The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-30

1t is to the credit of the young men in
the Waldo county draft of 1898 that there
was not a Stacker, every one having been
accounted for.
Mr.. Clifford B. Jones and family will
move next week from the corner of,
Franklin and Congress streets to the E.
o. Patterson house on Church street.
Kenneth Woodbury., the elder son of
Mr. and Mrs William B. Woodbury., Was
operated on for enlarged tonsils and ade-
noids at the Waldo County Hospital last
Saturday.
There was a large attendance at the
Brooks House auction last Saturday and
practically all the goods were disposed of,
including attic relics of the Brooks and
| Houston families.
The boys of Camp Quantabacook wish
| to thank all who assisted in any wav in
making their entertainment in Sears
mont last Friday evening a social and
financial success.
The Belfast post office will be closed
Labor Day, Sept. 3, 1917. The general
delivery open one hour after arrival 10
a. m. and $40 p. m. trains. Rural car
riers excused for day. City carriers ex-
cused at IL, noon.
Miss Mildred Ward, B. H. S. 10, has
resigned her position as teacher in one of
the rural schools of Waldo, and has &C
cepted a position in the Western Union
Telegraph Office under the management
of Miss Clarabelle Marsh.
| Mrs. Clarence E. Frost ente rtained
Thursday evening, August 23rd in honor
of the birthday of Miss Ruth S. Macomber.
A delicious supper was served when
covers were laid for seven. The evening
was spent socially and with vocal and
instrumental music.
The Mcclellan school building has been
repaired for the damages by fire. The
rooms have been put in first class condi-
ton with hardwood floors, etc Supt.
W. B. Woodbury. reports the fuel ques-
ton settled for the fall and winter in all
the city school buildings.
ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following
letters remained uncalled for in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending Aug
%, 1917: Ladies-Mrs. Kent Collins,
Miss Rita Grant, Mrs. Minna P Moore
Mrs. Blanche Webster Gentlemen
Warren Herbert Fiske, Mr. A. J. Kircher
The next regular meeting of Emma
White Barker Tent, D. of V. will be helc
Wednesday, Sept. 5th, when reports will
Boston. A full attendance is requested
as business of Importance is to be takeI
up
As result of the protest the citizens
of Belfast recently presented the Public
Utilities commission at Augusta in re.
gard to the rates charged by the Belfast
Water Co., hearing will be had at the
Court House this, Thursday, at 7.30 p
m. The petitioners claimed tn at the
rates charged here are higher than in any
city of it's size in the country.
The Central Maine Fair will be held al
Waterville, Sept. II, IL, 10 and ID, at the
height of the agricultural season. The
entertainment for the four days ane
nights will include baseball, fireworks
vaudeville, band and orchestra concerts
and midway marvels. Purses and prem.
iums of $4,000 will be given and specia
gifts including cups and medals. Some
special features will be Judging contest
of dairy stock for boys of IL to Is years
girls canning contest under the super
vision of the University of Maine; ane
the annual auction sale of the N. E.
Hereford Breeders Association. Reduced
rates on railroad. Admission so cents.