The Republican journal., 1917-05-03
The News of Belfast.

The Waldo County Veteran Association will
meet today, Thursday. in Frederick Ritchie
Grange hall, Waldo.
Dr. Foster c. Small went to Cambridge last
Tuesday to take special post graduate course
at Harvard University, He will return home
May 18th.
The man that lie taking swill. from restau-
rant without permission will please desist. He
can have his red bucket by calling for the
same and proving property.
and entertainment to be given Wednesday
evening, May 9th. in the Congregational Church
at North Belfast. Admission 20 cents.
The Belfast Spiritualist Society will hold
public citing at the Colonial Hotel Sunday at
80 p. M, under the direction of Mrs. Bessie
Wentworth of Lincolnville. A silver collection
will be taken.
Frank B. Linnekin, driver of the City team
and horses Of the fire department, has resigned
his position with the city and is succeeded by
William Thurston, who assumed his duties
with the team the first Of the week.
ADVERTISED LETTERS The following let
ters remained uncalled for in the Belfast post
Office for the week ending May 1st. Gentle
men-E. A. Andrews, Harry L. Smith. La.
dies-Miss Ada Clark, Mrs. M. D. Carter, Mrs.
Nellie Decker.
Mr.. and Mrs. Collins McCarty have removed
from this city to their cottage at Temple
Heights, where they plan to have long season
and where Mr.. McCarty can have just the
kind of garden for which he has been plan
ming all winter.
Sadie. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Raymond
Ellis, observed her 14th birthday last Friday
with party Of 80 or more guests, including
many from Grade of which she is member
Games. ETC.. we're played and delicious re-
treshments served. She was the recipient of
many handsome gifts.
The regular meeting of the Belfast Board of
Trade will be held on Friday evening of this
week at the Court House and it is expected
that someivery encouraging reports regarding
the matter of shipbuilding will be received and
the various committees will doubtless have
other interesting. information. Every member
is requested to be in attendance
Mrs. Augusta S. Frederick. Mr.. Charles W.
Frederick and Miss Mary Owen their
way home from Daytona Fla. Mr.. Frederick
writes from ST. Aug ustine under date of April
26th that he had very good business oppor-
tunity to remain in Florida indefinitely at $3.50
per day and found for digging potatoes at
Hastings. Potatoes are now bringing 81 to
$l1 per barrel 10 New York
| Harry Elmer Bowker was given a surprise
party last day evening in observance of his
21st birthday by his fia1 Gee, Miss Louise C
Innes of East Belfast. Bridge was played dur
ing the evening. Mrs. N H. Small winning the
lady's prize, handkerchief, and Charles F.
Shaw, the gentle mems prize, necktie. Thos.
E. Bowker received the consolation. Mrs.
| Edwin C. Bowker, the hosts mother assisted
by Miss Innes, served ice cream with birth
day cake decorated with 2l candles.
MEMORIAL DAY.A delegation from Thomas II.
Marshall Post, G. A. R. with l. A. Conant, chair
an,recently waited on Orrin J. Dickey, mem
ber of 4. E. Clark Camp, Sons of Veterans and
of several secret societies and urged him to
| lake CHaISS Ol Inc HeIuOIlal LAY ehSIClSeS
May Both. 1t is hoped to have large parade,
as about rs men from the Fire Department
several uniformed societies and the Boy
Scouts will take part, The Band has been en-
| gagged. The members of the Post will attend
the morning service in the Universalst church
on May 9Th, when an appropriate Memorial
day sermon will be preached by Rev. A. A.
paJf f.ef
act as escort.
The children of the Brick school, East Be-
fast, Miss Ethel Nj. Savery and Mrs. Arthur
Hamilton, teachers, raised a handsome flag
last Friday to replace their old one, which was
among the first to be raised by the public
schools. A fine flag ststf was presented by
George Dunbar and parents of the pupils pre-
sented the spindle and ball. The program
opened with singing America. The flag was
raised by Wellington Dunbar, Leon Annis Irv-
ing Ryan and George Brown, while the pupils
repeated in concert "Up with the Banner
Bright" and then came the flag salute. The
pupils sang The Flag Song, which follow
lowed by the readings, Unfurl the Flag, by
Dora Flanders and Your Flag and My Flag by
Katherine Wood. The program closed by all
singing The Star Spangled Banner
In conn ectlon with the presentation of the
High School Athletic Associations play, "At
the Sign of the Shooting Star" by Miss Gladys
Ruth Brigham of SomervilIe. Mass, to be
given in the Colonial Theater this, Thursday,
evening will be cabaret show to include a
chorus, In Old Madrid; Spanish dance, Misses
Alice Roswell, Laura Morris. Kathleen Col
cord and Martha Southworth; reading, A Gid
dy Young Maiden, Miss Katherine D. Kit
tredge; trio, Shandon Bells, Theodore Bram-
hail. William Pendleton and Byron Salter;
song, Miss Maude Bryant; exhibition fox trot,
Willard Jennys and Miss Essie Piper; Hawaiian
song, Misses Roswell and Colcord; the clos
ing song will be the new athletic song written
by Robert p Chfse. in which a march and
drill will be introduced
The tentative program, arranged by membe RS
of the Congregational church for the entertain
ment and uplift of the Boy Scouts of Belfast.
will be somewhat as follows: Bauquet to be
rendered to the Boy Scouts on Friday evening
at the church vestry with speaking by the