The Republican journal., 1909-03-04
= l. Pendleton; Secretary, H. c. Buzzell, Treas

F. l. Pendleton; Secretary, H. C. Buzzell, Treas
urer, c. O. Sawyer; Board of Managers, B. F. Col
cord, F. l. Pendleton, F. A. Nye, H. c. Buell.
M. Weber, E. A. Stantial, A. H. Nichols, o.
c. Atwood, E. c. Pike, H. C. Holmes, John
Blanchard and John Frame. Committees were
appointed, with chairmen as follows: Arbitra-
tion Rev. R. G. Harbutt; Transportation, E. A.
Sargent; Trades and Trade Relations, o. c.
Atwood; New Industries, J. w. Black; Adver-
Using, M. A. Cook; Harbor, Jas. Pendleton;
Finance, F. C. Pattee; Insurance, B. F. Col
cord; Membership, Rev. E. H. Mckinney;
General Welfare, F. /. Mortland; Entertain
ment, W. M. Robertson; On Rooms, N. F. Gil
key. The next session will be held at 2 p. M,
next Saturday. 1t is expected that rooms will
be opened at once, and the place formerly the
G. A. R. hall lover Gilkey and Havener's store
is under consideration as adapted to the pur-
pose.
The PosTMAsrERs OF WEST PROSPECT, NOW
SEARsPoRT. The first postmaster of West
Prospect, now Searsport, was Andrew Leach
Jr., who was born in Middleboro, Mass, in 1855,
the of Andrew Leach, who was born in
Glencoe, Scotland, February 8, 1853, and who
settled in Belfast in 1905 and died there May Z,
1920 aged 81 years. Andrew Leach, Jr, mar
ried Sally Black of Prospect in June, 1911, and
at that time was occupying wooden store on
the site of the present brick store. He was
postmaster for twenty years, with the
exception of two weeks that the Office was
held by Kendrick Dickerson, brother of the
late Hon. ]. G. Dickerson, who resigned after
holding the office two weeks; getting tired of
his job. During Mr. Leach's administration of
the office an important arrest was made in
May, 1880, when J. C. R. Palmer alias Charles
Grant, Jr., was arrested in the Postofice by
decoy letter for being implicated in the murder
of Capt. Joseph White in Salem Mass, on the
It'll of April $780, Grant was taken to Salem,
where he made a confession, duplicating Jo-
seph ]. Knapp, Jr, and John Francis Knapp
who were both executed. The two Knapps
were young shpmasters of respectable fam
lily. The present Leach store was built in 1884
by Joseph Smart of Swanville and was occu-
pied by Mr.. Leach until his death in 1871. Mr.
Leach was succeeded in the postoffice by
William P Burrill, and the office was after
wards held by Amos H. Ellis, Otis Black
Edward B. Sheldon, Nehemiah Roulstone, j.
W. Black, j. H. Sullivan and J. w. Black, the
present incumbent Another event which the
people of West Prospect were interested in in
the year 1880 was the execution of Thomas j.
Wansley, aged % years, mulatto, for piracy IN
New York on the 22nd of April, 1880. Wansley
worked for Capt. jeremiah Sweetser, Sr, in
West Prospect in 1929 and sailed with him as
cook of the brig Arthur Donnell of Belfast for
St. Thomas in June, 1929. Wansley was an
associate of Charles Gibbs. one of the noted
pirates of the high seas. The Arthur Donnell
was brig of 146 tons and built in Belfast in
1925
0. Gardiner Grange Dramatic Company of
West Winterport gave their production of the
melodrama "Borderland' in Union Hall Sears
port last Thursday evening before large and
apprecative audience. Mrs. Emma B. Dyer
the leading lady was very successful in her
role, also Miss Freda Patterson, the soubrette
Miss Charlotte Patterson as the Indian Maid
den and Miss Elva Clarke as the bachelor
woman of uncertain age, were alike good in
their respective parts. George L. Clarke, the
leading man, took the part of the cowboy to
perfection and Harold Webster Clements por-
trayed the william to life. Walter Sherman
Clarke and Daniel Lewis Dyer made decided
hit in their respective parts an lrishman and
a negro, and of the remaining parts it be
said that all were exceptionally good. Mrs.
Blanche Miller Clarke and George L. Clarke
sang between the acts with much acceptance
and Mr.. Raymond W. Clark was the pianist
and accompaniest The cast was as follows:
Jack Ralston, guide and scout,
George L. Clarke
Joe Dempsey, alias Baron Hereford,
/ alias t'Old Ben
Harold W. Clements
Hon Patrick McFaddle, New
York politician Walter S. Clarke
/ Mr. Lester, banker, Leonard Clarke
| Cyrus, his colored servant, Daniel L. Dyer
kidder, Dempsey's pal, Howard Clements
Charley, young terror, Harry Nelson
Mary Lester, a New York Belle,
Emmie Beatrice Dyer
Polly, her little sister,
Freda Maude Patterson
Miss Sprggins, bachelor woman,
Elva Clark
Winona, an Indian maiden,
Charlotte Patterson
A dance followed the drama.
The SEARsPoRT BANK. The following is
copied from an old record:
At a regular meeting of the directors of the
Searsport Bank, held May 6, 1862, in considera-
ton of the demise of Capt jeremiah Merri-
thew who has honorably and satisfactorily per-
formed the duties of president of this bank
from its organization, it moved and sec
onded that we proceed to fill the vacancy by
eecting another president. S. J. Roberts
being called to the chair, the vote was called
for and Capt Isaac Carver was unanimously
elected to the chair Signed by Isaac Carver,
N G. Hichborn Amos H. Ellis Benjamin Col
cord S. J. Roberts, D. S. Goodel directors of
/ the Searsport Bank
! SWANVILLE CENTER.
Hon. A. E. Nickerson recently Shipped a car
of hay to Chelsea, Mass, from Waldo Station.
%. Emerson Knowlton had the misfortune to
lose his horse recently. Miss Hattie May
Nickerson is among the sick ones. :. Hattie
Dolliber is helping Mrs. Lew Murphy. miss
Ruth Marden is very low with tuberculosis