The Republican journal., 1918-01-17
SEARSPORT.

brief business visit in Portlaho.
All schools in town open Monday Jan,
nary 21st, with no change IN the 1orce u
teachers. j.
~, oud Mrs. Charles H. Lindsay OF
poston arrived in town last wednesday
.nd are spending few weeks at 'he'i
farm on the Belfast road
Everett LYON of the Bangor Theoloei-
al Seminary spoke at the Methoais'
church on Sunday. Mr.. Lyon was III.
III, and Quest of Mrs. Harry Ferry d.
the parsonage
Fulton H. Mckinney was mehoei y,
c. business College basket pail
foam defeated by the local team OH ~
,,,, NIGHT The game was one Oh INV
.os+ IF the season and the interest heen
The score was in favor OF oeaispol '.
Nj Mckinney remained IN Town w.
sunday returning to Bangor Mohu''
morning.
Though repeatedly broken by shpp'ns'
+be ice in the harbor is causing iiiu0'i
nience The steamer from boston
her Wednesday trip was again opllseu
to omit this landing and a1'ef iepe''lI
efforts to cut her way through the husN
cakes piled about the wharf by ''ie t'uN'
returned to Belfast leaving the lleisN'
and MESSENGERS for this town
=
1o++ers from Mrs. William L. Gflhlle'
ofrvhoro Mass. refer to her sons n
49,, and Flint. who are well known IN
Searsport. Both young men e :I1 $50
eorlv in the summer, crossing Wi.N oi'N
- tbe first American ENpedstlohai y
go, and are in detachment OF heaNy
.;Ior,. Thoneh emitting all detali thelr
letters give interesting ghmpses oi ,i'0'-
life the chief discomfort OF winch 10
mud When in active service eacli men
her Of their brigade handles loo sheiis ~
an hour. A pack shell weighs ~ pe0i'14
1rnor Thursday evening the cast oil 'iie
.peabodv Pew" paid farewell eau upon
Mrs. James Parse, one OF their hu'iipe- :,
No one could have been more SUI pi''eN
deliohted than the hostess, witch III
ors,,,er IN knock upon her porch uooi'
- d;sco,ered her unexpected guests
Each contributed a tempting DIT " NV
.;-,,Ie refreshments and seated ABOUT
49, li,,;,o room fire with knitting the
lodias recalled the pleasure OF preparing
and presenting the Peabody re" al 'le
Cono1 Church last year, Three OIL INC
oronn Mrs. j. D. Sweetser, MISS flailie'
Frskine and Mrs. S. c. Pattee are spend
ing the winter out of town ana Viie re-
fret is sincere that Mrs. Parse $ going
will add another absent MEMBER lhoSe
nrasert were Mrs. H. B. Whittier, MIS-
Fred Swift Mrs. F. B, Smith, Mrs Will
liam Parse, Mrs. c. f. Adams and MISS
Roulstone Mrs B. F. Colcord was also
a guest of the evening
The Junior Dept. of the FIRST cong
< s. begins the year with an enrolment
If ~ pupils graded in four classes
Mrs s [. Fairchild, Beginners, MISS
lSc hPl I frame tSluutuC tSd'llN-
Mrs p F Colcord, Junior, Mrs. D. IL
Duncan. student teachers. Frances hog-
ers has been elected president OF the oe-
nartmept and Marjorie Towers, secretary
The Cradle Roll birthday bank ana
musical programs and entertainments
are in the care of the older girls fouf
honor pupils, Edith Parse, Frances kog
ers. Henry Rogers and Clyde Heal nave
given up the usual reward IN ORDER 10
add to the department benevolent luho'
4 Red Cross membership was taken Dy
tha children IN the first drive and CON
trjbution of one dollar headed one OIL lhe
Y C. A. subscription lists. 50 was
given through Lhe Massachusetts Halifax
Relief AMI New Years Offering OF >2'oo
sent to relieve the little sufferers OF Syria
and Armenia.
n. S. Donahue, County Agent for the
University of Maine Extension courses,
was in town Friday in the interest OF has
work with the Boys and Girls Clubs
Last wear two clubs were organized, one
made I'D of the boys of the High school,
and the other of the girls of the Gram
mer GRADES The boys did not put the
venture through, but five of the seven
girls enrolling were successful and IN ad-
dition to the useful knowledge, healthtul
exercise and net profits, received MA IN
prizes, awarded at the county meeting.
The small project gardens recommended
for school children measure 1-2Oth OF an
acre. Crops that yield the best profit and
are suitable for exhibition are selected.
The work of planting and cultivatlng Is
as far as possible done by the child and
an accurate account of material and la
Dor is required In every way the train
ing is excellent With the country at
war and the need of food production so
urgent every boy and girl who raises
chickens, pigs lambs or calves and plants
and tends garden will become soldier
of the commissary.
A record breaking number of workers
came to the Red Cross rooms last Friday
and chairs and tables were at premium
In addition to the regular force class OF