The Republican journal., 1922-01-26

The ice races at Rockland on Jan. 18th
drew a party made up of John McLaush-
lin. his sons, Ernest and Archie, II. L.
HOPKINS and j. D. Brewer. McLaueh-
Inns speedy PAGER, Monkey Boy. took
second place in his class; and the horse,
Alfred Todd, recently sold by McLaugh
lin to Rockland parties, captured the
free for ALL
The pupils of the intermediate and pri
mary schools are intent upon securing
funds for the purchase of talking ma.
chine for the Joint use of the two rooms
rSsy already have earned substantial
sum and they hope to add to 1t by can
dy sale at the primary room on the al
ternoon of Friday, Jan. 9th. Inc sale
begins at o'clock and patronage IS ear
nestly solicited.
The somewhat intoerable silence
which fell upon the Standpoint section
of the town, with the closing OF the So
called government shipyard and the re
moval of the surplus su plies, IS oeinR
aQreeably disturbed by the activities
about the old Perkins mill, recently pur :
chased of E. j. Grant by j. E. Withsm OF
Bucksport, who has for some years been
Quietly acquiring various parcels OF wood
land in the town and Prospect. Present
indications point to considerable business
during the spring and summer.
Mrs. Caroline Staples Berry quietly
celebrated her 92nd anniversary on
Thursday at her home with the family OF
her son., deputy sheriff, Willard M. ber
~. At noon a family party assembled
for dinner which included her daughter
and family, Capt. and Mrs. E. S. Shute
and Louise Shute, and in the course OF the
afternoon numerous callers paid their
obligation of love to Aunt Callie, as she
is known to scores of actual and SOL
disant nephews and nieces. Her daugh-
ter-in- law had provided an elaborate
birthday cake. and cards and gifts were
received from numerous friends Inc
splendid feature of this celebration was
the honored grandmother-ereat grand
mother herself, glowing az always with
cheerfulness and apparently not day
over rs, alert mentally and physically.
And it must not be forgotten that a
member of the group, the mother of Mrs.
Willard Berry, Mrs. Annette Herman,
has herself reached the notable age OF her
87th year.
Those who availed themselves of the
privilege of making birthday call last
week upon an honored great erandmoth-
er of 90, and her associate areat-grand-
mother of Sc, might we'll have INDUCED
in sustaining reflections as they plodded
through an uninspiring and cheerless
storm, that the justly maligned Maine
climate, however uncomfortable in its
various winter phases, does not clearly
tend to shorten life, particularly among
those who have made no effort to coddle
themselves. Besides Mrs. Berry and
Mrs Hartman this locality affords nu-
merous other illustrations OF the fact
that the Down-East stamina is notable
Peter McRae. who is spending the winter
with his daughter, Mrs. Angus M.
Holmes, will be 90 in May; Richard D.
Bennett is 88; Mrs. Mary Mudgett Part
ridge was SO last fall; Mrs. Olive Reed
Grant was Sc in December. Among
others who come readily to mind As hav-
ing their Both birthday not far b hind
them are Mrs. Angie Mudgrtt, Mrs Ur-
banna Staples, Mrs. Abbie Walker, Mrs.
Sarah r. Bridges, Mrs. Laura Kelley,
w. Henry Clifford and Capt. F. A Pat
terson, most of whom are in such splen-
did health and vigor that their appear
ance bellies their confession. In this
connection it is worth recalling that, in
the youth of these honored folks, women
of As donned cap and sat in the chimney
corner, their activities admittedly over;
but the records show that Mrs. Polly
Lancaster Dlckey lived to the age of 1903,
passing away at her home on Cape Jel-
lison some years ago after living in
two States, three counties and fivel
towns without once moving