Daily Kennebec journal., 1911-07-26
BELFAST.
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Company Formed 10 Build
The New Opera House.
Flying Squadron VIII Hold
Prohibition Rally Saturday.
Vacations at the churches...The
Unitarlans' Tooth Anniversary.

Belfast, Me, July .-(SpeciaD.-A
Amusement Co., composed of we'll
known business men, is to be formed
and will build and maintain the pro-
posed new. Opera house which is to be
built on Phoenix row. The lot. 4Sx120
was bought yesterday of Ralph Z.
Johnson for $500 and the house will
cost somewhere about $15. 600 Architect
Brodridge of Boston was in Belfast
yesterday and left this morning with
Messre. Horace Chenery, w H. Quinn
by, w. II. Bray and others for Cam
den To lock over the Camden Opera
house with an eye to ideas The Bel
fast house will contain two stores and
proper. 1t will have an auditorium
seating scme 1000 or more and the gall
lery viii be so built as to seat about
the same number s the main floor.
The stage will be up to date in every
particular with large and modernly
equipped dressing rooms underneath
the stage as are found in the Camden
house. II is proposed to go at the build
ing at once and the management hopes
te open on Thanksgiving The house
will be open six nights out of the week
with moving pictures on nights when
there is no theater company here. Will
liam II. Bray will be manager.
People are looking forward to the
coming OF the Flying squadron" as
the temperance automobile which left
Boston Saturday for southern and
eastern Maine in the aid of the pro-
hibitory movement, is called In the
party are j. B. Lewis, president of the
10th Century Pledge Signing Crusade;
Prof. John A. Nichols of Brighton;
David Reid, a eornetist, and a driver
The auto is owned by Pres. Lewis.
stops will be made in Cumberland and
Knox and the party will reach Belfast
Saturday. A big mass meeting will he
held IN Sehoolheuse common on Sat
urday night. on Sunday the day will be
divided between Belfast and Monroe
and other Waldo county towns
The First Parish Unitarian Friday
night. July 2S, will celebrate the Tooth
anniversary ef the organization. with
appropriate ceremony. The exercises
will begin at 7.45 and will include a
sermon by Rev. l.. j. Wilson of Bos-
ton. secretary of the American Uni
tartan Association. Rev. Adolph Ross
bach. pastor OF the church, will give
brief historical sketch Of the church
and a former pastor Rev. Harry Lutz
of Newton, Mass, who is passing the
summer at Pitchers pond, will extend
greetings Delegates from the various
parishes in tile city will also speak. A
special choir made up of Miss Rather
ire Chase QuimbY. soprano, Mrs. Su-
san Dinsmore Wescott contralto
Ralph |. Morse, tenor, and Wallace
Chase of Newton, Mass, will furnish
music.
Rev David /. Wilson will leave
Thursday for New York, where he will
pass several weeks at the home of his
brother, James Wilson in 57th street.
He will be accompanied by his young
son Blair During his absence Mr..
Wilson will preach Sunday mornings
in the Congregational church at Pei
ham Manor and evenings in the
Church of the Good Shepherd. Goth
street, New York City, supplying for
the pastors. who will take their va
cations. Mr. Wilson has supplied these
churches during the month of August
for several years The North church.
of which he is pastor. will be closed
during the month. save for the Sun
day school, which will be held as usu-
al at u O'Clock On next Sunday for
mer pastor Rev. George S. Mills of
Bennington VT. who is summering at
the Battery. will occupy the pulpit.
The Universalist and Unitarian
churches will be closed for the month
of August while the pastors. Rev. a. A.
Blair and Rev. Adolph Rossbaeh take
their annual vacations.