Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-07-02

EN-. Anderson ID confined 60 The
house with the grippe.
Mrs. Louisa Rand OF Albany ID visiting
her son, William A. Rand.
Mrs. Anna b. Hayes viii spend the
Fourth with relatives in Lewiston.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. 8. Edgecomb Of Hsr.
rison are guests OF Mrs. Sarah Chute.
Mrs. F. B. wiggin has been visiting at
Falmouth Foreside during the past week.
Robert Carter goes this week to ONE Of
G. E. Cobb's camps in Denmark for the
season.
Miss Viola Silver Of Brockton, Mass,
is expected this Monday afternoon to
visit her father, Nathan A. Silver.
The Baptist church will take It's vsca-
ton during the month of July, and NO
services will be held for the month.
Irving Merrill and family and Chester
Hammond will spend the most OF the
week In camp at Mud Pond, Greenwood.
Misses Sarah and Ida Remission return
ed home Saturday after spending two
weeks at Albany, whore they formerly
lived.
Mrs. Perley r. Ripley has returned
home after being at st. Barnabas Hos
pital, Portland, few weeks for treat
ment.
w. E. Twitchell and son have sold
their pure bred Holstein bull to head
the herd at Piney Heights Farm, Win
throp.
N. NJ. Mason, Mr.. and Mrs. Alden R.
Mason and two sons, Floyd and Leland,
from Gilead, were guests at Mrs. L. E.
Beams Sunday.
Mrs. E. A. Harlow and grandson,
Floyd Harlow, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest
Harlow and daughter of Worcester,
Mass, are the guests Of relatives here.
H.C. Anderson and family arrived
here from Wollaston, Mass, Saturday
evening, Mr.. Anderson will remain
during the week. Mrs. Anderson and
children will make longer stay.
Carl P. Durham and Clifton Durham
went Friday to Boston for the purpose
of driving home two Buick cars for the
Paris Auto Sales Co., but found only one
when they got there. Richard Rogers
accompanied them as passenger. They
returned Saturday night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry F. Muzzy, Miss
Annie Muzzy, Miss Elizabeth Muzzy and
Don Brooks are spending the week at
the Holmes camp at Shagg Pond. |
Walter P. Maxim carried them up Satur- |
day night and stayed over Sunday, and |
will 60 up over the Fourth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Il. W. Deunison and |
daughter Dorothy, Mrs. Annie Swift and
Miss Lulu Billings are at Bailey's Island
for vacation of two weeks. Harlan
Dennison, who is in the employ of the
General Electric Go. at Lynn, Mass,
will join them for his vacation.
Sumner NJ. Davis, who has been
principal Of the junior high school at
Mexico, has been chosen captain and as
sistant manager Of the Rumford town
base ball team, on the expectation that
he was to be In Rumford for the summer.
As he has an application filed for enlist
ment in aviation, his movements are
not certain.
Howard N. Weston, assistant secretary
Of the Railroad Y. NJ. e. A. at Water
Vile, accompanied the boys who left
here last Wednesday for Camp Devens
as Y. NJ. @. A. representative. Writ
ing to the Democrat for some copies of
the paper giving an account OF the send
Of, he says: "Tbey were q fine, healthy,
Intelligent lot of boys, one that the
county should be proud of, and one OF
the best that I have seen this year."
A letter from Donald 8. Briggs of
south Paris, who was In the contingent
leaving Wednesday for Camp Devens, to
relatives here, says: "We arrived In
camp all in good condition and in Joyous
spirits. There are quite few In some
Of the contingen.s that come here who
want to be exempted from military ser
vice. But there is not man who left
Oxford County who 10 not more than
willing to shoulder . gun or to do any
thing that may be his lot"
At the meeting of the stockholders Of
the Citizens Telephone Co. at the assess
ors' office Saturday afternoon, President
Geo. 81. McKeen and Clerk and Treasurer
G. W. Bowker resigned their offices.
W. C. Thayer was elected president and
A. C. Wheeler clerk and treasurer for
the balance of the year. r. 81. Corbett
and j. H. Record were elected directors.
As it has been necessary to put the GEN.
trail operator on o fixed salary 1t was
voted to change from a switch fee sys-
tenn TO q fixed charge of so cents per
month for each telephone.
A considerable colony Of South Paris
people are now at Falmouth Foreside,
and automobile parties are attracted
thither. On Sunday four cars from
South Paris made their way there. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank 81. Dudley and Albert
Wheeler visited at P. s. Msson's.
Others who made their headquarters at
the cottage of Harry e. Maxim included
Mr.. and Mrs. franklin Maxim and grand
son Philip Maxim, Alden Maxim, Mr..
and Mrs. w. E. Kenney, Misses Laura
and Hattie Burnell, Mr.. and Mrs. Q. w.
Shaw, Francis Shaw, and Miss Mildred
The last named large party /
had clambake on the rocks.
Fuel Matters.