The Republican journal., 1917-07-26

| metropolltanelifeF Last SUNDAY tne. BAN
gor population and inhabitants of sur
rounding towns seemed to have started
out benton finding some IMMIGRATION at
| the many seaside resorts.
| Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. Alvah
| c. Treat took with them for an automo-
| bile ride, his niece, Mrs. George C.
Fletcher and little son Eden and his
cousin, Mrs. Lena T. Sanborn, going to
| Searsport and Prospect where they called
upon Mrs. Flavius Hopkins, cousin of
Mrs. Treat.
| The Ladies Aid society of the Univer-
salist parish will meet with Mrs. F. S.
Humiston at The Stockton this, Thurs
| day, afternoon. This will be the last
| meeting before the sale and it is hoped
there will be a general attendance of
members to assist in making the neces-
| sary arrangements.
| Mr.. and Mrs Veazie Blanchard of Cam
den motored to Stockton, Sunday, to call
upon his sister, Mrs Celia Merrick and
Mrs. Eta Griffin, and her husband, Capt
Horace NJ Griffin. He took great inter-
est in the present shipbuilding move
ment, in his native town, looking over
with much interest the plant at Sandy
point and that in the village.
DIR. and Ms. G. A. Stevens, accom-
panied by Mr.. John Blanchard, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c. Treat, Mrs George C. Fetch
er and Miss Leora Partridge motored to
, Standpoint Friday night to attend the
| regular weekly dance at Griffn's hail.
The company was large, many from the
village being in attendance and the occa-
| sion pleasant diversion for all present
Mrs, Chester Holbrook and daughter
Miss Ihelma, of Tenants Harbor arrived
Thursday to visit Mrs. Eden Shute and
daughter, Miss Louise. On Saturday
Mrs. Shute and daughter, accompanied
by their guests, left in the Shute car for
Boston, with Arnold Knox as chauffeur.
Captain Holbrook will Join the party in
the city.
Miss Inez Hanson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Wellman Hanson, since her gradua-
ton from the Beal Business College in
Bangor, is in the employ of the American
Express Co. of that city. Saturday night,
accompanied by friend, Mrs. Gilbert
Keighley, she came for weekend visit
with her parents, the family spending
Sunday at the Ames cottage.
DR.. and Mrs. G. A. Stevens, accom-
panied by his brother and wife, Dr. and
Mrs. E. L. Stevens of Belfast, motored
to Troy, Sunday, to dine with their par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs Augustus Stevens, re-
turning in the afternoon, accompanied by
their mother, Mrs. S. j. Stevens, who
will remain the guest of her elder son
and wife in their Stockton home for an
indefinite time.
Last Sunday was very warm day, the
humidity accentuating the apparent heat
The late afternoon broughta heavy thun-
der shower, the electrical display being
unusually vivid, accompanied by tremend-
GUS claps, while the rain fell in torrents
The evening gave beautiful starlight,
which all hoped indicated an elimination
of the fog hanging about for days; but
alas! the fogginess was the principal fea-
ture of the landscape Monday morning,
the day proving the hottest of the season.
Friday afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. A. c.
Treat, with Mrs. F. S. Humiston and son,
Freddie, Mrs, Rich and little daughter
Virginia as guests, motored to Winter
port, calling upon Mrs. Treats sister,
Mrs. James Freeman and Mrs. Henry
Clements. On the return of the party to
The Stockton, Mr.. and Mrs. Treat were
invited to partake of the birthday supper
of the Humiston son, a delicious meal
being served with birthday cake illumi
mated with candles, following the regular
hotel meal. Congratulations and best
wishes are extended to the young man
one of Stockton's Boy Scouts.