The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-09-02
The News of Belfast.

Thomas H. Marshall Circle, Ladies of the G.
R. will hold their regular meeting next
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs I. F1ankel of the New York Bargain
store has returned from two weeks BUSH
ness trip to New York.
The three masted sch. Mary E. Morse is dis
obareing a cargo of coal at Lewis wharf for
tho Belfast Fuel & Hay Co.
The Sons of Veterans Auxiliary will give
,ns Of their famous baked bean suppers in
Memorial hall Sept. 9Th. Price Is cents.
Mr. and Mrs M. E. Decrow have moved from
.toekton Springs to Belfast aud taken rent in
tbe Dickey house on Bayview street. MIR.
n.-row is employed by Mathews Bros.
The Waldo County Teachers Institute will
net IN the High school building Sept. 9Th, 9th
and 10th Those who have rooms to let for
the accommodation of county teachers will
-.aase confer with Superintendent w. B. Wood
bury.
Walter H. Coombs is moving his antique and
.seond-hand goods to the store 81 Main street.
The building corner of Federal and Cross
.,reets, occupied by him for many years, has
-sgn sold to the Belfast Farmers Union, who
sill occupy it October LIST as storehouse and
grocery store.
Work is nearly completed on the large stand
nine at the plant of the Penobscot Bay Electric
Il. in East Belfast The stand pipe is 107 feet
high a trfie higher than the source at the
dam lust above Hiramdale Falls The company
Is also building small house of cement and
rr.ek at the plant as substation for the trans
t5rmers to guard against fire damages,
The gasoline launch Norka Of the engineer
re apartment of the U. S. army, which has
0eaiauarters at Portland and is doing coast
survey work in Maine and New Hampshire
waters visited this port last Friday and under
Major F. A, Pope a preliminary examination
-- the inner harbor was made. A thorough
survey will be made later if it is decided to be-
gin work here. The Norka was built in New
Yora IN 1906 is 65 feet long, 35 tons, and val
ued at $1,000.
The fire alarm from box 36 at 2.25 p. m,
Monday was for fire in tenement house
Bridge street owned by Mrs. Cyrus Hubbard
and occupied by Orrin Wentworth.1 1t is suppos-
i 10 have caught in the attic where children
we're playing with matches. The fire was put
Ok in few minutes with chemicals and pals
{ water. Mrs. W entworth was washing dishes
gnen the firemen arrived and after directing
them to the attic returned to her dishes.
lie FriS irht
ron Big Lake camps, Princeton, where she
had been on a mouse party given by Miss Dor
-thy MERCER. She was accompanied by Miss
Mary E. Willard of Llanerch, Delaware county
Pa who was also of the party. All three were
Students of the University of Maine, Miss Will
ard having been graduated from the Agricul
tural course. Miss Ellis and Miss Willard are
guests of the formers sister, Mrs. Frank A.
Plsse,at her cottage on the Allyn shore.
The last band concert of the season will be
given on schoolhouse common this, Thursday,
evening, weather permitting. The band will
play new song, words and music by Mrs
Clarence E. Read, 1.-The Indian Maid" The
publishers are the MarkGodsmith Co. of
Washington, D. c., and it is now on sale at ].
Lee Pattersons. They will also repeat by re-
quest. The American Fantasa, and Mr.. Lower
will play clarinet solo, My Old Kentucky
H9me," with variations.
Mrs. Robert P. Coombs entertained Tuesday
afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Womans Club
room in honor of Mrs. Walter F. Sturtevant
and Miss Mabel Allen Of Boston. Ice cream and
AXE were served from tables decorated with
uasturtiums. The other guests were Mrs.
Arthur G. Roberts of Corona. N. Y, Mrs.
Warren A. Nichols, Mrs. Gerald W. Howard,
Yrs. Herbert SMorey, Mrs. M.A.Sanborn, Mrs.
Gode W. Curtis, Mrs Roy E. Young, Mrs.
harles E. Rhoades and Mrs. Laforest l.. Rob-
a.ns.
Mrs. George R. Doak entertained six. table
csrd party Saturday evening. Delicious re-
lreshments were served at 6 80, the Misses
Hazel Doak, Belle Heating and Ruth Coombs
serving. The out of town guests were Mrs,
lanes Burns of Chicago, Mrs. Carl Kent of
New York, Misses Sarah Russ of New Bed
ford, Mass, Marian Blood and Luela Eaton of
Horcester, Mass Miss Melvna V. Parker won
the first prize, serving tray.and Miss Maude
E Barker, the second, shoulder clasps, which
she presented to her guest Miss Eaton, who
held the next highest score at her table.
The SCHOOL COMMITTEE. At the meeting of
The school committee Monday evening it was
decded to open the High school September
18th and defer the opening of the grade and
rural schools to September Goth. The PIERCE
school will not be ready for occupancy until
about the first of October. The 9Th and 9Th
grades will be accommodated in the High school
building until then, and the commercial work of
the High will be continued as usual in Hayford
block. Rev. Arthur A. Blair, Rev. Haraden S.
Pearl and Mr.. James C. Durham were made
committee to appear before the city govern
nent next Monday to ask permission to use
rooms in the city building while waiting for
the completion of the PIERCE school building
They will also ask for an appropriation for
shades, fixtures for electric lights, etc., which
the Peirce bequest will not cover. Messrs
tiles G. Abbott, Clarence M. Knowlton and
Superintendent VIM B. Woodbury. were made
committee to confer with Mr., Charles W.
frederick in regard to the dedication of the
Feirce school. The subject of two sessions in
the High school was discussed but no action
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