The Republican journal., 1919-05-29
STOCKTON SPRINGS

| WI. ana MIS- morton carleton o
Schoodic are in town for short stay
Frank w. Collins of Rockland was il
town few days last week looking afte
his hotel property.
Mrs Hiram Eaton came down from
Brewer Saturday morning for a shor
stay with her husband.
| : A post card received from A. Nj. Ames
at Colorado Springs on the goth, suggest
their arrival home on the Both
A meeting of the Parents Teachers
| Association was held at the Congrega
tional church on Wednesday evening.
W. A. Griffin Jr. of Bangor was il
| town on business Friday and Saturday
| spending the night with his parents II
Park.
Mrs. Benjamin Moore arrived from
| Camden on Thursday for visit with hel
parents, Mr.. and Mrs, L. E. Batchelder
and other relatives.
Minard Ellis, who has seen warm cor
ners OF war in machine gun company
has arrived in Virginia, and is expected
home the last of the week
Crockett gave an exceptional show 81
| Denslow hall on Saturday evening. Fol
| lowing an elaborate two-reeI comedy,
was shown Geraldine Farrar in Carmen,
Mrs. Arthur Munroe of Newtonville,
Mass, with her son, Guy Munroe, a vol
unteer veteran of the 1OIst engineers,
arrived Friday in their car for a short
visit with relatives.
Mrs, Darias Berry returned from
Rockland recently and opened her home
on Cape Jellison, after passing three
months with her daughter, Mrs. Oliver
Lovejoy, and husband.
I. l.. Hopper returned Wednesday
from trip to Port Clyde, 4lis former
home, bringing along a lot of haddock,
caught that morning, which went like
the proverbial hot cakes. -
Arnold Knox, who has been working
at the Standpoint shipyard since his dis
charge from the army, went to Boston
last week, having secured place as oiler
on the S. S, Walter D, Noyes.
Mr.. and Mrs L. S. Titcomb have pur-
chased from Manfred B. Grant his place
on east Main street, originally the Josiah
Colcord estate, and will have possession
as soon as Mr.. Grant makes new ar
rangements for himself.
Capt. Harry Hichborn of the S. S. Ca
racas running in the Red line to Porto
Rico and Venezuela, who with Mrs.
Hichborn has been dividing a vacation
between Brewer and this village, was
Unexpectedly recalled to New York, and
with his wife left early on the 10TH
The automobile appears a necessity in
every well-reg ulated family. 1t is said
that no less than l8 are owned on Cape
Jellison. Among the latest of local pur-
chasers are Edgar Heath and George c.
Fletcher. S. j. Nickerson, the local milk
man, is now delivering ON his route from
a light motor express
The German helmets displayed during
the Victory loan campaign fell to Mrs.
Laura Blanchard Croker and Mrs. Will
liam H. Morrison, the two leaders of the
women's loan committee solicitors. Ac-
cording to the list published, this town
showed the largest number of subscribers
of any in the county outside of Belfast.
Everett Barton, who has been employed
at the Stockton yard since his return from
overseas, will leave for Dark Harbor about
the first of June to resume duties, inter
rupted by the war, of handling the pleas
ure craft of wealthy summer resident
His arrangement gives him the privilege
of making the run up the bay to spend
Sundays at his home.
The perpleXities over TOAD conditions,
chiefly from inability to secure teams,
have been meaSuTah ly cleared throuob
the foresight of A. C. Treat, first select
man, who some time ago exchanged his
light pair of working horses for an I'M
usually good team of heavy roans, which
have, been doing efficient work on the
roads under the artistic handling of Fred
Page.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Hodgdon have
lison from Standpoint, Mr.. Hodgdon
making the daily trips to his employ
ment at the shipyard by means of his car
The house, which they have vacated,
will be occupied the first of the month
by William Webster of Castine, who,
with his wife and daughter, Miss Myrtle,
have lived since last autumn in the house
of Mrs. Almeda Kendall on Cross street.
With this weeks items the writer ends
period of six months of substituting for
the Misses Hichborn who will resume the
service which they have given painstak-
ingly for many years. That the inatten-
tive locutions of the substitute have been
no worse is wholly due to the alert pen