Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-06
SOUTH PARIS

]. z. Kingsley of Augusta was In
town Wednesday.
W. 8. Wight OF Bethel visited friends
In town last week.
John Grover has moved to this village
from North Waterford.
Rev. q. N. Priugle of Washing on, D.
c., was in town Friday.
.Mrs. Horatio Farnham was q recent
guest of relatives In Auburn.
William II. Bray secured fine eight.
point buck on the Hebron road Tuesday.
The students of the high school are
busy preparing their publication for the
printer.
Harry and Fred Thurlow went to An.
dover last week to attend the funeral Of
their aunt, Mrs. Frank Learned.
Mrs. Lillian Swift extends thanks to
the Sunshine Club for post cards and
other remembrances at Thanksgiving.
Ralph Butts has secnred the contract
to do the plumbing for the new block,
and q. B. Young has secured the cleo
trioal work.
Fred Cusbman, who brings the Lew
Iston Suns from Mechanic Falls to this
village, came up Monday and Tuesday
In his Car as usual, but reported the
wheeling hcavy In places.
The concrete foundation for tho new
block was finished Thursday, and quite
q crowd gathered about the Square to
see the workmen haul the big concrete
mixing machine ont of the basement.
The snow Of the first of the week
drove the travelling salesmen, who visit
this village and Norway, on to the rail-
way trains. They have been coming
here during the summer months In
autos, but the travelling is too uncertain
10 continue after the snowy season sets
In.
Every one who is to make returns on
the Red Letter Day card distributed to
parishioners of the Universalist church
please do 80 at the covered dish supper
to be held in the vestry of the church
Tuesday evening, Dec. 9th. Each bring
also covered dish of food for the sup.
per.
Work is progressing on the new block
corner Of Main and high Streets, not
the unfavorable weather.
A steam boiler was shipped here the
first of the week and installed on the
southern side OF the foundation Tuesday.
It has been inclosed in q temporary
building and will furnish heat and power
for use in construction.
Cattle trains are again being run on
the Grand Trunk Railway. Time was
when these were of frequent occurrence,
but for number of years no cattle have
been shipped out OF Portland. Now, 1t
is said, there is to be revival on large
scale. The first shipment will 60 out
on the Anchor. Donaldson liner, Gracia,
now In the port OF Portland.
The Democrat learns, as an additional
item OF Thanksgiving news trife late,
perhaps, but the lateness Is justified by
the distsnce-that Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
E. Merrill Of Los Angeles, Cslif., spent
the holiday with Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin
Fish at Santa Barbara, Calf. Mr.. and
Mrs. Merrill and Mrs.. Fish were former
residents here, Mrs. Fish having been
Miss Isabel Morton.
Prof. c. o. Turner of the high school
is very anxious to obtain at least one
copy Of every school magazine that has
been published by the students OF the
high school. 1t is bis intention to have
them bound into file so the school can
have 1t for reference. He has obtained
five of some of the first issues. A file
of these magazines would be interesting
and valuable for the public library also.
Prof. Turner would be pleased to receive
copies which any person may have and
be willing to donate.
This village with surrounding country
was embraced in four-dsys' snow storm
the first of last week. Some eight or
ten inches Of snow fell, making good
and rather poor autoing, al
though they were out every day OF the
storm. Tuesday one OF our citizens
tried to negotiate the road between this
village and Paris Hill. he got along ell
right until he reached the cemetery at
the foot of the hill, when 1t took him .
halt hour for the rest of the journey.
This storm Was worse south and west OF
us. The Grand Trunk ran its trains
nearly on schedule, but the trains out of
Boston were several hours late. In fact
the storm seemed to have grudge
against the Hub. Street car traffic was
tied up and wires were down, shutting
off light and communication. Indeed,
1t was reported that about forty towns
near Boston were thus affected. The
telephone company estimated that at
least three thousand poles were blown
down and thousands of miles of wires
broken. 1t will take weeks 10 repair
the damage.
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