The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-06-04
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vile have been spending 10" days VIII
relatives Mrs. Leslie sylvester ana TWO
little daughters of Jefferson are visiting at
her fathers, j. A. Sprowl's. twenty young
neonle attended the Sunday school last Sun
day Clifton Morse conducted the exercises.
Mr.. and Mrs. Volney thompson are
| being congratulated on the arrival OF
another granddaughter. On May 25th Mr..
and Mrs. Arthur Gilpatrlck OF weston were
pleased to receive little daughter into their
| family. and. as has been reported, MIR. and
| Mrs. Samuel Fitzpatrick of the same place
| received a little daughter on May 10th.
Both ladies are daughters OF MIR. and Mrs.
| VOlney Thompson.
BURNHAM.
Mr.. and Mrs, Prescott Holt of st. Adams
visited Mr.. and Mrs. Oral Blalsdell Sunday.
80. Oral Blaisdel of this place and Prescott
! Holt of st Adams made pleasant call at
the home of VIM. H. Kimball Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Mitchell and children visited
Mrs. Mitchells parents, MIR. and Mrs.
George Wyman, Sunday Mrs. Aurelia
Gould of Auburn is visiting her daughter
and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth
Pease. The children of Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Cookson were taken suddenly i'll
one night last week and DR.. Lathbury OF
Pittsfeld was called to attend them. They
are much improved at this writing....... The
continued wet weather is causing the farm
ers much delay in getting in their crops....
Quite a large acreage of potatoes will be
planted in this section the present season.
MORRILL,.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brown have closed
their residence and are spending few
weeks with Mrs. Browns parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. William CoombS, in Waldo. Mr..
Coombs has been very poorly. Mr.. and
Mrs. Preston Mears of Winslow's Mills
visited his sister, Mrs. Nellie b. Hatch, re-
Gently. Rev. E. E. Morse have been absent
the past fortnight. He occupied the pulpit
in Palermo last Sunday, while Rev. G. V.
French of Poor's Mills supplied for him in
Morrill, .. Mrs. Lizzie Jackson and daugh-
ter Isabel have gone to Belfast, where they
will spend the summer. Several of the
Morrill, veterans were in the procession at
Belfast on Memorial Day.. Miss Emma
Paul has been stopping the past week with
Mrs. Helen MearS.... Ernest Bowen and
Earl Cross passed Saturday night and Sun
day with friends in Belfast. ..... Lightning
visited our village during the shower of
May 26th Many telephones were put out
of active service, large juniper tree at the
foot of Cemetery hill was destroyed, the
same bolt apparently entering the store of
A. B. Hatch and making a ragged hole
through the floor. The Waldo County
Veteran Association will meet in this viii
age today, Thursday, Exercises and din
ner at the Grange Hall in the morning and
a meeting in the church in the evening.
FREEDOM.
Memorial day was observed by Dana B.
Carter Post They met in G. A. r. hall at 1
O'Clock and marched to Pleasant Hill ceme-
terry to decorate the graves of fallen COM
rades, escorted by the band and Knights of
Pythias. That sacred duty performed they
marched to the church, which was prettily
decorated for the occasion with flags and
ported plants, and where the exercises were
as follows: organ voluntary by Miss Wini-
fred Dodge; reading general orders by II.
G. Barlow, the Post adjutant; response by
Past Commander Knowles Bangs; singing,
"Let the Dead and the Beautiful Rest" by
the quartette; prayer by the pastor, j. B.
Parry; reading roll call by II. G. Barlow
singing, sour Flag is the Best Flag of any,
by the quartette Then the audience listen
ed to very eloquent address by Rev. j. B.
Parry, after which Hon. L. c. Morse of Lib
erty made few well chosen remarks. The
exercises closed with singing "America. "....
Sunday, May 31st, the dedicatory exercises
of the Congregational church took place.
Rev. Charles Harbutt, secretary of the
Maine Missionary Society, delivered an
able address A memorial window was
presented by A. E. Linscott in behalf of the
students of Freedom Academy, after which
Rev. j. b. Parry and Mrs. Parry, Mr.. A E.
Lnscott and Mrs. Linscott were taken into
the church. Following is the commence
ment program of Freedom Academy: Sun
day, June 18th, at 10 As a. H., baccalaureate
sermon by Rev. j. Burford Parry; Monday,
June Sth, at p. M, base ball game, f, A. and
Good Will; in the evening, Junior prize
speaking with music by F. A. orchestra :;
Tuesday, June 9th, at 80 p M, class day
exercises on the campus with music by
Waronoco male quartette; at p. M, COM
mencement concert, Waronoco male quar-
tette and Leon c. Guptill, reader; Wednes-
day, June 10th, at 10 a. m, base ball game,
F. A. and Madison High school; at p. H.,
Old Student Banquet in Grange hall at p
M, graduating exercises in the Congrega-
tional church with music by Paine's orches-
ira of lewiston. Mrs. Abbie c. Keen, who
spent the winter with her son, Mr.. Carter B.
Keen, in Washington, D. c., returned home
May 25th... Freedom Academy base ball team
played with the Good Will team in Fairfield
Wednesday May 9th. The score was, F.
A, z, q. W. 3D.. Knowles Bangs is building
piece on his house. Fred Flye went to
Portland to stay over Memorial day......
Albra E. Flye has gone to Boston on
business. The Ladies' Circle met last
Thursday afternoon with Mrs. George
Worth. Mr.. and Mrs. F. P. Webb of
Swanville visited Mrs. Webb's mother,
Mrs. Susan J. Flye, May 50th and S1st....
Miss Ida Spencer of Belfast visited her
friend Miss Bertha Bryant May 29th....
James Flye has sold his place to Fred