The Republican journal., 1912-05-30


The Hospital Aid sewing circle will meet
with Mrs. H. II. Johnson tomorrow, Friday, at
p. m. Members are requested to attend as
important business is to be considered.
The landing stage of the Belfast Yacht Club
was placed in position last week. an arrange
ment having been made with the Pendlet on 3
of Islesboro under which the club has the use
of the building and the landing privilege by
paying yearly rental.
The building occupied as an office by Cooper
& Co. has been moved from their lumber yard
to the corner of Miller and Front streets,
where cement cellar had been built on which
to place it, and it will he fitted for tenement.
On the site from which it was moved large
storehouse will be erected, the front, in which
the Office is to be located, of pressed brick and
two stories high. 1t will be a fine addition to
the business buildings on the water front.
Work on the extension of Common street
began in earnest Monday and will be pushed to
completion, and it is expected it will be open
to travel about the middle of July. A settle
ment has been made with all the property
owners but one. The only buildings it was
necessary to move were the house owned by
Mrs. Sam Holt and shop adjoining and, they
have been given better location above the
new road. This road will not only be great
convenience but will make available lots for
tenements or factories, and sooner or later the
dock in front must be filled in to make yard
room for the railroad, for which there is pres
| ent need.
| VISITORS FROM THE CAsTINE NORMAL
SCHOOL. The pupils of the 9th grade, model
school, of the Castine Normal school came
to this city last Saturday morning on
the steamer Golden Rod, accompanied by
a chaperone. By previous arrangement
they were met at the boat by detail of pupils
from the Belfast 9Th grade. and conducted to
the places of interest about town. Thew
visited the Leonard & Barrows factor and
watched the process of making shoes; visited
the banks, theatre, the Hamilton green house
and the Girls Home. Later they went to the
city park, where they partook of their picnic
dinner, and returned on the afternoon boat.
Miss Lillian Dexter, Miss Geneva Stephenson,
Vaughan Hayes and Carroll Rich from the
| Belfast school acted as guides
BASE BALL. Albert Mudgett, Warren Fahy
and George Darby have formed base ball as.
ISOLATION, leased the Congress street grounds
and intend to have strong team and play the
best mines in the State. The first game of the
season will be this, Thursday, afternoon, with
the Castine team. They solicit the patronage
of the public and will endeavor to put I'D some
interesting games. Freedom Academy will
play B. H. S. on the Congress street grounds
next Saturday afternoon. Colby's chances of
winning the pennant in the Maine college
series were killed Saturday when they were de.
feated by Maine by the score of to @ Bv
winning this game Maine strengthened her
hold on first place and should Colby defeat
Bates in one of the remaining games to be
played with that college, it will give the flag to
the, State University. The University of
Maine won its fifth game in the State base ball
championship series Monday by defeating
Bowdoin Whittier field, Brunswick. in a
close and exciting game by score of to 5.
The papers say Maine played erroress ball.
The victory gives Maine standing for the
series of five games won to one lost. If Bates
should win its next four games it would be
tied with Maine but single defeat will give
Maine the first honors.. -. There will be ball
game on the Congress street grounds today,
at 10, 80 a. M, between the married men and
the single men. Charles M. Harmon will
captain the benedicts and CT arence Wiley the
single men. 1t will be game worth seeing.
MEMORIAL SUNDAY. May 26th was Memo
rial Sunday. The day was beautiful, the skies
bright blue and the air soft and balmy The
services were held at the Universalist church
and there was large attendance of the G. A.
r. bodies-30 members of Thomas H. Marshall
Post, rs members of A. E. Clark Camp. Sons of
Veterans and 40 of the ladies' of Thomas H.
Marshall Circle and the Auxiliary to the S. of
v. The Sons of Veterans did escort duty, and
the march to the church was from Memorial
building over Church street and up Spring
street. Tie altar was draped with flags and
decorated with cut flowers. Rev. A, A. Blair,
Caesar the things that are Caesars and unto
God the things that are Gods" The principal
thought of the discourse was patriotism. He
also brought up the two leading issues of the
day, the economical and political, remarking
that the foundation of all good government was
religion. He welcomed the churchs special
guests and spoke of the service the veterans
had given to the country. The regular church
choir sang the Battle Hymn of the Republic
Tenting on the Old Camp Ground and America
After the services the procession was reform.
ed and marched back to Memorial Hall and
disbanded.
Buzz WAGONS. Among the automobiles
registered at the Office of the Secretary Of
State during the past week were the follow
ing:
No. 3,S8O-Frank R. Wiggin. Newport; tour.
ing car; gasolene power; horse power, Is; pre-
dominating color, blue
No. 3,sS1-Bertrand L. Aborn, Knox; run.
about; gasolene power; horse power. 10; pre-.
dominating color, red.
I No. 3,882-Louise Cunningham, Swanville
touring car; gasolene power; horse power, %
predominating color, blue.
No. 3,951-Inez M White, Belfast; runabout
gasolene power; horse power, II; predominant
ing color, red.
No. 4O33-Edward B. Jackson, Montville;
touring car; gasolene power; horse power, 90
predominating color. brown.
No. 4O62-William A. Mason, Belfast; ton.
neau: gasolene power; horse power, 80; pre-
dominating color, black
No. 4,l16-F. L. Toothaker, Belfast. run
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