Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-04-27
SOUTH PARIS.

dance at Grange Hall Saturday night
sbaw's Orchestra.
M Hill was in North Leeds sevsra
La. last week with his boys, Almol
and Eugene.
Nrs Lawrence knight was in Ne
.hanIo Falls last week, the guest OF Mrs
ellen Cummings.
Gao. &. Morton made q business triI
b Montreal, Detroit, New York city anC
thar places last week.
NJ, and Mrs. Harry A. Morton ant
Vatblseu Richardson have been spend
og few days in Boston.
william P. Morton was in Mechani,
Fails Wednesday looking after his bill
boards in that place; also those In otheI
places.
The Uniyersslist mems annual supper
and entertainment will be held In tht
,sstry OF the church Tuesday evening
May 4.
A large crowd attended the Patriots
Rail AZ West Paris last Monday evening
wuslc was furnished by Shsw's Jazz
Banjo Orchestra.
There was sn alarm Of FIRE Wednesday
.t.srnoou which proved to be in the
bnildipg Of the Paris Bakery Company
No serious damage was done.
Miss Beryl C. Silver, who has been
taking business college course in Port
land. has returned home, aud is employ
Al as ssenogrspher for the Ripley &
Fletcher Co.
Thsre will be meeting of the mem
bars of Captain Dora P. Muzzy's COM
uspy Wednesday, April 18th, at $50 P.
n At the Congregational yestry. Please
note the time and come.
The Twin Town Bakeries in South
Paris aud Norway, recently owned and
opsrsted by T. Wilson Walker, have been
,old TO Edward Il. higgins Of Lewiston,
who is now operating them.
Charles Tarbox has sold his place on
High Street TO Eugene Hodgdon of Bry-
ants Pond, who will take possession
about the first Of May. Mr.. Tarbox will
20 to Pennsyl vanis to live with bis son.
Mr.. Turner, the assistant general man
sgsr Of the Community Chautauquas,
will be here on Tuesday of this week,
and 3 meeting Of the guarantors OF our
CbsutsuQua will be held at the store Of
Eastman & Andrews at l 80 in the after
noon, al which Mr.. Turner will be pres,
emit.
Rev. C. wellington Rogers leaves this
week for Ohio where he will attend the
Ohio Convention of Congregstionalists
This convention meets about May LIST in
Akron. Before going to that city, Rev.
Mr.. Rogers will visit In Cleveland aud
Columbus. Coming homo he will visit
bis son in Philadelphia.
People who pstronize the Grand Trunk
Railway have found some fault with
station arrangements during Federal
operation, especially at those points
where station forces were Joined with
those Of the Maine Central and Grand
Trunk stations closed, particularly those
at Mechanic Falls and Dsnville junction,
may be pleased to learn these will be re-
opened May first.
As Democrat readers know Raymond
w. Penfold is to play base ball with the
Richmond team In the Virginia League
this summer. An Associated Press re-
port has the following in regard to him:
"Ray Penfold, q southpsw, started bis
career as phenomenal school boy twirler
for South Paris High School. he has
worked with several clubs in the Eastern
and New England leagues. Last season
be pitched fine ball for the Lowell-Lew-
stOn combine in the Donnelly circuit,
and when the league blew stood 'em all
on their heads up in Oldtown where he
worked for Jerry Rssrdon, the old Uni
Ssrsity Of Maine captain, who csptained
an Industrial team"
Miss Ruth E. Winslow has been
awarded and has received the prize for
writing the best essay in the recruiting
district comprising Maine and New
Hampshire on "The Benefits OF an En-
listment in the United States Army"
The prize was q silver cup. The judges
we're Major General n. P. Mccain OF the
United States Army and two other army
officers stationed at Camp Devens. This
essay was written February 20, and
awarded first prize among those written
BY students OF the Paris High School,
the local judges being the teachers Of the
high school and Hugh Pendexter of Nor
way. Il was published in the Democrat
in the issue of March 10.
News was received in this village last
week Of the death of Miss Sue A. Thomp-
son, which occurred in the McCarty Hos
pitsl in Rumiord from Bright's disease.
Miss Thompson was q prominent school
teacher in Oxford County, and was at
one time principal of the high school In
this village. She was born in Rumford
% years ago, the daughter OF Sewsll and
Mabel Thompson. She was educated In
the Rumford schools and Kent's Hill
Seminary, and began to teach school at
the age Of IA years. She taught school
In the various towns of Oxford County
Tor thirty years, the last ten In Rumford.
For the next eleven years, and up to the
time Of her fatal sickness, she taught In
North6eld, Mass.
The Congregationalists of the world,
who regard themselves as direct descend
snts OF the Pilgrims who landed on Plym-
outh Rock 500 years ago, will celebrate
ths historic event next summer by q
great family reunion in Boston, to which
every church in the world is invited to
send delegates, which, of course, means
the church here in South Paris in con-
nsction with others. There will be 400
voting delegates TO Congregational
council, $50 from the United States, $50
nom the British Isles and 100 from other
countries. The meetings will be held In
Mechanics Hall between the dates OF
June 20 and July 8, and there will be
speakers from United States, England,
canada and South Africa. Among other
things there will be an extensive exhibit
Oh Congregational history In one OF the
smaller halls of the Mechanics Building.
Music ia not forgotten. There will be q
chorus Of several hundred voices, who
viii give appropriate music under direc-
non OF q. Augustus Smith OF Boston
University. Special excursions will De
made during the meetings to Plymouth
mock and other historic places In the
vicinity of Boston.
Dr., q. z. Hitchcock of the United
STATES Public Health Service was 10
south Paris Tuesday In regard to estao-
h'nlng public clinic for venereal DIS
S s.aes' he works 10 connection with the
State Health Department In Augusta.