Oxford Democrat., 1921-11-22
THE OXFORD BEARS.
THE DoINas OF TnR WEEK IN ALL
SECTIONS OF THE COUNTY.
Paris rim.

Services at Paris Hin Bapsiss church ever,
Sunday at 1ox5. Sunday School At T. Sunday
evening service at Z %. Thursday evening
prayer meetings st 80 O'Clock.
One hundred per cent In spelling the
past week: Esther Curtis, Evelyn Cum
mings, Mabells Davis, Gertrude Everett
Norman Cummings. Missed one word
for week: John Flsgg, Mildred Everett
Charlotte Daniels.
All mem bers of the School Improve
ment League, and those interested 10 the
manner Of spending the money raised si
the Paris fair, are requested to meet ai
the school house Tuesday evening, Nov
/ %, at 7:S0. Please try to be present ~
an early decision 10 important.
On Wednesday, Nov. 16, the Ladies'
Circle met with Mrs. r. W. Shaw for II.
annual business meeting. The following
officers were reelected:
Pres.-Mrs. E. B. Curtis.
Vice-Pres-Nrs. u. w. Shaw.
Treas.-Ars. ]. G. Cummings.
Sec.-Mrs. n. A. Cummings.
The date OF the first Circle ID Dec. IS
Look for further notice.
Mrs. NJ. G. Snow will be the guest oi
DR.. and Mrs. G. A. Stephens at Norway
Lake on Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie e. Newell OF Sum
ner accompanied Mr.. and Mrs. Seward
P. Stearns on their recent automobile
trip to Boston.
Mrs. Nellie s. Brown was at Paris Hill
last Wednesday, coming from Portland
where she Is spending the winter.
Admiral and Mrs. Henry W. Igor
closed their homo here and started last
Tuesday for Southern Pines, N. c., where
they expect to spend the winter months
Mrs. Edgar Hutchins has been seri
ously sick the past week and 10 still IN
der the care Of q trained nurse. Mrs
Victoria Leonard has come from Csnsda
to assist.
Miss Harriette Fl. Winslow and Mlsl
Mary Mitchell are closing their summer
home here and leaving for Arlington
Mass, on Tuesday OF this week.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles L. Aldrich viii
close their home here and start on Thurs
day of this week for Florida. They sal
from Boston to Savannah, Ca, and
thence 60 by rail to Esstlake, Florida,
where they have taken q house for the
winter. Eastlake Is twenty miles south
Of Ocala.
The Red Cross drive for mem berships
began on the eleventh and lasts until the
twenty-fourth. 1t is the intention of the
local committee to call upon all, and 90
far rs this has been done the response
has been generous. Anyone who has moi
been called upon may leave q dollar
either at the post Office In this village OF
at the savings bank at South Paris.
In the death of Hon. Edward L. Par.
ris, which occurred ut his home here last
Thursday, Paris Hill loses another loyal
citizen who has been identified with the
place for many years, . descendants OF
one Of the old Paris Hill families. Dur
ing bis active years as q prscticing attor-
ney In New York City, he brought his
family here for summer vacations and q
number of years since he bought Q sum-
mer home here, where he has lived the
year around since retiring from law
practice In New York. Mr. Paris was
an exceptionally eompanionable man,
with fund Of historic lore and keen
wide circle of friends. The funeral serv-
ices were conducted by Rev. Chester
Gore Miller ut the home of the family
here on Sunday afternoon and the re-
mains taken to New York for interment.
Mr.. Paris leaves . widow, q daughter,
Mrs. William Roy Smith Of Bryn Mawr,
Pa, q son, Edward L. Paris, Jr., and
two brothers, Virgil K. Paris Of this
place and Psrcival j. Paris of Philadel-
phis. A biographical sketch appears In
another column of this paper.
The heavy fog Friday night and Satur-
day followed by the heavy rain of Satur-
day night took OF the few inches Of
snow that had covered the ground and
made few days sleighing. II did Q
very thorough Job and left the lawns
greeper than they have been during the
dry summer a. well as filling the wells
and other sources Of water supply. Mon
day morning there 10 q oold east wind
with Indications OF more snow.