Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-05-07

we're guests OF hts parents, Mr.. and Mr.
Charles r. Newell. over Sunday.
i Nr. and Ma George Crawford, vi
have lived for some time on Psnle
Street, have moved to Mechanic Falls.
| The Boys' Corn Club viii meet /
organize at Grange Hall, May IL, 13
sharp. All interested be sure and CONF
i The Congregational church vestry vi
be open Monday evening, Nay Is, 1t
O'Clock for all those Who would like {
do surgical dressings.
Mrs. P. l. Damon and son Of Danvill
Junction are guests of Mr.. Damon
mother, Mrs. Will Rand, and other reid
tives here, for . week.
Capt. d. II. Stewart. came Saturda
from the fort 1t Portland for . thre
days' stay, and WAS accompanied b
Capt. and Mrs. Chappell.
The Hooper reservoir of the villag
water system 10 TO be cleaned out o.
Tuesday, and the pressure will be n
duced for . while in consequences.
Robert Lester Wood and family hav
moved to Portland, where Mr.. Wood ]
employed at the Deering shipysrd
Ralph Hemingway 10 also employe,
there.
Miss Mand Briggs, daughter Of Franz
eral Hospital at lewiston, where sh
recently underwent an operation TO
appendicitis.
Mrs. Minnie Burns Of SkoWhegan va
here TO attend the funeral Of Mrs. L.
Billings, and remained till Monday o
the guest Of her cousin, B. W. Tuttle o
Hotel Andrews.
Mrs. Anna 81. Hayes, who spent tn,
winter months in Portland, returned
home Saturday. During the winter Mrs
Hayes suffered q fracture Of her RICH
arm, and does not yet have full use OF 1t
though it Is improving.
Mr.. and Mrs.. &. T. Hubbard, after
spending the winter here, have left fol
Lowell 70 get their camps in readiness
for the summer. Their boys will remain
with Mr.. and Mrs. George r. Eastman
until the close of school.
Concrete work has been in progress al
the new Gre station during the past few
days. Runs at the doors, drip CUTTERS,
etc. This work was not done last fal
on account OF the lateness of the season
when the building was finished.
Mothers Day will be observed next
Sunday, May IL, at the Universalisi
church. Any elderly person, or any one
L. A. ko - do NJ at m N,
ing, is asked to send word to Mrs. Walter
Starbird, and the committe will see thai
means Of conveyance is provided.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie L. Mason, who
have been on . trip OF some weeks to
the Pacific coast, have returned to South
Paris, and are occupying their house on
Pleasant Street. Two large truck loads
of household goods came from Portland
last week and they are being settled.
Rev. ]. Edward Newton of Rockland,
who has recently returned from doing
Y. N. c. A. work with the army In
France, will give q public lecture at the
Baptist church next Friday evening, on
the subject, I'm the Track OF the
Troops In France" No admission viii
be charged, but an offering will be taken
Mr.. Newton is brother of Rev. G. 81
Newton, the pastor Of the church.
A recruiting officer for the q. 8. n. R.
(which 10 We suppose the United States
Naval Reserve) will be ut Norway and
Paris Monday and Tuesday OF this week.
he will be ut Bethel Wednesday, and d
Hotel Andrews, South Paris, again or
Sunday, the 18th. This ia for the o. s
Navy and the Naval Reserve force. The
Naval Reserve offers the biggest oppor
tunitles Of any branch Of the service.
Mrs. Lsona T. Wheaton, who has beer
for three years In charge of the Con
necticut branch of the New England
Home for Little Wanderers, has resign
ed her work there to come to TAXI
charge Of the Maine branch Of the same
institution. Her headquarters will b.
at Wsterville, where she Was stationed
| for some time recently, and her work II
Maine will begin during the seoone
week In May.
Mrs. Geo. L. Wilder OF Oxford recent
ly sho wed the publishers we'll preserved
copies of the Oxford Democrat TIA
| we're printed 10 1874; these having beer
the property of her grandfather, wht
was collector In Oxford at about tina
time. At the time thsse were PRINTED
the paper had been published clever
years, having been started In 1888. Mrs
wilder Ia the daughter Of the late Hon
George o. Robinson an attorney O.
Cambridge, Mass., and at one time
| law partner of Abraham Lincoln II
Springfield, III.
The young people Of the Univsrsalis
church have organized Young Peoples
Christian Union with the following
officers:
President-Gladys Hatch
Vice President-HarlAn Abbott.
Secresary-Emma West.
Treasurer-Bessie Campbell
Organist-Eleanor Soper.
| Assistant Organist-fhyllis EdWards.
pevosionsi Commtttee-Beryl Silver, Rutl
Thurlow, Howard Aldrfch. "a,
Lockout Commissee-Alan Miller, Louise 81
Ply LIS sn EdHssas Miller. Ruth Thur
| low, Louise Silver.
Devotional meetings will be held Sun
day evenings at 7:15 O'Clock. All yount
people and their elders are cordially IN
vited to attend.
The Tubbs School improvement
League celebrated Liberty Day BY
| meeting at the school house with tn
teacher, Miss Lillian Corbett, presiding
The following program was carried out
Song. - ~ SC .,Os
Paper, Liberty Day nary Inoti0'
Reading. Poem------------N r ~. Jn dt sSs,
II RaadfnQ ---Ak.. s,IAe 49,
Rsmsrfs. why We Fight Germany Periey shaN
Song, A Scout Of Uncse Sam---;- ~ SC mo-
Paper, Liberty Bonds- Lempi Ilksnoo
Paper, The Food Problem ------- Beat.ice sss'
4 Beading, Poem rou Ss..o -