The Republican journal., 1918-12-26


, Hodgdon C. BuZzell, ESQ.,, was elected
member of the board of directors of the
Maine Automobile Association held in
Portland last week.
There are many cases of influenza in
the outlying districts. DR.. Elmer Small
was recently called to Saturday Cove
and found twenty-five patients ill with it
in nine houses.
Capt. Dickey of Co. F, of the Third
Infantry of this city has received a COM
munication from Regimental headquar-
tiers to the effect that heavy clothing
would be shipped the men very soon and
that the complete equipment had already
been shipped.
Reports from Portland last week fol-
lowing the appearance of the hydro plane
here state that on the return trip to that
city, Lieut. E. H. Brennan of the United
States Navy in charge of the craft, suf-
fered by freezing his face so intense was
the cold. The flight was made at an al
titude of 5000 feet in the air and all three
men had their watches frozen before they
reached Portland. Lieut.. Brennan stated
that on the flight to Bangor, that had
anything happened to his machinery
while it was in the air that he would
have had to wreck his machine as
the Penobscot River was frozen over.
In attempting to fly at low altitude
they found a lot of 'bumpy air" and
were forced to rise higher. All three
men were clothed in both rubber and
leather suits but notwithstanding they
suffered intensely from the cold. The
Ensign Adams and Chief Mechanic Jan
sen.
DUE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. A recent
issue of the Chattanooga, Tenn, Daily
Times, has the following tribute to the
wonderful work of Mrs. Powell Clayton,
who recently bought the DR.. G. C. Kill
gore house in this city. Belfast is indeed
fortunate in having this loyal and ener-
getic American among its summer resi-
dents. The tribute shows resourceful,
capable, generous and democratic spirit
that characterizes many of the women
of wealth in their country's time of need.
"Mrs. Powell Clayton of Washington
City, who has devoted her time and
means and given her services freely and
unreservedly to the work of the Red
Cross in this city since the entrance of
the United States into the world war,
leaves this week for her home, the sus-
pension of hostilities and the sure pros
pect of peace in the no distant future
rendering her further stay here unneces-
sary. Not only the American Red Cross
society but the people of this community
owe Mrs. Clayton very sincere and CRATE
full acknowledgment for what she has
done here for the unselfish promotion of
the nation. She has been instant and
continuously engaged in the work of the
local chapter, and by her zeal, her earnest
ness and unremitting attendance at its
workrooms and her constant attention to
the manifold details of the service, she
has been an inspiration to the local MEM
bers and a potent factor in securing the
moral and substantial support of the peo-
pie here in carrying on the work, and
which has made it so successful bit of
our war activities. Whether any testi-
monial is publicly rendered or not we
think Mrs. Clayton may 60 away with
the full assurance that what she accom-
plished in Chattanooga as a service of
love and sacrifice for her country and for
the welfare of the nations sol Tiers in
field and camp, will be always held in
the grateful remembrance of this people,"