Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-06-17

a MIS-. .. Aaspar wight and daughter
= who with Mr.. Wight are spending th,
summer at North Bridgton, were here fol
few days last week with relatives.
A good number from this village at
tended the annual meeting of the OXFORD
Baptist Association which was held al
j West Paris last Wednesday and Thurs
!. day.
= Mrs. Harold T. Briggs and daughter.
s Mary and Marjorie OF Wilton are ex
!. pected here next Sunday to spend q
{ vacation of two weeks with relatives and
friends.
3 Vernon B. SWEET of Newton, Mass,
: has been the guest of his parents, Mr.,
r and Mrs. Benjamin SWEET, for q few
days, and goes from here to attend grad.
, uation at Kent's Hill.
, The Delta Alphas will 90 on Tuesday
; to spend the day with Mrs. Myrtle Rich
srdson, one of the members, at the Buck
farm in Redding. where the Richardson's
are spending the summer.
The Philathea Glass will meet with
Mrs. Arthur Tyler on Tuesday, June II.
All those having no means of convey
snce please be at the Baptist church at
1 80 P. NJ, unless otherwise notified.
o. Z. Bsrrows has the frame up and
boarded in for another house on Bar
rows Street. This one is on the lot next
east of the house of Arthur Z. Clark,
and is similar in plan to the Clark house.
Leon s. Fairbanks and family returned
Saturday from their camp at Concord
Pond, and Mr.. Fairbanks has returned
to his home In Arlington, Mass, Mrs.
Fairbanks and daughter Marjorie re-
naming for longer visit.
The South Paris W. c. T. U. will have
Its June meeting and field day Tuesday
afternoon of this week, in the grove of
Mrs. Bean and Miss Mason on Pine
Street. A picnic lunch will be eaten.
Miss Mason and Mrs. A. W. Walker are
the hostesses.
The Jackson family, descendants of j.
Hooper Jackson, met for another reunion
Sunday, at the home of Fred B. Scribner
and wife. A fresh mackerel dinner was
furnished by the brothers, and most
enjoyable day was spent. There were
twenty nine present.
| Leo W. Farrsr and family of Dallas,
Texas, are with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank A. Fsrrsr, arriving Friday night.
They will spend the summer vacation
here and elsewhere in Maine, and will
return in the fall to Dallas, where Mr..
Farrsr is engaged in teaching.
The state assessors will be at the court
house on Wednesday, June %, at 9
o'clock in the forenoon, on their regular
conference with local assessors. Other
sessions Of the assessors are held in
Fryeburg on Tuesday, the oath, and at
Rumford on Thursday, the Goth.
The funeral service of William Henry
Robinson was held at the home Thurs
day afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, attended
by Rev. C. Wellington Rogers. The
bearers were George Davis, Edwin N.
Haskell, Irving Andrews and Fred n.
Wright. Interment was at Riverside
Cemetery.
Two of the teachers, Miss Sara Coffin
and Miss Annie Brooks, left for their
home in Ashland at the close of the
school veek Friday, going q week be-
fore me end of the year on account OF
the wedding of friend and relative in
Ashland. For the present week Mrs
81. C. Fletcher is substituting for Miss
Cofip, and Mrs. NJ. G. Joy for Miss
Brooks.
Rev. and Mrs. Chester Gore Miller and
sons Alan and Wilbur started at an
early hour Monday morning in Mr..
Miller's car for Philadelphia. Mrs.
Miller will remain there for short time
with relatives, and her daughter Ruth,
who has been there for the past year,
will return with her when she comes.
Mr.. Miller and the boys will return with
in few days.
The engagement Of Chester Essson
and Miss Gladys Rumery of Portland is
announced. Mr.. Essson has recently
been discharged, after nearly two years
in the United States service, and now
has position in Portland. Miss Rum
cry is the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. +. A.
| Rumery of Stevens Avenue, Woodfords,
Mr.. Rumery being at the head OF the
building contracting firm OF T. A. Rum
cry & Co.
Ernest l.. Kenney was at home from
Gardiner over the weekend, and bad
with him as a guest Harry Z. Lsrrsbee
of that city. Mr.. Lsrrabee is printer
who was for years foreman OF the
Reporter Journal Office in Gardiner, and
has lived most of his life in that city,
but for few months some thirty-seven
years ago he was employed in the Ok
| ford Democrat Office on Paris Hill, while
the late George 81. Watkins was pro-
prietor.
A special town meeting will be held
| in Grange Hall next Saturday afternoon
at O'Clock. The sole purpose OF the
meeting is to see il the town will vote to
raise one thousand dollars to be ex-
pended on the grading and improve
ment of Stowell Hill on the Hebron road,
the amount to be placed in the assess
ment for 1920. An appropriation of one
thousand dollars was made by the legis-
lsture last winter for the purpose, on
the condition that the town raise the
same amount to go with 1t.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert D. Park and Mr..
and Mrs. n. A. Morton made trip Sat
urday to the top of Moosilauke Noun
tain. This somewhat famous mountain
| is in the towns of Benton and Warren,
NH, and from its situation 1t COM
mands a wide view from the summit.
There is, or was, q road up the mountain,
and a hotel on the summit, and the party
were expecting to stay at the hotel:
However, they found that the hotel bad
not been open for two years, and tnst
the road had so gone to pieces as to be
impossible for anything but foot passen-
gers. They had of course intended TO
make the ascent on foot, and as there
were no accommodations at the summit
the made the descent of the mountain,
four and half miles, after dark, and re-
turned home the next day. The air
seems to have been clearer In that region
than it was here, and they got q good
view and had generally enjoyable trip.
Not only does the Lewiston, Augusta
and Wsterville Railway wish to dis
continue the line from Auburn to Turn
ar. but also the lines from Augusta 10
winthrop and from Augusta TO Togus.
II is alleged that the Turner line has
never paid since IL was built, and on the