The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-07-26

Miss Georgia Hall of Lincolnville is
clerking for the summer in the Hilton
store on Church street.
Seth Pomroy of Camden was in town
over Sunday. He was formerly of this
city and registered for the draft here.
The annual reunion of the Goth Maine
Regimental Association will be held in G..
A. K. hall, Belfast, Tuesday, Aug. 14th.
ii. M. Chase, Sec'y.
Walter j. Clifford is rebuilding hisbill
boards at the PIERCE corner lot The new
ones will be in better class with broad
moulding on the frame.
A crew of men from the Maine Central
Power Co.'S crew of surveyors were in
Belfast Tuesday locating pole positions
for the Penobscot Bay Electric Co. s lines.
c. G. Ferguson of New Bedford, Mass,
formerly of Belfast, writes that his two
sons, George and Robert are now at New
London, Conn.,, drilling as quartermasters
in the Naval Reserve
Norman Littlefeld of Belfast, whose
term of enlistment expired July 14th, has
re-enlisted and has been appointed chief
pharmacist of the Naval Hospital at Par
ris Island, North Carolina.
Mr.. Charles w. Frederick has received
from Sac Paulo, Brazil, pretentious pro-
gram in Portuguese of musicale given
June End in the Municipal Theatre as a
benefit to the Red Cross Society. Miss
katherine c. Quimby of Belfast was one
of the vocalists in 'Los Pierrots," the
last selection on the program.
BY direction of postmaster general the
postmaster at Belfast is distributing cards
for enrolment of all women and Girls
over Is years of age, residing within this
postal district in the United States foot
administration. The cards when signed
may be deposited by the signers without
payment of postage in any letter box Of
handed into the office. 1t is the desire Of
the department to have these cards fillee
out and passed in promptly.
Raymond Dutch, son of Mr.. and Mrs
Fred NJ Dutch, sailed recently as second
cook in the Moorish Prince for France
! with food supplies. Young Dutch is not
afraid of the submarine menace anc
writes to his parents that although Ne is
aware that they are laying in wait fo,
food ships, he is not afraid. This is
the second trip he has made across as he
went to England on horse steamer sew
eral years ago
Herbert B. Foster, Company Five and
Allan NJ. Howes Company Eleven, Port
land; Howard Newcomb, Dana B. South
worth, Carl F. Darby, HenryB. Cunning
ham, Roy A. Hopkins and Roybert Sim
mons of Company Ten, Brunswick, of the
Maine Coast Artillery left Tuesday tc
JON their companies. The only public
demonstration at their departure was the
whistle salutes from the shoe factory and
Mathews Mill. A large party of rela-
tives and friends accompanied them to
the depot.
An open competitive examination un-
der the rules of the United States civil
service commission for the position of
first grade clerk in the various branches
Of the Government service in New Eng
land will be held in Belfast at the post
office on August 4th, commencing at a
m. 1t is expected that at least 1000 first
grade clerks in the internal revenue SER
vice throughout the United States will
be required on or before September /,
1917 A large number of clerks will also
be needed in other services. Apply at
the post office for particulars
The regular midsummer meeting of the
Women's Missionary Auxiliary of the
North Congregational church, was held
July 18th, afternoon and evening, at the
summer home of Hon. and Mrs. John R
Dunton, the Barracks, at the Battery.
There was large attendance and it was
very interesting and entertaining meet.
ing. Complimentary to one of the guests,
Mrs. Smiley of Winchester, Mass, for
merly of Bangor, the subject of the pro-
gran was Admednagar, India where Mrs.
Smiley's daughter is located, studying
the language preparatory to teaching in
the High school, Mrs Smiley read a
most entertaining letter from her daughter
giving the latter first impressions of In
dia, the customs of the natives, etc.
Ahmednagar is situated in the interior
and number of articles were read de-
scribing the schools, settlement work,
social service and many other phases of
missionary work in the far East. Mrs.
Smiley also told of the plans for celebrat-
ing the fiftieth anniversary of the Wom-
ems Missionary Board, which will take
place during the second week in Novem
Der, in Boston. A delicious picnic supper