The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1921-09-08

The W. c. T. U. will have porch mar
ty Friday afternoon with Mrs. Clarence
E. Frost, Cedar street.
Marian E., daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Albert N. Parsons, was recently operated
on at the Tapley Hospital.
Miss Hattie Sprague of Belmont called
recently with few apples of the crop of
1920. They were of the sunrise variety
and very well preserved, considering
their age.
The fall meeting of the Maine Fedora
ton of Woman's Clubs will be held in the
Unitarian church, Castine, on Sept. IA,
is and Is. Miss Margaret Dunton will be
the representative of the Travellers Club
Invitations have been received in
Belfast to the marriage Sept. 14th of
Emma Louise, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles M. Robinson of Lewiston and
Leroy Payson Smith of Auburn, former
ly of Belfast.
>The fall term of the Supreme Judicial
Court will convene at the Court House
in the city Tuesday, Sept. 9th, at 10 80
a. M, with Chief Justice Leslie C. Cor
nish of Augusta, presiding. The criminal
docket bids fair to be the largest for sew
eral terms.
Mrs. Aimee Knowlton Pratt of Boston
arrived Monday to remain with relatives
during the absence of her daughter, Miss
Margery Pratt, who was married in Bos-
ton Sept LIST to Mr.. Adrian Perry of NAL
den. After their wedding trip, which in
cludes visits in Connecticut and New
York they will return to Maiden, where
they will reside.
Mrs. Augusta c. Starkey of Washing
ton, d. c., and Mrs. George E. Evans of
Stamford, Conn, gave a very pleasant
auction party Saturday evening at the
home of Miss Harriet P. White. The
evening was spent socially and with the
game. The prizes went to Miss Edna D.
Crawford, Mrs. George W. Davis and
Miss Sue NJ Partridge. Cake and ice
cream were served.
DIR. and Mrs. Thomas B. Gregory of
Brooklyn, N. Y, who are summerlng in
the Stephenson cottage on Cottage ST.,
gave dinner party last Wednesday even
ing in honor of Misses Sara F. Russ and
Frank Staples of New Bedford, Mass.
Covers were laid for ten and the decora-
lions were in golden rod and golden glow
Misses Russ and Staples left Thursday by
auto enroute for home to resume their
duties in the New Bedford public schools.
The Tooth anniversary of the Maine
X. of T., will be observed
at Gardiner Friday. Sept. 9th. The pro-
gram is fine one and will include an
address on masonry and the Church."
by Rev. Ashley A. Smith of Bangor,
Past Grand Master; Masonry and Society
bv Rev. David L. Wilson of Bath, Grand
Prelate. Among those planning to attend
from Belfast are Mr.. and Mrs. Allen L.
Curtis, Mr. and Mrs Ralph D. South
worth, Messrs. Lynwood B. Thompson,
Morris L. Slugg and Norman S. Donahue.
At recent meeting of the Governor
and Council the following order of gen.
eral interest was passed:
"Ordered, That the State Treasurer be
directed to offer the Centennial half
dollars at soc each to the various national
banks, trust companies and savings banks
of the State, the distribution OF the same
to be based upon the deposits IN these
as shown by the 1920 report
of the Bank Commissioner; the under
standing between the State and these
several institutions being that all these
coins will be promptly distributed at
tifty-cents each and that not more than
one coin will be sold or given to any one
person."
Miss Margaret Eaton, with her aunt,
Mrs. Sumner Bridges, and Mrs. Jerry E.
Hayes as chaperons, gave very pretty
party Tuesday evening, Aug. Both, at her
home on Court street. The house was
decorated with an abundance of golden
glow. Games were played and very So
cial evening was spent. Lemonade, sand
witches and cake were served. The guests
were Geraldine and Dorothy Cassens,
Pauline Stackpole, Verna Jellison, Doro-
thy Spear, Esther Sanderson, Katrina
Kelley, Evelyn Knowlton, Theora Gross,
lone Judkins, Gretchen Fletcher, Alice
Robbins, Lavaughn Coombs, William
Cook, Kenneth Colcord, Russell Peavey,
Harold Kelley, Floyd Winchester, Marion
Rhoades, Edward Warren, Perrin Arnold,
Walter Whitehead.
An extension to Charles E. Bicknel's
wharf is soon to be made to accommodate
the coal business which will be estab-
lished there by Ralph w. Richards and
Walter H. Robbins. The steam lighter
Radium is now at Stonington for the
granite which will be used in the wharf |
work, and the frame is due from Salmon
River for the coal shed 35x200 feet. A |
small fireproof office building will be
erected just north of The Bickuell, with |
coal scales in front. Mr.. BicknelPs ac-
Invites will not end there, however, for
he is also to build north of the coal office
an apartment house which will be dupli-
cate of The Bicknell, and in his lumber
yard five buildings which will have slated |
roofs and torcin metal walls, so that |
there will be minimum amount of dan