The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1918-12-12
War Savings Stamps are patriotic gifts.
Mrs. Grace 2. Greer left Saturday to
visit relatives in Bridgewater, Conn.

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visit relatives in Bridgewater, Conn.
E. P. Brown, mail Gle k between Ban
gor and Boston, has been detailed to
serve on the Belfast -Burnham branch
for the extra Christmas mail.
Charles H. Luce of Liberty, member
of the 800 Machine Gun Battalion, has ar
rived from France with the wounded,
who are to be cared for at Camp Devens.
| Victor V. Larrabee, who has been in
Lubec the past season employed as in
spector of sardines, has returned home
and will clerk for H. L. Written Co. dur
ing the winter.
Mildred Ward, B. H. S. III, will teach
the winter term in the Bartlett district,
Waldo, beginning next Monday. 1t was
postponed two weeks on account of ILL
ness in the district.
Rev. William Vaughan will speak Sat-
urday night in the Four Minute cam
paign at the Colonial Theatre and M. L.
Slugg will be the speaker this, Thursday,
evening
The next meeting Of Seaside Grange
will be held Monday evening, December
10th, at the grange hall. This will be the
election of officers and all members of
Seaside Grange are requested to be pres
ent.
There will be a parish social at the
Unitarian PARSONAGE this Thursday even
ing to which all members and attendants
of the church are invited. The social
committee of the Alliance, Mrs. George
Heating, chairman, is in charge.
The Associated Charities would call
attention to the fact that there is need
for carrying cheer and help into num-
ber of homes in this city this Christmas
and contributions of money for that pur-
pose may be sent to Mrs. C. M. Craig, or
to Rev. A. E. Wilson, or left at Mrs.
Carle's store.
Mr.. Hazeltine of White Plains, N Y,
was in Belfast Tuesday to representa- the
Redpath Branch of the Chautauqua. He
spoke in the highest terms of the Com
munity branch that has been in Belfast
the past two years and is booked for next
year.
Maine Hills, member of the the drug
firm of Read & Hills, is improving after
very critical illness with pneumonia.
ern Maine with Raymond r. Sherman
and was i'll when he arrived home, but
thinking he only had cold attempted to
keep at his regular duties, which he did
until obliged to give up
Charles R. Coombs, undertaken, re-
celved call to Centre Montvile Tues
day to attend Norman C. Jones, youth
of IA years, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Wesley
r. Jones. Chas. E. Sherman, his assist
ant, answered the call and before he
reached the home Mrs. Elizabeth A.
Clement, the youths grandmother, had
also passed away, both deaths resulting
from pneumonia. The double funeral
will be held to-day, Thursday, at 12 m.
The employees of the City National
Bank of Belfast of longest standing and
who have borne the brunt and RESPONSE
bility of the work the past year received
an agreeable surprise last week in the
form of an extra pay check of substan-
tial amount. $3.50 was distributed among
six of them. This was done by the di-
rectors in recognition of the interest of
the employees in the welfare of the in
stitution and for services willingly and
cheerfully rendered. The newer en-
ployees have also received consideration
commensurate with their experience and
term of service.
In a personal letter from Hudson,
Mass, The Journal has learned of the
great success of DR.. Adelbert Samuel
Merrill, who still claims Belfast as home.
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. w.
Merrill He graduated from the b. Fl.
S. in the class of 1898, attended the Uni
versity of Maine and took his degree at
Tufts Medical College in 1908 He was
commissioned captain and last Septem-
Der was made consulting Roentgenologist
of the base hospitals of about one fifth
of France In October he was promoted
to major. His headquarters hospital has
1000 beds. He expects to remain in
France for some time
Join the Red Cross for 1919 and be a
part of that great organization in its
tremendous work of reconstruction and
readiustment from war to peace con-
ditions both in Europe and the United
States. In times of disaster such as the
Halifax conflagration. the present in
fluenza epidemic, and others too numer-
GUS TO mention, the Red Cross has re-
lieved much misery and saved countless
lives. Every man and woman in Waldo
county should gladly give dollar each
year to make certain the continuance of
this work Out of 100000, 600 population
in the United States it is proposed to en-
roll 60, 600, 600 under the Red Cross BAN
ner in 1919. Waldo county has Red
Cross membership at present o. about