The Republican journal., 1919-04-17
STOCKTON SPRINGS.


Mrs. John O'Connor returned recently
from two weeks visit in Portland and
vicinity.
The Universalist Ladies' Aid Society
will meet on Thursday with Mrs. Hosea
Renouf.
Mrs. Charles Gould left Friday for her
old home in Hampden, called by the sick
ness of brother.
Miss Ethel Arnold has gone to Deering
and is attending st. Joseph's Academy
for the spring months.
McLaughln's busses went on the route
to Belfast Monday, and the Bangor trips
will begin as soon as the roads permit.
Mrs. Fred Sanborn of Mansfield, Mass,
returned home Thursday after visit with
her sisters and father at w. H. Morri-
sons.
Mr. and Mrs Herbert L. Hopkins re-
turned Monday from an extended tour
along the Pacific coast from San Diego to
Seattle
Mrs Evelyn G. Jackson arrived home
last Thursday after an absence of six
months at Caribou, in the family of E.
H. Doyle.
Forrest Clarke went on the State road
| as patrolman for the season Monday, but
what the roads require is regiment and
a million in cash.
Mrs. Hattie c. Hichborn arrived home
| Tuesday, after spending the past few
months in New York at the home of her
son and with other relatives.
Mr. and Mrs Raymond Smith with
their young child are again in town for
an indefinite stay. Miss Gladys Cole of
Camden, Mrs. Smiths sister, is also a
visitor in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Parker, W no have
occupied the summer res deDce of DR.. II.
G, Hichborn during the winter months,
Mr.. Parker having employment at the
Standpoint yard, are about to return to
their farm in Frankfort.
Capt H. L. Rawding, inspector for the
Atlantic Coast Co. at the Stockton ship
yard, left with his wife and child on
Tuesday for Boston, where Mrs. Rawd-
ing will visit for a time before going to
her home in Nova Scotia.
The frogs and toads were in full crv
Saturday night And as these items are
being written there IS a pleasure which
detleS appraisal in glaucing out Of the
window and seeing the bluebirds investl-
eating Their last year 5 domicile.
State agent for secondary education.
w } TAYLOR, spoke Wednesday evening
at the IN versalst church to a falr-sized
audience, urging a greater interest IN the
schools and the formation of an aSSocia-
ton Of teachers and parents 4 comm +
tee was appointed to urrher the project
and another meeting viii be called soon
Dr. Isaac F. Park Of Revere. Mass, has
MANY friends M has old home town tho
viii be glad to learn that his sor Linz
wood, who volunteered n the Nassa-
chusetts General Hospital unit early lu
the war and has been overseas for 20
months, returned TO TINS country late N
March and was discharged April gth and
is now with his parents and grandmother
at their Revere home.
Harry Robbins OF Oldtown, employed
at the Stockton Yard and boarding at
Nj chael Corbett's, in lcapng from the
noon freight upon which he had ridden
down the yard to ms work, one day last
week fractured his knee cap. He was
attended by DR.. Stevens, who advised his
removal to the general hospital at Bangor
for surgical treatment to promote more
satisfactory recoN cry from the injury
lie was tab en- away or the 3. 30 train
Among the returning members of the
famous 10Th division, with friends and
relatives IN this town, are Corp Leslie B.
Shannon of the 101st engineers; GUY
Munroe Of the 10lst infantry, a cousin of |
Mrs. Fred Hodgdon, and summer visitor |
IN town; Serg- Howard Frye of the 101st |
engineers, nephew of Mrs. Sarah F. |
Bridges and well known here; Henry |. |
Hall, Jr, of the 10lst artillery, a grand |
nephew of Mrs. Bridges, and here every
summer when small lad.
Sergeant George Avery left Monday
after a seven days furlough to return to
duty on the military police at Edgewood |
arsenal, Md, where he has been station
ed for a year of his 10 months service as
d volunteer. The young man who is the
son of William Avery, manager of the
Lawrence Canning Co.'S local plant, was
looking every inch an argument for mill
tary training, and finds the experience so
agreeable that he contemplates avalling
himself of an opportunity to be trans
leIltu 10 tllc llni)lJllltS lOI d year S ser
vice, holding his present rank as one of
the youngest non commissioned officers
in the army.
But few Of the hundreds at the ship
yard on the day of the launching gave
any attention to the schooner now in
frame which promises still finer specta-
Gle early in the fall. Number 4 in the
yard list shows full bodied design with
but little deadrise, calculated for great
carrying capacity, but the clean run and
fine bow promise good sailing qualities
The craft has keel 1875 feet in length,
rather shorter overhangs, but the stem
rises in fine sweep AZ feet long, to a |
perpendicular height of 80 IL feet. She |
is for the CroWell & Thurlow account, |
from moulds of schooners already afloat |
and others building elsewhere.
The launching of the fine schooner
Jennie Flood Kreger at Belfast recently, |
having ELECTED various statements con-
corning the comparative size of vessels
built on Penobscot bay, the following
data will be of passing interest. In 1884
at Rockport was built the full-rigged ship
Robert L. Belknap, 2251 net tonnage In
1886 or 1887 the 4mastod square-rigger