The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1908-06-25
PERSONAL.

DR.. O. E. Haney of Boothbay was in Bel
fast recently.
l. V. Miller left Friday on business trip
to Boston and New York.
Hiram Gardiner of Unity visited friends
and relatives in Pittsfeld last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. L. Stevens of Portland
arrived Sunday to visit relatives in this
city.
Mrs. Spencer W. Mathews and Miss Belle
Mathews are at their cottage on the shore
for the season.
Miss Wilda Vose is at home from West
Townsend, Mass, where has she taught sue
cessfully for several years.
Miss Ethel NJ. Wood, who graduated from
the Gorham Normal school, returned home
last Friday evening.
Mrs. William NJ. Randall returned home
Saturday with Mr.. Randall, after accom-
panying him on brief trip.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Williamson of Au-
in Watervile June 10th.
Ralph O. Critchett, who has been study
ing at the New England Conservatory of
Music in Boston, is at home for the summer
Capt. B. F. Rice and Miss Eva A. shute
were in this city Tuesday on their way
from Boston to their summer home in
Standpoint.
Mrs George L. Pratt and daughter Mar
jorie of Chicago are here for the summer
and are stopping with Mrs A. A. Small, 20
Miller street.
Rev. and Mrs. Peter K. Hageman of New
ark, New Jersey, arrived last week and will
spend the summer at the Strout place in
East Belfast.
Mrs. Sidney B. Young and son Tom of
Greenville arrived Monday for visit to
Mrs. Young's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. O.
Pendleton, East Belfast.
Miss Blanche Pitcher returned to her
home in Northport last week, after spend
ing the millinery season in Skowhegan,
where she had employment.
Miss Cora S. Morrison left Wellesley Tues
day for Minneapolis, where she will spend
number of weeks, accompanying her Sis
ter, Miss Evelyn P. Morrison, home in Au-
gust.
Herbert A. Brown of Liberty, who re-
Gently completed years work as principal
of High school in Montana, was in Pitts
field for several days recently, the guest of
r. Fl. Berry.
Prof. James F. Tufts of Acadia College,
| 10 hoe VISITING in Ra1-
fast and Islesboro and left Monday to at
tend commencement at Harvard College,
his alma mater.
Hugh Hayford of this city was one of the
graduates from Oak Grove Seminary, Vas
salboro, last week. Miss Hattie Hayford
recited "The Honor of the Woods at the
Junior exhibition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jerome Brown of Dorches-
ter, Mass, arrived by Wednesdays boat for
visit with their parents, MIR. and Mrs. j.
W. Coombs, 27 Northport avenue. Mr..
Brown came for his health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Kockersperger ar
rived last week to be the guests of Mrs
Kochersperger' parents, Mr.. and Mrs. l..
George Dodworth, at their handsome sum-
mer home on the North Shore, Northport.
Mr.. f. J. Rigby's pupils gave their annual
recital in the Rumford Falls Universalist
church last week. The Rumford Falls
Times publishes the program and says: :"The
pupils by their excellent work showed what
proficient teacher Prof Rigby is. The Sc
lections by the boys band was a most pleas
| ing part of the entertainment"
NJ. j. West, formerly teacher in Wilton
| academy and later in the Pennington Nor
NAL, continues as superintendent of schools
at Mills, Mass. He has four towns in his
district-a recent addition of one. His son
Rocsoe, now 16 years old, graduates this
year from the Needham High school with
first honors in class of twenty-three.
| Next week he takes final examinations for
| Harvard, though he will not go to college
for year or two. He has already passed
the Harvard preliminaries with high
credits.-FarmingtOn Chronicle.
Miss Alice /. Written of this city, who
graduated from Kents Hill, had a prom
inent part in thu Commencement exercises
there last week. On class day, beside de-
livering the valedictory. Miss Whitten play
ed in both piano trio and a quartette.
She gave Browns "a Day OFF, in the
prize declamations and the subject of her
graduation essay was "Why 60 to College?"
Mr.. and Mrs Frank Whitten attended the
exercises.
Two former residents of Belfast figured
in the Kennebec county convention held in
Waterville last week. Joseph Williamson,
ESQ, placed in nomination Hon. S. S.
Brown of Waterville for judge OF probate,
and the name of Warren W. Knowlton of
Vassaboro as candidate for register of
probate was presented by Mark j. Bart
lett of Waterville and the nomination was
seconded by Norman K. Fuller of Water
Vile and Joseph Williamson of Augusta
Both nominations were made without op-
position. Mark j. Bartlett, formerly of
Montville, was nominated for clerk of courts
At the Commencement exercises of
Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, last
week Waldo County was we'll represented.
The class-day exercises were presided over
by Russell FL. Lord, class president, and
Maurice E. Lord had the class poem, "Nehil
Sine Lahore. 'Edyth J. Frost of Unity had
the prophecy and Miss Neva E. Poland of
Montville gave ga Tragedy in Millinery
at the Junior prize reading, and won the
second prize for girls. At the Commence