Oxford Democrat., 1921-05-17
A Highly successfal Pair.
COMMUNITY CLUB EXCEEDS FORMER
EFFORTS IN THAT LINE.

munity-UoS pokuons Wnon PAeS'
all the women of the community-tak
hold Of q thing like fair, 1t is bound t
Igo and be big thing. That is wha
happened last week, with the fair unde
the auspices of the Community Club
Weeks Of preparation had been put Int,
1t, and from the time the parade startet
Tuesday afternoon until the curtain
went down on the minstrel show Frida.
night, every feature was carried out In
way that gave satisfaction to all con
cerned.
The first feature Was the parade o
Tuesday afternoon, which, while IL wa
for advertising purposes, was we'll wortl
seeing In itself. Automobiles repre-
senting the several departments OF th'
fair, and carrying representative char
scters, some OF them In elaborate COS
TUNES, travelled the principal streets o.
South Paris and Norway, and drew th'
attention of crowds along the way.
Wednesday was the day OF the fall
proper, or the sale, when Grange Hal
was filled afternoon and evening with
lively crowd OF buyers. In the evening
there was q free entertainment consist
ing of orchestra music and singing by
the Ariel Quartette, Mrs. Farnum, Mrs
Perkins, Mrs. Merrill and Mrs. Russell
In former days perhaps on some occs
sions as much work has been put into
the preparations and decorations for
fair as was done this time, but 1t is Ger
tainly some years since We have had any.
thing like 1t. Grange Hall was, to use
the ancient and honorable phrase, bow
er of beauty, decorated with streamers
of red, white and blue, and lined with
the several booths at which the sale was
conducted.
The booths represented the twelve
months of the year, and the decoration
of each was left to the committee which
was in charge of 1t. A great deal OF
work was put into the decoration OF
some Of them, and the results were very
pleasing.
January was the apron booth, and q
busy place. The decorations were OF
white cotton and green. Mrs. Anna b.
Jacobs was the chairman of this COM
mittee.
Hearts and Cupids In red and In guam
tity constituted the feature of the Feb
ruary booth, which was the candy table,
and was constantly we'll patronized.
This was in charge of Mrs. Eva X. Ord
way and assistants.
The shamrock was the conspicuous
feature at the March booth, where the
decorations were in green on white
ground. This was the art department,
and contained many very attractive
things In that line. Mrs, Ida Fletcher
and assistants were in charge here.
April was the handkerchief table, the
decorations being of white and moss
green, with clusters OF violets. Mrs. G..
A. Doran was the chairman at this
booth.
May decorations were of green. This
booth was devoted to plants, and there
was good stock of them which found
a ready sale. Miss Cora j. Mason and
assistants were In charge.
June was the doll and toy department,
and the decorations as befttiug the
mouth were of green and roses-roses In
quantity. Mrs. Agnes Perkins was the
chairman.
July occupied the stage, with patriotic
decorations in the national colOrs. As
appropriate to the patriotic occasion,
this department was devoted to the sale
of the great American refreshment, Ice
cream. The chairman was Mrs. Jennie
Brett.
Dainty decorations of light blue and
lemon yellow adorned the August booth,
at which punch was dispensed, In charge
of Mrs. Fannie 81. Eastman and assist
ants.
September was center OF attraction,
as 1t was devoted to those things 80 dear
to the feminine heart which are known
as fancy work. The decorations were OF
autumn leaves on white ground. This
was in charge of Mrs. Sara Parlin and
assistants. Mr.. Morrill,, of the Burnham
& Morrill, Co., contributed ten dollars
toward this booth.
October was also popular month-at
least as long as the supply held out, Tor
there cooked food was on sale. The
decorations were of black and orange.
Mrs. T. NJ. Davis was the chairman.
Almost anything from a yeast cake to
pair of shoes was to be found al
November, which was the country store.
This was decorated in Thanksgiving pa
per, with turkeys and other symbols.
and in real pumpkin yellow. Mrs. Maud
Forbes and assistants we're In charge.
December was the time-honored
"prab," which was In the form OF pack
ages on two Christmas trees, one for the
children and the other for the grown
ups. Mrs. Florence Haskell was the
chairman. The decorations were In the
Chriotmas colors of red and green.
Thursday evening the mems supper
was served to good number at Grange
Hall and the Congregational vestry
There was an attractive menu and grea'
abundance of food. Whether the mer
did any of the cooking or not, they die
the serving, and did 1t we'll.
There was no question OF crowd FOL
the Ladies' Two-Tone Minstrels, which
appeared at Grange Hall Thursday ano
Friday evenings. The house had beer
sold for both nights some days In ad
vance. and some who wished to come
from away were unable to do so for lace
of seats. In the language OF the day, tn'
show can be briefly described as "cork
er," and 1t was worthy OF much mor'
space than the Democrat. can give II
From start to finish 1t was snappy ane
lively, delightfully."- musical or scream
ingly funny, and every moment OF
was keen delight.
For the circle, Miss Helen Barnes, II
evening dress, was interlocutor. IN.
four end "men" were Misses Rutl
Brown, Muriel Bowker, Lena Franol
and Viola Walton, in black face ant
elaborate costume, and they were "oi
the lob" every second. The rest OF tn
circle were 10 white face and whit
dresses, with red caps and ties. Rarel'
has so much work and attention been pu
into the costuming and stage effects TO
Q show here.
The second part was representatio
of the booking Office Of "O'Keefe's Cii
cult" where high grade vaudeville act
in variety were tried out. OF these
would hardly be possible to single on
any for special mention, unless 1t wa
the "Just Married" act OF Miss Murie
Bo wker and Miss Viola Walton, or th
black.face songs of Mrs. Kate Hsmmon
of Paris Hill, which perhaps "took
With the audience above the others.
Up to date the total receipts from th
several departments of the fair amour
, to some over 500, with some more to .
reported. There are some quite lare
Q. penses to be paid out of this.
Arthur II. Dunham,
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