The Republican journal., 1918-04-04

SATURDAY. at the PIERCE school. There
will be few more meetings this term to
finish the work already begun.
Mrs. F. B. Knowlton, who is spending
the winter at Miami, Fla, writes enter
taininely of Red Cross benefit fete held
m one of the most attractive of the many
beautiful lawns of that city. One public
sn;rited citizen sent in check of 81, 900
making the total receipts $1,000 Mrs.
Knowlton also enclosed a newspaper re-
mort of the program, which was almost
an exact duplicate of the recent benefit
given by the Red Cross in Belfast under
the direction of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Bradbury.
Miss Ethel Slavery, teacher of the
Grammar grade in East Belfast, has re-
SIGNED to ACCEPT a more lucrative posi-
ton in the Primary Grade in Brewer and
left last Saturday to take up her new
duties Monday. Miss Slavery is natural
teacher. is interested in the work and in
the pupils. She attended the B. H. S.
for two years and for the past three years
has attended the teachers summer school
at Castine. She has taught in North
Searsport, in the Union and recently in
the Grammar Grade with marked success.
The annual business meeting of the
Belfast Women's Christian Temperance
Union was held last Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs Annie M. Frost Re-
| ports of committees and superintendents
were read and accepted and the following
officers elected: President, Mrs Annie
M. Frost: vice presidents, Mrs. Isaiah w.
Cross, Mrs A. H Applin; secretary, Mrs.
Minnie Coombs; treasurer, Miss Lora
Maxcy; evangelistic superintendent, Miss
Eda Woodbury.; soldier and sailor super
intendent, Mrs Cross; flower mission and
charitable superintendent, Mrs. Ida E.
| Aborn. At this meeting all unnecessary
committees and superintendent were
omitted in order that the members could
i devote as much time as possible to war
relief work Under the department of
| flower mission, the national society is
sending out articles to be made up for
the Belgian babies and the first work was
received and begun at this meeting 1t
was voted to invite the county conven-
ton to be held in Belfast in June. Re-
freshments were served by the hostess.
The Dickey-Knowlton Real Estate
! Company has sold for Charles R. Catell
| of Bangor his cottage on Griffin street at
! Northport Campground, to E. A. Duren,
also of Bangor Mr.. Catell has purchas-
! ed cottage house in East Belfast, where
he will make his home this summer.
This firm have also rented for Mrs. Nan
C. Blalsdell of Clinton, her cottage OF
the South Shore at Northport to Mr. anc
Mrs H. P. Fairchild of Yale University
New Haven, Conn, who will spend the
season there. One of the largest real es,
tate deals of the winter which they have
made is the sale last week of the fine
summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Thoma
P. Leaman in East Belfast to Miss Vir
ginia Hogan of Searsport; who will taxi
possession of the property this month
The Leaman property is one of the bes
of the summer places on the shore roat
to Searsport and is very attractive. Thi
firm has rented this week the Hills hous'
on Miller street to Miss Hills of Lincoln
vile and the Jackson house on CONNER
of Searsmont Rents are increasing il
demand and there is every reason to sup
pose that with the beginning of the ship
building, there will be a we'll filled tene
ment district in this city.
The Joel P Wood saw mill in Yves
Belfast was destroyed by fire on Wednes
day night of last week. Seth Stewart
near the mill when he was awakened
about midnight to find the mill in flames
He notified Mr.. Wood, who with all thu
assistance the neighbors could offer
found it impossible to save the lumber il
the mill. Mr.. Woods loss was 81, OO(
without insurance The lumber burned
was custom saving. Mr.. Wood says he
has no conception of how the fire caught
1t was evidently not from the boiler
which is in the south corner, as when he
reached the building there was no part OF
| it but what was in flames and evidently
from the same cause, as the north side
was burned as much as the south side.
There were 900 feet of lumber in the
/ yard belonging to F. c. Pendleton and to
be used on the vessel he will build in
Belfast the coming season. About lOO,-
600 feet of this was dry and within 20
feet of the burning mill. The volunteer
crew managed to save all in the yard.
The lumber included deck plank, boat
boards, staging plank, etc.
! TvyC CnNCEDT III.