, to attend the gradua-
ton Of their son, Winfield A. Brooks,
from the Naval Ac sdsmy, which occurs
this week. The young man hopes to
have q short leave of absence at home be-
fore going into active service, but is
not sure that he can.
Thirty-five new names have recently
been added to the Red Cross member.
ship of South Paris. The drive was
started by Marjorie Edwards and Laura
Brooks. This includes seven men, and
We are hoping every adult will feel IL
duty and privilege az we'll to help In
this noble cause by joining the Red
Cross.
Carl Robinson and Don Briggs were
at G Pond, Upton, from Thursday to
Sunday, and caught their limit in trout.
The fishing has been unusually GOOD
during the season so far-tbough 1t is to
be noted that the good fishing 10 not now
that which is to be had within few
miles, but that which it takes some
hours BY automobile to reach.
Harry d. Payne of Portland, a news
boy on the Grand Trunk, and familiar /
figure to travellers, lost his life in fire
which burned the Railroad Y. NJ. c. A.
building at Island Pond, VT, Wednesday
night. He was 16 years of age. Two
other men were killed and . third
seriously injured in jumping from the
upper stories where they were trapped.
Guests at Mrs. Nellie Powers during
the past few days over the holiday recess
have been Mr.. and Mrs. r. Z. Douglas,
and Mr.. and Mrs. G. G. NuttiDg and
daughter, Miss Mildred Nutting, OF
Hopsdale, Mass, and Miss Margaret
Carpenter of Providence, r. /. They
came by automobile, and made several
fishing trips from here to points north
during their stay.
The Democrat Is informed that there
were certain errors in the notice last
week of the death of Mrs. Arvilla, widow
of Addison r. Bowker. The name
should have been Arvilla K, and the
age 81 years. There is an adopted
daughter, Mrs. I. W. Robbins of Red.
ding, who with her family was present
at the funeral, az were several nephews
and nisces. The funeral was conducted
by Rev. A. j. Verrill at Redding.
The South Paris Red Cross branch
now numbers $50 members. No special
effort has yet been made for new men,
bers, but II will come soon. The officers
and COMMITTEES are as follows:
Chairman-Mrs. Walter L: Gray.
Vice. Chairman-Mrs. ~. ~ SteWolt
Sec.-Miss Grace Thayer.
Treas.-Mrs. Ahon G. Wheeler.
Ex. Com.-Mrs. Walter l.. Gray. Mrs. u. n.
steward. Miss Grace Thayer, Mrs. Alton z.
Wheeler, Mrs. T. 8. Barnes. Mrs. Harry ID.
Cole. ~
N. Haskell, Mrs. George +. Eastman.
II the skies are clear next Saturday
va shall get little sideshow from the
eclipse of the sun which will be so i'm
portant an event on that day. This
eclipse is total along . path across the
continent from Washington to Florida,
and two large observatories along, this
track hope to secure valuable photo
graphs. Here IL will be visible AZ .
partial eclipse, the magnitude OF 1t being
a trIfls more than half the diameter OF
the sun, which means that less than bali
the sums disc will be covered by the
moon. II will cause no perceptioie
reduction of the light, and unless you
look at the sun through smoked glass
Won would probably not know that any
thing unusual was going on. The eclipse |
here begins about $50 in the afternoon
by the CLOCKS a. they are now run,
reaches the middle about TAI, and ends
about $40.