Oxford Democrat., 1921-12-06


Services a Paris Hin Baptist church every
evening service Is IN. Thursday evening
prayer meetings as % O'Clock.
Col. and Mrs. Edward T. Brown close
thsir home and 60 to Boston on Monday
of this week.
The big storm that did 90 much dam
age 10 central Maine and Massachusetts,
was much less severe In this section.
The thaw of Saturday took most OF the
snow and left the roads very rough. All
sorts of vehicles are still In use, but
neither the wheeling nor sleighing are
good.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Hammond were
guests of their mother and sister. Mrs.
Julia A. Hammond and DR.. G. r. Ham,
mond, at the Sherwood, In Portland last
Tuesday.
Crews from the Central Maine Power
Company are wiring the houses OF Mrs.
Ellen H. jackson and q. 81. Heald for
electric lights.
The monthly library meeting will be
held at the Library Wednesday, Dec. z,
at P. n.
The first Baptist circle Of the season
will be held on Tuesday evening, Dec. IS.
There will be chicken pie supper and
the chief feature OF the entertainment
will be magic lantern pictures. Any
one willing to furnish chicken or make
a chicken pie please report 10 the sup
per committee, Mrs. r. W. Shaw and
Mrs. Gilbert Shaw. Those not other
wise solicited please bring cake or pas
try.
At recent meeting of the officers and
teachers of the Sunday School, 1t was
voted to have the customary Christmas
tree and invite the whole community to-
unite with the Sunday School In making
il the success II was last year. The fol-
lowing committee was chosen to look
after arrangements and appoint other
committees II necessary: Mrs. Clintie
e. shaw, chairman, Mrs. Helen Carlson,
Miss Jeannis Hubbard, Mrs. E. B. Cur
tis, Mrs. n. p. Shaw, Mrs. Edna Cum
minga, Mrs. John Pierce, E. A. Daniels,
Harold Shaw.
A report that has recently been pub
lished In several Of the Maine newspa-
pers to the effect that the finest and
largest quartz crystal yet discovered and
containing twenty-four pink and green
tourmalines, came from Mount Mica and
Is owned by Norway lspidary, Ii some-
what misleading. The crystal referred
to 10 owned by Loren B. Merrill OF this
town and is now In bis possession. 1t
was mined at the Auburn feldspar mine.
IL 10 twelve inches long, six inches In d.
ameter and weighs ten pounds and con-
tains q number of green tourmalines but
no pink ones.
Mrs. Emma T. Hubbard has Q crew Of
workmen employed In the work Of re-
modelling the Geo. W. Cole house and
laying sewer connection three hundred
feet in length. In digging the ditch be-
tween the store and post office the ledge
was encountered and nineteen holes were
drilled about two feet apart; half
pound Of dynamite placed In each hole
and all exploded by . battery at one
blast. Timbers laid on the ledge were
blown into the tops of the large elm
trees, but no damage done. The work
was 10 charge Of Loren B. Merrill, who
says that the roots Of the elm trees in
the Cole yard were 90 thick that twenty
feet of ditch there cost more TO dig than
. hundred and fifty after getting away
from them. As usual Mr.. Merrill had
both eyes open for minerals and was re-
wardsd by digging up q beautifully va
riegated jasper In the Cole yard.
Miss Annie j. Gwynne was here to At
tend the funeral of Mrs. Emma T. Cum.
miugs. While here she was the guest OF
Mrs. K. A. Daniels. Miss Gwynne is well
remembered here ss supplying In the
Baptist pulpit three years ago. During
the past year she has been engaged In
evangelistic work in Seattle, the home Of
her parents, but has returned to Maine
under the auspices Of the Maine Baptist
Convention.
Pupils having 100 per cent spelling the
past week: Roy Slattery, Arlan Whitney,
Alma Marston, Evelyn Cummings, Ger
trude Everett, Charlotte Daniels, Esther
Curtis.