The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-06-21
PERSONAL.

Ira M. Cobe returned home last Sunday
from few days business trip to New
York.
Richard Stephenson was in Thorndike
last Saturday and Sunday, the guest of
Eli Mortland.
Thomas Watt of Rockland was in Bel
fast for the weekend at his home on
Condor street.
Mrs. Ruby Martin of West Penobscot
has been the guest the past week of her
mother, Mrs. John F. Rogers.
Miss Adelia Cook left Friday noon for
North Conway, N. H., where she will
visit her aunt, Miss Frances A. Sargent,
who is teaching there.
Mrs. William F. Schoppe and sons
Billie and Bobbie left Wednesday for
short visit with Mr. and Mrs. H. S.
Schoppe in West Auburn
Mrs. w. T. Faulkner and Mr. and Mrs.
Renworth Rogers, all graduates of Colby,
left last Monday morning to attend COM
mencement at their alma mater.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar M. Hall of this
city have been in Pennington the past
week, the guests of MIR. and Mrs. George
A. Hodgdon and Mr.. and Mrs. A. A.
Nickerson.
oh oF D.
Swanville was among those in attend
ance at the reunion of the Kents Hill
classes of '80-'90 at the Kents Hill Com
mencement last week.
Mrs. w. c. Vose left by train last Sat-
urday for two weeks visit with her
daughter in Norwood, Mass. Miss Vose
will spend her summer vacation at her
home on Northport avenue.
James Cooper of Dorchester, Mass, is
spending a week at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Roscoe Black, joining Mrs. Cooper
and young son, who are spending the
Mrs. Abby McLane has arrived from
Washington, D. c., and opened her North
port avenue home for the season. Her
brother, MI A. H. Allen of Washington,
D. c., will Join her the last of this month.
Miss Nettie Nickerson arrived from
New York last Sunday to spend the sum-
mer months with her parents, Mr.: and
Mrs. Nahum Nickerson. She was ac-
companied by her cousin, Anna Gahagan.
Alva W. Robinson of Winter Hill,
Mass, arrived last Saturday for a brief
visit. The Robinson family have always
kept their farm home near Little River
and plan to come to it some time each
summer.
Mrs. Edwin s. Bowker left last Satur-
day for Winthrop, where she joined Mrs.
Thomas E. Bowker and little daughter
Martha E., who have been guests for
four weeks of Mr., and Mrs Chester W.
Shaw. They returned home Tuesday.
E. w. Ellis has closed his residence in
East Belfast, where he has lived many
years, and left Tuesday to make his home
in Chelmsford, Mass, with his son, Her.
bert E. Ellis. He plans to visit Belfast
often in the future, as he leaves many
friends and interests here
Among the graduates from NJ C. |. at
Pittstield last week were Agnes Merrill
Hartman of Standpoint, Robert Rolfe
Whitehouse of Unity, Lehman Benson
Gowen Of Troy, Helen B. Rowe of Burn
ham, and Mary Emily Wentworth of
Freedom. Miss Hartman had the salu-
tatory and MIR. Whitehouse one of the
class prophecies
Ralph Clifford, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Walter j. Clifford, who enlisted in the
United States Navy several months ago,
is reported i'll with fever in hospital in
South Carolina. The young man was
one of the first from Belfast to enlist
when war was threatened and is one of
the youngest from this city in the ser
vice.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles NJ Craig and
daughter Mabel have returned from Hol-
yoke, Mass, where they attended the
commencement at Mt. Holyoke College.
They were accompanied by Mrs. Mary
Dinsmore of Marysville, Calf, who came
east to attend the commencement at
Wellesley College and will be their guest
at the Battery
j. Ben. Parker arrived home Sunday
from Cape Charles, Md, to spend six
days furlough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Parker. He is assigned to the
U. S. S. Virginia and will join her next
Saturday, going to Norfolk, Va, for or
ders. Ben likes the life, but finds it so
different from home. He has been in the
Naval hospital three weeks, but is gain
ing fas. now.
Miss Ethel Burr of Bangor, formerly
Assistant Superintendent of the Waldo
County Hospital, has been appointed
visiting nurse for the Bangor Anti
tuberculosis association and will assume
her duties at once Miss Burr is grad
uate of the Eastern Maine General Hos
pital training school and is nurse with
fine personality and wide experience.