The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-04-08

Dr. Sumner C. Pattee has moved his
Office from the Colonial Theater building
to the Masonic Temple, occupying the
office which was occupied by Dr.. w. C.
Libbey.
On account of lack of quorum the
April meeting of the Directors of the
Home for Aged Women was postponed
from Tuesday to this, Thursday, evening
at 7 o'clock.
Through the efforts of Herbert R.
Blodgett, it's local manager, the Central
Maine Power Company has presented the
Waldo County Hospital with an electric
power washing machine.
The Saturday Auction Club was enter
tanned Friday evening at the home of
Mrs. Virgil L. Hall, three tables being
filled. A picnic supper was served, and
Mrs. Clyde B. Holmes won the prize. a
filled rose jar.
The last meeting of the season of the
Women's Alliance of the First Parish
will be held at the home of Mrs. Albert
G. Burgess, Church street, this, Thurs
day, at three o'clock. A paper on ''Mod-
ern Humorists" will be given by Miss
Frances Abbott.
The Travellers Club will meet next
tuesday afternoon with Miss Annie ".
Field, Primrose Hill. The program will
consist of paper, Savannah, Mrs. John
Il. Dunton; reading, Among the Georgia
Crackers, Mrs, C. M. Craig; reading,
Alive Atlanta, Miss Maude E. Mathews.
Cadet J. Tolford Durham, a student at
St. Johns Military school at Manlius,
N. T., who has been spending the Easter
vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
James c. Durham, is member of the
Reserve Officers Training Corps main
tanned at the ms sitution by the War De-
| partment,
The regular meeting of John Cochran
Chapter, d. A. R., announced for last
Monday evening at the home of Mrs. John
w. ferguson, was postponed to next Mon
day evening on account of the severe
storm. The program is of unusual inter-
est as it contains paper on "The Cross
Roads of the World" by Mrs. George C.
Bosom, Jr.
W. E. Hamilton, our florist, had an
abundance of all spring bulbs with the
exception of the Easter lily. He thought
IL advisable not to buy the latter as the
price was exorbltant, hence did not have
one for sale. He also had large supply
OF cut flowers. His sales were unusually
large both for church and home decora-
tons, but his supply was by no means
exhausted.
The Community Chautauqua week has
oeen assigned for July 21st to 25th, inclu-
siVe, and will be five days devoted to
music and lectures. The attractions as
signed are entirely new here. Among
them are the Aeolian String Choir; The
Madrigals; Percy Allen, English Traveller;
"Polly of the Circus" big play; The
Venetian Trio; DR.. E. E. Volette and The
Beaco Concert Company.
A good Saturday, April 3rd, was an
innovation to the usual run of weather
| conditions. The storm came FRIDAY and
again Monday. On the latter date we
had variety of weather. In the early
morning there was snow suuall which
left the ground white until the intermit-
tent April showers melted it. Shortly
after noon, at about p. m. and again at
80 D. M, we had electrical showers.
Each State Normal school in New Eng
land may now send one student to Bos-
ton University School of Education free
of charge, according to Prof. Arthur H.
Wilde, director of the department. The
annual scholarship is to be awarded this
year for the first time to one student in
each New England Normal School, who
will be selected by the faculty because of
all round scholarship and general charac-
ter. This offer is open to seniors of this
year.
Harry A. Foster of Belfast has been
appointed director in Waldo County of
the campaign in which Baptists through
out the north and west seek to raise
100000 900 between April Is and May
End. He is organizing local churches
much the same as communities were or
ganized during the great war work drives.
Among the aims of the New World Move
ment of Northern Baptists, which will be
furthered by the fund, are Christian work
among the foreign born of the United
States, expansion of religious and educa-
tlonal institutions supported by the de-
nomination, increased salaries and pen
sions for ministers and missionaries and
enlarged foreign mission work.
POOR'S MILLS. Mrs. Ernest Marsh
has been quite sick, but is reported bet
ter....Mrs. Mildred Woods visited friends
in Camden recently. Mr. and Mrs. Fran
cello Conner have fine boy, born March
23rd....Mos Poland, who has been in
France, was guest of Delbert Robertson
last week.....Capt o. A. Wade and w.
S. Wentworth have returned to Hart