Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-17
The Tenth Annual Meeting
Of Literature Glass.
Northport Glass Republicans
W.T.McCobb For Legislature.
An Ancient Tombstone Discovered
An Ancient Tombstone Discovered
by East Belfast Man.

Belfast, Me, July 16.-(SpeciaD The
10th annual meeting of the Literature
class was held last night at the home
of Miss Elizabeth Kelley, East Belfast.
There was a good attendance and the
club had the pleasure of welcoming
Mrs. George Mills of Bennington, VT,
who is spending the summer at the
Battery. Mrs. Mills is one of the five
charter members Of the club now
members. The others are Mrs S. A.
Parker, Mrs. Robert +. Duntnn, Miss
Caroline Field and Miss Juliette Wig
gin The members did not realize that
the club had been in existence for 50
many years until the secretary read
her annual report and spoke of the fact
that this was the 10th annual meet
ing. The following officers were re-
elected: President. Miss Maude Mat
thews: Sec, Miss Caroline Field;
committee on arrangement Of study,
Miss Avis Morrison, Mis- Marguerite
HaZeltine and Miss Margaret Dunton.
After the business meeting d social
hour was pleasantly spent Refresh
ments We're served by the hostess, as
sisted by Miss Field and Mrs Walter
Kelley of st. Paul, Mimi. The next
meeting of the class will be held next
Monday afternoon at the summer home
of Miss Margaret Dunton at the Bat
terry, when Picnic supper will be
served and the gentlemen will be
guests of honor. During the evening
John burton will build one of the big
hnY, which ha Is,
and the members are looking forward
to most delightful affair.
Mrs. c. I. Burroughs and Mrs. Wal
ter Spear of Rockland passed Wednes-
day with Mrs S. Augustus Parker at
her home on Cedar street.
Miss Flora Gray. trained nurse, who
has been in Bangor for a week nursing
Mrs. j. w. Hatch, formerly of this city,
came homo tonight and is taking care
of Mrs. Maria Durgin of Dark Har-
Dor. who is i'll at the home of her
daughter in this city.
The remains of the late Mrs. Grace
wife of Arthur w. Howard of Cape
Itozier were taken to her ilorne for
burial and the funeral took place yes
tcrday. She was the daughter of
Dyer, and was born and has always
lived at Cape RoHier.- She was 20 years
of age. The husband, one child
George L., and three sisters, Mrs. Ly-
dis j. Black of Cape Rozier, Mrs Ella
S. Gray. and Mrs. Harriet Brakeman of
this city. survive. Mrs. Howard was
brought to this city and taken to the
Waldo County hospital for an opera
ton. The operation seemed to be sue
ceSsful and she rallied from the
anesthetic but soon after began to
sink She was a member of the Celia
Rehekah Lodge of West Broohsville
The Y. NJ. c. A. baseball team OF
Rochport is booked to play the Y. M.
A. team of this city Saturday on the
Congress street grounds.
The class comprising the towns of
Northport, Lincolnville. Belmont, etc,
representative to the Legislature. The
Democratic nominee from this class is
Allen Miller of Lncolnville.
Mrs j. A. Fessenden and daughter
Alice G. of Stamford, Ct, are guests
of Editor and Mrs c. A. Pillsbury.
Among the notables at Dark Harbor
this season are Mrs. Roger Wolcott
and Miss Cornelia Wolcott of Boston.
Sir John and Lady Barron of London
arrived on the Ivernia and went at
once to Dark Harbor to visit Lady
Barron's father Rev. Leighton Parks
of the Emanuel church. Boston. They
We're accompanied by their two chill
dren and maids and will pass the re-
mainder Of the season at DR.. Park s
summer home in Dark Harbor Lady
Barron is well remembered as Miss
Parks and was very popular among
the ISleSboro people as well as the
summer colony. Their homecoming is
saddened by the death of her sister
Miss Betina Parks.
Miss Helen +. Steward of SkOwhe-
gan is the guest Of her cousins. Miss
Steward and Miss Clara Steward at
Hurd Farm, Northport.
Mrs George f. Bracket returned
last night from business trip to Bos-
ton in the interests of the Girls Home
in this city
Miss Helen Doak is the guest Of Mr..
and Mrs. w H. Randall at the sum-
mer home at Pitchers.
Miss Edith Folwell Of Sharon Hill,
Pa. arrived this morning and was TAX
en- at once to her summer home, Isola
Bella, near Islesboro. Miss F'olWell
has been critically i'll and her friends
in this vicinity will be glad to learn
that she is much better.
While on a picnic on the Vaughan
shore. East Belfast some time ago
Frisbee of this city found an old
tombstone which had been thrown up
in the bushes 1t was made of field |
stone and bore the following inscrip |
ton: |
Erected
Ir NnmO,v of Mrs.
az Esther Houston
The N,ae uf Capt. samuel