Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-12-30
SOUTH PARIS.

Irving o. Bsrrows Is on q s.ort busi
nsss trip to Boston.
Mrs. Ellen Woodbury. of Auburn Is the
guest of Mrs. Sarah Clark OF Skillingi
Avenue.
Miss Dorothy Wight is at home from
college in Albany, n. Y, to spend the
holiday vacation.
Richard NJ. Millett and Clarence Wins.
low are st home from Boston University
for the holiday vacation.
Y. A. Cummings will have live bait
for sale at a cent and one-half apiece.
Telephone Johnson's store.
William II. Hooper of Lynn, Mass,
bas been here for the past week to visit
his mother, Mrs. Benjamin Turner, and
other relatives.
Miss Mabel G. Hathaway, who teaches
in Rockport, Mass, has been spending
the past week Of vacation with her
father, T. r. Hathaway.
Lafayette F. Dow is at home from bis
teaching in Newton, Mass, to spend the
holiday vacation with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank l.. Dow.
At the recent meeting of the toy man.
ufacturers of the United States held In
New York city, Leslie L. Mason, treas
urer and manager Of the Mason Maufac-
tnripp Co., was made a director Of the
association.
The engagement is announced of Miss
Ruth A. Remick of South Portland, 8
former teacher in South Paris, now
teaching in Brockton, Mass, and Mr..
George Everett Peabody of South Port
land, who is in business in Portland.
FIJI. Ssnboru, who recently resigned
the principslship of the high school, and
family went Wednesday to Boothbay
HsrbOr. where Mr.. Ssnborn has the
position of principal of Boothbsy Harbor
High School, the term opening this
week.
Mrs. John Wight wishes to express
her sincere thanks for the letters, cards,
fruit and flowers received during the
past month, especially the generous
amount at Christmas time. A very Hap
py New Year to all the thoughtful
friends.
The first shipment of gold dust in this
town arrived and was put on sale last
Wednesday. II isn't exactly gold dust,
being little lighter In color, and just a
trifis less in price-but not so much less
at twenty eight cents q pound. Its pre-
else sppellstion Is Java sugar.
Mrs. L. F. Schoff has been at st.
Adams, Maine, for the past two weeks
on account of the illness and death of
her mother, Mrs. G. n. Cooley of that
place. Mrs. Cooley died early last week,
and the funeral was on Thursday. Mrs.
Schoff returned home Saturday night.
The Seneca Club meets this Monday
evening with Mrs. George T. Eastman.
Maine is the theme Of the program,
which is as follows:
Roll call-Map drill.
Government Of Maine Mrs. Carter
Maine Water Power Miss Mason
- -i1'-' - '-' O''' '''' Mrs. Stanley
State Flower Mrs Allen
Gustsve Porter was given q sure |
enough surprise party Friday evening |
when the other members of the class of
1919 of Paris High School descended up |
on him at his home without his getting |
the tip. All the twelve members Of the
class were In the party, which passed
lively evening with music and sociability. |
Refreshments were served.
The January meeting of the EuterpeaD |
Club will be held with Miss Thayer at
her home on Main Street Monday after |
noon Of next week, Jan. 5, Miss Tbayer
and Mrs. Brickett being the hostesses. |
The music will be Victrols program,
with records by Hsifetz, CALI Curci,
Tstrazziui, Williams, Grsveure, Sembrieh
and others. Nothing else 10 included 10
the program.
On Sunday the old train service of
three trains daily each way was resumed
on the Grand Trunk, after several weeks
OF reduced schedule on account Of the
coal situation. Trains now leave South
Paris going east at 5:S5 A. NJ, daily
9:36 A. NJ, daily except Sunday; 5:4S
P. NJ, daily. Going west, 9:S6 A. NJ,
daily; $50 P. NJ, daily except Sunday
$50 P. NJ, daily.
There will be q leap year dancing
party at Grange Hall, South Paris,
Thursday evening, Jan. LIST. The ladies
will entertain. Floor managers: Miss
Viola Walton, Miss Doris Culbert, Miss
Ida Stiles, Miss Gladys Damon, Miss
Helene Pitts. Music by Shsw's Orches-
ira. Every one Is invited. Gents un-
accompanied, 80 cents; ladies unaccom-
panied, 80 cents each. A good time to
all.
We had another nesr-fire In town last
Monday night. Just before closing time
1t was discovered that there was fire
around the chimney in the back part of
the store Of the r. N. Wright Co. in
Masonic Block. A chest was nailed up
beside the chimney, and when this was
pulled away the fire blazed up. A
chemical extinguisher took care OF it,
and we were all in luck that that was as
far as 1t got
Clerk Of Courts Donald B. Partridge
was at Augusta Tuesday to attend the
meeting of the state association OF clerks
Of courts. Clerks were present from
fourteen of the sixteen counties OF the
state. The association was addressed by
Chief Justice Cornish and Justices Spear
and Philbrook. Mr.. Partridge was elected
secretary Of the association. The next
meeting Will % uelu ~ DaLo ID Juiys
with dinner at New Meadows Inu.
Friday evening Morton V. Bolster and
Miss Ruth Bolster entertained at their
home the members of the White Noun
tain party who made tramping trip last
Labor Day, number of other Interested
people also being included in the invita-
ton. The whole party numbered TWEEN
ty-fivs or more. The guest of honor was
Burge Bicktord of Gorham, the fourteen
year.old guide OF the party on its noun
tain trip, who accompanied Miss Hazel
Heath on her return from Gorham Fri
day. He was the guest while here of
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving o. 'Barrows. There
was some discussion regarding the trip
to be made this year, but large part of
the evening was devoted to playing rock.
Refreshments were served during the
evening.
The Wheeler Lumber Co. has let
contract for the hauling Of portion Of
It's lumber from the Stone farm to
George r. Edwards Of North Yarmouth.
Mr.. Edwards moved bis outfit to that
farm Wednesday, the outfit consisting of
q wife and six children, two cows, two
driving horses, five two-horse teams and