The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-12-23
SEARSPORT.

SEARSPOkI.
Patrick McDonough left Thursday for Bos-
ton,
Levi Trundy arrived Saturday from Tufts
college.
EN-. Glidden left Monday for the Pacific
coast. on business.
Regular meeting of Anchor Chapter, O. E.
s.. Monday, Dec. 9th.
Miss Ethelyn Havener left Thursday for
Boston to visit friends
WIS. Downes bought pair of draft horses
in Bangor last Saturday.
Ethelyn Havener has returned home from
visit in Boston and vicinity.
Miss Eliza Averill has been confined to her
home the past week by illness.
James Irving of Belfast has moved into the
F. A. Nye house on Main street.
M. A. Cook returned Saturday from bust
ness trip to Camden and Rockland.
Mrs. Adelbert Nickerson is spending few
days in Rockland visiting relatives.
Miss Violet Meyers left Thursday for Boston
to visit her father. Capt C. N. Meyers.
Mrs. Grace Wentworth and daughter Ger.
trude left Thursday to visit friends in Allston.
Mass.
Miss Winifred Dodge, teacher in the Nichols
school. is spending the vacation at her home in
Ellsworth.
The rainstorm Saturday took off what snow
there was on the ground and it looks like q
green Christmas.
Barge Waccamaw finished discharging fer
tilizer at the A. A. C. Co., plant at Macks
Point last week.
Mr. and Mrs. c. H. Lindsey arrived Satur-
day from Boston to spend Christmas at their
home on the Belfast road.
Mrs. Clifton Whittum and grandson, Daniel
Brown, left Thursday for Waltham, Mass, to
spend Christmas with relatives.
Miss Iona Nichols has arrived home from
Derby. where she is. teaching, and will spend
the holiday recess with her parents.
Miss Ethel M. Nichols, teacher in the Water
Vile High school. is spending the holidays
with her mother. Mrs. C. M. Nichols.
Steamer Meteor Capt. Buranger. finished
dfscharging at the PC. and W. Co. plant at
hacks Point Thursday and sailed for Norfolk
| There will be a special town meeting in
Union hall Friday, Dec. oath. at p. M. to
see If the town will vote to allow the hall to
be used by the basket ball team.
The laborers at both fertilizer plants are bav-
ing vacation until January first, when the
work OF shipping to Northern Maine will begin
and business is expected to improve.
t~SSe Penobscot Bay and Greenvile Electric
light plants have been sold to the Central
Maine Power Co. The Penobscot Bay Co..
covers Bucksport, Stockton, Searsport, Belfast,
verona, Prospect, and other towns
The following officers have been elected for
the ensuing year by Anchor Chapter, o. E. S..
worthy Matron, Miss Harriet Erskine; Worthy
Patron, James H. Duncan; Associate Matron,
Miss Florence Colcord; Conductress, Mrs,
Adelaide Parse; Associate Conductress, Mrs,
Elizabeth Weber; Secretary, Mrs, Louise
Fletcher; Treasurer, Mrs. Ella H. Sweetser.
Capt. Charles Nichols in the American
Hawaiian steamship Georgian has arrived in
Philadelphia from the West Coast and the
lsthmns, of which Rupert Colcord of this town
is quartermaster has also arrived in Pbiadel.
phla. Both steamships were obliged to come
East via the straits of Magellan, owing to the
impossible condition of the canal None of the
on board had been able to hear from home
since leaving the coast and letters were very
welcome when they arrived in port.
CHRISTMAS PARTY Friday evening. De
eember oath. the annual parish Christina.
party will be given at the Cong1 vestry, Al
80 short program of recitations and song
will be given by members of the S. S. SAINT,
Claus is expected at eight to distribute tn.
gifts from the trees and stockings. After hi
departure social hour will be enjoyed Gift
Intended for the trees or stockings will be re
ceived from till p. m, Friday. Pleas
remember to mark them plainly. Unmarke
gifts suitable for boys and girls from S to i
Will also be gratefully received by the commit
tee IN charge and given to children for whom
no provision has been made.
The ladies of the Methodist church held thei
bi-annual fair last Thursday afternoon in tb
vestry, when all sorts of suitable gifts fo
Christmas were on sale. In the evening Their
was an entertainment under the direction G
Mrs. Anslee and Mrs. R. NJ Porter whc
included music and pantomime by Reatric
Rich and the laughable farce "After tn
Honeymoon" in which the following took rar
pegRy the maid Henrietta Oregon
MRS; Morton Mary lima
Mr.. Morton Irving Rie
MRS. Morrls Miss Hale
Mr.. Morris Simmer SINS
Admission Is cents