The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-17

Church held their annual meeting last
Thursday evening at the home OF their
leader, Mrs. Charles M. Craig. Supper
was served at O'Clock followed by the
business session when the following Of
ficers were elected: Katherine Brown,
president; Lillian Davis, vice president;
Ethel Dexter, secretary; Dorothy ingalls,,
treasurer; Elizabeth Kittredge, chairman
of the Red Cross committee.
Mrs. Alex. N Snow of East Belfast
was severely injured last Friday after
noon in a peculiar accident. She had
been attending the Trinity Reformed
Church Ladies' Circle at the home of
Mrs. Arthur E. Stantial and in company
with neighbors was returning home when
she laughingly stepped on the runner of a
sleigh containing several ladies. When
the horse began to trot she concluded to
step off and in so doing fell to the ground
severely injuring her right hip. She is
confined to her bed and suffers severely.
Thomas Watt of this city who is work.
ing in the Cobb Shipyard in Rockland
had very narrow escape last Wednesday.
He was standing on the rail of the new
schooner Ella Pierce Thurlow, when he
slipped and fell directly in the hawser
hole, which is only "a inches in diameter,
and landed on temporary staging four
feet beneath. Although bruised and dazed
he chung to the staging, suspended
over the icy ground about IS feet below,
on which fall would probably have re-
suited fatally Mr.. Watt owns cottage
on the Condor shore where Mrs. Watt
has remained during the winter, and he
comes home as often as his work will al
low His many friends in Belfast are
glad that he was fortunate enough to es-
cape serious injury.
The Waldo County Exemption Board,
Capt. B. F. Co!cord, Chairman, were or
dered to send to Fort Williams, Portland
Harbor, last Thursday seven of the Draft
men according to their numbers and the
following were sent: Everett Weston
Barton, Isesboro; Arthur kingman Blood,
Liberty; Levi Leslie Walker, belfast; Os-
car Turner Bradstreet, Palermo; Dwinal
Everett Hunt, Burnham; Guy Melvin
Hannah, Liberty; Harold Bibber Robin
son, Belfast. DR.. O. S. Vickery was
delegate from the Board to accompany
the young men to the train Thursday
morning The Board have also been no.
titled that the following young men did
not pass the examinations at Fort Will
liams and have returned to their homes:
Earl Leroy Curtis, Edwin Frost Flanders,
George Lincoln Ford of Belfast; Henry
Herbert Steward, Palermo; Ralph Ed
ward Clements, Monroe; Alphonso Thorn
as Wagner, Searsport.
THE JOINT MEETING OF THE SCHOOL
COMMITTEE. A special meeting of the
Joint board of Belfast and Searsport was
held in the superintendent office last
Thursday evening with chairman James
H. Duncan of Searsport presiding and
nine members present. 1t was voted to
release Superintendent William B. Wood
bury, who has served these districts faith
fully for the past five years, that he might
take up a like work in the Pennington
Wilton district. Mr.. Zenas D. Hartshorn
was elected to fill the vacancy when he
had received his State certificate at the
annual examination Jan. 25th. 1t was
also voted that Mr. Woodbury. remain
here until that date. There were a
dozen or more candidates for the posi-
ton, four of whom came to meet mem
bers of the committee before the election.
The redistricting of the State leaves a
number of superintendent out of en-
ployment. Mr.. Hartshorn is very we'll
and favorably known in both districts,
resigning in Searsport to take the posi-
ton of master of the Grammar grades in
Belfast. The election of his successor
will he taken up later by the Belfast
school committee.
THE BOARD OF TRADE. The regular
meeting of the Board of Trade was held
last Friday evening when matters of i'm
portance were discussed with a large
number in attendance. Secretary Orrin
j. Dickey reported that sixty had volun-
teered for the Third Maine Regiment
Company now being organized here and
that Major Bradbury of Augusta would
soon be here to begin their examinations.
There was a very general discussion in
regard to running a0boat from Belfast to
the three landings on the eastern side of
Islesboro, and that Coombs Brothers had
been approached in regard to operating
on this line. A letter was read from the
Pendleton Brothers of Islesboro in regard
to their wharves in that section. The
matter was continued to future meet