Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1919-06-24
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DoINds OF THE WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris Hi1l.

Services at Paris Hin Baptist church every
Sunday az l0.x5. Sunday School at II. Sunday
evening service at $50. Thursday evening
prayer meeting as 80 O'Clock.
Miss Mary e. Mitchell Of Arlington,
Mass, is spending the summer with Miss
Harriette 81. Winslow at her summer
home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll I. Hooper of Bos-
ton arrived here last Wednesday and
opened their summer home.
Mrs. John e. Burke and Mrs. Stella
NJ. Lunt, who have spent the winter at
Palo Alto, California, arrived at their
summer home at Paris Hill last Thurs
day.
Benz. Y. Russell has purchased the
Bert Cummings farm which adjoins his
own farm. The house on the Cummings
farm was destroyed by fire few weeks
since.
The Misses Cooper, of Moline, H.,
were the guests last week OF their rela-
tives here, Mrs. Sarah A. Rogers and
Mr.. Charles 81. Rogers.
Miss Barbara Brooks of Cambridge,
Mass, is the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
George NJ. Atwood. Other members of
the Brooks family expect to come here
and open their home for the summer In
few days.
Miss Louise Dimsn of Providence, R.
l., arrived here Friday and is occupying
the home of Prof. and Mrs. William Roy
Smith for the summer. Miss Diman
drove her car through from Providence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank NJ. Owen and Mr..
William G. Harlow OF Dixfield were
week end guests of relatives here, driv-
ing from here to Orr's Island.
Mrs. Ellen Cummings of Mechanic
Falls is the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
lace 81. Cummings.
A large number enjoyed the entertain
ment given by the Psrent-Tescher Asso-
citation at Academy Hall last Monday
evening. Very interesting addresses
were made by Prof. Merlin c. Joy Of
South Paris, superintendent of schools;
Rev. C. A. Knickerbocker of Waterville,
and Mrs. Helen Hyde Carlson of this
village. An interesting musical pro-
gram was given by the Jolly Gentlemen
Glee Club, followed by . sociable for
the younger people.
Mrs. Henry w. Lyon went to Portland
Saturday to meet her mother, Mrs.
James, who arrived recently from Eng
land to spend the summer at Lyonsden.
The cold wave of Sunday and Monday
has done no harm to the crops as yet,
but let's hope that the damage done by
frost one year ago will not be repeated.
The many friends at Paris Hill of the
family of the late Judge Potter, will be
interested in the following announce
ment that recently appeared in the local
paper at Swsrthmore, Pa: ION Satur-
day, June 14th, Mrs. William Plumer
Potter, of Windyknowe, Swarthmore,
announced the engagement of her daugb-
ter, Annabel, to Mr.. Harold Graham
Mari, son of Rev. and Mrs. George A.
MARI of Swarthmore. Mr.. MARI Is
Swarthmore College man and enlisted at
the beginning of the war and remained
in the service for the entire period. He
returned to this country about month
ago after twenty-five months in France
with the Signal Corps. On account of
Judge Potter's recent death the an
nouncement was made very quietly and
informally. Mrs. Leonard Ashton enter
tanned few Of her sisters friends on
the lawn at Windyknowe; there were
only twelve guests, all of whom, it Is
safe to say, knew what was in the air,
but who none the less wished both the
young people life Of much happiness.
There will be q dance at Academy
Hall Friday evening of this week, with
music by Psrker's String Orchestra of
Lewiston. The same music will be here
for the Fourth of July ball q week later.