The Republican journal., 1911-09-28

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sent the Belfast Bapti.t church :. -. ST..
convention to be held in skowhsc.n o.,oho-
Srd. 4th and 9Th. - o.'''eA
Ans steamer Silver Star was on Gilchrest's
marine railway last week for calkinr and
niihor repairs and the steamer Anna Relic
oapt. Ben Arey. took her place on the Belfast
lsiesboro and Castine route.
Inc annual meeting of the State Board of
irade was held in Portland September Pond
ana zSrd The Belfast Board of Trade was
represented by President o. E. Frost and
Secretary W. L. West Col. F. E. Bootbbav
was elected president
New apparatus has been received for use in
'ne hlgn school laboratory, which will enable
more Individual work to be done. There were
liz registered in this school at the beginning
OF the term, with 81 in the entering class from
the Upper Grammar school.
travelling man when in this city recently
SAD that when he went on the road As wears
ago he had one thousand customers and only
seven of that number are in business TODAY
Two, Hon. VIM. B. Swan and Asa A. Howes
reside in Belfast. and two in Rockland.
Ihere was no quorum at the regular meet
ing OF tne school committee last Monday even
ing. Rev. M. S. Hill was the only member to
report. Superintendent of Schools A. ].
knowiton informs The Journal that the COM
mlttee has not had meeting since last Nav.
The annual business meeting of Seaside
Chautauqua Circle will be held at the home of
! urhb
day afternoon, October End. Each member is
requested to be present at this meeting. All
intending to take the Chautauqua course of
study are invited
| blackboard party went to Swan Lake last
Friday night and enjoyed dinner at the
Lake House, with dancing following. In the
party were Miss Margaret White of Miami,
Fla, Miss Marian Hazeltine, Miss Frances
moves, Miss Katherine c. Quimby the Misses
Morrison, Miss Florence Hill, c. B. Roberts,
| Clyde B. Holmes, Herbert Foster, Morris l..
Sugg and Ralph l. Morse.
| ADVERTISED LETTERS. The follow ing letters
remained uncalled for in the Belfast post Office
for the week ending Sept. 26th, and if not
| called for before will be sent to the Dead Let
ter office Oct. 10th. Ladies-Mrs l. Barker;
Mrs. Bertha Curtis, Mrs. G. Hath, Mrs Car
RE Stevens, Mrs. Bertha Surbind, Mrs G.
Shorey. Gentlemen-Truman H. Bucklin, W
Stanley Campbell, Robert Dickson, Angus
Gallant Edward Raney, c. H. Lane, E. E.
Mayo, Samuel Moore Roy Newton, Frank c.
Pierce, W. I. Russell. Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew
Ross, D. E. Smith, ". F. Wakford
Miss Julia Perry gave a very enjoyable
bridge party last Thursday afternoon at her
home on Cedar street. The rooms were at
tractively decorated with fall flowers. The
guests were Mrs. John Quimby. Mrs William
B. Swan, Mrs. Edward Sibley, Mrs. Frank B.
kncwton, Mrs. Clarence o. Poor Mrs. Thomas
B. Dlnsmore. Mrs. Amos Clement, Mrs Albert
c.. Burgess, Miss Annie M Bean, Miss
Annie V. Field, Mrs. George A. Quimby,
Mrs. William H. Quimby of Belfast and
Mrs. James F. Preston of Lowell, Mass
Bridge was played from 2.3O to s. Mrs Knowl-
ton won the first prize, china bonbon dish,
and Mrs Preston the second box of nougat.
Lunch was served after the awarding of the
prizes, the hostess being assisted by Mrs.
Clarence o. Poor and Mrs. Fred R. Poor.
THE New ENGLAND SHIP COMPANY. The
certificate of organization of the New England
Ship Company was recorded at the Waldo
County Registry of Deeds September Goth.
The purposes of the company are to buy and
otherwise acquire, to sell, to build repair, dis
mantle, charter, hire and otherwise deal with
ships. vessels, boats and water craft of every
description; to do general stevedoring bust
ness to mine and quarry COAL ore, stone, oil
rock, gravel. sand and other materials, and tc
acquire means and materials for conducting
the said business. The corporation is To-
Gated at Searsport, The amount of capital
stock is S50O,000; common stock $500, 600
There is no preferred stock Capital stock
paid in, 5000. Par value of shares, 500. One
share each is held by Ralph c. Emery of New
ton, Mass; William H. Randall of Medford
Mass; Gustavo Preston of Swampscott, Mass
James F. Bliss, Arthur G. Bgeow and G
Philip Wardner of Boston; Robert E. Goodwin
OF Concord, Mass; Robert E. Nichols of Som.
erviile, Mass, and Hodgdon C. Buzzell of
Searsport. The above are directors; Alexan.
der H. Nichols of Searsport is clerk; R ebert E
Goodwin, president; Ralph C. Emery, treas.
urer.
A VETERAN TRUCKMAN. Frequent mention
has been made of Belfast's business mer
whose records of continued activity it woule
be difficult to equal in the State, and in this
connection something may be said of our vet
eran truckman, Amos Franklin Bowen, com
monty known as Frank Bowen. He was borr
in Belmont Me-, March II, 1889, and as HI
puts it was born in Belmont and raised in Nor
> rill, yet lived all the time in the same house
the latter town having been set off from Bel
mont when Lot M. Morrill, was governor. H.
is the middle child o. family of seven chill
> dren. A sister, A bbe Bowen, and brother
Isaac, are dead. Two brothers, Daniel o
Bowen of Morrill, and Ezra Bowen of Enid N
and two sisters. Caroline Merriam and CLAIR
Murphy, both of Colorado, are living. He ha
, two children, Abbie L., wife of w. A. Woods
and Charles Hartman Bowen, both living il
Belfast, and six grandchildren-Walter l..
Sadie and Harry Bowen, and Jesse, Melvin
- and Edna Woods. Mr.. Bowen came to Bel
fast September 10, 1859, and entered the EN-
= ploy of Thomas Condor, for whom he drove
team two years. In January, 1862, he bough
a horse and dr.; from L. A. Knowlton ant
went into the truckinu huSjness for hirnsel