The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-05-24

from their home in Union Sunday tt
spend the day with his parents, Mr.. ane
Mrs. W. j. Mathews. Mr.. and Mrs
Fred Scribner and friends from Bangor
spent Sunday at the lake. Mr. and Mrs
C. C. Moody and friends spent the week
end at their cottage and launched theil
power boat, the Orrie M.
OBITUARY. Josiah L. Hamilton dice
at his home on jackson avenue Saturday
morning, May 10Th, after a weeks i'll
ness of pneumonia. He was the son OF
the late Foss and Emily Uane) Hamilton
and was born April q, 1850. In his
younger days he followed the sea for sew
eral years. Retiring from the sea he
worked as a house carpenter until his
death. He was very popular and had
many friends in his native town who
were panied to learn of his sudden de-
mise. He leaves wife, two daughters,
Mrs. w. P. Rich of Searsport and Mrs.
A. F. Wagner of Boston; three sons, W.
F. Hamilton and Lawrence L. Hamilton
of Boston, and Charles Hamilton of Sears
port, and one brother, Charles C. Hamil-
F.! ton of Boston. The funeral services were
held at his late home on Monday, Rev.
T. H. Martin of the First Congregational
church officiating. Interment was in the
family lot in the Gordon cemetery. The
bearers were Capt w. N. West, Michael
Ward, John Wallace and Maurice Dolli-
yer.
A surprise party and shower was given
for Miss Bernice McCaslin at her home
Friday evening, in honor of her approach
/ ing marriage to Donald Wentworth
| Vaughan. The guests gathered about 8
o'clock and when Miss McCaslin came
/ home she was ushered into the room,
] which was darkened. When the lights
were turned on, her surprise was genuine.
| Five ia bles were arranged for cards. The
first prizes were won by Miss Margaret
M. Pendleton and Charles Havener. The
boobies fell to Miss Elsie Gilkey and Rem
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portant event of the evening-the show
er, Miss McCaslin was led into the din
| ing room where very mysterious basket
| awaited her. The excitement was great
| while she united the packages and ex-
hibited many useful gifts of silver, linen,
| tin, etc. The guests were: Mrs. Story
Arc
| Gould Flinton, Mrs. Arthur Colson,
Misses: Florence keene, Thelma Dunifer,
Henrietta Gilkey, Elsie Gilkey, Mary
Inman, Annie Whittier, Evelyn Young,
Margaret M. Pendleton, Henrietta Greg
ory, Florence Harvey, Renfrew Wilson,
Story Trundy, Arthur Colson, Donald
Hight, Donald Russell, Donald Vaughan,
Harry McCaslin. Miss McCaslin is the
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry McCas-
lin and her engagement was announced
last March. The wedding will not be an
! event of the immediate future.
Clifford Allen Lucas of Orono and Susie
Emma Goodwin of Searsport were married
here Tuesday, May 18th, at the home of
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small circle of relatives and intimate
friends. Rev. William G. Kirschbaum
performed the ceremony in a particularly
effective manner. The maid of honor was
! an intimate friend of the bride, Miss Ger
| trude Wentworth, and the best man was
brother of the bridegroom, George
Lucas, also of Orono. The bride was
lovely in a simple frock of blue chiffon
trimmed with blue silk, and with an effec
! tive overdress. The honor maid was
dainty in a white silk with pretty over
dress of chiffon. After the ceremony the
wedding party left for parts unknown by
automobile. The bride was very pretty in
a tailored suit with top coat of delicate
brown, and wore dainty blouse of white
with Oriental trimming, and a small black
hat trimmed with yellow ribbons. The
bride is the daughter of Henry Goodwin.
She is graduate of the Orono school and
was born and spent most of her life in
Orono. Mr. Lucas is the son of MIR. and
Mrs. Albert H. Lucas of Orono, and is
employed at the University of Maine.
The young couple were friends in theil
school days. Other guests at the wedding
besides those already mentioned were
Mrs. Burleigh Huntley and son, Edward
of Rockland; Mrs. Grace Wentworth
Mrs. Bedford Staples, Miss Ethel White
Following the ceremony Mr.. Kirschbaum
sang two appropriate songs. Mr. ant
Mrs Lucas left Wednesday for Orono
where they will make their home.
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