The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-02-07
Fred E. Ellis has resigned as janitor for
the Waldo Trust Co. and Jesse II. Web
Der has succeeded him.

Fred E. Ellis has resigned as janitor for
the Waldo Trust Co. and Jesse H. Web
Der has succeeded him.
Rev. Frederick Palladino of Bangor
was in the city last Tuesday to hold the
fourth quarterly conference of the Bel
fast Methodist church.
The Travellers Club will meet Tues
day, February, 18th, with Mrs. John K.
Dunton and Miss Margaret A. Dunton.
The following program will be given:
Paper, book review, Wanderer on
Thousand Hills, Mrs. Fred W aldo Brown;
reading, Climate, Disease and Hygiene,
Mrs. Amos Clement; reading. China's
Workers, Mrs. James H. Howes.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. The City
National Bank of Belfast are offering
Central Maine Power First Mortgage IS
and recommend their purchase. 1.-The
Penobscot Bay Electric Co. recommend
the Electric Heating pad as necessity
in illness and comfort in health. Price
$3.50 at their stores ..... Mrs. Matte A.
Moore advertises green wooden muller
lost and asks it's return to Curtis garage
or to her in Swanville.
At a we'll attended meeting OF the
young ladies of the Peoples Methodist
church held at the home of Mrs. Cleve-
land SWEET, No. SO Union street, Monday
evening a chapter of the Dorcas Guild
was organized with Mrs. SWEET as Guild
Mother. The membership list is open
and already gratifying number of young
ladies have united with the chapter. The
officers are: Pres, Miss Eva Wight; V.
Pres, Miss Bertha Written; Sec, Mrs.
Georgia Dow; Treas, Miss Susie Hanson.
The Guild hold their meetings the first
and third Tuesdays, and plan to be of
substantial assistance to Peoples church
and Sunday school.
FROM THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL
DEFENSE. Miss Melvina V. Parker,
chairman of the woman's committee OF
the Waldo County Public Safety COM
mittee, has received the following from
Harold M. Sewall, chairman:
"The Council of National Defense de-
sires to inform the people of the country
that abundant food is supplied to the
soldiers and sailors in the camps and can
tonments and that the sending of food to
these men by their friends and families is
gate quantity of food thus privately sent
is enormous. and that much of it, having
been conveyed long distances in heated
EXPRESS or mail cars, is more or less
spoiled, and consequently injurious to the
health of the men, Therefore, in the IN
terest of the conservation of food, and
also health of the men, the Council OF
National Defense requests the public to
discontinue the sending of food StutfS to
the camps.
The Belfast Boy Scouts did not let the
severe weather of Tuesday evening in
terfere with their gathering in the regu-
lar meeting of Tuesday evening, and
there was a good attendance. Ora Fen
dergast was elected to membership and
Kenneth Colcord reported for the Com
mittee on Bylaws, presenting a COM
plete set which were adopted by sections.
Since the Eagle Patrol contains the most
First Glass Scouts and is the oldest Pa
troll, they have been allowed the prlvl-
lege of selecting their membership IN the
new organization of that Patrol and the
new membership will be announced next
Tuesday evening. This Patrol contains
two of the very few Eagle Scouts IN the
State The anniversary of the Boy
Scouts will be observed this month and
committee consisting of Scouts Colcord,
Downes, knowlton and Pendergast, were
appointed to arrange a program. One
new name was presented for member
ship. Next Tuesday evening, which is
Lincoln's Birthday, will be duly observed
by the Scouts, each member being asked
to contribute something along that line
and it is expected that there will be an
interesting program presented. Here
after there will be weekly dues of five
cents per night, which.will apply toward
a fund for a camping trip and other ex
penses of the troop.