The Republican journal., 1913-02-06
ISLESBORO.


Association was held Jan. 18th in the High
school building. More members are added at
every meeting and at this meeting goodly
number were present-more than ever before
After the meeting was opened, and the secre-
tary's report was read. the chairmen of the
different committees reported the work done
by the members. The School Improvement
work, told by the teachers in the several
districts, showed that great deal of interest
| had been taken and much energy expended.
1t was voted to make the temporary chair1nen
of committees appointed at the last meeting
permanent. After the business meeting the
speaker of the evening, Miss Wiggin of the
Castine Normal school, was introduced and
spoke on manual Training" Miss Virgins
paper was both interesting and entertaining
She spoke of the advantage OF giving the
children some work to do with the hands, of
the practical help this would give them in all
branches of study, and of the mental and
moral training that this work accomplished.
Miss Wiggin had many articles on exhibition
to illustrate the different grades of the work
and some of them were beautiful and showed
great skill in the making. The next meeting
will be held Monday night, Feb 10th, in the
Upper Church vestry and it is hoped that many
people from that section of the town may be
out as well as many from other districts. Miss
Johnson will read a paper on THE Citizen of
Tomorrow" and Miss Bernau will present one
entitled 1.-THE Relation of the Home to the
School," There will also be short entertain
| Ciy NV tbo
trlcts where the meeting is held. The secre-
tary of the association is in correspondence
with several out of-town speakers who will
address the people during the school year. 1t
is hoped that Josiah Taylor, State inspector of
High schools, may be secured to speak in the
near future. Capt John Davis left last week
to take command of the schooner Frank E.
Swain, bound for Norfolk, Va, taking the
place for one voyage of her regular comman-
der. News was received here last week of
the death, in DEVILS Lake. North Dakota of
Oscar Pendleton Gilkey. former resident of
this town. No further particulars have been
received. Mr.. Gilkey is survived by his moth
er, Mrs. Ezra Young of Rockport, a sister,
Mrs. Everett Dodge of Los Angeles Cal,
and one brother, Frank Gikey Of Boston
The deceased a fine singer and the
manager OF a theatrical company. The re-
mains will be inferred at Devils Lake,.
Special music added much to the beauty of the
Sunday evening service at the Second Baptist
Church last week. The music was furnished
by a trio of male voices and by Miss Marjorie
Pendleton, who sang solo. A young mems
class has been formed in the Sunday school
and is taught by Mr.. Harold Bell -. Mrs Her
man Farrow and two sons, Henry and Herman,
are spending a few weeks in Boston. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Hatch of Dark Harbor are
making short stay in Boston, and during
their absence Mr.. and Mrs. John Hooper are
taking charge of their house Mrs. George
Weymouth of Stockton Springs, formerly of
Islesboro, is critically ill with pneumonia and
her many friends in town wish her speedy
recovery The weather the last few weeks
has been phenomenal. There was but one
really cold morning when the mercury stood at
40 above zero. Such continued warm weather
in midwinter has not been known for years
and we appear to be as well off as those who
live in much warmer climates. Miss Vivian
Dodge of Long Beach, Cal, who visited rela-
tives in Islesboro last summer. writes that
there were two days of extreme cold weather
there this month, when water froze in pals on
the beach. Mr.. Dennis Pendleton, one of the
men at work on the new extension of the Isles
boro Inn, had bad fall recently He was at
work on the foundation and fell into the base
ment striking upon pile of rocks. He was
cut and bruised about the head but fortunate
ly escaped serious injury. The Company
stable. So called, at Dark Harbor, formerly
leased by A. P. Gilkey for livery stable, has
been sold to Malcolm McCleo3 landscape gar
dener. Mr.. Mcleod has air lady begun to
clear the land and in the near future will tear
down the smaller stable and add green houses
and residence to the larger one. This
important change is to be made in Main street
near the center of the village and will improve,
to great extent, that part of the town..
The Sigma Iota Sigma society organized
Saturday night and it's members consist of all
the pupils of the High school. The meetings
are to be held every other Saturday night in
the High school building and debates will be
given. The following officers and committees
were eleCIeu. ITeSluent, DOrflll bates, vice
president, Olive v escott; secretary, Howard
Boardman; asst. secretary, Ellis Hatch; treas
urer, Zoa Coombs; executive committee, Miss
Bernau. Lloyd Pendleton and Bertha Dodge;
social committee, Olive Wescott, Elmer Board
man and Annie Jones. The first debate will be
held next week, and the subject is, Resolved,
"That City Life Offers More Advantages Than
20 I'LL,
Pendleton will take the affirmative and Oren
Pendleton and Zoa Coombs the negative side
of the question. -. The community was shock
ed receiving the news from Key West,
Florida, of the death and burial at sea of Capt.
Alanson Yeaton, commander of sch. Emma F.
Angel, and one of our most respected citizens.
No particulars of his death have been received
Capt. Yeaton was born in Islesboro, the son of
John Yeaton, and is survived by wife, Ernes-
tina Parker, seven daughters, Mrs. Edward
Dodge and Mrs. Preston Hatch of Los Ange-