The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1911-12-07

The subject of study of the Every satur-
day Club of Newtonville, Mass, for the 42nd
season, 1911-1912, is Charles Dickens, and a
very interesting program has been arranged
for the year. Mr. F. w. Chase is president of
this club.
John Cochran Chapter, D. A. R.. will meet
with Mrs. Howard L. Whitten, 12O High street
Monday, December 18th. The program will
be as follows: roll call, Christmas quotations
paper, Christmas in the Colonies. Miss Coch-
ran; paper, Colonial Music, Miss Isabel CHM
The musical program will be in charge of Mrs
Frank H. Mayo.
The Travellers Club will meet Monday, Dec
11th, with Mrs. Amos Clement. The program
as given in the year book will be followed
"Chile. the Shoestring Republic by Miss
Caroline W. Field; Santiago, by Mrs. A. ].
Knowlton; song. "Santa Lucia by Mrs. E. S.
Pitcher; valparaiso, the Other San Fran
CISCO" by Mrs. C. M. Craig. Members will
please note the change of date.
The sale of the Red Cross Christmas seals in
the State this year will be under charge of the
Rt. Rev. Robert Goldman, President, and DR.
A. A. Downs of Fairfield, Secretary. The
local sale will be under the direction Of the
"Wado Chapter Red Cross" the officers of
which are: President. Mrs. Geo. E. Brackett:
Vice Presidents, Mrs. R. F. Dunton, Mrs. Ed
ward Sibley; Secretary Mrs. Amos Clement;
Treasurer, Mrs. H. H. Johnson Greater effort
H. J.. Al.
particulars will be given next week.
Thomas H. Marshall Circle will give din
ner in Memorial hall, Tuesday, Dec 18th, at
II 80 a. m. in honor of their Department Pres
ident Mrs. Mary R. Tarbox of Fryeburg, and
Department Inspector, Mrs. Mary Clifford of
Augusta. The members of the Post are re-
quested to attend and every member of the
Circle is expected to contribute towards the
dinner. The ladies will be guests while in
Belfast of Mrs. E. K. Fletcher of East Belfast.
The new chape! built in connection with the
St. Francis Catholic church is nearly COM
pleted and the first service will be held on
Sunday of next week. The first communion
for children will be held on Christmas day
The new chapel is 35 by % and is entered
from the main church and sacristy. C. j.
Jackson is the builder. Herbert Morey is put
ting up the steel ceiling and John L. Colby is
to paint the interior.
OPENING OF NEW STORE. The Davis 5,
10 and 25 cent store in Opera House block was
open for inspection only last Friday afternoon
and attracted many visitors. 1t was opened
for business Saturday morning and was throng-
ed all day. The sales must have been very
large. Mrs. Clyde Pettee furnished piano
music during the day. Clerks: George A. Grob
of Thomastcn, Harold H. French, Misses An
ME B. Elms, Rena Cunningham, Ola Colby, Ola
Goodrich, Clytie McKinnon, Esther Wiley,
Maude Field, Winnie Morris, Dora Fletcher
and Leo Cunningham.
BOARD OF TRADE. A meeting of the Bel
fast Board of Trade was held last Monday
evening. Secretary West reported the result
personally and by letter, with regard to better
train facilities. AS announced last week the
request for excursion rates over the Belfast
branch from Burnham Saturdays was
granted and will go into effect next Saturday.
Tickets will be good for the return on Mon :
days trains. On the request for mixed train
out of Belfast at p. M, to connect with the
night pullman for Boston and TIE freight
train that leaves Burnham at II p. M, no deci-
sion has been reached, but Vice President and
General Manager Hobbs has promised to come
to Belfast and take up the matter with the
Board of Trade. There was considerable dis
! cussion over the train service and it was felt
that the present arrangements are net what
the business interests of the city demand and
should have letter from T. j. Stewart of
Bangor was read, stating that the placing of a
duty of Il cents per pound lemons by the
Payne -Aldrich tariff bill had DESTROYED the
box shook industry of Maine, as Italy was now
getting her shocks from Austria, and the
board after some discussion adopted a resolu.
tion calling the attention of the Ways and
Means committee to the matter and asking
Names representatives in Congress to en-
deavor to have this duty removed. A like res
olution has been adopted by other Maine
boards of trade and by the State board. A
/ committee was appointed to cooperate in the
Maine 1920, campaign of which fuller mention
will be made later. movement will soon be
started to increase the membership of the
board SO that it may be possible to have rooms
open for the use of members at all times and
provided with literature. etc. As the annual
meeting of the board for the election of off.
GERS. etc., comes on the last Monday in De.
cember, which this year happens to be on
Christmas. another date will be selected. to
be announced later