The Republican journal., 1915-01-14

| of the Home for Aged Women, received a. q
by the hand of W. J. Price.
The Daughters of Veterans will hold their
next regular meeting Wednesday evening
January..2Oth. when the new ritual will be used.
All members are requested to be prepared
with clippings for the good of the order.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Parker Cook entertained tn e
members of Osceola Sewing Circle at their
Church street home last Thursday A meet
ing of the circle was held in the afternoon
followed by picnic supper, cards, and social
evening
Miss Irene Marks went to Augusta Friday
to assume her duties as stenographer to
Gov. o C. Curtis Miss Ida S. Carleton has
| succeeded her in the City National Bank. and
Miss Velma Mitchell is temporarily employed
| in the bank.
Mrs. Leroy A.Webber was hostesslast Thurs
day afternoon of four table auction party,
! benefit for the Universalist Social Aid. The
ladies in charge of the tables were Mrs. Web
| Der, Mrs. A. ]. Morrison, Mrs. Frank H. Mayo
| and Miss Edith M. Southworth. Confection-
cry and fruit were served.
United States pensions were recently grant,
ed to the following under special acts of Con-
gress: David L. Cross of Lincolnville, $40 per
! month; Thomas C. Wood of Belfast. 1856 per
month: John A Patterson of Belfast, $40 per
month; Elisha W. Ellis of Belfast, $50 per
month; George W. Harding of Searsport, $50
per month; Ella V. Jones of Augusta, SIP per
month; Levi L. Walker of Belfast, $50 per
month; Verena A. Townsend. Belfast, SIP per
month. The above claims were filed by Frank
lin A. Greer, U. S. pension attorney, of this
city.
Orrin ]. Dickey is to speak before the senior
class of the Rockland High school Tuesday
afternoon, Jan. 18th, on the washington Ex-
cursion and its Advantages There are some
80 members of the class who plan to make the
| trip from Rockland this spring, which will be
made under the management of MIR. Dickey.
Permission to make the trip was given by the
! members of the school committee with the re-
quirement that at least two-thirds of the class
should make the trip.
SUNDAY SERVICES AT JAIL AND HOSPITAL.
The pastors of the city churches have estab-
Iished a precedent of holding Sunday services
| at public institu ions and began last Sunday
with services at the Waldo County hospital
| with Rev. Haraden S. Pear of the North
Congregational church officiating, assisted by
his choir Mrs. Thomas E. Bowker, Miss Jessie
Hart, Harry Coombs and John Parker. They
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County Jail and held services there for the 27
| inmates. Next Sunday Rev. Arthur A. Blair
of the Universalist church will conduct the
services.
Last Sunday there were 81 tramps in the
county Jail, but ten will leave during the week,
and it is hoped that the strenuous work of the
wood yard will deter others from taking their
places. not one of these tramps was brought
to the Jail by deputy sheriff; they were COM
mitted by trial justices and the municipal
| court,as Migrants, etc. There were no prison
ers in the Jail held for the grand jury or for
trial in the Supreme court, and was
sent up to serve sentence from the criminal
| docket of the S. j. court at the January term,
very unusual condition. The running ex-
penses of the court at the term just closed,
for jurors, etc, were very small, but trife
over the board bill of the special jury for the
Burgess murder trial at the September term
| THE WALDO COUNTY BAR. The annual
meeting of the Waldo County Bar Association
was held Wednesday evening, Jan. 9th, in the
| law library at the Courthouse and the follow
| ing officers we're elected: President, George E,
| Johnson treasurer, John R. Dunton; secretary,
| Carleton Doak, 1t was voted that inasmuch
as all the law offices in the city agreed to close
| Saturdays at noon throughout the year, the
| secretary be instructed to give this informa-
ton to the newspapers, and to have suitable
| signs printed to be posted upon the doors of
| the offices. The committee to revise the fee
| bill, Roberto Dunton, Arthur Richie and Fred
| W. Brown, asked for further time and the
meeting adjourned to Monday evening. Follow
| ing this meeting the meeting of the trustees of
the Waldo County Law Library was held.
Judge George E. Johnson, the Oldest member
| of the Bar, was reelected president; Carleton
| Doak was elected clerk, John r. Dunton treas
urer and Reuel W. Rogers librarian. The reg
ular reports were read, accepted and placed on
| file large number of books have been add
| ed to the Library and there is a satisfactory
| balance in the treasury. At the adjourned
| meeting of the Waldo County Bar association
/ JAM 18th fee bill as adopted to take effect
Feb. /, 1915 We have been furnished copy
of the BILL but are unable to print it this week.