The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-04-24
There is still on hand at the Red Cross

rooms great amount of yarn for shawls,
mufflers and children's sweaters. The
committee wonld like to give it out as
soon as possible to relieve the necessity
OF holding office hours. Please call at
Memorial Hall on Tuesday. Thursday or
Saturday afternoon and get all you can
use. A reasonable amount of time will
be allowed for making the articles as the
demand is not immediate.
Earl White, son of Mr.. and Mrs. George
T. White, is rapidly improving after a
very serious illness caused by stomach
trouble. Although confined to his bed a
greater part of the time he has had his
wireless station put into commission since
the Z. S. ban has been lifted and hopes to
take messages. He had been able to
take many messages before the ban was
ordered, at one time learning of the dis
| tress of the son of one of his neighbors,
who was then in the coast patrol He
| has very fine equipped stations both at
/ his winter and East Belfast summer
| homes.
| Charles E. Knowlton has sold his store
and the lot of land between the Eaton
block and the Heal marble shop on Phoe-
nix Row, to the Penobscot Bay Electric
company. The company plan to erect
| building for their Office needs and for their
sales and supply rooms. Their present
location is undergoing extensive changes
and repairs. The two partitions in the
rear of the store have been taken down
and the office desks, safe, etc, moved
there from the front. These changes will
leave the front store free for the display
of goods, etc. A toilet room will be put
in near the desks. The entire store will
be papered and painted,
MI. and Mrs Leroy A. Coombs received
letter last Friday from their only son,
Harry l.. Coombs, now with CO. A, End
Regiment, Pioneer Inf, who writes from
France under date of March 18th that he
was at Saint Loubes, near Bordeaux, and
was well and happy, but does not know
when he can come home. He recently
had short vacation and went to f'uchou
and Pau. He had planned to 60 to Spain,
but the severe cold and frequent snow
storms prevented tie trip He has met
Victor Merriam of Belfast and Elmer
Arnold of Stockton Springs While he
I -,5v,r
Taft, daughter of Elk President Taft, who
is doing Y. NJ. c. A work in France, in
troduced herself to him and pleasant
conversation followed. He was also in
teTested in the old cathedrals and Gene
teries of the date of 72 B. c., and also IN
the casinos, museums, etc. tie is now
employed in running moving pictures at
a Y M. c, A. and is also its electrician.
A SURPRISE SHOWER Miss ClarabeI
Marsh, whose marriage with John Oscar
Olson of Someryille, Mass, will take
place il early June, was given
most delig htful surprise shower last Thurs
day at the home of Mrs. Clarence A.
Paul on Congress street It was planned
for the guest Of honor to arrive after the
other guests, who with the hostess had
arranged the shower gifts in various parts
of the home Miss Marsh's surprise can
be better imagined than described when
the lights were turned on and she dis
covered the handsome decorations of Jon
quils and tulips and also bevy of smil-
ing young friends. Miss Marsh was given
an Easter egg, which contained chicken
and the information as to where gift
number one was concealed. Other chick
ems followed with like information until
the happy bride-to-be had located hand
some candlesticks, cut glass vase, pic
lures, embroidered linen, etc. Later
ice cream and cake were served in the
dining room. NJ SIS Charlotte Nj. Tibbetts
found the ring and Miss Helen H. Kit
tredge the thimble concealed in the cake.
The other guests were Mrs Robert W.
Rollins, Mrs. B. H. Mudgett, Mrs Luther
A. Hammons. Mrs. Basil r. Allen and
Miss Marguerite H. Owen.