The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-10-25

visited Aver, Mrs. Ellis having two sons
(Messrs. Allan and Minard) at Camp
Devens, after which they went with Mrs.
Norris to her New York home for visit
Mrs. Morton Carleton and two children
of Crystal Station, accompanied by a
lady friend, arrived by train Saturday
Mr.. and Mrs. L. S. Titcomb. They left
spent the night with Mr.. Carleton's par
daughter on the drive to Winterport.
A spar maker and planker arrived the
present week and pile driver came to
begin work on driving the plies for the
foundation upon which will be stretched
the keel for the second vessel. Some
piling and cob work is soon to be COM
menced for the practical restoration Of
the old wharf. All told, the Stockton
Yard, Inc. is employing about 70 men.
Mrs. Estelle B. Crosby, teacher of the
primary school at Standpoint, has charge
of the knitting of squares for the COM
fort robes for ambulance use in France,
and has created an intense enthusiasm
among the scholars, even some boys par
ticipating in raising money for the fund,
to be expended for the necessary material
for making them.
Mr.. Russell Wescott of Castine, dined
with his aunt and cousin, Mrs. L. M.
Partridge and daughter, Miss Leora, Oct.
18th coming from Hucksport by auto, and
after visiting the village shipyard, where
in the former days of the prosperity of
that industry here his father was for
many years employed as ships black
smith, in the yard of the late N. G..
Hlchborn, he left for Belfast to take
steamer for home.
Notice has been received that The Sur
gical Dressings Committee of the Nation
al Civic Federation, New England sec
ton, has voted to become an auxiliary
of the American Red Cross. The branches
will continue to send their product to the
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital. There is
no difference between the aims of the
American Red Cross and it's new auxil-
larry, the Surgical Dressings Committee
Hon. C. s. Hichborn of Augusta ar
rived in town Saturday afternoon for a
brief visit with his sisters, the Misses
Hichborn, Church street He was &C
companled by his sister,. Miss Harriet D.
Hlchborn, who had been his guest. MIR
Hichborn expressed himself as quite as
tonished at the preparations and amount
of work accomplished by our village ship
building firm, and hopes to be able to &C
cept the invitation to witness the launch
ing of the vessel, the Agnes Wilcox He
motored to Standpoint, accompanied by
his sister, Miss Mary, to view the yard of
the Standpoint Shipyard Co. now having
under contract the building of two gov
eminent steamers
The "reminiscences of a Bird Man de-
llvered by the famous aviator, Earle l..
Ovlngton, in Denslow Hall, Oct. 18th,
under the auspices of the Surgical Dress
lngs Committee, proved great success
the audience being responsive, the stories
thrilling, the exploits daring and when he
predicted that American airplanes would
soon be constructed that could cross the
Atlantic ocean, stop at London for gaso-
line, In Paris for bombs and drop them
INTO Berlin, the audience applauded en-
Enthusiastically. The Surgical Dressings
committee and the community, extend
sincere thanks to Mr. Ovington for his gra-
tultous services his lecture netting over
S40 to the treasury of the Surgical Dress
ings Committee