The Republican journal., 1914-03-26
SEARsPORT.


Miss Lulu Marks is visiting friends in Haver'
hill, Mass.
William Wheaton went to Bangor Saturday
on business.
Oliver c. Atwood left Monday for q. business
trip to Boston,.
Miss Carita Gray returned Saturday from
visit with relatives in Prospect.
Spring opened Friday. March 10th, with the
thermometer at zero at q. m.
Auditor Deck of the Eastern S. S. Corpora
t;on was in town last week on official business
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Gard are receiving
congratulations on the birth. March 3d. OF
son.
Mrs T.. A. Colcord arrived Wednesday from
New York and Miss Ethel Carr from Waitham
Mass.
The degree was worked on one candidate
last Thursday night at the regular meeting Of
Knyvetta Rebekah Lodge.
Henry W. Kneeland returned last week to
Mr.. and Mrs J. H. Kneeland.
Miss Julia B. Sullivan arrived Wednesday
from Waltham, Mass, and is visiting her orotn-
er. ]. H. Sullivan, on Water street.
Mr. ard Mrs. Frank French arrived Monday
from Winterport and are getting the oearspor'
House ready for the summer BUSINESS
Steamer Penobscot, Capt. Harding, arrived
Saturday from Newport News with a'lto TONS
80 oo,, m the Penobscot Coal Co. at Macks
Point.
Fred G. spinney of Belfast is conducting
dancing school Monday evenings and Is teacn'
;no all the new styles of dancing to large
class.
Miss Henrietta Gerry has returned from
visit in Belfast with Mrs. Fred Il. foor' 1oi-
,,arl, Miss Wealthy Nichols of Searsport and
Lynn.
IT.. fob cbowder served last Thursday night
in the M. E. church vestry called OUT eooo
number and was said to oe delicious. Inc
gentlemen acted as walters.
A Republican Caucus will be held In Union
Hal, Saturday, March 18th. at z p. m. to choose
n town committee and three delegates to the
State Convention to be held at Augusta Apfl'
9Th.
6ve.reel feature, Joyce Of the Nortn
Woods. will be given at Union Hall March $751;
Tb;. nicture was taken last summer by the
Edison company and shows scenes In Sears
port.
Mrs. Ella Mowry, who is spending the WIN
ter in Los Angeles, Calf. had as callers re-
Gently Mrs. D. W. Nickels and Mrs. Biea,
Searsport people, who are spending tne "in'ei
on the Pacific coast.
The announcement Of the engagement OF
Miss Henrietta NJ. Gerry of Searsport, tlaih,
ed nurse and graduate of the Truli hosP 2is
training school in Biddeford, ana wilbur
Carver of the U. S. Navy, was maze known
to friends in Saco and Biddeford MONDAY.
After graduating from the hospital Miss Gerry
practiced her profession in Portland ana VI
cinitv for some time before going to New \ OK.
She is at present making her home in Sears.
port and Bangor. Mr.. Carver is graduate e., OF
Annapolis and was born In Searsport' Ane
wedding will take place this summer'-rof'-
land Express.
OBITUARY, Capt. Theodore P. Colcord, VINO
was taken i'll with acute indigestion FRIDAY
morning at Z o'clock, died suddenly SUNDAY
morning at o'clock. He was the son Oh 'ne
late Can't John P. and Betsey (Curtls) Coicoro
and was born in Searsport 66 years ago. When
how he shipped with Capt, William Tobey OF
Thomaston in the ship Pactolus OF the chapman
& Flint line of New York and sailed IN lhe
ship in the California trade until the retire
,nent of Capt. Tobey when he was placed IN
command of the ship and sailed her for sew
eral wears. In 1881 the ship A. J. Fuller was
built for him in Bath by Chapman q Flint
for the California trade and he sailed her Tor II
years. In this ship on Oct. 20, 1889, while on
the passage from Liverpool to New YORK. ne
rescued So persons from the burning steamer
Santiago from New York to Hull, England and
landed them at New York. He later COM
handed the ships ST. John, John Mcdonald and
Henry B. Hyde, some of the finest ships that
few the American flag. Retiring from the
merchant service he entered the employ OF the
American Hawaiian Steamship Co. of New
York and was the first Searsport captain 10
command e steamer in that line. his first snip
was the American, and the last the Columbian
when he resigned on account of his health.
Dnrro his career on the sea he had rounded
Cape Horn Sc times and had never lost YES
sell He married Miss Lillian Huss OF San
Francisco, who died IL years ago. He is sur
yiyed by one sister, Miss Hannah c. Colcord OF
Searsport, and niece Mrs. c. o. Sawyer OF
Searsport. The funeral services were held
Wednesday, Rev. c. o. Barnard OF M. r.
church officiating. Interment was in Elmwood