The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1917-12-13
The News of Belfast.

Friday, for the Christmas vacation of
two weeks.
Perley Haines of this city, member of
Battery F. First Maine heavy artillery,
has recently been promoted to corporal
and is now located at Camp Greene, N
| C.
Charles S. Taylor, an attorney from
Deer Isle, who recently located in Belfast,
has taken tenement in the A. P. Good
hue house on Court street, corner of
Grove street.
Elbridge S. Pitcher was in Pittsfeld
Dec. 7th to conduct the opera Pinafore
| presented by local talent under the aus
pices of Somerset Lodge, X. of P. 1t was
their annual eve mt and was very success
full.
The ladies' of the Baptist church fur
nished delicious supper at their annual
fair held in the vestry last Friday after
noon. The sales were also well attended
/ considering the times. They report net
proceeds of about $50.
| c. R. Decrow has been driving one of
the American Express Company's teams
for few weeks until he was called in the
recent draft to Wednesday. W. Lee
Robinson, the regular driver for the Ex-
press Co., is suffering from injuries to his
| right hand received at the Coliseum fire
| q tl-lH ho tn fnr a IaaC
two weeks.
The Waldo County Hospital Aid and
Sewing Circle held a business meeting
last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs.
Everard A. Wilson. They voted to give
$50 from each of their treasures for the
hospitals general expenses. The mem
bership fees are now due and it is urged
that all be prepared to pay at the next
meeting which will be held with Mrs j.
w. Ferguson, Church street.
Belfast friends have received carus OF
the wedding in Rockland Thanksgiving
Day of Miss Helen Patterson and William
H. Knowlton. The bride is the daughter
of Capt. Ferd and Mrs. Ida M. Patterson
of Rockland, and a niece of Mrs. John S.
Fernald of this city. She has been fire.
ouent visitor in this city and is employed
as bookkeeper by the Francis Cobb Co.
The groom is a student at the Harvard
Radio Station in Cambridge, Mass
The High school basket ball team ac-
companied by their coach, sub master
Floyd went to Islesboro last Friday even
ing to play the Islesboro A. A. and were
defeated by score of 54 to IA. A return
game has been arranged for next Friday
at the Opera House. The summary:
l. A. A. B. H. S.
Dodge, rf If, Mariner
Hatch, rb ID, Smalley
F. Pendleton, If rb, Lothrop
R. Pendleton, C C, Jennys
Richardson, Id If. Vaughan
Crosby, rb rf, Pendleton
Referee, Floyd and Pendleton.
THE RED CROSS Mrs. James C. Dur
ham, chapter secretary, has reported the
following supplies received from Nov.
1st to Dec. 1st with the exception of the
branches at Unity, Islesboro and Sears
port, which had not reported: sweaters,
l12; socks, 290; helmets, 16; wristlets,
1903; mutflers, 81; hospital socks, 5; afghans,
4; gauze dressings, 401 packages of 20
each; absorbent pads, 101 packages; irri-
cation pads, packages; bandages, 18
! ,hI hIvfc
jamas, dozen; comfort kits, 1882. The
county will have six delegates at the
meeting in Boston Dec. 14th: Rev. Ar
thur E. Wilson and Miss Anne C. Crosby
of Belfast, Mrs. Charles Emery of Stock
ton Springs, Mrs. Margaret Niles of Win
terport, Mrs. Rose Goddard of Brooks,
Mrs. Wilbur Carver of Searsport All
subscribing members of the Red Cross
who have not received their Red Cross
Magazine will please notify the secretary,
Mrs. Durham, and if duplicate numbers
or more than one in family is received,
they will please notify her. If the an
nual members have not received their
certificates of membership they will
please notify Mrs. Durham or the secre-
tary of their local branch.
The lecture and demonstration on war
bread given at the Baptist vestry last
Thursday afternoon by Miss Ruby l.
Barker was entertaining and very help
full in many directions. There was a
large attendance of interested home
makers who took notes and carried home
the folders containing recipes and direc-
tions for making bread of substitutes to
save wheat flour Miss Barker is the
Home Demonstration Agent of the Uni
versity of Maine Extension Department
and is working in cooperation with the
United States Department of Agricul-
ture This was her first public demon
stration of the bread making and was
under the auspices of the woman's branch
of the Waldo County Safety committee.
She demonstrated on potato yeast bread,
rye biscuit, and corn meal bread and also
explained methods of using substitutes
for wheat flour in emergency bread. Her
explanation of food values in these pro-
ducts was very instructive She sug-
gested the use of cheese and nuts in