The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-01-23

The W. c. T. U. will meet Fridav after
noon with Mrs. Minnie Coombs at he,
bungalow near Commercial street
Scott Gray has returned home fron
Brunswick and now has the .citv con.
tract to remove the brown tail mott
nests from the city trees.
The Dorcas Guild of the Methods,
church will entertain members of that
parish at sociable to be held in the ves-
try Tuesday evening, jan 18th.
Messrs. Fred Hall and Allie Stimnson
of Brockton, Mass, arrived Tuesday
night with the remains of Ambrose
Hall, former resident of Morrill, and ot
Citypoint.
Clerk of Courts James H. Cilley, who
has been critically ill at the Waldo
County Hospital with pneumonia, fol-
lowing influenza, is now considered out
of danger
Eugene L. Pierson has cucumber in
his possession that he raised early last
summer. 1t has kept perfectly without
the use of preservatives and looks good
enough to eat.
Wellington L. Dunbar of East Belfast
has returned from over seas duty with
| the 10th division. He is the son of Mr..
| and Mrs. w. E. Dunbar and has been in
France for some time.
Charles e. Havener, son of Mrs. Charles
&. Havener of this city, returned Monday
having arrived home with the 3O1st field
artillery in the medical department. He
has been in France for the past five
months.
Arthur w. Coombs has sold his farm il
North Belfast to Herman o. Beckwitt
and will buy the P. D. H. Carter house
on Waldo Avenue. Mr. Coombs is R F.
ID. carrier on route four aud makes the
change to be nearer the city.
Major Ashworth of Bangor, who re-
Gently returned from France, will speak
in the Belfast Armory next Monday
evening under the auspices of Co. F. OF
the Third Maine. He will give some OF
his experiences in the front line trenches.
Mrs. Charles Bradbury. chairman of
the Waldo County Womens division of
the Fifth Liberty loan, has received
notice of a meeting of the county COM
mittees to be held in Bangor tomorrow,
Friday, to make preliminary plans for
the drive which will be made the last
three weeks in April.
In personal note from F. A. Conant
of Santa Barbara, Calf, formerly of
Belfast, we learn that his two sons are in
the service: Heath Conant is a warrant
machinist in the Navy now at San Fran
cisco. Captain Frederic w Conant has
command of a company of Mounted En-
gineers, and is at present stationed at Ell
Paso, Texas.
Miss Annie L. Barr, librarian, has ar
ranged for a special course in reference
books for the B. Ii. S. seniors at the Ii
brary for the next two weeks. Each
pupil will be given four lessons and there
will be two classes daily. All interested
in the school will appreciate Miss Bars
endeavor to make the library's reference
IF valn lc1Jla r n q
Miss Grace H. Hall, assistant at the
Belfast Free Library now on leave of abb
sence and employed in the Home Wei
fare Division of the National Public Lii
brary at Washington, D. c., has intro
duced branch work similar to that OF
East Belfast with the Belfast library. 1t
met with immediate approval of all con-
cerned and is credit to Miss Hall in heI
work at Washington.
Orrin j. Dickey Of this city has been
recently appointed as the Assistant In
spector General on the staff of Brigadiel
General Will C. Miller Of Augusta in the
Patriarchs Militant of Maine Odd Fellows
This carries a rank of Major and is next
to the highest appointment on the staff
of General Miller. Major Dickey has
been prominent in the local Canton ano
held many offices in the Regiment and
Battalion commands.
At the Ward alley last Monday even
ing the Pinette team won from the French
team by 70 points. The score was as
follows in five string game:
French SO IS SO sc ga Total 45z
Rondeau. SO 90 81 1903 81 46:
17l-17o 1OS 90 ITO