The Republican journal., 1917-09-06

over the shipbuilding plant of the Stock
ton Yard Inc. being deeply impressed by
the amount of work accomplished in his
native village.
Mr.. and Mrs. George S. Wardwell
motored to Rockland Sunday remaining
for the launching in the Cobb-Butler
yItd Tuesday of the vessel of which his
b other, Mr.. John j. Wardwell, was de-
slgner and master builder.
Miss Sue A. Cousens left Monday by
steamer for Boston, en- route to her pres
ent home in Brockton, Mass, where she
has for several years been an exception
ally successful teacher in the city public
schools. While in Stockton she was the
guest of her friend, Mrs. Edgar M. Col
cord.
Mr.. Eugene E. Rich of New York, ar
rived Sunday morning to join his family
at The Stockton, where they had spent
the summer and on Monday with his
wife and three children left for brief
visit with his brother and wife at Swan
Island, before leaving TOR their winter
home at Hillsdale, N. j.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert M. Ames with Mr..
and Mrs. George F. Hichborn of Portland
and his sisters, the Misses May and Har-
riet D. motored to Standpoint, Sunday
calling upon Mr.. l. C. Atkinson, in whose
office Mr.. Hichborn was employed in the
Atkinson House Furnishing Company
during the early years of his life in that
city, and inspecting the site of the Sandy
point Shipyard Co., of which Mr.. Atkin-
son is manager, after which the auto ride
was continued through Standpoint to
Prospect village and back through Stock
ton to Searsport and return.
Mrs. Charles B. Sanford and little
granddaughter, Miss Kate Aida, with her
son, Mr.. Richard L. Sanford and gentle
man friend from Brooklyn, N. Y, arriv-
ed in their automobile Tuesday, Aug.
18th, at The Stockton, for brief stay in
town. Aug. 29th Mrs. r. L. Sanford
with little son Richard, Joined her hus-
band and his mother coming by train
from Portland, where she had been the
guest of her mother, Mrs Aida L. Berry,
for several weeks The Sanford's do not
expect to open their Fort Point cottages
the present season, preferring to remain
at the hotel in the village during their
short sojourn.
The following party, Mrs. James H.
Griffin of North Adams, Mass, Mrs.
Harry E. Winslow of Quincy, Mass, Mrs.
Alice 7. Doe and Miss Harriet D. HIGH
born, with Mr.. F. P. H. Patterson and
friend, Mr.. Charles Cook of New Bed
ford, Mass, went in Mr. Patterson's
motor boat to Sears Island for a picnic
and clambake for the day, Aug. 18th.
The weather was ideal for such an out
ng and indulging in games and tricks of
magic the hours sped by, and the return
trip across the harbor by moonlight was
4 fitting close for such an enjoyable ex-
to be remembered by all
The following announcement was re-
Gently received in Stockton, by friends
Of Mr. Moves and daughter: Mr.. Horace
NJ. Noyes announces the marriage of his
daughter, Mary Alice, to Mr.. Alfred De-
Lloyd Switzerland on Thursday, August
the sixteenth, at Marquette, Michigan.
Miss Noyes was married at the home
of her brother, Mr.. Alton T. Roberts of |
their mother being the late
Mrs. Tenie Roberts Moves of Vinal-
haven, formerly of Stockton, the youngest
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James |
Marden. Congratulations and best wishes
are extended to the young couple by the |
numerous friends of their beloved parents,
in this, her girlhood's home.
Mrs. Jennie L. Marden, widow of the
late Capt Frank Marden, after a long,
wasting illness, suddenly passed into the
spirit life, on the morning of August |
28th, leaving her invalid daughter, Mrs.
Forrest Berry, still helpless invalid
after years of suffering; and son Mr..
James Marden, who has most carefully
to the wants of the beloved |
mother through her declining years. |
Deepest sympathy is extended to all
the sickness in the household,
having appealed for years to the tenderest !,
sympathy of all neighbors. The deceased
is remembered by all who knew her in
early life as one liked by every acquaint-
ance for her genial personality, kind
ly wit and contagious good humor.
She was the youngest daughter of the
late MIR. and Mrs. Rufus Littlefield,
in the upper section of the town, then
Prospect, and was from childhood gen.
eral favorite among her associates. After
spending several years in California the
guest of her sister, the late Mrs. George
Treat, she returned and soon became the
bride of Capt. Marden, three children
blessing this union, one of whom died in
early childhood Mrs. Marden was buried
from her late home Thursday afternoon,
Rev. Mr.. Hully officiating. Interment
was in the family lot.