The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-02-05

Nrs. Nettis Whitcomb asnart Of North
Searsport will speak at Ss63ide Spiritual msst-
ing in Knowlton hall. High street, next Sum-
day at the usual hour.
A. E. Clark Camp. Sons Of Veterans. and
their Auxiliary will meet in G. A. r. hall next
Sunday and attend the Lincoln Day services
at the Baptist church. The pastor. Rev. Wal
ter F. Sturtevant, will preach sermon appro-
pirate to the occasion.
special meeting of the board OF trustees
of the M E. church was held last Tuesday
evening, at which Rev. Oscar S. Smith, pastor
of the First Methodistchurch Of Bangor. was
present in the interests of the Northport
| CamI meeting Association.
The lecture on "Katahdin. the Monarch of
Maine" by Rev. Eugene s. Philbrook of San
| ford, in the Baptist church last Tuesday even
ing, was largely attended and very enjoyable
| The pictures from photographs made by Mr..
| Philbrook were beautiful, and the accompany
ing lecture, in which he told of his camping
experiences, was very interesting.
| 1t has been an unfavorable season for ice
boating, as before the larger ponds were really
| for the sport the ice was covered by snow. Be-
fore that there was few days sport on Til
| den's pond and on Swan Lake. The first of
| the week a party at the Tutrie cottage at
Quantabacook tried boating on the sleet-cover-
ed ice, and the mast was carried away, but no
one was injured.
The North Church Guild met in the CHURCH
parlors Monday evening. The ate ndance was
| small, owing to other engagements OF the
members. The work committee gave out
some work, and requests more patterns from
the members. Miss Anne v. Field will enter
tain the Guild at her home next Monday even
| ing, to meet Mrs Baraden S. Pearl. A full at.
| tendance is desired.
| A SILVER SHOWER Miss Sarah M. Seavey,
| daughter of George C. Seavey of Spring street,
| whose engagement to Ralph Gutherie of Kali
amazoo, Mich, was announced some time ago,
was the guest of honor Wednesday night. Jan.
18th, at luncheon and Rummey party. given
| by Mrs. Samuel Lord and Mrs. Clarence E.
Hall at the home of Mrs. Lord Following the
luncheon Rummey was played, Miss Knowlton
receiving the prize, handsome bouquet of
| pinks. surprise to the guest of honor was
shower of silver coffee spoons. Miss Seavey
was recently the guest at linen shower given
| in her honor by Miss Darby. The wedding
will take place in the early spring.
HOSPITAL NoTEs. Mrs. Mary Joslin of Kill
lingly, Conn, has been engaged assistant
| superintendent at the Waldo County Hospital
and has entered upon her duties. Miss
| Marian Simpson of Bluehill, student nurse,
has been operated upon for appendicitis, and
| is making rapid recovery. Miss Gracla
Luce has returned from vacation at her
home in Montville. .. Mrs. Clyde Bagley. who
has been patent at the hospital, returned to
her home in Unity Wednesday. Miss Gladys
Bradford and Miss Glenice Myrick, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. John Myrick, were operated
upon last week for appendicitis. Both oper-
atoms were successful and the patients
doing well.
The certificate of the organization of the J.
| C. Durham Co. was recorded in the Waldo
County Registry of Deeds Feb 3rd. The pur
poses of the corporation are conducting and
operating saw mills; manufacturing lumber,
boxes, general house finish and other wooden
merchandise; contracting and building, buy
ing, selling, leasing and exchanging real es-
| tate and personal property. The amount of
capital stock is $4,000; all common stock, of
which $500 is paid in; par value of stock $780,
James c. Durham. George Weymouth and
Amos M. Partridge have one share each.
George Weymouth is president; James c. Dur
ham, treasurer; Amos M. Partridge, clerk.
The above named are a majority of the d.
rectors.
Thomas H. Marshall Circle observed McKin-
ley Day last Tuesday afternoon. The follow
ing program was conducted by Dora Bridges;
reading, introduction, Mrs. Annie Frost; read
ing. Mrs. Mary Russ; paper on Mckinley, Mrs
Ida Mahcney; remarks on last words of Presi-
dent Mckinley, Harriet Coomhs; reading, How
Mckinley Enlisted, Mrs. Nettie Merrithew;
remarks on what President Hayes said to Nc
Kinley by Mrs. Arvilla Daniels; reading, Mrs.
Hattie Riggs; reading, tribute to Mckinley,
Mrs. Alice Cannon; reading, Thomas Cannon;
reading, Mrs. Mary Pendleton; reading, How
Did You Die, Mrs. Lue Nichols; reading, Mrs.
Dora Bridges. There will be no meeting next
! Tuesday on account of the Food Fair. The
next meeting will be Feb. 18th.
THE WEATHER. 1t has been pretty good
winter so far. True, the mercury has been
down to 10 or 20 below once or twice, but
generally the temperature has been around
the freezing point. Then there has been con-
tinuous sleighing-the best ever-since Christ
mas. 1t looked last Friday, when we had the
first January thaw, as though we were about
to lose the sleighing, and one or two teams did
appear on wheels, but Saturdays sleet and
snowstorm made the going as good or better
than before There have been no deep drifts
and though we may yet have severe storms
and extreme cold weather, people are already
noting "sgns of spring" A day or two ago
flock of wild geese was seen flying north; but
you know what geese are, and will recall the
saying Don't be goose!" Then the tomcod
fishing on the Kennebec is over and the fisher
men are catching suckers, and while the finny
suckers are supposed to be harbingers of spring
another class of suckers are on hand at all
seasons of the year. But we can at least say
of the winter of 1914 that it has used US
pretty well so far and trnst that it will treat US