The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-12-09

The city boat landing at the Easter
Steamship wharf has been hauled ou
This is much later than usual.
! Aurora Rebekah Lodge, I. o. o. F.
will hold its regular meeting Dec. 14tf
After the meeting there will be a dane
ing party.
All those interested in the Associate
Charities are earnestly requested to b
present at a meeting in the Red Cros
rooms on Friday at 4 p m.
Charles Thomas and family have move,
from the Mrs. Frank E. Wiley residence
on Congress street to the Sherman G
| Swift house on Cedar street.
The funeral services of Miss Nelli
Putnam OF Searsport were held at tn
Coombs undertaking parlors Thursda!
afternoon with Rev. George c. Sauer o
the Baptist church officiating.
The Dorcas Guild of the Methods
church held very pleasant social in the
vestry Friday evening, when game'
were played by young and old. Th,
proceeds of SO was added to the Guild's
treasury.
The city schools close Friday for Z
two weeks vacation. The High schoo
will close Friday, Dec. 18th, and will be.
gin Wednesday. Dec, 29th, to allow
some of the teachers time to return from
their homes.
Sunday morning there were evidence!
of smash up of large passenger team
and an auto near the bridge at Citypoint
People living on and near this road com
plain of careless driving, especially Sat.
urday nights.
Mr.. and Mrs. D. A. MacLennon, who
spent the summer at the Peavey cottage
in Northport, have gone to Newton
Mass, where they have bought a resi-.
dence near Mrs. MacLennon's brother
Ralph A. Peavey.
The warm weather has been to the ad.
vantage of Cyr Brothers, contractors and
builders of the lower bridge in this city
Work is progressing very well and they
are in hopes to continue operations al
winter unless very severe weather pre-
vents.
Sunday was the only stormy one fol
many months and even then there was
no monotony ir it. We had fog, mist,
quiet rain, and a perfect downpour,
with heavy wind. To add to the variety
there were flashes of lightning and sew
eral claps of thunder.
There will be public drill next Friday
evening of Co. F, Third Maine Infantry,
and a short lecture on The National
Guard by CRUDE B. Cornish. chaplain of
the Third Maine. The public is cordially
invited. Captain Allen, Lieutenant
Wright and Sergeants McKeen and Mer-
rithew will attend the battalion school in
Bangor next Saturday.
. Mrs. MaBelle Fletcher Cobb, a former
Waldo county teacher, but who has made
Montana her home for the past ten years,
was successful in the general election
Nov. 2, when elected superintendent of
the schools of McCone County. This po-
sition carries with it a salary of So, 500,
and the oversight of about fifty schools
and two High schools. Mrs. Cobb's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Fletcher,
live on the East side, this city.
Belfast has a special interest in the
proposed bridge at Bath over the Ken
nebec River as other sections of the
traffic directed their way. When the
near future and the Belfast bridge and
State road over Searsport avenue is COM
pleted, travel will come by the beautiful
shore line, regardless of OF her induce
ments. The auto travel is a mighty in
dependent feature and summer tourists
will take diction from no source even
warnings posted in garages.
The Women's Alliance of the Unitar-
ian church met last Thursday at the
home of Mrs. Thomas B. Dinsmore
After short business session, the presi-
dent, Miss Maude Barker, introduced Mr..
Hartwell L. Woodcock, who gave talk
on "Social Parasites. Mr.. Woodcock,
from his twenty winters at Nassau and
Florida hotels, carrying on h s art work
and disposing of his paintings, was we'll
qualified to treat this subject. He has
had many interesting experiences with
and related many anecdotes of the idle
rich, who seek those resorts. Many
ce.eb brities were spoken of, among whom
were H. H. Rogers. Mark Twain, John
D. Rockefeller. Mr.. Woodcock told of
his trip in an airplane last winter. His
conclusion concerning Social Parasites"
was that something ought to be said in
their favor, for they were liberal patrons
of fine arts. they gave employment to
many who would find it difficult to get
on without this help, and they dispensed
their wealth freely. He then showed
many pictures which he has painted this
summer at Crie Haven, Matnicus, anc
his camp at Bingham. Some gateways
at Nassau also were in the collection
Mrs. Irving 7. Dinsmore, Mrs. Maude T.
Busse and Mrs. Fred A. johnson were
made new Fellowship Committee. Te;
and waters were served by Mrs. s. C
Pattee, Mrs. S. Augustus Parker n,
Mrs. A. E. Wilson. The next NEE tin,
will be held at Mrs. Geo. Quimby's Dec
16, with paper on Historic Boston from
Miss E. Frances Abbott.
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