The Republican journal., 1922-01-05

| Mrs. Winfield A. Mariner, who has
been bookkeeper at the Howes' dry goods
store for a few years, resigned Saturday
and is succeeded by Mrs. Maurice Z.
Roberts
The Camden Herald of Dec 2gth, says:
CDR. w. l.. West of Belfast, former
Camden business man, died last Thurs
day as the result of a paralytic stroke,
sustained that morning. DR.. West was
in partnership with George II. Cleveland
here at the time of the great fire, under
the firm name of Cleveland & West, and
will be well remembered by our older
people. Later he went to Belfast, where
he had long been settled as successful
and skillfu veterinarian. DIR. West was
prominent in Waldo county politics, hav-
ing been a member of the Republican
State committee He was an energetic
worker and eloquent speaker He leaves
many friends in this section of the State
to mourn their loss"
AN EDUCATIONAL FALLACY. A large
number of the members of the Unitarian
Women's Alliance were pleasantly enter
tanned last Thursday afternoon at the
hospitable home of Miss E. Frances and
Mrs Fred t. Chase. At the business
session a report was given of the extern
sive repairs on their parsonage on Chur h
street. Mrs. James c. Durham, the presi-
dent, read a new set of bylaws submitted
by Mrs. Charlotte Phelan, formerly of
Augusta. the director for this division.
1t was voted to add an executive COM
mittee to consist of the officers and chair
men of the various committees, who are
at present Mrs. James c.. Durham. Mrs.
Clement w. Wescott, Mrs. Arthur
Richie, Mrs. Edmund P. Brown, Mrs.
Edgar Nj. Hall, Mrs. S. S. L. Shute,
Mrs. Charles r. Coombs, Miss Charlotte
w. Colburn, Mrs. Irving L. Perry, Mrs.
Allan NJ. Howes, Mrs. Sumner C. Pattee,
Mrs. George l. Heating. Mrs Irving T.
Dinsmore, Mrs. Ben. Hazeitine. After
discussion the remainder of the bylaw
were left with special committee con-
sisting of Mrs. Elmer A. Sherman, Mrs.
George r. Doak and Mrs. S. c. Pattee.
Among the interesting letters read was
one from Mrs. Harry Lutz, wife of a
former Belfast Unitarian minister, who
has moved from Newton, Mass to
Sanford, Maine. 1t was bright and
breezy, showing that the writer while
vitally interested in home ties and their
new parish work. was also mindful of
Al IF bar pal fri dc
The next meeting of the Alliance was
announced to be held Jan. 18th at the
home of Mrs. Thomas B. Dinsmore, when
the Rev. FIR. Timothy j. O'Mahoney will
read paper on "Some Facts About Ire
land" The formal program of the af-
ternoon was opened with the reading of
several items of Unitarian religious news
by Mrs. Arthur Richie. This feature
has been of unusual interest the past
season showing the thoughtful attention
and research of Mrs. Charles ii. Walden,
the committee for collecting the mater al.
w. r. Howard was the speaker of the
afternoon and announced as his subject
can Educational Fallacy," but said the
subject had little to do with his remarks
as ne should be like the old colored
preacher who said he would define the
undesirable, explain the unexplainable
and unscrew the unscrutable." 1t was
thorough, bright and entertaining COM
harrison of school life in his earliest youth
with the present day methods of teaching
and some of the fallacies of both. His
ready wit and retentive memory made
the first branch most entertaining and
his life work as teacher and superintend-
emf gave abundant material for sound
common sense treatise of the thought
that knowledge is power" On an I'M
apinary blackboard he wrote "informa-
tion." then told how it might be obtain
ed. correlation" and defined it with
examples; expression" written ana
oral. an outcome of the other two. "A
normal combination of the three brings
mower to those fortunate enough to pos
sess them. He was most cordially con-
graduated.