The Republican journal., 1916-07-13

Our long deferred hot weather came all in
bunch yesterday, the mercury ranging around
| 80 in the shade.
Our Brooks and Liberty correspondence was
received too late for publication this week.
Such matter received Wednesday can
rarely be printed, we have advised our
respondents many times.
| ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following let
tiers remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
office for the week ending July 18th: Ladies'
! Mrs. Eva C. Cove, Miss Kittie Hills Mrs. Olive
Moore, Gentlemen-J. F. Burgess, John
Marshall, MIR. Murphy. Capt. Snow, Sch.
Mabel Snow.
| The Once in-Awhile Club were guests Mon
day afternoon of Mrs George E. and Miss Anne
M. Kittrdge at their home at the foot of Con-
don street. The afternoon spent socially
and with sewing. At p m. cold ham, potato
salad, hot rolls. olives, ice cream, cake and cof
fee were served. At 7 p m. all adjourned to
/ moving pictures at the Opera House.
( year ago when the plan for a
!
bition at the undertaking rooms of Charles R.
Coombs it was said that there a promise
of 81 900 toward the building fund when there
was assurance that the additional amount
needed could be raised No special effort was
then made to secure funds, but later $500 was
raised by voluntary subscriptions and with
the 81 COO pledged work on the building was be-
| Srs
time that the public spirited donor of the
! ST. 900 was Mr.. Charles F. Swift, the well
known grocer, who for many years has been a
memt er of the board of cemetery trustees and
taken great interest in the work. Mr.. Coombs,
also a member of the board for many years,
was instrumental in securing the much-needed
new receiving tomb and has for long time
| been working to secure the chapel now in
course of construction.
! SHIPPING ITEMS. Frank Handley, who is
getting out the frame in Lincoln county for
the schooner George A. Gilchrest is to build in
Thomaston has it about half out. The frame
for the first of number of schooners E. L.
| Bean is to build in Beans yard. Camden, has
been received and the keel was laid last week.
80. Sch. Augustus h. Babcock sailed from
Boston July 5th for the West Coast of Africa
with cargo of rum, tobacco, lumber and %
automobiles, and will receive $4,000 freight
money, 5000 more than it cost to build the
vessel. :. The four masted schooner Henry L.
Peckham, which was burned to the waters
edge at Islesboro, Me-, few years ago, and
which had been practically rebuilt from the
water line at cost of $45,C00, sailed from
Boston last week for New York. Ii is under
stood that the vessel has been sold to New
York parties for S65, 600 and that she has been
chartered to take cargo of oil to Iceland.
Her name is to be changed to Priscilla L. Ray.
and she is to be commanded by Capt. Francis,
former skipper of the schooner Barbara.
| A BIRTHDAY AND AN ENGAGEMENT. Mrs.
| Robert P. Coombs gave luncheon last Thurs
day afternoop at her home on Franklin street
| in observance of the goth birthday of her
daughter, Miss Gertrude Estele lit was also
the birthday of Mrs. Coombs) and it was made
the occasion of announcing the engagement of
Miss Coombs and Henry Quincy Ingersoll of
| Portland. The entire house was deco -ated
with beautiful pink roses many of them sent
to Mrs Coombs from Boston Covers were
laid for eighteen small tables in the parlor
and living room. Each table had bud vase
In the center containing pink roses and the
favors were little pink cupids and pink hearts
with arrows through them. The place cards
were decorated with tiny cupids and upon the
backs the names of the engaged couple we're
written. The luncheon was served at o'clock
by Misses Katherine Kittredge, Lillian Dex-
ter and Grace Mitchell, the menu including
clam boullion, crackers, lobster salad, hot
rolls, olives, strawberry ice cream and assorted
cake, sailed nuts and coffee. Then an elabor-
ate birthday cake with white icing and deco
rated with tiny pink roses and 20 pink candles
was served. Miss Coombs exceedingly
attractive in Nile green taffeta frock and
wore white roses, which we're presented to her
by Mr.. Ingersol also very beautiful solitaire
diamond engagement ring. Her house guest.
Miss Grace Merriott of Houlton, was charm
ely gowned in white taffeta with which she
wore pink roses, gift from Mr.. Ingersol
The other guests were Miss Dorothy Franck
of Brookline, Mass, who is visiting her uncle
Mr.. Ira M. Cobe at Hillside; Miss Janetts
Rogers and her guests, Misses Dorothy Gate.
ley of Merrimac, Mass, and Dorothy Blakely
of Lynn, Mass; Mi: SEES Marian and Lillian
Knowlton, Belle Heating. Haz ell Doak. An
nette Holt, Marie Sholes, Blanche Jennys
Helen Kittredge, Jessie Hart. Clara Marsh
Verlette Albee and Lucy Leavitt. The young
ladies' at the Telephone Central. where Miss
Coombs is employed. were invited. but were
obliged to send regrets. The evening wal
spent with dancing and music, Misses Jessie
M. Hart and Dorothy Franck rendering sever
al vocal solos. All joined in congratulations
and best wishes for the bride-to-be. The
ate of the marriage will be announced during
the coming winter. A chest of linen, cut
glass and some hand. embroidered linen were
among the many handsome gifts received
Miss Coombs was graduated last year from
St. Joseph's Convent Academy in Portland
and recently has been employed in the local
telephone Office operator. Mr.. Ingersoll
10 the son of Mr.. and Mrs. James Ingersoll of
Portland and is connected with the Saco Val
ley Canning company, having charge of
factory of his own. He arrived from Port
land Thursday and was guest at the Coombs
home.