The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1921-05-19

,,,; aurora Rebekah Lodge, 1. o. O. F.,
m noiG regular meeting Tuesday
refreshments.
Mrs; Fred G. Spinney has returned
.oni Gastlne, where she had a very sue
oesslui sale of millinery. She was &C
coHpanled by Mrs Edgar Hall.
MISS Margaret L. Keene has resigned
as stenographer to Frank W. Ball, secre-
sdiy OF State, and will enter the CITY
rapher. ' "' ''enos
ne Waldo Trust Company has receiv-
Gu permission from Augusta to establish
an agency at Castine in compliance with
lhelf recent request Ralph Wardwell
mas been appointed their agent.
Letters have been received from Mrs
Alex u. lines of Crescent Beach, Fla,
G 1ee mat her mother, Mrs. Annie L.
burgess, formerly of this city, is critical
~ Ill and not expected to recover.
Henry Smith of the Waldo Trust Co
nv moVen ms Family to Belfast from Bangor
last Friday. They are very pleasantly
situated in the Lancaster house IN H;oh
street, formerly the rockingham resi-
dence
Thomas H, Marshall Circle had a yerv
pleasing Mothers Day program at their
meeting last Tuesday afternoon Next
tuesday a Memorial program will be
given, when the members are requested
10 come prepared with something apDro-
pirate for this program.
oewell b. Fletcher, who recently bought
tne boat building business of LEROY A.
Coombs near the Eastern Steamship
wharf, met with severe accident Sat
urday. He was using a chisel when it
shipped and entered his left hand near
the thumb. Some of the cords were in
jured.
Supt Edward E. Roderck is making
arrangements for the pupils of our High
school and others who attend the Knox
Waldo Music Festival in Camden Friday.
May nth, to make the trip by auto
MI. Roderlck would greatly appreciate it
II owners of cars would volunteer to
take some of the party to Camden
Harry Peters, for several years the
foreman Of the making and lasting room
of the Leonard, Stevens & Bearce shoe
factory, left recently for his new home
in Vassalboro, The employees of these
rooms and his fellow foremen of the fac
tory presented him with a handsome
! gold watch as souvenir of pleasant
| friendships.
The Belfast High school base bali nine,
accompanied by Principal Harry A. Fos-
ter, their coach, autoed to Camden Fri
day to play the High school nine of that
town. They were accompanied by
friends and several autoes started for the
I trim hut
Only three innings were played when a
| heavy shower called halt.
AS recently announced in The Journal
the local branch of the Saco Valley Cam
ming Company, Arthur Rondeau, mana
ger, Will have a good amount of work
the coming season S. A. Parker, their
field agent, has already secured 100 acres
of corn and &c acres of beans They also
plan to pack apples at the close of the
season.
Willis E. Parsons, commissioner of In
land Fisheries and Game, mas appointed
Frank NJ Bailey of Cltypoint as chief
warden for Waldo county, also, until
further notice, for Knox county. Mr..
Bailey has been for some time warden
for Waldo county and has proved HIM
self an alert and trustworthy officer. The
additional duties of Knox county is
most complimentary appreciation Of his
services for the State department at Au-
gusta.
The Belfast Teachers Club held its
May banquet in the High school build
ing last Thursday evening President
Harry A Foster presided The business
included remarks on the teachers con-
tract b. Supt. E. Z. Roderick and as the
result Mr.. Foster appointed Mrs S. A.
Parker Miss Grace +. Walton and Miss
Grace A. Lord a special committee to
confer with the school board before the
contract was drawn up. Rev. Arthur E.
Wilson gave his third annual talk on
birds, their calls and songs. He had
many new thoughts to offer that were
both Instructive and entertaining ex,
tracts from his recent lectures in the
State and also in Massachusetts. The
appropriate poems which lntersperse the
discourse added very materially to their
pleasure.
MEMORIAL DAY. Memorial Sunday
comes May goth and the annual sermon
will be preached by Rev. Arthur Z. Will
son at the First Parish Unitarian
church. The Thomas II. Marshall Post,
Capt. Edgar S. Mcdonald, commander,
and its allied societies will meet at Me-
mortal hall and attend in a body. The
Memorial day parade will be under the
direction of Frank d. Hazetine Post,
American Legion Of Honor, Ralph A.
Bramhall, commander. There will be
the usual parade led by the Belfast
Band, j. l.. Patterson, leader, the G. A.
R. societies, the Legion and other organ
lzations to Grove Cemetery for the for
nal decoration of the G. A. r. and Lee
gion lots. The usual exercises will be
held in Memorial Hall in the afternoon
under the direction of the Post. The
program is now being arranged. There
has always been a strong and well
founded sentiment against public sports
on Memorial Day but this season for the
first time there is a State law against it.
This law was passed at the last session
of the Legislature and will be locally en-
| forced.
THE WALDO COUNTY BOYS CON-
VENTION. Plans for entertaining about
225 boys at the convention June 3rd. 4th
and 5th, in this city are Undertaking.
under the most encouraging conditions.