The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-03-25


Interchurch World Movement, First Bap-
fist Church, Belfast, Maine.
An auto made its appearance on
Church street Wednesday afternoon and
was evidently going home from garage.
This, Thursday, evening the M. c. l.
basket ball team will play the B. H. S.
team in the Armory. That means good
game.
William Vaughan, Jr., of East Belfast
is suffering from fracture of three ribs
which he sustained by slipping on the
staging and falling to the ground while
working in the Pendleton shipyard.
Readers of The Journal who are enjoy
ing the interesting serial story, "The
Valley of the Giants" by Peter Kyne,
now being published in this paper, will be
able to see it in picture form at the Co.
lonial Theatre next Tuesday.
Fred E. Ellis, dealer in antique and
second hand goods, will move early in
May from the Marsh house on Church
street to what is known as the Hills
building on Phoenix Row. The Marsh
house will be changed over to tenement
house.
MILLINERY OPENINGS. H. H. Coombs
& Co. will have their millinery opening
next Saturday at their store on High
street. The other milliners, Mrs. B. F.
Wells, l.. H. Ferguson, E. X. Brier & Co.
and Mrs. A. B. Wyllie will have their
openi lgs on Thursday, April LIST.
The Senior class parts for the 3. H. S.
graduat ton in June, awarded for the high
est rank, were announced last Friday
Miss Hope Dorman has the valedictory
and Miss Emily Evans the salutatory.
There are SO in the graduating class, with
Miss Dorman as the youngest member.
James C. Durham has sold the ma
chinery in his wood working mill near
the shoe factory to E. J. Vose & Sons of
Liberty. They are operating the Walker
mill and will add boxes to its output.
The greater part of the heavy machinery
in the Read Garage & Machine Shop has
been sold to Rockland parties. Several
local garages have bought lathes, etc.
Miss Anita Trask entertained Wednes-
day evening, March 18th, in honor of her
birthday. The hours were spent socially
and with games. The hostess, assisted
by her sister Mildred, served ice cream
and cake. She was the recipient of sew
eral handsome gifts The guests were
Misses Edith Fowles and Gladys Smith,
Messrs, Truman Roberts, Roland McKin-
ney, Winfield A. Mariner and William
t. Norris.
Elbridge S. Pitcher, now director of
music in the Auburn schools, assisted by
Mrs Pitcher, has very successfully stag
ed the opera Mikado at the Webster
school auditorium using talent from the
Edward Little High school. In person.
al note Mr.. Pitcher says: eve had two
full houses and cleared nearly $500" He
also enclosed very attractive program
saying it was from the Manual Arts
Printshop of the Webster school, but the
type setting and press work was by stu
dents in the Junior High school.
The Emma White Barker Tent, D. of
", held session of unusual interest at
it's regular meeting Wednesday evening,
when Miss Susie Hanson read a finely
written paper on Clara Barton. Another
of the Tents series of whist parties was
held Monday evening with Miss Doris
Clifford, who entertained eight tables.
The prize winners were Mrs. Wallace
Sprague, Mrs. Eben F. Hatch, Messrs.
Leland Smith and Merle R. Whitcomb,
Mrs. Walter Juan will entertain the next
party in Memorial Hall this, Thursday,
evening.
The Miami, Fla, Daily Metropolis of
March 18th says:
Miss Margaret White, only daughter
of Captain Bob White of Key West, is a
bride OF this week, her marriage to Daniel
Bacon of New York having taken place
in Key West Wednesday evening. Miss
White is considered one of the most popu-
lar girls in the State of Florida and is
especially beloved here where she spent
her childhood and friends are hoping that
she will come to Miami, as rumor has it,
to spend her honeymoon at the Royal
Palm hotel. Mr.. Bacon is said to be a
wealthy New Yorker and it was as a
member of his yachting party that Miss
White visited here earlier in the season."
The journal has absolute proof that
spring is in the air regardless of what the
calen lar says or the immense snow drifts
in every direction, for Hon. C. O. Poor
has reported picking purple and white
crocuses at his residence March 22nd
and 23rd. Just when snow will leave is
question. The pessimistic say that we
will have some of our drifts until June;
while the optimistic say the heavy storm
of last Saturday was just what was need
ed. They also say that the snow is now
taking out the frost and will soon disap-
pear as if by magic. Mud time will be of
short duration.
A DELIGHTFUL EDISON CONCERT. A
packed house greeted Mr.. Glenn Ellison,
the celebrated Scotch baritone in the Ed