The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-12-14
The Maine Central has cancelled tho hu,,.-
tin of August %. 1916, establishing quarantine
regulations on account of infantile paralysis.

vestry: Miss Florence Dunton Miss Alice
Simmons; Misses Marguerite Owen, Helen Kit.
tredge and Miss Emerson. There will he
songs, recitations, real Santa Claus, etc.
Fred L. Toothaker and Elon B. Gllchrest
have been granted patent for what will ba
known as the Toothaker brown tail moth nest
picker and retriever, which does the work
without injury to the trees. A bag like re-
ceptacle. holding a dozen or more nests. ia
placed over the nest before it is clipped from
the branch, and when full larger receptacle
takes them and they can be easily removed
and burned.
j. &. Pike of Lubec, president of the Lubec
Sardine Co., returned home last SATURDAY. after
week spent at the Belfast plant. which was
closed that day. Because of the accident to
their wharf and the freight embargo early in
the season, causing delay in the delivery of
cans, the pack was not equal to that of 1915,
MIR, Pike says that with one or two exceptions
the Maine factories have had a poor season but
the quality of the fish canned has been above
the average.
Emma White Barker Tent, D. of ".
was officially inspected Wednesday evening,
Dec. 6th by Mrs Eta Piper Slavery of Bel
fast. Department President. Officers were
elected for the ensuing year as follows Presi.
dent. Mrs Emma j. Brown; senior vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Mary Carter; junior vice president,
Mrs. Myra S. Dutch; chaplain, Mrs Ethel S,
Whiting; patriotic instructor, Miss Alice E.
Simmons; tent council, Miss Florence Kimball,
Mrs. lisa H. Ellis, Mrs. Dora J. Bridges. The
other officers will be appointed in season for
the installation, which will take place early in
January under the direction of Mrs, Savery
Mrs. Lydia A. Hatch was stricken with a
shock at p. m. last Sunday at her home, No.
&c Church street. Four years ago she had
similar shock and it feared then that she
would not recover but her strong constitution
pulled her through and she recovered, Then
she had bad fall breaking hip, and a few
weeks ago had another fall. but was recover
ing when this last shock came. She is grad
ually failing, but is conscious some of the
time. She is 50 years old and until within a
few years was employed in the Leonard &
Barrows' shoe factory and has long been
known to her many friends and acquaintance
as aunt Lydia" Her niece, Miss Mevina V.
Parker is at home caring for her and Mrs.
Faulkner is substituting for Miss Parker in the
| High school.
| LYCEUM COURSE. The second entertain
ment in the Philharm onic Lyceum Course will
be given at the Colonial Theater next Mon
day evening, December 18th, at 815 o'clock
| The attraction will be Alton Packard, the ia
nous cartoonist, lecturer and entertarer. In
his special line of work no one approaches Mr.
Packard. He is beyond comparison DR.. Ed
ward Amherst OFT, President of the Interna-
! tional Lyceum Association, says of him: "The
audience was the largest of our course and
the Alton Packard entertainment was pro-
nounced not only the best of the season but
the best OF the kind ever given here" Don't
fail to see and hear him. Every body in Bel
fast come. You may never have the oppor-
tunity again. The committee have decided
to sell tickets, with reserved seats, for the
four remaining enter tainments in the course
for SIPS; certificates can be obtained at Adams
Jewery Store. exchangable at the box office of
the theater for reserved seats at o'clock Mon
day morning. Single seats SO cents.
BOARD OF TRADE. AT the annual meeting
of the Belfast Board of Trade, held Friday
evening. Dec. 9Th, at the Courthouse, officers
were elected as follows: President, Morris L.
Slugg; secretary. Orrin J. Dckey; treasurer,
T. Frank Parker; board of managers, Charles
S. Bickford, Leroy Weber, B. L. Davis, Lin.
wood Thompson, Irwin T. Dinsmore, Adrian c.
futile. M R. Knowlton, Ralph l. Morse.
Charles R. Coombs and M W Lord; vice pres- |
dents, Herman H. Coombs, Horace B. Sellers, |
Clement W. Wescott. 1t was voted that in fu-
ture the committee nominations should be
appointed at the November meeting and make
their report at the December meeting Charles
R. Coombs, who has been the president lor
the past two years, thanked the board for the
honor conferred on him and said that he would
like to have made more progress in the past
year. There was some discussion in regard to
shoe factory firm of Marblehead, Mass. who
were considering location in Belfast and it
was decided to let the matter go over to flu
ture meeting until it could be ascertained
as to what concessions they desired. letter
was received from Preston Player, summer
visitor at Dark Harbor, lslesboro requesting
that the Board of Trade should take no action
at Dark Harbor. A committee of three con-
sisting of 7. Frank Parker, II. H. Coombs and
B, L. Davis were appointed to see Capt. Ben
nett of the steamer Islesboro and offer such
encouragement as possible toward the success
of the new route to Islesboro. T. Frank Par
ker and Orrin ]. Dickey were made commit
tee to secure new location for the storage of
the Food Fair lumber and supplies. 1t was
voted to have an investigation into the matter
of holding child welfare exhibit in the city,
to take the place Of the Food Fair. After some
discussion on the part of the members regard
ing the Food Fair, it was voted that it should
not be held this year. Several reasons were
advanced, including the high cost of food
stuffs, the fact that neither the Belfast Opera
House the Coliseum Rink could be rented
and the lack of suitable location for the pre-
sentaton of big program There was
also the objection the part of some local
merchants who thought that it was hurtful to
| business.
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