The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-05-15
The News of Belfast

Frank j. Rigby of Rumford, formerly
leader of the Belfast Band and resident
of this city, who has been in charge of
the band at Fort Williams for some
months, has been transferred to a can
tonment In Virginia, where he will be
located in the same capacity for time.
Thomas H. Marshall Circle had Moth
ers' Day program at their meeting last
tuesday afternoon, when a prayer was
gwen by the chaplain and readings by
Mrs. Mary Russ, Susan Patterson, Hat
tie Riggs, Mary Hollis, Mary Overlook,
Arvilla Downs, Harriet Coombs, Florence
Mayo, Mabel Wilcox, Miss Minnie Shaw,
Mrs Rose Fairbrother, Nettie White.
Friends of Albert W. Thompson, Bel
fast boy, now of Denver, Colo, and re-
Gently resident of Clayton, New Mex
lco, will be interested in neat and at
tractlve pamphlet compiled by him from
sketches that appeared in the newspapers,
News and Citizen of. Clayton. The sub
lects are: "In Major Longs Footsteps,
Expedition of 1920; First Fourth of July
Celebration in Union County; Camp
Nichols; Some Early Inscriptions Along
the Santa Fe Trail" The frequent calls
for these interesting sketches suggested
the pamphlet issued from the press of
the Citizen Publishing Company and may
be seen at the Belfast Free Library.
Company F of the Third Maine Infantry
OF this city, will have course of inten-
siVe drilling in the coming weeks, afford
ing out OF doors training and real military
discipline. The War Department has de-
tailed Colonel Francis H. Farnum for the
general drill instruction of the National
Guard of Maine. Under him has been
detailed two Sergeants, Samuel F. Elliott
and Ernest Hoffman of the 36th Infantry,
now stationed at Camp Devens, who will
look after the Company training, with
the assistance of the commissioned Of
tlcerS Colonel Farnum, who has Just
returned from overseas, will visit Belfast
twice each month, and Company F under
this intensive instruction will make an
excellent showing before the dates of the
Augusta muster in August.
HE SCHOOLS. Supt. E. E. Roderick
is conducting series of lectures on the
teachers training course; giving at least
one lecture week at the convenience of
the teachers and as conditions suggest.
About 100 pupils of the High school an
hclpate attending the Knox Waldo Music
Festival in Rockland May 20th A spec
ial boat will be chartered if at least 1870
tickets can be sold. All interested are
urged to apply to Supt. Roderick or to
Principal John A. David.... There are
thlrty-tlve contestants in the prize speak
ing contest of the B. H. S, making it
necessary to have a preliminary contest,
which Will be arranged for some time
next week under the direction of the
hnn Mt tEnr-i
held the week before gradua ton ...... The
public schools will have an exhibit at the
New Belfast Fair with Miss Grace E.
Walton, chairman of the general commit
tee and also of the Mcclellan school; Mrs
Charles A. Townsend of the Peirce
school, Mrs. Sarah j. Knight of the CEN
tral schools; Miss Barbara Heal of the
East Belfast school and Mrs Zvlpha
Clements of the rural districts. The
Teachers Club, Z. D. Hartshorne, presi-
dent, are planning to have State Supt of
Schools, DR.. Augustus 0. Thomas of Au-
gusta, address them at their next regular
meeting.
BELFAsT's NEW TRoTTING STOCK
Several Belfast horsemen have recently
purchased some of the best trotters ever
brought to Belfast, They are from the
May sales at Readville, Mass. Fred w.
Gray has Sir Ambulator by Ambulator,
2. 10 -; Mabel Frisco, by Frisco; prom
Using young colt by General Watts; Sou
venlr by Cochatto and Peggy End. Peter
Gallagher has the handsome black mare
Frances by Castine, and colt by Echo
Todd. Ernest P. Piper has George Guy,
2,l6 1-2, ty Guy Axworthy. George l..
Slipp has Sonora, 2,17 IA, by Be Sure,
also Minnie Aquilin, by Aquilin. H. C.
BuZzell has fine mare rom Iowa, an
own sister of Fenia Todd, owned by him
last season; Violet Patch, 2.13 IA, by
Dan Patch, l.. SO IA, the fastest horse in
the world. He also has green horse by
George Leavitt Todd. A crew of men
are at work on the fair grounds which
were never in better condition than this
spring. New stables and stalls have been
built, and all the buildings neatly painted.
The track has been Widened as it was
| about ten years ago, has been drained
and gravelled. The first races of the
season will be called July 4th, and the
real interest in the races and coming fair
was never better. Thomas Holmes of
Waterville, Clarence Shuman of Belfast
and others will stay at the track from
now out for training purposes.
THE Boy SCOUTS. The Scouts made
their annual hike to Searsport and the
big coal pockets last Saturday accom-
panied by Scoutmaster Orrin j. Dickey.
They left at eight a. m and reached
Searsport at ten. Dinner, including baked
clans, was served on the shore After
wards the Scouts visited the big fertilizer
plants and the coal pockets, and were en-
tertained on Philadelphia barge. Some
excellent group photos of the party were
made in Searsport by Photographer Cook
and all arrived home in the early evening
after pleasant outing In the ball game
in the afternoon, the team captaned by
Harry Bowen, won in score of five to
two from Lewis Mendalls team. The
Belfast Troop have received notice from
the Citizens National Committee in New
York of which W. G. McAdoo is the
chairman, that by an Act of Congress on
June Is, 1916, any boy who wears the
uniform of Boy Scout who is not regis
tered as member, is liable to punish
ment and fine. The laws in relation to
the Scout uniform is matter Of record
in Congress and officers in all cities have
been requested to enforce it....... The
Scouts were well represented in the Vic
tory Liberty bond sales as follows: Lewis
Mendall sold ten bonds in the amount of
$3.50; George Randall one of $50; VIM. L.
Cook two of $3.50 and Clayton Cole ord