The Republican journal., 1919-10-30
The News of Belfast.

by auto and were guests of the local
odge.
When disposing of your fall farm
produce don't forget that the smallest
the Home for Aged Women and at the
Girls Home.
At the meeting of the school commit
tee Monday evening the schedule for the
terms for the year was arranged with
is weeks for the fall term, II for the
winter and 10 for the spring. The High
school will have 81 weeks for the year.
Supt, Roderick has been instructed to
have the Adelphus Noyes transportation
team convey the Lufkin and Robbins
children in North Belfast to the city
schools
The engagement of Miss Dorothy
Louise Freeman of Edgewood, R. l., and
Dr. Harold Lealand Staples of New Hav-
en-, Conn, was recently announced at a
dinner party given by her mother, now
Mrs. j. W. Spellane of Edgewood. The
date of the wedding has not been an
nounced. Miss Freeman has been visit
ing for the past two weeks in Belfast,
her former home.
Clothes-line and vegetable garden
thieves are at work all over the city.
They work in the early evening as we'll
as IN the night. Mrs. Frank A. Riggs,
who lives on Mayo street, found man
ready to help himself from her line near
the house Thieves in an auto without
lights have been robbing hen roosts in
North Belfast. Leland H. Piper is re-
ported to have lost 100 hens. Jeff Hall
of East Belfast lost small power boat
recently and was notified that it had
been located in Camden or near by, with
its engine gone and its sides broken open.
Postmaster Austin w. Heating has re-
ceived and sent to The Journal office the
following interesting letter from J. W.
Towle, treasurer of Mono County, at
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for some newspaper published and print
ed in the city of Belfast, Waldo County,
Maine where | was born. | left there
May 10, 1855, for the State of Caiifor-
MIA, and have not received a newspaper
published in that place for the last 25
years. l am the only one of my family
alive at the present time. My father was
Joshua TcwIe; some of the older people
will probably remember him, as he was
one of the City Fathers when Belfast
first had its charter for a city. l have
never had chance to return to the
place. having been continuously in county
office since 1875. | herewith enclose
etc"
POOR's MILLS. 7 here will be a Hal
lowe'en social and ba ked bean supper at
the hall Fziday evening, Oct. 31st..
Vesta and Clayton Higgins and Lloyd
Wentworth attended the Boys and Girls
Club last week.. Charles Mckinley was
at home a few days last week.. Alfred
Dutch has a release from the Navy and
is at Henry Wentworth's, where he
makes his home. Mrs. Annabel Under
wood entertained Mrs. Annie Cross and
Mrs. Annie Simmons of Morrill, and Mrs
Belle Towle last Thursday.... Thelma
Wentworth celebrated her eighth birth
day last Friday by entertaining a few of
her little friends. She received several
nice presents. Ice cream and cake were
served.....T 7 ON Higgins is threshing grain
for Arthur Higgins, Richard Merriam
and Orrin Wentworth this week.
j. R. Fisher of Seattle, Wash, who
came east with the Masons on their pill
grimage, was an interesting visitor in
Belfast this week, leaving by boat Tues
day afternoon. He is prominent Chris
tian Scientist. He learned through VIM
R. Towne of Seattle, former Belfast
man, that the famous letters written to
the late P, p. Qumby by the late Mrs.
Eddy, when she was Mary Patterson,
were still in the possession of members of
the Quimby family and came here to read
them. He was permitted to read the
fourteen letters that have caused so much
comment and seemed vitality interested
in their contents. He made many calls
among the down town offices and City
Clerk Charles S. Bickford gave him the
freedom of the city records and early his
tory. He said he was also interested in
Belfast and wished to visit it as he was
born in Belfast, Ireland.
Frank D. Hazeltine Post of the Ameri-
can Legion of Honor held pleasant ses-
sion last Friday evening with an address
by Hon. H. c. Buzzell. Wilbur O. Colby
resigned as adjutant and William L. Luce
was elected to fill the vacancy. Marthon
Doak was elected war risk officer and DR..
Stacey j. Noyes was elected employ
ment officer. Plans were made for the
Armistice Carnival to be given in the
armory Nov. 18th. McKeen's orchestra
will furnish music. w. L. Luce, j. Ear
Braley and Lloyd H. McKeen were made
a committee on arran gements. Tickets
are on sale at the Luce Music Store anG
by members of the Post. Plans are also
being made by the Post for meeting te