The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-01-03

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NJ Craig or any one of the officers.
Sheriff Frank A. Cushman has submit
ted his annual report of commitments to
the county Jail for the year ending Dec. .
81, 1917: For vagrancy, 10; common sell
Ter of intoxicating liquor, 2; debt, 2; for
gerry, 1; larceny, 1; arson, 1;single sale of
intoxica ting liquor, /; liquor nuisance, 1;
held for witness, /; total 20.
The Minnetoska Club entertained II o.
the Camp Fire Girls and Mrs. Arthur E.
Wilson at the home of Mrs. Charles M.
Craig last Saturday evening. Music and
games were enjoyed during the social
hour, followed by light refreshments.
Mrs Craig was assisted by her daughter
Margaret, her house guest, Miss Elizabeth
McNary of Freeport, ILL.,, and by Miss
Louise Clement who is at home from Alb
bot Academy. Mrs. Walter T. Hawthorne
was also guest of the evening.
The Castine Normal school basket ball
teams will meet the Belfast High school
teams in two of the best games of the
season at the Opera House tomorrow,
Friday, evening. There is pronounced
rivalry between these factions that will
lead them to do their best. The game
will be called at o'clock. Miss Marga-
ret Craig, a senior at Mt. Holyoke Col
lege and prize winner in athletics, has
been coaching the B. H. S. team. Ad-
mission Is cents. Other games of the
series are as follows:
Jan. 18th, Belfast at Waterville.
18th, Bucksport at Belfast.
25th, Camden at Belfast,
Feb. list, Belfast at Bucksport
9th, Open.
18th, Castine High at Belfast.
22nd, Belfast at Camden.
March list, Waterville at Belfast
9th, Belfast at Castine with Nor
NAL school.
March 18th, Coney High at Belfast.
22nd, Belfast at Castine with High
school.
March goth, Belfast at Rockport
April 9Th, Belfast at Augusta with
Coney High.
April 18th, Open.
10Th, Rockport at Belfast.
Mrs. Lucy Small Hall gave a party
| last Friday evening at her home on Bay
View street in honor of her granddaugh-
! ter's marriage, Miss Helen Edna, only
child of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Ellis, to
Corporal Pearlie Carlton Haynes of the
U. .. A., now in the Maine Heavy Artil-
lery at Camp Green, Charlotte, N. C.
When the plans for the party were made
the groom was expected to be at home,
but was unable to do so. The marriage
took place Sept 22nd at the brides home
on Bay View street, Rev. Walter T.
Hawthorne of the North Congregational
church officiating. The marriage license
was issued by Judge Maurice w. Lord as
special permit to the soldier who was
at home on short furlough The mar
rage was not publicly announced as the
f! bride wished to continue her studies for
her senior year at the High school. The
! groom came here from Portland and has
made many friends during his residence
| in Belfast The hours of the reception
} were from to 10 and the storm and Sc
we're cold prevented many of their friends
from attending. The bride, very at
| tractive young lady, was daintily gowned
in dress of white silk net with satin
ribbon trimmings. The home was pref
tily decorated for the occasion and the
dining room was in red, white and blue
in honor of the groom. Misses Laura
Morris and Frances Wyllie, classmates of
the bride, assisted in serving refresh
ments. Mrs Haynes will remain with
her parents while her husband is in the
service.
WINTER WEATHER. Capt. Royal W.
Warren, Lincolnville avenue, has kept
diary of the weather since 1898 and re-
ports December of 1917 the coolest for
that period of years. There have been
eleven days with the mercury below zero.
For three days it was IL below zero, for
two days IT, one day is, one q and Sum-
| day, Dec. goth, it was 26 below. He uses
tested and standard thermometer in
! location where he can depend on its reg
| istering accurately. Last Thursday it
was 16 below and Friday 20 above zero.
About forty years ago Capt Warren re-
! corded on March oath the temperature as
"a below. Monday, Dec. 3ist, he report
ed q below zero While bright and fair
the wind made the day much more disa-
greeable than Sunday AS low as Sc de-
grees were reported from certain sections
of the city, where conditions cause low
er register Plumbers were kept busy all
day Sunday In many homes the men
were kept busy following the plumbers
instructions, while they themselves at
tended to more urgent cases. Capt War
rem reported the thermometer registering
81 below Tuesday and Wednesday morn
ines He says the season of 1875 seemed
much like this and that year the Belfast
bay was closed with record freeze One
of the very busy. plumbers said that about
one-half Of the water pipes in the city