The Republican journal., 1919-04-17

Leonard & Barrows' shoe factory have
placed a handsome new flag over their
building.
The w. C. T. U. will meet with Mrs.
Minnie Coombs Friday afternoon at 2. 30
p. m.
The Travellers Club will meet next
Tuesday afternoon with Miss Annie L.
Barr and will give the following program:
Paper, The Empress Dowager, Miss Mabel
Mathews; reading, The Summer Palace
and its Grounds, Mrs. r. F. Dunton; read
ing, Selections from Mrs. Conger's Let
tiers from China
Mrs. Cecil Clay has arranged for four
minute speeches on the Victory Liberty
Loan at the Colonial Theatre every night
this week: Monday evening Rev. Arthur
E. Wilson; Tuesday, Rev. VIM Vaughan;
Wednesday, Morris L. Slugg; Thursday,
.. E. Frost; Friday, John r. Dunton and
Saturday. Hodgdon C. Buzzell.
The teachers of the Mcclellan school
enjoyed picnic dinner last Friday in
honor of Mrs. Ray Neal, who has been
teacher for several years in the fourth
and sixth grades. Mrs. Neal has RESIGNED
and will leave soon to Join her husband
in Portland. The vacancy caused by her
resignation will be filled by Mrs. Arthur
Hamilton, who has been transferred from
the East Belfast school.
F. l. Wilson, Agent for the METROPOLITAN
Life insurance Company, has been dele
gated by the government to act in behalf
of the government soldiers insurance for
this county. His duties are to give all
information to soldiers regarding the con-
verting of the present form of insurance,
to the standard forms. While represent
ing one of the largest companies in the
world, he believes the government insur-
ance is superior, and cheaper than that Of
any private company, and strongly ad-
vlSeS all soldiers who desire insurance to
carry their present government insurance
A special meeting Of the City Govern
ment was held Monday night for the pur-
pose of purchasing motor truck After
a thorough discussion 1t was voted 90 buy
OF H. O. Norton a two-tOu Indiana truck
fitted with hydraulic hoist foT The sum Of
50, 600 and one-ton Ford chassis for 5000
to be lifted with a dump body. n Na,
the sense Of those present that the city
should buy the gravel pit at the end of
tate for the sum of 500, as of this date
a formal order to thls effect TO be- PASSED
at the regular MAY meeting PERMISSION
was granted TO the Consumers Fuel
Company 10 move their hay scales from
the present location 10 site on Water
street, adjacent 60 the building owned by
Clyde b Holmes
Sergeant Joseph Bloom will be boz Bel
fast for few days arriving tie last of
tins week for the purpose of euiistnu
men for the United States Army for the
Infantry, Cavalry, Coast Artillery, Field
Artillery, Signal Corps, Engineers, Medi-
cal Department, Ordnance Department,
Quartcrmaster Department, Air Service
Tank Corps, Motor Transport Corps Any
one can be enlisted for service in France
or Germany, Philippines, Hawaiian Is
lands, Panama, China, Alaska, or for
ment is for one year or three years and
the pay is from $50 90 to $1,000 month
and everything found. Single men only
can be accepted and the age is from 10 to
SIS years old. Sergeant Bloom, who has
charge of the Bangor Station, viii see
that every one who enIists with him will
be given a good Job. The Army has 500
trades and Uncle Sam can place every
one on the Job he likes best, All trans
portaIion will be furnished from Belfast
to men who are accepted by Sergeant
DOM for the Army He will be located
at the post office and any one wishing
information about the new service or
about bonus or other things concerning
the Army will be gladly answered by him.