The Republican journal., 1918-08-22

Il oh Iodoe will be held next Tuesday even
4 ing.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Darby have moved
8 from the Dickey house on Commercial
s+reet to the Mccarthy house on Bay
|, View street.
, News has been received that Capt Or
rim l. Dickey of Co. F. 3rd Me. was ill in
hospital in Augusta and was not able to
continue drilling with the other officers.
Belfast friends of DR.. Harry L. KiIgore
have received news of his promotion
from Lieutenant to Captain, and extend
cordial congratulations. He is now in
the medical dlspensary department at
Washington, D. G..
f. Fl. Hutchinson of Brooks has been
made special representative of the
Waldo County W. S. S. committee in
connection with the county fairs. He
will erect booths on the fair grounds, Sc
,ect assistants to sell the stamps, and
advertise the drive in every way possible.
The Republican county committee met
at the Court House last Saturday fore
noon. Every town was represented and
a most satisfactory conference in regard
to the September election was held. There
was no formal speechmaking. They
plan to hold several patriotic meetings in
the county with speeches by men well
versed in war conditions.
Fred D. Jones has on display in his
store window a wonderful piece of filet
crochet, the work of Mrs. Andrew Ellis
of East Belfast. The design is the Unit
ed States shield with the eagle spreading
This is surrounded by small conven-
tional border The piece measures 34x34
inches and is framed in handsome brown
moulding.
Belfast friends have received cards an
nouncing the marriage of DR.. Paul Rex
ford Smith of Belfast, now in the Medical
Corps of the officers Naval Reserve at
Boston, and Miss Marjorie, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs Walter C. Shaw of Elm
wood, Mass, formerly of Belfast. The
ceremony will take place at the brides
home, Saturday, August Gath, at p. m,
providing DR.. Smith receives his prom
ised leave of absence.
Messrs Harold T. Libby of Portland,
chairman of the Maine Retail Merchants
War Saving Stamp drive, and Benz. B.
Sanderson, the assistant State Director
of War Savings, were in Belfast Tues
day to confer with Mr.. James H. Howes,
chairman of the Belfast committee on
this drive. Mr.. Howes plans to call a
meeting some time next week to complete
the local organization. This will include
every man, woman and child concerned
in the retail trade of every and all branch
es of business, The week of the drive
will be Sept. 9-14th. All the towns In
the county will organize and assist in this
branch of war work.
Mr.. Herbert H. Stevens, Superintend-
ent of the Leonard & Barrows shoe fac
tory, left Wednesday for New York,
where he was very Unexpectedly called
into war service in the raincoat section
of the Quartermaster's Department. Mr..
Stevens came to Belfast from the Haz-
card shoe factory in Gardiner. He has
been giving excellent satisfaction here
and is very popular with all connected
with this factory, Belfast's leading in
dustry. A. H. Leonard of West Newton,
Mass, arrived Tuesday to arrange for MI.
Stevens leave of absence. A. w. Miles,
foreman of the finishing and packing
room, has been. made acting superintend-
ent during Mr.. Stevens absence. Lewis
Heal of Hallowell succeeds Mr.. Miles,
PooR's MILLS Rev. Nathan Hunt
will hold services at the hall next Sum-
day at D. m....Mr. and Mrs. Aborn OF
Knox were guests of Mr.. and Mrs M. o..
Wilson Aug. 11th.....C. A. Mckinley OF
Camden spent Sunday with his sister,
Mrs. Cole. Mrs. Carl Cole was also a
caller Sunday..... Mrs. Emily Carson OF
Connecticut is guest of her nephew, L..
N. Payson. She is remarkably smart
woman. She is 81 years old and travels
alone to visit her relatives and friends
here nearly every year...Mrs. John
Merrithew and little son and her sister,
Mrs. Dillan, and other friends from
Stockton Springs were guests OF Mrs. ..
A. Wade last Sunday. Fired Carter got
his foot badly hurt last week while al
work in the shipyard DR.. Wilson at
tended him. He gets about on crutches
but it will be some time before he can GO
to work again. Miss Dora Brown spent
the week with her mother, Mrs. Lucia
Brown.
The Democrats opened their campaign
in Waldo county last Friday with meet
ings at Winterport, Frankfort, Sandy
point shipyard, Stockton, Searsport, Mon
roe. Brooks and Belfast. Hon. B. G. Nc
Jntire. candidate for Governor, Hon.
Edward Chase, candidate for Con-
eress for the Third District and Fred w.