The Republican journal., 1916-12-07
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The Belfast Hook & Ladder Co. will give
their annual Concert and ball Friday evening,
Dec. 18th. Miss Doris Sweat will give an ex-
hibition dance.
Belfast relatives have received cards an
nouncing the BIRTH Nov. 29th of son to Mr.
and Mrs. Alanson Thomas of Camden, who has
been named Richard AIanson, Mrs. Thomas
formerly Miss Pearl Written of Belfast
Get your old newspapers tied upl 1t is un-
derstood that the B. H. S. graduating class
will make canvass of the city, hoping to
collect a car load to help defray the expense
of their proposed trip to Washi gton, D, C.
Thomas Il. Marshall Circle, Ladies' of the
IT, A. R., at their meeting last Tuesday post
poned the election of officers on account of the
storm to the next regular meeting An ur-
gent request is made that all members attend
that meeting; Tuesday, Dec 18th
Holiday advertising has obliged US to defer
an unusual amount of interesting correspond
ence, much tC our regret. Our correspondents
were on time, but without the advertising
and with the present high prices for paper.
type, etc, it would be impossible to meet ex-
penses.
ADVERTISED LETTERS. the following let
ters remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
office for the week ending Dec. 9Th: Ladies'
Miss Bethia Bates. Mrs. M. l.. Littlefield Mrs
Nettie Mathews. Mrs. Mary WEIGH, MISS Edna
White. Gentlemen-A, E. Carpenter, Mr.. E
I. jackson, Estate of ]. S, Moses, Ernest l..
Piper ebert Wentworth
PooR's MILLS. The pupils of the Poor's
Mills school gave the following Thanksgiving
program November goth, under the direction
of their teacher, Miss Vergie Beckwith: Song.
Autumn Song and BARLEY Mowers Song.
school; Thanksgiving Acrostic," school; reci-
tatlons. Roland Flood, Helen Payson; motion
recitation. Primary Grades; recitations, Charles
Roberts, Marion Wood, Marjorie Roberts; Com
position, First Thanksgiving" Lenore Thomp-
son; song, Thanksgiving" school; drill, cat
Desert" Helen Payson, Alice Roberts, Georgia
Daggett. Marjorie Roberts; recitations, Vesta
Higgins. Winnifred Thompson, Lloyd Went
worth, Helen Robertson, Alice Roberts; song,
school; Rotations, Alfred Roberts, Clayton
Higgins; composition, 1.-The Red Tongue of
Flame" Vesta Higgins; quotations on Thanks
giving, Grammar Grades; recitations, Lenore
Thompson, Edgar Thompson, Willie Carter,
recitation, Thanksgiving Day." school; song
GOOD Night Song" school.
SHIPPING ITEMS. There continues to be
demand for sailing vessels for the off.shore
trade, but as the supply is limited there is lit
tie chartering. The schooner Lydia Mel
Baxter has been chartered to load coal at New
port News for Cienfuegos at $5.25 per ton, and
the schooners Alicia B. Crosby and Henry F.
kreger have been engaged to carry cargoes
from Philadelphia to Portland. The British
steamship City of Durham arrived at Boston
Nov. 30th from the Far East with cargo of |
sugar, hemp, curios, rubber raw rubber and |
other merchandise, said to be worth 81, 600 OOO |
The arrival of a 100000 cargo is not un-
common in these days. A shipment of cocoa
nut oil alone is worth $4,000. The big freight
er left New York June II with munitions for
the Russian Government which she landed
at Vladivostock Then she went to Shang.
hal, Hongkong, Manila and iloilo, where she
loaded her valuable return cargo. Crossing
the Pacific the City of Durham called at San
Francisco for bunker COAL and then came
through the Panama Canal. She carries a
crew of Is Chinese. The coast guard cutter
Ossipee has started on her winter cruising
season, which will continue for the next four
months, the only intermission being when she
comes into port for coal and other supplies.
Her headquarters during the coming winter
will be at Boothbay Harbor, instead of Port
land as formerly, the change being made for
the reason that those in authority consider the
former port nearer the center of her cruising
radius, giving her the opportunity of respond
ing more readily to calls of assistance from
vessels in distress. The schooner Ralph K.
Grant, IS tons net. built at Ellsworth in 1873.
arrived at Boston Dec. Sd, go days from North
port. Me. she met hard weather and was
forced to make port along the way almost
every night and had been anchored in Glouces-
ter for some time, waiting a favorable wind to
sail for Boston.