The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-02-14
STOCKTON SPRINGS.

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a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. Harry e. Wins
low of Quincy, Mass.
Miss Olive Foster, after three weeks
confinement to the house by severe
cold, was able to resume her place in the
telephone office Monday afternoon.
Mr.. Leonard Lafurley, only son OF Mr..
Maitland R. Lafurley, after two-weeks'
illness from serious cold; was able to be
at his usual place in his fathers grocery
store on Saturday last.
Mrs. M. j. Goodere of Brownville ar
rived Feb. 5th, to attend the annual mid
winter dinner of the Current Events Club
at The Stockton the following day, re-
naming the guest of Mrs. r. L. Mudgett
until Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Foster are in re-
ceipt of frequent letters from their son,
Mr.. Earl, who writes of liking his new
position in GAINESVILLE, Arizona, new
mining town of about the same popuia-
ton as Belfast, Name.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the Univer-
salist parish will be entertained this,
Thursday, afternoon, by Mrs. Frank A.
Patterson. It is hoped weather and
travelling may allow the gathering OF an
equally large number as that present last
week.
Last week Mrs. John Hall brought to
the President of the Red Cross branch in
town, Mrs. Everett Staples, the first
patchwork cover for hospital cot, hav-
ing learned that the soldiers in France do
not like the white coverlets, the colored
being more cheerful.
Because of continued ill health, Miss
Leora Partridge felt obliged to resign the
presidency of the Current Events Club,
and the Vice-President, Mrs. Louise q.
HOPKINS was selected to fill the vacancy,
Mrs. Lillias S. Emery being chosen as
Vice at a recent meeting.
Mr.. Percy Baker of Fort Fairfield ar
rived last Saturday for weeks visit
with his little son Richard, boarding with
his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Susie M.
Rendell. Mr.. Baker is in Class A Of the
drafted men and thinks it probable that
he NAV soon be called into the service.
DR.. E. D. Tapley of Belfast was in
town last week in consultation with DR..
G. A. Stevens upon the case of Miss
Agnes Hartman, an operation for mas
told abscess being performed, but the
blood poisoning had evidently affected
the brain and she gradually sank into
stupor from which she never rallied.
Mr.. Frank P. R. Patterson, who has
been the guest of his parents, Capt. and
Mrs. Frank A. Patterson, since early last
summer, is at present the guest OF MS
father-in- law, MI Rexford, of New Bed
ford, Mass, his home until the decease OF
his wife more than year ago. The rest
and change which he has enjoyed IN his
native town have proved highly beneficial
to his impaired health.
The village schools were not in session
Monday afternoon, the Supt of Schools,
Mr.. C. A. Snow with his wife, the High
School Assistant and Mrs. Nettie M.
Favle, teacher of the Intermediate, at
tending the funeral at Standpoint of Miss
Agnes Hartman, the late teacher at the
Lowder Brook school, who passed away
on the night of Feb. 9th from tonsilltls,
followed by mastoid abscess. The young
lady was but tWenty-three years OF age
and our village extends deepest sympathy
to the bereaved parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Hartman and two sisters in this
irreparable loss.
Stockton Red Cross is already at work
upon its eleventh afghan. These are
used for covering the soldiers cots in the
hospitals abroad, which are often called
ambulances. Can any branch IN this Vi
cinity outstrip that record? Mrs. Albert
NJ. Ames has been very efficient chair
man in this department, and all wool for
this purpose, new or old, Gncluding
sweaters, skirts, scarfs, etc, which after
being thoroughly cleansed can be ravelled
and used for the afghan squares should
be sent to her home. Be sure that these
are washed and sterilzed before sending
to Mrs. Ames.
The annual dinner of the Current
Events Club proved to be the most en-
joyable social event of the season, given
at The Stockton on Feb. 9th. The fol-
lowing excellent menu was served:
Tomato Soup
Roast Chicken Mashed Potatoes
Onions Turnip
Relishes Salad
Ice Cream Assorted Crackers
Coffee
Bread and Butter
Olives Peppermints Sailed Nuts
The place cards bore tiny flags and
were tied with red, white and blue NIB
bons (1his being the color scheme OF the
decorations) and inside were found witty
conundrums which afforded much merri-
ment before the serving of the dinner
The center of the long table was orna-
mented with a basket containing small
pine branches in which nestled gayly
colored pictured vegetables, on the backs
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