The Republican journal., 1909-01-21
SEARSPORT.


John Wallace left last week to visit relatives
ia South Montville.
Miss Laura R. Curtis is visiting Rev. and
Mrs H. W. Norton in Patten.
Mr. and Mrs. ]. F. Wheaton visited in Ban
gor and Pittsfield last week.
Post Office Inspector ]. S. Spofford of Ban
gor was in town Thursday on business.
Ship Aryan, Capt. A. 7. Whittier, sailed
from San Francisco January 9th for New
York.
Fred w. Libby of Bangor was in town Janu-
airy 18th, and installed the officers of Anchor
Chapter, o. E. S.
Fred W. Adams of Bangor was in town jan
uary 18th and installed the officers of the
Royal Arch Chapter.
Tuesday morning was the coolest of the
winter the thermometer ranging from IA to
90 below. and very calm.
Mrs. L. A. Mundie, who has been visiting
Mrs C. A. Trafton Leach street. left last
week for Lambert Lake.
Leroy D. Littlefeld finished storing 1900
tons OF Ice from OpeeCHee sII eoA Ia AAi' ~
houses on Pike avenue Saturday.
Samuel Mortland one of the Oldest and most
respected citizens of Searsport, is seriously
III. and it is doubtful if he RECEIVERS.
Eben Gilkey, who is engaged in the sail
making business in New Bedford Mass, was
in town last week calling on relatives
Harold Smith, who has been at work the
past six months in Somerville, Mass, returned
home last week and has been engaged by F. A.
Curtis as clerk in his store.
Further details have been received by mail
from Ketchikan, Alaska, of the drowning OF
Capt Cyrus G. Nichols, and an obituary Will
appear in next weeks issue of The journal.
The county commissioners have decided
against the Penobscot Bay Electric Co.. on the
appeal from the municipal officers of the
town of Searsport for the right to place poles
and string wires in the town.
DoDGE's CORNER. W. ]. Matthews and Geo.
E. Chaplin filled their ice-houses last week..
Ira Veazie has been visiting his mother In
Lewiston. R. T. Dodge is quite feeble this
winter. Mrs. Eta M. Chaplin has been quite
i'll at her home in the village
The X. of P. lodge report a fine time at the
District Convention held in Frankfort Thurs
dav evening, January 14th. Fifty went from
here on a special train. Penobscot Lodge
worked in competition with Mckinley Lodge
to rank of Knight. They arrived home at 5oo
Friday morning, tired but happy,
Mrs Georgia Closson died at the home OF
her sister, Mrs Miles S. Towers, January 18th,
after a short illness with gastric carslmonlc,
aged AZ years, 10 months and 20 days. The
funeral services were held Saturday, Rev. c.
H. Mckinney of the First Congregational
church officiating. Interment was In the VII
iage cemetery.
A cold easterly snowstorm began Sunday
morning at o'clock, with the temperature 2
below zero. 1t showed all day, the mercury
continuing around the zero mark until o'clock,
when it registered 10 above. Then from to
O'Clock hail fell, which made fall of about 10
inches on level. The snow storm was of the
old fashioned kind.
.l.t the annual meeting of the Searsport
National Bank the following were elected DIR
ectors: A. M. Ross, F. l. Pendleton, B. f. Col
cord, A j. Nickerson A. B. Ferguson. Those
interested in this local institution are to be
congratulated on having such able men to
direct the affairs Of the bank.
At recent meeting of the Ladies Guild
connected with the Congregational Church it
was decided to give parish supper The
event will occur on Thursday evening, Febru
airy 18th. Interesting plans are already under
way to make this supper as attractive as the
od-fashioned annual affairs of this kind, which
many have requested be revived. An enter
tainment is in preparation for the evening,
which together with the supper will make it
bright spot the social calendar. Everyone
should keep in mind, Thursday evening, Feb
ruary 18th.
Los Angeles Record From Searsport, Me,
comes a letter and gift to the mayor of Los
Angeles. Searsport is little town way up
near the head of Penobscot bay. 1t is known
to the mayors secretary, H. D. Kennedy, be-
cause he halls from Maine and that it has
contributed to the population of Los Angeles
is indicated by the request for information
that accompanies the gift to the mayor.
Searsport is the home of Ella Simonton Doli-
yer, and she is the giver to whom the mayor is
indebted. She writes begging him to accept
beautiful calendar issued by the First National
Bank of Searsport and in this way leads up to
an inquiry concerning Harry e. Richardson,
formerly of Searsport, and later of Minneapo-
lis and ST. Paul, but believed to be in Los
Angeles. Mr.. Richardson, it appears, is
very dear friend of the writer and she trusts
that the mayor will be able to give her some
information about him. Ordinarily the calen-
dar and the letter probably would find its way
into the waste basket, along with numerous
other requests for information that would re-
auire the services of fullgrown detective
agency to answer. But Searsport Me-, has
warm place in the heart of the mayors secre-
tary. He has followed the Penobscot river
from Searsport to the Canadian border and
knows its every turn. The very names awak
en- pleasant memories. Consequently the cal
endar has been given conspicuous position
the wall and he has started an investigation to
enable him to send satisfactory answer to
the donor.
NES1 FRANKFORT.
The people in this vicinity are harvesting
their ice. Mrs. Jane Hobbs has returned
from Brooks and is with her daughter Mrs.
Charles Holmes . Mrs. James knowlton of
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