The Republican journal., 1911-03-16
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The Women's Alliance Of the F;..4 %,
tonitar'an) church will hold an Easter sale in
the church parlor Tuesday afternoon Anil
4tn' Further particulars will be given later.
me 7 T. L. will meet in the parlor at tho
metnodist Church next Tuesday afternoon i'm
meoiateiy after school, Members are reues+-
cd to be present and bring their lesson shaots
Unclaimed letters remaining in the Re,f.st
post Office for the week ending March 1,th.
mrs baray, Fannie White Hanscom Ha,er
henderson. Charles W. Douglas, Mr.. William,
Wheeler. aA'
There will be a musical enterta;nn,e,,+ ~
trinity Reformed church, East Belfast. FRIDAY
evening, March 18th. Admission. * conts
Dougnnuts and coffee will be served free after
tne entertainment. Home made CANDY will be
on sale.
The W. c. T. U. will meet with Mrs Minnie
ooomos' Hign street, tomorrow, Friday, after
noon at O'Clock. The topic will be "What
the National W. c. 7. u is doing for the For
eigner," led by Mrs. Clara E. Cottrell. full
attendance is requested to make plans for the
annual election OF officers, and supper, and TO-
the Neal Dow celebration, which will, take
place March 25th.
Inc boat builders are busy. LEROY Coombs
has some launches and tenders underway at
his shop. and E. L. and W. A. Macomber are
each building launch of the same model,
winch Will be for sale. The Macombers are
also to build 22-foot yawl boat for George A.
uiichrest. l. W. Parker has built at his home
on high street an 11-foot rowboat. He
usually builds one or two each winter as
knitting work" and as the workmanship and
material are of the best they find ready sale.
Wednesday, March 9th, the front entrance
to the post office was opened to the public.
Thursday, March 9th, the money order office
was moved from temporary quarters N the
postmaster's room to its permanent location in
the northeast corner of the building, and Fri
day the new general delivery was opened for
business. There are still many minor details
to be carried out before the work is completed
The new boxes have not been received.
The next meeting of Seaside Chautauqua
Circle will be with Mrs. E. P. Frost High
! street, Monday afternoon, March goth. The
lesson will be from the c. L. S, c. book
"Studies in Dickens chapter eight to conclu-
sion of the book. The program will include a
paper on English Character Story of David
Copperfeld; Sketch of the War of 1872; read
ing, Mrs. Partington and the House of Lords"
Roll-cal, events in the reign of George "
full attendance is desired.
THE Boy SCOUTS. In few days the Boy
Scouts will be in evidence on the streets in
their neat kahki uniforms. Four patrols have
already been formed as follows LIST, Wolf Pa
troll Alton johnson, leader; Roy Ellingwoed
corporal; End patrol Harley Godfrey, leader;
9rd, Bear patrol, Dana Southworth, leader; Will
liam Greenlaw, corporal; 4th, Eagle, Harold
Jones, leader; Byron Salter corporal. Walter ].
Clifford has been appointed military instructor
and Saturday gave the lads their first drill in
| military tactics. The drill was given in the
! Opera House, and the boys showed great en-
thusiasm and "caught on" to the maneuvers
easily.
FROM SUBSCRIBERS Minneapolis, Mimi,
subscriber writes: The Journal is an old, old
friend of mine, and although it is sad to note
SO many changes, many of the dear having
gone to their reward since 1 left Belfast in
| 1877 to make my home in the one State next
best to dear old Maine, yet l look forward
with much interest for the dear old journal
to arrive on time. With best wishes for the
paper and its most worthy editor, etc."
Mrs. Charles F. Shaw writes: eve leave Miami
March 18th. Have had most delightful win
ter; both we'll" Mr. and Mrs. Shaw will visit
n New Y ork before returning to Belfast
THE Hook AND LADDER BALL The 9th
annual concert and ball by the Hook and Lad
der Company took place in the Belfast Opera
House Friday evening, March 10th, and was a
success financially and otherwise The Leahy
Sisters orchestra of Waterville furnished
music and the dance order consisted of IS
numbers. The floor was under the direction of
Chief Engineer /. T. Clough, assisted by the
members of the fire department. The officers
of the company Captain, A G. Jewett;
foreman, E. R. Ellis: assistant foreman, Bert
Benner; clerk and treasurer, E. S. Perkins;
members, Frank Sargent, J. H Weber,
George Black, Hiram Curtis F. Lord, Arthur
Johnson, H. Clements, N. S. Armstrong G.
Parker Cook and Laforest L. Robbins. The
recipients of the gifts were: J. L. Sleeper, a
barrel of flour; Harry Townsend, half ton of
coal; Anne M. Kittredge, a ham; Albert Gray,
half ton of coal; Walter J. Clifford, parlor
lamp; Miss Sadie Latin, pair shoes.
A SUCCESSFUL SALE. The sale of clothing
furnishing goods. ETC., by Ralph D. Southworth
at the Henry Staples store began with rush
last Saturday. Before the store opened in the
morning crowd had gathered and several
times during the day it was necessary to close
the doors. The sales Saturday amounted to
$1,000 and for Saturday, Monday and Tuesday
to $4,000. The stock of clothing was all
bought last fall, were most of the other
goods, and they were offered at prices that
made eager buyers. Mr. Southworth had as
assistants Clarence E. Hall. Fred A. johnson.
VIM. M. Randall, Allen Wells, W B. Fletcher
Orrin J. Dickey, Luville ]. Pottle, Elon B. Gil
chrest, Clyde Holmes, Capt. R. W. Warren,
Walter J. Clifford, Dana B. Southworth, Tom
Randall and Harley Godfrey. There will be
special attractions for next Saturday and an
efficient corps of courteous clerks to wait upon
customers. The goods are going fast.