The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-09-20

DR.. and Mrs. Isaac P. Park of Revere,
Mass, arrived by automobile Monday,
Sept 10Th, for weeks visit with his
mother, Mrs Charles P Park, at her
rooms in Mrs. Grace w. Britto's West |
Main street house. The weather being
delightful every day was filled with motor
drives throughout the towns, adjacent to
the doctors Stockton birthplace; and
Saturday, before some of his friends
regret, he had left for home.
Mrs. David Dunbar arrived last Thurs
day from Saxton River, VT, where she
mad recently been the guest of her par
ents, to pack her household belongings in
the Goodhue cottage which she and FAM
lily have occupied for several months, her
husband, chief engineer of steamships
volunteer in the U. S. Naval Service
having been detailed as government ap-
pralser of engineers, on outward bound
steamships in National employ. There
tore ne will for the present be located in
New York, where his wife and children
will join him and begin housekeeping.
AS announced by posters in the grocery
store windows the 2O-Mule Borax Team
from Death Valley, California, reached
Stockton Sunday afternoon to the intense
interest of men, women and children
who filled the park, square and adjacent
streets as borax packages were delivered
TO all congregated and the 20 large re-
markablyfine looking mules were detach-
ed from the immense carts, unharness-
ed, fed, watered and blanketed for the
night in McLaughlin's livery stable yard.
The nine men of the party spent the
night at The Stockton, and Monday
morning the manager of the company,
Mr.. w. F. Robbins, addressed the con-
gregated citizens upon the history of this
famous mule team, the virtues of borax
and the discovery of this great deposit.
The Sister Susie" party for the bene-
fit of the Surgical Dressings committee.
Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 18th, in the
Park, and in the evening at Denslow hall
and the Wassumkeag Club Room, proved
rousing success in every particular, the
enthusiasm and wondrous unaminity of
the citizens of Stockton embracing every
part of the town, irrespective of church
utilization of political belief, was surpris-
ing to even the initiated, none fully realiz-
ing before this tangible proof, the deep,
absorbing love of country, underlying all
these efforts to do, unstintingly, every
PERSONS bit, in this great war for World
Democracy. Every housewife contributed
generously to either the ice cream, food
table, tea and sandwich or punch table
and our people bought literally of every
thing offered for sale. A constant stream
of people, cups in hand, flowed from the
tea table into the flag-draped tent of
Madame Fativia" who skillfully read
from the dregs in the cup the present
and future of each individual The Park
was most attractively decorated, wild
flowers, flags and ferns furnishing the
materials used by willing hands in giving
band stand, tables and tent most festive
aspect The exercises, by the young
school children, under direction of Mrs
Estelle B. Crosby and Mrs Ernest Farris
were well carried out and appreciated
by every mother of a growing family.
Fortunately the day was most propi-
tious although a fall-like tingle in
the atmosphere, foretold the approach
of autumn chilliness. In the evening
Wassaumkeag Club room was gratuitous-
ly furnished by the gentlemen members
for the card-playing groups, and Denslow
Hall furnished free of expense by the
heirs of the late Capt. Melvin E. Col
cord for the dance, the music for which
was willingly given by Gerrish's full or
chestra-J. H. Gerrish, violin; Clyde
met; Earle Trundy, cornet, and Miss
Laura Blanchard, piano. Both the club
room and Denslow Hall were lavishly
decorated in pines, wild flowers, red,
white and blue crepe paper and number
less flags, which transformed the hall,
particularly, into a scene of surprising
beauty-pines for the State of Maine;
red, white and blue for the Nation and a
note of yellow in the golden rod for grain,
as shown in the Hoover Conservation of
Food badge. Over S1OO were deposited
in the Stockton Springs Trust Co. to the
credit of this earnest band of workers,
eager to do whatever may be necessary
to benefit our gallant soldiers fighting on
foreign soil for Americas magic word,
Liberty This most gratifying result is
due in part to every patriotic hand that
responded ungrudgingly to the calls made
for assistance by the earnest members of
the following committees: Mrs Everett
Staples, chairman of Surgical Dressings
Committee; Mrs. George H. Hopkins zap
pointed by Public Safety Committee,
chairman of Red Cross work in Stock
tonD Mrs. George H. Hopkins, Mrs.
Rufus Mudgett and Miss Louise Shute,
committee on Cake and War Recipe;M AIRS.