The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1909-02-11
SEARSPORT.

at Gilkey & Havener's hall.
The schools in Searsport will close next Fri
day for nine weeks vacation.
Miss Elnora Warehouse left last week to
visit relatives in Watertown, Mass.
Master J. C. Dutch, Joseph H. sweetser and
Marley Foote were on the sick list last Week.
CR. Cannon and c. L. Stratton Of Toxic
we're registered at the Searsport House Sat-
urday.
Mr.. Wellington 1ngraham. who visited his
family at Woodstock, N. B., recently mas re-
turned.
George Young left last week for Bar Har-
.or. where he has employment as paper
hanger.
Pike Bros are receiving large amount OF
spool and stave wood at their mill yard In
Mechanics Hollow.
Miss Clara Atwood of Wnterport was IN
TOWN Sunday. the guest of her brother, y. Y.
Atwood, on Water street.
Miss Sarah E, Brown of Old Town. assistant
in the searsport High School, spent SATURDAY.
and Sunday with college friend in Belfast
Penobscot Lodge, K. of P, worked the rank
Of PAGE ON five candidates Monday evening.
The lodge has bought arc light to exempffy
the rank.
Row Harry Hill will preach at the Methodist
E,;s.onal church next Sunday on the subject
af1;,oo,n and Freedmen's Aid and Southern
education.
IF their nall
fronting on Main street Saturday i"ie
electric fash-light to be used when the looge
is in session.
Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Black of Frankfort and
Mr. and Mrs. George Fisher of Wlnterport
were in tow. Saturday to attend the funeral OF
George Carbon.
Miss Rilla A. Carbon of Cambridge, Mass,
and Mrs. Sarah Briggs of Swanville were IN
town Saturday to attend the funeral OF their
brother George Carbon.
Herbert Black began Monday to haul the
Milling for repairing and extending the steam
boat wharf They will be landed at the old
Mathews shipyard until operations oeg'h OIL
the wharf in the early spring.
Henry Mclean of Boston, architect Oh 'lie
George A. Carver library building to be ouli'
the coming season by the heirs OF the late
Can't George A. Carver, was in town last week
on business.
The Eastern Steamship Co. have placed
contract with Herbert Black of this town TO
furnish the piling for the extension OF 'heir
wharves at Northport, Searsport and WINTER
mort. Mr.. Black has large crew now IN the
woods engaged in cutting the piling.
News was received recently by John b.
Ames of the death in Hill City, Kansas Janu-
ary 18th, of his brother, Albert Ames, VINO
went from Searsport to Kansas in 1866. HIS
age was 66 years. He leaves two brothefs'
Robert G. Ames of Jersey City, N. D. ana 1ohh
B. Ames of Searsport, and one sister, Mrs
Mial B. Sargent of Searsport.
Giants. Samuel Mortand and George Carton,
two old-tme coasting shippers of searsport'
who recently passed away, had commanded IN
the early fifties the clipper schooner Genoa Oh
lO7 tons, built in Prospect, now Searsport' by
Master John Carver in 1899 for the late capt
VIM. Lanpher, one of the best known OF our
old-time coastng captains The late Capta'h
John w. McGilvery, one of the ablest deep
water shipmasters of Searsport, began his sea-
faring career when IL years old in the Genoa
in 1912 as cook with Capt. Lanpher. She was
later sold to Belfast parties
M. A. Cook has been working for the past
wear for board of trade. Last week he called
a meeting for Saturday February 9Th, at 3 p
ont a n whom
interested The meeting called to ordef
by j. w. Black, who called on MIR. COOK 10
state the purpose of the meeting and after
making few remarks they proceeded to ousl-
ness H. c. Buzzell was appointed secretary
Remarks We're made by number OF others. "A
committee was appointed as follows: b. F.
Colcord, A. Ii. Nichols, H. c. Buzzell, Oliver
C. Atwood, H. C. Holmes, S. M. Weber, F. A.
Nye, who are to report next Saturday. The
board of trade will have another meeting IN
the band hall at p. NJ, Saturday, February
18th. All interested in board of trade are
requested to attend.
The Ladies Guild connected with the Congre-
gational Church is actively engaged these
days making arrangements for an interesting
social evening 1t will be held thursday
evening, February 18th, in Union Hall. 1t is
proposed to hold what has been pleasantly re-
membered as an old fashioned annual society
supper. The hour set is o'clock, and the fol-
lowing ladies constitute the committee having
the affair in CHARGE Mrs. Andrew M. Ross,
Mrs. Daniel C. Nichols, Mrs. Charles H. Nc
Elhiney and Mrs Clara H. Carver. The sup
per will be followed by dramatic entertain
ment. The amusing and highly entertang
farce-comedy, "a Regiment of Two will be
given by local talent. The price of tickets for
the supper, including the entertainment, has
been fixed at the reasonable sum of IS cents
To those who may attend the entertainment
and not be able to be at the supper the pr ice
will be Is cents.
"A Regiment of Two" is the farce comedy
to be given after the supper of the Ladies'
Guild connected with the Congregational
church, Thursday, February 18th, in Union
hall. The "book" is very bright, and those
who attend will enjoy up-to-date amateur
performance by some of Searsport's local tai
ent. Rehearsas for this show are very much
in order, and commanding the interest of
the following cast under Mr. Richardson's iii;