The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-10-14

and pleasant smile for old and young and wor
the respect of all who knew him. He was ar
honest, upright young man and surely gooc
man mas gone to his reward. His age was q
years. mouth and 1S days, and he was born in
oearsport. the son of Mr.. and Mrs Edmond
w. thompson and had resided there until a
lew years ago they bought farm in Swanyile
ne was member of the Order of Maccabees
OF Searsport, member of Granite Grange Of
Nor'n oearsport and later a member of Comet
orange OF owanville. Funeral services were
neio oct. 4th at the home of his parents. Mr..
FRANK Nye of Belfast officiating and Rev.
David Bracket of Belfast speaking words of
comfort to the bereaved. The bearers were
Lee Mckeen. H. O. Bachelor, Ernest and AL
fred Maddocks, and the singers Miss Harriet
Nickerson. Mrs. A. F. Nickerson. Mrs Ch.s
| Nickerson and Mr.. }. W. Nickerson. He
leaves to mourn the loss of worthy SON and
brother his father and mother, three brothers.
william Il. OF Sebago, Henry H. of Embden
and Elmer c. at home, and two sisters, Mrs. ].
W. Hutchins of Brooks, and Mrs. E. B. Sum.
mers of Waltsburg, Washington. The flowers
were beautiful, silent tokens of sympathy and
respect, and included pillow from the father
and mother, bouquet of pinks from the BROTH
ers and sisters. bouquet Of pinks, VIM Thomp-
son. basket, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Brock, bou
quet from Mr.. and Mrs. John Brock honouo+
of pinks from nephews and nieces, piece from
Mrs. A. 7. Toothaker. pinks from Fred Stin-
son, bouquets from Mrs. Mabel Webber. bou
quet from Mr.. and Mrs. j. C. Richardson. There
were three bouquets with no names, piece
from Granite Grange, pillow from Comet
Grange, pillow from % of the members of
the Industrial Club, a bouquet from Mr.
and Mrs. Harry Cottrell and bououet from,
Mrs. Fannie Twombly. The burial was in
Green Lawn cemetery
Word was received in Belfast Monday of the
sudden death of Mrs. John W. Hatch. wife of
Rev. J. W. Hatch, former district sup.rinten-
dent for the Methodist church in Bangor, at
Montpelier, VT. Sunday night, after an illness
of only one hour. The telegram did not state
the cause of death. Mrs. Hatch was native
OF Island Falls, and later lived in Orono and
Belfast. She was a prominent worker in the
Methodist church, and was also identified with
woman's clubs in this State. She had great
many friends who will be astonished and verv
much grieved at learning of her death, 1t
was only few weeks ago that she returned to
Montpelier, where Mr.. Hatch is president of
the Montpelier seminary, after visit to Marl-
boro Besides her husband, she is survived
by three children, Helen, Paul and Dorothy
The funeral services were held in MONTPELIER
Tuesday afternoon and the remains will arrive
In Bangor at noon today, Thursday and SER
vices will be held in Grace M. E. church at 2
p. m. The burial will be in Orono. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Hatch are held in kind remembrance
in Belfast and much sympathy is expressed fer
the bereaved A press despatch from Mont
pelier of Oct. 11th gives these particulars:
Mrs. Hatch died last night an hour after be-
ing attacked by acute indigestion while play-
ing the piano at services for the students She
was formerly Isabelle G. Flye, daughter of
Charles Flye of Kingman, and was SO years
old. She married DR.. Hatch in 1896. Thev
lived in Easton, Winterport and Belfast, and
for SIX years DR.. Hatch presiding elder of
the Bangor district, She leaves her husband,
three children, her parents ami one sister,
Mrs Fay Howard of Boston,
Miss Margie E. Payson died Oct 11th at her
home with her mother, No. SO High street, of
typhoid fever, aged "a years, months and 8
days She was born in Mapleton, the daugh-
ter of the late Hollis M and Mrs. Lucy San
born Payson formerly of Waldo. For the
I % n
in Belfast and was employed by the Thompson
Mfg. Co, when taken ill. Her death came as
a shock to her many friends. She was a
member of the Sons of Veterans Auxiliary.
She is survived by her mother; by two broth
ers, Hollis and Samuel of this city; by two
half brothers, Fred Payson of WaterviIle and
Herbert Payson of Rockport; and by three half
sisters, Mrs. James Richards of Searsport, Mrs,
Lowell Thompson of Camden and Mrs Lee
Pulsifer of Presque Isle. The funeral was
held at her late home Tuesday at p m., Rev
Horace B. Sellers, Methodist, officiating The
bearers were from A. E. Clark Camp, s. of ",
c. L. Wright, Frank o. Whiting, Bernard
Holmes and Earl Thomas. The Auxiliary held
their funeral service at the home. Interment
was in Grove cemetery
Miss Mabel A. Thompson, a student nurse
at the Waldo County hospital. died there
| Thursday evening, Oct. 7th, about II o'clock.
She was operated on for appendicitis about
ten days previous but the immediate cause OF
her death was peritonitis. She had been at
the hospital about 18 months and was a gener-
al favorite and her death was a shock to heI
associates and friends She was 20 years OF
age and the daughter of Lewis and Emma
Thompson of Unity. A prayer service was
held at the hospital Friday noon, Rev. Horace
B. Sellers, Methodist, officiating and the re-
mains were taken on the noon train to hel
home in Unity, where the funeral was held.
John Foster died Thursday night, Oct. 7th, il
Monroe at the home of his daughter, Mrs
| Frank Bowden. He was born in Pittsfield ir
1924. The funeral took place Sunday. Rev
Frank S. Dolliff of Jackson officiating, and the
remains ere taken TO his old home in Pitts.
field Monday for burial.
Mrs, Mary Frances Briggs, widow of Richard
Briggs, who formerly was long one of Boston't
leading merchants in the china, crockery an(
glassware trade,died Oct 9th in the Greenwood
section of Wakefield, where she had been
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