The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-02-04

closed her winter term in Searsmont last Fri
DAY. She has taught the same school for three
terms of ten weeks each. Mr.. Miller Cross
of Pennsylvania General Agent for the Shar
pies separator; was at Mr.. Thomas Erskins
last week, to regulate new separator which
he has recently purchased =. William Lowell
has so far recovered from his injuries from
fall as to be able to be about the houses
Mrs. George Lowell has returned home from
the hospital in Massachusetts much improved
in health.
APPLETON
The officers of Golden Rod Rebekah Lodge,
l. 0. o. F., were publicly installed Wednesday
night January 9th, by D. D. P, Mrs Lois Nc
keiver and Grand Marshal, Mrs Robinson of
Queen Esther Lodge of Bath, assisted by Mrs.
Callie Fuller as Grand Warden, Mrs Cora
Ames as Grand Secretary, Miss Agnes Taylor
as Grand Financial Secretary, Mrs Helen
Gushee as Grand Treasurer, and Mrs Gertrude
Sherman Waterman as Grand Guardian Mrs
McKeiver and her assistants performed the
beautiful work in a very pleasing manner and
it was rendered more enjoyable by the assist
ance given by Mrs. Martha Keller who was
pianist during the exercises of the evening
The new officers are as follows: Noble Grand,
Miss Annie McLain; " G., Mrs. Myra Hall; Re-
cording Secretary, Miss Grace Sherman; F.
Sec, Mrs. Mary Gushee; Treasurer, Mrs. Grace
Marsh; Warden, Mrs. Mabel keene; Chaplain,
Mrs. Lydia Vaughan; Conductor. Mrs. Martha
Keller; R. S. N. G., Mrs. Helen Gushee: L. S.
N. G., Mrs. Gertrude Ripley; R. S. " G., Mrs.
Grace Gushee; L. S, V. G., Mrs. Mary Ames;
Inside Guardian, Mrs. Mary Ness; Outside
Guardian, Elmer Sprague. Mrs. Adella Gushee
is Past Grand. The closing features of the
occasion were remarks by the installing officers
and others, vocal solos by Mrs. Mabel Keene
and Mrs. Iva Taylor, piano solo by Miss Ora
Robbins, singing by quartet and selections
+ by choir, also readings by Mrs. Louise Keene
! and Mrs. Addison McCorrison. The fine supper
served in the banquet hall at the close of the
| evenings exercises was partaken of by the
large company present during which the pres
entation of a cake. beautifully embellished with
the emblems of the order, came as a surprise
to the newly installed Noble Grand, the donor
being Mrs. Lizzie Chapman of the Cambridge
Mass, lodge. Golden Rod Lodge begins the
| new year under the most favorable auspices
-. Mrs. Annie Williams, who has taught the
winter term of grammar school, has been
coaching her pupils for four or five weeks for
minstrel entertainment which came off in
Riverside hall Friday night before an audience
which filled the hall. Quite number of pupils
of the primary school We're included in the
! cast, the ages of the actors ranging from 5 or
/ years to masters and misses of 20 One of
the most pleasing features of the program was
the military drill given by the young misses,
who went through with the intricate evolu-
tons of the drill with military precision, not a
mistake occurring during its rendition. Capt.
Maynard Brown, with his company of boys,
also had to respond to encore after finely
rendered display of their skill. =. Saturday and
Saturday nights snow storm and gale was the
worst of the season thus far The snow was
piled in heaps and roads were impossible for
-, teams Sunday morning.