The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1915-06-17

Mrs. Dora Bridges, patriotic instructor of
Thomas H. Marshall Circle. presented silk
flag in behalf of the Circle to the Hayford
school last Thursday.
The open season at Lake Sebasticook for
white perch will start on July LIST. general
law was passed at the last legislature changing
the time for the opening of the season from
June 18th to the Goth, but under the special
law for Lake Sebasticook there will be no
change.
Tommie Lothrop. Edwin Morse, Harry Jones,
Oscar Healey. Roy and Harold Bradford of the
Boys club of the Universalst church are hav-
ing weeks outing in the Healey cottage at
Temple Heights. Rev. Arthur A. Blair will be
will be with them all the time possible and
Mrs. Thomas w. Lothrop and Mrs. H. W.
Healey are attending to the food proposition.
The foundation for the new Episcopal chapel
was completed last week and the frame is up.
The underpining is of field rock, laid in cement.
The entrance will be from Court street in the
corner next Elm street. At the Pierce Me-
mortal the brick partitions were up in the eel
lar, girders laid for the first floor and brick
laying on the walls begun. The frame is up
for the two tenement house Mr.. Cross is build
ing on Miller street.
The following members of Castle North Z
o. K Az of the North church, in charge of
Messrs. Harry M. Prentss and principal z D.
Hartshorn, with Wesley Woods as camp mas
ter, are spending the week at Mr.. Hartshorns
| home farm and cottage at Swan Lake. John and
| Tolford Durham, Carroll Parker, Albert Fogg,
! Wesley Wood Dean Knowlton, Austin Vaughan,
Russell Knox, Willard Jenneys and Dana Pattee.
They are enjoying boatin g, base ball and other
| athletic games,
| Miss E. Frances Abbott entertained the
| Athletic club of the Universalist church at her
| home on Lincolnville Avenue June 9th. They
| had an enjoyable tramp in the woods and
| played games in the home, Sandwiches, cake,
sherbert and fudge were served. The club
members are Misses Natalie Pottle, Grace
| Mitchell, Mildred Randall. Helen Ellis, Ruth
Knight, Kathleen Colcord, Gladys Bradford,
| Alice Roswell, Martha Southworth, Janet
| Chalmers, Doris Gunner and Florence Dom
nell.
| At the meeting of the directors of the Waldo
County Fair association last Friday much rou-
, tine business was transacted and the following
committees were appointed: William II. Bray
on tickets, gate and advertising; Elon B. Gill
christ, premium books; William F. Jellison
bill boards; E. L. Colcord, poultry department.;
/ William G. Preston, races. Every effort will
be made to have good exhibits, particularly in
the poultry department. An agent for fly
| ing machine was in Belfast Friday and Secre-
| tary Buzzell has had letters from other avia-
tors who wish to appear here.
| AUTO ACCIDENTS Considering the large
! number of cars owned here. and the many
amateur drivers, Belfast has had surprisingly
| few accidents and those generally of minor
character. Last week. however. there were
! two "mix ups, ''but neither OF serious nature
Friday afternoon large touring car bound to-
| wards Northport crowded a smaller car to the
extent that it ran into the public carriage
driven by Capt, Grant, throwing him out but
not seriously injuring him. His carriage con-
tanned three passengers.and only fate saved
| them from bad spill. Saturday evening about
| o'clock there WIS mix-up of autos on Main
| street caused by C. W. Wescott cranking his
car in front of The City National bank with
/ the brakes on. Before he could get in the car
| and stop it it ran into Lewis H. Harris car in
front of Mixers, forcing it into collision
with Ralph L. Cooper's large touring car, in
which Mr. Cooper was seated. The three cars
were SO interlocked that it took some time to
extricate them. No one was injured and there
was but little damage to the cars.