The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-12
STOCKTON SPRINGS.


Simeon F. Ellis has been secured as
night Waterman at the shipbuilding plant
of the Stockton Yard Inc
= Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Conner of Revere,
Mass, are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. j.
E. Prescott for an indefinite stay.
Mrs. j. E. Prescott has recently added
to her millinery stock line of kodaks,
with kodak and camera supplies.
Mr. and Mrs E. A. Cavanagh and lit
tie daughter Paula, of Bayonne, N. j., are
the guests of DR.. and Mrs. G. A. Stevens
John Howes, who with his wife is
spending the summer in Ellsworth, was
at home Sunday to look after their gar
den.
Earle Winslow of Quincy, Mass, is
paying his usual summer visit to his ma
ternal grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. S. F.
Ellis.
Mr.. Russell O. Gardner of Boston ar
rived by boat Wednesday morning, July
4th, for brief visit with his mother, Mrs.
Carrie A. Gardner
Mrs. Albert C. Colcord left for Rock
land June 30th, where she was the guest
of her daughter and husband, Capt. and
Mrs. Harry D. Shute.
Mr.. and Mrs .Pinkham and family
motored to Rockland Sunday, returning
at night accompanied by Mrs. Pinkham S
sister, Mrs. Allen and her daughter Gladys.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Morrison went to
Cutler to spend the Fourth of July with
relatives. They returned Saturday night,
accompanied by Mrs. Libby, who is still
their guest.
Rev. and Mrs. H. Hully are occupying
the home of the late Frank " Davis dur
ing his pastorate at the Congregational
list chapel in the village and the Sandy
point church.
Mrs. Emily Gilmore Richardson of Ban
gor arrived June 18th to visit her niece,
Mrs. Jennie Morse Bragg, returning July
10th. Old acquaintance gladly greet Ter
in her erstwhile home.
Mrs George CHM and little daughters,
Gladys and Frances of Brooklyn, N Y,
arrived from Bangor July 4th and will re-
main through the summer with her moth
er, Mrs Susie A. RendeIl
Mrs. Alice Treat Doe, with daughter
Miss Blanche and sister, Mrs. Lena Treat
Sanborn, returned Thursday night from
their pleasant Milo visit with their broth
er and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Treat.
Mr. E. R. Richards of Wellesley, Mass,
student at the Boston School of Tech
nology, is boarding at The Stockton, and
is an assistant of Mr. G. S. Wardwell in
the moulding loft Of the Stockton Yard
Inc.
Capt Charles P. Staples has returned
from New York. The captain whose
place he had supplied in the employ of the
Mallory Steamship Company, having re-
covered, Capt Staples refusing urgent re-
quests to remain turned his face home
ward, saying Stockton is good enough
for me?'
Last week gave us continuous pleasant
weather, Tuesday being the hottest day
of the season thus far. July is behaving
much better than did her predecessor
Friday in the late afternoon gave us
heavy thunder shower, fl rainbow ap-
pearing at the close, followed by beau
tiful evening
Tomorrow, Friday, the annual parish
supper of the Universalist society will be
held in the Masonic banquet hall, at 6
o'clock. The reputation of these ladies
for serving an appetizing meal is we'll
established. Come and learn for your
selves the pleasures of partaking of one
of these ''suppers" at zoe a plate Fol-
lowing the meal the annual parish meet
ing will be held
Mr. and Mrs Albert M. Ames, accom-
danied by Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Rufus
L. Mudgett as guests, left last Friday
morning in their auto for Brownville,
where they remained until the first of
the present week with Mr.. and Mrs. Ry-
der. Mrs. Walker was with her brother
and family, while Mrs. Mudgett was with
Mrs. M. j. Goodere during their stay.
Last Sunday a party consisting of DR..
and Mrs. G. A. Stevens, Mr.. and Mrs
Cavanagh and little daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. c.. Treat, Mr.. and Mrs. George
C. Fletcher and son Eden motored to
Northport Inn, where they dined, return
ing to Stockton by way of Swan Lake.
The day was fine one for autoing, the
breeze rendering the atmosphere just
comfortably cool and invigorating.
Last Sunday morning L. A. Gardner,
with his brothers, Earl C. and Russell O.
Gardner of Boston, and his brother-in-
law, Mr.. H. Scott, motored to Cross Hill,
Vassalboro, to visit the home of the
Gardner ancestors. In the afternoon
they carried Mr.. Russell to Augusta to
take the o'clock train for Boston, the
autoists returning to Stockton. They re-
ported the roads as being in very good
condition.
July Fourth in Stockton was decidedly
safe and sane. A few family dinner
parties and auto rides, comprised the
days celebration. Everybody seemingly
remembered that our Nation is now en-
gagged in war. Of course ''Young Amer
lea" INDUCED in some ringing of the bells
and setting off of fire crackers, but ''boys
will be boys" and to them changing of
bells constitutes patriotism, which none
would repress in an American youth.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Y. Scott of Mel
rose, Mass, accompanied by her sister,
Mrs. D. A. Livermore of Fitchbure, Mass,
arrived by auto, July 4th and are the
guests of their aunt and husband, Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer E. Thompson. Mrs.
Livermore is the youngest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Clifford, formerly
of Fort Point and is the bride of a recent
ly enlisted soldier, who is now in train
ing camp.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Gerrity and daugh-
ter Miss Helen of Bangor, with son Mr..
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