The Republican journal., 1908-03-05
Personal.

ton for brief visit last week.
Mrs. ID. P. Palmer is in Somervlle, Mass,
the guest of Mrs. Charles F. Wildes.
Mrs. Herbert A. Fowler has returned
from a visit of several weeks with friends
in the west.
| Fred G. White returned last Monday
evening from trip to Florida, where he
spent some weeks
Mrs. Fred R. Poor left last week for a
visit with her mother, Mrs. E. b. Billings,
in Lynn, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs A. b. Wyie, who have been
visiting friends in RockIand and Thomas
ton, have returned.
Miss Margaret N. IIazeltine returned
Tuesday night from a number of weeks
visit in Massachusetts,
| Mr.. and Mrs Robert p. Chase are on a
business trip to Boston and New York, Sc
| lecting summer stock.
| Miss Louisa H. Ferguson left, last week,
| for Boston and New York, where she is at
| tending the wholesalers millinary open
| ings.
| Miss L.. Grace Chadwick and Mr.. John
| Pilsbury drove to Rockland Friday and
| visited friends over Sunday, returning Mon
| day.
| Mr.. and Mrs Fred A. johnson returned
| last Saturday evening from their wedding
| tour and are at % Court street, where they
| Will be at home after March 10Th.
Miss Flora E. Burgess and Mrs. Nellie
| Goodwin returned to Arlington, Mass,
saturday, after few days visit to their
brother Henry c. Burgess in East Belfast.
Mrs. NJ. g. PrentiSs is the guest of her
Sbn, H. NJ. Prentiss, for a few days. Her
husband is attending the New England
, Congregational Congress i'll Worcester,
Mass.
Mrs j. W. Frederick and Charles W.
Frederick will leave soon to spend the
spring months at st. Augustine, Fla,
Columbia, S. c., and in the Gland of the
Sky"
Howard Mason, Esq, who has been re-
ceiving treatment at the Eye and Ear In
frmary in Portland returned home by last
He was accompanied by Gerry l.. Brooks of
Portland.
Miss Louise knowlton has received a let
ter from her father, Frank K. knowltoD,
who left this city the first of February for
trip up the MediterraH can, announcing his
safe arrival at Cadiz, Spain, and stating
that his next stopping place would be Ma
diera.
Frank W. Gowen of Watervile, who has
been connected with the Union Mutual Life
Insurance Co. of Portland for some years,
was happily surprised last week by the
company eDlarging his responsibilities. Mr..
Gowen is now one of the several managers
of the State, a position of good deal of re-
sponsibility.
M. K. Knowton writes from Seabreeze,
Florida, under date of Feb. oath: "We are
having fine weather here; no cold spells so
far and no freezing weather. Hope we
shall escape this winter. business very
good here now and lots of people coming to
the races the first of March. We appreciate
The Journal very much. 1t brings US all
the news from home every week"
f. L. Robertson is selling about two cars
of grain each month, besides what the other
dealers sell. - West Kennebunk CORE.
spOndence BiddefOrd Journal
Frank L. Robertson was for number of
years popular clerk in B. D. Fields store,
and has many friends in Belfast who are
glad to hear of his success. His son-in-law,
Andrew Wilband, is associated with him in
business.
The many friends of Rev. Charles Har-
butt, who was injured by slipping on the
ice in Dexter Sunday, Feb. 10th, will be
glad to learn that his injuries are not so
severe as at first feared. No surgical opera
ti0n has been performed, and Mr.. Harbutt
is steadily improving. though he is still con-
fined to his home in Portland and is under
physicians care.
In speaking of the University of Maine
basketball season, just closed, in which
Maine lost one game to a State team, the
Bangor News says of Belfast boy:
The team was captained this season by
William M. Black, 'O9, of Belfast His posi-
ton is center. Black has had long expert
ence in basket ball and even in his prep.
SCnOOl days ne was COUnLeu dS one OI Iuo
star players in the State. He has had
three years experience in college basket
ball and is valuable man for the team.
His weight of 205 pounds does not hinder
him from being very fast and aggressive.
Rev. E. S. Philbrook was called from his
study last Monday evening and upon enter
ing the parlor of the parsonage, was greeted
by twenty-five boys Of the Baptist Sunday
school and Brotherhood. The Surprise"
Lott hS,d or
covered his wits and his breath, he express
ed his pleasure in thus meeting "his boys"
A very pleasant evening was spent with
"croconole," checkers, ''ping- pong" paper
card tossing and guessing games. As Mrs.