The Republican journal., 1916-04-06
There we're only 1--we prisoners in the county

| Mrs. Louisa Keen. who has been ill for some
time with grip. is now able to sit up.
Mr.. and Mrs v. A. Simmons, homeward
bound from a tour of the South and the Pacific
coast. are now in Uhrichsville, Ohio.
Marie L. Elwell of Brooks has entered the
employ of the Industrial Accident commission
in Augusta, in the recording department. and
began her duties last Saturday.
Mrs. Camilla A. Hazeltine is expected to
arrive from Boston April 10th and open ner
house, No. Court street, for the season. M.
w. Wech has just given the house a fresh
coat of white paint
Miss Charlotte w. Colburn will read paper
on Edward Mcdowell and the Mcdowell
Memorial Association" at the meeting next
Tuesday evening of the Reading Department
of the Woman's Club.
An unusual sight on the street recently
was six-horse supply wagon driven by
Bert erie of Searsmont. the load was not
more than is usually taken out but the condi-
ton of the roads is unusually bad.
The April business meeting of the Woman's
Club will be held next Monday, postponed from
last Monday afternoon on account Of the abb
j sence of Mrs. Amos Clement and Mrs. Essie T.
Garlic who are in Boston this week.
Mail carriers H. II. Carter and Carroll A.
Thompson began their work in the Belfast
office just % years ago April LIST. and on the
! same day of the week. Mr.. Carter remarked
on the increase in the amount of the mail, but
of the he
| ginning.
Mrs, C. P. and Miss Anne C. Crosby arrived
| from Boston last Saturday for a short visit
| with Miss Frances Chase and to look after
, their home on Northport aveune They ex-
pect to come to Belfast for the summer the
| first week in June.
The press report of the Republican State
| Convention in Portland contained an error
in regard to the county and district COM
| mttees A. B. Payson of Brooks is on the
county committee and Harry R. Hichborn of
| Stockton Springs on the district committee.
| The Travellers Club will meet with Mrs.
Haraden S. Pearl Tuesday, April 18th. Fro
| gram: Paper on Dublin, written by MISS
Elizabeth A. Kelley; reading, Irish Indus
tries" by Miss Annie V. Field; reading, SOUS
toms of an Irish Country" by Miss Grace H.
| Hall.
Lillian, the daughter of MIR. and Mrs Bert
| l.. Davis, has returned from Augusta, where
she spent the school vacation with her aunt,
Mrs. Eugene S. Philbrook. She was given a
birthday party March 30th by Rev. and Mrs.
| Philbrook and received a postal shower from
/ her little friends at home.
| Mrs O. E. Frost and Miss Grace H. Hall
! were the story tellers at the Peirce school
! last Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Frost read from
/ Kate Douglas Wiggin's Fairy Ring" and Miss
Hall "Unc' Billy Postum" by Thornton Burgess,
! Mrs Horace Chenery and Miss Louise Hazel
/ tine will be the story tellers next Saturday
| afternoon.
! For service between North Isesboro and Bar
| Harbor the coming season! L. L. Biddle OF
Philadelphia is having high speed yacht
built to be fifty-six feet long and six feet. nine
i inches beam. 1t will be driven by two Harbeck
motors of 200 300 horse power each, and will
probably be the highest powered runabout in
| eastern waters.
HOSPITAL NOTES. Dorothy, the Is years
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Alexis Gross of
Camden, who was visiting her aunt, Mrs. D, P
Palmer,was taken suddenly ill last Thursday,
| Dr. E, L. Stevens was called at once and she
was taken to the Waldo County General hospi-
| tai as it was found she suffering from
| appendicitis An operation was decided upon
and it was very critical one. lasting from
about 430 until 1888. 1t was performed by
Drs. E. L. Stevens, Adelbert Milett and Harry
| L. Kigore The patient is now doing we'll
having passed the critical point. -. Miss Lyle
Morrill, of Belmont, surgical patient of last
Thursday, is improving: also Mrs. Trask OF
Unity. The condition Of john F. Smaley OF
this CITY, who has been in the hospital for some
time, rem aims about the same. Miss Marian
E. Hamblip, superintendent at the hospital
went to Bangor last Thursday morning to at
i tend the meeting of the State nurses She
then made brief visit with her mother, Mrs
John A. Hamblir, in Augusta, returning tt
| ,st by the Saturday evening train.
A Music SOCIAL The music social at ths
Baptist church last Friday evening under thu
direction of the church social committee was
very successful innovation on the regular
church social The evening was devoted to
music, with chorus singing of old songs led by
Mr.. A. 7. Gay with Mrs. Willis B. Fletcher a
the piano. America and other patriotic selec
| tons were sung. all p resent who could SIM
| Joining. Vocal solos were rendered by Arthur
| N. johnson, Harry H. Upton and Earl L. Tai
bot. Maude L., Edna M, Elsie l.. and Flora
M, the four little daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Daniel A. McLeod-two sopranos and two al
tos-sang Starlight and the Whip-poor-wil
| song with remarkable sweetness and expires
sion winning the hearts of all present. Thu
clear, sweet bird like calls of the sopranos il
the chorus of the latter song were delightful
The song was repeated by request later in thu
evening Miss Ethel Dexter played vIolir
solo, accompanied by her little sister Violet
and responded to an encore, accompanied bl
Ada Curtis. After a short lntermisslon, II
which all the cake, sandwiches. doughnuts ane
coffee were readily disposed of, Misses Mar
garet and Beulah Young played a piano duet
and the evening clio sed with a few short
bright stories by Rev. j. Wilbor Richardson
Messrs O. E. Frost and Harry ii. Upton