The Republican journal., 1916-08-10

Edwin White is acting as city marshal dur
ing the absence of George W. Frisbee, who is
visiting at Lake Quantabacook.
Mr.. Henry Lloyd of New York, Horace
Chenery and Leroy A. Coombs are at Lake
side, Quantabacook, for three weeks.
Mrs Sarah B. Dinsmore has returned from a
two weeks visit in Montville, where she was
the guest of her sister. Mrs. E. P. Rowef.
Edward Brassey- Briefly. who had been in
Boston for several months. has returned to
his home in East Belfast, joining his family at
the home of Edward T. Frost.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas W. Lothrop and their
quests Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S. Watts of Buff
falo, N Y, DR.. Ansel M. Lathrop and Master
Tommie Lothrop, are at the futile cottage,
Quantabacook, on fishing trip.
Mr.. Robert F. Dunton, the attorney of the
Home for Aged Women and the Girls Home
has ascertained that the residue of the estate
of the late Edwin Belden of Prentss, formerly
of Liberty, after the personal requests are de-
Quoted, will amount to about s12, 900 and it is
hoped that nearly all of this amount can be
equally divided among the two Belfast homes,
the Waldo County hospital and the two Bangor
homes. The requests are without stipulations,
The August meeting of the Woman's Club
was held last Monday afternoon, Mrs. Essle r.
earle presiding. Gifts amounting to 10 were
reported for the yarn fund, the donors being
Miss Louise Hazeltine and Mrs. Hunt Of Lib.
t. To cd q "
to keep the club tea room open during Sep
TENDER and October as Mrs. Lizzie E. Black,
who has served the club most acceptably, re-
tires Sept. I'd. Voted to change from SIX
party to a two-party telephone line. Mrs.
Kate Knights, Mrs. Ella West, Mrs. Ella Holt
and Miss Simonson were elected members. 1t
was reported that the recent club luncheon
netted SOL.
Mrs Eva C. Brown, Mrs. Georgia M. Hoffses,
Misses Maude K Russell. Charlotte M. II D
belts. Mildred l. Darby, Alice E. Aborn,
Florence M, Brown, Marie Sholes and J. Earl
Braley, clerks in the James H. Howes' dry
goods store, and Mrs. Ada E. Wildes, Misses
Maude M. Matthews and Eva Tibbetts, for
mer clerks, went to Stockton Springs last Mon
day in the big car of the Maine Transporter
ton Co. and were guests of Miss Emma HIGH
born, another clerk, who is spending her va
cation at home delicious supper was serv-
ed at o. m. and the evening was spent social
ly and with games. This is an annual event
always anticipated and greatly enjoyed. In
the near future they will be guests of Miss
Russell at the Hurd farm in Northport.
REGISTERED AT THE WAYsIDE. The follow
ing guests were registered at the Wayside lea
House the past week: Mrs. Francis A. Lee of
Salem, Mass; Miss Wilson of Providence, R.
l 4; Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Cowan of Ludlow. KY;
MIR. and Mrs Edward Roberts of Philadelphia;
Mrs. E, 7. Savage OF Searsport; Miss Gertrude
Fogler of Boston, Capt. Asmus Leonard of
Havana, Cuba, and party; Horace A. and Mary
Emily Walton of Paoli Pa; John Mills Gilbert
of Westminster, Pa; Rita G. Rathburn OF Bos-
ton. William L. Ditchett of Boston; Dorothy
McGown, Katheryn M. Dow. Lucy T. Ross
and Sally E. Dow of Searsport; Lydia Marshall
of Boston; Frances Bachelor of Rockland;
Mrs. E. N. Winslow of Lawrence. Mass; E. N.
Winsiow of Elizabeth, N. j.; ]. S. Conlin and
T.
Mrs. L. H. Schultz of New York; Mr.. and Mrs.
c. H., Miss Elizabeth A. and c. Francis Brown
of Baltimore, Md; Miss Katherine White of
Brookline, Mass; Miss Maude E. Barker en-
tertained Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Tyler and Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Howes last Sunday at Z p.
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DEATH BY DROWNING. A very sad drowning
accident occurred last Sunday at 1.30 p. M,
when Roland Prescott the oldest son of Her.
man Alonzo and Ada Evelyn Robbins, lost his
life off the Eastern Steamship Company s
wharf at Northrort Campground. In COM
| pany with Horace Webster, Raymond Dutch
and Clarence Morrill, he left here about i1.3o
in the small sailing boat Spray owned by Roy
Carter and which the Dutch and Morrill, boys
we're buying. They were on their way to the
| Campground and when within about so feet
of the wharf the Robbins boy was hit in the
stomach by the boom with such force that he
was knocked overheard. He floated for sew
eral minutes and called" boys save me" before
he went down. He did not rise to the surface
again. Every effort was made to recover his
body but it was not until Gas p. m. that George
| Dunbar and w. o. Aldus, who we're using q
cod fish trawl brought it to the surface The
officers were notified and with his family went
Immediately to the scene of the accident. Ro-
land was born in Belfast Feb. 81. 1896. He at
tended the city schools and for some time had
been employed in the Leonard & Barrows shoe
factory. He was a member OF Tarratine Tribe
of Red Men, and was young man Of excel
lent character, who had never caused his par.
ents any anxiety and was always faithful and
industrious. He is survived by his parents
and two brothers, Maurice Arthur and Her
man Carl The family have the sympathy OF
the community in their sad and sudden be-
reavement. The funeral was held at his late
home, No. Fl Alto street at p. m. yesterday,
Rev. J. Wilbor Richardson of the Belfast Bap-
tist church officiating.