Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-04-29
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DOINdS OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris hill.

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Services at Paris Hin Baptist church ever
Sunday At lOSa. Sunday School as u. Sunds
prayer meeting st 80 O'Clock.
Mrs. Edward L. Paris started SstuI
day for visit of week or more to rela
tives In Beacon, n. 7. .
Roscoe Slattery, who recently sold hi
farm north of this village and bought
farm near Hebron Station, expects Il
move to Hebron the present week.
Alexander T. Stearns has entered inte
q contract with bis father, Austin P
Stearns, whereby he is to take over th,
management Of the farm upon which
they live. This Is one of the best farmi
In town and as the new manager Is one o
the most snterprislng young farmers o.
this section, We have no doubt OF hi
success.
Fire, supposed to have started from {
chicken brooder, destroyed the house ant
shed on the farm occupied by Nelson
Cummings east of this village last Wed
nesday afternoon. The place was ownec
by his father, Bert Cummings, and the
buildings were insured.
Snow Friday and a white frost Satur
day morning remind us that "wintei
fingers in the lap Of spring."
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Thayer returned
from wsterville last week and opened
their home which has been closed dur
ing the winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank M. Owen of Dix
field were weekend guests of relatives
at Paris Hill.
Miss Josephine Cole, who has beer
quite i'll with influenza at Westbrook
has so far recovered as to be able tC
come to her home here last Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Pierce and Miss
Mary Pierce, who went to Boston t
witness the parade of the Yankee Divis
ion troops, will return home early the
present week.
Admiral Henry W. Lyon was in towr
one day last week to make arrangements
for the arrival of Mrs. Lyon and bel
mother and niece who are expected
soon.
The many friends Of Miss A. j
Gwynne, who supplied so acceptably II
the Baptist church on the Hill last
summer, will be glad to know the in
terest that has attended her more recent
evangelical work. She has just com
pleted a special service of two weeks in
the Baptist church at Dexter in this
state. At Easter thirteen were received
into the church by baptism. Quoted
from a Dexter psper:-"Miss Gwynne
has won the hearts of all by her winsome
personality and her wonderful ability q:
preacher"
Hon. Edward L. Paris tells the Dem.
ocrst the following story of local inter-
est: Away back in 1s49, Capt. ALI and
Capt. Rufe, two prominent residents oil
Paris Hill, one of them at the time q
member of Congress, bought horse to-
gether at auction for fifteen dollars.
When Capt. ALI had question OF bust
ness, politics or religion to discuss be
always adjourned to the salt room in bis
old red store, there to debate the matter
10, whispers. The morning following
thb auction the two retired to the sail
room to talk over the purchase and de-
eide which should buy out the other
Capt. ALI, after carefully closing the
door, whispered: 81 will give or take
ten dollars" Capt. Rufe, thinking that
he saw q chance to do better, said: "I'l
give orltske eleven" take 'im," whis
pered Capt. ALI. "Damnstionl" ex
claimed Capt. Rufe.
A marriage Of local interest Is that oil
Lieut.. Raymond L. Atwood of this place
to Miss Pauline Stoughton of Whitefleld
n. g., which was solemnized at the
North Congregational Church In Cam
bridge, Mass, last Wednesday, In the
presence OF few relatives of the bride
and groom, the officiating clergyman be
ing Rev. Vincent r. Booth, pastor of the
church. The bride 10 the younges
daughter of the late Alexander Slough
ton of Whitefield. She is q graduate Of
Hebron Academy in the class OF 1915
and at the time of her marriage mem
Der of the Sophomore Class at Smith
College, Northampton, Mass. The groom
is the youngest son of Mr.. and Mrs
George NJ. Atwood of this place. After
graduating from Hebron Academy be
entered Bowdoin College, where be
remained for two years, after which be
enlisted In the Naval Aviation branch Of
the United States service and took the
ground school course at the Massachu'
setts Institute of Technology and the
flying school course at Pensacola, Flor.
ida, and was commissioned as United
States Naval Ensign on January rs, 1918
and soon afterwards sent to England
where he served on the patrol of the
North Sea until the srmistice was signed
After his return to this country he was
promoted to Junior Lieutenant and sent
with the Atlantic feet to Guantanamo
Bay, Cuba, making the journey from
Hampton Roads in the air and doing
much flying in connection with the win
ter msneuvers of the feet. Lieutenant
Atwood returned to New York last
week and proceeded to Cambridge,
where the wedding ceremony was per.
formed, and the bride and groom then
came to Paris Hill for few days and
will make an automobile trip to White.
field, n. e., before he returns to duty o,
Hampton Roads, Va.
PARTRIDGE DISTRICT.
William s. Mason has sold nice Dur.
ham cow and calf to Herbert Scribner OF
Paris Hill.
Arthur Cole Is hauling birch to North
Paris.
Mrs. Arthur Cole is working on Pari.
Hill.
Messrs. Fred and Frank Field of Minot
Corner called on Fremont Field Wednes-
day.
While burning brush Wednesday the
blacksmith shop of Ralph Field caught
FIRE, but was put out before serious dam
age was done.
Mrs. Frank Barrows, who has been
taking care Of Mrs. Ralph Field and
baby daughter, returned home Sunday.
Mrs. Henry Cummings is very III at
Will Stevens.
Hiram.
On March 25, 20 and % Eli G. Wsds-
worth was ploughing; on April Is there