The Republican journal., 1917-12-20
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

The public schools will close Friday for
three weeks vacation.
Mr.. C. N. Taylor of Wellesley, Mass,
was business guest in town last week.
Mrs. Rufus L. Mudgett is confined to
the house by a painful rheumatic affec-
ton of the ankle
Mr.. Herbert Murray of Massachusetts,
arrived last Saturday to visit his mother
Mrs. Louis F. Murray.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Univer-
salist parish will be entertained this,
Thursday, afternoon by Mrs. Simeon F.
Ellis.
Mr.. Stanley Wardwell has been ap-
pointed assistant telegrapher at Frank
fort, having passed a very satisfactory
examination.
The Red Cross meeting at the Masonic
banquet hall will be postponed from Tues
day to the following Friday because of
holiday festivities.
Miss Mary ellis of Bangor arrived
Saturday for weekend visit with her
brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs William
ellis of Cape Jellison.
A Christmas social will be given by the
Congregational Sunday school next Tues
day evening at Hichborn Hall with mu-
sic, recitations and games. All are in
vited.
Miss Mary Murray, a student at the
Eastern State Normal School at Castine,
came home last week to spend the Christ
mas vacation with her mother, Mrs L.
F. Murray
Percy Par, ridge will give one of his
popular social dances at Hichborn Hall
on Christmas eve. Tickets are only 25
cents per couple. Everybody come and
have a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Swift and family
of Rockland are occupying the house of
the late Rufus Hartman on Standpoint
Road. The men are employed in the
Standpoint shipyard
Last week gave us day after day of
sunshine and piping cold weather. Mod
Grating little one day it brought US a
damp snow storm, soon followed how
ever, by the former zero atmosphere.
The caulkers are now at work upon
the vessel nearing completion at the viii
lage shipbuilding plant, and it is hoped
she may be launched on the high course
of tides about the middle of January
Mrs. James Jacobs, in the Roberts dis
trict, suffered a severe shock Monday
morning, rendering her speechless At
this writing great anxiety is felt by her
family, to whom sympathy is extended.
Don't fail to see the attractive display
of ribbon hand bags, crocheted doilies,
babies bootees and dolls caps in the
window of Mrs. E. j. Prescott's MILL
merry store, appropriate for Christmas
gifts.
John H. Wardwell is showing fine
line of Xmas post cards and others more
expensive, a very pretty water colored
picture and games, suitable for holiday
ing your purchases.
Mrs. E. H. Doyle, accompanied by her
children, arrived Tuesday from Caribou
to visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Will
lard M. Berry. Her sister, Miss Mildred
Berry, who had been her guest for sever
al weeks, returned to Stockton with her
and family.
Mrs. Freeman BURDEN, nee Miss
Laura Marden, of Littleton, Colo, &C
companied by her mother, Mrs. Medora
G. Marden, who has been her guest for
the past two years, arrived last Thursday
to visit her sister and husband, MIR. and
Mrs Albert M. Ames, with whom Mrs.
Marden will remain as the western eli
mate does not agree with her health.
Acquaintance of Mr.. B. F. Plummer,
formerly of Philadelphia, have been in
formed of his recent death in Bath, where
he had, for the past three years made his
home Mr.. Plummer was for many years
we'll and favorably known by all Stock
ton master mariners He married Miss
Grace Thompson of fremont, Maine,
sister of Mrs. j. C. Nickels of Searsport,
where he was for years frequent guest.
After living abroad number of years he
returned to America, establishing himself
in Philadelphia, where he conducted
large and lucrative business, the manu-
facture of rubber betting, now under the
mana cement of his son, William Plum
mer. He is survived by his wife and four
children, two sons and two daughters.