The Republican journal., 1918-10-24

d. u. LAWS ana Idmlly IeIuIn0u 0oS~A
day to their Waldo avenue home after
spending the summer at their cottage al
! The Battery. Rev. William Sleeper,
Hon. John R. Dunton and Elbridee ).
Pitcher with their families were all that
then remained of the large Battery colony.
In personal note Rev. John W. Hatch,
principal of the Montpelier, VT, SEMI
nary, says: "Our school year opened up
remarkably strong. Just now we are
HAVING recess on account Of prevailing
epidemic, but expect to open again soon.
All the family have been sick but all are
| practically well now"
| CAPTAIN Orrin j. Dickey, I.ieutenants
Roswell l. Hammons and Basil K. Allen
were in Bangor for the weekend in at
tendance on the officers school of in
struction, of the Third Maine Infantry,
National Guard. The schools are held at
the Bangor House every two weeks, I'M
der the direction of Major Brown of
Dexter.
Eugene r. Spear has returned from
Boston, where he was called for the sec
ond time on account of the illness of his
son Donald, who recen thy enlisted in the
Merchant Marine He had been ill with
influenza. followed by pneumonia, which
left an injury to the lungs requiring an
operation, which he underwent at the
Corey Hill Hospital in Brookline, Mass.
The funeral of Frank q. Mixer was
| held at his late home on Commercial
street last Thursday at 2 p. M, Rev. Ash
ley A. Smith of Bangor, formerly of Bel
fast officiated. There was an unusually
large attendance including many business
men. The bearers we're Messrs. V. A.
Simmons Charles S. Bickford Edmund
Wilson and DR.. W. L. West. The inter-
ment was in Grove cemetery.
Belfast relatives have received word
i from Daniel F. Shute, formerly of Unity,
and now in France with the American
Expeditionary Forces. He is in Base
Hospital No. 7, evid emily having been
wounded, and writes as follows: cam
Setting along fine and hope to get back
to the 'front.' The sYanks' are doing
great wonders and we are going to win.
DR.. O. S. Vickery, secretary of the
Board of Health, reports total of about
ten new influenza cases the past week
and the general health condition of the
city as greatly improved If there is no
decided change for the worse the
churches will open Sunday, the city
schools, the Colonial Theatre and all
other places closed by the Boards order
will open Monday as usual.
Waldo county is being organized for
the drive when sl7O,OOO,0OO will be rails
ed for the United War Work to be divid-
ed among the seven societies which are
combined for this drive. Mrs. S. A.
Parker, a member of the National Coun-
Gil, has charge of the Women's division
of Waldo county, and Orlando E. Frost
of the Mems division, and the former
will work under the direction of the lat
ter. Ameeting of the women's division
was held Monday afternoon at the home
of Mrs. Parker on Miller street, when the
following were appointed as Waldo coun-
ty chairmen: Mrs. Cecil Clay, general
county charm an; Miss Alice l. Written,
chairman of Y. M. c. A.; Mrs. Della H.
Brown, Y. W. C. A.; Miss Julia Leary,
Knights of Columbus; Miss Sara Frankel,
Jewish Welfare Board; Miss Annie L.
Barr, American Library Association;
Mrs. Lillian Mowry Pattee, Camp
Community Service; Mrs Fred R. Poor,
Salvation Army. Each of the above
chairmen will appoint chairman in
each of the county towns to carry on
the work under the county direction.
The meeting OH Monday was addressed
by Miss Marion White of Waterville, re-
cruiting secretary from the headquarters
in Portland. She outlined the plans and
gave some very practical advice in re-
gard to the drive. The drive opens on
Nov. IL, and closes the 18th. Silas
Adams and Mrs William Eaton of Port
land are at the head of the state organiz-
alton. Names allotment in the drive is
5000, 600. Another meeting of the wom-
ems division will be held at Mrs. Par
ker's on this, Thursday afternoon.