Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-24


In East Bethel for q while.
: There will be q meeting of the hook
and ladder company at the FIRE station
Tuesday evening at o'clock.
Shaw's Orchestra give their last Satur.
day night dance for this summer Al
! Grange Hall. Five pieces of music.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Lee Mason were
J at Portland . few days last week, regis
tering at the Congress Square Hotel.
|, A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. L. C.
Button Friday night, but the child did
not i've. Mrs. Button Is seriously Ill.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Howe of Me.
chanie Falls were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
William Jacobs day or two last week.
Prof. George A. Yeaton of Augusta,
until recently resident of Norway, and
County Agent of Oxford County, was in
Town Thursday.
Saturday and Sunday gave us q heated
spell, but the showers of Sunday after
noon wound ii up, and We are back to
about the former level of temperature.
The memorial service prepared and
given by Mount Pleasant Lodge of this
village at the Rebekah District Meeting
in Bethel last week was pronounced very
impressive by those who attended.
Morton v. Bolster and Miss Ruth
Bolster attended the musical comedy,
| Irene" at the Empire Theatre in Lew.
iston Saturday evening, and Miss Bolster
remained In Auburn over Sunday with
Miss Pilsbury, former teacher here.
Everybody that likes to dance will
have good time by attending the rsgu- |
lar Thursday night dance at Oxford, |
Robinson Theatre. Shaw's Orchestra |
will feature this week the Number Waltz |
by request. Dancing promptly at 500
The South Paris Baptist church young |
people are going to send large delega-
tion to the young peoples service at the |
Baptist Association at Buckfield Tues
day and Wednesday. Prof. Mariner
and Rev. ]. 81. Thompson of Portland
will speak.
Mrs. G. o. Turner was In Lewiston
Saturday to attend q meeting Of the
Maine Writers Research Club at the Y.
w. G. A. In that city. The club expects
in the near future to bring out new
book, similar to maine Ny State" which
was published some time ago.
The following pupils in the Main
Street school received 100 per cent in
spelling for the week: Third Grade, Lu-
cinda Ripley, Gertrude Titus, Msdlyn
Bell, and Louis Kirschner. Second Grade,
Hazel Mosher, Ismsy Aldrich, Lillian
Bassett, Alberta Paige and Reta Thurlow.
This week is forest protection week
according TO proclamation of Governor
Percival p. Baxter in which he urges
individual and collective efforts to pre-
vent waste In cutting and by fire. Dur.
ing the past year 10000 acres Of forest
have been burned over, causing loss OF
S1S5, 900.
DIR. Z. P. Goodrich, district health
officer, accompanied by sanitary sngi-
neer and deputy labor commissioner,
was in South Paris to-day to investi-
gate the sanitary condition OF the Shurt-
left school house and remedy Ii II pos
sible, also the conditions Of the msnufac-
turing plants.
We got off easy in the showers Of Sum
day, compared with other places in the
state where buildings collapsed, trees
and walls were blown down, and few
persons were injured. There was quite
tempest here Cor q short time In each
of the two showers, but no damage was
done 80 far as heard from.
The canvass of the village of South
Paris for funds in aid of the China
famine sufferers resulted In q contribu-
tion of $50 IS. / wish to especially
thank the young people OF the high
school who 80 kindly aided Us In the
work.
j. L. WILSON, Chairman Com.
The concrete road was opened for
travel from the Park Street bridge to
Market Square Thursday morning, and
ket Square to the depot was cleared OF
covering Friday forenoon. The rubbish
used in construction was cleared away,
and the shoulders graded the last OF the
week.
On the occasion of the 82d birthday Of
Mrs. Cora s. Briggs on the 18th of May,
she was given little party at her rooms
iu Boston by her friends who were In
the city. Light refreshments were
served, and there was q birthday cake
with twenty-six candles. Mrs. Briggs
also received about fifty cards and let
ters from other friends.
Those objects along the shoulders OF
the cement road in Market Square and
vicinity are not base balls, or large
grapefruit, or good sized musk melons,
however much they may look like lt.
They are just plain stones, common peo-
bles, which came in the gravel. Ii you
would ask why they should be dumped
In the highway, put the question to
some one who knows.
The selectmen wish to warm auto
mobilists that they must have tail lights
burning on their machines after dsrk;
slso that ell vehicles must be lighted;
also that pedestrians must keep on
the concerted parts of Main, High ana
Park Streets. 1t is realized the side
walks are not in very good condition al
the present time, but they are much
safer to walk on than is the middle OF
the street.
Last Friday night the U. G. class OF
the Baptist church surprised their teach |
r, Mr.. Wilson, by hanging big May
basket at the parsonage. It was heavy
with homemade candies, and cunniugly |
hidden amid these sweets was beauti- |
full cut glass basket for flowers, and
gold pin composed of the Odd Fellow'
three links. After the usual hunt the
Young folks were brought in and social
hour enjoyed by all.
The editorial staff Of the high school
Chronicle has been appointed as follows:
Editor-in-chief, Laura Brooks, Zz; as
s;s,ant sditor. Hermon Noyes, '22; liter
ary editor, Edith Lowell, '2S; Chronicles,
Annie Clifford, '23; exchanges, Margsrst
Davis, %; athletics, Hollis McGinley'
'22; aiumnae, Clinton Hubbard, ~ busl-
ness manager, Lindley Hubbard, ZI; as
sistant business manager, Ralph Cutting,
'2S. They expect to Issue number In
June.
4 Tha pal,ia Cla.s of Dasripg Memorial