Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-10-14

Miss Glenna Starbird Is 30 as to DC
out little, after an illness of some thre
weeks.
| MT. and Mrs. /. o. Barrows spent Sur
Day with Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Soule q
LiVermore Falls.
The Philathea Glass of the Baptis
sunday School will meet with Mrs
Clarence Morton Tuesday, Oct. IA.
The first program of the Eutsrpea,
| Ciuo Is given this Monday afternoon q
the vestry Of Deering Memorial church
DIR. @. NJ. Merrill and family hay
moved from Progress Farm to their plac
In the village at 80 Oxford Street for tn
| winter.
Miss Beatrice Childs OF Lewiston ant
Miss Sara Coffin and Miss Doris Rankin
OF Portland were the week end guests o
Mrs. T. NJ. Davis.
II you are fond of red flannel hash
pumpkin pie and old-fashioned Indiar
pudding go to the Baptist vestry at GA;
next Thursday night.
Mrs. George L. Libby, who has re
Gently suffered two shocks and is in
serious condition, was taken Monday
morning to q hospital for incurablsl
near Boston.
Csrmine DeCiautis, who lives ON the
Greedy farm on High Street, will sell the
farm, stock and tools at auction next
Monday, Oct. 20, at ! o'clock P. NJ.
Albert D. Park auctioneer.
Among those who attended all or part
of the programs Of the Maine Music Fes-
tival at Portland last week were Mrs.
Stella w. Burnham, Mrs. Walter L.
Gray and Miss Grace Thayer.
The Baptist women are soliciting all
sorts of articles, both new and old, to
help fill barrel to be sent to colored
school in the South. Contributions to
be left at Mrs. L. c. Morton's.
Mrs. j. B. Field of Alpine Street, Nor
way, has been very i'll, but is now i'm
proving rapidly. Her sister, Mrs. Abbie
r. Lowe of North Paris, has been caring
for her, but will return home this week.
Miss Ruth Gore Miller, P. 81. S. Is,
daughter of Rev. c. G. Miller, has en-
tered on q four years course in the
Philadelphia School of Design for Wom-
en-, the oldest school of industrial art in
the United States.
South Portland High School football
team came to South Paris Saturday and
played Paris High School on the grounds
here. The local team was outclassed,
and the game resulted in score of So to
0 in favor of South Portland.
In the past two weeks or thereaboats,
Maurice L. Noyes and crew have put up
and closed in two bungalows on Wheeler
Street. One is for Otis N. Magoun, and
the other Mr.. Noyes is building on his
own account. They will both be ready
for occupancy soon.
Mt. Pleasant Rebekah Lodge had q
fine time at their supper last Friday
night, about sixty attending, and Others
coming for the meeting following. Four
new memb ers were taken In, the team
doing the work in its usual fine manner.
There is more work coming, possibly
for the next meeting.
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Day. That is, Sunday was Columbus
Day, and legally Monday becomes the
holiday. But we haven't yet become
sufficiently infected with the holiday
bug, and the day does not get general
observance as holiday, not even schools
or banks being closed.
Paris Grange will observe its forty
q SAL Gafnrdov ncf 1S
Ii will be an all-dsy meeting, and the
Worthy Lecturer is preparing a special
program for the occasion. Mr.. and Mrs.
c. Z. Parker of Augusta, Assistant
and Lady Assistant Steward OF
the State Grange, are expected to be
present.
One recruit for the navy was secured
by the recruiting party which was here
for some days. IL is Howard b. ID.
Jackson, son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. 5.
Jackson. He has passed his examina-
tons, but has to wait until the last OF
this week to reach his seventeenth birth
day, when be will 60 to Portland, and
thence to the Charlestown navy yard.
he will leave here Thursday. ~
VIC. Thayer and P. A. Millett went
to Augusta Monday to attend the hear
ing before the Public Utilities Commits
sion at 2 O'Clock p. NJ. in regard to the
Citizens Telephone Company purchss-
ing the telephone property of the Curtis
Hill and Paris Telephone Company on
High Street, this side of the farm OF
Fred Jackson. They went by auto, and
Mrs. Thsyer and Mrs. Millett accom-
panied them for the ride.
Those who are expected to attend the
State Sunday School Association IN Port
land this week from the Methodist Sun
day School are Rev. D. F. Faulkner, DR..
@. l.. Buck, T. NJ. Davis, Mr.. and Mrs.
z. o. Millett, Mrs. Mildred Cole, and
Mrs. Helen Briggs. Delegates from the
Congregational school are Rev. Z. w.
Rogers, Miss Ruth Bolster, Miss Eva
Walker. Miss Nellie jackson. From the
BAPTIST school, Mr.. and Mrs. +. A. lay
lor. From the Universalist school, MIS-.
Elizabeth W. Morton.
Two hundred or more were present at
the district meeting of Odd Fellows,
which was held with Mount Mica Lodge
here Thursday evening. Delegations
were here from West Paris, Bethel. Nor
way, North Waterford, and other places.
The second degree was conferred by OK
ford Lodge of North Waterford. A sup
per was served at Grange Hall after tue
work. Grand Master Frederick w. Pea
body of Richmond and Grand Secretary
James r. Townsend of Portland were
the speakers of the evening.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid met at the
home of Mrs. Geo. West last Thursday,
Oct. Q. fTwenty-thrse ladies were pres,
emit, and enjoyed bountiful covered
dish dinner. 1t was the annual meeting
of the society, and the following omcers
were chosen for the ensuing year:
Pres.-Mrs. Emily West:
vice Pres-Mrs. III. w. Dennison.
Sec.-Mrs. Agnes Murch.
Treas-Miss Annie Edwards.
Ex. Com.-Mrs. Mary Stuart, Mrs. Asno'
Mnrch. Mrs. Lucelia Morton. ,.
Work Com.-Mrs. Lula Norton MIS- Ans,o
Mrs. Florence weeks, ME- n"''i'
Gould, Miss Julia Morton. Ia. tIo,,,s
Com. for Collecting Dues-Mrs. Ane1 hoiA''
Ms. Wyman, Mrs. Efie Adkins.
Mr.. and Mrs. William j. Wheeler, Mr.
and Mrs. Stanley NJ. Wheeler and ROBERT
NO whasler started Thursday by auto