The Republican journal., 1909-05-27
The News of Brooks.

Mrs; John Hutchins has been very danger
ously ill.
Mr.. Fred Webb of Swanville<was in town o,
BUSH last week.
Mrs. Susie Lord h as returned from a visit
with her brother, Mr.. Frank Swett in Eas
Knox
Isaac S. Staples has cement foundation anG
wall for the basement of the cottage he is
building.
Harry Gates, who has been on the sick list
most of the spring, is now able to attend to his
farm work.
chusetts and is with her parents Mr. and Mrs
F. w. Brown.
Frank H. Quimby is to build 6O-foot barn
this summer. He has 20 lambs from II ewes,
all thoroughbreds.
Miss Bessie Thompson is with the family of
Chas. Knox while Mrs. Knox visits her husband
in Massachusetts.
Henry Reynolds and Alphi .Boulter went to
Thorndike Tuesday and will build house for
Charles Patterson.
Charles Gibbs, our meat man, has come out
with meat cart that is very convenient and
dandy in appearance.
Walter Gibbs, who bought the old James
Gibbs homestead, has been at the place getting
in the seasons crop He has valuable farm
for crops.
M. ]. Dow, who is personally attending to
his store this season, is having large sale of
ladies' white goods. His fine line of Suesine
silks is attracting attention.
E. S. Bowker and family of Belfast came to
Brooks last Sunday morning to visit Thomas
Jellison and wife Mr. Jelison, who had some
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Schools are now keeping in town as follows:
Village Primary, Miss Mabel Rose, teacher;
South Brooks, Miss Ada Body, teacher; West
Brooks, Miss Erma Barker, teacher.
Memorial Day will be observed here Satur-
day, May 29th in the usual way. Rev. VIM.
Vaughan will deliver an address at Union Hall
in the afternoon at o'clock Services will
also be held at Union Church Sunday afternoon,
when the veterans will be present in body.
Mrs Bennett is at home from Portland.
where she stays with her husband, Capt. j. W.
Bennett, who is in command of government
steamer with headquarters at Portland. She
has with her the son of her daughter Eva,
whom she has cared for since the death of his
m other.
The body of Mrs. Frank Daniels known here
as Nora Forbes, was brought to Brooks from
Massachusetts, last week by relatives and was
buried in the family lot at the Gates cemetery
in Jackson. Brief funeral services We're con-
Quoted at the grave by the Reverend David
Bracket
We have received a cali from one Daniel
McCullum of Clinton, who is asking for charity
funds to help him get business education
If he is all right it is case of deserving
charity; If not, it is a case of gross fraud and
should be taken up. AS usual we contributed
our mite and shall confer with the Clinton of
ficias.
MEMORIAL EXERCISES. The following ord
er has been issued by Commander L. Jones of
the G. A. R. Post: Headquarters, George G..
Davis Post, Brooks, No. "a Department of
Maine, G. A. R. General Order No. l. Nav
29th will be observed as Memorial Day. The
Post will meet at their hall at 10 a. m. Com.
rades bringing lunch with them will be furn-
ished coffee. At l p. m, sharp the column
will be formed in front of the G. A. R. hail.
The line of march will be to East cemetery,
where the graves will be decorated as usual;
thence back to the bridge where services will
be held by the school children to the unknown
dead, consisting of singing, prayer and strew-
ing of flowers in the stream. Thence to
North cemetery, where decorating will be
done as last year. Thence back to Union hail.
where the Grafton will be given by Rev. Will
liam Vaughan of Belfast Music by the Juvenile
orchestra, Marshal of the Day, Ezra E. Carpenter
1t is earnestly requested that there be no desc
Grafton of the day, and that all places of bust
ness be closed from l o'clock p. m. until after
services at the hall All ex-soldiers, sailors and
sons of veterans are invited to march in line
Memorial Cay was not appointed for old soldiers
and their families only. 1t belongs to the peo-
pie. Let all feel that the soldiers graves are
theirs to keep. Grateful to the ladies of Brooks
and vicinity for past favors, we again kindly
ask you to furnish flowers an humble tribute
of respect to the memory of those who have
answered the last roll call Flowers and wreaths
can be left at the G. A. R. hall in care of W. c.
Rowe and wife.
May 30th will be observed as Memorial Sun
day. The Post will meet at their hall at l
o'clock p. M, and at 2 o'clock p. m. will march
to Union church, where religious services will
be held by the pastor. All are cordially invited.
LORENZO JONES, Com
WILLIAM c. ROWE, Adjt