Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-05-27
Cards, Notices, Etc.
BELFAST

, The first war baby born in Belfast
arrived Friday, the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Decrow Of Bay View
! street. Mr.. DecruW left Belfast just
before Christmas and after short
I period of training at Ft. Williams
left with his company for France. He
Will probably not see his little son
! until after the. war is over. Mrs.
DecroW recently heard from her hus-
band from England and later from
France and in his last letter he stat
ed that he was attending some sort
of a motor school of instruction. He
is a mechanic, engineer and an ex-
pert chauffeur. having driven for a
number of years for the Follwells OF
Philadelphia and up to the time of
his leaving for the service was with
Ira NJ. Cobe of Chicago, New York
and Northport. Mrs. Decrow Is a
Philadelphia girl and they were mar
ricd in that city several years ago.
At noon on Saturday the county
campaign manager, a. f. Wilson. an
nounced that the receipts for the Red
Cross amounted to $4,000, leaving
but $1,000 to put the county over the
top. Several county towns had not
been heard from at that time and it
is expected that the funds will more
than exceed the allotment The
large gifts recorded thus far are
$1,000 from Miss Anne G. Crosby and
$500 from r. a. Peavey 4 dozen
or more business men gave 800 zach
and this was also done by the out
of-town owners of Belfast factories
One gift was received for SIS and
a number for $50. A large number
gave s25. The house to house can
vas included gifts from 10 cents to
s25, thus giving everyone the OPP
portunity to give according to their
means. The following towns have
more than given their allotment and
reported in the order given: Brooks,
Monroe Stockton, Belfast. Searsport.
Thorndike, Belmont Burnham, Pros
pect, Morrill, and Palermo This
leaves somc Is towns not yet heard
from. The county's allotment is $12,-
600.
Frederick G. Spinney Will entertain
the members Of the Belfast Hook &
Ladder Co. at his cottage at Little
River on Sunday, serving a shore
dinner.
After six weeks Of anxiety without 4
word from their SON. Lieut. Frank G
Hazeltine. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hazeltne
OF NCrthport avenue, received this week
three letters from him BY some
strange freak OF fate they all came on
the same mail. although the first and
third were written one month auart
Lieut.. Hazeltine said that he had been
three times in the trenches, and il IS
we'll known that the l01st with which he
was connected, has been in the thick
the last letter out of the trenches ana
instructng IN the 125th in the throwing
of hand grcnades. lie lost l5 pounds in
the trenches but wrote that he would
| like to he hack there with his comrades.
! Mrs. Gertrude Burdin Cook, employed
IN the stitching room OF Leonard &
| Barrows shoe factory received a shock
! of so volts while turning off the electric
power in the factory Wednesday, She
was knocked down and somewhat :
bruised by the fall but did not suffer
, much from the electricity Mrs Cook
was attended by phvsician and taken
to her home by Supt Stevens in his car,
but was able 10 return to her work on
the following day. Electricity has but
recently been installed in the factory
during the coal shortage