The Republican journal., 1918-05-09

Ndpts " III. Waiace' Carter, who has
been i'll for some time and under the care
of a physician, was taken to the Waldo
County Hospital last Saturday for medi-
cal treatment.
Capt H. L. Perry of Nantucket ia in
Belfast on business in relation to the
building of his auxiliary boat by Roy E.
Coombs She has been named Clarence
for her owners son.
Charles O. Dickey of Northport repre-
scented Excelsior Lodge of Northport at
the meeting of the Grand Lodge in Port
land. He also attended the State meet
ing of the Public Safety Committee.
Amos p Lord has manufactured and
shipped to the government supply de-
partment the past season 700 army tents
ready for USE He has employed crew
of 25 or 80 people.
ADVERTISED LETTERS The following
letters remained uncalled for in the Bel
fast post office for the week ending
May 7th: Ladies-Miss Helen M. Wins
low, 2 letters. Gentlemen-E X Knowl-
ton, w. H. Pickering.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ira NJ Cobe, who spent
the winter in New York, will leave next
week in their car on their return to
Northport They will visit relatives in
Boston and will also spend few days
with DR.. and Mrs. Ansel M. Lothrop be-
fore going to Hillside Farms
The Junior Alliance Camp Fire Girls
and the Minnetoska Club girls enjoyed a
hike to Searsport for mayflowers last Sat-
urday. They were accompanied by the
Camp Guardian, Mrs. Arthur E. Wilson
i and bv Mrs. James c. Durham They
| found an abundance of flowers.
| Miss Ruth NJ Coombs is acting as SUI
perntendent of the Waldo County Hos
pital during the annual vacation of Miss
| Beulah E. Rich, who left last Monday for
visits in Unity, jackson and Medford,
Mass. Both young ladies are graduates
of this Hospital and have taken post
graduate work in Massachusetts,
! Friends of Arthur c. DinSmore of this
city and Eastport will be interested to
| learn that he is now in France as men,
Der of Battery F. of the 54th Regiment of
the American Expeditionary Forces.
For sometime he has been located in one
of the forts in Portland in training. In
card home he says: "This is the most
beautiful scenery that have ever seen. "
The Belfast Troop of Boy Scouts made
| their second hike of the season last Sat-
urday to SearSport and the coal pockets
at Macks Point. The trip was especially
pleasant and the Scouts derived excep-
| tional benefit from it. At Macks Point
| there was visit to the coal station and
| the two fertilizer plants and then short
stay in Searsport. There were clam
bakes on the shore and picnic lunches
and ball game in the afternoon in which
the majority had hand. The day was
ideal for travelling and the trip was one
| of the hest.
| The U. S. Civil Service Commission
will hold a competitive examination at
Belfast, May 25th for the positions of
clerk and carrier in the post office at Bel
fast Applicants must have reached
their 18th birthday, but not their 45th
! birthday, on the date of examination,
and must be citizens of the United States.
Male applicants must measure not less
than feet,4 inches in height in bare feet.
No male applicant who passes the ex-
| animation will be eligible for appoint
not weigh at least 125 pounds without
oyercoat or hat. 1t will be inadvisable
for male applicants whose normal weight
| is less than 1875 pounds to enter the ex-
| animation Female applicants are not
required to be of any specific weight or
height. Each applicant will be required
tn submit to the examiner Oh the day Of
examination a photograph of himself
taken within two years. For pamphlet
of information and the required applica-
ton blank, address the local secretary at
| the Belfast post office, or district secre-
tary at Boston, Mass, with whom appli-
cations must be filed in time for him to
arrange for the examination.