The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-06-20

The board of registration closed their
session last Friday evening and report
eighteen names added to the voting list
| for the primary election june 18th.
There were 1870 young men in the regis
tration of June 5th. Twenty-seven were
named in our last issue and since that
date three more have been recorded by
the Waldo county Exemption Board as
follows: Alphonso Elbridge Collins, Bel
fast, employed in Allston, Mass. Elmer
Cole Thompson, Belfast, employed in
Dexter. Maine; Howard Gilkey Board
man of Dark Harbor, employed in Charles
ton, Maine.
Flag Day was observed last Friday
evening by the Daughters of Veterans
when the following program was given:
solo, Della Frisbee; recitation, Verna
Jellison; piano solo, Vida Slavery; read
ing, Mrs. Mosman; solo, Mona Burgess;
reading, Alice Simmons; piano solo, Ruth
Knight; reading, Dora Bridges, during
which the Star Spangled Banner was
sung; piano solo, Margaret Eaton; Gettys-
burg address, Stanley Eaton; solo, Char
| lotte Knowlton; Development of the Flag,
| Mrs, Mary Carter and Mrs. Annie M.
Frost; solo, Mrs. Emma Brown; solo,
| George Brown: America. by all.
Judge George M. Hanson Of Calais
| closed his hearing of cases referred to
| him from the Waldo County Supreme
Judicial Court and left last Friday for
| Portland, on official business. In addi-
| ton to cases previously reported he heard
! the case in equity of Goodhue & Co., Bel
| fast, VS.. George H. Wilbur & Son of Ban
gor and Islesboro Inn Co. The case of
| Mathews Brothers of Belfast VS.. Same
was disposed of at this time by the agree
ment of their counsel. The case of Pen
dleton & Sprague of Islesboro, VS.. Same
will be heard by Judge Hanson in Bangor
June Gath unless otherwise disposed of.
Judge Hanson will be obliged to attend
the coming session of the Law Court in
Portland, in place of Judge Arno w.
King of Ellsworth, who is ill and will
not render his decision in the Waldo
County cases until after that date,
A JUNIOR RED CROSS BENEFIT. The
Junior Red Cross benefit given by the
Mcclellan school last Thursday at p. m.
was one of the most picturesque and en-
pertaining lawn parties ever given in Bel
fast. The handsome building is practi-
cally covered with woodbine and every
where were signs of care and attention
to the spacious grounds by both teachers
and pupils. While bunting edged with
red, white and blue and caught with flags
enclosed the closely clipped lawn from
the street and added to the bright and
CHEEKY atmosphere of welcome to all
The teachers-Mrs. Mildred c. Neal, 9th
grade; Mrs. Amy Sprague, 5th grade;
Miss Florence M Kimball, 4th grade;
Miss Grace E. Walton, 3rd grade; Miss
Julia Leary, End grade and Miss Frances
A Sargent, 1st grade, acted as hostesses
and at the same time directed the enter
tanning program of the many little ones,
attended to the Victrola, sold ice cream
and cake, ETC. Over six hundred tickets
were sold in advance and the gross pro-
ceeds were about $50. Friends generous
ly responded to the call for cake and fifty
were sent in and sold. The schools
afghan for the Red Cross was on ex-
hibition at the ice cream booth and was
generally admired The following pro-
gram was given: Chorus, The Flag and
War and Peace; Folk Games, Dance of
Greeting and The Shoemaker; Southern
songs by little Franklin and Jesse King,
two colored boys of five and six years;
Maypole Dance with Helen R. Vinal,
Muriel H. Scott, Priscilla E. Thayer and
Lillian M. Orchard as daisy-crowned
Queens with large circle OF little girls
in white, with bright ribbons; chorus,
America Forever, and Dixie; Flag Drill,
originated by Miss Walton; folk game,
See You; two part songs, Under the May
pole Gay; May Day Fete; Tableau, Flag
of the Allies, Vera Roberts, France;
Vivian Gross, England; Florence Wilcox,
United States; Florence HOWE, Italy;
Emily Rackliff, Belgium.