The Republican journal., 1913-12-25
The News of Belfast.

A. E. Clark Camp, Sons of Veterans. will
hold their next meeting next Tuesday evening,
instead of Monday as usual.
Nellie, widow of the late o. A. Dickey OF
Northport, has been granted United States
pension. Mr.. Dickey was Civil War veteran.
LOST. plain locket with white stone and
containing a picture. Please return to Miss
Harriet Perkins. Union street, or to The Jour-
nal office.
The Waldo County Veterans Association will
meet at the X. P, hall. Ellingwood's Corner,
Wnterport, the first Thursday in January. If
stormy, the first fair day.
Everett NJ. Hart of 1913 Waldo avenue, who
mad been dangerously ill with appendicitis. was
operated on last Saturday at the Tapley hos
pital. Or Tapley was assisted by Drs. Elmer
and Foster C. Small. The operation was very
successful and the patient is comfortable.
Frank Condor, who was seriously injured in
the accident last Angus. when the Bar Harbor
Express was derailed at Meriden, Ct, end who
has been recuperating in the Waldo County
hospital left last Thursday morning for Boston
TO consult Specialist. LIZ was oSSo"Pohieo
Inv Or. H. L. Kilgore of Thorndike.
Everett j. Felker of Brooks is surveying
and making plans for the Penobscot Bay Real
Estate Company. The three cross streets be-
tween High street and Waldo avenue have
been called McKeen, Louis and Route streets
Five lots have been sold on the instalment
ulan. and the houses to be built by the COM
7any may be paid for in that way.
The Belfast fire depar tment will have its an
nlsl banquet and smoke talk January End. The
BANQUET will be at Jellisons Cafe, after which
The company will adjourn to headquarters for
= smoke talk January Both Hose Company
NO l. will give an old fashioned levee and
ball IN the Belfast Opera House, with supper,
concert and dancing.
The 18th annual concert and ball of the Bel
fast Hook & Ladder Co.. held last Friday night
in the Opera House, was largely attended and
very enjoyable, After pleasing concert by
Reyes orchestra the grand march was led by
-aief Engineer Stephen S. L. Shute and Mrs.
~nute followed by dancing which continued
INTO the small hours. Refreshments were
served at lntermission.
Mr., and Mrs. Maine Hills entertained large
-amily party at their home on Court street,
hristmas day. The guests were Mr.. and Mrs.
4n9sa $. Heal. Miss Louise Heal of Boston,
Mss Marian Heal, who was at home from
gcaga, Mrs. Katherine Hills and Miss June
Of Marblehead, Mass, and Mr.. and
N-- 81 non E Brown, Misses Katherine and
aU.. 4- Master Richard Maine Brown.
Ta- 5al Club will have an all-day shoot to-
lay .1 leir grounds at the foot of Allyn street,
weather permitting. and in the morning a
match ilr the championship between two
teams fram the Coot Club, captained, respect
,ye.y. by Ralph II, Howes and Clarence E.
Read. vii take place in which there is much
interest. There will be shooting for chickens,
src, in the afternoon, and all are welcome. IL
AN Auction CLUB. The preliminary meet
ac If an auction club to be formed was
ned with Mrs Morris l.. Slugg on Saturday
afternoon. On account of the approach
Pr Christmas most of the afternoon spent
with neeilework, though one table of auction
made up. delicious supper was served
SIX o'clock by the hostess, Miss Cora S.
Morrison and Miss Marian Hazeltine Several
names were discussed, but none decided upon,
and no definite plans for the winter were
made, except that several suppers, each to be
served by committee of three are to be held
Those who took part IN the little play, 1.-THE
Best Man." given some weeks ago both here
and IN oearsport, and to be given early in
January IN Castine, have formed Dramatic
club, calling themselves The Colonial Players.
Each member of the cast holds Office, as
follows Miss Anne NJ Kittredge, president;
Charles A. Harmon, vice president; Morris L.
Sugg business manager; Mrs. Morris L. Sugg,
assistant business manager; Miss Alice Sim
mons, coach and stage manager; Charles Ham
mons, property man; Miss Katherine c. Quinn
1y, musical director. The club will begin work
soon on another play to be presented in the CO.
5nlal Theater in the near future, and plans to
nave still another for presentation in the
sumner,
WELCOME SEAFARERs. 1t is some time since
We nave had breezy epistle from Capt Ed. A.
H'chardson,one of Deer Isles master mariners
"ho handles the English language and the
typewriter as expertly he does the vessels
re commands; and last summer when he made
brief call at The Journal office we alluded
20 that fact. In reply the captain pleaded
iazlness, which we find to be a very common
complaint; and he said, further, that as he had
been voyaging coastwise he found little of in
terest to write about. Now he is off shore
again and sends us from Fort-de- France, Mar
Unique, an interesting account of his visits to
Belfast We hope that in the future he will
come oftener and stay longer. The Journal
latch string is always on the outside and sea.
farers are specially welcomed 1t SO happens
that in this weeks issue another seafarer. Capt
George L. Norton. editor of the Marine Jour.
nal, New York, gives some "reminiscences OF
belfast that will interest many of our readers
here and elsewhere.