The Republican journal., 1914-01-01

The next meeting of the Waldo County Vet
eyan association will be held at the X. OF T.
hall. Ellingwoods Corner. Winterport, today,
Jan. 1st If stormy, the meeting Will be post
poned to the first pleasant day.
The Women's Alliance of the First Parish
(Unitarian) church will meet at the home OF
Mrs. George A. Quimby. Miller street, tomor-
row, Friday afternoon at O'Clock. Inc SUD-
iect of a paper by Mrs. ]. W. Frederick Will be
"Notes of Winter in the Bahamas
At the annual meeting of the Board OF
Trade Dec 29th the following officers were
elected: President, Morris L. Slugg; vice
presidents. F. L. Written, James H. Howes, 5.
A. Parker; secretary. Elon B. Gilchrest; treas
urer, Ralph D. Southworth; board OF mana
gers. R. F. Dunton, Horace Chenery, w. II
Hall. C. R. Coombs, F. L. Written, J. Z. Dur
ham. n, H. Coombs and NV. Lord. The regular
meetings will be held the second Friday of
every month and there will be special pro-
gram for each evening.
CAMP GILMORE. On the End page will be
found an interesting article from Mr.. A. W..
Thompson of Fort Collins, Colo, on Camp Gill
more, not "Gilmore's Camp" as he terms 1t,
"Our George" says it derived its name from
the owner Rufus Gilmore. farmer, on whose
land the camp stood and from whom it was
leased by its occupants The commissary was
Horatio NJ Palmer. Other frequenters of the
camp not mentioned by Mr.. Thompson were
George B. Moore, witty and versatile writer,
for many years editor of The Journal; William
Henry Simpson, who succeeded him as editor
of The Journal; Jos. Williamson. Belfast's his
torian, and many others. No book records
were kept, but the writing was done on the
walls and other parts of the camp and when 1t
went to decay they were lost.
The Christmas rush at the Belfast office is
over and the mail was all disposed of and the
parcels delivered so far as they had arrived by
5 P. M, Christmas, but large arrival of de-
layed mail came in the following day, SO that
the work was not entirely closed until the
following afternoon. On Saturday the work was
back to normal conditions. 1t was case of
hard work for everyone connected with the
office, but each man was anxious to do his best
to dispose of the largest volume of business
that the Office has ever had in a like period of
time and the results were highly satisfactory to
Postmaster Amos F. Carleton, who highly
praises all the clerks and carriers. both city and
rural, who SO heartily aided in doing this extra
work SO faithfully and WELL Every man SEEM
ed to have the true Christmas spirit and in the
workroom good fellowship prevailed at all times
the work went on like a well working mach.
ine, and the sacks of mail filed with gifts of all
kinds were disposed of and their contents sent
on their way to fill hundreds of homes with
joy. Mr.. Carleton wishes to publicly thank
each man in the Office for his hearty co-opera-
ton and faithful work; and the public for its
uniform good nature while standing in line
waiting to have packages rated and mailed,
which at times must have been tiresome. A
late train, arriving at II instead of TO- a. m,
mixed matters SO that the carriers were forced
to deviate from their regular schedules and
delayed the delivery at points away from
the office which could not be avoided but
teams were put on with extra men and the
parcels delivered very promptly, being but
little behind the letters.