The Republican journal., 1912-05-30

'ass rrloay morning.
By special acts Of Congress James Wis
OF Belfast has been granted pension If "a
month and H. M. Bennett of Belfast ono .
$50 month.
The steamer ,Castine will make an excrr.;o,
to Bangor next Sunday, leaving Lewis, wbar
at $50 a. M and returning will leave RANGE
at p. m. Tickets, so cents.
John McAuliffe is to conduct store ;.
temple Heights this season as usual and will
Mrs. McAuliffe will occupy Megunticook cot
tage. owned by Capt. and Mrs. A. E. Clark n
this city.
The regular meeting of the Belfast Improve
ment Society will be held next Monday at Q n
m. at the office of Dunton & Morse. A full at.
tendance is requested as matters of interes,
are to be taken up.
Miss Ethel Burr of Bangor has succeeded
Miss Susan Raper of Dorchester, Mass. as as
sistant superintendent at the Waldo County
Hospital Miss Raper was called home by the
illness of her sister.
The regular monthly meeting of the Arts
and Crafts society will he held in the club
room. June 9Th at p. m. 1t is hoped that
there will be full attendance. A paper ON
Arts and Crafts work will be read by Mrs.
Amos Clement.
| Martin Weber of this city has rented the
pavilion at Temple Heights for the summer
months and has engaged the services of Keyes'
orchestra for a dance there each Friday even
ing during the summer. The first dancewill be
given tomorrow evening, May 31st.
Most of the stores in the city will be closed
Memorial day. In the afternoon, following
the services of the G. A. R., the Belfast Gun
Club will have shoot on their grounds at tie
foot of Allyn street. In the evening there
| will be dance in Seaside Grange hall with
music by Reyes orchestra
ADVERTISED LETTERS The following let
office for the week ending May 28th Ladies'
Mrs. L. l.. Clark. Gentleman-Harry Lewis,
W. R. Lowell, M. MUTT, FIX. Moore, Lewis w.
Parker, Harold W. Robinson, William Scates,
E. w. Thompson, R. E. Weber, Willard White.
The Snow Marine Railway Company of Rock
land have hbelled the steamer Silver Star TO
salvage and Robert Gross has been placed on
board as keeper. The hearing will be held the
last of June in Portland The services were
rendered the Silver Star when she ran ashore
at Hewes Point, Islesboro, some time ago.
The Hit or Miss Club will be hostesses at a
military whist party to be given the lawn at
the home of one of its members Miss Edith M.
Southworth, Thursday afternoon, June 18th.
There are ample accommodations for large
party and the proceeds are to be given the
committee in charge of the improvements at
Kirby Lake.
Conferences of school superintendent and
of secondary school principals will be held in
Castine July Sth to 18th. For programs ad-
dress State department of Education. sum-
mer school for rural and elementary school
teachers will be held in Castine July 18th to
Goth. For information regarding courses and
expenses address any of the following di-
rectors: w. G. Mallett, Pennington, W. E.
Russell, Gorham, W. L. Powers, Machias, A. F.
Richardson, Castine, Mary P. Rowland, Fort
Kent.
MEMORIAL DAY. The observance of the
day by the veterans will be as follows: At l
p. m. a procession composed of members of
Thomas H. Marshall Post and Circle, Sons of
Veterans, Ladies Auxiliary and Boy Scouts
will be formed in front of the Memorial build
ing and go directly to Grove cemetery, where
the regular exercises will be conducted. The
procession will then reform, return to the
place of starting and disband. At 3 p. M, the
program published in The Journal last week
will be given in Memorial hall. Commander
Putnam has added to the program Memo
rial exercise by the Post, which includes a
short address, the reading of orders and the
salute to the dead.
Few MORE CARS Charlie Norton, local
agent of the Buick automobiles has sold eight
touring cars. Four models 20. j. Austin
McKeens public car is wine color; DR.. Eugene
b. Tapley's wine color; Edward Shibes of
Knox wine color; DIR. S. W. Johnson's battle
ship gray. DR.. John B. Darling has model H.
red and brown and Harry W. Clark model IS,
Buick blue The two last named were received
here Friday morning and the reporter with
Mrs. Clark and Charlie as chauffeur enjoyed
trial spin down Northport avenue in the Clark
car. After the schools close Master Donald
Clark will use it as public car. Edgar M.
has bought of Norton IS model Buick and
Wilbur A. Blodgett Sc model Buick. Wilmer J.
Dorman h; a four passenger Buick, and B. H.
Mudgett of the firm of c. F. Thompson & Co.,
recently bought new four-passenger Hudson
car which he will use on the road in the inter-
ests of the firm. He drove the car down from
Boston, accompanied by friends, and was met
in Augusta by his partner, c. F. Thompson,
who made the trip to this city.
ELECTION OF SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT. A
meeting of the joint school committees of Bel
fast and Searsport was held in the Office of
superintendent of schools, Belfast, Wednesday
evening, May 22nd, for the purpose of eecting
a superintendent of schools. The following
members were. present: Messrs. G. G. Abbott,
w. L. Hall, Edgar Cunningham. Calvin Monroe,
E. B. Lunt A. C. futile, George w. Patterson
and George R. Doak of Belfast, and Capt. Frank
l. Pendleton, John Carlson and Lincoln R. Col
cord of Searsport. The name OF William B.
Woodbury. was presented candidate by G.
G. Abbott and seconded by E. B. Lunt John
Carlson of Searsport presented the name of
Alonzo j. Knowlton as a candidate, seconded
hv Georpa W Patterson of Belfast After re-