The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-02-03
PERSONAL.

Mrs. George Hutchins of North Ans on is the
guest of Miss Frances Chase.
Rev. Arthur A. Blair went to Portland Nom
day to attend the Minister'S meeting.
Charles A. Hartman, Belfast boy is Presi.
dent OF the Bath Chamber of Commerce.
Harley T. Godfrey is taking regular course
at the Shaw's Business College in Portland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Amos Clement we're in Orono
the past week, guests of their son, DR.. James
u. Clement.
Fred W. Pote has returned from a ten dav,,
vacation spent at the home of Sumner W.
Lothrop in Orange, NJ.
Mrs. W. L. West has returned from visit
IN Monroe, where she was called by the illness
OF her mother, Mrs. Charles Pierce.
Mrs. Nellie Harmon Griffin of Somerville
Mass. was called to Belfast last Friday by the
illness of her aunt, Mrs. Charles Baker.
Mr.. and Mrs. William R. Marshall, formerly
OF Belfast, now of Winchester, Mass, will
leave Feb. 4th for two months business and
pleasure trip in California.
Wednesday for an extended trip to include
visits in Boston. New York. ST. Augustine,
Palm Beach and Miami Fla.
Mr.. James Maxwell, 'cellist, of Bangor, who
took part in the entertainment at the Colonial
Iheater last Monday evening, was entertained
while IN the city by Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridee.S,
Pitcher.
Miss Katherine E. Brer will leave next Mon
day to visit her mother, Mrs. Cleveland Downs.
at Newport News, Va, and will remain there
until the New York spring millinery season
opens.
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Wing of Boston ara
guests of their mother, Mrs Frank A. Riggs,
Mr.. Wing will return home this week, but Mrs
Wing will remain for longer visit. She re-
Gently underwent very critical operation,
from which she has practically recovered
President Robert Judson Alley of the Uni
vers1ty of Maine, who spoke in this city last
Thursday evening before the Mems Club of
the North Congregational Church, went to
Rockland Friday morning to attend a meeting
of the U. of M. alumni
Mr.. and Mrs. George W. Pearson arrived
Jan. 26th from six weeks visit with their
daughter, Mrs. Ralph A. Griffin, in Allston, and
their son George in Somerville, Mass Mr.. Pear
son, after spending the night with his daugh-
ter, left Thursday for his home in Morrill,, Mrs,
Pearson remaining for another day with her
daughter.
Mrs. Frank R. Woodcock left last Tuesday
noon for Los Angeles, Cal, where she will be
the guest of her mother, Mrs. II. H. johnson,
until the last of May. She is going by the
Santa Fe route and will make stops in Montreal
and Chicago. Mrs. James C. Durham, who
was to have gone to Arizona, has changed her
plans and will go by steamer to New Orleans
and thence to Texas.
The condition of Judge William P Thomp-
son, reporter of decisions, who is confined to
his home IN Fifth street by illness, is reported
as comfortable but not especially changed
| Many of his friends have made inquiries con-
cerning his health. Judge Thompson having
been ill for several months.-Bangor News.
Mr.. Thompson has his Office at his home, and
is able to attend to business there. His many
Belfast friends hope he may have a speedy re-
covery.
Gen. J. P. Cilley of Rocklard attended the
annual meeting and banquet of the Maine Press
Association and meeting of the Maine Histor-
ical Society in Portland, and Friday evening he
attended the banquet of the Alumni Association
OF the New Hampton Literary Institution in
Concord, N. H., and gave an address Gen.
Cilley member of the first class grad
uated from the new school and was also mem
Der of the old institution.
John A. Mace, the veteran Maine Central
conductor, is confined to his home with illness,
and his The p NJ train out Of Bangor
is being taken by Conductor Fred Irue-Bau-
gor Commercial.
Johns many friends in this city and else
where will wish him speedy recovery But
those who knew his father, for so many years
a conductor on the Belfast branch, can hardly
realize that the junior has got TO be veteran.
Miss Helen M. Sanderson, who has been re-
cuperating at her home in East Waterford
after undergoing operation at the Waldo
County hospital, recently rendered her resig-
nation as superintendent of that institution,
and has accepted a position in the Hebron
Sanatorium and entered upon her duties there
this week. She is superintendent of nurses
and has charge of the medical office work and
the nurses training school. There is no night
work.
A personal note from Bozeman, Montana:
Yesterday l CHANGED to mention to Mrs.
Riley (of the faculty and D. A. R. member)
who spoke of Absorakee. Montana. that girl
from home, Ola Wood, lived there 1t hap
pened that Mrs. Riley had stayed at the Piper
house in Absorakee while out with DR.. Riley
on extension work last summer, and she said
they had the most elegant furniture she had
ever seen. Each room was furnished in diff
ferent wood-mahogany, etc. l cannot re-
member the others, except that the bed room
occupied by Dr. and Mrs. Riley was in Eu-
ropean elm and that the boxsprng on the bed
was covered with pink fowered, satin and other
things in the room were in keeping. What do
you think of that?"
In personal note from The Olive, Red
lands, Calf, under date of JAM 22nd Mrs,
Mary c. Fessenden says: 81 am sending Red
lands paper that you may zee what dreadful
storm we have had and what an amount of
damage it has done. We were completely cut
off froy tho IL