The Republican journal., 1903-01-22
County Correspondence.

Ness rendered several selections. Mrs. U.
S. Gushee gave recitation and interesting
remarks BY members of the order we're
enjoyed by all. The installation was public
to invited guests and many we're present
from this and adjoining towns. Oyster
stew, pies, cake, tea, coffee, and other eat
ables were served in the dining hall, and
| when the tables were cleared away the
room, which is the whole size of the build
ing, was made ready for dancing, which
was enjoyed by large number OF the
| guests. :. Hon. and Mrs. S. J. Gushee were
called to Lncolnville Saturday by the death
| of Mrs. Gushee's brother-in-law, MIR. Hahn
| The funeral of Mrs. John Arnold was
held Friday at her late residence, Rev. Geo.
Jenkins officiating. .Stillman Simmons
lost valuable COW one night recently. 1t
was hooked by another COW which got loose
| in the stable.
MONROE.
On the evening of Jan. 9th, public and
| Joint installation of the Officers-elect OF
| Monroe Lodge and Loyal Rebekah Lodge,
l. o. 0. F., was held at Odd Fellows Hall.
| The exercises were conducted in very i'm
pressive manner. The following officers
of Monroe Lodge were installed by Alton
K Braley, District Deputy, assisted by
Past Grand Master Samuel Adams as Grand
Marshal and Elbridge S. Pitcher as war
den, all of Belfast: n. G., George Pal
mer; V. G., Frank A. Nye; Sec'y., Albert
F. Durham; f. Sec'y., Asher A. Mayo !;
| Treas. Frederick L. Palmer; Warden, Kos
coe L. Clements Con-, Wilder S. Parker !;
r. S. to y. G., E. p Haskell; L. S. to N. e.,
Lewis I. Ritchie; r. S. to V. G., Charles
| johnson L. S. to V. G., Sumner T. Stevens
Chap, Joseph Pattee; l. g., f. 7. West; o..
G., Joseph b. Palmer After the brothers
were installed all were invited to the BAN
quet hall where a fine oyster supper was
served by our caterer, Edwin jenkins, who
/ has an enviable reputation for culinary
skill, and on this occasion, as on former ones,
proved the reputation deserved. After the
banquet the following officers of Loyal he
! bekah Lodge were installed in very pleas
ing manner by District Deputy President
| Belle J. Palmer, assisted by Annie Is.
| Clements as Grand Marshall n. IT,, Alice
NJ. Palmer; V. G., Flora M. Ritchie; Sec,
Theo. f. Dickey; F. c., Blanche p. Nealley !;
Treas, Mary A. Twombly; Warden, Carrie
| Wildes Con-, Lura NJ. Ritchie; K, s. to n.
| G., Laura A. Palmer; L. S. to n. g., Flora
/ NJ. johnson r. S. to V. G., Evie S. Parker :;
| L. 5. to v G., Emma Curtis; Chap, Alice
| NJ. TwombIy; l, g., Sadie Cunningham; U.
g., Fred II. Cunningham. After the in
stallation very pretty speech was listened
to by the newly installed n. g., and vote
of thanks was extended to the retiring
! officers and all enjoyed social time until
! the midnight hour The officers OF Ezra
| NJ Billings Post, G. \. r., and their aux
iliary held joint installation Jan. 7th
/ The officers of the Post were installed by
| l. F. Cook, Past Commander, as follows; :;
| Com, Jefferson Nealley; S. V. CON-, Geo.
II. Fisher j. V. Com, Ed. Chaplin; Chap,
Jerry Bowen q. NJ, F. L. Palmer; o. of d.,
A. S. York; Surg, 7. K. Clements; AdJt'
Peter Cooper; Sergt. Maj, l.. l.. Plum
mer; @. NJ. Sergt., A. f. Batchelder,
The officers of E. NJ. Billings w. R. G. were
| installed by Past Dept. Pres. Belle }. Palmer
in her usual fine manner, assisted by Estelle
| NJ. Ward as conductor The officers were
as follows: Pres, Mary f. Fisher; S. v.
| Pres, Mary A Plummer; j. V. Pres, Josie
K Lufkin; Chap, c. E. Durham; Treas,
B. j. Palmer; Sec'y, B, A. Barden, Con-,
! II. A. Cooper; Guard, A. X. Clements; Asst.
! Con-. Z. Nj. Nard: Asst. Guard, NJ f. Rob
ertson; Color bearers: No. l, Sarah Rand,
| No ., Mary Putnam, No. 8, Almeda Bowen,
| No. 4. Persis A. Fernald. At the annual
meeting of the Waldo & Penobscot Agri-
| cultural Society, held here last week, the
following officers were elected: President,
W. Is. F. Twombly, Monroe; Vice President,
! Edwin jenkins, Monroe; Sec, +. II, Bow
don, Monroe; Treas, F. l.. Palmer, Monroe :,
Trustees, W. b. Goodwin, Monroe, Fred
Parker, Frankfort; A. L. Walker, Swan
vile; f. f. Newcomb, Newburg; James
Putnam, jackson; Z. B. Gould, Dixmont: ::
II. Haley, Winterport; w. B. Ferguson,
Hampden; A. II. Mayo, Monroe. The date
of the fair will be given later. Mrs. Foss,
who lives in the village with her daughter,
has had shock and it is feared she will not
recover. She is past So. The w. Z. L. u.
met with Miss S. A. Mansur last Friday.
Cake and chocolate were served. The
fine entertainment given by Loyal Rebekah
Lodge Christmas eve will be repeated Fri
day evening, Jan. 16th... Mrs. John TWom-
bly, has recovered from neuralgia and mus
cular rheumatism. Mr.. r. W. Mayo, who
recently had his toe amputated, is doing as
well as could be expected. Mark Chase,
title son of F. Chase, has been confined to
his bed with appendicitis for three weeks
but is doing we'll now. He suffered acute
pain for "a hours. DR.. Kilgore Of Brooks
was called in consultation with DR.. Brown
and it was thought best not to perform an
operation unless absolutely necessary. Ethel
Chase, their daughter, is sick with measles
in Pennington, where she is attending
school. At last report she was doing well.
Hattie Webb of Monroe, her roommate, has
had the measles and is recovering
Dying BY Slow Degrees.
ALTHOUGH not ALWAYS aware of it yet