The Republican journal., 1916-06-15

/ N''-.S~. 49, ASVVAVA WAV Woo cAuPlOyOu AOE
several years by the Penobscot Bay Electric
| Co. and later went into bust ness for himself
and was the city's electrical engineer. left
Monday for Rumford Falls. where he has
position with the Maine Coated Paper Co.
Frank Mccormack. who had been the assist
ant manager of the local creamery Of D. Whit.
ing & Sons of Boston and was manager during
the six months absence in California of L. F.
Marden, was transferred to Winterport on the
latter's return, and Neil Skidmore of the Lib
erty creamery was transferred here as assist
ant manager.
SHIPPING ITEMS. The launching at Green's
shipyard, Chelsea, Mass, June 9Th, of the
four-masted schooner Priscilla L. Ray, re-
stores to the merchant marine vessel which
six years ago was removed from the list of
vessels of the United States IS a total loss
The Ray was formerly the Henry L. Peckham,
built in 1891, and was burned to a mere shell
at Islesboro, Me. She was lowed to Boston
more than q year ago and subsequently was
purchased by the Richard T. Green COMPANY
and others. The demand for tonnage promp
ted the new owners to rebuild the craft and
this has been done at q cost Of nearly $45 900.
....Schooner Dorothy Palmer, which recently
arrived in Gloucester, Mass, with salt from
spain. has been chartered to load coal at Nor
folk for Rio Janeiro at SIS ton. which is said
to be the highest rate ever paid for similar
passage. Establishing new record from ST.
Nazaire. France, to Boston, the steamship vir-
ginian of the American Hawaiian Line reach.
ed that port June 9th. She made the passape
in eight days and IL hours, maintaining an
average speed of Is AS knots during tho on
tire run.
NORTH BELFAST. Mrs. Annie B. p;tcbe-
met with severe accident Wednesday after
noon, June 7th. She was on her vav how
from the city proper and when opposite tho
rock crusher her horse became frigbten.d -.
the traction engine. which was WORKING neor-
Dy' and swerved into the ditch. The ton buo.
gy was overturned and Mrs. Pitcher DRAGGED =.
short distance. She was quickly rescued from,
her perilous condition by the men workn,r
ABOUT the crusher and taken to her home bv
Commissioner Weymouth in his automobile
Dr. Elmer Small was summoned and unon nv
animation she was found to be badly br,;so1
and cut but no bones were broken. She is rs-
covering slowly from her injuries and her
many friends feel grateful that she escaned
from what might have been fatal accident
murray F. Quincy, former resident ia in
this vicinity for short time. Mr., Gurnev
has been away from home about ID years and
has travelled over the greater mart of tho
world. He spent three years as a soldier i,
the Philippines and has resided there several
years since his discharge from the army. He
was twin son of the late Richard and Clara
Quincy. Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Roberts
have leased the house owned by Corydon EN-.
mons and are occupying 1t. Religious ser,
vices are held in the church every SUNDAY bv
Miss Frances S. Walkly. Her sermon last
Sunday morning was instructive and belnfp,
In the evening her travel talk on Pompeii was
very interesting. A pleasing feature of the
morning service is the singing of the male
quartet composed of Henry B. Ladd. Everett
s. Hatch, Howard w. Hatch and Victor Mer.
RAM. Mrs. Beverly Staples arrived home
Saturday night from visit with her son Ar
thur Staples in Lynn, Mass Two valuable
the railroad track and were killed by the train
....Mr. and Mrs. William Reid of Boston are
spending their honeymoon at the home of Ezra
A. Knowlton. Fred A. Holmes has had a
crew fencing the one hundred acre lot on the
Oak Hill road to Swanville. beginning at the
Belfast line and extending to the old mill form.
erly run by his father, the late Alonzo Holmes.
The fence is handsome land Mr.. Holmes
proposes to pasture large number of hogs
there during the summer, probably as pre-
llminary step towards clearing the land.
There will be unique service in the North
Belfast church next Sunday evening at 7.3O
o'clock, if pleasant. The celebration of Chill
dren's Day will take place. The children have
been carefully trained in Rotations, motion
exercises and songs of rather unusual charac-
ter. The uniform costumes of the girls will add
not little to the beauty of the scene. The
morning service will be in harmony with the
day. The subject of the sermon will be Forming
the Children's Ideals.