Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-02-17

were held at the 6apsist ouu Oa''oaS"
list churches on Sunday.
The Sunday School board Of Deerin
Memorial Church will have q meeting .
DIR. Bucks office Friday evening.
Mrs. d. Haynes and Mrs. Ida Boz
nav went to Sumner Saturday to atten
the funeral of their sister, Mrs. HAITI
Abbott.
The delivery team Of the N. Dayto
Bolster Company made things hvel
Monday morning by taking run towar
Norway.
Mrs. L. G. Stone Of Oxford was 1
town Thursday. Mrs. Stone owned tb
building alleged to have been set on FIR
by Walter Heslop.
Cards have been issued by Mrs. Lesli
Lee Mason for an at home Tuesday after
noon, to meet Miss Mason and Mis-
Katharine B. Haskell.
In the illness of Rev. c. w. Rogers
the pulpit of the Congregational churcl
was occupied on Sunday by Professo
Hertelle of Bates College.
Messrs. George q. Jones, James h
Glover, Charles Fl. Wood, John Quinn
and C. 81. Pike of Oxford were in Soutl
Paris Thursday and Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ceylon Kimball anC
young son of Bethel have been guests a
Percy Aliens the past week, Mr.. Kim
ball being called here to serve on thu
jury.
The Optimistic Glass of the Universal
ist Sunday School will meet with Mrs
Annie Swift Saturday afternoon of this
week. 1t is hoped there will be q good
attendance.
Norris Newell of Ssco, formerly OF
Sonth Paris, Is reported very i'll with
influenza or pneumonia, with two nurses
in attendance, and not more than an
even chance.
''No SCHOOL, signal blew at Sis Mon
day morning. At first sound it gave some
people quite start, it sounds so like
fire. And we can't afford q fire under
present conditions.
There Is much sickness in the village
and vicinity, though but few cases OF
serious illness are known. Twenty pu-
pills were out of one school Friday on
account of sickness.
Howard Swan was badly burned Tues
day in attempting to throw a blazing
pail of naphtha out of the window at the
Mason Manufacturing Co. The burns
are on his face and are deep and painful.
Albion B. Barker of Mechanic Falls
was in town Friday. Mr.. Barker is
of that part of Oxford
Electric Company wires which run
through the villages Of Mechanic Falls,
Oxford and Hebron.
The pupils of the Porter Street School
presented Mrs. A. z Forbes a valentine
and box of candy on Friday, and she
wishes to thank the teacher and each
pupil most heartily for their part in the
very kind remembrance.
An interesting meeting of the Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary Society was
held at the Methodist parsonage last
Thursday in the study of their current
book, "a Crusade of Compassion for the
Healing of the Nations" Mrs. Faulkner
was in charge of the program.
After we thought we were fairly we'll
buried in snow, came the additional foot
in Sundays storm, and Monday morning
the thermometer again registered zero
or little below. Our weather is strange
" mixed for the past few months, but
we are certainly getting lot of it.
The big triangle, in charge of Verne
Edwards, was on the job early Monday
and made excellent roads
the village and as far north
as the guide board on the Paris Hill
road. Nothing in the line of rosd-break-
ing equipment makes as good winter
road as the triangle.
A union meeting of all the missionary
societies connected with the different
churches will be held at the Congrega-
tioual vestry on February Goth, at 8
o'clock. This is the day of prayer for
missions, and is to be observed all over
our land. Let all ladies make special
effort to be present.
Roy Z. Cole of Canton, Mass, who had
been having an apparently light run of
is much worse, and is seri-
ously i'll, with two nurses in attendance.
Mrs Coles sister, Mrs. A j. Stesrns of
Norway, went to Canton Monday morn
ing. Mrs. Stanley NJ. Wheeler has been
there for the past week or two.
Mt. Pleasant Past Grands Association
entertain Mt. Hope Association of Nor
way at Odd Fellows Hall Tuesday even
ing of this week. Supper will be served
at six o'clock. All Past Grands of Mt.
Pleasant Lodge are earnestly invited to
be present and join the association, and
have a social time with the guests.
Herbert NJ. Tucker of Yarmouth, for
merly of Paris, State Director of the d.
vision of animal industry, made his an
uusl report Thursday in which he men
tious some animal facts interesting to bis
old town, as well as the rest OF the
state. There has been an increase In the
number OF cows produced in the state
during the past two years of 81 per cent,
~ 4 per cent In the number of three-year-
olds, and 23.3 per cent in the number Of
oue-year. olds. There has also been an
increase in the number Of sheep Of II 2
per cent.
A new legal firm has been established
in Augusta which is OF interest to South
Paris people. The name of the firm Is
Mclean, Fogg and Southland, and it Is
of Ernest l.. Mclean, Sanford
L. Fogg and Frank Southland. II 10 Mr..
Fogg who interests South Paris people
for be formerly resided here, although
he was born in New Hampshire. He
was educated at Bowdoin College and
studied law with Judge George A. Will
son. He was admitted to the bar in
1898 and began practice in Bath, where
be became city solicitor and judge OF the
municipal court. he has also been clerk
of courts for Sagsdshoc County.
At the Deeripg Memorial Church last
Wednesday there was q meeting OF the
local Grand Trunk group of ministers
including the District Superintendent at
which there were discussed the usual
current subjects of such occasions. In
the evening most excellent free ban
quet was served to the young people OF
the church and Norway Epworth League
Of whor there were seventeen present.
After the banquet the District Super
intendent made very impressive ad-
dress In place OF DR.. George F. Durgin OF
Boston, who was expected but failed to
arrive. This was followed by games and
general good time. The whole was
pronounced decided success by the
large company who were present.