Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-21

Nrs. G. A. Record 10 visiting In Ser
ford for few days.
Mrs. John Simpson 10 In Portland 3
visit her sister and have treatment 70
her eyes.
Mrs. L. NJ. Lunt of Lewiston was th
guest Of her daughter, Mrs. Harold 7
Briggs. over Sunday.
Mrs. William o. rockingham has rs
turned from st. Barnabas Hospital
Portland, somewhat improved.
Mrs. r. W. Burrill of Portland 10 tn,
guest Of her daughter, Miss Iva n
Nutter, at Writ Stanley's for . few days
Mrs. Arthur C. Soule and youns
daughter of South Windham are guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. R
Morton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph G. Gray of Port
land were here with Mr.. Gray's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. William L. Gray, over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Richardson, Mrs
William gilbert and Miss Doris Culbert
spent two days at Camp Owsley, Har.
rison, the last of the week.
Miss Dorothy Wight will be employed
by w. o. rockingham in the store foI
the summer, after her return home from
the college year in Albany, N. T., little
later.
Don't forget the entertainment, the
New Flower Queen, at Grange Hall,
Tuesday evening of this week. Pro-
ceeds to 60 to the Girls Patriotic
League.
Harry B. Stone, Donald s. Briggs,
Elmer Campbell and William 81. Bray
made fishing trip to Andover Surplus
Saturday and Sunday, and secured their
limit In brook trout.
w. D. Clark of Mechanic Falls is re-
ported seriously i'll. His daughter, Mrs.
Freeland Witham, who has been here
with Mr.. Witham at his mothers, has
gone to the Falls to be with her father.
There will be Q covered dish supper
served at the Baptist church Tuesday
night at Gas O'Clock for all members OF
the church and congregation. Each lady
will please bring food In covered dish
for herself and family, or invited guest,
without further soliciting.
Miss Iva N. Nutter went Wednesday
night to Portland to visit her family and
meet her brother, who 10 located In
Honduras and makes only occasional
trips home, and from Portland they went
to make a short visit at their old home
in Dexter. Miss Nutter returned here
night.
Ernest Fl. Mason, Harold Campbell,
Guy F. Stevens and Stanley Bennett left
here last Tuesday for Buffalo, to drive
back four Dodge cars for the Paris Auto
Sales Co. They arrived here with the
cars about II O'Clock Saturday night.
Monday morning Ernest 81. Mason and
Leon Maxim started for Long Island to
drive back two Ford trucks for Ripley &
Fletcher.
Summer has surely come upon Us. The
on Sunday got up to about
10, the leaves on the trees look like
June, and the prospect is that the apple
blossoms and other flowers generally
depended upon for Memorial Day will be
rome by before that time. 1t Is difficult
20 realize that we had three months Of
severe cold weather last winter, or a
prospect Of the same thing next winter.
Charles F. Hathaway, whose recent
iesth in Cambridge, Mass, at the age of
70, 10 reported, was q native of Mechanic
Falls, and we'll known to the former
generation in this part of Oxford Coun-
y. About thirty-six years ago he estab-
ished bakery in Cambridge, which has
grown into large business. Mr.. Hath
away has been for some time retired,
but the business is conducted BY his
IONS.
The Oxford County jail is now down
20 a record population for the time since
{ was built In 1895. II has one solitary
whose term expires within q
'ew days. That isn't the whole truth,
however. Two others, Poles, are strict
v doing time in the Jail for intoxication,
,ut have been taken to Rumford for
rial at this term of court on appealed
iquor cases. Even this makes the num-
Der of prisoners total OF three.
About one hundred Knights of Pythiss
md members of the Pythisn Sisters
we're out Sunday afternoon for the an
,ual memorial service of Hsmlin Lodge.
Seventeen graves of deceased Knights
we're marked in Riverside Cemetery, and
several in other cemeteries. After the
memorial service at Riverside Cemetery,
he line of march was taken up 70 the
church, where an appro-
pirate sermon was given by the pastor,
Rev. C. wellington Rogers, from the text,
Fear God, and keep his commandments,
'or this is the whole duty of man."