The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-08-21
Her mother. Mrs. Leroy Nickerson, is
caring for her two young children.

MIS-. Anna Smith, TWO sons and cousin
called on friends in town Sunday on
their way from Jonesport, her old home,
to her present home in Blueield, West
Va.
Miss Emily Overlook went to Prospect
Aug. 18th to visit her cousin, Isaac Cum
mings and family and returned the 14th
She left town last Tuesday for Somerville
Mass
Mr.. and Mrs. Tecla Floreen of Aga.
wan, Mass, arrived Monday night t.
spend several days with her cousins, Mr.
a nd Mrs. Everett Staples. Mrs. FloreeI
is daughter of the late George Frye ant
| was born in this village.
The house of Nellie Colson at "tht
mili' caught fire Aug. 18th from burn
ing chimney, but was not destroyed. L
was occupied by tenant, Mrs. Colso1
having opened a store in the AppliI
building on Cape Jellison.
Mrs. Everett Barton and friend, Mrs
William Parker of Boston, left last Fri
day for Camden. Mrs. Barton will spend
the remainder of the summer there in
order that her husband may reach home
from Dark Harbor each night.
MI and Mrs George CHM and daugh-
ter Frances arrived Aug, 18th from New
hrS
Sprague at Camp Sonoma, their elder
daughter, Gladys Alma, having arrived
earlier with her aunt, Mrs. Sprague.
Mrs. James Treat and daughter, Mrs
Alice Doe, went to Verona on Monday to
spend several days with her cousin, Mrs
Eben Gould of Boston, who is occupying
a cottage there. Mrs. Grace Nj. Britto
and Miss H. D. Hichborn accompanied
them.
Mrs. Mary Corliss left Tuesday for
Houlton to visit her son Raymond, who
enlisted in Chicago in the 108th Illinois
En- gineers. He had one year of training
and one year of overseas service and now
has employment in the B. & A. office in
Houlton.
Last Friday evening party consisting
of Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Gardner, Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Richards and Messrs Earl
Gardner, Bert Corliss, Walter Cummings
and Clifford Cummings went in the ship
yard motor boat to Castine, where two
days carnival was in progress.
MIR. John D. Woodfin and wife (nee
Ruth Hichborn and little daughter Vir-
ginia and nurse arrived Saturday and
spent the week end with her parents DR.,
and Mrs. H. G. Hichborn. They returned
to Cambridge on Monday, leaving the
child in the care of her mother and nurse.
Charles Carr arrived Aug. 18th from
Camp Devens, where he received his dis
charge from the army. In his overseas
service he was wounded with a machine
gun and was i'll d hospital for some time.
With his arrival the towns full quota is
once more at home in good physical con-
dition.
Mrs. Eden H. Shute and son Eden,
Jr., arrived Aug. 18th from Massachu-
sets and were the guests of Capt. and
Mrs Eden S. Shute for a few days, en-
route to their new home in Pembroke,
Me. MI Shute IS now station agent at
Ayers junction, between Machias and
PASSPORT.
Mrs Simeon Ellis moved her house
hold goods last Friday from her small
house on Church street to the old home
on the hilltop, where she will remain
until her daughter, Mrs. Harry f. Wins
low, leaves for her home IN Quincy,
when she will accompany her. Mrs. Ellis
has leased the small house to Mr. Herbert
Hatch
What might have been very serious
accident occurred Aug Is in town when
a Bangor woman driving a Maxwell car
ran backward over the first terrace of the
Park on Church street. She had trouble
in changing gears and the car escaped
control when the brakes failed. The cal
stopped on the first embankment and was
pulled back into the street by men who
quickly came to her assistance, and the
lazy continued her journey, shaken but
not injured. Had the car gone farther it
must have ''turned, turtle" and gone
down Is feet to the level of the Park.
Mr.. Charles Calkin of Portland called
on friends in town Sunday, having come
by train Saturday night to accompany
his daughter, Miss Phoebe CaIkin and
friend, Miss Agnes Murphy, to one of
the Devereux camps Miss Calkin is
Asst. Night Supt. in the Mass General
Hospital and Miss Murphy is a district
nurse. They will spend two weeks at
the camp for rest. Mr.. Calkin has re-
Gently purchased a home in Deering
Highlands, Portland. During a ten
years stay in town the family was al
active part of the village life and a warm
welcome awaits each member upon re-
turn.
Despite unfavorable stormy weather
last Thursday afternoon and evening, the