The Republican journal., 1916-06-22
SEARSPORT.

IamUeLs ~
Joseph Porter picked half pint of wild
strawberries Friday.
George Davis caught $50 pound porpoise in
his herring weir Friday.
8. H. Mudgett of Belfast business
visitor in town Friday.
Capt Conary and family left Saturday in
their auto to visit friends in Deer Isle.
A. B, Smith of Brewer was at his cottage at
Pleasant Point for few days last week.
Mrs. John H. Montgomery of Bucksport is
the guest of Mrs. ]. W. Black on Main street.
Mrs. Mary Newcomb of Brewer is the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Sargent on Prospect
street.
Charles Weir, engineer on the B. & A. rail-
road has rented the Thomas Wagner house on
Norris street.
Miss l.. W. Edwards left Wednesday for
bingham, Mass, to visit her sister. Mrs. Eliza
beth Eames.
Mrs. Flora Roulston has returned from Bar
Harbor after visit of several weeks there
with relatives.
Ibra Williams of Islesboro was in town last
week, the guest of MIR. and Mrs. E. W. Gilkey
on Water street.
J. L. Palmer, mail clerk on the B. & A. rail-
road. has moved to the John Carlson house on
East Main street.
A heavy downpour of rain set in Saturday
morning, continuing during the day and night
up to Sunday noon.
Steamer Bylayle arrived Friday from New
port News with $500 tons of coal to the ?. G.
& Co. at Mack's Point.
Barge Moslem arrived Saturday from Phila-
delphia with 1900 tons OF coal to h P. G. &
W. Co. at Mack's Point
William Blanchard of Brooklyn, N. Y, was
in town last week to attend the funeral OF his
grandmother, Mrs. Mary A. Smith.
Miss Mabel l. Nichols, who has been teach
ing at Derby, Maine mot Ct.) returned home
Saturday after weeks stay in Bangor.
A. E. Trundy & Son were short of water at
their mill last week but the rain of Saturday
and Sunday gave them an ample supply.
Mrs. Lavona Williams and mother, Madam
Williams, have returned to their home in
Islesboro after spending several months in
town.
Miss Adelaide Studley, who has been tele-
phone operator in Mortified Vt, for the
past year, is visiting her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. F. E. Studley.
Mr., and Mrs Thomas Wagner left Saturday
for South Boston, where Mr.. Wagner has en-
pigment as night Waterman in the Edison
Electric light plant.
Mrs Cora E. Dow and daughter, Miss Kate
Dow, left Thursday for Northampton, Mass,
where her daughter, Sallie Dow, graduated
from Smiths College last week.
Clifton Whttum, the only surviving mem
Der of the Fourth Maine Regiment. Co. l.,
now living in Searsport, attended the reunion
of the regiment in Rockand last Saturday.
Miss Ethel Nj. Nichols, who has been teach
ing in Bangor, returned home Saturday and
will spend the summer with her parents, Capt.
and Mrs. Charles M Nichols, on Water street.
Capt. and Mrs. A. N. Blanchard of Brooklyn,
. N. Y, who were in town last week to attend
the funeral Of Mrs. Mary A, Smith, left Satur-
day for Bangor to take the Bar Harbor ex-
press Tor New York
The old maple tree which had stood the
storms for the past hundred years in the
Aosraan hcld on the shore front went over
the bank onto the beach during the heavy rain
storm last Saturday night,
: Dana Nj. Dutch, assistant secretary of the
State Street Trust Co. of Boston, has our
thanks for copy of booklet entitled estate
Street Events" A brief account of divers
notable persons, sundry stirring events hav
ing to do with the history of this ancient
street.
At p. III. June Both Union hall will lie the
scene of a pretty wedding given by the Prim
airy department of the Methodist Sunday
school under the direction of Miss Bessie
Jones. About sixty children from three to
ten are to furnish the entertainment with fun
and songs.
district meeting of the lodges of Odd Fell
lows in Waldo county will be held in Searsport
June 3d. The second degree will be worked
by team from Unity lodge of Unity and the
third degree by team from Waldo Lodge of
Belfast A banquet will be served and an in
terestng concert will be given, and it Is ex-
pected that large number will attend
The young ladies of the Owenagungas Camp
Fire club, Mrs. J. S. Sweetser, guardian, will
give the farce, "Youne DR.. Deyine,'' in Union
hall. Searsport, Tuesday evening, June 9th
This bright and entertaining farce of two
scenes, depicting boarding school life, has been
cast as follows: Dr. Devine, Estelle Bruce;
Madam, OiveTrundy; Rebecca, Elinor Clos
BOD, Elizabeth, Anne Whittier; Marie, Elsie
Gilkey; Grace, Lila Shute; Maude. Lillian
Smith; Laura. Annie Rogers; Rose, Mary In
man; Bessie, Margaret Pendeton. The NOV
ing picture in connection with the play will be
The Jewel, by Clara Louise Burnham in
which the dainty, sweet and charming Ella
Hall stars Admission to both Is cents Give
the girls the audience they deserve. Between
the acts there will be Vaudeville by George
Littlefeld and Orilla Whitcomb.
The Republican vote in the primary June
18th. was as follows: For U. S. Senator, Fer
maid 3d. Hale S., Hersey l8; for Governor,
Callahan IL, Parkhurst 1O1, Wheeler 10; for