The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-05-23

III
Mrs. Helen A. Carter is in the Waldo
County Hospital for medical treatment.
City Marshal M. R. Knowlton has re-
ceived communication from John E.
Fisher, ESQ.,, of Nashville, Tenn, offer
ing reward of 500 for information lead
ing to the location of man named Louis
Laitenberger or any of his desce ndants
He is about "a years of age, a very large,
strong and heavy built man, and butch
er by trade. 1t may be possible that he
is confined in some institution.
Miss Maude E. Mathews, chairman of
the Waldo County Junior Red Cross
League, has reported the following schools
organized in the work The Pierce school
is the flrst in Belfast and they have very
generously contributed $12 for the Red
Cross drive; the Browns Corner, Satur-
day Cove and Brainard schools in North
port, the Brooks schools and the Reynolds
Corner school in Burnham. They have
been given theft Red Cross League GER
tificates, which are suitable for framing
and can be hung in the school rooms.
All members of the Boy Scouts are re-
quested to appe ar at the Memorial Hall
on Sunday morning at ten o'clock, to act
as an escort to Thomas H. Marshall Post,
&. A. R., and allied organizations to
morning service at the Methodist church.
Monday evening a large percentage of
the boys were at the ball grounds for
drill, and in the coming Memorial Day
parade they will be under command of
Senior Scout Leader Kenneth Colcord.
Laurance Everett, the little son of Mr..
and Mrs. John L. Dow, entertained last
Saturday afternoon in honor of his 5th
birthday. The hours were spent with
games, ETC. Mrs. Dow was assisted by
Miss Emma l.. Frost in serving ice cream,
cake and cookies. Those invited were
Lester Knowlton, Norman Pendleton,
Sidney and Paul Thompson, Clyde York,
Morrill, Martin, Ruth Grotton, Ruth and
Elizabeth Staples, Mildred Darby, Phyllis
and Hilda Tuttle TheIma Hallowell
The last meeting of the season of the
Women's Alliance of the Unitarian church
was held in the church parlors Friday
evening, the program being given by the
Camp Fire Girls and the Blue Birds. No
business was done, except to vote to con-
tribute the sum of $40 to the Red Cross
drive, through the Waldo county chapter.
The program was given under the able
direction of Mrs Arthur f. Wilson, the
Guardian, the Blue Birds giving their
part first, with two of the girls, Eileen
Fernald and Dorothy Spear, acting as
hostesses. Sixteen members demonstra-
ted their work; later they sang, recited
and played games. The musical game,
entitled Princess Thorn-Rosa, was very
prettily done with Evelyn MacWhirter
the princess; Clara Hammons, the witch;
Dorothy Spear the Prince; while the 9TH
er girls formed the chorus. Part H.
Camp Fire Girls: Piano solo, Miss Grace
Hazeltine; song, Mystic Fire, by the camp;
Candle Lighting, by Jennie and Mabel
Spear and Ruth Knight; song Burn Fire,
Burn, by Camp, Elena Shute holding the
tray of candles while Hope Dorman was
the extinguisher; roll call to which the
girls responded with their symbolic names;
reading of patriotic food honors, Annie
Ide; song, The End of Meatless and
Wheatless Day, Charlotte Knowlton; &C
count of recent trip to Searsport, Ruth
Dinsmore and Elizabeth Doak; Hike Song,
History of My Beads, Ida Mariner; camp
ing song, to the air of Long, Long Trail,
Helen Wescott; Ruth Billings, in Boy
Scout suit, as Vernon Stiles, and Clara
Hammons as Harriet Mcconnell, sang
The Keys of Heaven with an accuracy in
their impersonation that was the hit of
the program. In the closing patriotic
song, "America, Here's My Girl" all of
the thirty girls joined. Elfrida Haw-
thorne stood in the center and recited
"Your Flag and My Flag" The Star
Spangled Banner closed the program.
THE COMMUNITY CHAUTAUQuA. Carl
Turner, assistant general manager of the
Community Chautauqua, Inc. was in Bel
fast May 18th to meet the guarantors
and committee which will have charge of
the second annual Chautauqua week in
Belfast on July 24th-29th inclusive. Mr..
Turner gave an interesting outline of
what is to be given here the coming sea-
son. Those who attended last years en-
tertainments and lectures are very enthu-
siastic of this years program also. The
following OFFICERS and committees have
been chosen: President, M. L. Slugg;
Vice Presidents, Mrs. Essie P. earle, B.
D. Field; Secretary, Charles S. Bickford;
Treasurer, Miss Isabel CHM; chairman
of ticket committee, Charles H. Rhoades;
chairman of publicity committee, Irving