Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-23
THE OXFORD BEARS.
TnE DOlNOS OF THE WEEK IN ALI
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris nm.

Paris NM
first Baptist Church, suppnes. Preaching
every Sunday q 10:5 A. n. Sunday School
at L. Sahbakh evening service 8 -. fraye.
Neesins The last friday before The lst Sunday
Of the month & Q 80 r. y. Al not otherwke
connected are cordially invited.
Miss Mary P. Burchf]eld Of Pittsburg,
Pa, who has been . summer guest IN
this village for Q number Of years and
last season purchased the g. B. Shaw
place, arrived here last week to make
plans for improvement Of the place.
Miss Burcbfield Ia accompanied BY Mrs.
Elizabeth Moore of Atlantic City, N. j.
They are guests while here OF Miss Mary
Pierce.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank N. Owen Of Dix.
field were guests Of Mr.. and Mrs. At
wood last week.
William e. Atwood and family of He
brou were recent guests Of relatives
here.
Mrs. N. G. Snow has returned from
Portland and opened her home In this
village.
Mrs. v. K. Paris 10 suffering severely
from blood poison caused by car
buncle, which started from an infected
burn.
The Sunshine Club will meet with
Mrs. John Pierce next Thursday, April
25th. Il 10 desired that every member
be present a. the seasons work is to be
laid out ut this meeting, and afghan
squares are to be put together. Ladies
will please bring crochet hooks.
The many friends of Orlando Hayford
Daniels, son of Prof. and Mrs. Edwin A.
Daniels of this place, will be interested
In the announcement of his engagement
to Miss Mary Liddy Frhrman Of Green
wicb, Conn. Mr.. Daniels has for some
time been principal Of the high school In
Greenwich, and expects soon to be called
for training in the new National Army.
Stacy Robbins, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Franklin Robbins, who 10 . member OF
Company C, 14th Engineers, and has
been on duty In France for several
months, was on the line of the great
German drive on the western front.
Jarvis NJ. Thayer, formerly OF this
village, who went TO Pembroke, N. H.,
last fall, where he is employed on large
poultry farm, has charge Of thirty-tbree
hundred chickens at present. Some
family to feed.
Mrs. Nellie 8. Brown, Who has spent
the winter In Southern Pines, N. c., Ia
now on her way north and will visit her
brother and sister in New Jersey before
reaching Maine. Mrs. Brown expects to
open her summer home &C Paris Hill
about the middle of May.
Miss Burchfield and Mrs. Moore, who
have been guests Of Miss Mary Pierce
the past week, left here Sunday night on
their return to Pittsburg, Pa.
A letter received here this week from
Ensign Raymond l.. Atwood, written on
board ship April 9th says: We are well
In sight of land; have passed the Irish
coast and are almost through the sub
zone. 1t has been rather exciting and
/ wouldn't have missed the experience
for anything. April Fools day one of the
boys pulled . good one. he got big
bunch up on deck to see the "sea plane"
of course all the young aviators came
fiocking up: We all saw the sea quite
plain"
Paris Hill school Is doing It's bit to
help "the boys". There are twenty pu
pills registered, and all are saving thrift
or war savings stamps. One liberty
bond and tweDty-one war savings stamps
are owned In the school, nine war savings
stamps being owned by the school as q
whole, the remainder by individual
mem ers, one girl having three already
IT,. n.na.aarv rn mn ne hos haap ra;oad fr
organize Junior Red Cross, which vii
be done az soon as the arrangements car
be made.
Many in this community were ssdden
ed last week to receive news of the sud
den death at his home In Swarthmore
Pa, of Judge William P. Potter, q very
we'll known summer resident Of Paris
Hill, which occurred on Sunday, the
14th inst. Judge Potter had been at.
tending to his profession a. one OF tht
Supreme Court Justices of Pennsylvania
on the previous day and passed away
suddenly Sunday morning, the cause o.
death being given as neuralgia OF th'
heart. Judge Potter was one of the SOM
of Rev. James q. Potter, q Presbyterian
clergy man, and was born In Jackson
County, Iowa, April 81, 1857. After bill
school and college course, he began the
practice Of law 10 Iowa, at the same time
acting as assistant cashier IN bank. 81
later came to PittsburgsPs., and emf eret
law partnership with Ex-Gov. StOn,
and became very successful az q corpo
ration attorney. In 1900 be Was appoint
cd to the Supreme Court bench, posi-
ton which he has held with ability t.
the time of his death. His associate.
without exception proclaim him a well
loved man and able judge. In this little
community Judge Potter will be sadly
missed. Several years since he purchas
ed beautiful summer home here snt
has also bought several other pieces o
real estate. he made friends of all Wit
met him and the heartfelt sympathy o.
this entire community 10 with the sur
viving widow and daughters.
Mrs. John Pierce recently received ,
very interesting letter from Thayel
Quinby who 10 q member OF the lois
Engineers In the American Expedition
AIRY Forces In France. Mr.. Quinby Il
one OF the sons Of Mr.. and Mrs. j
Murray Quinby Of Wellesley Hills
Mass, and has many relatives and friend
at Paris Hill where be has been . fire.
quent visitor.
France, Feb. II, 1918.
Dear Aunt Fan:
Today was one Of the best Sunday
since / landed In France. We are nov
ON the real front and you can tell Uucls
John that 10 10 the greatest sport ever
"Dinnie" Is . dispatch rider for head
quarters 30 don't see lot Of him, bui
it's better than when he wasn't with thl
regiment at all. We have plenty OF OK
element for anyone here. The big gun,
are going all the time and the Germans
although not so active a. We are, oper
| up sometimes and make 1t pretty lively
for "a. I've had only one or two Close
escapes 90 far; one when Q shell landed
within hundred feet and I got shower
ed with dirt and one when the Bochs
evidently spotted Us and We had to jump
into shell holes every shot. You see,
We can hear the boom and whee-ee be
fore every Boche shell lands which gives
rs about three seconds to get under
cover. The ground 10 covered with
she'll holes from three to thirty yardt
across the top and they afford the best
cover. The woods look a. though q
terrible forest Gre had passed through
all trees are ruined and the villages an
destroyed completely; there's not q
house left In them. The most interest
ing Of all are the airplanss. Any time
Of day when It's clear, you can see thu