The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-05-24
The B. H. S. class of 1915 will hold a
reunion at the Senior banquet June 18Th.

reunion at the Senior banquet June 18Th
The sieners of the Chautauqua are re-
quested to meet in the Court house to-
morrow, Friday, evening to perfect a
permanent organization to manage the
nve days Chautauqna to be held in Bel
fast August 18th to 18th inclusive. As
slstant Carl H. Turner of Boston will be
here to assist in the organization.
ADVERTISED LETTERS The following
unclaimed letters remained in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending Nav
22nd: Ladies-Mrs. Agnes Brown, Mrs.
E. l.. Clark, Mrs. Ernest Estes, Mrs.
Annie Pumroy, Mrs. Richard Sears, Mrs.
c. H. Waldron. Gentlemen-Nathan
Decker, Philip H. Cutie, w. S. Mitchell,
Alvah j. Shepherd
All public spirited men and women of
Belfast are urged to do their part in SUBJ
scribing for the Liberty loan. This issue
must be sold by June 18th These bonds
bear IL per cent and are free from tax
alton with the exception of the inheri-
lance tax. 1t is one of the safest invest
ments on the market to-day The local
banks have arranged to dispose of the
bonds on the instalment plan of $40 per
month or 81 per week to suit their Gus
toners.
The Public Safety committee is doing a
very satisfactory work in the farm sur
vey of Waldo county, in listing the num-
Der of acres under cultivation, the need
of seed, fertilizer etc. They have large
supply of seed potatoes, beans, oats, etc,
listed and have filled many orders for the
same. Mr.. O. E. Frost has filled orders
for 200 bushels of wheat and has so or
more orders waiting for the 100 bushels
which is to reach here soon. 1t is esti-
mated that Waldo county will plant at
profit over 500 bushels of wheat this sea-
SON.
HOSPITAL NOTES. The Waldo County
hospital has recently been renovated and
repaired and is having rush Of work.
Mr., and Mrs Lewis Carter, the caretaker
and matron for several years, have re-
turned to their home in Bangor and have
been succeeded at the hospital by Mr..
and Mrs Roby A. Creasey of Citypoint.
Mrs. Arthur Ridley of ScaTsport, a
very critical surgical case, was operated
on Sunday and is in comfortable condi-
tion..... Frank Higgins of Lincolnville was
operated on Monday night and is improv-
ing Enoch C. Pease of Liberty, sur
gical case, will be operated on later....,
Mrs. Carrie Stevens of Belfast was oper-
ated on Tuesday and Frank Blye of Sears
Isle was admitted Tuesday for surgical
treatment. Mrs. Roscoe Arey, surgi-
cal patient, will soon be able to return
home. ..... Maurice Rooney of Searsport,
who has been at the hospital since Jan.
fast, who has been there since Feb 15th
both accident cases, are about the house
and lawn on pleasant days. Mrs. Lizzie
Waterman of Belfast, medical patient.
Esancy of Appleton, medical patient, is
gaining. Maynard Curtis has conva-
lesced from pneumonia and returned to
his home in North Belfast. Mrs Evelyn
Merrithew has recovered from surgical
operation and returned to her home in
Searsport.
MEMORIAL DAY. Wednesday will be
generally observed throughout the city in
a memorial to the soldier dead and it will
be also the nations memorial day to many
soldiers from this country who have fallen
in the trenches of a foreign land. The
Memorial Day program is fast assuming
shape and it is expected that the plans of
the committee in charge will be completed
within few days and that the parade,
which will be given at one o'clock in
the afternoon together with the exercises
both in the cemetery and at the Belfast
Opera House at the close of the parade,
will be of the best. The parade will be
given by Thomas H. Marshall Post, G. A.
R., and the allied bodies together with all
the other organizations in the city, who
were invited to take part in the pro-
gram. 1t is expected that this parade
will be one of the largest in the history of
the city. The Belfast Fire Department
will have place in the line and large
percentage of the men will take part
Other organizations to be represented will
be the Red Men, Boy Scouts, Sons of We
terans, Knights of Pythias, Canton Pallas
of Odd Fellows, Red Ea giles, City Govern
ment, Board of Trade, ETC., Music will be
furnished by the Belfast Band for the
street parade and for the afternoon con-
cert. The services at the cemetery will
be brief The line of march will be in the
following order: Forming on Church
street, with right on Market; down Mar
ket to High; over High to junction of
Church and High; back Church to Grove;
up Grove to Congress- over Congress to
Main; Main to the cemetery On the
return, the route will be on Main to Con-
gress; Congress down Miller to Church;
over Church to Belfast Opera House,
where the line will be dismissed. The
general details of the parade will be under
the direction of Orrin j Dickey, who will
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