The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-06-28

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evening
A general alarm was rung in from box
Is at 11.45 a. m. Sunday for fire in the
Opera House. A boy had been clearing
up the hall and was burning the rubbish
in the furnace when the screen in front
of it caught. The department was on
hand at once and the all out was sounded
in about ten minutes.
At the annual meeting of the Hospital
Club, held recently with Mrs Harry L.
Kilgore, it was voted to give $40 to the
local Red Cross Auxiliary. The officers
for the ensuing year were elected as fol-
lows: President, Mrs. Leroy A. Weber;
vice president, Mrs. z. D. Hartshorn;
secretary and treasurer, Miss Margaret
L. Keene.
Charles O'Connell has renovated the
restaurant he recently bought of Jellison
& Greer. He has removed the stalls and
placed the small tables in the open floor
space The room has been painted. The
restaurant front presents a most attract
i've appearance in its white paint and
bright brass ratings.
THE NORTHPORT COUNTRY CLUB.
The formal opening of the second season
of the Club will be held July 4th, under
the direction of the president, Mr. Charles
Bradbury. The ladies' auction tourna-
ment will begin Thursday, July 18th, and
close Thursday, August Both. The games
will be from 2.15 to Ais p. M, and will
be governed by the rules used last season,
with a few changes to be announced at
the first session. The mems tournament
will begin at 7.30 p. m. Monday, July
23d, and continue Monday evenings for
five successive weeks. The winners of
the ladies' prizes will play the winners of
the mems prizes at the close of the series.
There will also be tournaments in bill
iards, golf and tennis; the rules and regu-
lations to be announced later.
The Camden Herald of June 22nd says
editorially of former Searsmont girl,
who is well known here:
Camden has reason to be proud of an
honor conferred on Miss Mildred Wood
cock daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Horatio
Woodcock, and graduate of our High
school, Miss Woodcock has been stu
dent in the department of fine arts, Pratt
Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y, during the
past year. She has been doing normal
work, and in competition with the stu
dents in her own classes and of the other
departments, costume designing interior
decorating, illustrating, etc, she won the
highest honorS. She was presented with
a scholarship and an attendant gift of
money. While our boys are receiving
credit for their loyalty and efficiency in
their participation in the present war
problem, we like to feel that our girls,
also, are achieving success in whatever
work they may undertake to do.
Tim SCHOOL COMMITTEE. The regu-
lar July meeting of the School Commit
tee was held at the Superintendent s
office last Monday evening with Charles
S. Bickford, chairman, presiding Dr. E..
A. Wilson was elected school physician
Mrs. Charles A. Townsend was paid $50
school, 1t was voted that the sub-com-
mittee in charge of the repairs at the Nc
Lellan school draw up definite plans and
to advertise for bids on the same. 1t was
voted that the High school begin Tues
day, September 4th, and the Grade schools
one week later All the schools will
close Dec. 14th. Teachers were engaged
to fill the vacancies caused by the resig-
nation of Mr. and Mrs. William 7. Faulk-
ner, Mr.. Harold P Cobb and Miss Leonia
j. Achorn of the High school. R. O.
Hutchinson was elected as principal Mr..
Hutchinson is native of Sparksville,
Ind. He has been instructor in Physics
at the University of Maine the past year
and has had several years experience as
principal of High schools in Indiana. He
is a graduate of the University of In
diana and took special course in Peda-
gogy at the Marian Normal college. Ches-
ter E. Floyd of Newburyport, Mass, has
been engaged as Sub-maSter and teacher
of science and mathematics. He will
also have charge of the school athletics.
He is graduate of Harvard College He
has been principal for some time of the
Calais, Maine, Academy, Miss Alice
Lawry of Lewiston, Bates College, 1917,
will teach English. Miss Lawry has had
experience in teaching during her college
course. All have furnished the best OF
references. Miss Helen Brown, the Latin
and History teacher, will need no refer
ences. She is the daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Waldo Brown of Belfast. She
graduated from the B. H. S. in 1900, and
later from the Curry School of EXPIRES.
sion in Boston. She has taught English,
Expression and Athletics the past year in
Logan College at Russellville, Ken. Dur
ing July and August she will assist Mrs
Curry in her summer school at Ashville,
N C. Miss Florence Keene of this city
has been elected to the Mcclellan school,
! Grade l, to fill the vacancy caused by the
RESIGNATION of Miss Mildred Tibbetts.