Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-01-04
SOUTH PARIS.

t<3 at Cornish tor y rev days.
s Hiss Ruth Hemingway has been spend
~ . week as the guest OF relatives q
nford.
nfiss Doris Cole has been at hom,
I'm Gorham Normal School for tn
lidsy vacation.
Philip Greedy Brown of Portland, pres
bnt OF the First National Bank OF tina
ky, was In South Paris one day las
eek.
& A number of the young people attend
the new year ball at West Paris Fri
<5 hy night, going with two teams o.
4 Drses.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. Dayton Bolster wer,
V Portland Thursday to attend the fu
Brsl OF Mr.. Bolster's brother, Mellen Z
blister.
Postmaster j. A. Kenney estimates
Aat over 5000 cards were mailed al
De South Paris post office during Christ
rs week.
y Runners under the front wheels Of
Automobiles are much In use, many OF
3 10 cars now running being equipped
lth them.
K: Ashton Corbett dressed his pig Dec.
which be bought late last spring. II
eessed 260 pounds. He has furnished
ed, and had what he could make.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Z. Forbes enter
Ained the crook crowd" Thursday even
2 at their winter quarters at the Nor
y D house on Park Street, when i've
bles were filed.
IA The new automobile number plates
ade their appearance at an early hour
kturday morning. The colors are re-
& brsed from last year, the figures being
white on a maroon ground.
Mrs. Arthur C. Soule and sons Albert
nd Walter of South Windham, accom-
anisd by Mrs. Walter Ayers Of that
bwn, were here over New Years with
1rs. Soule's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo.
Morton.
In starting the new year, here is an
phorism (if you know what that means,
I'd IL you don't, call 10 q proverb or
axIm) which is good thing to keep
mind: To-day is the tomorrow you
orried about yesterday"
M Mrs. 81. A. Morton entertained the
members of her Sunday School class At
Ter home at Highland Cottage Thurs
<lay evening. Refreshments were served,
md the evening was spent in playing
took and other diversions.
a P. Z. Hathaway, formerly of South
Paris, was here for q short time last
Heek to visit his father, T. r. Hathaway.
Mr.. Hathaway is now in Chicago, man.
nger of the employment and welfare de-
partment of the Northern Trust Co.
Miss Mabel G.. Hathaway has also been
'nt home from her teaching in Rockport,
Mass, to spend the vacation.
G. q. Young OF West Paris, who for
some years has run q garage at Trap
Corner, which be sold last season, will
build one In Norway in the spring. he
has purchased the lot at the corner OF
Paris and Alpine Streets, disgonslly
across the junction from the fair
grounds, and plans to build on II as ear
~ in the season as practicable.
Byron W. Tuttle last week lost the
big roam horse which he has used for
years on the depot team. The horse
had an attack Of pneumonia so severe
that laying away was considered adviss-
BILE. This is the first time since he was
seven years old that Mr.. Tuttle has not
owned q horse, and as is well known, at
times he has owned considerable num-
Der Of them.
Trouble with the lights on Pine Street
and its immediate vicinity Friday night
was caused by an accidental crossing up
with the high tension current. When
the lights were turned on for the meet
ing OF the Knights Of Pythias, five lamps
went to smash with q gr-r-r-and crash,
and other places were In darkness until
the damage was repaired.
The Christmas party at Sewall NJ.
Rowe's included, besides Mr.. and Mrs.
Rowe, B. T. Richards, Misses Louise,
Florence and Matte Richards, Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. NJ Durham and Miss Nora Dun
ham, Mrs. Gertrude Hammond and son
Charles and daughter Marian, and Mr..
and Mrs. Forrie W. Everett, making
fourteen in all, who spent very pleas
ant day.
A good time was enjoyed at the
Strsaked Mountain club house on the
evening Of Dec. %, when sixty-seven
men, women and children gathered
there TO meet Santa Claus. The names
of the sixty-seven were written on slips
of paper, which were put in box and
passed around. Each one drew q name
and got the same q present, so no one
was sighted. The affair was quite
amusing. There were cornballs for all.
The Kupple Klub was entertained by
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph r. Butts Monday
evening, when sixteen were present.
The next meeting will be with Mr. and
Mrs. Sherman T. Oliver, Jan. IA, at
which time covered dish supper will
be served. Officers were elected by the
club at the Monday evening meeting, a.
follows:
Pres.-Dr. C. N. Merrill.
vice-Pres.-Mrs. z. r. Butts.
Sec. .Treas.-Mrs. Alton Jscobs
Collector-R Tracy Pierce.
The total receipts ut the registry Of
deeds for 1920 were sl712.31. For
''sevsn years Of plenty" (19l1 to 1917 In
clusive) the average was 1890 10 the
lowest being s1222.S2; the highest,
$l3S7.lS. The total for the clean year"
1918, was 1898 So. All these figures are
made up In the same way (from the four
quarterly returns OF each year.) The
receipts for the last three days OF 1919
(sl2. i0 are included In 1920 returns;
this leaves s1700 81 as the actual receipts
for 1920.
Report on the recent sample Of water
from the village system, by the state
department OF health, Is as follows:
South Paris Village Corp. Water Works,
South Paris, Maine.
Gentlemen:
Analysis Of the sample of water taken
from your public supply which you sen,
MS on December 18th, shows this water
to be free from having been In contact
with pollution and as long as the water
remains In the condition represented by
this sample IL may be considered . safe
one to use for all purposes.
Very truly yours,
PC. McGoULDRICK, Director.
The Euterpesn Club holds Its Januar!
meeting with Mrs. Gsrcelon on Western
Avenue this Monday afternoon, thu
hostssses being Mrs. Garcelon and Mis-
Dean. The program of the afternoon
% follows:
Roll call-Current Musical Events.