The Republican journal., 1921-10-13

; W. W. Blazo has bought the up town
trucking business of Jesse E. Staples and
will continue it with his regular line. Mr..
Staples will also continue with his other
branches of the business.
On the seventh page in this issue is an
| extended account of the delightful con-
cert given last Friday evening at the Co.
lonlal Theatre through the courtesy of
Fred ID. Jones, the enterprising agent of
the Edison. Even standing room was in
demand and the enjoyment and appre-
citation of all was apparent
An entertainment in the Baptist church
Wednesday evening, Oct. 10Th, at 7. &c
will be an account by George H. Robert
son of $40 mile trip with Troop Three
of the Boy Scouts of America through
the wilds of Maine. 1t will be illustrated
by 90 stereopticon slides. The tickets
for the round trip are Is cents.
Among the Belfast people who attend
ed the Music Festival in Bangor last
week were Mr.. and Mrs Elmer A. Sher-
man, Mrs. Albert c. Burgess, Mrs. Jas.
c. Durham, Mrs. Arthur Richie, Mrs.
Albert M. Carter, Miss Charlotte M. Col
burn, Miss Marguerite H. Owen, Rev. G.
c. Sauer, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph H. Howes,
Mr.. and Mrs. Cecil Clay, Frank R.
keene. There were also several auto
parties for single performances.
Thursday and Friday, November 3 and
4, will be Maine Night at the Colonial
Theatre. Manager Clifford has booked
''The Rider of the King Log" story of
the Maine Woods, written by Holman
no Main
Williamson at Augusta, with Maine art
lists, on the same night our own Governor
Baxter will be shown as one of the prin-
| cipal characters in a short two reel feat.
ure, "Wings of the Border"
Local sportsmen have been enjoying
hunting for partridge and woodcock, re-
| porting the former abundant. They hope
the latter will be more plentiful when
| the fall rains begin. The open season for
small game is from Oct list to Dec. list
and for deer and other large game only
during November A distemper has been
| prevalent among dogs and several fine
| bird dogs have died the past week. The
benefits following the protection of our
song birds is becoming very apparent
even within the city limits. The birds
are not only more abundant, but they
are much tanner.
The Bangor Commercial of Oct It'll:
says of a former Belfast young lady,
Miss Dorothy Smith:
In the Festival this year there is much
for local pride in addition to that finely
trained, earnest organization, the Festi-
val Chorus, for Dorothy Doe Hicks, plan
list for the chorus is a Bangor girl and
Dorothy Smith, daughter of Rev. and
= Mrs. Ashley A. Smith, who sang the con-
tralto parts of the Lohengrin finale, are
young women of talent and training, of
musical ability which is evident and
which was appreciated by the audience
| and commented upon by those great
| artists with whom they were associated
last evening. The Commercial also says
of another artist we'll known in Belfast:
For Phoebe Crosby there was a perfect
ovation for seldom has so young a singer
shown such maturity. such poise, such
training, coupled with the royal gift of
song which is hers in that magnificent
voice. eff ever the mantle of Nordica
shall fall again on Maine singer, it will
be on Phoebe Crosby" declared Director
Chapman in his fervent pleading with the
audience to see that Maine people stand
behind their own singer, and stand now
not so years hence, when he asked thai
! Bangor show its pride in a singer like
| Marshall. declared by many to be future
! equal of the great CaruSo.