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


Ernest Merchant is moving from the Perry
house on Searsport avenue to the Kilgore
house on Bridge street.
. VIM. Dunbar. who has been very sick with
bronchitis, and Chas. Henderson, who has had
pneumonia, are able to be out.
Miss Elizabeth A. Daniels of Boston was
week. end guest of Miss Evelyn Peavey at
Bay View Farm, Searsport avenue.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Leavitt and Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred N. Savery went to Searsport Sunday
to attend the funeral of Capt. Charles A. Whit
tier.
Rose Circle, Miss Ethel Savery's Sunday
school class, will have supper and entertain
ment at Mrs. Della Robbins tomorrow, Fri
day. evening.
Mrs. Frances Judkins of Bangor arrived last
Saturday to visit her sister, Mrs. Jennie Car
row. She was accompanied by her daughter,
Mrs. w. E. Fish, who returned home Sunday
morning.
Memorial services were held last Sunday in
Trinity Reformed church and a very fine ser
mon was delivered by the pastor, Rev. VIM.
Vaughan. These services are held the
first Sunday after Memorial Day as the
soldiers from East Belfast attend service
in body with the G. A. R. the Sunday before.
Clifford D., the 1S-months old child of Ray
mond and Janette (Grotton) Aldus died quite
suddenly last Monday morning. The little fellow
had been sick the greater part of his short life,
but everything was done that could be done
and death came as relief to the little suffer-
er. Funeral services were held Wednesday at
2 p. M, Rev. David L. Wilson of the Congl.
church officiating. The young couple have the
sympathy of many friends in their bereave-
ment.
Ambrose Ellis, son of " .llace Ellis, and Ell
nora Woodbury.. form .ry pf k,,x, were mar
ried Saturday evening Inc , Il. az the par
sonage of Trinity r .f,ti. .Ic IL :, >, ia. is-
tor, Rev. VIM. V.u;shAr. 7 .e bid. IS pref
tily gowned in b,uc silk with ba to III .tcl anl
the groom wore the cu:.ve",i nal black. Tnty
were attended by Mr.. and n :. IV,tJ ,cis)n,
the latter a sister % the gro ,a,. Mr. and Mrs.
Ellis are both employees in the Leonard & Bar
rows shoe factory and have many friends who
extend congratulations. They will reside on
Swan lake avenue.
May 10Th the pupils of the Brick school,
under the direction of Mrs. Eta Savery, Dept
Senior Vice President Ladies of the G. A. R.
assisted by the teachers, Misses Annie L.
Farnsworth and Blanche Foster, planted a
Grand Army tree in the schoolhouse grounds
The tree, handsome maple, was furnished
and put in place by Mr.. E. W. Ellis, a veteran
of the Grand Army, and decorated with tri
colored ribbon. The school, headed by eight
misses dressed in white carrying flags, escort
ed the veterans present to the place where the
tree was planted. The Misses were Evangeline
Larrabee, LYDIA White, Marjorie Brown, Doro-
thy Knox, Amelia Pierce, Wilda Slavery, Dora
Flanders, Flora Pierce. At the tree they sang,
to the tune of "Marching Through Georgia"
the following song composed by Mrs. Slavery
and entitled 1.-THE Grand Army Tree
Bring the Grand Army tree, We'll plant it in
the yard,
In honor of those gallant men who fought so
long and hard;
The honor of country and Old Glory to
guard;
And freed the Nation from slavery
Hurrah hurrah, the Grand Army tree,
All honor to veterans who fought on land and
And freed the Nation from slavery.
almost done.
God bless them for the hardships borne,
And for their victories won,
May we the children of this school whose
work is scarce begun
Initiate their valor and bravery.
Hurrah, hurrah, the Grand Army tree,
Hurrah, hurrah, our country now is free;
All honor to the veterans who fought on land
and sea,
And freed the Nation from slavery.
The audience then sang America" Mrs.
Edwin Frost offered prayer, there was read
ing by Miss Annie L. Farnsworth, and singing
'In Gods Acre." by Eugene Field, address by
Mrs. Eta Savery who spoke as follows:
Comrades of the Grand Army, Teachers of
this School and friends We have come here
today to plant tree in honor of the soldiers
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
when the standard of our Nationality was
insulted, and the symbol of our Power trodden
in the dust, there was but one heart and one
purpose in the loyal States, and there was
general uprising. In this glorious uprising
there was no State in advance of Maine in
showing her devotion to the National cause"
"When wars red Dragon rent the land,
And set the warriors heart afame,
When, at Coumbias dread command,
Her children to defend her came;
When, fastening from the East and West,
To check the Rebel boasting vain,
On to the front her armies pressed,
They, too, were there-The men of Maine!'
love the soldier, because my father was a
soldier; honor the soldier because he fought
for our country's honor. 1t has been said IAN
that man has will he give for his life,'' yet at
our country's call they went forth to meet the
country's enemy and die, if need be, for their
country's honor; and oh! how many did die,
and are buried in that Southland we know not
where! But God knows, and at that great day
when the graves shall give up their dead and
the Saints in Christ shall rise, they will be
there, and hear the Masters "Well DONE For
greater love hath no man, than he lay down
his life for his friend
I reverence the soldier, because the Divine
spark in him Is so large that he recognized
the fact that the black mans soul was as prec-
ious in Gods sight as the white mans, and that
He would not prosper nation who held them
in bondage:
''God bless our soldiers brave,
Who did the Union save,
From thraldom's thong"
The sacrifice was human blood: the price
the country's best manhood. Was the sacri-
fee too great? Was the price too high? Only
God knows. This we do know. This is the
greatest country the sun ever shown on! The
flag that floats above US, the flag that flies from
nearly every schoolhouse in the land, the flag