The Republican journal., 1911-03-23
SEARSPORT.

Mrs Kate Walnut continues to improve.
The schools in town closed Friday for two
weeks vacation.
Cant. N. F. Gilkey returned Saturday from
business trip to Boston.
Miss Eveline Bonsey of Ellsworth visited
friends in town last week.
M A. Cook is taking orders for a new line of
very attractive Easter cards.
Mrs. Charles E. Averill has been confined to
her home the past week by illness.
Mrs. ]. W. Sweetser left Thursday to visit
Mass.
The heavy snowfall of last Sunday night
disappeared rapidly under the hot sun of Mon
day.
W. B. Tyron of Salem, Ct, potato and fer
tilizer broker. was in town Saturday on bust
ness.
Capt C. F. Carver has been seriously ill at
the residence of his son, John F. Carver, in
Roslindale, Mass.
Miss Lillian Mowry left Thursday for a
weeks visit with relatives and friends in Bos-
ton and vicinity.
Mrs. Edward R. Estabrooks of Belfast was
the guest of Miss Florence Colcord on Bay
View Place, Friday.
Miss Maud l. Smith and Miss Sara L. Grin
nell, who have been teaching in Belfast, at
their homes for two weeks.
Mrs. C. B. Richards of Bucksport was in
town last week visiting her father, Mr.. James
B. Sweetser, on Nichols street.
Mrs Philomene Sweetser and daughter of
Wallagrass, Wash, are guests of MIR. and Mrs.
Augustus Sweetser on Nichols street.
Wednesday, March 18th. rain fell, and Thurs
day was bowling March blizzard. with snow,
clearing with heavy northwest gale.
Miss Ida Mcdonald and Miss G. Barbara
Pfaff, teachers in the Union school, will spend
their two weeks vacation IN Bangor and Pat
ten.
Mrs. H. M. Bailey, who went to the Waldo
County Hospital in Belfast last week for treat
ment, and who was critically ill., is now i'm
proving.
Sch Northland Capt Sanders, arrived Sun
day from Newport News with $3.50 tons of
coal to the Penobscot Coal Co. wharf at
Mack's Point.
Mrs Winfred Savage, who had been the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Mary Kane, on Leach
street the past month, returned Monday to her
home in Rockland
Mrs Olive c. Atwood, formerly with Mrs. ].
W. Black on Main street, will do parlor milli-
merry at her home on Steamboat avenue dur
ing the coming season.
Miss Mabel Griffin left Saturday for Augusta,
where she will be the guest of Mrs. Elizabeth
Robertson, after which she will go to Canton,
Mass, to visit her brother, Edwin P, Griffin.
Steamer Kanawha, Capt. Parmenter, which
sailed March 18TH for Newport News, lost both
anchors the same evening while anchored off
Cape Elizabeth in the heavy northwest gale.
Pike Bros. have large amount of stave
wood in their mill yard in Mechanics Hollow,
and the base ball ground at Mosman Park is
nearly covered with wood The hauling is
about over for the season.
Mr.. A. j. Mathews, who has been very ILL., is
came home Sunday, called here by his fathers
serious condition, but returned to his home
Monday as his father seemed much improved.
John Oxton, aged Il years, native of West
Rockport, but who has lived in Searsport the
past two years, died very suddenly March 18th
of heart failure. He was veteran of the
Civil War. His remains were taken to Lin
IL fo,, y;
Charles OXton, resides.
Herbert R. Dyer was floor manager and kept
things humming. Dancing was kept up until
after midnight. Music was furnished by the
orchestra above mentioned. The committee
who had charge of the affair deserved great
credit for its success and wish to thank all
who took part in the entertainment, the or
chestra, and all who furnished food who in
any way aided in making it the success it was
The proceeds, nearly 500, will go to swell the
fund which is being raised to buy new car
pet for the lodge room in Memorial hall. which
is used by the Masonic bodies and Odd Fellow
lodges.
A STAR ENTERTAINMENT. The Joint enter
tainment given last Friday night in Union
Hall by kynvetta Rehekah Lodge and Anchor
Chapter, o. E. S., was largely attended and
success in all its details. At 6 D. m. supper
was served in the banquet hall on the first
floor, which was attractively decorated in
green and white. The mattresses wore white
gowns relieved with green and the place cards
were green, in shamrock shape. The menu in
cluded baked beans, cold chicken, meats rolls.
pie, cake and coffee, and the viands were dain-
tily and deity served by large corps of eff
cent mattresses. At 8.15 an orchestra of local
musicians F. A. Nye, S. M. Webb. r, Harry
Merrithew, Harry Putnam and Miss Lena
Nye played the overture and attent-
ion was then turned to the stage.
The first number was a negro sketch,
entitled Alabama Moonshiners. The circle
was composed of some well gotten-up "color-
ed folks including Messrs. Nye, Putnam,
Merrithew, A. E. Trundy, Mrs. Nye and Mrs.
W. H. Grinnel. Songs, jokes and choruses
made up the sketch, each member of the cir
Gle playing some sort of stringed instrument.
A vocal duet Call Me Up Some Rainy After
noon, was rendered by Mrs. Nye and Mrs.