The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-07-01

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There will be dance at the pavilion
at the fair grounds next Friday evening
with music by Deans orchestra.
Mrs. A. L. Moody and Mrs. Della Hal.
lowell motored to Waterville Tuesday, on
a shopping trip.
The ladies of Thomas H. Marshall Cir
Gle are requested to be present at the
meeting next Tuesday as there will be
business of Importance.
Osceola Council, D. of ", will have a
| business meeting next Tuesday evening
when all members are requested to be
present. Ice cream and cake will be
| served.
The Sons of Veterans and Auxiliary
with friends will have picnic at the City
Park July 9Th. All members are request
ed to meet at Memorial Hall at O'Clock
sharp to 60 to the park.
The benefit dance, given in the Armo-
ry Monday evening under the auspices of
the young men of the Universalist soci-
ETY., was pleasant occasion and well at
tended. The music by McKeen's or
chestra was unusually good.
Marian Roberta, only daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. John R. Waterman of this city,
graduated with honors from Colby COL
lege in the class If 1920. She received
second rank IN the class to be elected to
the honor society, the Phi Beta Kappa.
The handsome new schooner Blanche
C. Pendleton, Capt. Walter H. Small,
sailed Saturday morning for Walton, N.
| S., to load plaster rock for Norfolk, Va.
There she will load coal for the Canary
Islands. Here's wishing her the best of
good fortune under the guidance of her
dainty mascot, one of Belfast's doves, to
volunteer the pleasant task.
Mr.. and Mrs Herman h. Coombs gave
dinner party last Thursday evening at
columbia" cottage, the summer home
of Mr. and Mrs Loren Cross, with Miss
Florence Cross of Morrill,, Mr.. Cross
niece, as guest of honor. The guests
were invited for an auto ride and did not
know the destination or the object of the
occasion, the announcement of the en-
gagemeDt of Miss Cross to Mr.. Louis j.
West of Winterport, now principal of the
Waterville High school. The place cards,
nd-painted compasses, with the dart
pointing to "West" and the cupid bride
centering the ia Die and extending a beau
tiful solitaire to the bride to be, told the
surprising secret. Miss Cross is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. R. Cross of
Morrill,, has taught most successfully in
the Belfast schools and now holds posi-
ton in the public schools of Milton, Mass.
Their romance began when MIR. West was
principal of the Belfast High school. Both
have recently been reelected to their
present positions which they will con-
tinue the coming year. No date has been
given for the wedding. Others present
were Misses Carrie NJ Greenlaw, Esther
F. Evans, Ruth Wiley, Minnie Patterson,
Mrs. j. P. Sylvester, Misses Maud B. and
Clara R. Steward. The evening was
spent socially on the piazza.
A COMPLETE SURPRISE. Miss Emma
Hichborn, clerk in the James H. Howes
dry goods store, was given a delightful
surprise party Monday evening at the
Annex Club in honor of her 18th birth
day, Her brother, Capt. Edward HIGH
born, just returned from eight months at
sea. her sister, Miss Nellie Hichborn and
Mrs. Eleanor Colcord of Stockton Springs
were in the secret and succeeded in bring
ing Miss Hichborn over for the event.
Other guests were Mrs. Georgia Hoffses,
Mrs Lucy Staples and Miss Maude Nj.
Mathews, former clerks. Covers were
laid for l6, including Mr. Howes and his
clerks. The dining room was decorated
with Dinks and garden flowers. A de-
licious salmon dinner, including several
vegetables, was cooked by Mr.. Howes,
who also directed the serving of the ice
cream and cake The latter included a
large birthday cake with its decoration of
70 candles. Miss HIGH orn was also the
recipient of pair of all wool blankets.
Through the courtesy of Capt. Hichborn
the party spent the evening at the Co.
lonlal Theatre. Few clerks can claim the
record of so efficient and extended SER
vice as Miss Hlchborn. She has cierked
tor Stearns IN Boston, was with Geo. w.
Burhett over 70 years, and has been IN
the Howes store the past eight years.
LADDIE WOODCOCK. The many friends
of Laddie, the beautiful sable and white
Scotch collie owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank K. Woodcock, will regret to learn
of his death on June 18th. During the
three months of his illness, eighteen DAYS
of which were spent in the Angel Memo
rial Hospital, Boston, he received the
most devoted care and everything posi-
BILE was done for his relief Laddie had
all the points of a thorough bred, and all
the virtues of his breed, transmitted
through long line of distinguished an
cestors. He was bred at Ivanhoe Ken
nels by MIR. and Mrs. j. D. Geddes, per-
sonal friends of Nj. Woodcock's. His
father was Braehead Pccolo, an import
ed English dog, son of Champion Auman-
dale Piccolo, which in turn was son of
Champion Parbold Piccolo and grandson
of the great Champion Wellsboro Con-
querer. Ladies' mother was Heather
Belle VIII, bred by the late j. Pierpont
Morgan, who developed the famous Nor
gan strain of collies. Champion Orms-
kirk Emerald was one of the great grand
parents of Heather Belle VIII. House
and Garden of September 1915 gives the
pedigree of this family including five
generations preceding Champion Wells
boro Conaueror and Champion Ormskirk
Emerald, with this statement: "The his
tory of the show collie is practically
history of this illustrious family, so much
so, that it is famous among biologists as
splendid example of prepotency. These
are the collie heroes of the bench show
world the rOval strain the hluaSt of tho