The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-08-23

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The time for allowing discount of two
per cent on taxes has been extended to
Sept. lS.
CAMP QUANTABACooK. The young
men and boys at Camp Quantabacook
will give minstrel show and dance at
Dirigo Hall, Searsmont, Saturday even
ing, August 25th, as a benefit for the
Red Cross. Music will be furnished by
the Silbert Brothers orchestra of New
York. Admission for adults rs cents,
children Is cents. There is a great deal
OF talent at this camp this season, both
vocal and instrumental. The boys took
a 12-mile hike Monday to Mt. Percival,
where they spent the night. Tuesday
they spent in trip to Castine, with
clambake at the City Park that evening.
They hiked home to camp Wednesday
forenoon.....Dr. and Mrs. George A. Nc
Lellan of East Orange, N. j., are guests
| OF DR.. and Mrs. o. S. Vickery at the
camp.
1t is now an assured fact that the Pen
dleton Brothers Inc. of New York are to
use their yard in this city this season.
They are also using their yard in Bath.
In short time the keel of 1876 or 100 feet
will be laid here for vessel they are to
build for themselves. The preparatory
work is in charge of E. j. Tilley of this
city. The yard extends from the wharf
OF the Eastern Steamship Lines Inc. to
the yard owned by O. E. Frost. Its
banks will be cleared of all the crafts now
resting there including the Silver Star,
owned by the Pendleton Bros, which
will be repaired. The old shop at the
head of the wharf has been remodeled
into fine carpenter shop and rigging loft
and all the other buildings will be repair
ed. Several car loads of Oregon fir and
Southern pine have arrived here and
others are Oh the way. Mr.. Tilley has
secured all the help needed at present and
has no doubt but what there are plenty of
ship carpenters in this vicinity to build
the. vessel
THE RED CROSS. The Belfast auxil-
larry shipped last Saturday its tenth box
of supplies to Boston and also its first
box of about 1000 surgical dressings to
the Peter Bent Brigham Hospital for
sterilization before shipment to Europe.
Among articles shipped since June 9th
are the following: 1870 pajamas, 81 hospi-
tai shirts, 152 prs. army socks, 116 COM
fort pillows. From Boston these articles
are shipped to the Bush Terminal, Brook
Ign, N. Y, and thence to Europe. Since
June 9th the Boston division has shipped
to Europe 724 cases of supplies, each case
3x2x2 feet, as we'll as quantity of knit
ted articles to the Charlestown Navy
Yard and "a cases of surgical dressings
to as many different warships. Major
Grayson Murphy, Commissioner for Eu-
rope, is calling for large order of knitted
articles to be completed before cold
weather. One million and a half each
of sweaters mufflers, socks and wristlets
are needed The Belfast Red Cross wants
very much to increase the number of
army socks they are turning out at pres
ent and all who can are asked to help in
this way, In the future they will use
only gray yarn, as this color has been ap-
proved by the committee on Standards at
Washington. This does not mean that
articles knit in other colors will not be
accepted, but that all yarn sold by the
Red Cross Supply Service will be gray.
All sock knitters are urged to use the No.
II steel needles and also the Red Cross
directions for army socks especially in
knitting the new heel. The average at |
tendance at the rooms for the past month |
has been small and the amount of work |
accomplished consequently less. 1t is
hoped, however, that next month will |
show an increased attendance. Funds
are getting low and as it will be some
months before the war fund contribution
will be available, any contributions will
be most acceptable Miss Anne C. Crosby
presented the Auxiliary with $50 last
Monday as they are very much in need
of funds at the present time.