The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-01-14

the Cottrell shore in East Belfast.
B. O. Norton built garage and store.
house adjoining his place of business or
Front street and extensively repaired
his house on Spring street.
Mathews Bros. began work on wharf
70 feet wide and $50 feet long on their
property, the site of the marine railway.
M. S. Jellison built clothing factory,
30x9O feet, on the Primary school lot.
Robert F. Russ began building tene-
ment house on Union street.
Mrs. Belle Gates enlarged and improv-
ed her clothing factory on Field street.
George M. Gray built small cottage
for rent near the foot of Harbor street.
THE SCHOOLS
The first semi annual promotion in the
city schools took place Feb. 9th and has
proved success.
/ The b. H. S. Seniors gave a success
full benefit supper in Memorial Hall Feb.
9th.
Debating was added to the High school
work early in the year and its success
warranted its continuance.
The B. II. S. class of IA gave play,
Engaged by Wednesday" in the Colo
NAL Theater April 3rd.
! E. b. Puffer of Machias substituted in
the spring for A. D. Hayes, Principal of
Grade 9. who was Ill. Mr.. Zenas Harris
horn of SWanville was elected to the
position at the beginning of the school
year, Mr.. Hayes resigning because of ill
health.
The B. H. S. baseball season opened
in April.
The B. H. S. graduation exercises
took place in the Opera House, June 4th.
The hall was beautifully decorated and
the program interesting and well carried
out.
The Home and School Association be-
gan holding meetings in October and con-
tinued during the winter.
The public debate in Memorial Hall,
Dec, 4th, between the Belfast High and
the Cony High of Augusta, on Ere
solved, That the Allies are worthy of our
sympathy and moral support" was won
by the B. H. S., which had the affirma-
tive.
The matter of much needed new
| schoolhouse is still in allegiance. The
plan for issuing $4,000 In bonds for a
! building on the common was given up
because of technicalities and the year
closed with no new project in view.
! The Mcclellan estate on Upper High
| street was bought to accommodate the
i North Primary schools, which had been
occupying rooms in the city building
F: after the burning of the school building
/ N Bridge street, and the house was
| fitted for their occupancy, and also the
9Th grade, and they began the winter
term there.
/ THE CHURCHES.
! Jan. 25th Rev. David L. Wilson preach
; ed his farewell sermon in the North
church after pastorate there of nine
! years, having resigned to take the Gen.
! trail Congregational church in Bath.
Palestine Commandery attended the SER
vice in body as mark of respect to a
! member and Past Master. Castle North,
] K. 0. K, A., gave Mr.. Wilson fare
we'll reception He was succeeded by
! Rev. Haraden S. Pearl of Bangor, who
received a cordial welcome.
March 18th, Go to Church Sunday,
| there was the largest attendance in
I years at the city churches.
Civic League Sunday was observed
| March 28th, when Rev. Wilbur F. Berry
; of Waterville spoke on Excluded Evil
! dence" giving history of his arrest and
! trial on charge Of libelling Judge Haley.
| He was sentenced to Imprisonment, but
| appealed to the Law Court, which quash-
| ed the indictment.
| Easter was observed April 18th in all
the city churches. Palestine Comman-
! derry, K. T., attended services at the
| Methodist church and the sermon was
by Sir Knight D. B. Phelan.
| Memorial Sunday services where held
in the North church with a sermon by
/ Rev. H. S. Pearl.
The B. H. S. Baccaleaurate sermon
was given May 3lst by Rev. Horace B.
Sellers in the M. E. church
The first of series of Union Gospel
services was held in the Opera House
Dec. 18th, with a very large audience.
Rev. Horace B. Sellers succeeded Rev.
D. B. Phelan as pastor of the M. E.
church in April. Mr.. Phelan was as
signed to the Penobscot Bay mission.
Rev. C. B. Ames resigned from the
Unitarian church in July and that
church has had preaching by several
candidates but had not decided upon
pastor at the close of the year.
The North Primary school building
was totally destroyed by fire Jan. I'd.
The three grades were within the week
QuarCereu IN the CITY Dullulng. Inc
schoolhouse lot was sold to Walter A.
| Clements for 1915.
| The house of Willis Harvey near up
per Miller street was burned Feb. 9th.
The barn of Raymond Aldus in East
Belfast was totally destroyed by fire
Feb. 10Th.
The house on Spring street occupied
by Mary E. Haugh was damaged slight
| ly by fire Feb. 25th.
| The Rust tenement house on Cross
street was slightly injured by fire March
| 18th.
Coleman Sheldon lost brooder pen
and 80 chickens in fire April 18th.
| The barn at the residence of Irving I.
Dinsmore on Congress street was totally
destroyed by fire April 18th.
April 29th the department was called
to grass fire on the Fletcher farm in
East Belfast.
The city rockcrusher plant on Con-
gress street was burned May "a.
! May Sd there were two still alarms;
one, chimney fire at the Hartman
farm on Belmont avenue, and the other
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