The Republican journal., 1918-11-21

| The local plant of the Booth Fisheries
Co. closed their seasons work and 1T is
two weeks earlier than usual. The pack
is an average one.
Gle are requested to be present on Tues
day, Nov. Goth, as important business will
come before the meeting.
| Belfast has raised S14, 500 with pledges
aggregating at least $500 more in the
United War Work Drive. The women's
committee in their regular canvass rails
| ed 81, OOO including check of $500 from
Mrs William Veazie Pratt. While the
county subscriptions have not been tab
ulated it is reported that its quota of
| $4,000 is over subscribed.
Leslie Abbott Of this city, about As
years old, who lives with his parents, MIR.
and Mrs. Ellison Abbott, Water street,
has been missing since last Thursday.
He took his gun and was seen to enter
| the woods in East Belfast near the axe
| factory. Later a man frightened some
| children near the upper bridge, who may
| have been Abbott. City Marshal M. R.
Knowlton, members of Co. +. and Boy
| Scouts have been searching for him.
| He has been in the Bangor Insane Hos
pital twice and was returned from there
only a few months ago. He has very
strong physique, black hair and eyes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew ]. Cook observ-
ed the 50th anniversary of their marri-
age last Saturday evening at their home
on River avenue. They were the recipi-
ents of many gifts, including flowers and
cards. A delicious lunch was served and
| the evening spent socially in the family.
Mrs Cook was formerly Miss Eldora F.
Hanson and their life has been an unusu-
ally congenial and happy one together all
| these years. They have two sons and
| two daughters, Mrs. Emma E. Hatch of
this city, Mrs. Eva A. Bagley of Lynn,
Mass, Eugene H. and G. Parker Cook,
both of Belfast In the family circle are
four generations, Mr.. and Mrs. Cook,
Mrs. Hatch, her daughter, Mrs. Mildred
L. McIntire and her three little children
BELFAST LYCEUM COURSE. The COM
mittee on the Lycenm Course announce
that arrangements have been completed
for the entertainments, as follows: Dec.
2, lecture by Charles Crawford Gorst,
The Bird Man; Jan. E, Davis, The Master
Magician; February II, Margaret Stahl,
! Americas Foremost Woman Interpreter
of Plays; Feb. 20, lecture by DR.. Lincoln
Mcconnell; March II, Castelluci's Nea-
politans, eight Italian musicians. The
entertainments will be held in the Baptist
Church and the price of tickets for the
entire course will be So. Course tickets
may be obtained at the store of Samuel
Adams or of Rev. A. E. Wilson. As
about three hundred tickets have already
been subscribed for, it is certain to be a
very successful course and the committee
most cordially invite all who have not
subscribed to do so as soon as possible
A booklet containing portraits and infor-
nation of the entertainers will be given
to each ticket holder. Additional par.
ticulars of the first entertainment will be
published next week. The attractions
are furnished by The Coit-Alber Lyceum
Bureau. The members of the committee
under whose approval the course has beer
arranged. are o. E. Frost, M. L. Slugg
Chas. S. Bickford, Selwyn Thompson
W. j. Dorman, Samuel Adams, j. H.
Howes, Charles R. Coombs, John R
Dunton, Ralph l. Morse, Elmer Small, H
H. Coombs, F. R. Poor, A. P. Goodhue
Ben D. Field, F. R. Woodcock, T. E.
Bowker, Frank r. Keene, Bert L. Davis
C. W. Wescott, Rev. Chas- W. Martin
Ralph D. Southworth, Rev. Arthur E.
Wilson, E. E. Roderick, Arthur Richie,
Charles Rhoades.