The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1920-12-16
Miss Mary Forbes is confined to her
home with the fracture of her left leg.

home with the fracture of her left leg.
Orrin j. Dickey has been appointed
mail clerk on the Belfast ana 6urnham
branch of the Maine Central Railroad
for the Christmas holidays. Mr.. Dickey
has served in that capacity for number
of years.
The Saoadahoc Towing Co.'S barge No.
One will complete this week the seasons
work of bringing pulp wood to the Pejep
scot Co. from down east and will be tied
I'D at the M. C. R. R. Co.'S wharf for the
winter. Capt Harry w. Calhoun, his
wife and children, Ronald and Lucille of
st. Martins, N. B., will spend the season
in her here.
George C. Lower and party, VIII Q left
here in November for an auto trip to
Miami, Fla, have sent several post cards
en- route describing the weather, etc.
They evidently encountered the same
overcast skies and dull days prevailing
here. They stopped at Laurel, Nd,
spent several hours at Washington, D.
C. At Wilmington, DEL, they sp mt
day in the garage, and after repairs took
three days to cover the $50 miles to
Richmond. They also stopped at ST.
Petersburg and Jacksonville.
PR. Werner of New York City has
arrived here to act as construction en-
pineer at the International Radio Tele-
graph Company grounds on Congress
street, succeeding Edward G. Gage, who
has been here for some weeks and has
been transferred to New York. Mr.
Werner has been for some months locat.
ed at their station at Cape May. With
Mrs Werner they are making their head.
quarters at the Windsor Hotel. The rig
gers who have been here some weeks
setting the masts have completed their
work and left Saturday for New York.
The Baptist Sewing Circle held its an
nual meeting last Wednesday afternoon
with Mrs. B. !. Robertson and elected
the following officers and committees:
Executive committee, Mrs. Gerald w.
Howard, Mrs. William Holt and Mrs.
William F. Stevens; treasurer, Mrs. Fred
L. Howard; secretary, Mrs. George C.
Sauer; work committee, Mrs. j. H. Nor
ris, Mrs. Herbert S. Morey and Mrs
Fred M. Dutch; nominating, Mrs. Charles
E. Rhoades and Mrs. l.. l.. Robbins
The circle has Sc voting members. Our
ing the year they have given $400 to the
church treasury, $40 to the missionary
treasury and expended sos for other
things. The total amount of money
raised during the year was $61826.
An interesting game of basketball was
played in the Armory last Thursday even
ing between the Belfast High and the
Brooks High schools. The visitors had a
lead of Is to at the close of the second
period, but the home team won out by
t tn7 store of 80 to 10. Principal Harry A.
Foster has been coaching more than the
regular five and in the game Thursday
night harl II. smalley, who starred for
Belfast High, belonged to the class OF
1920, while Hillard Buzzell who also
played, was on the last years team.
Granville Hoffses was a substitute last
season. BuZzell was injured in the recent
game whed he parted ligament and also
injured vein in his right arm. The line
up was as follows:
BELFAST 800 BROOKS go
Durham, Of, 3 rb, Qulmby,
Smalley, If, 5
Bowen, IF If, Bowen,
Hotfses, rf, 8
Horne, c, 1 C, Thompson, Cd
Buzzell, C, 2
Thompkins, ID rf, Bradford
Parker, Id, l
Roberts, rb Ii, Boulter, 2
Morey, rb
observation-disclosures
BEAUTIFUL BUT DESTRUCTIVE SNOW.
One of the mos; beautiful snow storms for
many winters arrived Friday evening
and continued into the day Saturday.
The flakes were large and feathery
I o;,- - Ed la,
trees. shrubs and wires. At daylight
Saturday the scene was simply beautiful,
but it lost some of its charms when the
weight of snow began to break limbs, split
old trees and sever live electric wires.
Tor the scene and the falling branches
had a sufficient rumble to resemble
thunder for the timld Trees were de-
stroyed in every direction. About
third of the handsome and symmetrical
silver poplar IN the rear of the Heal
place at the corner of Court and Frank
lin came down. Half of one of the
branching old elms in front of Court
street found lodging on the lawn. One
of the oldest shade trees in the city in front
of the Woodcock residence on Church
street divided, falling over the house
and also over the Frost house adjon-
ing One of the beautiful shade trees in
front of the Bradbury residence on North
port avenue was destroyed. Others re-
ported injured or destroyed were In front
of the Methodist church on Miller street,
and another near the w. W. Blazo resi-
dence on Waldo Avenue. Supt. Russell
G. Carter and crew from the Penob-
scot Bay Electric Co., began at As a m.
Saturday to repair damages to their
wires caused by falling limbs. snow
slides, etc. The repair crew from the
telephone office was kept busy. partic-
ularly on the outlying districts. The