Oxford Democrat., 1921-07-19

Mrs. Q. A. Bessey and Miss I,spor
Bessey Of Stoneham. Mass, are euest
at Mrs. L. @. Morton's.
The Ladies' Social Union of ths I'm,
versalist Church will hold an importan N
business meeting Wednesday afternoo,
In the church parlor.
The last service before vacation M th,
Universalist church was held Sunday
For the next six weeks the churcb vi,
oe closed, services to be resumed Sept. 4
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Harold Neal an,
wilbur Swan and family have returned
from Bear Pond, North Turner. vber
they have been camping the past tw,
weeks.
The rank team Of Hsmlin Lodge
Knights OF Pythias, went to Bethe
Tuesday to work the third rank upol
six candidates of Sudbury Lodge in tha
village.
A number Of copies of the 1921 re
vision Of the fish and game laws hav,
been received at the Democrat Office. anf
will be distributed as long ~ they last tt
those who wish them.
Mrs. Howard K. Alden, who won tn,
s.. 90 prize awarded by the Boston Pos,
in the sd. contest, is . native of South
Paris, Eunioe Williams, . daughter oil
the late j. d. Williams.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eugene Humphrey with
Frank White, Mrs. Humphreys father
of Danville, also Harry White snG
daughter of Deering, were guests at j
P. Richardson's Sunday.
Maxim Block on Market Square anC
Maxim Block on Pine Street are to bs
connected with the sewer through tIe
extension which has just been laid pasi
Pythian Block on Pine Street.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Clough and Miss
Eta Swan Of Lynn, Mass, were guests
last week at e. N. Millett's and Albert E
Deans, and are visiting other relatives
in this vicinity and at West Paris.
Mrs. L. c. Smiley has sold her milli
merry and furnishings business In Bowkel
Block to Mrs. Iva b. Cutting, who has
taken possession, and has an announce
ment to make In the advertising columns
of this paper.
Car owners who are willing to assist
10 getting the people to Gibson's Grove
land home agsip) for the community
picnic of Tuesday are requested to report
in Market Square with their cars at $50
Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Brown of Rum
ford were guests OF Mrs. Bryant on
Church Street Saturday, the 9th, also
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Anderson
over Sunday and until Tuesday, when
they left for Paris Hill to visit DR.. Ham
mond. They attended Chautauqua while
here.
The community picnic to be held at
Gibson's Grove Tuesday OF this week
has some energetic boosters behind 1t.
They have arranged for free transporta-
ton, besides providing for light refresh
msuts and arranging q program OF
sports. Cars will leave Market Square
at $50.
Several members OF Hi Henry's min
strels dressed In long frock coats OF
yellow, with tall hats, ss the women say,
in harmony with brass band OF sixteen
pieces In uniforms of scarlet, invaded
Market Square Saturday noon, making
it brilliant for the time being, and when
they gave several excellent selections OF
instrumental music.
The Universalist Sunday School will
have Its picnic at Shsgg Pond, THURSDAY
OF this week. Cars will leave the church
at o O'Clock A. NJ. The school will
welcome all friends who would like to
go on the outing, though free transpor.
tatiou can be provided only for actual
members Of the school. All should
carry lunch and drinking cups.
Sherman T. Oliver and family have
been occupying cottage on Lake
Pennesseewassee for the past two weeks
Friday evening the Kupple Klub made
them a visit there, carrying picnic
supper, and having a very enjoyable
evening. There 10 some evidence In the
developments of the next day that they
made good time on the trip home.
The prospect now is that the factory
of the Paris Manufacturing Co., which
has been shut down for some weeks or
account of an accident, will start uI
next Monday. The Mason Manufacture
| ing Co. g factory, which was shut down
before the Fourth for the summer vaoa
ton and to put In new boilers, vii
probably start up in not less than ont
week nor more than two weeks.
Permission has been given by thu
public utilities commission Tor tn'
| Central Maine Power Co. to merge il
itself number OF subsidiary concerns
which have had q separate corporate
existence, including the Oxford Electric
Co, the Knox County Electric Co., th'
Readfield Light and Power Co., th'
winthrop and Wayne Light and Powel
Co, the Yarmouth Electric Co., and th'
Maine Power Corporation. The obang'
that this will make Is merely technica
lone. as the Central Maine Power Go
has for some time owned the STOCK o
the other companies.
Several of our young men were sum
moned before Sheriff Cole Saturday
charged with exceeding the limit on on
new concrete speedway. They wer'
somewhat astonished but conclude.
tbey would rather pay ten dollars eacl
than appear before the Municipal cour
lin Norway. As none Of them appeare
IN have spsedometsrs on their machines
mr. n they did their eyes were for othe
things. and evidence was lacking as
how fast they were travelling, the sheril
concluded to let them of. They ez
nressed some curiosity as to who tn
Complainant might be, but It hnall
CANA ont that the better-half OF one
the culprits put up the job. Starting 0
ths amir of the moment and almost acc
deutaliy, this incident developed by d.
srsss into one of the hugsst practices
Jokes pulled of here in some time. An
!, it is question whether the biggest JOE
isn't on the public, which took the ma
. ter seriously and made more or less OF
community sensation OF 1t long after %
principals had been disillusioned. q
sny rate, the moral effect OF the affair
,, already apparent to those who wstcn tl
spseders on the cement road.
Base Ball.