The Republican journal., 1910-03-17

StOFcSs the second moor TWO Office SuitcS ahu
the third will be occupied as X. of P. lodge
room and banquet hall. Such building would
doubtless find plenty of occupants, for it Will
be modern and up-to-date in every particular
and will have every convenience.
Mrs. A. M. Ross and daughters, Misses Emily
and Lucy left on the steamer Belfast last Thurs
day for Boston. Miss Emily will spend her va
cation with her sister, Mrs Robert Nichols, in
Boston and Mrs. Ross will go on to Orange, N.
j., for a visit with Mrs. Andrew Allen, nee
ten days, returning for the opening session of
the Searsport High school, of which the Misses
Ross are students
The fire alarm at 6 p m. March 10th was
for fire at the store of Fred Stinson in North
Searsport. The fire department was called
out but telephone message was received stat
ing that the fire had been put out. 1t is said
to have caught in the second story about de-
fective chimney. Although it was put out
with few pals of water and very little dam
age was done it might have been bad one had
it not been discovered when it started, for Mr..
Stinson had just had his oil tank filled and this
was a source of much concern until the fire
was under control.
The first union meeting after the departure
of the evangelists was held Tuesday evening,
March Sth, in the Methodist vestry and was
well attended. Rev. Harry Hill presided and
was assisted by Rev. Charles H. Mckinney of
the First Congregational church. The subject
was The Publican and Pharisee. Several arose
for prayers at the close of the meeting. We'd
nesday night the regular prayer meetings
were held in the local churches and Thursday
night another union service was held in the
Congregational conference room. The last of
the series was Sunday night in the Metho-
DIST vestry.
The Nichols school closed Friday after a
pleasant term of twelve weeks taught by Miss
Abbie c. Chase. Twenty-one pupils were reg
istered, but owing to much sickness and bad
travelling the attendance has been poor. Liz
zie Roach was the only one not absent or tardy
during the term. The special days of the term,
viz, Christmas day Lincoln's day, st. Valen-
tines day, Westinghouse birthday and Longfel
lows's birthday, were all pleasantly and appro-
priately celebrated The Lincoln" school I'M
provement League of this school during the
past term bought globe and framed pictures
of Lincoln, Washington and Longfellow, for
the school-room. A school library has also
been started by the league. 1t was opened
February is with thirty-four volumes. We
have been pleased to note the interest which
the parents have taken in our school this term
and would urge them more and more to
visit the school often.
OBITUARY. Master Josiah c. Dutch one of
the best known master shipbuilders of eastern
Maine, died March 9th at his home after long
illness of complication of diseases He was
born in West Prospect, now Searsport. April
Is, 1887, the son of the late Master Marshall
and Sarah (Colcord) Dutch. He worked in the
shipyard from boyhood During the Civil
war he served in Company X, Goth Maine Reg
iment, and was mustered out August II, 1868.
at Bangor He after resumed work IN
the shipyards- of Searsport and in 1874 COM
pleted the schooner Lizzie Lane which his ia
Their had begun. The same year he built the
bark Wealthy Pendleton. He was then ap-
pointed general superintendent of the building
of the snip Brown Brothers by the late Capt
Daniel 5. Goodeu ST., OF Searsport in the yard
of fillmore & Atkinson in Newburyport, Mass
IN 1876. Returning to Searsport he built the
bark &. D. Bryant in 1878; the schooner Salhe
ron in 1884; the schooner George Gilkey in;
1890; the barkentine Mabel |. Meyers in 1891
the Vinalhaven IN 1892 and the steamer Anladis
in 1894. He also built the tive-masted schoon-
er GOV. Ames in Waldoboro in 1887 He was
for several years master builder for H. M.
Bean in Camden, and while employed there
built the following vessels schooners R. Bow
ers Annie L. Henderson, Robe Foster Maurice
Childs, Alice Hall Gen. Adelbert Ames, Dora
Mathews, William Hayes, John Morrow. Jo-
seph Hilton, May O. Neal, Sarah Fuller. Will
lam Allison, Jonathan Bourne, King Philip,
Pocahontas and Mile Bourne. His last vessel
was the steamer Mineola, built at Port Clvde
in 1901. He afterwards worked for several
years as assistant for Master John j. Wardwell
IN Rockland, in Cobb, Butler & Co.'S shipyard.
Mr.. Dutch was held in the highest esteem by
his workmen for his gentlemanly bearing
toward them and many times had rs men in
his crew. He married December 10, 1866, Miss
Asenath West of this town. who died Novem-
Der s, 1907. He leaves one son, Frank C.
Dutch of Portland, and two daughters, Maud
E. Dutch and Mrs. W. " Nichols, both of
Searsport; three brothers, John S. Dutch of
Waltham, Mass, Francis M. Dutch of West
Newton, Mass, and Henry M. Dutch of Ever
EFT, Wash, and two sisters, Mrs. E. A Sar-
gent of Searsport and Mrs. Edward Lewis of
Waltham, Mass. The funeral services were
held at his late home Saturday afternoon, Rev.
Harry Hill of the NJ E. church officiating. In
terment in the village cemetery. The
bearers were James B. Sweetser, Clifton Whit
tum, Melvin Whittum and Frank A Curtis
SWANVIILE CENTER
Mrs. Wilmont Robertson spent several DAYS
last week with her sister in Foxcroft . Mrs
Andrew Moore spent the weekend with her