The Republican journal., 1915-10-21
The News of Brooks.

MIR. and Mrs. Ed White Of Belfast were in
town Saturday.
Ross Weber was passing around the cigars
this week. 1t is . boy.
Miss Christine Lane is spending some weeks
with relatives in Hallowell
Mrs. Fred Ham and daughter Hazel OF
Thorndike were in town Monday.
Addie Davis has been the guest for week
of her sister. Mary Warren. in jackson.
Mrs. Harmon Slower returned Sunday from
two weeks visit with friends in Belfast.
Mrs. Willis Northrop of Brookline, Mass.
visited her f..-.d Frances Merritt last week.
Quite number of our young people motor
ed to Jackson to attend the church fair and
sale held there last week.
Mrs. Walter Young was operated on at
Grace hospital, Bangor. some two weeks ago,
and is convalescing rapidly.
Miss Phyllis Reynolds will leave next Mon
day for Portland. where she will take BUSH
ness course at Gray's college.
Ernest Merritt and wife of Revere, Mass,
came here in their touring car recently to see
their sister-in-law, Frances Merritt.
Mrs. Inez Payson is at her fathers the past
two weeks. She is still in q very bad condi-
ton and much sympathy is felt for her.
Fred H. Brown and wife spent the week
end with relatives in Jackson. MIR. nd Mrs.
Oscar Chase accompanied them home to re-
main here several days.
Forest Roberts and family have moved back
to their old home near the Corners, the Grant
family exchanging for the house vacated by
Mr.. Roberts and owned by his son Clair
Christine, Jones and Mabel johnson are at
tending Gray's business college IN Portland
and like very much. They are boarding in
the house with Rev. Harold Booth, Brooks
former pastor, and under his care.
Mrs. Roy Roberts has been very ill with
jaundice and kidney trouble, but is slightly
improved at this date. Mrs. Michael Stevens
of J-ckson is stopping with her this week. as
MIR. Roberts is working away from home the
greater part of the time
Mrs. Arthur Webster. who has been for
many years housekeeper for the Charles Dana
Gibson family at their summer home on Seven
Hundred Acre Island, visited some days last
week with her sister, Mrs. Charles Ryder, be-
fore joining the Gibsons in New York.
Mrs. Vesta Higgins and Mrs. Belle Boody
were guests recently ct MIR. and Mrs. Everett
Taskers in Belfast While there they attended
the inspection of Primrose Chapter, o, E. S.,
by the Grand Matron, Mrs. Lillian Paine. and
report most pleasant and instructive evening.
Mrs. Olive Randall. who has been spending
the summer in Massachusetts, and New York
State, has returned and is again with her
brother, George Peavey. Mrs. Randall visited
Niagara Falls by auto and had many other
wonderful trips sightseeing. greatly enjoying
all of them.
Thr jitney auto running between Bangor
and Brooks met with quite an accident Mon
day. On the hill near the trotting park in
Monroe, while going at high rate of speed.
1t struck telephone post a curve, nearly
demolishing the car, and throwing the occu-
pants-Walter Young, Harry Leaman, Mr.
Clark and Mr.. Stimpson-some distance. None
were seriously injured. however.
Eben Miller has gone to Searsport to work
for time. His mother, Martha Miller. has
closed up her home for the winter and is stop
ping with her sons family. Mrs. Kate Miller
is now prepared to assist in cases of illness in
town or surrounding country. She is good,
capable nurse, having had considerable expert
ence In cases of pneumonia, fevers, operations.
and in several instances has been present in
homes where the stork had recently visited,
She will be pleased to book engagements for
the winter.
North Waldo Pomona Grange was held at
Union hall, Brooks, Wednesday Oct. 18th, and
although it was very busy season for the
farmers there was goodly attendance and
some fifty more sat down to dinner at the
noon hour. Two candidates were instructed
in the Pomona degree, and some very inter-
esting talks were given by members of Penob
scot Pomona and others. The welcoming ad-
dress was rendered in a most creditable man.
ner by Ebert Moulton.