The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-02-10
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

The Auxiliary Aid of the Universalst parish
was entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs
| Walter F. Trundy, Church street.
The Current Events Club met with Mrs
Elmer Thompson. Church street. Wednesday
afternoon, with Current Events as the topic
I for reading.
Mr.. and Mrs. James A: Blanchard of New
York, called here for they funeral of their
| mother, Mrs. Elizabeth D. Blanchard, left
Feb LIST for home.
! Miss Elva May Randall, Cross street, after a
| weeks illness from the grip. ventured to re-
| sumo her duties as teacher in the primary
| school Monday morning.
At this writing, Monday. the senior class of
the High school is busy with. preparations for
its dance, Feb. 9th in Denslow hall, with
| music by Green's orchestra of Searsport, and
supper at the hotel.
If the old Candlemas adage proves true this
year our winter is broken, tor surely the
ground hog saw no shadow as he emerged from
his winter habitation, and no sunlight streamed
into the cavern February 2, 1916
Mrs. Charles Cole, School stl Get, and daugh-
tiers Pauline and Julia, returned recently from
Boston. and last Saturday Capt. Cole Joined
his family. His vessel. sch Edith Mcintyre, is
at Cape Jellison piers to load lumber
Miss Nellie Hichborn, West Main street
closed her house last Saturday and left for
Belfast to spend few weeks with her sister,
Miss Emma Hichborn, who is EMPLOYED as
sa!eswoman in the j. H. Howes dry goods
store.
Mrs Albert K. Bennett Middle street, was
seized Sunday with severe attack of the
grip, threatening pneumonia, which DR.. Small
hopes may be averted needed mother in a
family of children, we hope she NAV rally
quickly.
| Mr. Everett Grieve. who is very seriously ill
from pneumonia, complicated by extreme weak
ness of the heart, is reported today, Monday,
as holding his own although Dr. Small con-
siders the crisis not yet passed. 1t Is hoped
favorable symptoms may appear soon.
! Mrs. Horace Staples, West Main street, suf-
! fered severe i'll turn last week, necessitat-
! ing DR.. Stevens attention for several days.
i Her sister, Mrs. Elmer E. Thompson was
with her throughout the week. She is now
recuperating, although still very weak.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mitchell of Port WASH
ington, N Y, who, after the funeral of her
mother. Mrs. Elizabeth D. Blanchard, January
| 29th, remained few days with relatives, took
! the train Wednesday afternoon, eb End, for
| Bangor, to take the night Pullman Cor New
York.
Flitner Staples, West Main street, is having
very hard winter. his distressing spinal af-
lection causing much suffering in addition to
I absolute paralysis of his lower limbs, Much
sympathy is extended to him and to his deyot-
| ed mother. Mrs. Horace Staples, in her great
anxiety
The annual mid-winter dinner of the Cur
rent Events Club, necessarily postponed from
: the appointed date, Feb. 2nd, will be held at
The Stockton, Wednesday, Feb. 10Th, when it
is hoped all members in town may be able to
attend. The Club president and vice presi-
| dent are Mrs. Lucretia Flanders and Mrs
| Alice May Hichborn.
! Mr.. and Mrs. M. j. Goodere, West Main
street, enter tanned at cards last Thursday
evening the following guests: MIR. and Mrs
Alvah c. Treat, Mr.. and Mrs. George c.
Fletcher, Mrs Carrie P. Hamlin, Mrs, G. A
Stevens and Mr.. and Mrs. Rufus l.. Mudgett
DR.. Stevens was unable to attend because of
professional calls. Cake, cocoa, olives, etc.
were served and a very pleasant evening
passed by all participants.
| Mr.. John Mclaughlin, School street, recent
! ly bought new fourteen-passenger automo-
bile, to be delivered the first of April, which he
intends running as public conveyance be-
tween Hampden and Belfast, connecting at
| the former place with the electrics for Ban
gOr. A number of daily trips will be made
on the route, beginning soon as travelling
will permit. Between Winterport and Hamp-
den he proposes making daily half hour trips.
The Bangor News of Monday reported the
destruction of Mr.. Frank S. Treats jewery
store Sunday night, in fire in the BUSINESS
section of Milo. MIR. Treat is a native of this
village (son of Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Treat)
and the community is greatly interested, hop
| ing It's COWn5Inan 3 loss may not prove extern
sive. No particulars are known at this writ
ing, Monday afternoon. His sister and hus-
band, Mr.. and Mrs. Bion B. Sanborn, Church
street, left Tuesday morning to visit MIR. and
, Mrs. Treat and if possible assist them in
Strengthening out matters.
| Mrs. Charles H. Emery, Maple street. re-
Gently received from her cousin. Mr.. Allen N.
Staples Of St. Paul, Mimi, the announcement
of the death of his sister Ada-Mrs. Hanson
at her home in Mankato, Mimi, on January
28th. from complications arising aftel an OPP
GRAFTON for appendicitis. The end cameNafter
great suffering. MIR. and Mrs. Staples were
with her q week during her illness and at the
time of writing were about returning to spend
another week with her husband and family.
Mrs. Hanson is q native of this town, which
she left in childhood with her parents, the late
Capt. and Mrs. Peleg Stapies.and numerous re-
! membering friends extend deepest sympathy
to the bereaved husband. family and relatives