The Republican journal., 1921-07-28

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auto in this city, have made their third
attempt to escape. Sheriff Frank A. Lit
tlefield easily detected them each time.
The lawn party and sale on the Uni-
tartan lawn last Thursday afternoon un-
der the direction of the Womans' Alli-
ance was largely attended and all the
tables were well patronized. The net
proceeds were over Sl5O.
Hutchins & French, architects of Bos-
ton, have been here the past week TO
make arrangements for submitting plans
for the new banking rooms of the Waldo
Trust Company in Masonic Temple. B.
F. Tripp of Boston, the vault engineer,
has also been here to arrange for the
plans of the new vault.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas E. Bowker have
bought the Charles O'Connell residence
on Park street. 1t has been occupied the
past wear by Mr.. and Mrs. William M.
Randall. The Bowkers will take posses
sion in the early fall.
A SAD DROWNING ACCIDENT. La
forest Richards of Dark Harbor, the %
year old son of Mrs Fred Patterson, was
drowned Monday afternoon while bathing
on the beach at Seven Hundred Acre
Island. He was employed on the island
last spring by Mr.. Charles Dana Gibson
and Monday went over to call on friend.
About one o'clock he went in bathing
alone and soon after his calls for help
brought Charles Dyer to the beach: but
not in season to save him. MIR. Gibsofi
and his son Langhorn went in their boat
to the spot where. young Richards was
seen to go down and with the use of
grappline irons recovered the body easily
as it was in quite shallow water. Rich
ards was a fine young man and had many
friends who sincerely regret his death.
Mrs. Foster Croker of Fort Kent, who
has been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin M.
Croker several weeks, was the guest of
honor at several social functions the past
week. Mrs. Annie D. Mathews enter
tanned at a clambake at Northport, the
first Mrs. Croker ever had the privilege
of attending. The other guests were Mrs.
Harry A. Foster, Judge and Mrs. Clyde
B. Chapman, Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. C.
Maurice Littlefield, Judge Maurice W.
Lord. Last Wednesday evening Judge
and Mrs Chapman gave the party an
evening at the Colonial Theatre. Friday
Mrs. Mathews and Mrs. Chapman gave
Mrs. Croker ''send Off party at the |
Chapman home. 1t was also genuine |
surprise. party. Mrs. Croker returned
to her home Sunday morning as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Colby A. Rackliff who
made the trip by auto.
Frank R. Woodcock has placed in his
window an unframed photograph of
ROMANCE Cemetery. 1t is the property
of Ralph M. johnson, who recently re-
turned from an extended trip abroad in
Guiding visits to the worlds new historic
spots. 1t is one of the most interesting
of the 800 cemeteries of France as it
contains the graves of the members of
the noted ''lost battalion" Ten thou
sand of the $4,000 American boys buried
in ROMANCE have been claimed by rela-
tives here and in a short time will be
brought to this country. After seeing
the picture and realizing what has been
done and will continue to be done by the
united efforts of France and America it
seems wicked to take our heroes from
the territory where they made their SUI
preme sacrifice. The picture is artistic
and in its centre stands tall flag pole
from which floats the American flag.
Just opposite the cemetery is a Y. w. C.
A. hut where visitors are always well
come and given every courtesy.
AT WORK ON THE DRAW. Engineer
Light of the Boston Bridge Co. has been
in Belfast the past week and work on the
steel draw of our handsome concrete
bridge is now progressing rapidly. The
construction crew is all here and six car
loads of steel have arrived. When COM
pleted this wonderful piece of mechanism
will weigh ITO tons and will rest on the
small but very massive round pillar of
concrete that reaches to the very bed
rock of the river channel. This pillar is
really the king pin of the wonderful
structure of concrete and enduring gran
lite, making one of the best bridges in
this part of the country. The center
steel plate support, the span, the track
for the cobble work on which the draw
will revolve, and also the false work
necessary for the permanent construction
is in place. The draw will be operated by
an electric motor, controlled by switch,
FIGURING only very small amount of
man power to swing open and to close.
About 95 per cent of the work of filling
in the grade from the eastern end of the
bridge to the road grade is now COM
pleted and the side next the bay is being
heavily rip-rapped. About rs per cent
of the fill on the west end is DONE In
fact the work in hand now seems to be
the finishing touches to the massive
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