The Republican journal., 1921-06-09
Rhoades of Belfast, Kermit Nickerson of
Swanville and Kenneth To1iar nf noi. IOm VI
The Sports

AAe sports
SATURDAY afternoon the happv crow.
gathered at the ball grounds on Conarss.
street foT sports under the direction oi
Norman 5. Donahue and Harry A Foster
In the standing broad jump X. Nickerson
was flrst with feet, 2 inches: Youns
feet; X. Murch of Waldo, 7 feet inches
In the running high Jump, X. Nicier.
son was first with 4 feet, 10 inches
Gratfan, 4 feet, 9 inches; F. Warren /
feet, inches. In the standing high iumn r
Nlckerson was first, with feet, inches
Young, feet, inches. In the runninu J
broad Jump Nickerson was first, with ID
feet, 9 l. inches; W. Kelley, II feet and
o inches; NJ Boardman, II feet and 4
inches. In the ball games the UNITY
Dodgers won from the Y. M. C, A. Fly
Swatters by score of to 5. In the
lineup of the former were S. Graffan.
Webb, Waning, Tozier, Murch, Chase,
Jones, Wood and l.. Graffan; in the latter
were Smith, Elliott. Staples, Cross, Rob-
erts, Ferris, Card, Cochracie, Ness. The
All Stars with Is points won from the
Indians with e In the former were Colby.
Shibles, Plaisted, Vose, Adams, Crie'
Grattan. Waning, Warren. In the latter
were Woodbury., Sargent, S. Graffan,
DiahS, bioou, .. oulIu, RoDeTLS, Murch,
Boardman.
Sunday Meetings
At the meeting for boys and men held
at the Unitarian church Sunday after
noon cards were distributed with pledges
signed as follows: Accept Jesus Christ as
my Savior and Leader, IL to unite with
the church, %; to teach Bible class, 10;
to carefully consider Christian service as
a life work, 80; to do personal work, 35:
to read the Bible and pray daily, 80; to
give up some bad habit, 28
The open meeting Sunday evening in
the Meth odlst church was brim full and
running over with enthusiasm and life,
which comes only with hearty CO opera
ton of all concerned. The platform was
filled with men and boys taking part. and
the singing, led by Joseph Paquette, was
a pleasing feature. President Young pre-
sided and encoura ging remarks were made
by the pastors, heads of committees and
by the delegates. jeff Smith was given
welcome. the attention and love only
boys can make apparent. His closing
address had thoughts parents would like
to have their boys listen to and remem-
ber The same is true of the addresses of
the other visiting Y. M. c. A. secretaries,
Wllfred j. LaPoint of Springvale and H.
E. Dodge of Fail River, Mass Mr.. Smith
congratulated Belfast in having in its
teaching force men of Christian charac-
ters and interest in boys The closing of
the evening program was a novel one, as
the boys and their leaders formed a COM
plete circle around the large auditorium
and with clasped hands said their good
bys in ringing chorus and in song and
prayer.
Report of Resolutions
Kermit S. Nickerson read the following
resolutions composed by himself, Marion
N Rhoades and Kenneth E. Tozier:
The report of your resolutions commit
tee is as follows:
We, the Boys and Leaders of the first
annual Boys Conference of Waldo county,
wish to express ourselves thru the follow
ing resolutions:
FIRST. We wish to heartily thank the
city of Belfast, its mayor and other Of
tlclals, for the freedom of the city and
cordial welcome extended to us so splen-
dldly dUring this conference
SECOND. To the business men under
the able leadership of Mr.. 0. E. Frost
| who have worked SO hard TO crown the
conference with success in every way we
tender our heartfelt appreciation. We
wish to mention the committees on reg
lstration, printing, hall and meeting
places, reception, finance, guides, public
lty, music, banquet, entertainment, rec