The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-01-13
SEARSPORT.

Miss Lillian M. Smith left last week to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon W. Goblet in Springfield,
Mass. - ssM
he Searsport basket ball team defeated
theBrooks team last Friday evening at Union
Hall by score of SO to 46.
large Boylston arrived Friday from Wey-
mouth, Mass, with 500 tons of fertilizer to
the A. A. C. Co. at Mack's Point.
Steamer Meteor, Capt. Burranger, finished
discharging coal last Thursday at the P. c. &
W. plant and sailed for Norfolk. ss,rs-,,-..
Harry L. Mason, third officer of the steiner
Millinocket, was in town Friday while the
steamer was loading at Cape Jellison.
James Scully, superintendent of the A. A.
C. Co. at Mack's Point. returned last week
from business trip to Weymouth, Mass.
R. & R. Lime Co.'S. barge No. arrived Jan.
5th from Baltimore with 1900 tons of coal to
the Hubbard Fertilizer Co. at Mack's Point.
4 Leroy D. Littlefeld will begin this week to
cut and store 1000 tons of ice from Opeechee
stream for local use the coming season.
Peter Ward, who was in town to attend the
funeral of his mother, Mrs. Ann Ward, re-
turned to his home in Everett, Mass, Thurs
day.
The first real cold snap of the winter came
along Saturday, the thermometer ranging
from to Is below with wind and the sun
clear and bright.
Ralph S. Meyers left Monday for Phadel-
Of he Ir-m ted
schooner Eleanor +. Bartram, now loading at
that port for Buenos Ayres.
Prof. John Martin of the Bangor lheolo-
gical Seminary viii speak at the morning ana
evening services at the Congregational church
on the coming Sunday, January 10Th.
Lionel Sylvester, who has been visiting his
parents, MT. and Mrs. Michael Sylvester, at
Sears Island, returned Thursday to Cambridge
Mass, where he is taking medical course.
Large amounts of stave and cord wood and
logs are now being hauled from the woods to
market and 10 the lumber mills of Trunoy u
Sons and Leroy D. Llttlefied. The latter has
about 500 coros of WooG cut in the woods and
the shedding could not be better, although the
swamps are not yet frozen Tor heavy loads.
Capt. c. N. Meye rs left last week for Phila-
delphia to take command of the four-masted
schooner Eleanor F Bartram, Of /, liza tons, of
the John S. Emery feet of Boston, load
ing for Buenos Ayres. Capt. Meyers
formerly in command Of he barkentine Mabel
]. Meyers, which was rrn INTO and sunk by the
Battesnip Nebraska last summer off Cape
Cod.
A snow storm set in Monday about a.
and continued until late in the afternoon,
when it turned to rain, The wind in the
morning was from the southeast and it blew
hard in the middle Of the day, with heavy
snow squalls, veering to the southwest later in
the day and undertaking The rain was light,
but continued late in the evening
The following officers were elected for the
coming year in Searsport Chapter, R., A.
Masons. Jan. 9Th: James Duncan, H. P.;F. K.
Sawyer, X W. Nj Parse, s. c. Whittum. c.
H.; ". A Coson, z. s.; Ralph Moody, r. A. C.:
James z. Nichols, secretary; A. H. Nichols,
treasurer; f, c, Whitconb, M. T. v; L. M.
Sargent, NJ. 5, VI Maurice S Deliver, M. Z.
v; &. P Carter, T.
DoDGE's CORNER Fred Merritnew of Cali
forua, who had been visiting his aunt Mrs.
W j. Mathews, started on his homeward trip
last Thursday Fred Sginson has bought
Ford car to use III bis business. Mrs, Nancy
Dorr is very i'll and under the medical treat
ment Of Ds. faiIchilds Sarah Harris, who
had been with her sister, Mrs. Anna Nicker-
son, for Several weeks, has returned to Boston.
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH NOTES. At the
annual business meetings of church and parish
the following officers were elected; Parish
Clerk and Treasurer, Capt Daniel C. Nichols:
Committees; Capt. b. F. Colcord Capt Amos
Nichols MIR. Geo. l.. Merrill. All expenses for
the year were met, small balance remaining
Church officers; Clerk, Mr. James Duncan; Dea-
cons, Capt. James Butman and Dr. F. X.
Sawyer; Church Committee Clerk, Deacons and
Pastor; Missionary Treasurer, Dr.. Sawyer:
Ushers, Mr. F. b. Smith, DR.. S. L. Fairchid.
MIR. Geo. K. Wilson. Music Com nittee Dr.
Sawyer. Mrs, b. f. Colcord, Mrs c. E. Adams,
Miss Roustone. officers of the Sunday school
were elected follows, Supt. Adult Dept.
DR.. S, l.. tairchd; assistant, Mr.. G. R. Wilson;
Juvenile Dept, Mrs. Duncan, Supt; Miss
Erskine Assistant; Secretary, Miss Elsie Gil.
key; Treasurer, Miss Lillian Smith . The pull
pit was occupied on Sunday, January 9th by
Prof Jonn Martin of the Bangor Theological
Seminary. While in town. Prof. Martin was
the guest Of DR. and Mrs. F. K. Sawyer.
The officers of Sears Lodg l 0 Of, were
publicly installed last Friday evening by Dis
trict Deputy Grand Master Charles A Rogers
and District Deputy Grand Marshal, Allen D
Colcord. assisted by several Past Noble Grands
of Sears Lodge. and with Melville Robbins at
the piano. The work was done in very sat-
factory manner The officers are as follows:
Ernest Murphy, G; Ellsworth Howard, G;
c Rogers. secretary Wentworth, treas
urer; F II Park, chaplain; A l. Mosman, war
den; M Kane. conductor; r S N G. Geo Sar-
gent; L S N G, Irving Harris; r S V G, Frank
/ Mortland; L G, A Croce; R S S, Jack
Croce; S, W alter Towers; l G., John
Davis; 0 G, Ernest Gray. After the exercises
interesting remarks were made by several of
those present. Rev James Anslie of the M
E church made some especially good points in
his speech, mentioning the objects of Odd Fell
lowship and the good accomplished by them of
which ne had personal knowledge. Supper