The Republican journal., 1916-04-20
The News of Belfast.

Kingsbury B. Piper of Fairfield. Deputy COL
lector of Internal Revenue. was in Belfast on
official business concerning the use Of revenue
stamps.
obtained pensions of $40 per month each for
Howard Grant of Bangor and David Moody ,Jr.
of Swanvile.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph D. Shute announce the
engagement of their daughter, Vesta Jane, to
Mr. Delbert Orrin Whitmore of Detroit, Mich,
son Of Mrs. Cleone Hills Whitmore of North
port. No date is given for the wedding.
Norman H. White of Brookline, Mass. who
has summer home at Saturday Cove, North.
port, is having the place remodelled and en-
iarged, and making some decided improves
ments. Mr.. White has been q summer resi-
dent of Northport for many years.
c. M. Smalley is building fish weir on the
Marshall shore. Northport, and has moved a
small building there which he is usioe for a
camp. MI. Smalley has been very successful
In his fishing business, and it is expected that
ne will get good returns from his new weir.
Miss Ethel Rogers was unable to 90 to Rock
land last Saturday to take part in the contest
with Miss Evelyn Tyler for the State Cham
pionship in roller skating, and the second
race in the series announced for that date has
been indefinitely postponed.
The Mirnetoska Club of the North church
Will hold sale of May baskets in the vestrv
on the afternoon of April Both. The club
held very enjoyable meeting last FRIDAY
aleer school at the home of the leader, Mrs,
Charles M Craig, High street
IL is proposed to have celebration J,
4th under the auspices of the Waldo Co,n+,,
Fair association, with parade. horse r.o.e
base ball. etc. on the fair grounds, and Pres i
dent ID. U. Buzzell of the association announces
that arrangements have been made to have
U. s. gunboat in the harbor on that day.
The annual meeting of the Travellers Club
will be held with Mrs Charles M, Craig Tnes.
day, April 25th. Literary program: Paper
Household Economics" by Mrs. C. M. Craig:
story from Jane Barlow by Miss Annie L.
Barr. The election of officers and appoint
ment of committees for the year will follow,
William E. Brackett of Belfast, F. A. Little.
field of Monroe, and Joseph G. Packard of
Searsmont have been in Portland the nast
week serving on the petit jury for the United
States district court. Charles A. Phillips of
Palermo and Everett L. Hill of Lincolnville
were members of the grand jury.
Cards have been received from Mr.. and
o11, of
nouncing that the marriage of their daughter
Elizabeth to Rex Carleton Havener will take
place on Tuesday, April 25th. Mr.. Havener Is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. George E. Havener of
this city. He recently graduated from Shaw's
Business College, Portland, and has respon.
sible position in Groveton His Belfast friends
extend congratulations.
The Springfield Fire Insurance Co. has es.
tablished an agency in this city with the
Dickey-Knowlton Real Estate Co. 1t is one
of the Oldest and best insurance companies in
the country, and was the first company to es-
ta5lish an agency in Belfast, and the first
company to write policy in this city. The
policy covered the Field residence here and the
policy was written by Bohan P Field, who
held the first fire insurance agency in this
section.
A party of ten met at the home of Mr.. and
MRS. Ernest Bowen in morrill,, Thursday even
ing, April 18th, to celebrate the birthday of
Mrs. Daniel o. Bowen. Ice cream. cake and
coffee were served, after which a social club
was formed and the following officers were
chosen for the ensuing year: President, Daniel
.. Bowen; vice president; Lester A. Wilson;
Frank R. Field. Mrs. Bowen was presented
with handsome bag by her friends present.
William B. Getchell of Augusta, chief en-
gineer of the Central Maine Power Co., which
recently took over the Penobscot Bay Electric
Company, was here last week business and
looked over his property on the Condor shore,
where he last season built an attractive cot
tage. His family will spend the coming sea.
son here and Mrs. Getchell will come over
this week for brief visit to have the cottage
put in readiness for the summer. Their eldest
son and daughter, Cecil and Miss Irene, are at
present at Kent's Hill, where the latter is
prominent in the social and musical life of the
school and secretary of the senior class.
BASKET BALL. A hotly contested game was
played last Friday night at the Coliseum rink
between the Searsport A. A. and the Belfast
Shamrocks, in which the visitors won by one
basket, score 27 to 26. The game was one of
the most interesting of the Sc JASON, and no one
was sure of it until the last whistle was blown.
The summary:
sEARsPoRr (27) sHAMRocKs (26)
vaughan. n. RI. johnson 5
Wilson, If lD.................lf If Whitney l
Llnnanan, c, l......... Morse, a
hlcn' 10. I'D, Cottrell
Referees. Trundy. Colby. Scorer, Leavitt.
Time, 2O-minute halves.
| 1t is expected that game will be played
! with Winterport this week.
| DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE. The Democratic
county and town committees had conference
| in the Grand Jury room in the Court House
last Saturday to discuss the party affairs and
take action with regard to the June primaries,
and nearly every town III the county was rep
resented. Peter Harmon of Thorndike the
Waldo county member of the State committee,
called the meeting to order and r. h. Cas-