The Republican journal., 1919-02-13
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would not care for that sort of publicity
1t goes without saying, however, that
this kindly act will prove an effective
tonic for the suffering mother. Already
funds are available to provide an even
better home than the one lost.
Mrs Lucy P. Leach, the principal of
the High school, with her assistant, Miss
Maude Heron, is doing all possible to i'm
prove the condition of the local school,
She reports an honor roll for January as
follows: Not absent, tardy or dismissed:
Grace Blanchard, Dennis Elliot, Josie La
Furley, Raymond Morrison, Frederick
Morrison, Ruth Smith, Ralph Pendleton.
The highest rank for the month: Leon
Grant, Edna Grant, Marietta Turner, Elsie
Stiles, Charles Foster, Dennis Elliot,
Ralph Pendeton, Jennie Batchelder, Alice
johnson, Grace Blanchard, Frederick
Morrison, James Flemming, Avis Part
ridge, Grille Lanphier, Doris Bickmore
Ethel Fraser The school has travelling
library from Augusta, and parents and
friends are invited to Join the students in
its use. The reading table is supplied
with the Bangor News, Bangor CONNER
cial, Boston Post, Boston Herald, The
Pathfinder, Current Events, American
Magazine, Popular Mechanics, Farm
journal, Human Life, Red Cross Maya
zine, School Life, Youths Companion,
| MoCl,roJ.
ways welcome.
William j. Donoghue, station agent at
this village, died at his residence on Syl-
van street late Saturday afternoon. He
was born in st. Andrews, N. b., As years
Bangor & Aroostook railroad for many
years. From long service at Sherman,
he took a leave of absence owing to a
serious break in health, coming to this
! station late in the fall. About business
as usual on Friday, he suffered an acute
attack Immediately after supper, and
later lapsed into Inconsistencies from
which he failed to rally Mrs Donoghue,
who has recently recovered from a severe
Illness, left on the Friday morning train
to visit her people at Atkinson and later
return with her two small children She
was recalled by wire and reached her
husbands side Saturday morning Drs.
Brltto of Stockton, Fairchild of Sears
port and Nealley of Bangor were in at
tendance without avail. Mr.. Charles
Snow and his son, father and brother of
Mrs. Donoghue, arrived Saturday, also
Benjamin Donoghue, twin brothers of the
deceased. A requiem high mass was cele-
brated by Father T. J. O'Mahoney of
Belfast at the residence on Tuesday at
$50 a. m. The body was later taken to
st. Andrews for burial.
The annual mid winter dinner of the
Current Events Club at Mrs Eben Lib
by's on Feb. 5th proved a highly sue
cessful function in every detail, save the
absence of several prominent members
through sickness. AS a woman's club
this organization has reached an age
when anniversaries acquire dignity from
long observance. 1t was on June 81,
1898, that this club was formed at a meet
ing with the late Mrs. Esther A HIGH
born, and it became a member of the
State federation in 1892 For the current
year Mrs. AIvah c. Treat is president;
Miss Nellie Hichborn, vice president;
Mrs. Edgar M. Colcord, secretary; Miss
Alice Hichborn, treasurer. The commit
tee for the dinner was composed of Mrs.
Page B. Spalding, Mrs. Charles P. Sta
pies, Mrs. Rufus L. Mudgett, Mrs Earl
K. Richards and Mrs. William Avery,
and the result of their effort to make
everything attractive ''from soup to
nuts" won high praise from all who par
ticipated in the festivities, Mrs. Libby,
who long ago achieved more than local
fame for her culinary skill, upon this oc-
casion, relieved of all of Mr. Hoover's
embarrassing restrictions for the first
time in an age, fairly outdid herself At
p. m. the following members assembled
about the inviting tables: Mrs Caroline
A. Gardner, Mrs. E. G. Billings, Mrs.
Estele Crosby, Miss Alice Hichborn,
Mrs. George H. Hopkins, Mrs. Eleanor
Colcord, Miss Nellie Hichborn, Miss
Leora Partridge, Mrs. George S. Ward
well, Mrs. Angelina Mudgett, Mrs. Chas.
H. Emery, Mrs. William Avery, Mrs.
Everett Staples, Mrs. Charles P. Staples,
Mrs. Charles A. Snow, Mrs. Rufus L.
Mudgett, Mrs. Earle R. Richards, Mrs.
Page B. Spalding, Mrs, Elmer E. Thomp-
son, Mrs Harry R. Hichborn, Mrs. AL