Daily Kennebec journal., 1918-03-14
BELFAST
Boys and Girls Basket Ball
Teams to Play Double Header
with Cony-Augusta Young
Man Weds Belfast Girl

~ cfanSe mas Deen Ill1ue III lHe pldlio
of the B. H. $. basket ball teams by
which the girls team will also play on
Friday night. This will make q double
game, the two Belfa,s. teams playing
two teams from Cony High of Augusta.
Some interesting games are antlci-
pated and it is hoped that there will be
q large attendance.
Mrs Amos Clement of Belfast, vice
president Of the Maine Federation of
Women's clubs, will preside at the
meetings to be held on March 26-2S at
the Augusta house, owing to the inabil-
ity of the president, Miss Lord to at
tend. A number of Belfast club women
are planning to attend the meetings. n
delightful program for the three days
has been arranged.
Members of Sea side grange are doing
tLeir bit in giving up their hall, the So
eial centre of the neighborhood and the
one place in the North end of the city
where dances and public meetings are
cid. for a factory for the manufacture
of garments for the L. S. armies.
sometime ago it was learned that q
government inspector had visited the
little shop across the street from the
grange hall, and had decided that 1t
did not meet with governmental resu-
lations, as to height Of ceiling and
other ali-cations. This shop, owned
and managed by a Belfast woman, Mrs.
Eelle Gates, had been making coats and
vests for the allies long before the
oeclaration of war against Germany
by America, and was at the ufne Oh
the visit of the inspector WORKING on
a large order for sleeveless jackets Ior
,Le American soldiers. 1t was haro
blow not only to the owner OF the ShoP
tut to the people of the nelghporhooi
for nearly all the help in the little lac-
t,y. live within a short distance OF H.
For n time it looked as If Mrs. Gates
would lave to take her work TO lhe
Massachusetts factories OF uiler N
Sullivan. for whom she took her con-
tracts. but right here the members OF
Seaside grange realized that it was up
ia ,ham ia prevent this if possible.
MANY of ,heir members would suffer n
financial loss if the factory lett the
city and so a meeting was caiieu' hi"
it was voted to put the grange nan d.
,he disposal Of Mrs. Gates to accept II
she saw fit. ~,
Robert Z. Coombs, purser on the
steamer Camden Of the Boston Bangor
division. Eastern steamship lines. has
received an interesting letter from Eu =
zone Searles. well rendered as steward
on the steamer Camdn for years as
we'll as serving on other steamers
owned bv the line. Mr.. Searles mas
wide acquaintanceship with the traN-
cling public and news OF MN VIII oe
ne,come. Sometime ago he eh'efe"
tho service and is now head steward vi
l. :. Ship Meade. At the time ms ie'-
t., was written she was at Newport
News. having been in service do d
transport. She is now TO DE uai,'ns
chin like the Gov. Dingley ana o"iN ~ ~,
Austin of the Eastern Lines anu " N'
be located at Boston. This snip. ne
writes is big enough to carry 'he : am
6en and Belfast, and he is oel'sliteu
with his duties on her. He also Wrl'es
that his son Arthur. at one time ci'eeh-
room boy on the Camden and later on
rews.arent. is also in the service on
Tho Virginia, has made Il NUMBER oil
tr;ns across. is first mess s-man ana eA,
rects his promotion soon to secohu
steward. George Holden for years
rrrser on the st. Johns lines, is no"
novmaster on the Meade