The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1905-02-02
THE NEWS OF BROOKS.
Horace Gerald recently lost valuabl.
work horse.

Horace Gerald recently lost a valuable
work horse.
c. E. Lane made a business trip to
| ArOostOok county last week.
J. Fl. Gordon and wife visite d relative
in Exeter, N H., last week and visited
Boston on the return trip.
The boys of the High school are practic-
ing basket ball. The old Yankee Blade
hall is used as place of meeting.
Mrs. Flora Thompson and Miss Myrtle
Forbes, who have been visiting relatives IN
Brooks, returned to Boston this week.
Mrs. Hattie Merrithew left Saturday for
South Portland and will stay for a time
with her son, Harold Merrithew, who lives
there.
Mrs. w. o. Estes has returned from
Jackson, where she has been caring for her
sister, Mrs. Minnie Tasker, who for some
weeks has been very i'll.
Manley Ellis is in very poor health and
has been with his daughter, Mrs. w. S.
Reynolds, for several weeks. He is now
thought to be improving slowly.
This community was shocked by news of
the sudden and unexpected death of Harvey
N. Edwards of jackson Tuesday morning.
l1c udu USOu Ills BUSINESS rs usual
the day previous, but was taken i'll during
the night and died before morning. He was
born in Brooks and was a veteran of the
Civil war.
Miss Inez Hutchinson has returned
from Massachusetts, where she was with
her brother Harry, who has been danger
Ously ill., He is better and the doctors
hope for a complete recovery, although it
will be weeks before that is accomplished.
He will come home as soon as he is able to
stand the journey.
This is the third season Brooks has used
the snow roller and experience has CON
WINGED the most carping critic of its i'm
mense superiority over any device ever in
vented for breaking roads. In two days
after the great storm of last week our roads
were perfectly open to travel, not narrow
tracks but wide hard roads in which loaded
teams could pass anywhere.
Both the boys and girls of the High
school have formed basket ball teams and
in the near future Belfast can look well to
her laurels. They are being trained by
their teacher, Mr.. Woods; The officers of
the young ladies basket ball team are as
follows: Manager, Marie York, Captain,
Edna Elwell !; Secretary. Winnie Patterson
Treasurer, Lila Estes. The young gentle
men have chosen officers as follows
Manager, Frank II. Lane; Captain,
LAWRENCE M. Cook; Secretary, Everett
Cilley; Treasurer, Earl A. Trundy.
The officers of Golden Crown Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, were installed Tuesday
night by Grand Keeper of Records and
Seal Wilfred E. Kicker of Portland, assisted
by E. G. Holbrook as Grand Prelate and
NJ. J. Dow as Grand Master at Arms. The
new officers are as follows: Chancellor
Commander, E. B. Edwards; Vice Chan
cellor, A. K Huxford; Prelate, Rev. E: E.
COlburn; Master at Arms, G.. F. Files !;
Keeper Of 81, Records and % Seal, p. G: Roberts.
of Exchequer, A. B. Pay son; Inner Guard,
Fred Moulton Outer Guard, Geo. H Miller.
banquet followed the installation cere-
monies,
The members of the Brooks High school
have organized for the purpose OF starting
a school paper to be called the Mayt1ower.
The officers are as follows: Business Man.
ager, Clara Springer; Assistant Manager,
Hester Rose; Edtor-in-Chief, Frank Fl.
Lane; Assistant Editor, Hattie L. Work ];
Local Editor, Earle A. Trundy; Personal
Editor, Mertie Ames; Literary Editors,
Lawrence NJ. Cook and Edna Elwel; Ath-
eletic Editor, Lawrence f. Estes; Treas
urer, Marie York. 1t is confidently expect
ed that the efforts of these literary aSprantS
will throw all previous achievements in
this direction into the shade Success to
them. we IKE 10 see TINS evidence OF Cnelr
ambition.
very fine entertainment was given in
the church parlor last Friday evening with
the following program: Solo, 500 to Sleep
Ma Babe" Mrs. Francis Merritt; male
Duet, ''Larboard Watch" Messrs. Jones
and Morrill, male quartetJe, "Doctor Foster
Went to Chester" Messrs. Morrill,, Good
win, Jones and Brown; lecture, 'sThree
Years on the Pacific" by Rev. E. f. Col
burn. This lecture was from the personal
experience of Mr.. Colburn and can but be
appreciated by all WHO hear it. Mr.. Col
subject which he may treat Our friends in
Belfast, Searsport and Winterport should
hear it. Ice cream and cake were served
and social time enjoyed after the lecture.
We noticed in recent issue of The
journal the death of Geo. w. Dorman of
Freedom. For many years Mr.. Dorman
lived in Brooks and he was one of the best
known men in town thirty Or forty years
ago He came here some sixty years ago
and married the widow Choate, formerly
Rhoda Sawyer, and they lived on the Saw
yer place on Sprout Hill in West Brooks.
Mrs. Dorman was we'll connected and had
many friends in Boston. Her first hns-
band US captain of Il steamer. In sum-
mer the Dorman's house was filled with city
company. Our earliest recOllectiOnS are
associated with DOrman and his wife as in
the pleasant summer evenings he often
played out of doors, entertaining the
neighbOrhOOd. He was an honest and hard
working man and highl y respected
Guaranteed Cure For Piles.