The Republican journal., 1909-05-13
SEARSPORT.

Hon. Albert Pierce of Frankfort was in town
Thursday on business.
Miss Guida C. Homer returned to her home
in Bucksport Monday.
Miss Harriet M. Erskine has been engaged
as assistant at the post Office.
Mrs. E. D. P. Curtis and sister, Miss LYDIA
Curtis, left Monday for Boston.
Mrs. Ella Mowry has moved into the L. M.
Sargent house on west Main street.
A. S. McArey has moved to Bangor, where he
has employment on the electric cars.
The steamers of the Eastern S. S. Co. are
expected to land here the last of this week.
Or. Burton E. Larrabee has moved into the
chambers of Miss Georgia l.. Ford on Bay
View Place.
Mr. and Mrs John Moore of Monroe were in
town Sunday to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Alice M. Moore.
Mr.. and Mrs W. F. Erskine and Mrs. Win
gate Cram of Bangor were at the Searsport
House Saturday.
Miss Florence Colcord has resumed her posi-
from the measles.
MIR. and Mrs. Porter Lufkin of Newburg
were in town Sunday, the guests of the Misses
Clifford on Elm street.
Leroy D. Llttlefeld completed planting
four acres of potatoes Saturday. He has
ten more acres to plant.
Sch. American Team, Capt. Israel Closson,
arrived at Fort Point cove Friday and proceed
ed to Bangor with coal.
c. Benson Mcclure arrived Friday evening
from New York with the remains of his father,
Capt Charles C. Mcclure.
Mrs. Florence Moore and two children of
Nashua, N. H., are the guests Of Mrs. Percy l..
Nickerson on Howard street.
Mr. Charles Sharp of Woodstock, N. B., was
in town last week, the guest of his brother-in-
law, Mr.. Wellington Ingraham.
The R. RI. Co. barge No. ARRIVED Thurs
day from Cartaret with 1,6O0 tons of fertilizer
for the A. A. c. Co. at Mack's Point.
Barge Denton arrived Saturday from Perth
Amboy with 1923 tons of anthracite coal for
the Penobscot Coal Co. at Mack's Point.
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Storey of Medford
Highlands, Mass, were in town Sunday to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Alice NJ Moore.
Sch. Prescott Palmer, Capt. Carlisle, finished
dscharging at the Penobscot Coal dock last
Thursday and sailed the same day for Newport
News,
~ Many of our Searsport farmers are going
into the potato business the present season on
large scale Several will put in from two to
ten acres each.
Mrs. Wellington Ingraham and daughter
Kathleen arrived last week from Woodstock,
N B., and are with Mr.. Ingraham at Mrs. A. T.
Shutes on Water street.
We are indebted to W. H. Burrill of Hart
ford, CT, for beautiful souvenir of the city
OF Hartford, showing the State capital, and
grounds which was completed in 1880 at cost
of three millions of dollars, and many of the
public buildings, churches parks and views of
the Connecticut river.
At the annual meeting of the Searsport Saw
ings Bank, held at their banking rooms Satur-
day May Sth, the following officers were elected
for the ensuing year: F. l. Pendleton, president;
James P. Nichols, treasurer board of trustees,
F. L Pendeton C. E. Adams, A. M. Ross, J. N.
Pendleton, ]. A. Clement j. c. Blanchard and
Charles 0. Sawyer.
OBITUARY. Alice NJ, wife of Frank Moore,
died May 9Th at her home in Franklin Park,
Mass, after three days illness of pneumo-
MA. She was the daughter of the late Capt.
Charles and Maria (Mathews) Field and was
born in Searsport March %, 1872. She passed
her girlhood days in her native town. She was
married to Frank A. Moore of Monroe, June 81,
1898, taking up her residence in Franklin
Park, and lived there to the time of her death.
She was most exemplary young woman, a
dutiful wife and loving and kind mother.
She leaves husband and four young children;
q mother Mrs. Maria Field of Franklin Park,
and one sister, Mrs. Everett Storey of Med
ford Highlands, Mass, who have the heart
felt sympathy of large circle of friends in
this their sad affection. The remains arrived
here Sunday by boat from Boston and funeral
services were held at the first Congregational
church, Rev c. H. Mckinney officiating. The
floral tributes were many and beautiful show
ing the high esteem in which she was held in
Franklin Park and in Searsport. Interment
was in the Field family lot in the Village Gem
etary. The bearers, who escorted the remains
to the cemetery were A. M. Kane, Ralph Mey-
crs, Harry Merrithew and Harry Nason....
The news of the sudden death in New York
city, May 9th, of Captain Charles C. Mcclure
was a great shock to his relatives and his
many friends in this town. He was stricken
with pneumonia May LIST and taken to the
residence of his friend, DIR. Jerry S. Ferguson,
native of Searsport, where he passed away
after an illness of only few days. He was
born in Searsport, January "a, 1860, the son of
the late Captain George and Jane A. (Nichols)
Mcclure. He attended the public schools of
this town until he was sixteen years old, when
he sailed on the new ship Clarissa B. Carver
with Capt John Dow for Liverpool, Eng, as
seaman. He rose rapidly in his chosen profess
sion, serving as second and first officer in diff
ferent ships for several years, when he enter
ed the employ of Charles Brewer & Co. of
Boston, sailing as first officer of the bark
Martha Davis, owned by that firm, for several
years in the Boston and Honolulu trade, when
he was promoted to the command of the bark