The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1922-02-16

Mrs. Nina Cook this, Thursday, after
noon.
The regular meeting of Primrose Chap
ter, y. E. S. will be held Friday evening
Feb. nth An entertainment will be held
after he meeting with the following COM
mittee in charge: Phyllis Norton, Hazel
Southworth, George Hart DR.. Frank
Graves and Or. Foster C. Small.
Belfast cast total of 496 votes Monday
in the special primary election for the
Third Congressional District. John E.
Nelson, Republican, had majority of So.
Ernest l.. Mclean, Democrat, of Augusta,
had 81 complimentary votes, in Ward l,
8 in 2, 8 in 8. in and in 5. Nelson's
total was 262; ll8 in Ward 1, u in 2, 43
in 8, IS in 4, 10 in 5. Blaine S. Viles of
Augusta had total of 207 90 in 1, 90 in
2, As in 8, % in and II in 5.
A special from Augusta under date of
Feb. 18th to the Boston Sunday Herald
says: "Construction of 928 miles of
road the coming season was approved by
the governor and council Saturday. This
action is in line with recommendations
of the State highway commission and the
total cost will be s2,428, $780, The long
est single stretch of road to be built is
/ six miles at New Gloucester. The Others
scattered over the State"
The Mentor, literary magazine from
the Crowell Pub. Co., of Springfield, Ohio.
in its February issue has wonderfully
entertaining story on the Lure of the
! South Seas by Frederick O'Brien. 1t also
has sketch of the author and fine photo
taken at his home in Sausalito, Calf. He
began his journalistic work as the crime
reporter on Warren G. Harding's Marion,
Ohio, Star. His life adventures read
more like fiction than reality. He married
Belfast girl, Miss Gertrude G. Frye, for
some time portrait painter in Paris and
later in Boston. She has made the hand
some artistic woman her youth promised.
The building committee of the new
/ high school met Monday evening and de-
cded on the school common between
Church and Court streets as the location.
The work of removing the present build
ings on the lot will be begun at the close
of the present school year. AT the meet
| ing of the committee last Wednesday
evening Kllam, Hopkins & Greeley,
Boston architects, were chosen and they
are now working on tentative plans to be
submitted soon. There have been vari-
Gus reports that gifts to the fund would
be Forthcoming when work was actually
begun and it seems very opportune
time to make those promises good.
The H. N. T. C. Club were pleasantly
entertained Monday evening at valen-
tine party by Mrs. Edith l.. Drury at the
home of Mrs. L. A. Knowlton. Ghe prize
winners were Mrs. David johnson and
Mrs. Austin Jewett. Refreshments were
served at the dining table which was
decorated with valentine designs and the
place cards also carried out the idea.
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assisted Mrs. Drury in serving. The club
has presented Mrs. Cecil Clay with
comforter and child's dress to be given
to the needy poor and they are also work.
ing on other articles for that purpose.
| The next meeting will be with Mrs. Lii
liam NJ. Small at the home of Dr. Foster
c.. Small next Tuesday evening.
The Li-tah- in Camp Fire Girls will
hold social in the North Church parors
this, Thursday evening, Feb. 10th, from
until g. 80 o'clock. Games will be play
ed and refreshments served. An admis-
sion of 10 cents will be charged. The
following committees have been appoint
ed: Candy table, Isabel Coombs, Doris
Wilson; ice cream, Evelyn Knowlton,
Sarah Whiting, Helen Burgess; games,
Elena Shute, Helen Payson. Martha Hart
shorn, Laura Beady, Ruth Sayward; pea
nut committee. Emily Rackliffe, Eunice
Ames; tickets, Helen Payson, Laura
Beady; poster committee, Doris Wilson,
Martha Hartshorn, Isabel Coombs, Elena
Shute, Helen Burgess, Evelyn knowlton.
The North church Guild had pleas
ant meeting Monday evening with Mrs.
Morris l.. Slugg, hostess. A box lunch
con was served from small tables elab-
orately decorated with red hearts, val
entine feature In the guessing contest
on the identification of early photos of the
members Mrs. Frank E. Bramhall won
the prize, basket of candy. A business
session followed, when it was voted to
finance the repairs on the parsonage, to
unite with the Woman's Alliance of the
Unitarian church in benefit affair to be
held in May, the proceeds to be divided
on the funds for the two parsonages. The
president distributed the sunshine bags.
when each member was requested to put |
in a penny for every pleasant day for
the next three months 1t was voted to
remember their sick members by sending |
box of fruit to Miss Bertha A. Wiley |
and flowers to Miss Maud B. Steward. 1t
was also voted to hold food sale on one
Saturday in each month in the presidents
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