The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-12-21
The News of Belfast.

Boston gave majority of %, 462 for license
at Tuesdays election,
Found, pair of children's mittens. Ownar
call at No. 13 Miller street.
The Hogan & Thompson restaurant and
bakery on Main street was closed last Satur.
day.
George B. Garcelon and Helen ". Garce]on
of Troy have been granted discharges from
bankruptcy.
The report of Golden Wedding in East
Belfast is unavoidaby deferred to next week,
with other local matter
There~was no session of the sewing school
last Saturday afternoon because of the storm.
ana as the building will not be heated during
the school vacation there will be no m eetings
of the sewing school until Saturday. Jan 9Th
Charles J. White of Boston, executor of the
will of DR.. James C. White, late of Boston and
Dark Harbor. has sold the summer home at
Dark Harbor to John W. Pepper of Jenkin
town, Penn. The price wss $25,0G0.
| ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following letters
remained unclaimed in the Belfast post office
for the week ending Dec. 10TH Lewis H.
Clark, Mr. j. F. Flynn. Mr.. E. B. Havener,
Ernest Roberts, Percy A. Perry. sch. Charlie
& Willie.
The Travellers Club will meet with Mrs.
Walter c. Shaw Tuesday, Dec 26th. Program:
paper, 'The Wonderful City of Toxic" by
Mrs. Robert F. Dunton; reading Flower Ar
rangement." by Miss Annie " Field; reading,
Admiral Togo" by Miss Grace H. Hall.
Mrs. j. A. Fessenden and Mrs L. W. PendIe-
dleton are at the St.Anthony hote,San Antonio,
Texas, having visited New Orleans and Hous-
ton en- route, They were to meet in San An
tonic Mrs. Ralph Emery and daughter, Mrs.
Chas. B. Hszeltine but did not know whether
Lieut.. Hazeltine would be able to leave the Dor
der to join them
Mr.. o. E. Frost teacher of the adult mems
and women's class of the Baptist church en-.
tertaned them last Friday evening at his home
on Northport avenue. Plans for the coming
year were discussed and the evening was spent
socially and with music. Mrs. Frost, assisted
by Mrs. Charles E. Rhoades served contec-
tionery, assorted cake and fruit punch.
Memorial hall was crowded last Friday after.
noon to listen to the program by the children
of the Mcclellan school under the direction Ct
Miss Grace E. Walton, principal, and Mrs E. S.
Pitcher, music teacher. The pupils acquitted
| themselves with great credit to all Concerned
The music was furnished by their own Vic
trola The program included the stocking,
wand, laurel and drum drills, little Tom Parker
using the drum in the latter; three choruses-
Snow Time, Christmas Song and Santa Claus
Song; Danish Folk Dance and Christmas
Acrostic.
=. =. AT the Unitarian church Saturday afternoon
Dec. 23rd. the chiIdren's Christmas party will
be held Immediately following the free Opera
House entertainment. There will BIS songs by
Horace Wescott and Mary Spear, rectatio
By Mabel Spear. and little Christmas play,
The Christmas Sprites," the parts to be taken
by Helen Wescott Hope Dorman, Jennie
Spear, Helen Burgess, Elizabeth Doak. Betty
| hanshue. Elana Shute, Robert johnson, Ruth
Dinsmore and Dorothy Spear, Julia Little
field, accompanist Santa Claus will distribute
candy and presents and the parents and friends
OF the Sunday school are cordially invited,
! THE WEATHER. We forgot our weather
item last week and must go back little: Dec.
1lth the ground was frozen hard, the roads
I full of ruts and holes and the travelling the
worst ever. The weather bureau at Washing
ton had been predicting snow for two days,
and it came that night-four or five inches of
| damp, sticky snow, which coated the limbs and
twigs of the trees, the shrubbery, and every
thing outdoors making very attractive
winter landscape. II thawed and drizzled
during the day and tuesday there were many
snowslides from roofs, though the snow still
clung in many places and the trees retained
most of their white coating. 1t grew colder
at night and Wednesday there was another
snow fall, which, with that remaining from
the first storm, sufficient to make good
sleighing. The day was fair, with a much
lower temperature at night. and Thursday
morning the mercury was at zero in the city
and IL or IL below out Of town. The sun was
out. and SO were many sleighs and teams.
Everyone was hoping that the snow would re-
main and seasonable weather continue unit
after Christmas at least. Snow was predicted
for Thursday night, but did not arrive until
Friday night, and it record breaker l,
showed hard all night, accompanied by north.
east gale that blew the snow into drifts
Snow continued to fall all day Saturday, anc
the two janitors at the post office, who have
quite territory TO keep clear, shoveled all
day and just about held their own. Some OF
the milkmen got in late, hut did not make
their appearance Sunday. There was com.
plete suspension of business Saturday morning
and few people ventured out, but in the after.
noon it moderated, the walks were cleared
somewhat, and at 6p. the storm was ovel
and the stars were out. Travel b. land anC
water was suspended Saturday. The moor
train brought no mail from beyond Burnhan
and three trains were reported stalled on the
main line. The evening train did not arrive
until p. M, but brought the delayed mails
and Postmaster Keating called upon the Car.
riers to deliver the mails on their routes Sun.
day morning and they responded cheerfully
but must have had hard tramp through the
drifts, as the walks had not been cleared gen.
orally or the streets broken out. We hear Of
no disasters here, but elsewhere on the coas
shipping suffered. Conditions were the same
all over the State. Rockland reported the
worst storm in rs years. Bangor the worst il