The Republican journal., 1920-06-17

residence on Vine street to Ella Fent on
Mathews of Summit, N. j.
IF. Gray of Detroit, Michigan, was
in Belfast the past week to look up and
purchase several Waldo county farms,
Mayor C. w. Wescott has received S268
from the Belfast school teachers for the
new school house, the net proceeds of the
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Rev. D. M Brookman, pastor of st.
Peters Rectory at Morristown, N. j., has
taken rooms at the Windsor Hotel from
July LIST to September LIST.
William L. Luce was in Lewiston the
past week to attend the annual me Getting
of the Maine Music Trades Association
and was elected its secretary and treas
urer
Mr.. and Mrs. Carroll A. Thompson,
who were married in Belmont, June 5th,
have returned from their wedding trip
and are at their home in the Cross house
on Miller street.
Charles F. Swift has given Mrs. Cecil
Clay, president of the Hospital Aid, S1OO
for furnishing room at the w aldo County
Hospital to be known as the Swift room,
in honor of his late brother, William Au-
gustus Swift.
Mrs. S. NJ Rackliff is at the home of
her daughter, Mrs. Ralph D. Southworth,
ill from the effects of recent fall. She
sprained her right knee and has that
member in splints. Although unable to
walk she is improving.
About fifty men from Co. F, Third
Maine Infantry, spent Sunday in the
vicinity of the upper dam of the city
water works, where they are to have a
rifle range. They Toasted on beans bak-
ed in the ground and took exercises in
the drill work, etc.
The funeral of Mrs. Emery j. Roberts
was held at her home on Waldo avenue
extension Thursday at p. M, with Rev.
William Vaughan of the Trinity Reform
ed church of East Belfast officiating. The
interment was in the Head of the Tide
cemetery. The bearers were Messrs
Clarence E. Frost, Marc ellus r. Knowl-
ton, Fred E. Seward and D. A. Weber.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Bruce an
ounced the engagement o f their only
daughter, Eleanor Lemont Bruce to Har-
old Sturgis Dexter of Beverly, Mass, at
a party given at their home last Friday
evening The engagement is the result
of High school romance and the we'd
ding will take place in the late summer.
The bride-to-be was member of the B.
H. S. class of 1918 and has been assistant
to DR.. Ernest S. Weber. She is very
popular and capable young lady. Mr..
Dexter is the only son of Mr.. and MRS.
James c. Dexter. Since graduating from
the B. H. S. in 1917 he has been employ
ed as draughtsman by the United Shoe
Machinery Co. of Beverly, Mass. He
was training for special service in the
engineers corp at the Northwest IN Uni
versity when the war closed.
Capt. Charles H. Batchelder only son
of Capt. and Mrs. A. C. Batchelder of
this city, recently arrived in New York
from Bremen, Germany, where he had
been with cargo of cotton in the trans
port ship Minnewawa of 5000 tons. AS
the ship was east of Cape Henry she lost
three propeller blades in an acct lent, but
her valiant commander sailed her dis
lance of 500 miles into New York with
only one blade, great feat. In recogni-
ton of his work Capt. Batchelder has
been placed in command of the S. S.
Schoharie, then loading in New York
with general cargo for several Mediter-
ranean ports Capt. Batchelder has been
in war service and was a guest several
months ago of his parents in this city.
The city of WatervilIe has brought &C.
ton against the city of Belfast for ex-
penses incurred by Earl Chamberlain.
Arthur Richie conducted the case for
Belfast at the trial opened before the Su-
preme Judicial Court of Kennebec county
last 1 thursday ana mas carried II to the
Law Court. DR.. w. L. West, City Clerk
Charles S. Bickford and Ralph Hayford
were called as witnesses. The Kennebec
Journal says of the case:
1.-THE supplies included medical at
tendance and a surgical operation per-
formed by DR.. B. p Hurd by instruction
of the overseers of poor of Waterville.
1t was contended in defence that the
overseers of poor should have called in
the city physician in this case and not an
outside physician. In support of this
contention defendant offered in evidence
Chapter II of the city ordinances, defin-
ing the duties of the city physician of
Waterville. An unusual proceeding dur
ing the trial was the examination of Earl
Chamberlain, to whom the supplies were
furnished. He is deaf and dumb and his
examination was in part through an in
terpreter, who used the sign language,
and partly by written questions and
answers Chamberl1in was taken with