Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-12-21

Gustave Porter ID 1t homs for ths hou
Gay vacation from. the Universitv =,
Pennsylvania. VI
The factory OF the Mason Nanuf.ctpr,
ing 20. 10 shut down this veal. AM
necessary repairs are meanw lille beIno
made. ~ '''as
The board meeting of the Community
Oiuo VIII be held at the home OF the
PRESIDENT next Monday, Dec. "a, at 4
| MT. and Mrs. Shirley J. Rawsou OF
Mexico are with Mrs. Rawson,s parents.
Nj. and Mrs. 81. D. Cole, for the Christ.
mas vacation.
Hamlin Lodge, Z. OF P, will hold
their regular meeting Thursday evening
this week, when the rank of Esouire
will be exemplifisd.
Robert Dennison and family have ds.
cided not to occupy the Baptist psrson.
age, but will instead make their homs
with Mr.. and Mrs. q. w. Dsnnison.
Loren B. Merrill of Paris Hill loaded
another car of quartz for the Boston
Flint Paper Company, the factory of
which 10 at Hallowell. This makes one
hundred and twenty tons he has sold
this concern.
w. @. Thayer, master of Paris Grange.
and Mrs. Thayer are attending State
Grange at Lewiston this week. Their
i've children are meanwhile staying with
Mr.. Thsyer's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Theodore Thayer.
The W. G. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
L. A. Rounds on Tuesday afternoon at
ESQ. Members are asked to respond TO
roll-csll with quotations from some
Iavorite Christmas poem. Mrs. Mary
Thurlow, leader.
During this week the rural carriers
viii leave the South Paris post Office at
5 O'Clock in the morning, instead Of
waiting for the forenoon malls 40 usual.
The post office, which has heretofore
been open all day Christmas day, will be
closed this year, except from 1880 to
1850 in the forenoon.
Nothing more significant OF the sea-
sons conditions has been seen BY the
Democrat than some lilac twigs brought
in by Z. A. Goodwin, from some bushes
on Skillings Avenue. Not only are the
buds swelled and green as In spring,
but at some points the leaves are un-
folding, one leaf being Q full inch In
length.
Walter L. Rutchins, who disappeared
from Norway last January, was arrested
in that town Sunday, while on visit to
bis people. Monday morning he was
tried before Trial Justice Albert D.
Park, on the charge of desertion Of his
family. He was found guilty, aud sp.
pealed. Pending the appeal, the court
ordered that be pay sight dollars week
for the support of bis family.
Nina Dorothy, the baby daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry ]. Merrill, died
Tuesday afternoon, December II, after q
very short and sudden illness. Death |
was due to rupture of the heart, which |
had evidently been weak from birth. |
The youngest of six children, the other |
Henry, Greta and Helen. Funeral serv- |
css were held at the home on Main |
Street Thursday afternoon, and the body
was placed in the tomb. A sweet baby, |
happy and contented during her short |
stay here; her presence will be missed in |
The home she has left.
At bis home on Highland Avenue Les
Ter Cushman has a wireless receiving ap- |
psrstus which he constructed himself. |
sunday evening he and q number Of 9TH |
srs who were present were surprised by /
in on q portion OF a wireless /
telephone conversation. Some one was
FALLING Albert Pearson, who 1t seems
rom a wireless directory has an aerial
station somewhere in Massachusetts,.
One end OF the conversation could not be
heard, and on the other end about third
of the voice could be heard without max
ng out the words, but about two-thirds
Of that end of the telephone conversation
was plainly to be heard.
At the meeting Of the Community
Club lsst Tuesday, following the bust
ness, card of thanks was read by Mrs.
Ida Fletcher from the boys at the OK
lord Sanitarium, expressing thanks for
riffs recently sent. The musical pro-
gram which followed was:
Piano Ousrtet Grace Thayer Filth Wheeler,