Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-02-24
Psrley r. Ripley was In Augusta 3 day
or two last week on business.

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the day-after- Washington birthday.
The Baptist Ladies' Aid will meet a
Mrs. L. G. Morton's Thursday afternoon
: Of this week.
Paris Grange has so invitation to visit
q Hebron Grange on Wednesday OF thii
week, the 10Th.
8 Miss Geneva Young is at home from
her teaching in Brocktou, Mass, for
I weeks vacation.
The W. 81. NJ. s. of Desring Memorial
| Church will meet with Mrs. Z. Z. Chap
man Thursday afternoon at $50.
The next meeting of the Optimistic
Glass of the Universslist Sunday School
will be Mrs. Grover on March 9th.
Mrs. L. E. Bean, who has been Ill for
some time, went Monday morning to a
hospital in Portland for treatment.
Miss Grace Dean is seriously III, and
has been so for several days. At last
reports she was a little more comfort
able.
Mrs. Rachel Stanley and Newton STAN
ley of South Portland have been in town
for several days, guests at G. W. Bow
ker's.
Miss Beryl c. Silver, who is attending
business college in Portland, was at home
over the week end.
Robert W. Wheeler was nominated
Thursday by Governor Carl Milliken as
justice of the peace.
Miss Mae Fales Penfold of Portland is
spending the week with her grand
mother, Mrs. Agnes L. Morton.
Mrs. d. D. Bryant of Woodstock was
called to this village Tuesday on account
of sickness in the family of Charles Dun
ham.
There will be covered dish supper at
the Congregational church Tuesday even
ing, Feb. "a, at $50, to be followed by
q social time.
Reports from Roy Z. Cole of Canton,
Mass, who has been very i'll with pneu-
monis, are that he is better, and recov-
cry is expected.
There will be a dance next Saturday
evening at Grange Hall, and every Sat-
urday evening following for some time.
Music by Shaw's Orchestra.
The next meeting of Paris Grange on
the 9th of March will be an all-dsy meet
ing and State Master w. j. Thompson Of
China is expected to be present.
The meeting of the Euterpean Club
which was to have been held March LIST
will be indefinitely postponed on account
Of illness of one of the members.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Shaw of Pine
Street attended the concert in City Hall,
Portland, Wednesday evening given by
the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
Frank B. Fogg went to the Central
Maine Hospital, Lewiston, the first of
last week and was operated on for her
MIA Tuesday. he is reported as doing
well.
The following orchsrdists from the
town of Paris attended the Maine Fruit
Growers Convention in Auburn Tues
day and Wednesday of last week: U.
Hiram Heald, W. d. Buck and l. o.
Swift.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert D. Park were at
Norway Friday evening to attend the
ladies' night of Oxford Lodge of Mssons,
Mr. Park having part in the mock trial
which formed the entertainments feature
of the evening.
James Kerr of Rumford was in South
Paris the first of last week to attend q
meeting of the Board OF Trade. Mr..
Kerr is q contractor and came here to
give information in regard to the pro-
posed cement road between the Norway
line and Park Street bridge. Mr.. Kerr
is now building a cement arch bridge
over the Little Androscoggin River at
Mechanic Falls.
A brakeman by the name Of Jewett
had one hand quite badly cut on gas
globe In the vestibule of passenger car
at this station on the afternoon train
from Portland, Thursday. The lower
part of the globe dropped and became
broken and 10 trying to repair or replace
IL one hand was so badly cut that it took
several stitches to close the wound. BE
left the train here and went to his home
in Norway.
Railroad men talking at this station
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the Grand Trunk Railway Thursday and
a narrow escape from death. An engine
and pillow outward bound from the Port
land station jumped the track little
west of the Portland CompsDy's works
and started for the harbor. It did not
take the cold plunge into the water but
when stopped the tender hung over the
wall at the waters edge. Neither engi-
neer nor fireman was injured.
Irving Lowell, perhaps more Familiarity
known at his old home at South Paris
by his nickname of Cracker" died Sat-
urdsy morning at the home of his sister,
Mrs. Durrell, in Norway from influenza
and pneumonia. The funeral was on
Monday afternoon. he was the son of
Dexter Z. and Sarah (DeCoster) Lowell
of Paris, and considerable part of his
life was spent here. He 10 survived by
his father, three brothers, Clarence,
Charles and Eddie, and two sisters, Mrs.
Durrell and Mrs. Morse, both Of Norway.
South Paris, Norway, and this part of
Oxford County was held In the grip of
the worst blizzard of the season on
Thursday. 1t began in the early morn
ing and continued all day. Somewhere
about foot of snow fell, which drifted
in the wind somewhat. It tied mp roads
the worst of any storm of the season.
Railroad trains were late. The after
noon train from Portland Thursday was
considerably more than an hour late,
while the train from Montreal was an
hour and half; but the evening train
from Portland was nearer on time. There
were three snow pillow trains running on
the Grand Trunk Thursday afternoon In
an effort to keep the road open, and they
did keep it open to good extent, con-
sidering the storm. The morning train
east from Montreal Friday was about
two hours late while the one from Port
land was little less than an hour. The
road connections were badly blocked.
The Norway train was stalled Thursday
afternoon, and the Lewiston Branch did
not connect with the afternoon train.
No electric cars were moving over the
tracks OF the Androscoggin and Kenne-
bee, the IDterurban was showed up, and
street car traffic in Portland discontin-
ued. One peculiar thing was noted about
the storm-the same that has been noted
about most storms OF this winter-and
that was that IL was harder south of us
than north, trsinmen reporting that little
difficulty was experienced outside Of
Maine.