The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-04-01

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ger the direction of Emma White Barker
Tent, D. of ", was held in Memorial
t1al Thursday with Mrs. Georgia W.
Juan as hostess. The prizes went to
mrs. Frank Jackson, Mrs A. E. Dutch.
reginald Cottrell and Herbert L., Buck.
lin. " DooA-
The engagement of Carroll Thompson
OF this city and Miss Anne Morrill,. R,
N, OF Portland, formerly of Belmont.
mas been announced. It is understood
the wedding will take place in June.
Miss Morrill, has been the guest of rela-
tives and friends in this vicinity but left
recently on business trip to Boston.
The Universalist Sunday school will
/ have progressive social in the vestry
tomorrow, Friday, evening. Mrs. G. C.
Boorn's Sunday school class and the Girl
/ scouts were entertained last Wednesday
evening at her home. A pleasant even
ing was enjoyed and ice cream and cakes
were served.
Ralph M. johnson has recently return
ed to New York from Porto Rico, where
he has been several months He has
rented the c. B. Hazeltine house for the
summer and with his family will occupy
It, Mrs. VIM. V. Pratt, who with her
little son, William ", Jr., has been in
New 7 ork the past winter, will return to
Belfast next month and open her home
for the summer.
The remains of Warren Conner arrived
here Tuesday morning from Rutland, Vt,
en- route to Castine for interment He
was member of Rutland Lodge, F. & A.
Nj, and its secretary, E. S. Curtis, &C
companied them; while an escort from
| Timothy Chase Lodge, F. & A. M, of
this city did escort duty from the depot
to the boat. Mr.. Conner was about 81
years old and is survived by wife and
two children. He was a senior deacon of
Rutland Lodge
| WEST BELFAST. Marian and Frank
Waterman arrived home Friday from
| Watervlle to spend the Easter vacation
with their parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
aterman... Margaret Fowles is visiting
| her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs Henry
! Elms.. Mrs. Fannie Simpson and Susan
Dyer visited Miss Grace Walton recently.
....Jack, the valuable horse owned by
Edward Littlefield, broke his leg in the
stall Sunday night. DR.. Darling was
called and ended his suffering.
The annual meeting of the Belfast
School committee was held Monday even
ing. Charles S. Bickford was elected
| chairman and the following committees
| were elected: Finance, DR.. c. W. Jennys,
| 7. W. Lothrop and Roscoe Black; text
! books, G. G. Abbott, Fred Tompkins and
c. S. Bickford; rules and regulations, E.
C. Dow, R D. Shute and Herman Beck
with; grounds and buildings, G. G. Alb
bolt, DR.. o. S. Vickery, DR.. Jennys and
, Mr.. Lothrop. DR.. E. A. Wilson was elect
ed school medical examiner and Fred N.
Slavery truant officer in East Belfast.
| The annual meeting of the w. C. 7. U.
was held with it's president, Mrs. Annie
M. Frost, last Friday afternoon The
session opened with devotion conducted
by Miss Eda Woodbury.. A letter was
! read from the State president, Mrs. AL
| thea Quimby, and the reports of the Off
J GERS were read and accepted. 1t was vot-
ed to accept an invitation from Monroe
j to meet there next June in county con-
| vention. The following officers were
elected: President, Mrs. Annie M. Frost;
vice presidents, Mrs. Ethel B. Collins,
! Mrs. Nellie s. Macomber, Mrs. Mary c.
Collins; secretary, Mrs. Minnie Coombs;
treasurer, Mrs Lora Maxcy; superintend-
ents, evangelistic, Miss Eda Woodbury.;
| social welfare, Mrs. Ida E. Aborn; thrift
literature, Mrs Ethel P. Collins. At the
| close of the meeting salad, sandwiches,
! cake and black berry shrub were served
and social hour enjoyed.
] The Blue Birds met Monday afternoon
+, in the First Parish Church parlor for
their regular seml-monthly program and
games. Later, in the same place the
Junior Alliance, with their leader, Mrs,
Arthur E. Wilson, gave supper in hon.
or of Mrs. George c. Bosom, Jr., with
Mrs. Sumner c. Pattee as guest. The
long table, seating %, was attractively
spread with liberal supply of sand
witches, salads, olives, pickles, cheese,
cake, cookies and candies. The presi-
dent, Clara Hammons, called for toasts
from several members, and the bright
responses would have done credit to
much older speakers Mrs. Bosom then
talked for nearly an hour on "The Chill
dren of Other Lands" The girls were
delighted listeners and heightened the
account another half hour by their eager
and intellige 1T questions, but as proof
that they still preferred their own coun-
try for home they rose and sang Ameri-
ca. After the table was removed there
were games, songs and original Stunts"
| outll hAuC " ClOCh. 1uCll uCAL CNCuL
will be costume party at the parsonag &c
on the evening of April 18th.
THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS. An en-
thusiastic Democratic caucus was held at
the Court House last Friday evening when
Judge Maurice w. Lord was made chair
man and Fred Waldo Brown, secretary.
The following were elected delegates to
the State Convention held in Bangor on
March 3Oth: Dexter T. Clements, Ralph
F. Darby, John R. Dunton, Percy S.
Edgecomb, Hiram P. Farrow, Maine
Hills, Fred w. Pote, T. S. Thompson.
Alternates, Fred w. Brown, Orrin J.
Dickey, Karl Hasner, James C. Kelley,
R. Clifford Ness, Francis x. Pendleton,
Geo. C. Thompson, Lynwood B. Thomp-
son. Delegates to the District Conven-
ton: Giles G. Abbott, Harvey S. Cum
bingham, j. C. Durham, M. R. Knowl-
ton, T. w. Lothrop, r. R. Rogers, C. E.
Stevens, F. l. Wilson. Alternates, Ros-
coe Arey, Roscoe Black, A. A. Colcord,
E. C. Dow, Fred A. Holmes, H. j. Kim
ball, j. E. Wagner, r. C. Ward. The
following city committee was elected:
Ward /, T. W. Lothrop, F. x. Pendleton,
Albert H. Morse, E A. Wadsworth, W.
A. Nichols; Ward 2, F. w. Pote, M. R.
Knowlton, A. A. Colcord, H. L. Kilgore,
C. W. Jennys; Ward 8, H. j. Kimball, R.
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