Oxford Democrat., 1920-05-04
SOUTH PARIS.

Mrs. ". B. Raymond is visiting in
RumfOrd.
Mis-. Elsie Lane Of Canton recently
rant few days In this village.
uor.ee Green has been visiting an
.n.ls william Fiske, In Waterford.
"a Durham of West Paris was In
I'm one day the frst Of last week.
n.nes at Grange Hall, South Paris,
saturday night. Shaw's Orchestra.
IL McArdls OF Boston has been in
town for few days, stopping at Hotel
Andrews.
MIRA Nsttie Mason and son Gordon OF
Usst Bethel were recent guests of Mrs.
/. Z. Bean.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wood Of Bethel
rare recent guests Of their son, Lester
wood, and family.
dancing at l. o. D. +. Hall, West
Paris. Friday evening this week. Shsw's
Jszz Banjo Orchestra.
Mas Mary Dwinsl OF Mechanic Falls
Gas 10 town last week TO attend the
fpnsrsl Of Mrs. Elizabeth Edgerly.
Miss Olive Wardwell, a trained nurse,
came to the village from Waterford the
frat Of the week. She has patient
here.
And TIE water corporation crews still
ding. "Bresk, Break, on Thy Cold Gray
stones On Sea-" or rather it is Breaks, |
Breaks, in the Water Pipes, by Gee."
Hsrbert L. White of Lewiston was in |
town the first of last week. He is
pispo tuner and succeeds to the business
oI o. D. Stinch6eld, who has tuned |
pianos in this village for many years.
Miss Ruth Bolster has completed her
engagement in the office of the Mason |
Manufacturing Co., and Mrs. Ida D. |
Briggs, who has been in Portland for
the past few months, returns here to
sks a position with the Mason Co.
There are good many people in the
village Interested in the straw ballot
now being taken by the Literary Digest
and are cussin' and discussing the numer-
ous candidates that are being voted for.
The High School seniors gave their
drama, mo Trespsssing," which was so
vel received here at home and at Paris
Hill, at the supper furnished by the men
Of the UuiVersalist church in Norway
Thursday evening, winning success
there also.
The Central District Sunday School
convention meets here Wednesday of
this week, opening at 10 o'clock, with
forenoon, afternoon and evening ses-
sons. Addresses will be given after
noon and evening by Rev. Z. 81. Brews-
ter, the new state secretary.
Sheriff Harry D. Cole and Deputy
Sheriff Benjamin r. Billings recently
searched the premises of Daniel Walker
i1 Woodstock and seized about seventy
gallons Of hard cider. On Wednesday
Walker was taken before Judge William
2. Jones of the Norway Municipal Court,
found guilty Of single sale and fined fifty
dollars and costs.
through freight business on the Grand
Trunk Railway has fallen of consider
Sbly during the last week or so, owing /
10 the sailing from Portland of the last
regular steamers Of the Donaldson and
Thomson lines. 1t is said there is
grsa. deal Of grain yet in the elevators,
which will be moved II the Grand Trunk
can get tramp steamers to load 1t.
Hose Co. No. 5 has organized as fol-
lows, completing the organization Of the
Ere department:
Foreman-H. L. Starbird.
Assistant FOreman-Elmer i. Aldrtch.
Clerk-Leo Marston.
Pipeman-Walter Harding.
Assistant PipCman-Eugene Dean.
HydrantmAn-Charles p. Wilson.
Hosemen-Fred W. Harding. William Mahern,
helen Johnson, Frank L. Dow.
Donald n. Tebbets of Locke's Mills
has purchased the Myron A. Prescott
house and will move his family to this
village soon. Mr.. and Mrs. Tebbets will
prove an addition to the village. They
are highly respected young people. Mr..
Tebbets is owner and manager Of the
Tebbsts Spool Company at Locke's Mills
and Of other mills situated In Oxford
County, and is q graduate of Bowdoin
College. Mrs. Tebbets, who was Miss
Ganetts Churchill of Minot before her
marriage, Is a graduate of Wheaton Col
lsge In Massachusetts,, and popular
young lady.
It seems the public Is having . hard
time 10 keeping its disposition sweet
reason, there's no sugar. One drummer
coming into town said the concern be
was travelling for bad two carloads q
week consigned to them which was
divided for distribution among the five
men travelling for them. This particular
drummer said be had about 125 custom
srs and bis fifth would supply about
twenty-five OF these weekly, so he had
one hundred customers stark, rsying
mad all Of the time. at makes an inter
sSting time for statesmen as we'll as con-
umers," be said.
At the annual meeting of the Euter.
pean Club last Monday evening, Mrs. A.
B. GarcelOn and Mrs. E. W. Fsrnum
were elected members Of the club, while
Mrs H. r. Carter, Mrs. r. E. Barrows,
Miss Evelyn Wight and Miss Eva An
crews retired from active membership.
Omeers Tor the coming year were chosen
- follows:
Pres.-hiss Grace Thayer.
tcePres.-Mrs. l.. q. Smiley.
sec-hrs. Stella W. Burnham.
EI. COm.-Mrs Gadge ". Gray, Mrs. Nellie
N.sSAcsts mrs. Agnes Il. morton. II
freIs Reporter-Mrs. Agnes L. Morton.
Librarian-Miss Grace Thsyer.
Program Com.-Miss Nellie NJ. Jackson, Miss
Hattie NJ. Leach, Mrs. Madse W. Gray.
The Maine Public Health Association
has replaced the old Maine Anti Tuber-
culOsis Association, which for years
fought against tuberculosis, while the
new organization includes the whole
field Of public work. The new associs- |
ton numbers over six hundred members |
composed of representative men and
women, who have good training and
keen interest In public health work. At
its annual meeting in Augusta last week
i was voted to have a board Of eighty |
I'VE directors, serving one, two, three,
tour and five years respectively, and on
tals board Of directors South Paris has
Two representstives-Mrs. Alton c.
Wheeler, who will serve one year, and
walter L. Gray, who will serve five
years.
:, a decision was arrived st by the Pub
NC Utilities Commission last week
authorizlng the Central Maine Power
company to issue and sell 4S2 shares OF
Hi seven per cent cumulative preferred
soek and loan the proceeds of such sale