Oxford Democrat., 1918-11-26

Last dance Of the season at Buckf,sld
wednesday evening this week. Pria,
waits. Shaw's music.
Mrs. Fred B. wiggin vas In Portland
the last three days Of the week sttsudins
the Maine Music Festival.
The school department, slsevhere IN
this paper, advertises for bids for 4 CON.
siderable quantity OF green wood for the
schools.
The Irving Smith farm In Buck tield
has been sold to Mahlon Ward oi
Hsvsrhill, Mass, through the real estats
agency Of L. A. Brooks.
As usual, the stores, banks. Offices
and business places generally viii be
closed on Thanksgiving day. The drug
stores viii be open from A. II. to u so.
closed the rest OF the day. -
Beautiful November weather lust nov.
though our first glimpse Uf the sun last
week was late In the day Friday. The
ground is soaked with water, and ths
roads-weli, they are simply unmention-
able.
Malcolm Clark, who has beea for a
few weeks with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Arthur E. Clark, returned Monday
morning to Boston, to resume his posi-
ton with the Crosby Steam Gage and
Valve Co.
T. NJ. Davis, councillor of the young
peoples department of the Methodist
Sunday School, entertained the young
people of the department ut his home
Saturday evening, when . social
evening was spent.
December 9th is the date for the an
nual Christmas sale given by the ladies
of the Congregational church. For the
entertainment . play entitled "The
Farmerette" will be given. Remember
the date. Full particulars next week.
Ensign Winfield A. Brooks of the
U. s. Navy, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leon A.
Brooks of South Paris, has been pro-
NOTED to lieutenant. He graduated
from the naval academy with the class
of 1918, and is on the battleship Yer
mont.
Letters have been received from Sergt.
Robert w. Wheeler Of the medical de-
partment, who recently went overseas,
but they were written on shipbosrd, be.
fore the srmistice, and the address
which he gave WAS carefully censored
out.
Exact figures from the recent War
Work campaign for the town Of Paris
are not yet available, but they are sp
prOximstely, including pledges, $500
for South Paris, $3.50 for West Paris, and
$3.50 for Paris Hill, making total OF
$3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Eastman will
60 Monday night or Tuesday morning to
Lynn, Mass, to spend Thanksgiving
with Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson i. Mixer. Mr..
Mixer, q former principal of Paris High
School, is now in Y. n. c. A. work In
Lynn.
The Kupple Klub had its first meeting
of the season with Mr.. and Mrs. Sher-
man T. Oliver Friday evening, when
four tables were filled at rook. It Ia
expected that the next meeting in two
weeks will be with DR.. and Mrs. c. NJ.
Merrill.
The Hillside Water Company has re-
ceived from Director q. d. Evans Of the
State Health Department the following
report:
Analysis Of the fall sample Of water from
your public supply sent me on November IL
shows this water 70 be In Its usual drst-class
condition. fnd no evidence whatever which
would point to contact Of the water with sewage
waste or with surface drainage Of any kind.
In It's present condition the water is safe and
one to use for all domestic and In
dustrial purposes.
The Victory Boys" Of Paris went
over the top with whoop. The quota
was A boys with pledges totslling s220.
The answer was "a boys, total pledged
SSl2.5O. The following are the 100 per
cent Victory Boys,-meaning those who
pledged $500 each: