The Republican journal., 1913-06-26

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The Pythian Sisters will give whist party
at Pythian Hall, Friday. June 9th. Refresh
ments will be served. Admission Is cents.
Thomas H. Marshall Circle will have five
cent lunch next Tuesday for the members Of
the Post and Circle. All members of the Cir
Gle are requested to provide food.
MIR. and Mrs. George L. Bowman have made
many improvements in their grounds. A ten.
mis- court has been laid out in the grove that is
completely shaded by the large trees.
Arthur w. Leonard has rented the Blodgett
house, which he recently bought. to E. W
Lamb. who has been living at Is Spring street
Mr.. Leonard retains his residence in Morrill,.
Surveyors from the Gilley & Patten Land
Company of Boston, who recently bought the
burlington place in Northport, will arrive in a
few days to survey the farm into streets and
building lots and will build two bungalows in
July.
Orrin D. Dickey has sold the A. C. Myrick
house on Northport avenue to Mr.. Frank E.
Thayer of Lynn, Mass, who will use it as a
summer home. He has also sold the Thomas
Waterman / lace in Belmont, owned by S. F. M.
Arthur of Cambridge, Mass, to w. H. Small of
Morrill,
Mr.. Benz. Bucklin and heirs of the H. W..
Wescott estate of Knox, wish to thank the
neighbors, and all who came, for their prompt
and effective assistance in putting out the fire,
started at the Wescott farm June 18th. If it had
not been for the hard work of neighbors close
at hand it is believed the fire could not have
been stopped.
The Tea Room at the Arts and Crafts room
will open today, Thursday, at II m. and wilt
be conducted for the summer by Misses Helen
and Abbie Doak Special attention will be
given to automobile and luncheon parties,
from 10 a. m. to p. m. The domestic science
department will have their regular Saturday
afternoon food sale, as usual.
In the prize speaking contest at the East
Maine Conference Seminary commencement
Lewis A. Pendleton IA, was awarded a gold
watch the first prize for men. Miss Una
Leach, Is, was also given gold watch, the
ladies' prize. The watches are given by Mont
gomery Bros of Camden for the best decla-
nations.
T. H. Carpenter and others interested in the
recently burned Irvine factory of Castlne,
were in Belfast last Saturday looking over
the ground with view to locating here. The
location under consideration is in the so-called
Allyn Field, owned by James C. Durham and
others. If the company locates here they will
put up a one-story building about 600 feet
long and employ about 20 hands Belfast GER
tainly offers superior shipping facilities, by
rail and water
FIRE IN EAST BELFAST. A still alarm at
$50 p. m, June oath. was for a fire at the
lower leather board Mill of E. A. Sherman &
Son, East Belfast. 1t originated on the lower
Size OF the mill near the river, probably from
spontaneous combustion of waste thrown out
of the building The damage was slight.
although the fire had caught the shingles and
was working between the partitions when
Chief Shute and firemen arrived with the
engine and soon extinguished it.
The CLOSING OF THE SCHOOLS. The city
schools, with the exception of the Sth and 9th
June Goth. The graduating exercises of the
High school are reported elsewhere. The only
exercises in the other grades outside of the
routine were in the North and South schools.
In the North school grades l. II and III united
and gave an excellent program, but as we were
unable to get the program of the South school
we decided not to print the former. The City
point school, Miss Ella M. Erskine of Bucks
port, teacher, had planne for outing in the
near by grove Friday. but the weather pre-
vented and they met in the schoolroom, where
picnic dinner was served and games enjoyed.
The teacher, whose marriage to Harry Page
of Bucksport is to take place this summer,
presented by her pupils with silver ladle.
ENGAGEMENTS ANNOUNCED. The engage
ment of Miss Caroline W. Field and Hon. John
R. Dunton was Informally announced last Mon
day to intimate friends. Miss Field has been
first assistant in the Belfast High school for
several years and Mr.. Dunton had been princi-
pal of the Upper Grammar and High schools
and later was superintendent. He was mayor
in 1906 and is the present representative to
to the legislature from Belfast and member
of the law firm of Dunton & Morse. 1t is
understood that the wedding will take place
the coming fall Mr. and Mrs Fred L. How
ard have announced the engagement of their
daughter, Leila Myrtle Howard to Lynwood
Burkett Thompson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Selwyn
Thompson of this city. They are we'll known
and popular young people. Miss Howard has
been employed in the City National bank for
some time and Mr.. Thompson is associated
with his father in the clothing manufacturing
business. The intentions of marriage of
Eben F. Littlefeld, county attorney. and Miss
Maude Holmes, daughter of Mrs. George o.
Holmes, both of Belfast, have been filed at the
office of the city clerk.
BASE BALL. At q meeting in Bangor last
week the plans for the Eastern Maine base
ball association were completed. H. H. Hack
EFT of Brewer was elected permanent secre-
tary, and it was decided to start the league
with three teams and take the chances of an
other team coming into the field later, when
the schedule will be rearranged. The first game
will take place on the Congress street grounds
in this city next Saturday, when the local team
will play the Easterns of Brewer. The players
will be escorted to the grounds by the Belfast
band. While a three team league cannot play