The Republican journal., 1920-04-08
SEARSPORT.

County Commissioner F. l. Mortland is
i'll at his home on Mortland Road.
Mrs. Jack Lroce has returned from a
visit with relatives in Skowhegan.
Richard and Fred Swift left Thursday
on business trip to Rockland and Thorn
aston.
Mrs. Leslie Conary of Camden was the
guest of her sister, Mrs. Calvin StinsoE,
recently.
John Sweetser, who has been employ
ed in Boston for several months, arrived
home Saturday.
Miss Cecilia Keller has been the guest
recently of Mr.. and Mrs. Eden Hartman
on Mortland Road.
> Warren Gray shipped in the steamer
Lake Harvey from Cape Jellison for Phil
adelpnia last week.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist church
will meet this, Thursday, afternoon at
the home of Mrs. George Towle.
Frank Cleaves, who has been confined
to his home since Feb. 10th with broken
leg, is able to be on the street again.
Mrs. Fred Vincent, who has been very
i'll for several weeks in a Portland hos
pital, has arrived home and is gaining.
Sympathy is extended to Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson Swift in the loss Of their twin
babies, boy and girl, born two weeks
ago,
Rev. and Mrs. N. F. Atwood left We'd
nesday, March 3lst, for Cape Cod, Mass,
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father.
Capt B. F. Cocord attended the meet
ing of the Republican State committee in
Augusta Friday, returning to Searsport
Saturday.
Mrs. George Lovett and son Leon re-
turned to their home in Bangor Friday
after a visit with Mr.. and Mrs. F. c.
Whitcomb.
Miss Violet Meyers, who is a student
at the Mount Ida School, Newton, Mass,
is spending the Easter holidays at her
home in Searsport,
Mrs. C. L. Foster arrived Friday from
the Waldo County Hospital in Belfast,
where she underwent surgical operation
three weeks ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Stinson and
daughter Beatrice of Deer Isle and Sam
uel Stinson of Sunset were guests of rel
atives in town last week.
Sidney Weber, who has been situated
in Cleveland, Ohio, for the past four
months, arrived Saturday to spend East
er with his family in town.
Mrs. VIM. M. Parse will have an exhi-
bition of trimmed and untrimmed hats
from Miss Louise Ferguson, Belfast, at
the Parse store this Thursday afternoon.
E. w. Jones of Chicago, engineer for
the Armour Co, was in town several
DAYS last week on business connected
with the opening of the plant at Mack's
Point, formerly operated by the Hubbard
Fertilizer Co.
Miss Ethel Nichols Of the Bangor High
school faculty and Miss Iona Nichols,
who teaches in the Brewer schools, spent
the Easter va alton with their parents.
Capt. and Mrs. Charles Nichols, on
Water street.
Stanley Baker Adams, who died at his
home in Bangor last Friday, was grand
son of DR.. Jonathan Adams, for many
years pastor of the Congregational church
in Searsport. The young man was stu
dent at the University of Pennsylvania,
when he left college to enlist in the ser
vice, in the Aviation Corps. He was the
only son of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Adams of
Bangor. Searsport relatives are Mrs. j.
H. Duncan, Mrs. IC. E. Adams and Mrs.
Joseph SWeetser.
Impressive union Easter services were
held in the First Congregational church
Sunday morning and evening. The
church was beautiful with quantities of
tulips, hyacinths, ionquils, carnations
and pussy-willows. An eloquent Easter
sermon was given by the pastor, Rev. T.
ii. Martin, from a text in Matt 28-9.
The vested choir rendered pleasing pro-
gram OF appropriate music, including the
anthem Ye Bells of Easter Day by Dres-
sler, with tenor solos effectively sung by
Roscoe N. Porter, and three Easter car
OILS, God Hath Sent His Angels, Awake
Glad Easter Morn, and The Easter Light
Adorns the Hills. At the evening ser
vice an interesting Easter talk was given
by the pastor, and the anthem, Easter
Day, was sung, with soprano solo sweet
ly sung by Miss Isauel Frame.
The Easter party given in the vestry on
Saturday afternoon by the junior mem
bers of the First Congregational Sunday
school for the primary tots, was happy
event. The guests arrived promptly at
O'Clock, and for an hour were entertained
with games under the direction of Frances
Rogers, assisted by Gladys Rose and
Martha Duncan. With Isabel Frame at
the piano carols were sung until 4 80, then
the little people marched to the lower
room, where an elaborate cobweb had
been arranged by the junior teachers.
Cards bearing the name of each guest
formed the clue through the mazes of the
web, where dainty gifts were found in all
sorts of queer hiding places On leaving
for home, each child received generous
bag of candy. Members of the hostess
committee not already mentioned were
Miss Annie Rogers and Miss Minerva
Gray. Rev. I. H. Martin was guest of
honor.
Mrs. Ruby Martin has returned to her
home in Ashville after an extended visit
with her mother Mrs. john F. Rogers,
who is improving although critically ILL