The Republican journal., 1915-04-01
The News of Belfast.

Charles G. Havener of Citypoint, who has
been seriously ill for some weeks. is slowly
improving.
Mrs. Frank A. Busse has taken one of the
Kittredge cottages on the harbor front for the
season and will move there as soon 80 tho
weather conditions permit.
The Duazulikit club. the latest auction or
ganlzation, composed of Mrs. Clarence f.
Read, Mrs. N. Houston Small, Mrs. Thomas E.
Bowker and Miss Alice E. Simmons. met ves
terday afternoon with Mrs. Bowker. Confec-
tlonery is served and prizes are eliminated
Judge George M. Hanson of Calais will he
the presiding justice at the April term of the
Supreme Judicial Court that conyenes Anril
10th. Cecil Clay of Woodfords ia his stenop
rapher. The traverse jurors from the city
will be Messrs. E. ii. Hane y, Fred L. Howard
Herbert S. Morey, John B. Walker.
A cow on the State Farm of Minnesota pro.
duced in the month of February just past g.
239 ITO pounds If milk. On the 18th of Feb
ruary she gave sc Clio pounds, and her daily
average for the month was rs to s5 mounds
This information is from a personal letter re-
ceived by a Belfast business man. and it is
certainly notable record.
Waldo B. Washburn will enter the Wood
cock bookstore next week as clerk, to succeed
Mrs. l. B. Smalley, who resigned to become
bookkeeper for the Belfast Water Co. This is
back home to Mr.. Washburn, as his father Fl.
q. y. Washburn owned the building and the
bookstore many years. Waldo and his broth
er William succeeded to the business and in
the 7O's sold to NJ P. Woodcock, father of the
present owner. "Wally's" many friends will
be pleased to see him behild the counter once
more.
THE SEWING SCHOOL. The sewing school
under the auspices of the Associated Chari-
ties opened very auspiciously in Memorial
building last Friday afternoon with twelve
girls in attendance. Mrs. Charles A. Pills.
bury and Miss Annie E. Going are in charge,
with Mrs. John H. Quimby, Mrs. Calvin A.
Hubbard. Mrs. Amos Clement and Mrs c, L.
Wright teachers. The child en- are to make
garments for their personal use and those in
terested are earnestly requested to contribute
materials money to buy them.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Among recent charters are
the following: Bark Mamie Swan, Gulf ports
to River Plate, lumber, basis s25 to Buenos
Ayres, option Rosario. $27; sch. R. P Pendle-
ton, Norfolk or Baltimore to Azores, coal, p t..
Mrs. A. K. Hodgdon of Boothbay has received
word of the safe arrival in New York of her
Cant Hn6u6op nd tba
George A. Warren from the perilous trip to
Rotterdam and return. 80. The schooner Fannie
F. Hall loaded 1927 bushels of Argentina corn
at Boston last week for Bangor. The corn had
been in the elevator at Boston for several
months. IA correspondent of the Boothbay
Register says the steamer 7. F. Secor was ga
side wheeler. wheel-barrow boat" A wheel.
barrow boat has wheel at the stern. The
Secor was sidewheeler and crack little boat
of her day. Captains T. F. Morgan and l. H.
Thayer OF W1nterport has gone to New York
to take charge of their vessels for the summer
season. The steamer Pacific, recently built
at Quincy and owned by the Emery Steamship
Co. of Boston, has been chartered to run for
three months between New York and Buenos
d
STEAMER NOTES The steamer Camden
went up river March oath, arriving at Bangor
at H. Is a. This is the earliest arrival at that
port for several years. In 1914 the ice went
out April 9th and the steamer Belfast arrived
on April 1lth, SO this year beats the last rec
ord by over two weeks. The Camden arrived
at this port about $50 p. m. Thursday on the
return trip and found wharf full of freight
awaiting her. She had crew of painters
aboard and the painting will be done while she
is on the route. The Camden and Belfast be-
gan on the four trips week schedule Monday,
leaving Boston Mondays. Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays at p. M, and returning Mondays,
Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. T he
steamer Bay State went the Boston Port
land run March 29th, relieving the steamer
Calvin Austin, which has taken the place of the
steamer North Star on the St. John route
The latter has resumed her place on the Port
laDd-New York service of the Eastern Steam
ship Corporation. Steamer Monhegan, which
has been hauled up at Boston all winter, be-
gan March Both making two trips per week be-
tween Portland and Rockland via Boothbay
The steamer Mineola went to Boston March
goth and will be off her route for about two
weeks, during which time all freight for South
Bristol and East Boot hbay must be landed at
Boothbay.
THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE. The joint session
of the Belfast and Searsport School Commit
tees was held in the Superintendent's office
Monday evening, and Enoch c. Dow of Bel
fast was elected chairman and w. D. Smart of
Searsport secretary William b. Woodbury.
was elected superintendent of the schools of
Belfast and Searsport for the year July 1915
to July 1916. The Belfast board organized
with Rev. Arthur A. Blair chairman and Supt.
W, B. Woodbury. clerk exoficio George W.
Frisbee was elected truant officer of the city
schools and Edwin Frost truant officer of the
| East Belfast schools. Herbert L. Bucklin waa
elected janitor of the Mcclellan school and the
schools on the common and John Leary janitor
| of the South school. The matter of giving
credit towards graduation from the High
school for Bible study in the various Sunday
schools was laid on the table for the next meet.
! ing. 1t was voted to give the High School
Athletic Association $25 for general expenses
| 1t was voted to admit the first grade pupils in