The Republican journal., 1909-05-27
SEARSPORT.


were in town last week.
George E. Carr left Saturday on a weeks
business trip to Rockland.
David W. Nickels of Mi[linocket spent Sum-
day in town with his family.
Mr. and Mrs Charles Swift have moved into
the C. A. Woods house on Main street.
Miss Lizzie Fowler of Searsmont is at Capt.
and Mrs F. w. Treats on Water street.
c.. Van Week of Bangor was in town last
week, the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Wheaton.
Mrs. Hannah T. Pendleton arrived home last
week from Redlands, CAL, where she spent the
winter.
Fred j. Biather of Boston was at the Sears
port House Friday visiting his father, A. J.
Biather.
Misses Zubia and Mary Decrow returned last
week from Midway, Mass, where they spent
the winter.
The Monroe & Brooks Telephone Co. had a
crew of men at work last week setting poles in
the village.
Miss Annie Coombs of Vinalhaven was in
town last week. the guest of Mr. and Mrs. l.
H. Havener.
c. Benson Mcclure, who has been in town
the past two weeks, returned last week to
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Supt L. w. Wentworth is at work in the
village cemetery putting the lots in order for
Memorial day.
Mrs. Clara Evans left Sunday for Orrington,
where she Will make her home with DIR. and
Mrs. G. B. Tibbetts.
Quite number here took advantage of the
excursion rates to Bangor over the B. 4 A.
Monday and Tuesday.
Fred c. Kane and friend, Mr.. Bond of Bos
ton, arrived Thursday and will spend few
days fishing at Swan Lake.
Leonard W. Wheaton of Bangor was in town
last week. the guest of his brother, J. F.
Wheaton on Main street.
Miss Blanche T. Nickels arrived home last
week after spending the winter in Brooklyn
N Y, and Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Olivia Hartman has gone to Bar Har-
Dor, where she will work in the Central tele-
phone Office the coming season.
Mrs. Helen Hook of Harrington, who has
been visiting at Judge ]. W. Blacks for the
past month, returned home Tuesday.
DR. and Mrs. George B. Tibbetts and daugh-
ter of Orrngton, who have been spending sew
eral days in town, returned home Sunday.
DR.. Elisha Hopkins and daughter Mrs
Joseph d. SWeeISeT, WIN SpSAG euS "AiisSA LA
Brooklyn, N. Y, returned home Wednesday.
George Bailey, foreman for J. F. Spellman,
left Thursday with his pile driver for North
port, where they are at work on the extension
of the wharf of the Eastern S. S. Co. at that
place.
Daniel H Devereaux has arrived from Bruins
wick, Ca, where he had been employed by
large machine corporation for the past four
months
Mrs. J. H. Montgomery and daughter Edna,
who have been spending several weeks with
postmaster J. W. Black, returned Friday to
Bucksport.
Mrs. Fred B. Smith, who visited her daugh
ter, Miss Maud Smith, in Gorham, and friends
in Woodfords and Portland, returned home
last week.
Miss Lizzie French, who spent the winter
with her sister Mrs. LOOMS Games, on Reser-
voir street, returned last week to her home in
Standpoint
H. c. Buzzell, Esq., has bought the Peabody
house on Mt. Ephraim avenue and the house
will be taken down, very much improving the
appearance of that locality.
Mrs Melvina Crockett and daughters Mrs
Harry Hichborn and Miss Jennie H. Crockett,
who spent the winter in Brooklyn, N. Y, ar
rived Thursday and are at their home Elm
street.
Scott Blanchard, first officer of the steamer
Arizonian of the American Hawaiian line, ar
rived Thursday from Philadelphia for short
stay and is with his mother, Mrs. Clara Blanch-
ard, on Main street.
In last weeks issue of The Journal we
stated that 10000 barrels of phosphate were
shipped from the A. A. c. Co. plant at Macks
Point to points in Northern Maine. We should
have said 10000 tons.
Sch. Harwood Palmer, Capt. Creighton, ar
rived Thursday from Newport News with
1856 tons of coal to the Penobscot Coal Co., at
Macks, Point and was placed under the stages
Saturday for discharging.
The doves are getting in fine work in some of
our local gardens One man had four rows of
peas eight feet in length and three inches high
and about one third of them were pulled up out
of the earth, the doves taking the peas, which
cost thirty cents per quart, leaving the tops to
the planter.
Past Commander Henry w. Burrill, of R. O.
TYLER post, No. so, G. A. R., will start for
Maine, Friday, to deliver the memorial address
in the First Congregational church of Sears
port. His address in Rockville of this State,
last year, Was distinguished by bright thought
and was beautifully dehvered.-Hartford Ct
Daily Times, May oath.
During the greater part of the past winter,
several girls attending school at Searsport, Me-,
owing to the impossible conditions of the road
have beeen forced to walk for distance of 1000
feet along the top of board fence, which lines
the road,-Boston Globe, May 18th.
AS the only board fences of any extent in
town are those along the Bangor & Aroostook
railroad the writer of the above item probably
belongs to some Ananias club. The fall of snow
in Searsport during the past winter was very
light and snow drifts were few and far be-
tween.
As large majority of the members of Free
man McGilvery Post, G. A. R. believe in the
observance of Memorial Day on Sunday, it
being the most sacred day of the calendar to
them, it has been decided to have Union
Memorial service in the Congregational church
at II a. m. Sunday May Both. The Post will
march to the church under escort of Searsport
band, Penobscot Company No. 40, U. R. K P
and Penobscot Lodge, No. 1856 X. of P. Henry
W. Burrill of Hartford Conn.,, will deliver the
address. Mr.. Burrill was born in Searsport
enlisted here in the 18th Maine Regiment and
was in Banks expedition to Louisiana, where
he saw hard service. The column will be
formed on Main street, near the soldiers monu-
ment at 2 p. M, march to Nichols cemetery
where appropriate ceremonies will be held and
decorations deposited. The line of march will
then be resumed to the village cemetery, where
like ceremonies will be performed. Returning
to the Soldiers Monument, prayer will be of
fered, the roll of honor will be read and deco
ration services conducted, after which the