Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-12-02
John J. Emslsy ID worry M ct his home

on Pleasant Street.
After the election OF officers OF th,
Ladies OF the G.. A. r. Dec. 8, there will
Dc pie social to which the post ar,
invited. Ladies please bring pie.
| Come and see the dolls and their ward
robes at the Baptist vestry next Thurs
day afternoon. We won't even ask yor
to buy, we know you simply can't helI
IL when You see them.
Everyone who knows of the rehearsals
now going on says the minstrels to be
given at Grange Hall, Thursday and
Friday evenings, Dec. Is and 10, will be
one OF the finest ever staged in South
Paris.
Large aprons, small aprons, light
aprons. dark aprons, aprons with bibs
and aprons without, aprons for children
and aprons for "grown ups" all these
may be had, not for the asking but Tor
cash, at the Baptist vestry on Thursday
afternoon.
Mrs. Cora s. Briggs was called to Port
land the first of last week by the serious
condition OF her sister, Mrs. Kate Linder,
who is In st. Bsrnabas Hospital for
treatment. Mrs. Linder Is more com.
Portable, and Mrs. Briggs returned home
Saturday night.
John +. Lindley of Everett, Mass,
formerly of South Paris, has been in
town for day or two. Mr.. Lindley lie
proprietor of q chain of three drug
stores, and in addition to their manage
ment has recently been In the South on
trip gathering information for the Mas
sachusetts Board of Health.
This is busy week for the Baptist
ladies. They are TO meet with Mrs.
Mary Stuart on Tuesday for an sll.day
meeting with covered dish dinner. On
Thursday they hold their annual sale of
fancy articles, aprons, food, etc. The
sale will open at p. NJ. and continue
through the afternoon and evening.
G. B. Hamilton reports to the Demo
GRAFT the discovery of some twenty clus-
ters of gypsy moth eggs, on trees near
A. w. Walkers on Pleasant Street. The
gypsy moth, as Is we'll known, Is one of
the worst pests affecting vegetation, and
the most strenuous efforts to keep it
within bounds seem to be Intellectual.
In order to save coal, q curtailment Of
passenger service on the Grand Trunk
was put into effect Sunday, the early and
late through trains being taken off, and
the afternoon train changed to q later
hour. Trains now leave South Paris,
going east, 9:36.A. NJ, daily except Sun.
day, :32 P. NJ. daily; going west, 9:36
A. M. daily, 7:29 P. NJ, daily except
Sunday.
The Paris Manufacturing Company an
nounce the change of ten hour day, to
a nine hour day, beginning December
first. This change will 60 into effect at
both the South Paris and. West Paris
factories. Both factories will run from
seven in the morning until noon, and
from one in the afternoon until FIVE.
There will be no loss of pay for the en-
ployees.
Mrs. Harold I. Merrill, who ss Miss
Clara Bacon has taught the eighth grade
IN the brick school house, was given a
lively reception on her return to the
school Monday morning. Her school
went to the train in q body, and when
she slighted she was given a shower of
rice and confetti which continued with
regularity until the school
house was reached.
Guy W. Farrsr is in town for few
days, stopping at Hotel Andrews. Mr..
Farrsr was for q number of years in
Porto Rico, and during the war took the
officers training course there and re-
,eived q lieutenant's commission. After
being discharged from active service
about q year ago he came to New York,
md now has a position with the A. B.
Dick Co., manufacturers Of Office appli-
snces.
Every one should remember and save
heir money and attend the old folks
concert given in Grange Hall, Friday
evening of this week under the auspices
Of Mt. Pleasant Rebeksh Lodge. Tickets
are on sale at Towards drug store and
also by members of the lodge at 25 cents.
No seats reserved. First come, frat
served. This concert Is to be up to date
in every way, and some of the best
talent in town you will find in the cast,
also few old fsvorites you haven't
heard for the last few years.
While on her way to open the public
library Saturday afternoon, Mrs. John
Wight slipped and fell only short dis
tarce from the library, striking on her
hip and iDjuring it severely. She was
taken home in an automobile, and q
physician was summoned. 1t is thought
there is no fracture, but the hip is badly
bruised, and she will be confined for
some time with 1t. About four years
ago Mrs. Wight had fall and injured
the other hip in similar manner, and
she has never entirely recovered from
the effects of that injury.