Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-12-23
BELFAST

Inc t"o WOHlen WHO were lOunQ
unconscious at II Cross street have
recovered consciousness and the Mar
tin woman still in the Waldo County
hospital says that her name is Mary
and that her home is in Camden, that
she has daughter in Houlton, which
gave rise to the belief that she came
from that city.
She stated Monday morning that
she had taken no drug and did not
know what had happened to her. She
will recover but will probably not
be able to leave the hospital for a
day or two. She said she came to
Belfast to work and later was. en-
gagged by Mrs. Rose Pike to take care
Of her.
Mrs. Pike. who was unconscious for
10 hours or more, has also recovered.
While no traces of drugs were found
in the rooms occupied by the two wo-
men, the authorities believe that I'M
doubtcdly the women had taken some
sort of q narcotic which caused the
coma.
Christmas sermons, Christmas mu-
sic and Christmas decorations mark
ed the Sunday services and there
were good sized congregations in each
or the churches. Rev. William
Vaughan of Trinity Reformer church
preached in the North Congregational
church. which is without a pastor,
and read a letter from Rev. Alfred
c. Elliott accepting the call to be-
come pastor of the church. Mr..
Vaughan congratulated the church
and parish on the manner in which
it has been kept together and on the
success of the drive to raise suffi-
Gent funds to reopen the church and
call a pastor after nearly two years
of inactivity. At the time the drive
was made there were no less than
five other important drives on and
although approached every day for
some worthy cause, the members
gave freely and the required amount
was raised. Mr.. Elliott will begin
his activities in Belfast on January
4th. During the year and half that
the church has been without pas
tor. Rev. Mr.. Vaughan has supplied
for the greater part Of the time and
has preached some earnest, scholar
~ and interesting sermons. He has
succeeded in keeping up the interest
in the church which might otherwise
have tagged.
There is a good deal of interest
manifested in the proposed night
school which will open early in jan
uary and already a number of ap-
plications for membership have been
received. 1t is well to attend to the
matter of making application at once
if planning to enter any of the class
es. Principal Foster and Sub-master
Webb of the High school. Miss Muriei
DeBeck of the same faculty and Ze-
mas d. Hartshorn, master of the
grammar school. will have important
courses. This opportunity to study
literature, citizenship, accountancy,
Spanish, etc, or to review any Of
the elementary studies, is one not to
be lightly overlooked and if the young
men and women of the city do not
take advantage of it they will be
making u grave mistake. The tut
ton is but 81 for the course. Miss
DeBeck. a graduate of the University
OF Maine, is an experienced teacher Of
Spanish and this is rare opportun-
ity to get start in the language
which will mean so much in the COM
mercial life in the years to come with
a greater trade with the southern
republics. Hundreds of Maine boys
and girls will go to South America
in the years to come and a knowl-
edge of Spanish is fast coming to be
necessity. Already Miss DeBeck
has organized a private class in
Spanish which q number of Belfast
club women and others have joined.