The Republican journal., 1920-04-01
The Annual Meeting of the
Unitarian Alliance.

The Woman's Alliance of the First
Parish church held their annual business
meeting last Thursday afternoon at the
home of Mrs. Eugene L. Stevens. Miss
Charlotte w. Colburn, who has served
most efficiently as president for ten years,
refused to be renominated, and Miss
Maude E. Barker was elected to fill that
office, with Mrs. James C. Durham, vice
president, Mrs B. H. Conant, second vice,
Mrs. A. E. Wilson, secretary, Mrs. c. S.
Bickford, treasurer The following COM
mittees were elected for the various de-
partments: Post office mission, Mrs. A. E.
Wilson; program, Mrs. E. A. Sherman,
Mrs. Arthur Richie, Mrs. j. c. Durham,
Mrs. G. R. Williamson, Mrs A. E. Wilson,
Mrs. A. C. Burgess, Mrs. F. R. Woodcock,
Mrs. S. A. Parker, Mrs. E. P. Brown; So
cial, Mrs. C. R. Coombs, Mrs. G. R. Doak,
Mrs. H. w. Clark, Mrs. I. B. Dinsmore,
Mrs. B. H. Conant, Mrs. l. T. Dinsmore,
Mrs. F. A. johnson, Mrs. H. E. Mcdonald,
Mrs. Sumner c. Pattee, Mrs. E. L. Hall;
social aid, Miss Belle Heating, Mrs. Dana
B. Southworth, Mrs Allan Howes, Mrs.
B.P. Wood, Miss Frances Abbott, Miss
Alberta Farnham, Mrs. Henry Ingersoll;
decorating, Easter, Mrs. l. T. Dinsmore,
Mrs. F. A. johnson, Mrs F. R. Wood
cock; MAY, Mrs. C. S. Bickford; June,
Mrs. Arthur Richie; July, Mrs B. H.
Conant, Miss Mildred Slater; September,
Mrs. j. W. Blasdell; October, Mrs G. F.
RYAN; Christmas, Mrs. Eugene l.. Stew
ems; hospitality, Miss Charlotte W. Col
burn, Mrs. j. H. Howes, Mrs. G. A. Quinn
by, Mrs. W. B. Swan, Mrs. E. L. Stevens,
Miss Inez Crawford; social service, Mrs.
Ben Hazeltine, Mrs. W. B. Swan, Mrs. j.
H. Howes, Mrs. Joseph Tyler, Mrs. E. A.
Sherman, Mrs. G. Bucknam, Mrs. |. l..
Perry, Mrs Frank Wilson; Sunday school,
Mrs. C. W. Wescott, Mrs F. A. johnson,
Mrs. S. S. L. Shute Mrs. c. r. Coombs,
Mrs. Frank Wilson, Mrs. Robert Coombs,
Mrs. E. A Banks, parsonage repairs, MIS-.
A. M. Carter, Mrs W. B. Swan, Miss
Frances Chase.
The retiring president made short ad-
dress, which was happily respon led to by
the new incumbent. A rising vote of
thanks was given Miss Colburn for the
splendid work she has done during her
long term of service. The program con-
sisted of letters from far away friends,
Mrs. j. W. Frederick in St Augustine,
Fla; Mrs. C. c. Pineo in Rio Janeiro,
Brazil; Mrs. Richard Shaw in Manila, P.
l.; and from Mrs. Stevens aunt, Mrs.
Fessenden Day of Lewiston, a guest of
Mrs Harold Stetson, Canton. China.
A brilliant piano duet, "Madrilena," a
Spanish Fantasy, played by Mrs. Allan
M. Howes and Miss Marguerite II. Owen,
closed the program.
Adjourned to meet April 9Th with Mrs.
A. c. Burgess, when Miss Frances Abbott
will give paper on "Modern Humorists. "
Mrs. Frederick writes that the season
has been so cold and unlike any previous
winter that she has spent most of her time
in their own pretty home, so has little to
record of interest except "views from an
upper window" She says the trip down
was through drifts of snow that made
Boston and other large cities veritable
Arctic scenes. For nearly five hours after
leaving Washington they ploughed throuh
snow, but at the time of writing she said
that "the good old Maine thermometer at
our door registers over 80 degrees" The
city is packed to OVERLOOKING and life is
as gay as ever with fairs, concerts, card
parties and street dances. The colored
race is as ever source of amusement to
this wide awake Maine woman. She says
that her birthday occurs March Goth and
| this is the goth one she has spent away
from her Maine home She was to enter
tain Mrs Fessenden and Mrs. Pendleton
on that occasion and would like to add
many more friends to the list. She speaks
of delightful call from Mr.. and Mrs. T..
B. Dinsmore, who left March 10Th for
Savannah.
Mrs. Pineo wrote entertainingly of the
two day Mardi Gras at Rio de Janeiro.
Her little daughter Katherine and son
Chapman, in costumes representing Pier
rotte and Pierrot were in the street pa
rade. They leave early in May for Bel
fast to spend the summer,
Mrs Shaw wrote of the conditions at
Using Tao, China, where Japanese offici-
ais are in control and all the German
stores are closed. Many necessities and
nearly every luxury are now difficult to
obtain. For weeks she had not seen an
American newspaper, while new books
and current literature are scarce. While
they miss the concerts, theatres and pub
lie libraries, they find life in China en-
ioyable.