The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-02-19
The News of Belfast.

i The News of Belfast.
| The Daughters of Veterans will have a
rehearsal in Memorial Hall Thursday af-
ternoon.
Tarratine Tribe of Red Men are giving
/ dances each Wednesday evening for the
school building fund.
AS Washington's birthday comes next
Sunday the public schools will observe
their usual program next Monday.
Ralph O'Connell, only son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles O'Connell, is critically, ill
with pneumonia and at late report We'd
nesday there was no hopes of recovery.
The Seaside Spiritual Society will hold
meeting in Red Mems hall Friday
evening at 7.3O o'clock with Annette
Pettingill Conyers of Maiden, Mass,
speaker and message bearer, present.
The A. T. W. H. Club gave pretty
and enjoyable valentine party to the
piano pupils of Mrs. C. E. Read in the
Universalist vestry last Friday evening.
Games were played and refreshments
served.
| The harbor is comparatively free from
ice, Sunday nights northeast gale very
materially assisting in breaking up and
carrying out much of the floating ice.
The tug Walter Ross has been doing good
work in clearing the inner harbor.
Last Friday was observed as Valentine
day in the public schools and all were
happy as preparations had been in evil
dence for a week or more. The teach
ers acted as postmasters and also came
in for their share of the old Saints
favors.
Frank M. Robinson returned Monday
from Boston accompanied by his daugh-
ter, Olive NJ, the 14-year old girl enticed
there by William Henry Collins. She
was located by the police at Collins
brothers home in Danvers. Collins had
not been located late Wednesday,.
The unfavorable freight conditions are
effecting business in every direction. The
local shoe factory has been unable to re-
ceive their usual stock of leather, ETC.,
and are also hel up in shipping their or
ders. The grocery men are feeling the
lack of supplies.
The past week has furnished a variety
of weather, with Saturday a beautiful
winter day and Sunday decidedly un-
comfortable one Thursday gave us a
variety of wind and weather, when the
thermometer went the lowest and also
the highest for the Week-6 to 38 above
zero.
Willis Parsons of Dover, State Com
missioner of Inland Fish and Game laws,
was in Belfast Tuesday to investigate a
charge brought against Warden Lyle Bes
sey of Thorndike for discriminatory en-
forcing the Sunday game laws. A re-
quest was also made for his removal.
Mr.. Parsons has reserved his decision in
the case.
Mrs. Altana E. Dutch entertained an
eight-table whist party at her home on
High street last Thursday as a benefit to
the fund the Emma White Barker Tent,
D. of ", is raising for their expenses in
attendin the State Convention to be
held in Augusta next June. The first
prizes were won by Mr.. and Mrs. Merle
r. Whitcomb, while the consolation went
to Mrs. Albert C. Mosman. Refresh
ments were served after the game. A
most enjoyable evening was reported.
The friendly little pine groSbeaks are
not only fed by Belfast bird lovers, but
they are given the benefit of bathing,
etc. The birds found open water at the
corner of Congress and Grove streets
where hydrant was leaking and came
every day for some time. The deer
snow of the recent storms spoiled theil
pleasure. Friends living nearby sunk E
large pan near the spot and filled it with
water. Much to the surprise of all the
birds came and bathed as usual, but
clung to the human thought of ''first
come, first served" as the early birds
stood on the rim of the pan and fought
others less fortunate.
B. 0. Norton has male arrangements
, which will enable him to transfer hi.
business to the commodous building for.
, merly occupied by the Read Garage, the
United Laundry and the W. U. Tel Co.
, and will take possession March /. Mr.
Norton will use the space formerly occu,
pied by the United Laundry as a store
both above and below The present tel.
, egraph office will be used as a show
, room, large plate glass window taking
the place of the windows now there. Al
, entrance for autos will be made On High
t ST., and slip will be built SO that auto.
mobiles can be taken to the upper floo
under their own power. An archWay
will be cut through the rear wall of tn,
/: main building making a direct passage
} way from the front entrance to the gar
age on Beaver st. 1t is expected tina
these changes will be completed Apri
1 first. Mr.. Norton will use his buildln.
at the foot of Main St. for general stor
age purposes. The United Laundry, S
A. Parker, manager, was closed Satur
day night. Mr.. Parker will devote hi
time for the present in soliciting acreag,
for corn and beans for the Saco Vale!
Canning Company. The Western Unio1
= office will move to what is commonly
known as the Corner" store in tn,
Pythian Block as soon as the necessar,
repairs can be made. The other tenan
of the building, the Read Garage, wal
closed some weeks ago.