Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-11-25
Mt. and Mrs. Harold Fletcher were In
Lewiston Saturday evening.


The Weelaffalot Club will meet will
Miss Flora Murch this Monday evening
Mr.. and Mrs. Newton Stanley returned
to their home in South Portland Thurs
day night.
Howard d. B. Jackson, who enlisted
IN the navy few weeks ago, is ut hom,
for Thanksgiving.
Mrs. A. w. Walker has returned from
q weeks visit to her sister, Mrs. Charlie,
Bennett, at Sanford.
The annual meeting of Oxford Pomon,
Grange will be held at Grange Hall
South Paris, Tuesday, Dec. 2.
Miss Nora Durham will accompany
Miss Hazel Heath to her home In Cor
ham, N. e., over the holiday,
Mrs. r. R. Butts spent three days last
week with her cousins, DR.. and Mrs. B
). Elliott, Turner Street, Auburn.
Miss Bana Beede and Miss Ruth Brown
will remain in town as guests of T. 8
Barnes and family over the Thanksgiving
recess.
DR.. James P. Elliott of Rumford has
been in town for few days, called by
the death of his cousin, Miss Iona
Clsasby.
Mrs. Alton Jacobs visited her aunt
Mrs. Ernest King, in Lewiston Thurs
day, who returned with her for few
days visit.
Don't forget that the teacher training
class meets with Miss Morton on Tues
day evening this week. All interested
are cordially invited to attend.
Miss Winona A. Oliver is with her
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. j.. j. Muir.
ply, and will attend school. Her mother,
Mrs. Grace Oliver, Is employed In Au.
burn.
Mrs. George NJ. Giles, formerly of
South Paris, Is reported seriously i'll at
her home on Carnage Avenue, Auburn.
Her sister, Mrs. /. j. Monk of Norway,
is with her.
The annual union Thanksgiving service
of the churches will be held Thursday
evening at Z, at the Congregational
church, with sermon by Rev. Chester
Gore Miller.
A piano recital will be given Tuesday
evening at the home Of Mrs. Stella W.
Burnham by four OF her pupils, Esther
Joy Tyler, Ruth Marguerite Graves,
Laura Brooks aud Hester Ordwsy.
Mrs 81. Z. Wilson was taken to the
hospital at Lewiston Sunday for X-rsy
of her foot and ankle,
which she recently Injured severely in q
fall, and which has been extremely pain
ful.
Rev. G. 81. Newton and family have
moved from the Baptist parsonage on
High Street TO the French house on Skill
lings Avenue. Some repairs and changes
are to be made on the parsonage before
it Is occupied by the pastor recently
called, Rev. Mr.. Wilson.
With the assistance of Frank s. Adams
of the state department of agriculture,
a branch of the Maine Farmers Union
was organized at Grange Hall Saturday
with Leon A. Brooks as
president and A. n. Cairns as secretary.
Thirty-seven shares were subscribed at
that time.
The community Thanksgiving concert
at the Congregational church was q
great success. A contribution of S44.67
was taken and later donations have al
ready raised il to $50 90. This concert
is held annually under the auspices of
the Congregational 7. P. S. c. Z. The
proceeds of the concert are used to sup
ply all needy persons with Thsnksgiv-
ing dinner or other necessities, regard
less of sectarian or religious preference
of any kind. Anyone wishing to further
to this worthy cause may
forward their contributions to Miss Eva
Walker.
Clerk of Courts Donald B. Partridge
and County Commissioners Charles W..
Bowker started out Wednesday morning
for Grafton on q deer hunt with Mr.. Part
ridges car. When they got to Bryant's
Pond they met the beginnings OF the
storm, which was much more severe and
long continued north of US than it was
here, with a heavy fall Of snow at the
northern end of the journey. They went
TO Grafton all right, but after spending
the night there, turned around and came
home again to escape being showed in.
They got home the last of the afternoon,
but 1t was not an easy trip.
Mrs. Sarah P. Cummings has received
the news of the death of her grandson,
William Bernard Cummings, of gun
shot wound, in Durango, Colo. The
accident occurred on the Sth of Novem-
Der, and he died in the hospital Nov. II.
He was the son Of Beede and Lillian
and was about Is years old.
BE was a member of the Congregational
church, and bright, lovsble boy. He
is survived by bis father and mother,
one sister, Airline, besides his grand
mother and his uncle, Freeland /. Cum
mings, of South Paris. His father,
Bsede Cummings, left South Paris in
1888, and has lived in the West ever
since.