The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-04-26

with bunting and evergreen AID decorated on
the front with large red cross. All the op.
orators were dressed in white and wore red
cross on their left arms. Misses Gertrude
Raleigh. Marguerite Coombs, Sara M. Pres
Ton and Nellie Ramsdell dipped punch, and
misses Marjorie Patterson, Helen Ham, Martha
Anowiton and Mrs. Donald B Rogers assisted
in serving punch and cake. Misses Grace II.
Hayes. chief operator, Ella l. Smalley, book
Keeper and Louise McDonough, the night
operator. assisted in many ways. The young
men connected with the office assisted in
decorating, etc. McKeen's orchestra furnish.
ed music for the dance from 8 to l2 o. m. At
least ESQ people were in the hall and about 75
couples danced. The net proceeds were ST. 90
The TRAVELLERS CLUB. The seventeenth
annual meeting of the Travellers Club was
held with the President, Mrs. Amos Clement
Tuesday. April 24th, with an average attend.
ance. Mrs. John R. Dunton, Vice President.
presided. The literary program followed the
routine business. finely written and inter.
estlng paper upon Christian Missions in
Japan" was given by Miss Maude E. Mathews
and Mrs. ]. r. Dunton read entertaininplv of
Japanese Commercial Honor" At the re-
quest of the MEMBERS the clubs gifted singer
Mrs. +. s. Pitcher sang without preparation,
but charmingly. the "Song to the Flag" by Rev.
VIM. W. Sleeper of Wellesley. Mass a summer
resident at The Battery and we'll known
in our city. The song was recently pub
lished in the Congregationalist, and is
dedicated to patriotic Young Americana
The report of the secretary and treasurer in.
ciuded brief summary of the activities of
the club and the study of the year. Japan. The
club has continued to do many deeds of charity
in quiet way and has contributed to the
General and State Federation endowment,
The nominating committee, Mrs. R. F. Dunton.
Miss Caroline Nj. Cutter ana Miss Nellie H.
Hopkins reported the following list of officers
and committees and they were unanimously
elected: President, Mrs. Amos Clement; lst
Vice President. Mrs. John R. Dunton; End
Vice President, Miss Annie L. Barr; Secretary
and Treasurer. Mrs. Geo. E. Brackett; topic
committee. Miss Grace H, Hall, Mrs. Chas. M.
Craig. Miss Maude E. Mathews; benevolence
committee. Mrs. James H. Howes, Miss Caro-
line M. Cutter, Miss Mabel R. Mathews. The
study Topic for the coming year is China. and
by vote two seasons will be given to it,
Boy SCOUTS. At the meeting this, Thursday,
evening an interesting program will be given.
Edwin Morse will act as chairman the election
of new members will take place, there will be
short athletic drill, Award Craig will speak on
the subject of "My Trip to the Top of Mount
Katahdin;" OrIand Orchards topic will be
"How to Build Scout Shack "The Hike to
the Searsport Coal Pockets" will be told by
Frank Downes and Donald Knowlton and short
stories by Charles Robbins, Leroy Bradford,
Kenneth Colcord, and George Randall An in
teresting program has been prepared for the
second week in May under the direction of the
First Congregational church. At that time a
committee of three students from the Uniyer-
sity of Maine will be present to work with the
Scouts along Y. M. C, A. lines during a three
| days visit and there will be something doing
every day of their stay. There will be picnic
supper with speaking, in which the boys will
| take part; a hike to some interesting point
under the direction of the visiting delegation
and Union service for boys in the Congrega.
tional church. The program will be one of the
biggest ever taken up in the Scout movement
in this city and it is expected that there will be
some very big results from the meeting
While the boys have been receiving good train.
ing along patriotic directions, they have moi
forgotten the religious side and this program
will be in that direction. Some twenty mem.
bers of the troop went to Searsport under the
direction of Sec utmaster Dickey April 2lst
where they spent the day and had dinner on
the shore. Tests in cooking and various Scout
programs with games occupied their atten-
tion and the whole day was spent with ex-
ceptional pleasure. The fertilizer works, the
coal pockets and other points of interest were
inspected and little trip in tug boat taken
The hike, which was the first of the season
proved one of the most popular and will be fol
loweu by many this season.