The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-24
PERSONAL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin Waterman have
gone to Portland to visit relatives on their
way south.
Miss Ella Dyer of Brooklyn, N. Y, has
been in Belfast the past week the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. H. j. Locke.
/ Charles H. Walden, was down town
Monday the first time since his recent
and serious Illness
Samuel H. Lord left recently for Bos-
ton, where he has clerical position in
the experimenting engineers office in
connection with the Eastern Steamship
lines.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Wells of Auburn
arrived Saturday to visit Mrs B. F. Wells
and Mrs. F. G. Spnney Mr.. Wells re-
turned home Monday, but his wife will
remain for longer visit
Miss Marjorie Shaw, who has been
the guest several weeks of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs Walter C. Shaw returned
to Lynn, Mass, last Saturday to resume
her teaching in the High school.
William L. Cook returned to Billings.
Mont, after spending few weeks with
his family at their home on Cedar street.
He was accompanied to Northfield Mass,
by his daughter Della who is student at
the Mortified Seminary.
Mrs. Annie P. Brown, Mrs. Henry w,
Collins and daughter Doris Annie returned
Tuesday from Portland where they were
guests since Saturday of Mrs Henry W.
Straw. They were Joined by Mr.. Collins
who is with the drafted men at Fort,
Mckinley.
Albert w. Stevens, Belfast High school
1903, and University of Maine, 1908, who
has since been engaged in electrical and
mining engineering in Alaska and vicin-
ity, recently enlisted in the aviation corps
and has been assigned to the officers
training camp at San Antonio, Texas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter j. Clifford were in
Portsmouth, N. H., the past week as
guests of their son Ralph who has been
stationed at the Portsmouth Navy Yard
for several weeks. Later they were in
Boston several days the guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred E. Smyth of this city who are
spending the winter in Boston
! Mrs Roscoe Arey who has been for
several months in the Maine General
Hospital, Portland, where she was oper-
ated on by DR.. H. H. Brock, returned to,
her home in this city last week She was
| accompanied by her husband who has
been in Portland with.her since the opera
/ lion. She is now able to be about her
home and a permanent recovery is as
sured.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles S. Bickford re-
turned Friday night from a visit at the
University of Maine, Orono. Mr. Bick-
ford, U. of NJ, '82, was one Of the speak
ers at the memorial services at the Uni
versity for Ralph X. Jones, librarian and
Prof. AndrewP P. Raggio, late head of the
department of romance languages He
also attended the meeting of the board of
trustees.
Captain George P. Fletcher of North
port, formerly of Belfast, has recently
returned from France, where he has been
for the past three months. He sailed
from New York in the schooner Harbin-
ger, loaded with oil. On the arrival of
the vessel in France she was sold and
Captain Fletcher took advantage of the
opportunity to look over the war-swept
territory He was, for the larger part of
the time at Rocheford, and during his
stay visited sections within few miles
of the first trenches. He sailed for home
from Bordeaux and arrived in New York
on New Years day.
Lieut.. Harry l.. Kilgore, who recently
enlisted in the Medical Relief Corps, left
Saturday morning on his way to Camp
Greenlief at Fort Oglethrope, Georgia,
where he was ordered to report Jan. 23rd
He was accompanied by Mrs. h;lgore
who will live with her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. George Z Morgan OF Burlington,
Vt, during the Doctors absence. They
have stored their household goods in this
city as they plan to return here later.
They were entertained at dinner Jan. 10th
by MIR and Mrs. Charles Bradbury, Jan,
18th by Dr. and Mrs. Eugene D. Tapley,
and Friday by Mr.. and Mrs j. W. Blais-
dell. Miss Jennie NJ. Miller. who spent
the winter with tie hlgores, accom-
panied them to Medford Hillside, Mass
where she will visit relatives.
Ar Cojo;,;.j Friday