The Republican journal., 1917-12-13
Fred N. Slavery lost horse Tuesda,
night valued at s5OO


Mrs. B. F. Wells is assisting in the d.
T. Palmer store during the holiday sea :
son.
At the meeting of the North Churc h
Guild held last Monday evening with
Mrs. B. o. Norton it was voted to serve
no more refreshments until further notice
The society also voted to give 10 to the
Y. w. C. A. fund.
The Dickey-Knowlton Real Estate Co.
have rented for John R. Dunton tene-
ment on Spring street to Mr.. and Mrs. j.
II. Merry of Thorndike; also the Miller
street rent in the FRYE block to Mrs. Ella
Curtis of Swanville.
The next meeting Of Seaside Chautau-
qua Circle will be held with Mrs Z. A.
townsend, SIS Cedar street, next Monday
at p. m. The lesson from c. L. S. c.
book, characters and Events OF Roman
History" chapter three.
The Liberty Bell Bird Club will meet
next Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock. This
is the Christmas meeting and suitable
program will be arranged. Officers will
be elected for 1918 All members are re-
quested to be present at this meeting.
Yesterday, Wednesday, was the cold
est day of the season, when the thermom-
eter was reported al 10 to Is below zero.
The sleighing is excellent and means
much to the Christmas advertisers in the
trade from the towns in the county.
Orrin j. Dickey secretary of the Bel
fast Board of Trade, has received a mes
sage from Adjutant General George Mel.
Presson who was to have spoken at the
court house on the matter of forming
local company of militia in this city,
Wednesday evening, to the effect that he
was still in Halifax, where he was called
through the aid offered that stricken city
on the part of the State of Maine, and
that the tram connections would not per-
nit of his coming to Belfast. AS result
this lecture will be given at the court
house at some later date.
Four Belfast young ladies, Misses Amy
P. Sholes, Ruth S Macomber, A. Annette
Holt and Rose F. Farbrother took the
examination Nov End for clerkships in
Washington, D, c. and were notified by
telegram last Saturday of their accept
ance. Miss Sboles is the only daughter
of Mr.. and MIS-, Asa Sholes. She at
tended the Belfast High school and later
graduated from Shaw's Business Col
lege in Portland. She is employed in the
Belfast Savings Bank Miss Macomber
is the only daughter of Wilbur A. Ma
comber. She graduated from the B. H.
S. in the class of 1918 and later took a
course at Shaw's Business College in
Portland. She is employed in the City
Clerks office Miss Holt is the only
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Holt.
She graduated from the B. H. S. in3 the
class of 1918 and is employed by Swan
w nltlen 20 MISS dlIDotHeT is Tic
daughter of MIR and Mrs. James Fair
brother, who moved here from West
BrooksvilIe in July 1916. She graduated
from the Castine High school in the class
of 1916 and took post graduate course
in commercial work in the B. H. S. last
winter. She has taught several terms of
school. Misses Sholes and Macomber
have positions in the war risk insurance
department and Misses Holt and Fair
brother in the Adjutant Generals office.
They will leave Dec. 18th. There are four
other young ladies from Belfast already
in Washington: Miss Sarah Edith West,
a B. H. S. graduate, in the Agricultural
Department. Her mother, Mrs. Ella E.
West, plans to join her soon for an ex-
tended visit Misses Olive WadIin and
Marian Knowlton, both B. H. S. gradual
ties, in the Adiutant Generals office.
Miss Grace H Hall, for eight years as
sistant in the Belfast Free Library, in
the Library Department. Her mother,
Mrs. William H Hall, ST., will Join her
soon to spend the winter in Washington.
Charles E. Getchell, B. H. S., IT. receiv-
ed an appointment for the Bond Depart
ment last Tuesday and will also leave the
18th. He has been employed in the Poor
drug store.