Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-04-16

NJ, for the purpose Of joining the parade.
There will be rehearsal OF the officer,
and degree stan Of Hamlin Temple,
Pythian Sisters, Wednesday evening,
April II.
Mrs. Harold Cole 10 taking q vacation
from the Office of Dr.. C. L. Buck, and IL
spending the drst part Of the week with
her sister, Mrs. A. W. Andrews, on the
farm.
Hamlin Lodge, Z. Of p, has chosen a
committee on Pythisn Sunday, Thomas
5. Barnes, j. z. Kenney and E. s. Jones.
Pythisn Sunday comes the third Sunday
in May.
| The annual sermon before Nj. Mica
Lodge of Odd Fellows will be given by
Rev. Chester Gore Miller on the 18th, at
the regular morning service at the
Universalist church.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adney Keene of Norway
visited at Theodore Thaysr's two days
last week. They 90 this week TO
Bristol, N. h, where they will live with
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold T. Thayer.
Mrs. L. E. Bean, Miss Cora ]. Mason
and Miss Pauline Mason arrived from
Portland Saturday night and occupied
their home here. They expect to re-
main here, and do not plan to return to
Portland another winter.
The Ladies' Social Union will hold .
food sale at the Universalist church
Wednesday afternoon ut ESQ O'Clock,
April II. Many excellent things will be
on sale and at bargain prices. Grape
nut and chocolate ice cream will be on
sale.
Theirs will be q meeting at the fire
station Tuesday night at I:l5 for the
purpose of cho osing committees for the
Third Liberty Loan Bond parade on
Patriots Day. We want every man,
woman and child to be present at this
| meeting.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid will meet
with Mrs. j. q. Stuart next Wednesday
for an all-day meeting. A covered dish
dinner will be served. Come prepared
10 sew, and each lady please furnish
some covered dish refreshment without
soliciting.
As Friday will be q holiday, CORE
spondents and advertisers, and all who
have anything for the next issue Of the
Democrat, are requested TO get as much
of their copy as possible to the office be-
fore Friday. The rest of our newspaper
week will be very busy.
The Busy Bee Class Of the Univer-
salist Sunday School entertained the
sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth grades
of the Girls Patriotic League at the
church parlor after school Tuesday.
There was busy time shipping and do
ing other work for the League.
Sunday being Conference Sunday, no
services were held at Deering Memorial
Church. Rev. and Mrs. d. F. Faulkner
were the only ones from South Paris
who attended the Maine Conference held
at Augusta. II is expected that Mr..
Faulkn er will be returned to South Paris.
The tractor owned by the town has
been employed during the past week by
Road Commissioner Bowker in carting
of the leaves and rubbish cleaned out
of the cutters In the village streets. A
trailer has been rugged up which 10 some
thing like q mud scow on wheels, and
carries large quantity of waste at
load.
Michael r. Kirwin went Saturday to
spend the weekend in Newton, Mass,
with bis son, ]. Edward Kirwin, who is
| in charge of the shoe factory CT the j.
NJ. Herman Co. at Mills, Mass, con-
Germ which for many years has been
engaged in the manufacture Of army and
navy shoes. He will also visit his
daughter In Mattapsn.
A new schedule of rates filed few
days since with the public utilities COM
mission by the Grand Trunk raises the
rate on wooden boxes In carloads from
Norway to Danvills junction or Lewis
ton to nine cents per 100 pounds; Nor.
way TO Yarmouth junction, II IL cents;
Norway to Portland, II IL cents; South
Paris to Portland, 1912 cents. The old
rate for all these routes was five and one
half cents.
Ell. Greene and family are moving
from Z. n. Haskelps house, where they
have lived for some years, into the house
with Mr.. Greene's mother, Mrs. Dora B.
Greene, on Gothic Street. This was for
| merly the home Of Mrs. Sarah Atkins,
who died q few weeks since, and Mrs.
Greene bad lived with her. Z. I. Hub
bard and family, who now occupy rent
on the lower floor of the Haskell house,
will move up into the rent vacated oy
the Greenss.
Mrs. Ralph Perkins, while Visiting her
sister at Bethel, was last week taken III
with pneumonia, and Mr.. Perkins was
called there. He returned after few
/ days, but was soon summoned back, and
Ia still at Bethel. Mrs. Perkins is quite
in. Fletcher's barber shop was closed
Saturday on account of the absence OF
Mr.. Perkins and the illness of Clarence
Barker, the other barber employed there,
but Mr.. Barker 10 again on the job, and
the shop is open az usual.
Great stunts, they say, are being pulled
off in Mount Pleasant Rebekah Lodge In
connection with the contest now going
on Both of the two "sides" which are
lined MP in opposition have gone into the
contest full strength, and put In LOT OF
time and work. Some have been known
| TO leave the dinner table to 60 and spring
some new idea on one of their side.
Last Friday evening was the second con-
teat night. the third and last OF the series
coming In two weeks from that date.
Along with the other interest developed,
the contest has brought In quite show
or of applications to the lodge.
A considerable number from the Sum
day School Of Deering Memorial Church
met Tuesday evening at s. G. Ordway's
To organize q "Teen Age" department
for the school. The school 10 now fully
graded, and this department will include
intermediate and senior. 7. n. DAVIS
was chosen councillor BY the Sunday
School Board of the church, and will
have general supervision OF the depart
msnt. Officers were elected - follows;
Pres.-Miss Mary Abbott.
4 vice-Pros.--Herm4n Barnett
Soc.-Miss Leosa School.
PROGRAM Cont. n. Davis, Miss Helen BAR
J nett. Eiss Gertrude Cushman. Miss Doris herr
| service Com.-Mrs. Eva Ordway, Mss LSuts
Brooks, Miss Bernice simpson, Misc Dor''
Rscreation-Mrs N. C. Joy, Ernest Thuriow
Rsehard Millets, Misc Ruth Winslow.
II On the occasion OF the eightieth birth
} day of Mrs. Elizabeth Buck last Wednes'
J dav. she was given surprise afternoon
J party at the home Of her son and wife,
!: br. and Mrs. Charles L. Buck. The
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