The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-12-11
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ment to The house with the epidemic. He
came out Sunday or the first time.
Oscar Smith, the new principal of our
High school, and wife, are occupying the
| chambers in Mrs Grace Williams Britto's
house. They came here from Patten,
Maine.
Charles Heath of Standpoint has moved
his family to the Elman Dickey house for
! the winter, he being employed in the
Stockton Shipyard and his son is attend
ing High school here.
S B. Merrithew, accompanied by his
| wife and daughter, Miss Ruth, motored
TO Bangor last Thursday. On the return
trip he was joined by MessrS A Nj.
Ames and Alvah c. Treat.
Roy Wadley, who conducted the board
ing house at the Standpoint shipyard
during the past year, has recently moved
his family to Winterport, not finding any
available rents in the village.
Mrs. Willard M. Berry left for Caribou
Monday afternoon, called there by the
serious illness of dIphtheria of her little
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MIR. and Mrs. Edward H. Doyle.
| Walter F. Trundy is still confined to
the house as he has been for more than
week with cold and stomach trouble,
caused by getting strain. He is i'm
proving but not yet able to go to BUSH
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Marshall of Port
Clyde, Maine arrived Dec. list to visit
Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Hnpper. Mrs. Mar
shall is the mother of Mr.. Hopper. AT
this writing, Monday, they are still with
them
Mrs. Rufus L. Mudgett, who has been
housed with the prevailing epidemic, was
out for the first time last Thursday. She
had painful illness and friend, are glad
to see her again on the street and feeling
quite well.
The ban is off on all public gatherings
the epidemic having been subdued, and
the moving pictures were shown at Dens-
low Hall as usual Saturday evening to
good house. The progam was unusually
pleasing.
DR.. and Mrs. George A, Stevens left
by Mondays boat for their winter home
at oIahSC oIHl, L loli Iu0N CApoIt
to be away about two months. The doc
tor is very much worn and goes for a
needed rest and change.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Univer-
saist church will hold its next meeting
Dec. 18TH with Mrs. Annie H. Hartman
All are cordially invited TO attend and a
special invitation is extended to the Aux
lllary Aid TO JOIN the ladies.
Mrs. Lizzie Eta Games, wife of Clifton
Eames of Prospect and formerly of this
place, the daughter of Mrs. John Ran
deli, is at this writing (Monday) very i'll
of pneumonia, Much sympathy is ex-
tended the anxious friends.
The cold sleet of Sunday evening held
the snow which had fallen through the
day and the wonderfully clear morning
of Monday looked on frosted scene of
beauty. The streets were covered with
the icy coating and sleigh slipped along
quite merrily-the first of the season.
Raymond Corliss of Houlton recently
visited his mother. The two spent
Thanksgiving with the daughter and sis
ter, Miss Hazel Corliss, who is connected
with the Waldo Co. Hospital, Belfast,
and since that time Mr. c. has returned
home and Mrs. Corliss has gone to Sears
port to spend the winter with her friend
Mrs. Cunningham.
The small pox epidemic, which was in
very light form, seems to have entirely
passed by no new cases having been re-
ported. The schoolhouse and all private
homes where the trouble existed have
been thoroughly fumigated and disinfect-
ed and all necessary precautions taken,
under the direction of the Board of
Health.
Several of our townsmen have been at
tending the free navigation school at
Rockland during the fall, among them
| being Capt. Eden S. Shute, Messrs. Con-
verse Grant and Roy Wadley. Last
week in Bangor Capt. Shute passed his
examination for "Master in Steam" Mr.
! Grant obtained papers for innate in
| steam" and Mr.. Wadley "second mate in
| steam"
Albert M. Ames went to Bangor
| Wednesday morning of last week to at
tend the annual meeting of the State Au-
tomobile Association. He was joined in
the afternoon by Alvah C. Treat, both
attending the banquet in the evening at
the Chamber of Commerce They went
to the meeting in the special interest of
getting our road through the Marsh
woods and beyond put into better con-
dition.
C. H. Lothrop, a soldier of the World
War and also of the Mexican border war
fare, who came to Cape Jellison for the
summer with the Armstrong family to
recuperate his broken down nervous sys-
tenn, is greatly improved and left the lat
ter part of last week for his home in AL
bany, N Y After the departure of the
Armstrong; he boarded with Mrs. Still
we'll at her cottage and since her depart
ure has lived there by himself