The Republican journal., 1910-03-24

Harry W. Clark & Co., the Main street
clothiers, are having extensive alterations and
improvements made in their store.
The Biddeford and Saco savings banks have
sold the Castine Water Company to George
Benjamin for $4,000, the sale including the
Mark P Hatch and William Hatch farms. Mr..
Benjamin has been superintendent of the plant
since the banks took possession about three
years ago, and before coming to Castine held
similar position for eight and half years at
Mechanics Falls for the Portland Savings Bank.
THE EAST BELFAST CHAPEL. The good work
inaugurated by Rev William Vaughan in East
Belfast is still going An enduring monu-
ment to his endeavors, to the people of the
community and to friends of the pastors old
parish in New York city, is Trinity Reformed
church, an edifce of which any place might be
proud Now the upper neighborhood,' or
Masons mills district, is to have chapel of
its own Some months ago the Brewer Cir
Gle named for Eden Brewer of Knox Memo
rial church, New York, who has done much for
the East Belfast Society, was formed and has
been holding preaching services and Sunday
school in the Mason store, meanwhile making
preparations to build chapel of their own
lot nearly opposite the Mason's Mills school
house was given by Deacon Byron Rogers of
Trinity and quite an amount of lumber has
been hauled there. This lumber was cut on
the lands of Messrs. Vaughan, Fletcher, Gross
and Robbins, and most of the work done
on Saturday afternoons, when the men had
half holidays, and both lumber and labor were
voluntary. The chapel will be 50 by 27 feet
and IL feet posted. Four feet above the ground
the structure will be of field rock. In the
basement will be the Sunday school room, two
class rooms, the kitchen and dining room, and
the auditorium will be on the second floor The
building will have vestibule, topped by
tower or belfry Work on the building will be-
gin as soon as practicable and it is hoped to have
it ready for occupancy next fall but it is not
proposed to dedicate it before another spring.
| THE DARKEY JUBILEE. The entertainment
given in Memorial hall Wednesday evening,
March 18th, under the auspices of the Univer-
salist Social Aid, heartily enjoyed by
/ large and enthusiastic audience and scored an
| other success for the local talent to whom Bel
fast is indebted, and of which it is justifably
proud. The company was made up as follows:
Interlocutor, Edward C. White; bones, Clarence
Hall. DR.. E. S. Weber; tambos, Mrs. George
Havener, Miss Marion Heald circle, Mrs. E. P
Frost, Miss Katherine Brier, Miss Lucy Leavitt,
Miss Florence Libby, Miss Frances Jones, Miss
Frances Murch, Miss Velma Mitchell, Miss Ce-
Gil Littlefeld, Arthur johnson, Frank Keen,
Charles Coombs and Earl Talbot. Miss Louise
bennett was accompanist. The ends and circle
were in black face, the former in gaudy cos
tunes while the circle was in white with red
bonnets and sashes for the girls and red neck
ties for the men. The opening number, my
Old Kentucky Home,' was given before the
curtain was drawn, with fine effect, and this
was followed by "Dixie Land" by the company
The ends then had their innings of original
jokes and hits, the latter reaching the bulls
eye every time. Solos by Lengthy Spilaker,
alias Clarence E. Hall, and Topsey Smith, known
to her many friends in this city as Miss Frances
Jones, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. W. E. Jones,
now of Morrill,, were finely rendered and liber-
ally applauded, Miss Jones responding to an
encore with negro lullaby. Then came a
medley of popular songs by the company which
called forth rounds of applause from the audi
ence; solo by Miss Marian Head, Loves l.
o. IT," clog speciality by Miss Louise Weber,
and solo, "Lza," by Miss Katherine Brier,
who both sang and acted well her part. Miss
Heads solo was brightly given and Miss Web
Der was recalled to repeat her dance. A feature
of the per Torrance was the appearance on the
stage, in appropriate costume of Louis Men,
dali, aged five years, who brought down the
house with
II know three little sisters,
think you know them too,
For one is white, and one is red,
| And the other one is blue" etc.
As he sang he waved a big flag and when en-
cored he responded with drudge Along to
Glory" and got another round of applause.
The entertainment closed with a medley of
popular darkey songs. A dance with music BY
Keyes' and Miss Shaw followed and was kept
up until midnight, the young ladies' of the So
cial Aid managing the floor. A candy table
under the management of Mrs. John A. Fogg,
Mrs I. L. Perry and Mrs. Eugene L. Cook did
thriving business during the evening About
$50 was realized from the entertainment. Miss
crime Brer and Miss Marion Perry had charge
lated on the success which attended their ef-
forts.