The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-06-26


be out.
The Thimble Club were guests We'd
nesday afternoon of Mrs J. w. Jones at
her cottage Windanspray on the Cottrell
shore.
The Spritualists will hold meeting
at the Grange Hall in Searsmont at 2
p M June 29th. Mrs. Bessie Wentworth
will be the speaker
The Castine A. A. baseball team won
from the Leonard & Barrows team in a
closely contested game on the Congress
street grounds Saturday afternoon. The
score was 7 to 6. Staples and Hooper
were the Castine battery and Johnson
and Keech for the home team.
A bouquet of beautiful garden roses
were received Monday by parcel post
from Mrs. Arthur F. Brown of Mechanic
Falls. They arrived in perfect condition.
A division of, the bouquet was suggested
by the donor, but were kept intact for
the pleasure of all.
Mrs. Elizabeth McLain Burgess received
the news Sunday of the death of Georgia
Hilton, wife of her brother William Nc
Lain of West Appleton. Her age was 81
years and 10 months. She had enjoyed
remarkable health all her life and had
raised family of 9 children. About ten
days before her death she was stricken
with paralysis.
Several auto parties from here went to
Stockton Springs last Sunday afternoon
to attend services at the Universalist
church, when Rev. Ashley A. Smith of
Bangor occupied the pulpit and his young
daughter, Miss Dorothy sang solo, Res
ignation. They were enthusiastic over
her voice and most attractive manner,
and expressed the hope that she might be
heard in Belfast, her former home, where
she has many admirers.
Miss Florence Cross, teacher in Grade
/ vi at the PIERCE school, has resigned to
take special course in Household Econ
omics at Simmons College. She will 60
to Boston, July 9th, Her plans for the
fall are not definitely arranged. She has
given up her rooms in the Parker house
on Church street and is now the guest of
her parents in Morrill,. Miss Cross has
many friends who will learn of her resig-
nation with regret as she is a very eff
| cient teacher,
THE W. C. I. U. The regular meeting
of the W. C. T. U. will be held at the
home of Miss Lora Maxcy tomorrow,
Friday, afternoon Mrs. Annie M. Frost,
Mrs. Ida L. Aborn, Miss Lora Maxcy,
/ Mrs. Mary C. Collins, Mrs. Charlotte
Applin, Mrs. Minnie D. Coombs, Mrs.
! Ethel B. Collins, Miss Eda Woodbury.
( attended the meeting of the County
Union in Knox last Friday. Mrs. Aborn
and Mrs. Mary Collins were delegates
from the Belfast Union
William B. Williamson and Capt. Bur
/ leigh Martin Of Augusta were in Belfast
recently in conference with Mayor Glenn
ent w. Wescott and Capt. Orrin J. Dickey
regarding a renewal of the lease of the
Belfast Opera House for a State Armory.
1t is expected that the lease will be re-
newed and continued by the city. Capt.
Martin is member of the State Armory
Commission. The Belfast Opera House
is under lease to William B. williamson
of Augusta, who in turn leases it to Bel
fast and the State of Maine in conjunc-
ton, as an Armory.
In personal note from Bozeman,
Mont, Mrs. C. A. Pisbury gave an in
teresting account of the College Com
mencement. Mrs. VIM. F. Schoppe is to
have charge of one of the scenes in the
historical pageant on the Campus and
Master Billie is to represent an Indian
boy. Prof. Schoppe will leave soon on
an extended trip, when he will attend
his college fraternity convention in Buff
falo, N. Y, from there go to Gulph,
Canada, and then to West Auburn, Me-,
for a short visit with his parents.
Residents in the vicinity of Court
street were astonished last Sunday after
noon by visit from a porcupine He
walked about the lawns, took side trip
on the walk of the Unitarian church,
came back to the Universalist church
and from there went to Miller street. By
this time he had an annoying following
of the curious, including many small
boys. For the sake of safety he went up
shade tree in front of the c. E. White
residence, but Paul Graisbury, a Boy
Scout, shook him from the limb with
such force that the little animal was
stunned. Later he was placed in a cart
and taken to the boys home for pet
VICTORY AND BRONZE LIBERTY BUT
TONS. The silver and bronze Victory
buttons are being distributed at the main
Recruiting Station in Portland, men who
were wounded being given silver button
and all others receiving the bronze but
ton. Recruiting stations are located at
Bangor. Lewiston, Waterville, and Port
land, and in order to secure Victory
button the DISCHARGE certificate should be