The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-11-23
PERSONAL.

c. J. Richards of Burnham was a business
visitor in Waterville last Friday.
Elmer S. Collins left yesterday for Boston.
where he will have employment
Miss Mary I.Walker of Manchester Mills
the guest of Mrs. Arthur A. BLAIR.
Mrs. Jabez B. Frederick of Boston was a
guest the past week of Belfast relatives.
DIR. and Mrs. F. E. Follett of Rockland went
10 Boston Nov, 18th for ten days visit.
Theron E. Doe. postmaster at China village
Mr.. and Mrs. E. v. Varney were recent
guests Of Mrs. Maria Tibbetts in Rockport.
Mrs. H. C. Pitcher is in Caribou to remain
until after the holidays with her son, Ralph l..
Pitcher
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Colby of Sunset arrived
last Friday to visit Mrs. Julia G. McKeen and
other relatives.
Walter Juan returned last Saturday from
Providence. R. l.. where he was called by the
death of his father.
Mrs. Hannah Firaro of St. John, N. B., was
recent guest of her sisters, Miss Rachel Ander-
son and Mrs. Herbert S. Morey.
William A. and Miss Loula A. Mason will
leave in a few weeks for st. Petersburg, Fla,
where they will spend the winter.
George M. Stone of Lewistown Montana. ar
rived last Friday night for an indefinite visit
with his sister, Mrs Charles H. Walden.
Mrs. Edward H. Fletcher returned last Sat-
urday from Boston, where she spent several
weeks with her sister, Mrs. Abe Strecker.
Ralph E. Strout returned to Lawrence,
Mass, last Saturday after short visit with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank B. Strout.
Mrs. Ethel Toward, division president of the
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary, has returned to
Waterville from Augusta, where she inspected
the auxiliary in that CITY,
Mr.. and Mrs. J. C. W. Perry returned to
Portland Tuesday from visit with Mr..
Perrys mother, Mrs. Alice l. Thombs, who
accompanied them to Portland for a visit
Mrs. Cora Morrison King. who spent the
summer with Belfast relatives, arrived at her
home in San jun, Porto Rico Nov 5th, on
| time, but experienced very rough passage
Rev. l. B. Mower returned to Waterville last
Friday afternoon from business trip to Port
land and Sprngvale, the representative of
the United Baptist convention, of which he is
the secretary.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Flynt of Augusta
are again happy grandparents, their daughter
| Mrs. Charles Floyd Smith of Winthrop Center
is the mother of fine daughter, Catherine
Ida. a."-Kennebec journal.
Mrs. o. A. Harkness of Lincolnvie has re-
turned from weeks visit with her sband in
northern Maine. On her return she visited
her son Vinton O. Harkness at Orono, who is a
student at the U. of M.
DR.. George B. Ilsley, who for 10 years was
pastor of the Columbia street Baptist church,
Bangor. celebrated his golden jubilee as a minis
ter Nov. 18th, at Springvale. DIR. Ilsley held
five pastorates in Maine duiing that period and
his Bangor pastorate was the longest of any
Mrs. VIM. C. Rowe of Brooks and Mrs,
Fanny Hall of Fairfield. Me-, are stopping
with Mrs. George G. Dickey in Wakefield,
Mass, and visiting friends in Lowell, North
Chelmsford and Tyngsboro, and are attending
the Billy Sunday revival services in Boston,
Hon Carl L. Millken, governor-elect of
Maine, was the guest of honor at the annual
dinner of the Maine society III New York city,
Thursday night, Nov 10Th. One hundred and
twenty members were present. A. H, Bick-
more, president of the society. was toast
master.
Mrs. Hall F. Hoxie and sons, David f. and
Thomas B., will remain with their Belfast
relatives until after the holidays, as Mr Hoxie
who is employed by the Brooklyn Edison Co..
has been sent to kearney, Neb. to buy
power plant. He had been in Pennsylvania
for several weeks on business for the COM
pany.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam E. Connor left Bangor last
Thursday on the steamer Camden for Wash
ington, d. C., where Mr.. COnnor goes to take
up his duties as private secretary tc Senator
Bert Nj. Fernald. On the way they intend to
make short stops in Boston and New Yorn and
plan on arriving at Washington Nov. 9th.
The program for the Girls Vocational Con-
gress at the Montana State College, Nov. %
rs. included Miss Mary Ellen Chase of Boze-
man, well-known authoress, on Genius or
Hard Work" Miss Chase is a daughter of
the late Judge Chase OF Bluehil and since she
took up her residence in Bozeman, where she
teaches in the public schools, she has written
two successful books and has another book in
press.
Cards have been received in Belfast an
nouncing the betrothal of Miss Dorothy Franck
and Joseph Levenson of Brookline, Mass Miss
Franck has spent the summer season in North
port since small child, the guest of her uncle
Ira nj. Cobe. and is a great favorite. Miss
Franck and her grandmother, Madame Eva
Cobe, spent the past season at Hillside Farms,
returning to Brookine the middle OF Septem-
ber.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman A, Hamm and daugh-
ter, Miss Thelma, who have been spending two
weeks in the Brown cottage on Allyn shore
will return today to their home in Wollaston,
Mass. They will be accompanied by Miss Lii
lian Dexter, who goes to Brookline to spend
Thanksgiving with Hon. and Mrs. Norman
White. On Friday Miss Dexter, with her host
and hostess and their son, Norman White, Jr.,
freshman at Harvard. will leave in their car
for N lew Haven to attend the Harvard ale
game on Saturday.
Capt. Woodbury. D. Orne and wife of West
Boot hhay HarhOr Me celehrared the fftieth