The Republican journal., 1916-03-16
StiAHSpOkT.

MIR. and Mrs George A. LOWE arflVeo ouh-
day from RncIland
Mrs. C. NJ CIosson is visiting friends in
Winterport and Bangor.
Wood is being shipped by rail from Sears
Island to Bangor by the carload.
Harold Estes u of M, II. who has been
visiting in town, has returned to Orono.
A heavy snow storm set in Monday and con-
tinued all day, i'm proving the shedding greatly
Barge Cumru arrived Friday from Philadel-
phia with COO tons of coal to the T. G. & W.
Co.
George l.. Hammons, who came here with
the remains of his father, left for Chicago
Thursday.
Mrs. F. H Cleaves. who fell on the ice and
was quite severely injured, is able to be at her
store again.
Barge Boy lston finished discharging Friday
at the A. A. Co, and sailed Sunday for Wey-
mouth, Mass.
Miss l.. W. Edwards has recovered from her
recent illness and was able to attend to busl'
ness at her store last week.
Mrs. A. S. Towle, who has been spending
several weeks in East Dennis, Mass, with rel
atives, returned home Friday.
Mrs. O. A. Wade and Mrs. John Hartshorn
ot Poor's Mills visited Mrs W. S. Wentworth
on Warren street one day last week.
Miss EudavilIa Cleaves has returned from
| oston with her stock of spring Millinery.
" lille in Boston she attended the lectures and
instruction on styles IL millinery.
Steamer Milinocket, Capt Perry, arrived
March sth from Newport News with 1000
tons of coal to the P. c. & W. Co., finished DIS
charging triuay md sailed toi Stockton.
Steamer Meteor, Capt Burranger, arrived
Saturday from Newport News with 200 tons
OF coal to the Z. c. q W. Co., finished dis-
charging sunday and sailed fqr Norfolk.
Mrs. John Murphy entertained The Merry
Twelve at her home on Norris street Thurs
Gay, March 9th. Tea, cake and ice cream
were served and very pleasant afternoon
was spent.
We are indebted to Capt. A. Nj. Ross OF
Tampa, Fla, for copy of the Seml-Iropic
Florida Development Year Book for 1916, is
sued by the Tampa Morning Tribune. 1t is
finely illustrated.
The Searsport basketball team will 60 to
Brewer tomorrow, Friday. and play the Pine
Tree team There is no game scheduled for
this week, in Searsport. Last weeks game
Is reported in another column.
At Democratic caucus held March 9Th
James Butman and Fred 81. Perkins we've
chosen delegates to the Democratic State Con
yentlon to be held at Bangor March 18th and
a fuil town committee chosen with ), ID. Sulll-
van chairman and Amos Nichols secre tary.
l.. D, Littlefeld completed hauling his stove
wood from tie Brock lot on the shores of Nc
Clure's pond last week, having landed about
400 coras A Z. Trundy & Son are piling a
lal ge quantity of logs on Opeechee stream,
but the water in the stream is too low for saw
ing at the present time.
The alarm of fire at 81 0,p. NJ, March 9Th,
i'll d how ling snow squat brought out the fire
department to the H G. buzzell house on
Warren street. blackboard in a fireplace
had caught fire, but was eXtinguisheG before
the fire department arrived. The house was
occupied by henry Nickerson and family No
damage.
Mrs Theodate, widow of Ofman curtis, died
at the home OF her son-ln-laW, David Nlcker-
son, March 7th, aged 81 years. The funeral
services were held Thursday, Rev. Mlchaei
Andrews officiating, ana interment was IN the
family lot in the Sargent cemetery. She Is
survived by one son. hollis f. Curtis, and one
daughter, Mrs. DAVID E. Nickerson, both of
Searsport.
d. G. Hammons, who died in Maiden, Mass,
March 9th, was born in DiAmont and served
through the Civil War in the 18th Maine Regi-
ment. After the close of the war he came to
Sc arsport and worked for Robert G. Ames for
a time, and then engaged in the trucking bust
ness for himself, which he managed for many
wears, having one of the best single teams in
Searsport.
DopGE's CORNER Miss Harriette M. Nick
erson returned last Sunday from Winterport'
where she had been Visiting MIR. and Mrs. Z.
C. Moody for a few days.. Earl Smart, who
had bad fainting spell at school last week. is
better. Mrs. Fred E. Stinson, who is again
CO MINED to her room, is a little better. Mr..
ard Mrs. C. w. Howard and two daughters
visited MIR. and Mrs George E. Chaplin last
Sunday.
Miss Edith, daughter of Capt. and Mrs. j.
B. Parse, entertained the Kanetota Camp Fire
girls last Saturday evening at her home or
Steamboat Avenue. After the ceremonies OF
the. Council Fire the girls enjoyed a socla
hour. the little hostess entertaining with
amusing records on the Edison and serving
popcorn balls and candy. The Kanetots
Group is but a month old and is made up OF
the twelve girls of the Junior Helper class Of
the First Cong'l Sunday school, with theil
teacher, Mrs. j. H. Duncan. as Guardian Of
the Fire. seven of the members, Edith Parse
Isabelle Closson, Valma Weber, Isabel Frame
Marjorie Towers, Frances Rogers and Chris
tine Eames, have nearly qualified as WooC
Gatherers Minerva Gray and Evelyn Thomp
son will be enrolled upon their twelfth birth
days The three youngest members of. the
class, Gladys Rose, Inez Gray and Pauline
Towers. have organized a Blue Birds Nest
The July, 1912, Ladies Home Journal contains
a formal announcement Ct the Camp Fire
Girls organization. One sentence from the