The Republican journal., 1915-11-25
SEARsPORT.

Mr.. and Mrs j. A. Clement left Monday for
their winter home in Daytona. Fla.
william West dressed three chickens Tues
day morning that weighed 10 pounds.
Capt Isaac Carver returned Sunday from
tuoweebs' business trip to New York.
Ralph S. Meyers left last week to visit his
sister, Mrs C. A. Smell, in Maiden @ass.
Mrs. Annie Brophy, who has been visiting
friends in town, left last week for Boston.
Mrs. B. F. Colcord returned Saturday from
Boston, where she had been for medical treat
ment.
The Cor gre ational pulpit will be occupied
next Sunday by Rev. Frank Garfield of York,
Maine.
Miss Eliza Averill, clerk in the postcfice, is
spending her annual vacation in Boston and
vicinity.
Chester Overlook is clerk in the Searsport
House, Harold E. Coffin having rendered his
resignation.
Steamer Dakotan, Capt. Frank E. Curtis,
from Portland, Oregon. for New York, passed
Cape Virginia, Nov. 10th.
Miss Sarah E. Blake has been confined to her
home by illness the past ten days and is at
tended by DR.. S. C. Pattee.a.
Clair Shute. who had been confined to his
home on Water street the past two weeks Will
tonsitis, is able to be out again.
Mrs Ralph Felker and children of Houlton
were in town last week. guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard Swift on Leach street.
Opeechee stream was frozen over Friday
suitable for skating, but the mild weather Sat-
urday weakened the ice and made it unsafe.
Fishing boats from Deer Island and Monhe-
gan were in port Friday and Saturday after
lobster bait from the Conary Fish Syndicate.
Capt and Mrs Arthur E. Hopkins of Brewer
left Monday for Daytona, Fla, and will spend
the winter in one of J. A. Clements cottages.
lamont Roberts of Nashua, N. H.. was in
town last week visiting his parents, MIR. and
Mrs. Wellington Roberts, on Mount Ephraim
load.
Steamer Meteor, Capt. Buranger. arrived
Monday from Newport News with $500 tons
of coal to the Penobscot Coal Co. at Macks
Point.
Harry L. Mason. third officer of the steam
er Mllinocket. was in town Friday and Satur-
dav while the steamer was loading at Cape
Jellison.
DR., Harold Small of Monroe is to open an
Office for the practice of his profession in the
Mosman building corner of Main and Church
streets.
Albert F. Billings, oiler On the steamer
meteor, who had been in the hospital at New
port, News for medical treatment, arrived
home Friday.
Mrs. Mary E. Mitchell, who had been visit
ing her sister, Miss Rilla A. Carbon, on Steam
boat avenue, has gone to Portland to spend
the winter with her son, George A. Mitchell.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Kneeland and daugh-
ter Helen, who spent the summer with Mr..
and Mrs j. II. Kneeland on the Mount Ephra-
I'M road, returned to their home in Brooklyn,
N. Y, last week.
The A. A. C. Co. at Mack's Point have
ust completed two fine boarding houses for
their help. The buildings are lighted with
electricity, have hot and cold water, bath
rooms, land up-to-date modern furnishings.
A C. Morris, contractor, completed his work
on the boarding houses at the A. A. g. plant
at Macks Point. and left Saturday for Boston,
accompanied by his wife. They boarded at the
Cleaves house on Park street while IN town.
Mrs. ]. D. Sweetser will give silver tea at
her home on Howard street, Thursday after
noon, Dec 2nd, from 8 to s. for the benefit of
the Guild of the Congregational church. Music
on the Diamond Disc phonograph. All are
cordially invited.
Rev. James Albert Corey, former pastor of
the Methodist church here. died in Eliot,
Maine, Saturday afternoon after weeks ill
ness of pneumonia. He born in South
boro, Mass, Feb. 8. 1853 and was educated at
Wilbraham Academy and Wesleyan Unlver-
sity. he is survived by wife and one son,
Rev. A. j. Corey of Bath, and daughter,
Miss Verna Corey, who lives at home.
The southeast gale last Friday night blew
with great violence from ten o'clock to twelve,
accompanied by heavy rain squalls Capt.
Conary's new scow, the Sparkle, went ashore
at the Searsport coal dock and filled with
water and drift rockwell. J. F. Spellman's
pile. driver broke her moorlngs at the steam
boat wharf and went ashore at the mouth of
Mu1phy's brook, but sustained damage and
was fioated next day.
AS announced, pages from Pollyanna" will
be presented at eight o'clock Friday evening in
the lower vestry by the children of the Junior
class of the First CongI Sunday school. A
general admission of fifteen cents will be
charged. On Saturday afternoon at three, in
the Baptist vestry at Belfast, the little play
will be repeated as a benefit for the Girls
Home. Twenty-three little girls are at pres
ent sheltered by that institution. The proceeds
of the afternoon will be 81 ably received by the
management. Following is the cast:
Nancy, the ''hired girl Frances Rogers
Mrs. Snow. a 'ife-Iong invalid" Isabel Frame
Milly, her daughter, Minerva Gray
Jimmy Bean, in search of home, Gladys Rose
Mrs. Sharp, president of the Ladies' Aid.
Christine Eanes
Mrs. Mayfair, pretty and inexperienced.
Marjorie Towers
Mrs. Ford, the pastors wife, Isabelle Closson
Other members of the Aid,
Mrs. Wi ter. Annie l. Frame
Mrs. Leslie, F. Rogers
Miss Lovelace, Pauline Towers
Miss Lee, IneZ Gray
Mrs. Brown, Cassinette Herrick
Mrs, White, Cecilia Gray
Mrs. Black, Evelyn Thompson
Polyanna, The Glad, Edith Margaret Parse