The Republican journal., 1915-05-06
The News of Brooks.

A. Carpenter is having additions and i'm
provements made to his already nice home.
Mrs. Josephine Fogg is at home Tor little
time and has frequent employment as a nurse.
Melvin W.Roberts hasa nice big three-years-
old colt which he will break in for team
horse.
Mrs. Edwin Felker has been very ill with an
attack of acute Indigestion but is said now to
be improving.
Leroy Godding's baby has been very ill but
is said now to be better. Charles Ryder has
very sick child.
Mrs. Ernest Simpson has presented her
husband with nice baby girl and he is appar-
emily delighted
Ira W. Bowden, who spent the winter in
Florida. has returned from a supplementary
trip up to the big timber.
L. 7. Rand, formerly of Unity, called upon
US recently. He is employed as salesman
for the Oliver Typewriter Co.
Mrs. Blake, or Gwyn Body as we call her,
of Searsport, has been visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Body, of this village
Mrs Inez Payson is back in her rooms at the
village. looking young and bright and fresh
and her friends hope for speedy recovery.
Mrs Ella Knowles Hubbard has been quite
Ill for some weeks but is now said to be much
improved in health. though not able to get out
of doors
Seth Moore from Belfast is in the George H.
Ryder blacksmith shop. Their special bust
ness is horse shoeing and they claim to be able
to do nice work.
Charles F. Bessey has been at home for
some time from his visit to the South and is
apparently much improved in health. A let
ter to Brooks will reach him.
The Brooks Cornet Band is being reorgan-
lied and it is thought they will be able, with
good instruction and diligent practice to appear
before the public on Memorial Day.
Mrs. Albert ]. Robertson writes that she is
now located with her son Willard in Kent,
ONO. Willard has employment there with
Boston company as a civil engineer.
Wilbur Knowles, son of the late Simon
Knowles. formerly OF Brooks, but who now
has employment in Pittsfeld, recently visited
his sisters and friends in this vicinity.
No particularly encouraging symptoms are
reported in the case of Charles Bowen at the
hospital in Bangor. He is an honest, hard
working man and the family have our SYM
pathy,
There was fair attendance at the Congre-
gational church last Sunday evening, A
musical speciality was the solo by Mr.. Martin,
supported by the choir. The Sunday evening
talks by Mr.. Martin are very interesting.
Henry Cunningham sticks to his business as
a blacksmith here in the village and specially
delights in doctoring refractory automobile
He will tell you in short order whether the
trouble is lack of gasolene or something else.
Miss Erma Barker, graduate of the Belfast
High school. still drives every day from the
farm to. West Brooks, where she has been a
teacher for several years. She does not mind
the heat, the cold, rain snow, or mud, but
just starts out for business and makes good
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Towle, formerly of Unity,
have been visiting the family of Gorham
Hamblen in this village. Mr.. Towle has been
in the employ of the Stone & Webster Co. of
Boston working on seven million dollar con-
tract to supply the city of Los Angeles with
water, and this season will go to Louisiana,
where the company has similar contract
He is an auditor for the company He was
born In Unity and lived there until manhood,
when he struck out for himself and has made
good. Mr.. Towle is a cousin of Mr.. Hamblen.
Ruth Quimby of Freedom Academy teaches
at jackson village; Gladys Godding of Brooks
is the High school teacher at Gates Corner in
Jackson; Grace Dow, graduate of the Castine
Normal school. teaches at Chases Corner in
jackson; Mabel Rose OF the M c. l., is in the
intermediate school, Brooks, and Clara Jones
OF Freedom Academy is teaching in East
Knox. There are several other young ladies'
In Brooks believed to be well qualified to take
up the business of teaching. Alfred Jenkins
of Bates College is the only representative of
the young male element as teacher left in
town. Among the older boys M. J. Dow of
Kent's Hill leads in length of service. OF the
older male school teachers of Brooks who at
tanned more or less reputation able in
structors in the common schools, A. E. Kill
gore, N. R. Cook, Bin Stantia E. C. Hol-
brook, Bert Wentworth. James and A. B. Pay
on still reside here. The men mentioned are
very much alive, and active in the affairs of
the town. and A. B. Stantial, now of Belfast,
was for some years teacher in and superin-
tendent of the Brooks schools.