Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-08-26
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MISS Neine Eiiingwood OF Mechani
Fails 10 the guest Of Mrs. Clara II. How
ard for few days.
| Carroll Cutting of Plainville. Ct. 1
the guest OF his parents, Mr.. and Mra
George N. Cutting.
Mrs. b. N. Porter and daughter Mar
guerite are spending Q vacation of tw,
weeks ct Peaks Island.
Leon E. Noyes has sold his house O,
High Street to Harold Millett, who will
occupy 1t with bis family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Merton Titus and daugh
ter OF Portland are guests of Mr.. Titus
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Titus.
Miss Edith Lowell and Mics Glenn,
Starbird have recently visited Mrs
Austin P. Stearns, Jr., ct the farm for 9
week.
Mrs. Frank White and daughter Eunio,
OF Danville Junction were guests at j. P
Richardson's for few days the last Of
the week.
Miss Margaret Render of Elizabeth
New Jersey, who has been the guest o.
her aunt, Mrs. Henry Fletcher, for two
weeks, left for home Saturday.
Jurors for the October term of cour
were drawn Saturday. Irving Z. An
drews grand juror, U. Hiram Heald and
Clarence l.. Richardson traverse.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott w. Howe of Rum
ford made short calls on relatives and
friends here Wednesday, while on their
way to Portland on vacation trip.
q. 81. Stuart and family, who have
been at their cottage at Lake Tennessee
wsssee for most of the season, returned
last week to their home In Augusta.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy G.. Whitman and
daughter of Boston came here last week,
and will spend q week or two with rels-
| tives here and at the Stuart Cottage at
Lake Pennesseewassee.
Spofford Flint, after returning from
Colebrook, N. H., has been the guest of
his daughter, Mrs. George W. MCKINLEY,
during the past week. he will 90 soon
to his home in Taunton, Mass.
"Just Married." in good sized letters
on placard in the window Of an Office
in the business section of the town, has
attracted attention and favorable COM
ment during the past few days.
Charlie Jefferson, owned by Fred N.
Wright Of this place and piloted by 1.
W. Pottle, won the 2:26 race at Bridgton
fair Friday, in 2:25 A, 2:23 IA, 2:24 IA.
The purse In this class was 5000.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah Hassan of Brock
ton, Mass, have been guests at W. B.
Strickland's for few days. Mrs. Has
san was before marriage Miss Blanche
Csnwell, and formerly lived here.
Mt. Mica Lodge, 1. o. o. F., will enter
tain all soldier boys who are members of
the order at their hall Sept. 4th. A
special invitation 10 extended to any
brothers who may be in town at this
time.
Principal F. 81. Sanborn of the high
school and family, who come here from
Belgrade, will occupy the rent in the
Swift house on Gothic Street which Is
vacated by NJ. G. Joy, the former super
intendent.
Work is in progress on the reduction
of grade and Improvement OF Stowell
Hill on the Hebron road, for which the
sum of $1,000 was raised at q special
town meeting to match the $1,000 appro-
pristed by the state.
Mrs. Eta Leavitt and daughters,
Misses Agnes and Annie Lesvitt, Of Alb
ington, Mass, who have been spending
most of the vacation at Bryant's Pond,
were guests at Gilman A. Whitman's for
a few days last week.
The Bangor Daily News of August %
contains the following item from its Van
Buren, correspondent: "Mr. j. 81. Jones
of South Paris, probable candidate for
Governor of the State, was recent bust
ness visitor in town."
Mr.. and Mrs. A. L. Holmes, with their
son, William K. Holmes, and family, of
New Britain, CT, are at their camp at
Shagg Pond. Miss Emma 2. Curtis and
Miss Lillian Lowell of New Britain are
with them. Mrs. Lowell and Mrs.
Chandler of South Portland with two
children have been occupying the Forbes
camp there during the past week.
A. G. Doten has novelty in the form
of q cucumber pickle which he avouches
for as being thirty five years old. More
over, it is in the bottle in which the Gu
cumber grew, and from which IL cannot
be released except by breaking the bot
tie. The preservative is simply brine
salt and water, with which the bottle Is
filled. Apparently the cucumber Is still
firm and sound.
Maurice L. Noyes and crew, who are
building the new house of A. r. Gold
smith, have the outside work practically
completed, and the inside work we'll
along. This house is situated on the
new street leading off Oak Avenue, on
the top of the ridge west OF the railroad.
1t will have eight rooms and bath, with
fireplace In the living room, and will be
modern in all respects.
Seven members Of the class of 1905 In
Paris High School met at the home Of
Mrs. Vida JENNIE mcdonnell Thursday
afternoon to renew recollections and en-
ioy a social time. Those present besides
Mrs. Macdonald were Mrs. Isabel Morton
Fish of Santa Barbara, Calf, Mrs. Vera
Foster Corbett, Mrs. Eva Muirhead Dean,
Mrs. Helen Chapman Briggs, Mrs. Grace
Psnley Plummer, and Miss Ethel @.
Crockett.
J.F. Moody of Hebron, who is staying
at his camp at Shagg Pond, was in town
Saturday for short time, coming out to
do q little business. Although Mr..
Moody is given to expressing surprise at
the number OF people who frequent
Shagg Pond, and the way the several
CANT s there are kept filled, be has him
self been there for about three months,
and goes back to continue his stay there
without defisite limit.
Fred Z. Cushman has sold his house
on Charles Street to Richard Farnum,
and has purchased of Mrs. Z. N. Millett
the double tenement house on High
Street opposite Porter Street, now occu-
pied BY the families of Oscar Swan and
Claude Cushmsn. The Swans have pur-
chased the j. 81. Nichols house on the
corner opposite, and Mr.. Nichols will
| live with them. Fred Cushman and fam
L ly will move into the rent vacated by
| the Swans.
In honor of Der guest, Miss Charlotte
Thayer of Worcester, Mass, Mrs. Leslie
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