The Republican journal., 1921-03-31

supply by the State Department of
Health shows the water still to be health
| full. Few towns are as fortunate as
those supplied by the Stockton Springs
Water Company.
| Ambrose Moody had the misfortune to
! break his leg above the knee the first of
last week while attempting to move
barrel of molasses in the new store of w.
c. Haskell Co. at Lowder Brook. He is
at the Waldo County Hospital.
J Miss Florence Willard left for New
York Saturday afternoon, after spending
week of her Easter vacation with Mrs.
Everett Staples, who accompanied her as
far as Bangor and remained over the
weekend with Mrs. George M. Hough-
ton.
Mrs. Leslie T. BatcheldeF, who is be-
: ginning her 10th braided rug since last
fall, clearly holds the record in a town
which has several skilled rug makers.
| Mrs. Batchelder has made rugs for more
than 40 years and at present makes rugs
of supplied design from new rags" for
| commercial house.
Founders are being caught freely in
the harbor and smelts have begun to run
in the South Branch at Prospect. Capt.
E. S. Shute and Dawson Brewer made an
expedition for the latter on Saturday
night with poor results, but the early
morning tide of Monday brought smelts
in amazing abundance, the ebb leaving
vast quantities stranded.
The Library of the Current Events
| Club which is maintained for public cir
ulation at the store of j. w Lambert,
is subject to new regulations particularly
in the use of the telephone in rene walls
The library committee requests club
members and the general public alike to
kindly observe the new rules and save
Mr.. and Mrs. Lambert unwarranted
trouble.
Rev. Arthur E. Wilson of Belfast gave
his lecture on birds, under the auspices of
the Current Events Club, at the Congre-
gational church Wednesday afternoon of
last week. There was a generous attend
ance, mostly ladies and children, to give
appreciative attention to an address
which should prove highly profitable to
those present. Few pleasurable efforts
yield as good returns on small outlay as
study of our feathered neighbors.
An ancient landmark is about to dis
appear in the demolition of the old
Staples house on the top of what latterly
has been known as the Ellis hill. This
house was built by Alexander Staples, a
grandson of Miles Staples, the founder of
the family in this section, who was born
in February, 1890, and died in 1872. He
married Mary Ellingwood in 1911 and the
thirteen children of the union were reared
within these historic walls. The place
has changed hands several times since it
was sold by Alex. Staples, Jr., some 80
years ago, AMI recently was purchased by
A. C. Treat for the woodland.
The High school seniors presented
Bashful MIR. Bobbs, farce comedy in
three acts by Walter Ben Hare, in Dens
low hall on the evening of last Friday.
The parts were cast as follows:
Mr.. Henderson, James McKeene
Mrs. Henderson, young wife,
Miss Pearl HIATT
Mrs. Virgins, the landlady, familiar
type, Miss Neota Leach
Oba diah Stump, fresh country product,
Frederick Morrison
Miss Whitaker an athletic girl,
Miss Mavis Partridge
Miss Otis, society bud,
Miss Avis Partridge |
Miss Graham, peach,
Miss Grace Blanchard |
Celesta Vanderpool, movie queen,
Miss Margle Coburn
Julie, her French maid from Paris, Maine,
Miss Marian Bowden
Marston Bobbs, not at all bashful,
John Mckeen
Robert V. Bobbs, the bashful one,
Raymond Morrison
The time worn boards of the somewhat
contracted stage of DensloW hail have
supported numerous rather notable pro-
auctions by amateur talent in the dim
and hazy past, and it is pleasure to re-
cord meritorious revival of once fire.
quent form of local activity. Wholly
without experience and lacking the in
spiration of recent example, the young
players responded brilliantly to the
coaching of Mrs. Gerry Harding and
Mrs, Harold Halves and gave praise
worthy performance which cannot but
afford all concerned the keenest satisfac-
ton Epecial mention might prove in
vidious, but it is only far to say that
while all of the parts were well sustained
some were earned with distinction. A
friendly audience which packed the hall |
was applauSively apprecative.