The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-07-24

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Cross Society, was in Belfast w ednesd ay
on business. He was accompanied by
DR.. Stearns.
The family of County Attorney A. L.
Blanchard of Bangor in Penobscot county
are spending the summer months at Unity
on Windermere Lake. Attorney Blanch-
ard is also operating his farm in Unity.
Capt. Orrin j. Dickey is spending
vacation at his cottage at Temple
Heights. He has been in il! health the
past five weeks and has been enduring a
series of IA of Jobs comforters.
The report has been current for some
time that Harold Miller of Boston, for
merly of Searsmont and an heir to the
rockingham property on High street,
will arrive soon to take possession. He
plans to use the land for chicken farm
and arrange the buildings for lodging
house.
Among the bids awarded by the State
Highway Commission for work this sea-
son is that of Cyr Brothers of WatervlIe
for S18, $40, for work on the Duck Trap
bridge in the town of Lncolnville on the
State road. This is one of the Waldo
county bridges which will be improved
by the State aid.
Riverside Grange at Poor's Mills, with
46 members, has a service flag with IL
stars, l. in blue and one in gold. Eleven
have returned home safely, but Perley
Dutton, son of MIR. and Mrs. o. E. Dut-
ton, lost his life last fall with influenza
at Camp Ontario, Oswego, N. Y. River
side gave over one-fourth of it's member
ship to the country's service and it is
doubtful if many societies in the country
can equal or exceed their record
A small paper U. S. Flag, which was
put on letter going from Belfast to
Portland, Oregon, in the summer of 1918
has since accompanied private CORE
spond ence to the following places: Maine,
Oregon, Maine, Oregon, then to France,
where it was in a dugout on the battle
line. 1t left France Oct. 80, 1913, arriv-
ed in Belfast, Nov Goth, then in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 31st and in Portland,
Oregon, Feb. 25, 1919 From there ii
went to California, and arrived at sgd
ney, Australia, June 10th and in Belfast
July 21st. In few days it will start to
call on friends in China.
POORS MILLS. Mrs. Nellie Dyer is
stopping with Mrs. Lucy Jackson for
while Mrs. Vina McTaggart is visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Stillman
Flood. =. Miss Margaret Rogers has been
guest of Mrs. Maurice Wood. =. Miss Dora
Flanders has been visiting Miss Helen
Rolerson... Edgar Thompson entertained
number of his schoolmates one day last
week in honor of his birthday. Cake and
ice cream were served and a general
good time was had. Helen Payson has
been visiting her young friends at Ar
thur Thompson's SIC. A. Mckinley was
at home Monday to call on his sister,
Mrs. Cole, and returned to Camden the
same day.. Mrs Arthur Higgins recently
entertained friends from the Head of the
Tide . Mrs Annabell Underwood and
Mrs. Jane Cole recently visited in Cam
den Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Payson, Miss
Josephine White and Mrs. Will Weshe
called on friends here last Friday,
THE JUNIOR CHAUTAUQUA. Supt.
E. E. Roderick is chairman of the Junior
Chautauqua and urges parents and all
interested in children to become interest
ed in their part Of the program. The
three leading events will be the victory
parade, the community play festival and
the ticket hunt. The parade starts Mon
day evening, July 26th, at promptly six
o'clock. Have all the children of the
town and vicinity at the play field in
costume if possible Soldiers, sailors,
Charlie Chaplin, Red Cross Nurses, Co.
lonial misunderstanding little differ
ent from the everyday costume
have the children there anyway. Have
flags and lots of color. This is your
main advance preparation. You have
the crowd there and the play leader will
do the rest. By ,'.his time everyone will
want to Join in the fun for himself and
the Play Festival will furnish games for
everyone old and young, and games old
and new. Something for everybody.
This will last from 7 to and will be in
charge of the Play Leader. After few
announcements there will be the final
event, the Ticket Hunt, in which there
will be several tickets hidden for the
Juniors to find. This is the happiest and
most enthusiastic event of the evening.
Everyone will want to be there to see the
children romp and ramble. They will
learn here what other pleasures are IN
store for them.
COMMUNITY ROUNDUP! Everybody
in Belfast is invited by the Belfast High
School Student Alumni Association to
come to an open air meeting at the Park
on Wednesday, Aug. 10, at o'clock.
Each is to bring tox lunch sufficient
for himself and his own guests. Then all
the sandwiches and sweets will be gath