The Republican journal., 1911-04-27
The News of Brooks

Miss Durost of Queens county, N. B., is with
the family of j. W. Hobbs for a time.
Mrs. Emma G. Flagg has returned from
Massachusetts, where she spent several weeks.
George A. Thompson, soldier in the Civil
War, is in very poor health this spring and
unable to work.
Rev. H. C. Booth went to Monroe last FRI
daY to attend the funeral service of little son
of Charles Larrabee.
H. H. Pilley came down street last Monday
morning for the first time for six weeks. His
wife is still confined to the house.
Marcellus j. Dow, Esq., has received an in
vitation to speak under the auspices of the
Prohibition Club of East Corinth.
Mrs. Hattie Merithew, who has been away
from here for some months, is now visiting her
nieces, Misses Hattie and Mildred Long.
Mrs. ]. W. Hobbs has been very sick for the
past two weeks the result of maternity
trouble. The babe is doing finely.
Miss Lila Estes of Auburn and Miss Georgia
Work of Bingham came Saturday to spend the
position and is doing finely.
Mrs. Vesta Davis Higgins spent the week
end in Watervile with girlhood friend, Stella
Stevens Knowlton, and has also been visiting
the family of Frank Hogan in Thorndike.
Miss Flora Tasker, who called upon friends
here last week, is to teach at Saturday Cove
Northport, this summer. She has taught some
40 terms of school and her services are always
in demand.
Mrs. Hattie Robinson, formerly of Monroe
but who recently bought the David Bracket
place for a residence, has been having very
painful trouble with her eyes which has caused
her to be nearly blind
The flowers used at the Congregational
church at Easter were the next day distribu-
ted among "a people, many of whom were sick
in bed. 1t was happy thought and no doubt
afforded the recipients much pleasure.
Charles W. Place, who has been in Morrill,
the past two years, has returned to his home
in Brooks, where he is nicely cared for by his
son. Danford W. Place. Mr.. Place is veteran
of the Civil War and his son Danford is vet
eran of the Spanish War.
At the last meeting of Harvest Home
Grange it was unanimously voted to endorse
the position taken by State Master c. S. Stet-
son and the executive committee of the State
Grange in favor of the retention of constitu-
tional prohibition and in opposition to any
form of licensing the liquor traffic.
Some of the friends of A Stinson of Sears
port are anxious to have him tell the story of
Gettysburg as he saw it on the field of battle,
and it is probable that the arrangements will
soon be made. 1t may be under the auspices
0 Harvest Home Grange, which by vote has
invited him to do us that favor.
We received one of the California invitation
cards dated March l, 1911, from an old friend
and former townsman. F. R. Daggett. They
say: chow is your chance to come out here.
You'll like it here all right Come on!'' Well,
brother Daggett, we had just come in from a
sleigh ride, with our splendid sleighing and
the crisp winter air of Maine, and while we
would like to see you, what in the dickens do
we want to leave Maine and go to California
for?
A pretty wedding took place at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Chase of Jackson Satur-
day evening, April 18th, when their daughter,
Miss Verne Chase, was united in marriage
with Willis Kelsey of Knox. Rev. H. G. Booth
offic lated and the single ring ceremony was
performed. horace hicnaroson was pest man
and Miss Pearl Chase, sister Of the bride, was
bridesmaid. They will make their home at Mr..
Kelsey's farm in Knox.
Some of the active members of Marsh
River Lodge, F. & A. M, are planning to OBJ
serve the fiftieth anniversary of the organiza-
ton of the lodge Saturday, May Is, 1911. The
meeting will be called at p. M, to enable the
older members of the lodge to be present, as
the special idea is to have a reunion of those
who are not able to attend the regular even
ing communications. Our old friends and
brethren are asked to take due notice thereof
and govern themselves accordingly.