The Republican journal., 1917-05-10


who entered the navy during the past
WINTER is now on the Kearsarge as cleo
trician and machinist in the dynamo
room.
MRS. Earl Curtis entertained last Tues
oay evening in honor of her guest, Miss
bernice French of Rockland. The hostess
and her guests attended theater party
at the Colonial This was followed by
lunch at the home of the hostess, where
covers were laid for eight guests.
MISS Alice Wescott of Boston, a sister
OF Mrs. Carl H. Stevens of this city and
frequent visitor here, is one of the in
structors of the Red Cross Society in Bos-
ton. She is registered nurse of wide
experience and member of the Massa-
chusetts General Hospital Unit.
The thimble party given Thursday af-
ternoon in the vestry of the North church
was great success some 60 or more at
tending. Nearly all had their needle
work and the affair was very social and
pleasant. Tea was served at o'clock.
Mrs. Frederick r. Poor, Mrs. Harry l.,
kilgore, Mrs. Frank E. Bramhall and
Miss Bertha A. Wiley pouring. Assisting
in serving were Miss Marguerite H.
Owen, Miss Ruth KimbalI, Miss Emerson,
and the Minnetoska club girls During.
the afternoon Miss Owen played piano
solo and Miss Kimball sang.
Leroy A. Carter and Winnie R. Crock
er, two inmates at the county Jail, the
former serving a Jail sentence prior
to gong to Thomaston next Saturday
and the latter serving a year at labor in
the jail, attempted to make their escape
last Thursday. They had used a hack
saw, brought to them from an outside
source, to saw off one of the bars to the
Jail window, which they had taken out
and replaced with wooden bar they had
painted black, and had nearly finished
saving off a second bar when they were
caught by Sheriff Cushman. Since then
!. they have been locked in separate cells
and are not allowed the freedom of re-
ceiving callers. Tuesday, Sheriff Cush-
man discovered that bars in their separate
cell windows had also been sawed off.
Mrs Chas. M. Craig gave the Mime
toska Club a most delightful progressive
party Wednesday evening, May End, At
6.45 all met at the home of Miss RATHER
inc Brown, each girl taking some delicacy
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very large and handsome basket. Then
after a short call at the home of Mrs.
Craig they hung the basket for their Sun
day school teacher, Miss Florence Shaw,
who was i'll. The next stop was at the
Waldo County hospital, where little Miss
Irma Gross, who was injured some months
ago by being run over, was showered
with May baskets. The last surprise was
party in honor of the birthday of one of
the members, Miss Margaret Rogers, at
the home of her grandmother Mrs. H.
E. Bucklin, next door to the hospital.
Here games were played and ice cream
and cake served.
COLONIAL THEATER. Thursday, at
three shows at 2.3O, 700 and $50, the
feature, 'The Girl Phillipa," featuring
dainty Anita Stewart will be offered This
production from the novel by Robert w.
Chambers is one of the big photo
plays of the year and for this the
admission will be 15c, children under
twelve 10c. Friday, matinee and even
ing, kathlyn Williams in a powerful play
"The Cost of Hatred" Saturday, matt
nee and evening, Irene Fenwick in a
Metro Wonderfully "The Child of Des-
tiny" At the Opera House, Monday
evening, Blanche Sweet is offered in
play that you'll never forget, "The Tides
of Barnegat" Tuesday, matinee and even
ing, at the Colonial Theater, House Peters
and Gail Kane in ''The Velvet Paw"
Wednesday, matinee and evening" Robert
Warwick and Doris Kenyon in ga Girls
Folly Dancing with pictures at the
Opera House every Wednesday and Sat-
urday.
At the Sign of the Shooting STAR the
three-act comedy by Miss Gladys Ruth
BRIGHAM of Somerville, Mass, was pre-
scented in the Colonial Theater last Thurs
day evening by the Belfast High school
before large and very enthusiastic audi
ence. The High school orchestra: Wes-
ley Wood, Dean Knowlton, Ethel Dexter,
Vera Greenlaw and Helen Wescott, vio-
Inns; Edna Curtis, cello; Albert Fogg,
clarinet; Maurice Cobb and Award Craig,
comets; Albert Morey, trombone, and Lii
Ian Dexter, pianist, under the direction
OF E. S. Pitcher, opened the program and
rendered several selections between the
) acts with much credit to themselves and
to their teacher. The stage settings were
unusually good. The first was the living
room in the home of Mason Jones of Tx
bridge, Mass, and the last two in the
paClO OF the Shooting Star near La Guav-