The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1916-10-26

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day, evening.
The Ladies' Circle of the North church met
yesterday afternoon with Mrs, Walter T. Haw
thorne at the parsonage
A new Burroughs adding machine has been
placed in the High school for use of the
classes in the commercial depa rtment.
The Waldo County Veteran Association will
meet Nov. End in Comet Grange hall. Swan
vile; If stormy, the first fair day.
The Society of Equal Rights will hold a
social and baked bean supper at the home OF
Ezra Knowlton. Citypoint, tomorrow, Friday
night. All are cordially invited.
The Halloween dance that was to have been
given at the Northport County Club, with
music by McKeens' orcnestra, will be given in
Memorial hall under the same management.
SOUTH BELFAST. An auto party consisting
OF Robe Ames, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Peavey
and Mr. and Mrs. George Alexander of Lincoln
vile. spent the day Sunday at Sunny Brook
Farm. guests of George Curtis and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Giles G. Abbott were in North
port Sunday, calling on relatives. Mark A.
Wadlin of Northport spent last week in
Springfield, Mass. where he attended the
National Dairy Show. =. Ralph Hart of Massa-
chusetts is guest of his brother, Alonzo
Hart....G. W. Young is visiting friends in
Auburn.
special meeting of the Belfast Board of
Trade was held Monday evening and the fol-
lowing committees of arrangements were ap-
pointed for the Boys Agricultural and Girls
Canning Clubs, to be held in Memorial hall
tomorrow, Friday. and Saturday: On hall and
music, M. L, Sugg, M, R. Knowlton, A. c.
futile; for the banquet to be held in the Meth
odist church Friday at p. m. Rev. Horace
B. Sellers, William A. Mason and Charles s.
Bedford; rooms and general arrangements.
Orrin ]. Dckey. After discussion of tel.
phone service in Belfast it was voted to peti
ton the New England Tel. & Tel. Co., to inn
prove the service by installing the automatic
call and make the service up-to date, as it is in
other places the size of Belfast.
MASQUERADE PARTY. A poverty social
and masquerade party was held in the Baptist
vestry last Friday evening with large at
tendance. There were about rs in costume of
! all styles and ages. Headed by six policemen.
three boys and three girle, the company
marched in with music by Miss Flossie Heal.
The judges were Mrs. NJ. W Rich. Mrs J. W.
Richardson and A. K. Bradley, who awarded
the prizes as follows: Best fancy costume
Miss Louise Ellis, who wore dainty gown of
green and white with close turban; most conf
cal, Mrs. Herbert S. Morey, witch rig; poor
est, Albert Gunner. tramp in tatters A
social hour followed, whenIemonade and fancy
! cookies were served. Charles E. Rboades had
charge of the program, which included piano
solo by Miss fiossie Heal; cornet solo, by Roy
Green; recitation and encore by little Miss
Helen Morris, who was dressed as old lady.
Those who wore jewelry were fined several
cents. The masquerade was under the drec-
ton of Raymond Young and Winfield Mariner.
ACCIDENTS. Mrs. Sarah White. who lives
at II Spring street, up stairs, with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Flora Heath, met with quite a seri-
GUS accident last Saturday afternoon. She
started down the back stairs, and as she is
nearly blind, having had much trouble recent
iV with her eyes, she missed stair and fell
from the top to the bottom, and was uucon.
scious when found by Mrs. Walter H. Booker.
I who lives down stairs Neighbors were called
in and doctor Immediately summoned, and
with difficulty Mrs. White was taken up stairs.
She was unconscious for long time, but Sur
day seemed quite comfortable, and regained
consciousness for time, although somewhat
bewldered. The doctor decided that no bones
were fractured but she was badly bruised and
her face cut. Mrs. White is past 80 years of
age. Capt George T. Osborne whose home is
at the upper bridge, had bad fall recently
when gathering apples by the slipping of
ladder on which he standing, but said
nothing of the accident for several days, when
h. had to give up, No bones were broken
but he received bad shaking up. one shoul-
der was hurt and he otherwise bruised
Capt. Osborne's many friends were sorry to
hear of his accident and hope to hear of his
being on deck again soon.
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS. The High School
Athletic Association met last Friday fternoon
and elected Archie Robinson, manager, and
Willard Jenneys, assistant manager of the
basket ball team. The team organized with
Archie Robinson, center; Weymouth right
guard; Nckerson, left guard; Brown, right
tackle; Pattershall, left tackle; Vaughan, right
end; Durham, left end; Austin Vaughan, quar-
ter back; Hayes, right back; Pendleton, left
back; Shute. front back The first game of
the season was played on the Mcclellan grounds
last Saturday afternoon with the Castine High
school. the visitors winning by score of IL to
0. The field was very muddy and fumbles
numerous. Gerald Day of the Csstine eleven
sustained fractured collarbone in a scrim-
mage and was taken to the Waldo county hos
pital, but was able to return home Monday.
Principal Faulkner was referee, Brown of Cas-
tine umpire. The home team made a good
showing considering many have never played
before this season and there is the making of
fast eleven. Saturday was tag day as bene-
fit to the High School Athletic association, and
practically all the girls of the four grades
were actively engaged in selling tags to men,
women and children. The tags were marked
81 am tagged for the B. H. S. Athletic Associa-
ton" All the shops, stores, offices, railroad
station, boat landings and private houses were
visited and thorough canvass made. The
tags were sold for ten cents and upwards, one
man paying 81 for one. Many paid LOO
fifty cents and the total proceeds were about
SEQ which will be applied to the association
fund.