The Republican journal., 1912-01-18

tomorrow, Friday night, Castle North, K. O
K. A.. will work the degrees Of Esquire ant
Page. the former coming at and the latter a,
7.S0. Following the degree work pictures viii
be shown by the projectoscope and the ladl
are requested to bring their post cards or othel
interesting pictures which may be shown
Elvin E. Hanson of the Commercial House
fell head first down fight of stairs last Sat.
urday and broke the bone of the left arm be.
tween the elbow and shoulder. He was taken
to the Waldo County Hospital that night, the
fracture was reduced Sunday morning, and
later in the day he was taken to the hotel.
| THE H. S. ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The
members of the Belfast High school formed an
association JAM 18th to be known as the B. H.
S. Athletic Association, the membership to be
confined entirely to pupils of the school. and
have elected officers as follows: President.
Ansel Packard; secretary and treasurer,
Stephen C. Clement; captain of the base ball
team, Malcolm Cottrell; manager, Alton john
son. Their motto is clean athletics. They
hope to obtain the use of the Opera House or
some other large room for practice.
At the annual meeting of the Belfast Band
Thursday evening, January 4th. the following
officers were elected for the ensuing year: Di-
rector, J. Lee Patterson; president, VIM. M.
Thayer; vice president, NJ. o. Dickey. secre-
tary, w. A. Shales, treasurer, Earl L. Talbot;
property man, Fred W. Seavey; finance COM
mittee, Herbert S. Morey. Seldom H. Gillum;
Directors. VIM. M. Thayer, Bert Benner. Sell
don B. Hammons, Earl L. Talbot. The past
season has been a very successful one for the
band, and they are looking forward to pros
porous year in 1912. They are rehearsing for
minstrel show to be given in the new Opera
House on its opening night, and promise that
it will be better than any of their previous
performances.
WEST BELFAST. Equity Grange has post
poned the sociable for this week on account
of the bad travelling. It will be held next
Wednesday, afternoon and evening. In the
near future some of the members of the
grange will give the drama Farmer Haskins"
in their hall. We are glad to report that Mrs.
George B. Dyers broken wrist is doing NICE
ly.. MR.. and Mrs. Elmer Fowles have moved
to the city, where he has employment with
Gentner Colcord They have been staying
at the Elms' farm for the past year. Mr..
Herbert Cooper has left the store Of H. L.
Written Co. and returned to Monroe to carry
on his farm Mrs. Josie Wight, who has
been stopping with her son, returned last
week to her home in Belmont. She has had
blood poisoning in her hand, but it is much bet
ter now.
LARGE BUSINESS BY MAINE INSTITUTION. In
creases of business are the factors OF growth
in community or with a corporation. A
company which shows advancement year after
year in the important departments of its work,
may certainly be said to be making progress
Results such as these are steadily being indi-
Gated by the Union Unusual Life Insurance Co.
which, by its sixty second annual report
printed today. tells story of satisfactory &C.
complishments during the past year, in which
no large amount of general prosperity pre-
vailed. Gains of good proportion are exhib-
tied in assets, surplus and new insurance paid
for, and the annual income has passed three
million dollars in amount. Some idea may be
gathered from the figures shown of the large
business that is annually transacted by this
Maine institution, which has, in addition, fol
the several years that Hon. Fred E. Richardt
has been its President made it point to in
vest substantially in home securities. so tina
now more than five million dollars has beer
placed in Maine bonds and loaned upon Main.
property, all of which has done much to hell
the State. 1t is perfectly reasonable to say
that this deserves reciprocal action on thu
part of the people by placing their insurance
with this loyal home institution.
EAST BELFAST. Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond
Mosman arrived home last Thursday from
Lewiston, where Mr. Mosman has been con
fined in a hospital for some weeks will
blood poisoning. Their many friends are
glad to see them back at their residence
on Searsport avenue and to know Mr.. Mos
man is very much improved in health.
Nahum S. Nickerson has bought the Johr
Hogan residence on the back Searsport
road and will soon move his family there.
Henry c. Burgess, who has been boarding
with Mr.. and Mrs. T. L. Shute on Searsport
avenue since the death of his wife last May
is now boarding at the Commonwealth hotel
" Mrs T. L. Shute is in Waltham, Mass, fol-
few weeks visit with her daughters, Misses
Nina and Florence, who are employed in the
Watham watch factory -. Fred Robbins has
bought of Mrs lula Hill the residence on Pat
terson road known as the David Crosby place.
.... Mrs. John Fiske, who lives on the back
Searsport road, gave birth to baby girl Mon
day night, Jan. 18th There will be social
dance at Kuowlton's hall next Saturday night,
with music by Keyes' orchestra. =. Mrs A. E.
Kilgore of Brooks was guest Tuesday Of
Mrs. Peter Olsen Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Tyler
spent Sunday in Freedom with relatives. 80.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Soule went to Montville
last Saturday night to spend Sunday with rel