The Republican journal., 1913-04-03

Robert P. Coombs resumed III.
purser on the steamer Camden m h.
here Wednesday. Fred Patterson
MIN as clerk on the.wharf. with Walter No-ton
as general assistant for the summer se....
Fred w. Pote. the local agent, has resnm ID IL.
duties after long illness.
A gift of $500 has been rece;voa /.
Chi'dren's Aid Society of Maine from NJ.
MRS Ira M. Cobe of Chicago, invested as an
endowment for the Girls Home in this citv
Inc gi1e was formally accepted by the BOARD
TUESDAY afternoon and telegram of tb.nls
was sent to Mr.. and Mrs. Cobe. The Ho,,o :.
twenty years old, having been incornor.tea -
March, 1893. A'eu III
oohooL COMMITTEE MEETINGS. Messrs
Lincoln X Colcord and John Carlson of se.rs-
port represented the Searsport school conn
mittee Monday evening in the meeting If III.
JOINT board with Belfast Giles G. Abhott .s
elected president and Orrin J. Dickey secre-
tary. Superintendent VIM. B. Woodbury. was
reelected for another year. The Belfast board
was then organized with Giles G. Ahhott as
chairman and the following committees were
appointed: Finance, Willis G. Haseltine Dr.
Adelbert Milett, E. B. Lunt: rules and reopla.
e,ons' FRANKLIN A. Greer. George A. Leavitt,
Gavin H. monroe; text books, appliances and
course OF study, Orrin J. Dickey, Renworth R.
rogers, Fred A. Holmes Mr.. Haseltine of the
hnance committee will audit bills. The .al.
aries OF the teachers will be the same as last
year. II was voted to add commercial de-
partment to the High school. The sunerin-
tendent was instructed to have go comics of
Inc schooi report printed separately from the
regular city report. He was also instructed to
ascertain if the official duties of the truant
oHcer. M. R. knowIton, extended into the ont
lying districts.
PERSONAL NEWS FROM THE FLOODED SEC
HON VIM A Mason has received the follow
ing telegram from his cousin Rev Edward
Mason. pastor of the Universalist church in
Muncie, Ind: "Flood bad, but no loss of life.
We are not affected. The entire West is pass
ing through great calamity" kilograms
have also been received from Mrs Hannah
Moody. her Frank and his family and her
daughter Mary, who were in Dayton, Ohio,
saying that they were al right" They are
all natives of Montville and well known in this
county. Daniel Moody, husband of Mrs Han
nah Moody, was at one time sheriff of Waldo
county. Mr. Charles H. Twombly received
telegram last Saturday from his son. Frank
w. who was employed in the National Cash
Register Works at Dayton, Ohio, and with his
wife, formerly Miss Gertrude NJ St. CT ir of
Beverly, Mass, living at l02 Shaw Avenue,
saying: Gertrude and l are SAFE Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Waldo Brown have received letter
from their daughter, Mrs Mabel Brown C4gy,
Of Warren, Ohio. saying they were all right.
There were only two deaths in Warren They
were without light, power and mails for three
days. Frank Z. Barker who is in Hamilton,
Ohio, telegraphed Saturday, "All SAFE
". A. SWIFT RErIREs. Who shall say that
after 81 years in the same business and the
same shop William A. Swift has not fairly
earned the right t, retire. No one, of course
but host of customers and friends will be
sorry to lose him from his accustomed place.
and have told him SO, while wishing him many
years of comfort and enjoyment. Feb. Is,
1852 Mr.. Swift entered the employ of Nath-
anel Wiggin to learn the trade of boot and
shoemaker. In those days most of the boots
and shoes sold were custom made and MIR.
Wiggn employed four five workmen. He
died Sept. l, 1862, and the business was sold to
Moses W. Rich, who had long been in his en-
ploy, Mr.. Swift continuing with Mr.. Rich.
In December, 1881, Mr. Swift bought the BUSH
ness, Mr.. Rich remaining as his assistant.
March 14th MIR. Swift closed deal with Mr..
Allen L. Curtis of the City Bakery by which
the latter becomes the owner of the stock and
trade. Mr. Curtis has also bought the build
ing of the Timothy Chase estate. Mr.. Swift
will remain in the store for time until the
new proprietor, who has had some experience
in the shoe business in The Dinsmore Store
can tax charge. The City Bakery is doing
good business and will be continued by Mr.
Curtis.
ANOTHER ENQUIRY. We clip the following
from the genealogical department of the Bos-
ton Transcript:
(3l9S). Wire, Miller. l wish to learn of
the ancestry of Ann (2) Wire sometimes
spelled Wier Weir) of Peterborough, N. H.,
born about 1855; died il Belfast Me, Nov,
1928 Ann Wire Wier married Joseph (3)
Miller Samuel 2, Alexander u of Londonder-
~, N H. They (Joseph and Ann (Wire Mil
ler) moved from Peterborough, N. H., to Sha-
ron, N. H.. and from there, about 1900, to Bel
fast Me. There is a tradition in the family
stating that Ann Wier's mother was Mary Paul
and that Mary Paul's mother was Mary Mac
Gregor
Can anyone tell me anything authentic con-
corning the ancestry of the above mentioned
Ann Wire or Wer? F.J.s.
Williamson's History records the death in
Belfast, July 26, 1912, of Joseph Miller, aged Sc
years with this note: "He was native of Pet
erborough, N, H., to which town Samuel Nil
Ter, his father, removed from Londonderry
The father was a son of Alexander Miller, and
cousin of James Miller, one of the first settlers
of Belfast Joseph Miller was born in 1855
He married Ann..Wire of Peterborough, remov-
ed to Sharon, and thence IN 1900 to Belfast,
where he bought and occupied the farm now
(lS75) owned by his grandson, Wales L. Mil
ler Samuel W. and Joseph Miller, both OF
whom lived and died here, were his sons"
There are descendants of his family living
here who may be able 70 sap2iy the desired n
formation
THE BELFAST ". c. 7. U. The an nual
meeting of the W. G. T. u was held. Friday
afternoon. March 2Sth, at the nome If Mrs
Minnie Coombs, High street. The following
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