The Republican journal., 1918-02-28
The News of Belfast.

the critical illness of Mrs. Arthur A.
Blair of Livermore Falls, formerly of
Belfast.
Thomas H. Marshall Post G. A. r. will
not be able to entertain The Waldo Coun-
ty Veterans Association this spring, hav-
ng let their hall to the Red Cross.
Mr. and Mrs. j. F. Sheldon of Poor's
Mills have hired the upstairs rent in
Roscoe Smiths house on High street and
will move in about the first of April.
Amos P. Lord, who is making tents
for the government, has received an or
der to make 300 large pyramidal tents.
He now has 80 people at his factory on
the harbor front. The tents are Is feet
square at the base, with three foot walls,
and II feet to the apex.
The North Church Guild will meet next
Monday evening with Mrs Frank Bram-
hall, Congress street. Mrs. Thomas Bow
ker and Miss Charlotte Tibbetts will be
assistant hostesses. The roll-call will be.
answered by Current Events and short
program will be given.
MI Billings of the Pierce-Biilings Co.
was here from Boston last Saturday and
has made arrangements with the Board
of Trade for accommodations to increase
his machine capacity, so that his firm
will be able to handle an order of so, 900
coats and so, 900 pants on their extra gov
eminent order.
The annual meeting of the Masonic
Temple Association was held Tuesday
evening, when Messrs. Albert C. Bur-
CESS, Robert P. Chase, Charles F. Swift,
James H. Howes and Capt Royal w.
Warren were elected directors. Mr. Chase
was elected president, Mr.. Burgess, secre-
The High school play, The Hurdy-
Gurdy Girl by Miss Gladys R. BRIGHAM,
will be presented at the Colonial Theatre
Thursday evening, March 7th. The cast
has been carefully selected with Miss
Alice Roswell in the title role and under
the able coaching of Mrs. S. A. Parker,
will be worth seeing. 1t is comedy in
three acts.
A baked bean supper will be served at
the Peoples Methodist church Friday
evening at O'Clock. A menu consisting
of baked beans, brown bread, war bread,
cabbage salad fruit salad, hermits, filled
ookies, molasses snaps and coffee will be
provided by the Ladies Aid Society of
the church A good old-fashioned sup
per at IS cents.
The engagement of Marthon Doak of Bel
gusta was recently made known at a party
given at the State House Club room by
Miss Keene's sister, Miss Mildred Keene.
Mr. Doak is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
George R. Doak of Belfast and has taken
course at the U. of M. extension. Miss
Keene is a clerk in the agricultural de-
partment in the State House.
Mrs. Karl Cottrell, well known in Bel
fast, was one of the artists at concert
recently given in Pawtucket, R. l. Mrs
Cottrell is taking three years course of
De Guicharo, the well known Boston in
structor She sang in three languages.
Her English numbers were Looking Back
by Sullivan and Little Mother Mine by
Burleigh. In Italian she sang Ombra
Mai Flu by Handel, and in French ST lie
Bonheur by Gounod.
At the regular meeting of Tarratine
Tribe of Red Men last week, there were
two candidates who received the War
rior's and Chiefs degrees and another
will receive both degrees the coming
Monday evening. Regular meetings are
now being held in the hall, the heatless
days having passed and the lodge has re-
sumed the regular order of business for
the spring and summer
The Waldo county veterans will hold
their March meeting by special invita-
ton of Comet Grange at the Grange hall
in Swanville March 7th, the first Thurs
day. Twenty-six years ago the associa-
ton was formed in this town with one of
it's honored veterans as its first president.
Since that time they have always given
the boys warm welcome There are
but few left who served their country
when it's life hung upon single thread.
-Sec'y.
The regular business was in order in the
Boy Scouts last Tuesday evening, with an
average attendance The weekly dues
are accommodating good little fund to-
ward the camping trip in the summer
The name of George Fletcher was pre-
scented for membership. The committee
on the Scout degree are to complete their
report at the next meeting. The COM
mittee on story telling for the next meet
i ng will be Scouts Pendergast, Smith and
Knowlton. Scout Bowen will give fly e
of the Scout Laws and their explanation.
There will be no drill this week, but they
will be resumed another week.
A State wide campaign for distribution
of new 1918 home cards and two circu- |
lars descriptive of use of oatmeal and |