Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-03-30
SOUTH PARIS.

Henry Gross of Oxford WAS in town
Friday and Saturday.
The Optimistic Glass meets April 10
with Mrs. Sanford Brown.
Mrs. Fred e. Hall il visiting her sister
In Portland for few days.
Hamlin Lodge, K. of p, will work the
rank of Esquire next Friday evening.
Rev. d. A. Marley of West Paris was
In the village few hours Wednesday.
Mrs. L. G. Smiley will show her Easter
millinery on Friday and Saturday, April
Q and 8.
Some changes are being made In the
Office of the Grand Trunk Railway Com
psny in this village.
Chester Easson and Miss Gladys Rum
cry of Portland were guests OF bis peo-
pie here over Sunday.
Mrs. Omar Morrow of Auburn was the
guest of her brother, E. N. Haskell, and
his family Thursday.
Miss Beryl G. Silver was at homo over
the weekend from Portland, where she
Is attending business college.
The Baptist woman's missionary meet
ing will be held with Mrs. j. b. Stuart
Thursday afternoon at 8 O'Clock.
Lighthouse Nan is coming to South
Paris. Save your pennies 80 you can SEQ
her. She will be worth seeing.
The choir of the Congregational church
furnished music at the Universalist
church at Norway on Sunday. Mrs. b.
E. Wilson was the organist.
Mrs. Ida Bonney, who has been with
her sister, Mrs. ]. D. Haynes, for some
weeks, left early Monday morning on
her return to her home in Sumner.
The Ladies' Sewing Club meets with
Mrs. W. A. Porter Wednesday afternoon
of this week. 1t Ia hoped there will be
q good attendance as there 10 lots Of
work to do.
Rev. C. W. Rogers of the Congrega-
tional church and Rev. j. L. Wilson of
the Baptist church were in Mechanic
Falls Thursday, to attend q meeting In
the Baptist church Of that village OF Q
committee of the Worldwide Inter-
church movement.
A party of twelve young people gath
cred at the home of Miss Hester Ordway
Friday evening, March 20. where very
pleasant evening was enjoyed by all In
playing progressive rock, there being q
change of partners at the beginning Of
each game. Light refreshments were
served by the hostess, and music helped
make the evening pass very pleasantly
Those included in the rock party were
Hester Ordway, Marjorie Edwards, Laura
Brooks, Thelma Daniels, Florence East
man, Florence johnson, Dudley Forrest,
William johnson, Herman Noyes, Henry
Howard, Stanley Greene, Harlan Abbott.
R. L. Cummings tractor gave second
exhibition in Market Square Saturday
morning, which was more convincing as
to strength and ease of handling than
the one which preceded it. Mr.. Cum
mings was running 1t along the western
side of the square In the deep snow near
the sidewalk, and when opposite the
Maxim store the machine skidded, drop.
ped down into the trench made just out
side the sidewalk to carry off the water
and proceeded to run into the gas pump
of the Msxims. The pump did not stop
the tractor. No little thing like that
could. 1t simply moved It of even with
the street and continued on its way. 1t
continued on its way without driver,
for that individual was thrown off when
the machine dropped into the ditch, and
he had to make quick time to catch up
with it. The trench, however, held 1t In
its course so 1t encountered no more
obstacles.