The Republican journal., 1918-12-26

Wastes James Russell Hale of Castine
was in this city last Friday the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred W. Brown, while on
his way to Castine where he will spend
the holidays with his parents. He is at
tending the Deaf Mute School in Port
land and is making excellent Pre- gress.
Edward D. White of this city has taken
the agency for the History of the World
War by General March and will make
house to house canvass, but he would be
ples sed to have any who would care for
copy to address him at No. Is Condor
street. It is volume of 73O pages and
sells for SITS to 1878 according to bind
ing. The paper and print are of the best
and it is very we'll illustrated from direct
photographs of battle scenes, landscapes
of famous localities, maps, and persons
including speaking likeness of our own
Pershing.
{ Recent letters received from Byron NJ.
Salter of this city, who has been in
France all summer, state that he is in
fine health and his friends will be some
what surprised when he states that he is
weighing 165 pounds. He is with the
Fifth Company of the First Army of the
Advanced Replacement Depot. In his
letter home he states that the weather
has been fine and cold, colder than in
Maine, but that he has a fine place to
sleep and that he is getting along well
and looking forward to the return trip
across the ocean. He speaks of having
few "keepsakes" including a Hun
rifle, field glass case, iron war cross, etc.
He learned from one of the boys that
Nose Williams, well known in this city
in base ball days, had been wounded and
was afterward made Sergeant and
he had also heard from Mickey Belger.
| This letter although written on the 10Th
of November was still under censorship.
In speaking of returning home he stated
that his Company was handling the re-
placements and that he saw little chance
of an early return, as the wounded were
first to return and the married men as
far as could be arranged. His letters are
in his usual happy mood and filled with
interesting bits of information.
Mrs. Addie M. Merriam, formerly of
North Belfast, but now residing in Low
ell, Mass, with her sister, Mrs. Chas. P.
Conant, has recently received the follow
ing note from Lieutenant Zimmerman,
her sons commanding officer:
Dear Mrs. Merriam:
| Your son has been under my super
of any comfort to his mother would like
to say that he holds the confidence of his
commanding officer and the men with
whom he works. He is gentleman and
a soldier and reflects credit upon his
mother. Pardon this little informality
list Lieut.. Raymond r. Zimmerman
Sergeant Victor l. Merriam is one of
our we'll known Belfast Boys who gradu-
ated from Belfast High school with high
est honors. He left Belfast in the draft
contingent late in May and was early
made corporal at Camp Devens, where
he was identified with the 10th division.
Shortly after reaching France in July he
was promoted to Sergeant in Headquar-
tiers Co. His letters home have been
very interesting and his friends have
enjoyed reading them. His duties have
not taken him into the firing line and he
has frequently expressed regret that he
has had no opportunity to take more
active part in the war. He has, never
theless, discharged his duties in manner
to win the respect of his officers and
comrades. Sergeant Merriam's younger
brother, Kenneth, also graduate of Bel
fast High with highest honors, is now a
student at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.