The Republican journal., 1918-03-21
The News of Belfast.

Tile city and rural schools will close to-
.,,-o,,. Friday, for the spring vacation
gone week,
r.4-les E. Knowlton has sold the brick
.ai.np. known as the Mansfield store,
..,1s corner of Main and Front streets,
-,,vle B Holmes.
The title daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
..-r F. Hayes, born March 18th, has
so o3med Katherine Jean instead OF
. Helen, as given in our last issue.
4YyERTISED LETTERS. The following
,....-- ~amained uncalled for in the Bel
,s, -ost office for the week ending
..-. 10th. Gentlemen-Lewis Gold
NAT T Murphy,
There were % present last Saturday
,a.--Uon at the Story Hour at the PIERCE
f.I Miss Helen Brown entertained
.r. with the story of ''The Ginger
.. Man and Miss Ethel Slavery with
Mud Turtle Story" Mrs. Thomas
sl..smore and Mrs. Willis S. Hatch
-1tertain next Saturday afternoon.
hiidren are requested not to come
. O clock.
W and Mrs. Leslie c. Follett who
9een living the past year in the
a sa house on Church street have taken
rson rent on Congress street Mrs.
Thompson who has been living
-. VIII leave soon for California. Her
Mrs. Jennie French, who has been
er, plans to spend the summer at
- .8me in Standpoint and later join
ter in California.
r-.ate Frank Meservey, who was ar
a>.s8 March 18th by Sheriff Frank A
ssaman with Federal orders from Fort
Il ms, Portland Harbor, for remain
Us Belfast beyond his furlough limit
md sept in jail, was taken back last Fri
car morning. Sergt. julius A Hertz of
Williams came for him. Meservey
NOT seem to realize the extent of his
a-nse but very indifferently remarked
-s' he supposed he ought to have gone
.s Sergt Hertz is native of the
ygd
Iss Myrtle H. Simpson of the Belfast
. school has received letter from
q. oifice of Dean Merrill, at the U. of
j -romplimenting her on the high rank,
rhich she received on her essay in the
Sale Canning Contest at the University.
4 IL also suggested that the essay be pre-
I'd as an example of what can be
lno- n the food conservation work by
oo children Miss Simpson received
- rst prize in her exhibit of canned
goods at the Belfast Fair and also at the
County contest, which entitled her to
sater he State contest. She was unable
attend but sent her exhibit of ten jars,
$50 Of which were broken in transit.
Notwithstanding this misfortune she re-
eyed the fifth prize in the State exhibit.
Miss Amy E. Stoddard assisted by
Ms Leslie C. Follett and Mrs. Basil l..
Allen, entertained the North Church
11iid last Monday evening at St. Pat
'ek's party. All members present wore
gowns, etc, in honor of the old saint.
The home was decorated with sprays of
Shamrock, ported plants and evergreen.
The program included several piano
4laTtet selections by Mrs. Thomas E.
bowker and Marguerite H. Owen at one
piano and Miss Florence D. Chaples and
Miss Stoddard at the other. They all
wore white with large green bows. Mrs.
Allen, dressed as little Irish girl, sang,
Wearing of the Green, Miss Alice E. Sim
mons as a typical Irish washer-woman
read a ST. Patrick selection and responded
with an Irish dialect selection. Mrs
Allen, dressed as a Goddess of Liberty
sang, The Star Spangled Banner. The
'emainder of the evening was spent with
games. Light refreshments were served