The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1919-02-06

with influenza at the home OF his parents
Mr., and Mrs. Harvey S. CUNNINGHAM is
now rapidly improving.
Belfast relativ es have received teIe-
gram announcing the arrival Tuesday in
New York of Charles r. Decrow. who
has been in the machinist department of
the U. S. A. overseas. He is at Camp
Merritt, N. j.
Theodore c. Bramhall, youngest son of
Mrs. Alice Coombs Bramhall, has taken
charge of the City Fish Market, which
has been managed for the past sixteen
years by her eldest son, Frank E. Bran
nall, who left the High school in his
freshman year to succeed his father. E.
r. bramhall, who died in 1902. Frank
VIII enter the firm of the Dinsmore Shoe
co. Feb. 18th. Theodore graduated from
the b. ii. 5. IN 1917, took the military
training course at Colby College and has
also been employed in the City National
Bank He is well equipped for his new
! position and will continue the markets
high standing for good goods and fair
. dealings
The annual meeting of the Associated
Charities was held in the Municipal
Court room Wednesday, Jan. goth. and
the following officers were Reelected:
Pres, Rev A. f. Wilson; Vice Pres.
Mrs Essie P. Carrie; Secy, Mrs. Chas.
M. Craig; Treas, Chas. R. Coombs.
Statements were made showing about one
hundred dollars on hand, that no special
effort had been made this season to Sc
cure members but that the society filled
needed place in the community life
and it was voted to empower the officers
to appoint an Advisory Board of mem
Ders from churches and societies to keep
up the work of the organization.
The Women's Alliance of the First
Parish Church met with Mrs. Thomas
B Dinsmore last Thursday with large
attendance. A delightful story entitled
The Chateau of the Three Fires, a Tale
OF Brittany" written and read by Mrs.
george X Williamson filled the program
OF the day. All have looked forward to
the original papers which Mrs. William
son gives each year, but the opinion was
unanimous that this surpassed all the
others. 1t was romance, full of local
color and splendid characterization, with
novel working out of plot, and Just the
sort of ending one hoped for but wonder
ed how it could be brought about The
next meeting will be at Mrs Arthur
= iNtchle's Feb. 18th, with a paper ON
France by Mrs. Eugene L. Stevens.
The last one of the five masts of the
schooner Jennie Flood Kreger in the O.
T. Frost yard was set Monday afternoon.
, They are handsome sticks of Oregon fir
and are ZIG feet long. The foremost is
~ inches in diameter and the other four
are II inches. The topmasts are not set.
but are ready. They are SIS feet long and
, are made of Maine pine and spruce. The
rigging for the lower masts is all fitted
' and the work of putting it in place began
: Tuesday. The bowsprit is in place and
the llbboom, which is u feet long, will be
set soon. 1t will reach about to the
buildings of the Mathews Mill on the
: other side of Front street. The vessel is
nearly all painted. She is a copper
brown below the water line and a
dark bronze green above the line, The
cabins are white and the metal work is
) galvanized. The after cabin is finished
In plain oak, gum-wood and mahogany
} with hard wood floors. The forward
: houses are in Oregon fir. She is not only
the largest vessel ever built here, but is
also very handsome and well built.
The Camp Fire Girls held their monthly
ceremonial last evening at the home of
Katherine Brown. Ruth Billings read the
account of the last ceremonial and gave
an abstract of the lecture on the Bahamas
by MIR. Hartwell Woodcock, which was
the feature Of that evening. Her records
included also the history of a recent
afternoon hike to Parsons Hill and an
afternoon of instruction by Miss Blake.
r. N, of the Tapley Hospital, on ele-
mentary bandaging and first aid; on both
of these occasions tea at the parsonage
followed. Upon Grace Hazeltine was con-
ferred the honor of election to the rank
OF Fire Maker, and the silver bracelet
which is the sign of attainment. All of
the girls received honor beads showing
work in the various crafts of the order.
Two Blue Birds, Eleanor Stephenson and
Alice Brown, gave an exhibition of folk
dances learned in their own club. The
door bell rang and a messenger appeared
with basket for Mrs. Julia Littlefield
Ames, a charter member of the Camp
Fire. 1t was opened amid much laughter
at the labels and revealed a wide variety
10 gifts suitable for housekeeping. Re-
freshments were served, and an hour of
games and dancing followed.