Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-06-04

Two Towns Honor New Soldiers.
LARGE PART OF PARIS AND HoRwA,
OUT 10 SEE THEM OFF.
Demonstration of greater or les
magnitude have been made on each oc
casion when . contingent OF draftet
mon from Oxford County has left Soutl
Paris, but considerably the largest II
point Of numbers was that Of last Wed
nesday, when the largest contingent 20
sent started for Camp Devens.
A very busy scene was the court house
on Tuesday, when the men had to IN
swer the call before the local board. i
was made 90 especially by the Rumford
men, who comprised large fraction oil
the total number. Before leaving Rum
ford these men had been given . roya
send-o6 BY the people of that town, and
then they were brought to South Parii
by automobile. Friends accompanied
many OF them, and Q stream of about
forty cars poured over the road from
Rumford to South Paris, arriving here
about noon.
The men were quartered for the night
at the hotels and other places in the two
towns, and left on the 9:36 train Wednes
day morning, In three special Maine
Central passenger cars.
There was no Formally about the affsir,
and no opportunity for speech making,
as the train was practically on time.
but there was q great outpouring Of
people. The schools of South Paris and
Norway were present en- nsasse, carrying
flags, service flags. and banners. Bust
ness places were closed, and many from
the factories and citizens in large num-
bers came out to assist In giving the
boys send of. The grounds about the
station were packed with q crowd of
hundreds of people.
Boy Scouts Of both Paris and Norway
In uniform paraded In military forma-
ton, the South Paris Scouts headed by
drum corps, and reading matter was dis
tributed In the cars by the Scouts before
the men entered.
As usual, the principal audible part
OF the demonstration was furnished by
the cheering squad OF Paris high School
They cbeered the drafted men, Oxford
County, Paris and the other towns which
furnish men, and gave q special three
times three for each of the Paris men in
the contingent. They also sang The
Star Spangled Banner, "Keep the Home
Fires Burning" and other appropriate
songs.
As each man entered the train he was
given hearty handshake by Chairman
B. G.. MoIntire of the Local Board, and
as the train moved ont, the people pack
ed on both sides of the track cheered
and waved their hats until 1t was out of
sight.
Second Lieut.. George E. Sinkinson of
the 30Sd Field Artillery was in charge
OF the contingent. There were 1874 men
who left here on the train. In addition
six had been transferred to other boards
and were sent from other points, making
. total of 40 indicted into the service
for Oxford County.
OF the 145 men summoned for this
call, five were not present for one reason
Or another. Wallace A. Clifford OF
South Paris was exempted by reason of
being In the employ of a ship-building
One man, George Marshall
Arsenault of Rumford, was added to the
list already published.
On Friday another contingent left,
to the Local Board in the fore.
noon, and leaving on the afternoon train
Tor Portland. There was good crowd
1t the station to see them of, but no
demonstration except by the girls cheer
ing squad from the schools. They gave
special cheers for Harold l. Merrill of
south Paris, q graduate of Paris High
School, who was In this contingent, and
al waved hats and handkercbiefs 20 the
train moved out. The boys stopped In
Portland that night, and Saturday morn
ing with others from other parts of the
state left that city for Fort Slooum,
n. Y.
Some changes had to be made In the
list of these men, and those who actually
went, including one who was transferred
10 some place In Massachusetts, and went
rom there, and one who was delayed
md appeared the next day and was sent
On, were as follows:
John E. Deighan, Rumford.
Jesse James Lunn, Mexico.
Harold I. Merrill, South Paris.
Walter Roscoe Pesre, Rumford Center.
Elmer e. Moore, Rumford.
Mike Teller, Hanover.
Lester Bishop, Rumford.
Arthur Hebert, Rumford.
Joseph Perry, Rumford.
Harry Siddsll, Rumford.
Frank Harold Philbrick, East Brown
field.
Adelmar Raymond Brown, Bethel.
Felix Jikubowskey, Rumford.
Guy Shaw Wentworth, Porter.
Joseph George Perry, Rumford.
Charles Desveaux, Rumford.
Leon z. Smith, Roxbury.
Ralph o. Millett, Norway.
Joseph Henry Douoette, Rumford.
Adelard Richard, Rumford.
William 81. Harding, Andover.
Elmer Ellsworth Saunders, Bethel.
Elmer Ralph Lane, Rumford.
w. G. T. u. Resolutions.
The roaolutiona adopted nv the recent