The Republican journal., 1918-12-12
Herman Perkins is at home from Camp

| DeVenS.
| The Belfast-Bangor automobile service
was withdrawn last week after long and
successful season when John McLauahlin
of Stockton has been operating couple
of cars. The service this year has been
most satisfactory and will be opened
early another year.
The Forty second Infantry at Camp
Devens has been ordered to Camp UPTON
N. Y, for guard duty and expect to be
detained there all winter or longer.
Among the members are William H.
Dickey of Belfast and William Dickey
of Northport.
Walter Mitchell, who has been in the
merchant marine service during the war,
has been released and has resumed his
duties as clerk at the local office of the
Pejepscot Pulp and Paper Company.
Miss Carrie M. Greenlaw, assisted by
Miss Mabel SWEET, has been substituting
during his absence.
An exhibition drill by two squads of
Company F, Third Infantry, of this city
will be one of the features of the Christ
mas ball to be given at the Armory in
Belfast Sergeant Albert H. Morse viii
have charge of the drill. There will also
be concert program to be given by
Deans Orchestra of Camden.
Mrs. Charlotte Applin and Mrs. Annie
M. Frost of this city were in Augusta the
past week to attend the annual session of
the Maine Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union. Mrs Frost, who is State
Supt. OF the Flower Mission and Relief
work, gave her annual report. Mrs. Frost
has returned home, but Mrs. Applin went
to Portland to visit relatives.
Roy C. Fish, local representative of the
E. A. Strout Farm Agency, has during
the past week sold the Loren Small farm
in Swanville to George F. Wall of Water
town, NJ Y, who will take possession at
once, the Hiram Hustus homestead in
Monroe to Lewis D. Frost of Boston,
and the Herbert E. Bradman place in
East Belfast to Gage & Collins, who will
put portable saw mill there this winter
for use in their lumber business.
Rev. A. E. Wilson of the First Uni
tartan church gave an interesting Four
Minute address at the Colonial Theatre
on Saturday evening on the Home Ser
vice of the Red Cross" in one of the
closing addresses of the Four Minute
Campaign which has been carried on in
this county in the past year under the
direction of Capt. Orrin J. Dickey. There
will be other speakers in this city until
the closing night of the campaign on the
Gath of December. The speakers have
been interesting and they have brought
new thought and subjects to the large
audience during the war.
The funeral of Florence M. klmball
was held at the North church Friday at !
D. M, Rev. William Vaughan officiating.
The grade schools were closed during the
hour, and their flag were at half-mast
while the teachers and pupils attended.
There were also delegations from all the
orders with which she was connected.
The floral display was abundant and beau
tiful The bearers were members OF the
Sons of Veterans, Fred A. Seward, Frank
O. Whiting, D. Allen Weber and Harvey
Foust The remains were placed in the
receiving tomb in Grove Cemetery.
The regular December meeting of the
Belfast Board of Trade was held last FIJI
dav evening with a good attendance and
several matters relating to the interests
of Belfast were discussed, particularly
the manner OF taking care of the Isles
boro trade this winter, which will come
to Belfast in a large measure as the boat
between Islesboro and Rockland will be
withdrawn this week. A committee to
nominate list of officers for the coming
wear, the same to be presented at the
next meeting on the first Friday in the
month of January, was announced by
President Wescott in the following order:
Wilson Ellis, H. H. Coombs, Ralph d.
Southworth, Leroy A. Weber and Clyde
B. Holmes.
/ Mrs. Cecil Clay, Waldo County Chair
man of the Woman's branch in the w.
S. S. drive has appointed the following
chairmen to assist her: Belfast, Mrs. E. M.
Hall; Belmont, Miss Edith Bryant; Brooks,
Miss Ruth Streeter; Burnham, Mrs. F. T.
Shaw; Frankfort, Mrs. Frank Pierce;
Freedom, Mrs. Annie Murch; lslesboro,
Mrs. Jos. A. Pendleton; Jackson, Mrs.
Laura Chase; Knox, Mrs E. I. Bessey;
Liberty, Mrs. Belle Knowlton; Lincoln
vile, Miss Fannie Clayter; Monroe, Mrs.
Geo. Palmer; Montville, Mrs. Chester
Cushman; Morrill,, Mrs. T. N. Pearson;
Northport, Mrs. Henry Hills; Palermo,
Mrs. Chas. Black; Prospect, Mrs. Lester
Dow; Searsmont, Mrs. Geo. Kelso; Sears
port, Miss Harriet Roulstone; Stockton,
Mrs. Walter Trundy; Swanvilles Mrs. A.
T. Nickerson; Thorndike, Mrs. Richard
Higgins; Troy, Mrs. j. L. Bagley; Unity,
Mrs. Gertrude Corners; Waldo, Mrs Z.
VIZ cL-,,. yU;nternort Mrs ten CO1e