The Republican journal., 1914-09-17
County correspondence.
EAST sEARsaaoNT.

EAST sEARSMONT.
Mrs. Blanche Sullivan of Roxbury. Mass.
Wa q recent guest Of her aunt. Mrs. Eta
Hobbs, and her uncle, Dalton Head. Mr..
and Mrs. H. N. Donnell spent Aug. 18th in
Rockland, guests Of relatives. Mrs. Frank
Cello was in E. Northport recently. the guest
Of her aunts, Misses Della and AitheaMahoney .
80. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B. MacKenna Of
New York city are guests of her father. Mr..
John Cummings.
SWANvIllE CENTER
Nellie MARI and friend Mr.. Templeton re-
turned to Bath Sept. 9Th. -. Miss Webb Of
Jackson is to teach in district l and g.. Miss
Ellen Hall. who is to teach school in town this
fall, visited Mrs. E. H. Littlefield last week.
So. Mrs. Watson and Mr.. N. Robertson are both
great sufferers with scistic Rheumatism. :.
The new station at Waldo is nearing compile
ton and is to be a nice modern building.
Ben Webb of Portland was a weekend visitor
with his grandmother, Mrs. Ann Webb.
Monday afternoon, Sept. 7th three severe
electrical showers passed over this vicinity,
lasting three hours. The rain came down in
sheets and it hailed in two of the Shove rs and
the wind blew hard in one. Lightning struck
Mr.. E. H. Littlefields house, damaging it badly
1t did damage in eight rooms. but luckily no
one was injured, although Mrs Twombly, who
was ironing, could not hear for some little time.
The buildings did not catch fire.. The Grange
is painting Comet Grange hail.. The dance
given by CometGrangeThursday night. Sept. Sd
was a great success. 1t was largely attended
and greatly enjoyed by young and old and the
amount of money taken was very pleasing
MRS. James Bagley is at work for Mrs.
Watson Robertson.
OAK HILL tSwanville)
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Toothaker. Mrs. w. X.
Peavey and Mrs. E. C. Peavy were in South
Thomaston Sept. Sd. guests of Mr.. and Mrs. l..
O. Hanley Master Merle C. WhIttum visited
his grandparents. Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus
Tripp, few days the past week. Mr.. and
Mrs Hartshorn from Massachusetts were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Cheney the past
week :. Geo. Scott has returned from East
Newport, where he has been visiting his
brother, Levi Scott. Mr.. and Mrs. F. Porter
Webb were in WaterviIle Sept. End and Sd.
quests of Dr. and Mrs. M. M. Small. They at
tended the fair David Partridge is visiting
his daughter. Mrs. F. 0. Seekins. Master
Edwin Greeley of Bar Harbor is visiting +. o.
Holmes and family. Martin Ford of New
York is spending his vacation with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. T, S. Ford. Mrs. Walter Harvey
is ill with typhoid fever and is attended by
DR.. Elmer Small of Belfast. Mr., and Mrs.
L. D. Holmes and children were weekend
Quests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nickerson in
Brighton, Maine. Mrs. W. R. Peavey and
Mrs. E. C. Peavey were Sunday guests OF
Frank Peavey and family in Belfast.
MONROE
The farm buildings of Chas. Merrill ABOUT one
mile from the village were destroyed by fire
Sept.4th. They caught in the chimney soon after
a morning fire was built. Mr.. Merrill is very
feeble man. His niece and nephew, Charley
Twombly and sister Ethel live with him. The
fire spread rapidly and caught on the barn.
Mr. Merrill in trying to save the horses was
badly burned, it was thought fatally. but he is
hopes of his recovery. They lost two horses
but saved the cows. The barn, with all the
hay and the household furnishings, and nearly
everything, was lost. There was a small in
surance. Much sympathy is expressed for
them ALL. Mrs. Addie Kicker has cousin
and niece from Massachusetts visiting her,.
Miller Thomson from Massachusetts is visit
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visiting Miss S. A. Mansur for week. DR..
F. A. Pringle is in town again. -. The Monroe
W. C. 7. U. mourns the death of Alice Kane.
She was loyal worker for prohibition, held
countyoffice of superintendent of fair,w and
was faithful in all her work. -. Mrs. Florence
Young is still in the Bangor hospital receiving
treatment 1t is hoped she may have speedy
recovery. Mrs. Sarah Buzzell entertained
her children from Belfast and her sister from
Prospect last Sunday. The next W. c. I. U.
meeting will be with Mrs. Roscoe Clements.
NORTH ISLESBORO.
Miss Edith Burgess of Belfast spent the week.
end with Mr.. and Mrs. l. M. Burgess. Miss
Beulah Bates left Sept 9Th for Fort Kent to re-
sumo her duties as teacher. Clarence Paul
visited friends in town last week. Miss
Ogarita Rose of Rockland spent the weekend
with her grandmother. Mrs. Julia Rose. Mrs.
Eva Mansfield and daughter, Miss Helen, re-
turned to their home in Lynn, Mass, Sept. 9th
after a visit of several weeks with relatives.
Rev. H. C. Hull attended the Maine Baptist
Association meeting in Thomaston last week.
Quite a number of our people attended the
Waldo County Sunday school convention in
Belfast last week and all report pleasant and
profitable time. . Miss Bertha Schultz of At
lantic, Mass, was recent guest Of friends in
town. :. Frank Heal and daughter and the
Misses Caro- and Nettie Heal left Sept. 7th
for Massachusetts, after spending their vaca-
lions with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F.
Heal. :. Mrs. Emma Parker has gone to Port
land to resume her duties as matron at the
Y.W.C. T.U... Miss Ethel Parker has gone
to Skowhegan, where she has position as
teacher Miss Gertrude Warren is visiting
her mother, Mrs. Artha Warren. Mrs. Jennie
Quincy and children, Harold and Marian. have
retu rned to their home in Atlantic. Exten-
sive repairs are being made on the Ryder
schoolhouse. Charles Cocmbs and Fred Sprague