The Republican journal., 1917-05-03

Ate NJ The Ma ssachusetts Not NAL Art School.
The connie will be at home in Houlton after ,
June lat, wher the groom 10 connected with
large furniture establishment"
Mrs. j. P. Miller, accompanied by her little
daughter Ardria. from Aiken. S. c.. by way Of
steamer from Savannah, Ga, who had for
several DAYS been the guest Of her sister, Mrs.
Seth Brown, Middle street, left Thursday.
April 26tb. for Belfast en- route to Morrill,,
.nere she will visit her mother. Mrs. George
Al. 9. before going to her summer home in
Isiesporo. where she will be joined by her hus-
band later in the season. Mrs. Miller said the
steamer voyage was comparatively dull and
quiet. as owing to fear of submarines. they
ran entirely without lights and kept a. near as
possible to the shore all the passage up the
coast.
From the Kennebec Journal of April 25th
we quote the following: Hon. c. S. Hichborn.
who was in Washington. D. c., early in April
in connection with matters before the Federal
Reserve Board, has received from Secretary
ment the following letter:
Treasury Department,
Washington, D. c., April 10. 1917.
Dear Mr.. Hichborn; I deeply appreciate
your interest in the forthcoming loan. Your
generous, patriotic offer of cooperation is
most gratifying, and as soon as the hnal plans
for the issue are determined shall take pleas
ure in sending you full information. think
the work YOU are doing will be very helpful in
making the issue success.
Sincerely yours,
| w. G. MCADoo, Sc cretary.
! C. S. Hichborn. President First National
Granite Bank of Augusta, Maine"
The Kennebec Journal further says: 1.-The
First National Granite Bank, G. S. Hichborn.
President, subscribed Tuesday. $4,000 to the
New United States government per cent
certificates of indebtedness. There were $2O.-
100000 of these certificates issued to meet the
immediate needs of the government, before
the big s7,COO0O0000 issue could be made
ready to offer" The above will be of interest
to the many friends of Mr.. Hichborn in this
his native town. MIR. and Mrs. Hichborn re-
Gently spent a week in Washington, being
there over Easter Sunday.
OBITUARY On Friday, the older portion of
this community was greatly shocked and ag-
grieved by the announcement in telegram
to Edgar NJ Colcord, Mill street. of the de-
cease OF his aunt, Mrs. Frank A. Colcord of
BROOKLYN, N. Y, (nee Miss Hattie Louise Rich
of Stockton) in the early morning hours of
Thursday, April 10. 1917. from "purely in
ties inal trouble" frtm which she bad been
suffering for two years. although being able,
usually, to attend to her many household and
social duties, only two weeks before the fatal
termination during which time she suffered
paroxysms of excruciating pain, relieved only
by opiates) the expert specialist called in the
case informing her anxious husband that re-
covery was impossible and all that remained
was to keep her as comfortable as they could
by the use of anesthetics. Every thing that
loving hearts, expert medical skill and trained
nursing could suggest for alleviation of her
suffering was done; hut without avail.
The deceased was born January 16. 1866, in
East Machias, Me-, the daughter of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. Jackson Rich, her father being
called to the "Higher Life" before her re-
membrapce and her mother. Mrs. Sarah Rich.
a most lovable and attractive woman, coming
with her young daughter to Brewer, Maine,
where she had relatives with whom they
resided until coming to Stockton. where they
made home in the family of her sister-in-
law and husband, Hon. and Mrs. B. M. Roberts,
in this village. Here the young child grew to
maturity. Keenly intelligent, musical, execu
tive and personally attractive, she was great
favorite among classmates and associates, both
boys and girls. After leaving the public schools
here, she was pupil at the Maine Central In
stitute, at Pittsfeld for several terms. special
izing in vocal music, and after her return often
assisted in the local entertainments, by render
ing solos and taking part in dramatics. After
many years, Mrs. Rich (Aunt Sarah as she was
Familiarity caled) became the wife of Capt.
Nathaniel G. Clifford of Stockton, to whose
home the deceased accompanied her mother,
being as beloved daughter in the household
until her marriage on August II, 1880, to Frank
A Colcord, youngest son of the late Capt. and
Mrs. Josiah Colcord, one of her village class
mates. accompanying him Immediately to
Brooklyn. N. Y. where they have since re-
sided. Six children were born to this happy
union, one dying in infancy. three sons and
two daughters growing to maturity and being
now, with the exception of one daughter,
married and living in homes of their own near
their parents, the bereaved husband and daugh
ter, Miss Louise, being left alone in the now
i 1f xr1ifn lova tel