Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-08-02
SOUTH PARIS.

v,,. Stanley Blsbee of Rumford wa
10 town Friday
Liable E. Newell OF sumner was 3
9Th Paris Saturday.
A.. Anns q. Hayes returned Thurs
-, w. ,,om ! visit Of several days to rela
Ives in Lewiston.
Mia. Dorjs Kerr is taking vacation
rhs office OF W. ]. Wheeler i Co.
IA snsDt the past week at Rumford.
Ma Ruth Wheeler Loud Of South
vasmousb, Mass, was guest at Alton
" WSsslsr's for a short time last week
~, Ida Porter and daughter, Miss s
porrsr. left Wednesday for Palmer
pa where they will visit Roy b.
p yT' and family for number of weeks,
,S,opph most Of the remainder OF the
school vacation
u-s p E. Hathaway and son Donald,
- have been 10 Chicago for the past
'S,ss wears ars'guests of Mr.. Hsthaway's
tasbsr, T. z Hathaway, and his sister,
Va, Mabel Hathaway. Mr.. Hathaway Is
,IDectsd here little later.
dancing st Harrison Grange Hall Tues
1.y night. Aug. 2. Shsw's Orchestra,
~ njscss. featuring Win Kimball, clsri-
-, Vic whitman, Bowdoin jazz drum
-, Dancing at $50, standard time.
Pnssslrs bus will carry patrons.
Gilbert SWEET, formerly Of Winchester,
Mass VS. ted relatives and friends here
fora dsy or two last week. Mr.. SWEET
nov has a position with photograph
sompsuy. travelling much OF the time,
With headquarters at Salt Lake City.
Miss Helen NJ. Barnes, supervisor Of
nnsic in the Paris schools, returned last
Vssk from Lssell Seminary, Auburn
+.ls Mass, where she has been taking
thsmusc supervisors course in the Amer
icsp Institute of Normal Methods. This
vss her third summer at that Institution,
and she completed the course with credit,
and received a diploma.
Miss Edith Maxwell, who teaches in
Nslrose. Mass, and her sister, Mrs. Al
bsr,s Chase Of birmingham, Mass, are
m an extended trip to the Pacific coast,
gojng by way Of the Santa Fe Railroad
and visiting the Grand Canyon, to Los
Angeles and San Francisco, thence by
The Shasta route TO Portland, Ore, and
home over the Great Northern.
Paris Grange observed young peoples
night at its last meeting Saturday, July
10 The chairs were filed by the young
members. A sociable followed the pro-
grsm. Refreshments Of fudge, ice cream
and cake were served. At the next
meeting, Aug. 8, the first and second de-
grsss will be conferred. All waiting
candidates please be present. Meeting
called st 80 P. NJ.
On account OF the water situation,
patrons Of the village system were given
public notice last week that hose must
not be used more than an hour a day,
and later notice was issued that hose
must not be used at all except in case of
Ere. Not for eight or ten years has the
water supply been so low. Nor is IL
strange when we consider that since
last fall We have had only light snow
fall, and but little rain, no heavy fall at
any time.
Did you ever see dove In the street
Bit b. a yehiele9 Rarely, II ever. The
writer has seen many Of them move un-
cOncernedly out of the way with only an
inch or 80 OF clearance, bot the other
day be saw one actually bit. 1t was -sn
automobile that did it, of course, and 1t
was coming down High Street at about
double the allowed speed, or spproxi-
mately thirty miles an hour. The dove
few OF, but what looked like handful OF
confetti thrown out Of the car proved to
be feathers which the machine took out
Of him.
Herbert B Goodwin of High Street
met With an unfortunate accident upon
resumiug work in the factory of the
Paris Manufacturing Co. Monday morn
Ing Of last week, after the six weeks
shutdown. As be was using piece OF
vaste to clean of little rust which had
gathered on the spoke machine at which
be was working, the waste was caught
In the machine, and drew the forehnger
Of bis right hand into the machine, so
msngiDg Il that it was necessary TO am
puIsts quite a portion of the finger. 1t
has been quite painful, but otherwise Is
doing we'll.
The furniture business in Billings
block, established years ago by the late
=, A. Thsyer, and continued in the same
name after his death By his daughter,
Mss Grace Thsyer, has been sold to <.
5. Jones, who took possession Monday
morning, and will run the business IN
der the title of Thsyer's Furniture Store,
Z. 5. Jones proprietor. Mr.. Jones Is
one Of the best known citizens OF the
place, and has been clerk in the store Tor
the past twenty.three years. Mrs. Fogg
will continue her BUSINESS as undertaken
and funeral director, and Mr.. Jones Will
continue as her assistant In that work.
The remains of Sergt. Arthur s. Foster
arrived az South Paris Friday morning,
and 10 the afternoon were buried IN Xiv
erSlde Annex, with a service conducted
BY Rev. J. L. Wilson of the Baptist
church, and the burial service OF Mt.
Mica Lodge, l. o. o. F., of which he was
q member. Sergt. Foster was born In
South Paris April Is, 1893, the son OF
Andrew J. and Minnie (LowelD Foster.
de enlisted April Is, 1917, In Co. ID, Sec
ond Maine Infantry, which later became
tne lOSd q, s. Regiment. Previously ne
had done National Guard duty with the
company. he was made corporal at the
beginning OF bis service, and later be-
came sergeant. he was wounded IN the
side by 3 piece Of shell north OF Verdun,
and died from the effect of the wound
Oct. q, 1918. Arthur 8. Foster Post,
American Legion, of South Paris, was
named 10 bis honor.
A very interesting and enjoyable piano
recital was given Tuesday, July 70, at
2. n, at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
george |. Burnbam by pupils OF Mrs.
Burnham. The rooms were filled with
invited guests, including the parents and
hiends OF the pupils. The music room
was very attractive with ferns and bou-
quets Of sweet peas and phlox. The
program Included two vocal numbers oy
Mss Ruth Marguerite Graves, and after
rendering the brilliant Waltz Song, she
responded to an encore by singing IN .
delightful way "Serenade" by Neid'
niger. The program as prepared fo'
Tue evening was as follows:
Two plAnos-rripping Through the Heather
Hester 0rdway Helen Emeley
- Laura Brooks Marguerite Waterhouss
rhe Wayside Rose Fischer
Waltz "iA ~o''
Laura Colby
Ano hose
v.. Zilpha Doran