Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-08-19
SOUTH PARIS.

uon Alton c. Wheeler was in Angus
sTussdsy
IN stiuehReld of Auburn was i
ns village Tuesday.
chairman T. Oliver is in Boston attend
= ,bs annual Rexall convention.
w., Ssslls Abbott has returned from
ass,sI weeks visit in Portland.
n,r,ng at Buck6eld on Ssturds,
.,ISr this week. Shaw's Jazz Orches
ha
u,s Jobn Simpson was in Portland
at week receiving treatment for he
eyes.
yr.b, Turner of Bolster's Mills hai
Kan visiting bis daughter, Mrs. Harry
Lowell
NJ. Lucinda Fields Spofford of Salem
Mas. is visiting her parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. J. B. Field,
Mrs. Leoua Wheaton Of Portland was
,srspt guest Of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. J. q. stuart
Ma William Jeune has been visiting
b,- daughter, Mrs. Charles Merrill, and
hmily at KsnneOunk.
Mac. A. Frost of South Framing
ham Mass, was a guest Of Mr.. and mrs.
RS Maxwell iast week.
Sb,v's Jazz Orchestra goes to Bridg-
an Opera House 10 play for jazz dance
an Tuesday evening this week.
rocomotivs No. Pts has been re-
,nrps5 10 the Norway Branch resplen-
Ssut in new coat of paint and vsrnish.
RovE. Strickland of Schenectady, n.
= s1suts few days with his brother,
WALLACE Strickland, and his wife in this
village.
Freeman Abbott is visiting his par
ants Mr.. and Mrs. John Abbott. he
6s recently received his discharge from
the navy.
Raw. and Mrs. Charles E. Brooks of
Yarmouth were in town Tuesday. They
bad been visiting Mrs. Brooks people
in Norway.
Mrs Linwood Bailey and Elmer Swift
Of Revere, Mass, and Armand Tissot Of
LyDn, Mass, are spending few days at
JE Murcb's.
Mrs. Louis Monk entertained last
week Mss Alice Pierce and Mrs. A.
Petgueson Of Canton, Y. Y. Miss Pierce
was a former resident of South Paris.
Miss Frances King, who has q govern
men, position in Toronto, Canada, Is
spending a tbree-wseks' vacation with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. Ferdinand
King,
Hon. Alton c. Wheeler has been elect
ed chairman Of the State Board of Arbi-
GasiOn and Cancellation. The other
members Of the board are E. G. Cartret
Of WestbroOk, who is secretary, and
John Houston OF Guilford.
The northern lights, or as wiseacres
might cal them aurora borealis, were so
brilliant on Monday night Of last week
4to be remarked by many villagers.
Even the moon, which was full on that
night, could not obscure them.
Mrs. Walter L. Gray has received
word thar her brother, Lieutenant
George A. Wilson, who returned from
overseas short time ago, has been sick
ina hospita. in Maryland but is now on
sick leave and with bis family at Houl-
ton.
It not often that honors bestowed
By the King of England come near
enough TO South Paris to interest the
villagers, but the granting of knight
hood to Alfred Wsldron Smithers, chair
nan Of the Grand Trunk Railway System
Of Canada, may be Of tsr-of interest 10
them.
Alarge and interesting collection of
var relics has been on exhibition in the
window Of Eastman s. Andrews store
during the past week. They were col
lse,ed By Captain Guy /. SWEET during
the many months he was in France and
Germany. Some Of them were also col
Isetsd during the border trouble with
Mexico before the world war. The col
seton consists Of arms, strange to rs
here IN South Paris, German helmets
and other parts OF uniforms, gas>masks,
trench knives, field glasses, pictures of
French and German scenes, and quite q
collection Of foreign money, most of il
collected in Mexico.
The news Of the collapse Of the shop
mems strike on the railroads running
out OF Boston was hailed with pleasure
.! Grand Trunk patrons, although 1t
had not seriously affected the road run
ing through this village. It was the
connecting trains that made trouble.
fJtinsssnce, passengers taking No. 10,
which is the Montreal Portland express
east, arriving in South Paris ar 5:45 P.
n, and wishing 20 continue over the
Boston & Maine have been obliged TO
walt 10 Portland until 20 A. N. be-
canse Of the cancellation of the connect
loas train which had been leaving that
city at $50 P. VI.
Sunday guests at Everett Abbott's
we're Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Curtis, Mr.. and
Ms, Elmer Ford Of West Sumner, Mr..
and Mrs. c. A. Bonney, Mrs. Cora lib
Oets, Mr.. and Mrs. earle Abbott, Mr..
aod Mrs. Percy Redding of Sumner,
NJ. and Mrs. A. L. Abbott and little son
aaph OF Paris Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Sooott and daughters Dorothy and
Sa'o and son Walter Jr., and Miss Jera-
Sne Richards Of South Attleboro, Mass,
MS. Robert Snow and little daughter
p Ao1le Of South Paris. A picnic dinner
was enjoyed by all the gathering in
aGnor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Abbott,
sNo were weekend guests of Mr.. and
MS. Everett Abbott and family.
There was a drizzly rain Thursday
la part Of Friday in the country around
ais village, which was welcomed as .
lsIef TO parched lawns and gardens, the
Vniy criticism heard being q wish ex-
pressed that the rainfall might have
vesn heavier. A high wind accompanied
,ue storm in some places, shaking fruit
nOm trees and listing corn and other
safuen vegetables to starbosrd, or some
ysasr quarter. The storm south OF
aAne was more violent than in this
''ate, especially along the New Jersey
vast which is described a. one of the
sofst 10 years. The militia grounds at
lamp Hunyon were practically destroy
~ ~, a 7OO-foot wooden pier st Point
a''asant washed away, and passengers
" trolley lines along the ocean front
.sfe msrooned and compelled 70 remain
~ night in cars because of flooded
,seks. More than nine and one bali
'ucnes OF water fell during the storm.
Inc Democrat received . very pleas
as' cal Tuesday from Cyrus G. Marble
~ New York City. Mr.. Marble, H.
aCugn native Of Turner, has been 2
resident Of Paris Hill and was acquainted