The Republican journal., 1919-03-20
SEARSPORT.

Leon Lovett of Bangor was in town
Saturday.
All schools will open on Monday for the
beginning of the spring term.
Miss Flora johnson is spending the ten
days school recess at her home in Waldo.
The guild of the First Cong'I church
met Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Flora
Roulstone
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Gilkey spent
Tuesday in Bangor, making the trip by
automobile.
The members of the Wednesday Bridge
Club were entertained by Mrs. Lila Blee
at her home on Park street.
Miss Mabel Griffin left Monday for
Canton, Mass, where she will be the
guest of her brother, Edward Gri fin.
The Utu Camp Jire Girls conducted
successful sale Of candy and food on Sat-
urday, netting a profit of fourteen dollars.
John j. Moore and Frank P. Cole were
in town the greater part of the past week
in the interest of the Searsport Water
Company.
Mrs. Abbie Ordway, teacher of the In
termedlate Dept, and Miss Maude Bryant
are spending the short vacation at their
home IN SearSn ont,
MI and Mrs. Charles Wilson and chill
dren of Bangor spent the weekend in
town, the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. R.
Wilson of Reservoir street.
Dr.. S. L. Fairchild has purchased the
house on Main street formerly occupied
by Dr. Sumner c. Pattee and after re-
pairing will move into it.
Mrs. A. T, Whittier and Miss Orilla
Whitcomb returned from Skowhegan
Tuesday after short visit with Rev.
and Mrs. Charles Mckinney
Mrs Donald W. Vaughn received
message Monday stating that her hus-
band is at Camp Devens for discharge
and will be at home later in the week.
M. and Ms. Wilbur Blodgett were
called to Belfast Saturday by the death
of their nephew, the little son of Mr.. and
Mrs Allan Patterson of that city.
Friends of Ms. Alphonso Wagner MAR
ION Hamilton will regret to learn that she
is suffering from tonsihtis. Mrs. Wagner
has recently recovered from a serious at
tack of pneumonia.
The fish market on the corner of Main
and Mt Ephraim streets has been opened
by Murch Clark, who recently moved to
this town from Prospect Mr.. Clark is
Planning to run an up-to-da market
with vegetables in season. His cart is
calling for orders on tuesdays and Fri
days.
Miss Georgia Ford writes from Man
chester, Conn, where she was called last
fall by the illness of her sister, that she
and her niece katherine are recovering
from scarlet fever. Miss Palmer was
critically i'll with pneumonia after he,
mothers death and had scarcely recover
ed from this illness when stricken with
the fever.
On Thursday evening the steamer Col
denrod made special trip to Castine,
chartered by the Epworth League of the
M. E. Church. About thirty members
of the league made the trip attending the
service of the evening, conducted by Rev.
Felix Powell a quick run was made
across the bay and though the night was
the toughest of the month an enjoyable
sail is reported.
Warren Gray received painful injuries
while engaged in his work at the Mack's
Point coal pocket last Saturday. He
was carried to Belfast, where after X
Ray photographs, fractures in his right
ankle were reduced The left ankle was
spralned and both wrists injured and his
back badly wrenched. After treatment
he was brought back to his home on
Bay View street
The O. E. S. benefit 500 party given
on Monday evening, March 18th, in the
Service Rooms was happy event. Mrs.
S. l.. Fairchild and Mrs. Edward Gilkey,
the hostesses, has made special prepara-
ton in keeping with ST. Patrick's Day
and many clever ideas in decoration were
carried out For several days artistic
posters in green and white announced the
party. Score cards were in form of huge
shamrocks and the tables were marked
with smaller ones Ten 'es were filled
and the game was unusually merry. At
II Mrs. Edison Fletcher and Miss Florence
Colcord assisted in serving generous plates
of delicately tinted sherbet A variety of
cakes with green icing, shamrocks and
tiny pigs in festive array further carried
out the color scheme. Music followed
the dainty luncheon and it was well past
midnight when the fun was over
In order to relieve the crowded condi-
ton in the Union school building chill
dren from the lower grades will be re-
moved to the engine house on Reservoir
street for the spring term The fire.
mems hall on the second floor will be