Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-11-24
BELFAST
Children Visit Institutions in
City-Funeral of Mrs. Darby

Belfast children Wednesday DEM
onstrated the spirit of the Good Sa-
/, marian when they took to the Girls
Home, the Home for Aged Women
and the Waldo County General Hos
pitaf necessities and luxuries for
Thanksgiving The work was done
by the boys and girls of the Pierce
: School and they demonstrated the
proverb, at is more blessed to give
than to receive" their shining faces
as they presented to their teachers
what they had brought from home
painly expressing their happiness in
giving to others.
In addition TO this, the Universalist
League sent out dinners to deserv-
ing families and a great many phil
anthropic' citizens gave of their
means to the less fortunate II any
go hungry in Belfast on Thanksgiy-
ing day 1t is because no one knew of
their condition.
Funeral services for Agnes Pendle-
ton. wife of George II. Darby were
held Wednesday morning at 10
o'clock in st. Francis of Assist Cath
o4ic Church, Rev. FIR. Timothy J.
OMahoney officiating. There was a
large gathering of relatives and
friends and the bearers were S. S. l..
Shute, George Thompson. Edward
Hogan and Edward Norton. Mrs.
Darby was born in Islesboro 40 years
. ago and came to Belfast when about
- two years old. She was the daughter
of the late James Watson and Be
a ell no, Nd ic
survived by two sisters, Miss Martha
Pcndleton ard Mrs. Mae Colcord and
"a brother. Francis X. all Of Belfast,
also by a number Of nephews and
nieces.
o.. Mrs. George c. Bosom. Jr, who ar
rived yesterday from her summer
place at Eggcmoggin, is at the Wind
sor Hotel but Is spending a good deal
of time with Belfast friends and viii
. be the guest on Thanksgiving day of
her cousin Elmer A. Sherman and
: family. She will leave Monday morn
ing for Boston where. she will spend
= n day or two before going to New
York for the winter. Her pet Scotti.
!, Cay Gordon, called for short GG. will
lie kept for the winter in kennels at
'Pawtuckct. Mrs. Blossoms many Bel,
fast friends regret that her stay in
, this city is so short as it is the first
visit she has made here for more
.than a. year. A globe -trotter for
. many years she has a fund of inter-
esting data Of foreign lands and
most delightful faculty for, telling
her friends of her travels, which
makes her a very fascinating visitor.
" During her stay in Belfast two years
ago she gave travel talks before
many groups of men and women,
2 clubs, schools and societies which
will not soon be forgotten
The public schools will be in scs-
sion on Friday, the first time in many
wears but owing to three holidays so
- near together just before Thanksgiv-
ing, the State convention, the County
convention and Armistice day,
Thanksgiving day making a fourth,
: 1T was not thought feasible to close
on Friday also. 1t was something of
Il disappointment to many of the boys
and girls who come from the county
+ towns to attend the High schools and
who went home for the holiday tur-
key.
Mrs. Ira NJ. Cobe OF New York and
Northpoft, former Belfast woman,
has sent to the Girls Home a
Thanksgiving turkey. and all the
goodies that go with it, the gift car
ryipg much joy and happiness to the
little girls of Maine who are gath
cred under Its sheltering roof. Mrs.
Cobe. has made this an annual GUS
tom for number of years, and her
generosity and thoughtfulness Is
deeply appreciated by the children
and managers OF the home.