The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1912-06-20
BTTRNHAM.

buRNHAM-
Aviator Atwood and his flying machine
went through town Sunday, enroute to the
Bangor carnival. 1t looked like scarey thing
for horses to meet it towed along behind
the huge locomobile. Mrs. Jennie Hoxie
Smith is making good recovery from an at
tack of pluro- pneumonia. Prescott &.
Watson are hauling lumber and boards from
their portable mill to this station, The
Maine Central Power Co. are to make extern
sive improvements this summer at their dam
on the Pittstield road. Mrs. Luna Hodgkins
of Temple, Me-, is visiting Mrs. G.. E. Bryant
They were former schoolmates at Pennington
Normal school. -. The Burnham students at
NJ c. l., Pittsfeld, are all at home for the
summer vacation Hazel Fletcher was mem
Der of the graduating class. =. Business at the
Iron Age Repository is rushing at this time,
orders for planting and hayi-g machinery COM
ing in thick and fast. Mrs N. Ward Thompson,
children and maid arrived last week from their
home in Allston Mass. to spend the summer
at the Sterling Farm. -. The NJ sses Celia and
Julia Weed at their Bungalow at Pom tia
Island The haying season will be early and
on account of so much rain. Many farmers
are not done planting yet Harold Libby
in town recently with his Buick auto,
present from his father, f. L. Libby, and
grandfather, o. harrington. We think Harold a
pretty "lucky" sixteen year old boy. At the
primary here Monday light vote was polled:
"a Republicans and 16 Democrats
MONROE.
On account of the unfavorable weather the
Memorial service held annually by the Odd
Fellows and Rebekahs was postponed to June
22nd. The Grange Memorial service will be
held at the Town Hall Saturday evening, June
18th, with the address by Rev. H. G. Booth "
Mr.. and Mrs. L. F. Simpson of Belfast spent
Saturday and Sunday at Peter Cooper's.
Mary Mason is at the Maine General Hospital,
Portland, training for nurse. ... Mr.. and Mrs
F. l.. Palmer attended the G. A. R. meetings
in Bangor last week. Mr.. Thomas R. Glenn
ents, who had been feeble for long time, died
June 18th, aged 81 years and II months. He
served in the Civil War and was a member of
the G. A R. Two children survive him..
Mrs. George A. Palmer accompanied Mrs Ell
win Dickey to attend the graduating exercises
at the Normal School Her son Clarence
graduated and came home with them Mas
tiers Fred Palmer and Amos Conant are at
home from Hebron Academy for the summer
vacation. Mrs. Betsey Coson will go to
Camden this week for lengthy stay with her
children. Mrs Lizzie Stearns has been in
town calling friends and was the guest of
Mrs Lydia Woodman :. Loyal Rebekah Lodge
has adopted the following resolutions of re-
spect:
Whereas another dear Sister has been called
from our order to a higher life sister Lydia j.
Hamm. and one of our charter members has
finished her work with US; theref fore, be it
Resolved, That in the death of our sister
Loyal Rebekah lodge, No. 90. has lost an es-
teemed member, one who was in every way
worthy of all the respect we can show her by
doing all honor to her memory. She was a
willing worker when with US, doing all she
could for the welfare of the order, and after
moving away her interest was ever for US and
with US.
Resolved, That while we sadly deplore her
loss we realize that our loss is her gain Let
this admonish US that although the workmen
fall the work remains, and may we strive with
renewed energy to do our part WELL
Resolved, That copy of these resolutions
be placed on our records, copy sent to the
family a copy sent to the local papers, and
that our charter be draped in mourning the
length Of time required.
ALICE M. PALMER, on
AGNES S. WATSON. Resolutions.