The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-01-18
stitches. The many friends of Mr.. Pitcher
wish him speedy recovery.

wish him speedy recovery.
A FATAL ACCIDENT. "A sad accident occur
red in Swanville at a p. M, Jan. 18th. when
Herbert T. Moore lost his life. He had been
to West Winterport for load of wood and
was on his way home, and in coming down the
Walker hill his horses became unmanageable
and threw him from the load, causing his
death. He was the son of James F. and Eleanor
J. Moore of Swanville, and was caring for
tnem In their declining years. His wife,
formerly Miss Susie Curtis Of Frankfort. died
ABOUT nine years ago. He is survived by their
TWO sons, Irving, who has been in the United
states army and stationed at the Panama
lanai Tor about four years, and Harold, who is
employed In Levant, and by one daughter,
Mrs. Gladys Lowe of Frankfort. The funeral
will take place at his late home, TODAY. Thurs.
day. at 10 a. n.
IHE SCHOOLS. The postponed December
meeting of the school committee was held
last Monday evening 1t was voted to emplov
MRS. W. L. Faulkner as assistant in the Hiph
scnooi Tor the last half of the present school
year at the rate of 5000 year. This is made
necessary by the crowded condition in several
OF the classes 1t was voted to pay the actual
cost OF horse hire, $S5, for Mrs. E. S. Pitcher,
the music teacher in the rural school districts.
from Sept. 'l6 to June, IT. 1t was voted to
pay Asa Cobb 60 cents per day for transnort-
ing his children to the Northport avenue school
'eah' and Mrs. Leon Armstrong 10 cents per
DAY per pupil FOR transporting her children to
the Pitcher school. This rate includes onIy
such days as the children actually attend
school. The matter of selecting teacher for
the BRICK school to succeed Raphnel Leayitt,
resigned, was left with Superintendent W. B.
Woodbury.. The Head of the Tide and the
Union schools have been closed on account of
epidemlcs OF colds in those districts and the
matter of re-opening them was left with Mr..
woodbury.. 1t was voted to make the dates of
the winter term from Jan list to March 18th,
and the spring term from April End to June
10th. The regular January meeting will be
passed unless called for some special business
WORK TO BE RESUMED IN THE PENDLEToN
SHIPYARD. Fields S. Pendleton of New York
was here Saturday and Capt. G. D. Pendleton
OF lslesboro came Monday. Both are members
OF the big shipping firm of Pendleton Bros
and they came to look over their sbipyard here
as one OF their schooners, the F. C. Pendleton,
now at Portland, is to be brought to Belfast
for general repairs. Later. if ship carpenters
can be secured. they may build here. They
will need a crew of IL or Is men in making
the repairs on the F. C. Pendeton but in
building new vessel would require from rs to
5O. We doubt if the men can be had George
A. Gichrest gave up the marine railway here
some years ago because he found it difficult to
get men to do repair work, and for the same
reason declined to take charge of the marine
railway at Camden. The old ship carpenters
and Joiners, calkers and riggers, long since
passed away and left no successors. Labor
cannot be had from the Provinces as many of
the men have gone to the front and those who
remain are in demand for shpbuilding at home.
The Pendleton Bros now engaged in ship
building in Connecticut. They recently bought
shipyard in Mystic, and at their yard in No.
ank have an auxiliary, an oil-burner. on the
stocks which they expect to launch about the
first. of March. The new vessels they are to
build are four-masted schooners of about 1000
tons, and we hope it may be possible to secure
the necessary help to have one or more of
them built here