Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-02-08
J. y. NcArdis Of Boston IL Q guest At|
Hotel Andrews for Q few days.

r. Hall.
| Dancing at Grange Hall, Maple Street
Saturday night. Shaw's jazz Orchestra
All invited.
Messrs. Washington Heald and P. g
Heald of Buckfield were recent visitors
in the village.
Mrs. Emma Hubbard has returned
from Washington, D. c., and is now the
guest of her sister, Mrs. l.. L. Russell.
Paris Grange 10 working on . drama,
Lighthouse Man." which they plan to
give on the evenings OF Feb. "a and rs.
At the Baptist church the children's
sermon next Sunday will be on the sub
ljeet 1.-THE Gospel according to the tele-
phone book"
All members of the Ladies' Social
Union are cordially invited to sewing
bee at the home of Mrs. W. w. Ripley,
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Hazel Heath of Lewiston, q
former steuographer In the office Of
Alton @. Wheeler, was the weekend
guest of Miss Nora Durham.
The Optimistic Glass meets Saturday
afternoon with Mrs. Charles Durham at
her home on Pleasant Street. 1t is
hoped to see good attendance.
A special meeting of the South Paris
Board Of Trade will be held at Engine
Hall Tuesday evening, Feb. 8, at 7:S0.
IRVING o. BARRows, Sec.
Nrs Manrica Novss undervent a very
serious operation at the Central Maine
General Hospital at Lewiston last Satur-
day, and at this writing is reported COM
Portable.
Those who received 100 per cent In
spelling for the week In the Pleasant
Street school were: Second Grade, Ismay
Aldrich. Third Grade, Lucinda Ripley,
Madlyn Bell, Ellery Lawrence.
Miss Louise Powers, who has been in
the Central Maine General Hospital at
Lewiston for an operation for appendi-
citis, was brought home last Saturday,
and is getting along very nicely.
Next Sunday, Feb. IS, will be observed
as Lsymen's Sunday throughout the
Universalist denomination, and all men
of the Universslist church and faith are
invited to be present &C the morning
services. Rev. Chester Gore Miller will
preach special sermon for the occasion.
Monday morning was the time for the
sale Of real estate for unpaid taxes. Tax
Collector Harry NJ. Shaw OF Paris sold
thirteen parcels with total tax of some
cents over 1892. All bat one of the par
cells were hidden of by the municipal
officers, under the provisions Of the
law.
The next lecture given under the aus
pices Of Arthur s. Foster Post, No.
y, American Legion, will be he held at
the Baptist Church Sunday, Feb. Is, at
Z O'Clock. Subject: "Why There Is No
Excuse for Poverty In the United States.
Lecture to be delivered by Rev. j. L. Will
son. All invited.
The following pupils In the Porter |
Street School did not miss . word In |
spelling during the week: Sd Grade, |
Bertha Weston, Fred Swan, Howard |
Twitchell, Harold Nevers. I'd Grade, |
Dorothy Sturteysnt, Marion Kenney, |
Pauline Paine, Airline Millett, Stanley |
Whitney, Christine Noyes.
The W. T. NJ. 8. of Desring Memorial
Church will hold its February meeting |
with Mrs. Turner, on Park Street, Thurs |
day afternoon, Feb. 10, at 2:S0 O'Clock. |
The subject of the program will be "The |
Travels OF the Book" and will be In |
charge of Mrs. James Millett. All ladies
of the church are cordially invited.
The Woman's Missionary meeting of
the Baptist church was held at the resi-
dence of Mrs. j. z. Murch last Thurs
day, Mrs. Murch and Mrs. Horr, host
esses. This was one Of the best meet |
ings of the year, both in knowledge |
gained and in social enjoyment. The
subject was AFRICAN race, both Ia the |
dark continent and in the u. s."
The Community Club meeting will be |
on Tuesday afternoon of this week at
the hall and will be under the auspices |
OF the civics committee and addressed |
by Alton C. Wheeler. III the ladies |
want to learn something about voting ct
town meeting, they can attend and ask |
what questions they please, and they
will all be answered. The hour Is $50. |
Mount Mica degree staff conferred the
first degree on q class of nineteen candi- |
dates Thursday evening before Grand |
Master Leslie e. Jacobs of Skowhegan |
and Grand Secretary James 4. Town
send OF Portland, also two hundred and |
fifty members and visiting brothers, fol- |
lowed by q very fine banquet at Grange |
Hall. Work the second degree next
Thursday evening.
When . class of young girls of six |
members undertake to provide for two
children in the European Relief Fund,
and are earning the money by house to
house sslesmsnship, it Resns real devo-
ton to relief work. This Ia what the
Willing Workers class are doing In the |
Baptist church. They Melted ak dollars |
Friday night and Saturday morning.
More about them later.
The South Paris Board of Trade, at Its |
meeting last Tuesday evening, voted to
oppose the bill now pending in the legis- |
lature, which provides that the county |
shall pay one-third the maintenance, care |
and repairs of the "oourt house" at
Rumford. Under direction OF the board,
a canvass of sentiment In other towns has
been made, and 1t Is found that opposi |
ton to the measure is general.
Mrs. Agnes l.. Morton went on the
early train Monday morning 70 Portland,
whence she 10 to accompany her son,
Ralph B. Penfold, to New York for ex-
animation at the Neurological Institute.
Mr.. Psnfold, although Of unusually good
physique, has for some time been affected
With trouble, evidently Of the nervous
system, which has bsffled the physicians,
and requires observation and treatment
by specialists.
A very pleasant evening was spent ut
Hamlin Lodge, Z. Of p. last Friday,
when the ladies of Hamlin Temple and
a few friends were entertained. A
boun tiful banquet was served by the
sisters, consisting of mashed potato, cold
boiled ham, and other cold meats, hot
rolls, fruit salad, pickles, cakes, pies,
cheese and coffee, Of which about two
hundred partook, followed by . short
entertainment and social hour, which all
enjoyed.
Saturday was the seventy second birth
dov annivaraarv of William r. RuSgoll.