The Republican journal., 1913-05-22
SEARSPORT.


TO Bangor Saturday.
About forty couples from here attended the
dance in Monroe last Friday evening
Capt. W. H. Goodell returned las week
from business trip of several days in Bangor
Joseph Soffayer of Rockland was in town
Friday with line of embroideries, linens and
laces.
Miss Rowena Colcord arrived Friday from
West Upton, Mass. where she spent the
winter.
BARGE Rain finished discharging Saturday
and sailed for Sargentville to load ice for New
York.
Mrs. L. C. Havener, who has been visiting
in town. has returned to her home in Worces-
ter, Mass.
Mrs. Clara B. Eyre of Orange. N. j.. was in
town Saturday, the guest of Mrs. l.. L. Nichols
on Water street.
MIR. and Mrs. c. W. Kerr of Somerville.
Mass, were in town Sunday, guests of Mr.. and
Mrs, Clifton jackson.
Mrs. C, M. Nichols, who has been spending
several weeks in Boston with relatives, re-
turned home last week.
A. E. Trundy & Son are constructing a new
buildinp south of their mill for the storage Of
shingles and other dry lumber.
p. Walker, Esq, of Bangor has rented the
Hopkins house on Howard street OF MIS-. ). "
Sweetser of Haddonfeld, N. J.
Mrs. H. l.. Perry of Brooklyn, N. Y, arrived
Friday and will spend the summer at the
Curtis homestead on West Main street.
Mrs. Cecil Paine and daughter Mary, who
have been visiting Mr.. and Mrs l.. M. Sargent
have returned to their home in Bath.
Supt, of Schools Woodbury. was in town
Thursday and met the parents in an informal
way and discussed school topics of interest.
Mrs. F. A. Curtis returned Thursday from
Dorchester, Mass, where she had spent sew
eral weeks with her daughter, Mrs. h. W..
Kneeland
DR.. and Mrs. A. A. Jackson of Everett
Mass, were III town last week. DR.. Jackson is
having a bungalow built at Pleasant Cove to
the westward of the steamboat wharf.
W. R. Gilkey & Son will start their passen-
ger touring car between Searsport and Belfast
next Monday, connecting at Searsport with
John McLaughlins car tor Stockton.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. F Savage, Mrs. H. M. Chap
man and George Dunn of Bangor were in
town last week. M. Savages stable and garage
connected with his cottage is nearly complet-
ed.
Steamer Penobscot, Capt Nickerson, arrived
Saturday from Newport News with $3.50 tons
of coal 20 the Penobscot Coal Co. She finish
ed discharging and sailed Tuesday for Nor
folk
The Ladies Guild will give a public supper
in the social room of the vestry, Thursday,
May 22nd. Supper tickets twenty five cents.
Make this function a social and financial sue
cess by attending it.
The Village Improvement Society and the
Superintendent of the Gordon. Village and Elm
wood cemeteries are indebted to Mrs George.
A. Carver and Miss Alice G. Chase of Brook
lyn, N. Y, for several up-to-date rubbish cans
The gift is very much appreciated by the peo-
pie of the town.
Capt. James B. Parse is blocking up the Por-
ter house on Steamboat avenue preparatory to
moving it to Norris street. Capt Parse is to
build his new house the old site and went
to Alton Tuesday morning, where the frame
and other material to be usec in the construc-
ton of the house is being gotten out by the
Sargent Bros. at their mill. 1t will be shipped
by rail from there to Searsport.
Mr.. j. W. Black, Misses Emily Ross, Evelyn
Young, Bernice M cCasin, Annie Whittier, Lii
liam Smith, Mabel McElhiry and Gladys But
man have been chosen special committee by
the Improvement Society 20 c3llect funds to
buy granulated calcium chloride to Law the
dust on Main street, and if successful on this
street it will be used on the other streets. The
next meeting will be held in the Library the
first Tuesday in June.
Mrs c. F.. Adams found among some old ma.
pers recently old receipt of which the fol-
lowing is a copy:
Belfast. 0 It. 8. 1885,
Received o. MIR. Richard Smart $500 in full
for bridge re for the corning year, for HIM
self ard wife and G. w. SIN art and wife
James McCrilis.
Richard Smart in 1886 was the Deputy Col
lector of Customs at West Prospect, now
Searsport. He was prominent business man
at that time and was engaged in general BUSH
ness and also i'll the West India trade In 1858,
when nearing tine end of his business career.
he built TIE Smart block on Main street, one
of the most imposing structures at that time
for business house in Waldo county.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES Sunday.
May 18th, MIR. Mckinney spoke concerning
"Christian self sacrifice" The text was Matt
1924, "If any man will come after me, let him
deny himself, and take up his cross and follow
Me-" By selfsacrifce alone the human race is
saved. Over one hundred times the New
Testament states that Christ died for guilt.
The only theory of atonement necessary is
that salvation comes through Jesus. And for
this salvation the spirit of self sacrifice is i'm
perative. In this text Christ plainly states
His attitude. He suffered, SO must we
In the Life all about US this law holds true,
one suffers that many may profit The plant
sacrifices growth that it may bloom and
bear fruit. The bee tolls not because the
honey is sweet, but for the welfare of it's COL
ony. The self denial is unconscious, nature
is simply obedient to the fixed laws of the