The Republican journal., 1915-12-16
The Best them ALL The EDISON DIAMOND Disc H0OGRAM at Carrie Jones

Mrs. A. T. Gay has been appointed On cid to
the National President of the::Ladies' Auxiliary
Mrs. Libby Meis of Philadelphia,
Fred D. Jones has bought fourth interest
in Riverside cottage at Lake Quantabacook of
Mrs. Carrie May Upham of Lowell, Mass. The
other owners are Fred T. Chaee, Miss Edith M
and Ralph D. Southworth and Carroll A.
Thompson.
One of the windows in Arey's Chocolate
store has been enclosed by glass doors. the
lower panels of mirrors, and fine display is
made of Christmas candies in decorated boxes.
In the other window is the electrical corn pop-
per. which always attracts the attention of
the passer.
The Momen's Alliance of the First Parish
(Unitarian) will meet at the home of Mrs, AL
bert c. Burgess. Church street, this. Thursday,
afternoon at three o'clock. "Jemima William
son. Prophecies of New England" is the SUBJ
ject of paper to be given by Mrs. James H.
Howes.
Miss Marian Hamlin of Augusta, Superin-
tendent of the Waldo County hospital. read
paper on her work with the Red Cross society
in France before a meeting of Augusta
nurses Dec. 18TH Arrangements are being
made for the paper to be given in Belfast
later.
ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following letters
remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
office for the week ending Dec. 18th: Ladies'
Mrs. A. J. Dow, Mrs. Hattie Newton Gentle
men-George Ford, George Hanson, George
Patterson, Arthur Thayer Roy Thomas, Capt.
]. Fred Williams.
The Pension Board was reorganized Friday,
with DR.. Adelbert Miett, president; Dr. Eu-
gene l.. Stevens. secretary, and Or. Harry l..
kiigore, treasurer. The place of meeting has
been changed from DR.. Millett's office in Ma
sonic block to DR.. Eugene L. Stevens Office in
the Chase block, Main street, where the regu-
lar sessions will be held the last Wednesday in
each month.
Percy A. Bradford, engineer on the Belfast
Branch R. R., who has been living at No. IL
Grove street, has bought the Alfred M. Fer
guson farm on Northport avenue with the ex-
ceptlon of the poultry buildings, and will
move there this week. Mr. Bradford had
serious i'll turn last week with acute indiges
ton and Howard Sawyer of Watervlle took
his place on the train, but he has recovered
and is on duty again. Mrs Bradford's pa
rents, who have been living in Pejepscot, will
come to Belfast to live with them.
The Municipal Christmas tree will be fur
nished from the Vaughan woods and will be
set up in Custom House square. where it will
remain until after Christmas. 1t will be de-
corated with hundreds of electric lights and
surmounted by big electric star. The pro-
gram will be follows: Selection by the
Belfast band; prayer by Rev. A. E. Wilson;
singing by the congregation, Joy to the
World" remarks by Mayor Charles r. Coombs;
singing by the congregation. America" The
exercises will take place with the lighting of
the tree at o'clock Friday evening, Christ
mas eve. Santa Claus himself will distribute
a bag of candy and nuts to each little girl and
boy.
SHIPPING ITEMS. Pendleton Brothers of 1870
Pearl street, New York, are having a five
mast wooden schooner built at the Palmer
yard in Noank, Conn. 1t has not yet been de-
cided whether not the new vessel will be
equipped with an auxiliary oil engine ,...Sch.
Elizabeth Gilbert. which left Santa Cruz. Cuba,
Aug 9th, for New York with a cargo of ma
hogauy, has been given up as lost. She was
commanded by Capt. Charles Chapman and
carried a crew of seven men. This is one of
the Gilbert company fleet bought by Pendle-
ton Bros. when that company went into bank
ruptcy. Sch Adelia T. Carleton, which re-
Gently made voyage to the African Gold
Coast, has been sold by Carleton Norwood &
Co. to New York parties The price is said to
have been about $4,000. The Carleton was
built at Camden in 1892.
A TRUANCY CASE. A complaint against Ed
ward E. Wood of Monroe was made by Truant
Officer Frank A. Littlefeld of that town under
the truancy law. for neglecting to send his four
children from six to IL years of age to school,
and hearing was held in the municipal court
in this city last Friday afternoon. The testi-
mony showed that Mr.. Wood lives mile and
two-thirds from the schoolhouse, across bleak,
open country, and that transportation is
provided, although there transportation
teams in some sections of the town. Mr.. Wood
claimed that the distance was too great for
his children, all little girls. to travel, as the
road is particularly bad one. The superin-
tending school committee has tried to compel
him to send the girls to school He pleaded
not guilty as matter of techinicality and was
fined SIS and costs. He appealed and gave
bonds in the sum of 500 for appearance at the
January term of supreme court. when it is
hoped that the case will be tried and the dis
lance that children shall be compelled to walk
| to school determined.