Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-08-24
BELFAST.
Mrs. Cecil Clay Gives
Elaborate Dancing Party.
We||-knoWn Man Accused Of
Sending ScuTTi|ous Letters.
Happenings Of General Interest and
News Of Summer Guests.

One of the most brilliant events of the
given in Memorial hall Friday evening
by Mrs. Cecil Clay of Portland, fer
merly Miss Blanch Dolloff of Belfast.
Music was furnished by the Belfast
9,,intct and program of 16 dances
wax highly enjoyed. At intermission
ices and cake were served.
]. w. Frederick gave an informal
Bridge party Friday in honor of Mrs.
w. f. Rice of Christchurch. New Yea
land. who is the guest of Mrs. John
Quiriby. The rooms were decorated
with sweet peas. golden and scarlet
berries. There were three tables made
up Of the following guests: Mrs. John
| Cuimby, Mrs. Ada Swan, Miss Calvina
Heryey, Mrs. George A. Quimby, Miss
Frarcis Chase. Miss Annie Bean, Mrs.
Carrie Pendleton, Miss Carrie White,
Miss Pauline Webster, Mrs. AnseI
White, Mrs. Adolph Rossbach of this
city; Mrs. Augusta Starkey of Wash
ington, D. c., and the guest of honor,
Mrs. W. E. Rice of New Zealand.
Bridge was played, after which a CO.
lation was served by Mrs. Frederick,
assisted by Mrs. George A. Quimby
and Miss Elizabeth Augusta Quimby.
Miss Annie Bean won the first prize.
| Miss Carrie White the second and Mrs
Adolph ROssbach the consolation.
The little daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
| William Keen, living on the Smith
farm, Searsport, is reported much
more comfortable and the chances are
| very favorable for her recovery. The
little girl, Gladys, four years old,
| while playing with some other chill
| dren, was thrown from a swing and it
was feared for some time that she was
| fatally injured
Among the out oft town guests to at
| tend the ball Friday night were Alfred
| VeaZie of Bangor who is camping at
Ducktrap; William Morrison of Ellis
worth; Gay Holmes of Boston; Clyde
Holmes of MillinOcket: Eaton Simmons
and Henry Gardner, Jr., of Rockland;
Mrs. Robert Randall of Cambridge,
| Mass; Roy Morrison of Saco and two
blackboard loads from Northport camp
ground.
Miss Isaphene Patterson. who has
| been the guest of her mother, Mrs.
Eta Patterson, left Saturday for Port
| land en- her way to Boston. Her guest,
Miss Mabel Yost, returned earlier in
the week to her home in Rockville, ct.
Mrs. Walter II. Bimms and little son
Frederick of Boston, who have also
been guests of Miss Patterson, will re-
turn home today.
delightful Blackboard party and
Picnic supper was given Friday in
honor of Miss Isabelle Rice of Geneva,
n. Y, who is the guest of Miss Edith
Dunton. The party left the city about
3 o'clock and drove, to The Bluffs at
Temple Heights, where supper was
served. In the party were Miss Mary
Smelzer of Geneva. ~ ". Miss Alice
Fessenden. Stamford, CT, Miss Louise
Richards, Pennington, Miss Charlotte
ePrkins of Melrose and Miss Marguerite
Pillsbury, Miss Edith Dunton, Miss
Florence Dunton, Miss Helen Bird and
Mrs. Howard l.. Written.
Miss Annie Dyer, Mrs. Frederick w
Brown, Edward Brown, Mr.. and Mrs
Willis Arnold and little son Robert and
l.. j. Arnold of Springfield who have
been passing some weeks at Qunaiba-
cook. have returned to this city,
Miss Louise Burleigh, who has been
member of Miss Evelyn Morrson's
camping party at Take-et-ez, on the
harbor front. has gone to Searsport. |
where she will visit friends before re-
turning home. The house party will
break camp today
Albert w. Stevens of saltwater was |
the guest of his father. Andrew j. |
Stevens, last week |
Mr.. and Mrs James II. Howes spent |
the week end at their camp at Pitch |
er's pond. Mrs. George A. Quimby
vas a guest.
Miss Helen Doak is passing a week
in Rockland, guest of her aunt, Mrs
Frank Haskell
The marriage intentions of Miss Eva
White, daughter of Mrs. Jennie w
" h1te of Belfast and Clarence Morgan,
son Of the late William Morgan of
Ellsworth, have been filed. The we'd
ding will take place this month.
Chandler Swift of South Paris is the
guest of his niece, Mrs. L. p. Lunt,
High street.
Tolman Fernald and Roy Bowdoin
returned Friday night from Bangor,
where they We're taken last Thursday
~ t''s'N'5I " a CIloISe Oh ScIluHlS sour
rilous letters through the mails. The
complaint Vas made by Flossie Stew
ems of this city to Frank L. Field, who
at once placed it before the depart
ment headquarters. Two inspectors
were at once sent here and Mir Fer
maid and Mr.. Bowden We're taken to
Eangor, where hearing was held
The woman claimed that she had re-
ceived several letters, one of which she
which were of a scurrilous
nature. and the letter shown at the
trial asked for an answer and gave
the address and box number of Mr.
Fernald. Fernald and Bowdoin room
together and have always borne clean
regulations. Fernald is man about A.
years old. while Bowdon is scarcely
le.
Mr. Fernald said that he is entirely
of the charge and that there
is no doubt that someone has been
using his name in order to make trou- {
Bile. The theory is that the guilty par
~ did not really wish to receive a re-
ply but either did it for a practical :
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