Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-22

n ppripgton of Mechanic Falls wal
,nsu Wednesday
unborp OF West Mlnot was II
~ q Paris on Wednesday.
r..sls Scott of Portland has beer
,Il,ios ~, 10 town for few days.
,,ics Kpigh, will leave to-day fol-
Ssddlck, where she will spend the
sDtsr.
-,.,d Msuley was a recent guest oi
a,,suts. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Man
n, il Yarmouth
DsCosssr, who transports the
" W.. from Elm Hill, has q new COW
SsSosy with closed in sides, mounted
% ~, ,l.is, ID for the purpose
wl,,sr snow got in its first work
Iu' Dsuroads Tuesday. The forenoon
% .st was some two and one-half
tu., "a. ate owing to bad wheeling on
rcount Of snow
~. Dorothy Wight Brooks, who left
.shont ten days ago, sailed Tuesday
'si :lS, trom Norfolk, Va, for Panama,
Hs bsr husband, Lieut.. Winfield A.
80. 80 Of the navy, now has bis head
quarters.
n. and Mrs. George T. Eastman have
Ito Bos,oD, in the vicinity Of which
iii spend the week, making their
S.'acparters ~ and spending Thanksgiv-
~ yItb Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson /. Mixer
tWilniDgton.
v,,loxipg the course of other rail-
~, yusrds have now been placed on
..~snI the mail trains on the Grand
s.-rL Railway to guard the mail, cape
.t.Iv No. l6, the night train east to
o,-ti,pd. The post Office department
=, rscsiyed Instructions to ship their
,,In,ble letters and packages by day
r,lns when possible.
Those uspis of the Shurtleff fourth
r,5s who were ranked 100 per cent in
s..Iing eysry day for the week ending
y, IS are as follows: Earl Fothergill,
Sivsrd SWEET, Evelyn Rowe, Msdlyn
p.u Frederic Gsrcelon, Lucinda Ripley,
Yivsrd Briggs, Bertha Weston, Fred
S,sp william Foster, Greta Merrill,
iubsl Fleming, Harold Stsrbird, Eleanor
Huksll.
The Rsllie Class Of Desring Memorial
rhpcb ne, with Mrs. II. A. Morton
TBssdsy afternoon. The ladies worked
), snrops. and a covered dish supper
:. served at 8 O'Clock. At business
r.stpg in the evening, II was voted to
uy for having the plano tuned and to
hin With the Ladies' Aid in sale Of
,ppps. fancy articles, food, candy, etc.
The December meeting will be At the
bcns OF Mrs. Emma W. Mann.
Canton A. S. Kimball, Pstriarchs Mill
ant At its meeting last Monday evening
utsr,sinsd visitors from Worumbus
Canton Of Auburn, who were present by
recisl invitation and conferred the P.
degree. Twenty one from Worumbus
vcspted the invitation. Major VIM. a..
;rubet Of Rumford also made his official
nspection at that time, and he was
accompanied by a number from that
,scs. An oyster supper was served
liter the work.
The Democrat was In error last week
hsyiug that the we'll on the farm oi
IA. Brooks had gone dry. 1t Is q very
iy time, but not so dry as that. Mr.
StoOks has a deep well, which not only
nppes his own water system, but is al
be present time supplying some OF the
Mlghbors, and is apparently furnishing
much water as ever. The report that
be well had gone dry came to the Demo
rat from a supposedly authentic source,
D there appeared no reason why II
IaOud be inyssti gated. Mr.. Brooks says
b has bad lot of sympathy expressed
hr him, but be doesn't need it.
Something new In the "snow man
Inc vas that which appeared one nigh
"a. week on the lawn in front OF tht
residence OF Arthur Thurlow on Higf
Street. II was built by his daughter
Ys Doris Thurlow. Whether 1t wai
hssndsd to represent "Alas Poor Yor
sk'g skull or otherwise, IL was In The
general form of the main part OF q skull
iAsrOlc size. II was hollow, to ssrv'
sa receptacle for burning taper, ant
'hsa this was lighted up in the evening
nd shOns out through the opening
Which represented the facial features
be effect could not but attract attention
Work 10 being rushed on the new Odt
laOWS' block at the corner OF Main ant
arrOWs Streets. A number OF exsr'
'fek layers from Lewiston were put OF
be job last week. 1t is now up on
tory showing the ample windows Il
asfrOns Of the building with the fame,
norway at the south end and the free
Iaus band surmounting this story. Post
ard pictures of the completed building
non the architects drawings, have bee
70 exhibition and sale at Eastman I
Andrews store during the past wees
saeh shows pretentious structure
architect 10 Herbert N. Rhodes
Portland.
Did you ever see q lot of grsmms
sAOOl boys working as II they were pu'
uasous 6re-just as IL they liked I
niE, and really couldn't help its Wei
Na should have seen the boys OF I'd
McS school the other day operating o
engineering project In the schot
mo. They were moving one OF II
Ns, Of gravel left from the excavatio
@iAe Odd Fellows lot, building dsl
aHa u around the southwest corner
as!ard. This is designed to be fioode
,'e water, and make q small but pc
s,iY safe skating rink. The spes
ne which the shoyels flew, and tf
'aeeioarrows travelled, and the ban
w graded and tamped, was . csutio
.n'o be hoped that the boys will ma
'"' Oh opportunity to enjoy II.
IAs Portland papers have printed co
su'faole marine news about the steai
S'N The Nawsco Pacific Line. Two
use steamers were in Portland Ia
,'s' and one Of them, the Bristol, to-
miscellaneous cargo of all MAI
s.Ooa LOT the Pacific coast. This Ia
Iueular interest to South Paris peoI
.,Ss0ss there was quite . consignms
sstails racers, so the children of th
Suu MN coast may soon be sliding DO,
1 south Paris children are now Z
IS Beside this South Paris produ
,s. .s we're many cases of Poland Spri
s large shipment of paper, 4
hisssTsg SOO, 900 paper pie plates Tn
saasd, lot OF canned sardines frt
Nv. ~ me coast, and canned corn Will
nave come from South Paris, for
=" "Nissr knows.
soaps Democrat readers will RENE
Sa.ae ne singular circumstances of
.SssS a raris Savings Bank receiving t
nI.,., s apparently torgeries. or jokes,
ID,S ~ this paper some time }
s".l 49, The first OF these checks
da."u In December, 1920. IL
Is'a Tor s2Sl.00 BY one Henry