The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-05-25

evening, with good attendance. 1t was vot
ed to hold fair the coming summer.
Mrs. Charles A. Townsend teacher of Grade
in the PIERCE school, will spend several days
in Portland the coming week to study condi-
tons in the schools of her grade. Miss E.
Frances Abbott will substitute in her absence.
Until the storm of May 18th the local plant
of the Lubec Sardine Co. had been well sup
piled with fish, but the damage to weirs and
other effects of the gale cut off the supply,
and no fish were received until yesterday
morning, when ITO bushels arrived from Deer
Isle.
The Woman's Club has q volunteer knitters
for surgical sponges and mittens and many
more are needed, as they wish to send a box to
France early in June. The Club also needs
contributions of money for these materials.
All interested may call at earle & Jones for
needles, yarn and directions.
The steamer Milinocket has left the Stock
ton and New York route to engage in the
sugar carrying business between Cuba and
New York, and to take her place the Great
Northern Co. has leased for six months the P |
~ Ivy Sb w. . wig iiSH.Sl aAieIlCd, NulCu is
now being rebuilt for the paper business at
Portland. with the privilege of purchasing at
the end of that period.
A REAL SURPRISE. Marian Estelle, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert M. Parsons, was
given genuine surprise party last Tuesday
evening on her 10th birthday, when her teach
er. Mrs. Benz. Robertson. and 10 members of
the Winners class of the Baptist Sunday
school came in body, bringing confectionery
and sailed nuts. The family had been let into
the secret and planned to have Marian at
neighbors when the company arrived, and also
had ice cream and two birthday cakes-one
with "16" and the other with wv" ready to be
served by her younger sisters. Florence and
Bertha. The evening was enjoyably spent
with games, etc. The young hostess found
herself after the first shock, which left her
speeches. fora few minutes.
The Leonard & Barrows Athletic Association
ball team is working three afternoons week
on the Congress street grounds and is showing
up we'll The team will include such player
as Mcclellan, Ladd, Barry, Howard Peters, the
two Roberts boys, Benner, johnson, Brown,
Cottrell and Whittier. The supper and enter
talnment which is to take place on next Satur-
DAY night in Odd Fellows hall. promises to be a
big success and the tickets are now being sold,
the committee meeting with greater encour-
agement than anticipated. The following pro.
gram will be given; Over ture, orchestra; vocal
duet. Mrs c. W. Wescott and Arthur NJ John
son; piano duet Mrs. Wescott and Mrs. Louise
D. Beckwith; piano solo, Reginald Boardman
OF lslesboro; quartet, Arthur N. Johnson,
Luther, Selden and Earl Hammons: violin solo.
Miss Hazel Doak; soprano solo, Miss Jessie M
Hart; piano solo, Reginald Boardman
Thomas H. Marshall Circle at their meeting
last Tuesday afternoon had the following
Peace Day program: Address, "Prepared-
ness" Mrs. Lulie Nichols; address, How We
May Serve Our Country in Time of Peace
L. Z. Putnam; reading. Prayer for Peace, Mrs
Mary Collins; remarks, A. 1. Conant; address,
Promoting Peace Movement" Mrs. Mary
Russ; reading, 1.-The Skeleton Soldier" Mrs.
Nettie Merrithew. Plans were made for
Memorial Day and the following notices are
given: All Sisters are requested to meet at
Memorial Hall Monday at l p. M, to make
wreaths; the school children from the third to
seventh grades are invited to meet at Memo
rial Hall at $50 Tuesday morning and 20 to
the lower bridge to strew flowers on the
water, as Is the custom. Mrs. Augusta Fletcher
and Mrs. Emma Brown will have charge of
the children of the East side. All members
who wish to ride to the cemetery in buck
boards are requested to leave their names
with Mrs. Fletcher. The price will be Is
cents. There will be no meeting next Tues
day, but June 9th ten-cent lunch will be
served, to which all comrades and sisters are
invited.
MEMORIAL DAY. The Memorial day exer
cises this year are to be more Elaborate than
| for several years past and will be held in the
Opera House instead of Memorial hall Under
! the direction of the Sons of Veterans this
year an interesting program is being prepared
The Belfast band has been engaged to furnish
music and Rev. Arthur E, Wilson of the First
Unitarian church will be the orator of the day.
The Boy Scouts are drilling and are to be quite
factor in the program. The report of the
meeting last Tuesday of Thomas H. Marshal
ClFCle gives OtueE PARTICULARS. Inc various
committees will attend to their duties in the
cemeteries Tuesday morning. The school
children will be accompanied to the lower
bridge by the Boys band and the Boy Scouts
for the usual floral services, and at p. m. the
line Of march to the cemetery will form in
front Of Memorial hall on Church street, I'M
der the direction of J. H.Stinson, marshal of the
day. The line will include the Belfas Band, the
Boys Band, the GAR bodies, the Boy Scouts the
City Government. Canton Pallas. I. o. o. F.,
the Knights of Pythias and Pythian Sisters,
the Red Men and the Pocahontas Sisters. On
the return from the cemetery the exercises
will be held in the Opera House, with the adj
dress by Rev. Arthur E. Wilson. pastor Of the
Unitarian church. Mayor William K. Keene
will give an address, and there will be exer-
cises by the school children. quartet by the
Mcleod sisters. a solo by George E. White
and the usual exercises by the Post.