The Republican journal., 1917-05-17

Nlty government next Saturday evening.
Mrs. Abbie o. Kilgore has sold the tene-
ment house on Bridge street to Loren
Cross of this city.
William H. Smalley left Wednesday for
Charlestown, Mass, where he has COVER
ment position in the Navy Yard.
DIR. Foster C. Small has returned home
from two weeks course in surgery at
Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass.
Saturday evening at the Opera House
In connection with the dancing an art
drama five reel feature, ..The Adven-
turer' is offered
Mrs. Belle L. Gates has secured another
government contract for the manufact-
ure OF Khaki coats for the coast patrol It
is the largest order she has ever taken
and calls for 200, 900 coats, at the rate of
at least 1000 every week. She will in
stall more machines and can employ about
~ women in her shop. She will put out
work to women and girls who can work
In their own homes at good remuneration
The khaki used in this order is LIGHT
weight, and the finished coat is easilv
handled for the last stitching. Mrs.
Gates needs more stitchers at her shon.
NORTH SEARSMONT The 25th we'd
ding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs Charles
l.. Atkinson was observed Monday even
ing, May 5th, when twenty-eight rela-
tlves and friends gave them a genuine
surprise party. Miss Inez l.. Barker.
Mrs. Atkinson's sister and the district
nurse at 1slesboro, came to attend the
party. Their son, Horace Barker Atkin-
son, is student at the u of M. and
their daughter, Miss Marian Alice.
teacher at Knox Center and they were
unable to be present, They were the re-
cipients of gifts of sterling and silver
coin. Miss Barker, assisted by Mrs. Geo
E. Thompson, served assorted cake, cocoa,
coffee, confectionery and nuts The
evening was spent with cards and music.
John Cochran Chapter, D. A. R., held
their annual meeting Monday evening,
May 7th, at the home of Miss Alice E.
Simmons. Officers for the ensuing year
were elected as follows: Regent, Miss
| ENERGY CHM; vice regent, Mrs. Amos
Clement; corresponding secretary Mrs
George D. Mahoney; recording secretary,
Miss Florence kimball treasurer Miss
Isabel CHM; auditor, Mrs A. M. Fergu-
son; registrar Mrs. Frank H. Mayo chap
lain, Miss Lucy A. Cochran. The regent
will announce the standing committees
at the meeting June 4th, which will be
held with Mrs. Edwin P Frost at her cot
tage in East Belfast. Miss Amy E. Stod-
dard, the retiring regent, has been most
efficient officer, having very gracefully
assisted in entertaining the State d. A.
R. convention last October. She also
conducted the exercises at the unwilling
of the D. A R marker at Fort Pownal
last August. Miss CHM, the newly elect
ed regent, is very we'll informed in the D
A. R. history and work and will make
very painstaking official.
The Belfast High and Camden High
schools met in the Belfast High school
building last Friday evening to debate on
the topic, Resolved, That Compulsory
Military Training Should be introduced
Into all the High Schools of the United
States" There was large attendance
of parents and friends. Charles S. Bick-
ford chairman of the Belfast School Com
mittee, presided. The program was OPEN
ed with a piano solo by Miss Edna Curtis.
The negative was taken by the Camden
High with Edwin Anderson, Roy Hobbs
and Walter Dahlgren, participants, and
Master Crawford, alternate. The affirma-
tive was by the Belfast High, with Howard
Wilson, Willard Jennys and Archie
Robinson, participants, and Theodore
Bramhall, alternate. Ten minutes were
given each for the direct argument and
five minutes for the refutation. The af-
firmative side held that the safety of the
nation depended on the military training
of it's young men, that Dit was it's greatest
national defence, that it was more eco
nomical, that standing army was not the
best thing and that an army that was not
paid would be poor proposition, that
military training in the High schools did
/ not interfere with the country's produc-
ton or with the employment of it's men,
that it was good thing in cases of emer-
gency Physical training such as base
ball, ETC., reached only small percentage
of the pupils, while compulsory military
training reached all and was one of the
greatest attractions to induce the Ameri-
can boys to enter the High schools. The
negative side claimed that compulsory
military training was impracticable, I'M
necessary, undesirable and undemocratic.
They cited the conditions of the youth of
Germany as compared with those of
Australia, that the plan of Wyoming
worked well there in measure, but was
complete failure when the young men
were out of Wyoming. That military
training was not complete development,