The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-03-14

|, ADVERTISED LETTERS. The following
letters remained uncalled for in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending March
- 1918. Gentlemen-Rev. H. S. Baker,
F. L. Marshall, L. M. Mitchell, A. A.
Sherman.s
The Municipal Court room was crowd
ed Tuesday morning with school super
;ntendents and school committee men to
| meet DR.. Augustus O. Thomas, State
! Superintendent, and H. A. Allen, State
AGENT for Secondary Education. The
meeting was called to discuss matters
arising from forming the unions of towns
formed for the employment of superin-
tendent of schools Messrs. L. N Gilkey,
E. S. Sprague and DR.. B. L. Larrabee
that their town be placed by itself as it
was not practical to place it in the union
with Belfast and Searsport on account
of the distance, ETC., nor did it seem ex-
pedent to place it with Castine This
was the principal subject for discussion.
After the matter had been debated for
some time DR.. Thomas was asked the d.
rect question, will Islesboro be placed in
the Belfast-Searsport Union? and his re-
ply was: "No, Islesboro will not be placed
in this union, but for the present will re-
| &c with CoStino ~
| BOOKS FOR SOLDIERS 1t is hoped
that generous response will be made to
the appeal of the Belfast Free Library
for books to be sent to the training camps
and naval stations. The week March
18th to 25th has been designated by the
American Library Association as Book
Week, in which all Libraries in the coun-
for books for the camp libraries. 1t is
found that the 600, 600 books contributed
last October are very inadequate sup
ply for the libraries at the "a canton
ments, and hundreds of stations in Y
NJ. c. A. huts, X. of C. buildings, smaller
camps, posts, forts, naval stations, etc
The Belfast Free Library begins its cam
paign with 20 books contributed and So. 40
to purchase technical works OF books of
non-tiction for study purposes. Books
may be left at the Adams Jewelry store
or the Atlantic & Pacific store, Main
street, or at the Library.
The Ice CONDITIONS The ice condi-
tons in Belfast Bay are discouraging tc
tries and the coal question. The recent
failure of the ice breaker Favorite assist.
ed by the East Hampton and two Read,
ing tugs to break out the harbor will hole
up further attempts until the weather
F moderates A series of snowstorms fol
lowed by the bright sun of Wednesday
will help little. The Coe-Mortimel
crew cut and dynamited the ice pack a
their runway Tuesday afternoon and re-
, port the ice formation between five ant
|. six feet Deep caused by the tide throwing
, it on the beach Morris l.. Slugg, man
ager of the Coe-Mortimer, is anxious tt
get several loaded barges here, which
have reached Rockland, as the phosphate
is wanted for spring delivery in Northern
Maine, etc He is keeping the large
crew employed at the factory and will
continue to do so for the present. They
were given a holiday for last Saturday.
A feature of the observance of st. Pat
rick's day in this city will be the Irish
concert, to be given in St. Francis Hall,
Court street, Tuesday evening" March
18th. The old Irish airs, now immortaliz-
ed by the great Mccormack will be sung
and Irish dances, Jig and hornpipe will
also be given. A glance at the program
reveals such local favorites as Ross Ham
mons and Bessie Reyes. Other soloists
are: Martha Pendleton of St. Francis
choir, Agnes Hill, Helen Troy, Doris Rob-
bins and Will Pendleton of Belfast High.
John Casey has surprise number to
spring on the audience and Nora Moroney
from the Emerald Isle) will sing little
song of ner own. Nor will the big ones
have it all their own way Ernestine
Weber, our graceful child dancer, and
her troupe of young choristers are to be
heard from In her numbers, she will be
assisted by Abbie and Edna Robbins,
Mary Ellen Smalley, Catharine Pendle-
ton, Irvine Leary, Alton Marsano and
Bernard Hammons. The rehearsals are
in the capable hands of Miss Agnes Hill,
organist of St. Francis chur-''. Mckeen' s
orchestra will furnish thu rlusic. Con-
cert begins at o'clock. omission %
cents.