The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-06-29
FREEDOM.

The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Clark |
Thompson of Lowell, Mass, are made sad
by Mr.. Thompson's recent death. ...Mrs. ID.
W. Dodge went to Lowell Monday. Mrs.
B. F. Harding is visiting her daughter. Mrs.
George Bryant. .. Miss Bertha Bryant's
and Miss Phoebe Cross schools at Albion
Corner close Friday. Mrs. Anna Stephen
son closes her school in Burnham Village
Friday. Miss Esther Evans was the
guest of Miss Dodge Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Evans school in Freedom is to close
this week.
LIBERTY.
DIR. S. w. johnson and Arthur Richie,
| ESQ.,, of Belfast were in town Saturday..
The schools in town closed Friday for the
summer vacation. Miss Mary A. Brown
| has resigned as teacher of the village
Primary, a position which she has held for
several years. J.. DIR. G. r. Berry and family
of Hamilton, N. Y, arrived in town last
Saturday end will spend the summer with
Mrs Berry's mother, Mrs. j. W. Clough....
The Sunday school recently elected the fol-
| lowing officers and teachers: superintend-
ent, Grace E. Hunt; secretary and treas
urer, Mrs. Will Hurd; librarian, Ruby
| Hurd teachers, Mrs. C. B. Holt, Mrs. c. NJ
| Hurd, Mrs. G. w. Cram... Ralph l. Morse,
who is studying law in Belfast, was at
home for a few days last week. Miss
| Lila Morrow of Bangor is visiting at G. II.
| Cargills.
| SEARSMONT
| Prof. Herbert E. Cobb of Chicago arrived
! home last Saturday for three weeks visit,
| at the close of which he and his wife EN-
bark for Europe, where they will spend
year in study and travel. :. Mrs. Harry
Adams of Franklin, Mass, is spending a
week in town.. R. F. Dunton, Esq, and
Miss Edith Dunton of Belfast were in town
| last Sunday. Miss Alice Poor has re-
ceived her appointment as postmistress
and will enter upon her duties July 1st....
Mrs. Charles Brown is visiting friends in
Portland. Mr.. Brown will join her there
this week. -. Mr. Dixon of Lisbon is a
guest at the parsonage. Reverends Bee
bee and Denslow exchanged pulpits last
Sunday. AT the annual meeting of Oak
Grove Cemetery Association Otis D. Will
son was elected president.
FRANKFORT.
This is busy town at present. Hun
dreds Of teams pass through daily with sup
plies for the railroad and swarms of Italians
are at work: The Mt. Waldo Granite Co.
, have about $50 cutters employed at their
works, besides large number of quarry
men and roustabouts. There is also large
crew employed at the village, constructing
new dam. >. "A branch of the Internation-
al Quarrymen's Union has been organized at
Mt. Waldo and already has large member
ship....J. Edmund Battles, Paul c. Leonard
and Caroline Lazzari have arrived home
from the E. NJ Z. S, for the summer vaca-
/ ton. Miss Mary Leonard, who has been
teaching school at Deer Isle, has returned
home for the summer vacation. Miss o.
| E. Bradbury left last week for her home in
Hollis Centre, after closing very success
full term of school in the Mt Waldo district
Miss Bradbury is an excellent teacher, and
We hope to find her on our list of teachers
next fall. Miss Edna Polleys, bookkeeper
in the Frankfort Supply Co.'S store, has
gone to her home in Calais for few weeks
vacation. During her absence Harold W.
Files is taking her place.
BUCKSPORT.
The new president of the East Maine Con-
| ference seminary, although a stranger
| here, was a native of Brewer, man of
rare ability and comes with the best of
references. The support of all the COM
munity will be given to him as freely as was
, the support rendered to Prof. Cooper. The
, interest of the school and its management
| by broad-minded man, whatever hi
name, will please and receive the support
of those who are the most interested-the
people of Bucksport.. -. MeSsrS. Guy W.
McAllister, Albert c. Swazey and r. b.
praisal of the estate OF the late Ivory Grant,
consisting largely OF real estate that is like
! ly to come into the market for sale. Includ-
ed in this property is the old trotting park
built by Ambrose Hartman in 1867, still in
good condition, after being out of commits
sion nearly 40 years. There is a movement
on foot by syndicate to acquire this
property and utilize it for training and ex-
| hibition grounds. =. From Monday, June
Goth, to the end of the season, the citizens of
Bucksport will maintain baseball team.
1t is the intention of those interested to
support team open to any college OF city
in Maine.
| THORNDIKE.
The service at Harmon's hall last Sunday
afternoon by Rev. F. I. Hanscom was devot-
ed to the children and was interesting and
instructive. A goodly number were pres
ent. Miss Carrie A. Ferguson of Minneapo-
lis, MIMI, is passing the summer with her
mother, Mrs. Joseph Higgins. Mrs. Caro-
line Ward is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A.
II. Higgins. ...J. II. Stevens passed Satur-
. day and Sunday in Searsport.. Miss Jen-
ME Cox is visiting friends in Waterville. ...
A. W. Ward and DR.. b. p. Hurd attended
the Masonic gathering in Brooks Sunday.
....Isaac Howard of Unity passed last Sat
urday with Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Harmon
while on his way to visit relatives in Mont
Vile. Master Bartlett Jackson is visiting
| his unclo Arthur IaoESo S,m,,a al