The Republican journal., 1917-05-17
The News of Belfast.

Members of A. E. Clark Camp, S, of v.
will drill next Monday evening for the
Memorial Day parade. There will also b.
an initiation.
There will be an important meeting O.
the Belfast Musical Society this, Thursday,
evening, when all members are urged tt
attend.
George E. Bracket, who has been con-
/ fined to his home the past winter, recent
ly had an i'll turn but is now comfortable.
His attending physician, DR.. E. A. Wilson
is confident that he will soon be about the
house as usual
The marriage of Miss E. Louise Heal OF
Boston, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. s.
Heal, and Mr. Dewitt Brewster will take
place in Boston the last of June. Mr.
and Mrs Heal and daughter Marian will
attend the wedding.
VIM A. and Miss Loula A. Mason have
received word from their cousin, Rev, E.
G. Mason, pastor of the Universalist
church of Munse Y, Ind, of the death, Mon
day, of his mother Mrs. Joseph Mason,
formerly of Montville.
John N. Mcclellan of Cedar Rapids,
Iowa, son of the late Hon. and Mrs VIM.
H. Mcclellan with his wife arrived Tues
day to spend few weeks in Belfast and
have rented the Leadbetter cottage, So
called, of the Dickey- Co.
Mrs. C. W. Jennys was the hostess for the
Once in While Club Monday afternoon
at her home on Cedar street, later taking
her guests to the Windsor Hotel for dinner.
The club attended the Patriotic vaudeville
at the Colonial in the evening
Thomas H. Marshall Circle will have a
Memorial Day program at their meeting
next Tuesday afternoon, when the mem
bers of the Circle and Post are requested
to be present and take part On May 29th
instead of the regular meeting, the circle
will meet to make wreaths for Memorial
Day. All the members who can are re-
quested to help sew at the Red Cross
rooms this. Thursday afternoon.
Mrs George W. Davis entertained the
Monday Club and guests yesterday after
noon at her home in Congress and Grove
street The guests were Mrs Ira M. Cobe
and her guest, Mrs. Ralph L. Flanders of
Brookline, Mass, Mrs Austin w. Heating
and Mrs. William HOFFMAN. Mrs. Flanders
won the first prize, bon bon dish, and
Mrs. w. j. Dorman, the consolation, a
bit of Mexican pottery. Frozen pudding
and cake were served.
Miss Velma S. Mitchell was the guest
of honor at supper given at the Wind
sor Hotel Tuesday at 6p. m. The center
piece was large bunch of white tulips
from which ribbons were run to the place
cards, dainty bride affairs. After the
supper each guest pulled the ribbons and
had the flowers as favors. Miss Mitchell
was presented with half dozen sterling
teaspoons. The evening was spent at
the Colonial Theater. The guests were
Mrs. Jessie H. Allen, Misses Lytle and
Mabel Townsend, Lillian Knowlton, An
nette Holt, Marguerite Owen, Helen Kit
fridge, Geneva Thompson and Blanche
Jennys.
The children of the board landing and
upper bridge have for several years past
been attending the Citypoint school.
Their parents, upon learning that their
teacher, Mrs Ida Cilley, had decided not
to return to Citypoint another year, have
presented a petition to the school board
asking to have their children transported
to the grade schools in the city. They
have expressed their hearty appreciation
of Mrs. Cilley's training and teaching
and conscientious care of the children,
and wish to state through The journal
that in making this petition they are only
doing what they contemplated doing two
years ago and would have done had not
Mrs. Cilley been returned to Citypoint
The second annual May festival of the
High Schools of Knox and Waldo counties
will be held in the Camden Opera House,
Friday evening, May 25th. The High
schools of Belfast, Islesboro, Camden,
Rockport, Rockland, Thomaston and
Vinalhaven will be represented. A large
stage will be built to accommodate a
chorus of from 275 to 300 pupils beside a
combined orchestra of so members An
attractive program of vocal and instru-
mental numbers has been arranged
Among the choruses that will be sung are
the Policemen's chorus from Pirates of
Penzance, the "Sextette" from Lucia di
Lammermoor, the Beautiful Blue Danube
Waltz" by Strauss, and three numbers
from Flotow's Martha. There will be
several orchestral numbers beside violin,
piano and vocal solos and duets. For a
first attempt the festival of last May may
well be considered a success, but it is
hoped and expected that we may make a
far greater success of this year, festival,
so that there shall be no doubt whatever