The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-05-09
The News of Belfast.

The w. C. T. U. will meet Friday at
2.30 D. m. with Miss Eda Woodbury., High
street.
Walter p. Tweedie of this city has
closed his barber shop in the Masonic
Temple for the present. He will take up
other work here
The Woman's Club will hold meeting
next Monday at 7.30 p. m, at the home
of Mrs. James S. Hartman. All members
are urged to attend.
Walter C. Gordon, with the drafted
men at Camp Devens, is at home on a
furlough to see his little daughter, who
arrived May 4th. He is now ill with
severe case of mumps.
Hon. H. C. Buzzell will be the speaker
in the -Four Minute campaign at the CO.
lonial Theatre on Saturday evening,
speaking on some subject in connection
with the war program.
William T. Norris of the office force of
the Coe-Mortimer is substituting at the
freight office of the R. R. depot during
the absence of Walter Bowen, who was
recently operated on for appendicitis.
Friends of Earle F. Hammons will be
interested to learn that he has gone from
Camp Devens, Aver, Mass, to Camp
Mills, Long Island, New York, where he
is with Company L. of the 39th Infantry.
The second year membership fees of all
who joined the Red Cross society in May
and June 1917 are now due. All will con-
fer favor by remitting to Miss Isabel
CHM, treasurer, without further notice.
In personal note VIM. X. Morrison of
Minneapolis, Mimi, formerly of Belfast
writes: My daughter and her husband,
have had their surname changed from
Grosskopf to Morrison, anticipating the
growing feeling against German names"
and "Made in Germany"
The Dickey-Knowlton Real Estate
Company have sold the store at Temple
Heights, formerly owned by the late
Charles N. Dicker, to Harry Mahoney of
this summer. This firm has sold the
Clarence Nickerson house on Cross street
to William H. Gray who has taken pos
session.
Walter Mitchell, who has been book
keeper for the Peiepscot Plup and Paper
Company, has resigned, but will be en-
ployed on the company's tug Pejepscot
for a few months. Later he plans to at
tend the Navigation school at Rockland
preparatory to enlistment He has al
ready served four years in the U. S.
Navy Miss Carrie NJ Greenlaw has re-
turned from Harrington, where she has
been employed by the company and will
enter their Belfast Office, succeeding Mr..
Mitchell.
Emma White Barker Tent, Daughters
of Veterans, held their regular meeting
| Wednesday evening, May 1st, when can
didates were initiated, and Mrs. Annie
Jellison, Mrs. Ethel Whiting and Mrs
Lizzie Clary were elected delegates to at
tend the State meeting at Portland. Five
comrades from the Post were reported
sick: H. M. Bennett, E. o. Pendleton,
Capt George T. Osborne, H. M. Chase
and Jacob Cunningham. The afternoon
club will meet with Mrs. Mary Carter,
May 18th, when a picnic supper will be
served, and the meeting of the Tent will
be at the Post room in the evening.
On account of the shortage of gauze
there will be no more meetings of the
surgical dressings classes in Memorial
hall until further notice The following
monitors have been appointed with speci-
fed time; Monday at 2 p. m. Mrs. Ansel
M. Lothrop and Mrs. Clement W. Wes-
colt; Tuesday at 10 a. m, Mrs. Frank r.
Woodcock; Tuesday at p. m, Mrs. Fred
r. Poor and Miss Lena A. Sanborn;
Wednesday at p. M, Mrs. Woodcock
and Mrs. Lothrop; Thursday at 2 p. M,
Miss Annie V. Field and Mrs. E. M. Hall;
Saturday at 2 p. M, Mrs. Marion E..
| Brown and Mrs John A. Fogg The sew
ing rooms opposite the post office are open
as usual and all interested are urged to
attend.
/ POOR'S MILLS. Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Davenport have moved to the city, where
| he has employment. Neal Woods two
| little boys are boarding with MIR. and Mrs.
Henry Wentworth. Mrs. George Dickey
is boarding with MI. and Mrs. Dell Roller
son. -. Mrs. Charles Boyington has been
very ill, but is reported as more comfort
able at this writing. e. Joseph Jackson has
returned home from the west, where he
has been for the past two years.. Mrs.
John Merrithew and little son of Stock
ton Springs, have been recent guests of
her mother, Mrs w. S. Wentworth.
Ed. Greer and his son-in-law have moved
to the Shepard farm, now owned by
Cooper and Lancaster. Irwin Wood is
moving to his own place. He has had
charge and lived on Mr.. Jackson's place
while he has been away.