Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1920-04-06
SOUTH PARIS.


and bait, Shaw's Orchestra.
larry Hilborn OF West Minot was In
town the first OF last week.
Stanley NJ. Wheeler was In Boston Q
,onpls Of days the 6rst Of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Newton Of Portland
visItsd his mother, Mrs. George Davse,
lsst week.
Harlan Hammond was admitted to the
Central Maine General Hospital, Lewis
ron, for treatment last week.
Archie and Ralph Cole Of this village
.n5 EdWard Eastman of Paris Hill are
vorklng in Portsmouth, n. 81.
large crowd attended the dance last
Tna.day evening. Shsw's Jazz Banjo
orehestrs furnished the music.
sb.v's Orchestra furnished the music
~ Brown. Buck & Co.'s store Saturday
si.ernoon and evening, March %, for
their spring opening.
Amos A. Bird and Miss Addie Edgsr-
10 rbo have spent the winter in Worces-
-, Nass., with the family of Roy j.
Brd. returned to South Paris Wednes-
day.
Mrs. lydia Rounds with her daughter,
yIuS Louise Rounds OF Augusta, has
GONE TO Louisville, KY, to spend several
sssks With her son, DR.. Frank Wendell
Rounds, and his family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Poverty, who
have recently moved into town from
Ill q
yIsit TO Mr.. Peverly's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs D. D. Poverty In Bryants Pond.
Rsy. c. ". Rogers, who is working in
ths interests Of the Interchurch World
Noyement. was in Dixfield Tuesday and
.noks at the chapel in the afternoon. |
Es was in Rumford Tuesday evening |
and Wednesday in the same interests.
The Sunshine Class of Desring Memo |
rial Church have elected the following |
officers for the ensuing year:
Prss-MArjorle Edwards.
yice.Pres.-Msrion Ames.
Sec.-Hester Ordway.
Treas-Ksthleen Mcdonald.
Because of heavy losses from insult
6cient care in packing, especially in
those packages sent abroad, the govern
msnt has asked every postmaster to take
due notice Of each bundle deposited for
shipment Unless the packages are
securely tied in strong paper and plainly
addressed they will not be accepted for
dispatch.
The snow has disappeared very fast
during the past week until at present
there is fully as much brown earth visi-
bic as dirty white snow. High water
was threatened st one time but danger
in this way seems to be past, at least so
far IS local snow is concerned. The
river is blanks full" and has run over
the low lands.
The many friends Of Miss Ruth Miller
will be pleased to learn that she has met
With great success in her art work In the
Womsn's School of Design In Philadel-
phis, which is the oldest school of its
kind In the United States. Miss Miller
is 10 her freshman year and has received
srlnk Of 80. She is taking 8 four years
course. Three pieces Of her work have
been selected for exhibition. She has
recently completed design for child's
quilt showing the pictures Of Wynken,
Blynke0 and Nod.
Those who frequent the drug stores of
the village are familiar with the prescrip-
ton forms filled there, and may some
times wonder what the big letter r at the |
beginning with the dart across the tail |
may mean. II is supposed to be the
initial Of the Latin word "recipe," to
receive or to be imperative, stake"
The little dart over the tall Is supposed |
to be the symbol of Jove investing the |
writer with authority; so when the doc |
tor hands you one of these little slips, he |
virtually says, "By Jupiter, take shis"
Lieut. George A. Wilson made q fly
ing visit to his relatives in this village |
the first of last week, leaving for his
homo In Houlton Monday evening.
Lieut.. Wilson 10 just out of the hospital
10 Baltimore, where be has been since
bis return from France. Lieut.. Wilson's
command was in Company D, S01st Sup
ply Train, which was oversee for more
than year. This company had repre-
sentatives from twenty-six states. A
normal supply company is small, the
usual number Of privates being u, but
at one time in this company there were
100 men. They work in small squads so
the number Of "non-coms" was large
seven sergeants and thirty-two corporsls.
Lieut.. Wilson has been away from home
for more than two years.
The Monday evening express east
from Montreal TO Portland was some
three hours late in reaching this station,
because OF dersilment between Bethel
and West Bethel. 1t was one of those
singular Instances, where the Montreal
express and the local passenger from
Portland were approaching each other,
with freight train between the two
seeking siding at West Bethel. Before
the freight train could reach the place OF
crossing, however, eight freight cars and
eaboose left the irons, completely
blocking the track with q passenger
Train on either side. On account Of the
long time it would necessarily take TO
clear the track 1t was thought best to
transfer the passengers, baggage and ex-
press OF the two passenger trains, so
that the local passenger train with Num-
Der Sixteen's passengers aboard backed
Into Portland, or rather as far as Lewis
ton junction, where the locomotive
could be turned around.
1t seems necessary again to remind
contributors to the Democrat that the
paper 10 not all put In type Monday
morning, and can not be. And as there
are so many of them, it seems necessary
to do it through the columns of the pa
per. For instance: when the Democrat
Office closed ct five O'Clock Saturday,
March ~, every line of essential copy
which had come from outside or bad
been prepared In the Office was in type,
and all but few paragraphs of it was
made into the forms. There was then
remaining only about four hours OF
working time before the forms must be
closed. Yet between that hour and the
closing OF the forms shortly before twelve
O'Clock Monday, more copy from out
aide was received in the Office than had
been during the five and half days pre-
eeding. II was impossible to get 1t all
In type, or to find space for 1t II IL could
be act. Therefore much Of II had to be
left out, to the disadvantage Of the con-
tributors, the proprietors, and the read
era And the point Is, that while little
OF this late copy could not have been
made until Monday morning, o consider
able part of IL might have been written
and put in type the preceding week.
The moral 10 obvious.