The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-04-22
The News of Brooks.

Maynard Stantial has returned to his school
in Rhode Island.
Isaac S. Staples spent several days in Rock
land recently on business.
Charles H. Forbes has been confined to the
house by the prevailing distemper.
Samuel H Lord and wife spent the weekend
in Brooks, visiting Mrs. A. B. Payson.
Rev. Thomas Morton is giving some very
interesting sermons at the Congregational
church.
Mrs. Inez Payson seems to be coming out OF
her recent serious illness as we'll as could be
expected.
Miss Nellie Littlefeld of Monroe, who spent
the winter in Brooks, is said to be in Bangor
for surgical treatment.
Mr., Dow has been off the road for the past
month, as local business has demanded his at
tention. He will start for Aroostook county
very soon.
Hugh Morrill, of Waterville spent the week
end here. 1t is not easy for Hugh to forget
rocks, where his entire life had been passed
until recently.
The Corner here is nice and dry now and the
grass is starting up green. The roads OUTSIDE
are greatly improving and loaded teams are
coming in now.
Everett Felker is DUNG some special work
as civil engineer about Brooks village. He has
studied hard and has become proficient In his
profession.
We recently received call from Charles
Wentworth of Bangor, who twent5 years ago
lived in Brooks over what was then the hol-
brook and Lane store. Mr.. Wentworth has
been in Brooks but three times since ne LETT
here and he sees great change In the place
and greater one in the people,
We much regret to report the death OF Mrs.
hinkley in jackson. AS girl she was known
in Brooks as May Stevens and was bright,
ha ndsome and attractive girl, With her hus-
band she had only recently returned to Maine
to spend the remainder of her life. She was
about seventy five years of age.
Harry Gordon, son of John H. Gorcon, has
been visiting his father in this village for
few days. He passed his boyhood here and
was very familiar figure on this corner. he
has Tor some years been an engineer on 1ne
Pullman from Bangor to Portland. Harry mas
made good in his calling and we are all
glad to see him in Brooks.
Burton Il. Robertson of "a Front street,
East Braintree, Mass, was called to BROOKS re-
Gently by the funeral of his father, Albert ).
Robertson, Burton has been connected with
wholesale shoe store on Summer street. Bos-
ton, for some ten years. His brother Willard
is civil engineer and is now in Kent, ohio'
where he is employed at present on a big con-
crete dam. His mother, Lizzie Dow Robert
son, has gone there to live with him for time.
Many people in this vicinity remember David
L. Knowles, who lived in Brooks in the early
seventies and perhaps for period of twenty
years. His father was Simon Knowles, VINO
lived on what is now called the Ernest Gould
place on Sprout Hill. He was sailor and
member of the navy during the Civil war.
Frank Knowles, who married Arvilda Roberts
and was killed in the war, was his brother
David married lady in Troy and went there
to live, later going west to live, where he be-
came prosperous. He died Aug. Is, 1914, in
his home at $40 Pine Avenue, Pacific Grove,
California, leaving widow and one son, larry
E. Knowles.
The many friends of Albert ]. Robertson
were severely shocked to learn that he drop
ped dead April 10th while at his work at his
home in Newton Center, Mass. No mention
of any serious illness had been given. His
death was the result of heart trouble.as stated
by the medical examiner. Mr.. Robertson was
born in Monroe, Maine, and lived there until
manhood. He was educated in the local
schools and was for some years a teacher. He
married Lizzie Dow of Brooks, who was also a
well known school teacher. They moved to
Massachusetts, and have lived in Amesbury.
Templeton, Billerica and Newton Center. He
was very industrious and economical and had
accumulated comfortable property. His sons
Burton h. and Willard, who were born in
Massachusetts,, were we'll educated and are
| successful business men. He leaves one sister
| Mrs. Eliza Pattee of Searsport, and two twin
broth ers, Hollis and Horace Of Massachusetts
His widow will for q time live in Kent, Ohio
with their son Willard. Mr.. Robertson was
an exemplary Christian gentleman. an ardent
temperance man. and was very highly esteem
ed by all with whom he associated. The fu'
neral was held in the Congregational church. II
Brooks, Rev. David Bracket officiating, ane
the interment was in the Dow-Robe-tson lo'
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