The Republican journal., 1922-04-27

The w. c. T. u. will meet with Eda
| Woodbury., High street, on Friday after
noon.
Miss Edith Lawrence of Freedom, who
has been spending several weeks with
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Gurney, upper High
street, is now in the Waldo County Hos
pital.
The Belfast Of the Eastern Steam hip
Lines, Inc arrived Tuesday on her fret
trip of the season. She was galy be
decked with all her flags and pennants
Mathews Mill said good morning for the
city in three LOUD salutes.
Chandler F. Bearce of Brookiine, Mass,
a member of the firm of Leonard, Stew
ems, Bearce Co., of the local shoe factory.
recently retired from the firm. With this
exception the firm remains the same and
will be known as the Leonard, Stevens
Co.
Company X, Capt. Harry A Foster,
will give a military ball in the Armory
May 4th at which Governor Percival
Baxter, Adjutant- General Hadley and
members of the Legislature from this
class will be guests of honor. The func-
ton will be one of the most pleasing of
the season. McKeen's orchestra will
furnish music.
The first of the preliminaries in the
prize speaking contest of the Sophomore
class of the Belfast High school will take
place Thursday afternoon. Twelve out
of class of about so will be selected.
The $40, divided as follows, is given by
the City National Bank: IS for the first
choice of a girl and boy; So for the Sec
ond and 81 for the third. The judges
selected by the teachers are Rev George
C. Sauer, Mrs. Giles G. Abbott and Miss
Sue NJ. Partridge.
Arrangements are being made to hold
music festival in this city some time the
last of May under the direction of Mel
vile E. Chase, music supervisor of the
Belfast schools. 1t will include only the
schools in Waldo County and will take
the place of the Knox Waldo Music Fes-
tival that had been meeting in the larger
places of the two counties. Mr. Chase
is a very proficient teacher and has won
the love and esteem of all his pupils who
are anxious to do their best for him, es-
pecially the boys.
An enthusiastic crowd of approxi-
mately 200 persons attended a Power
Farming meeting held by the Ford Motor
company at B. o. Norton's place of busi
ness Tuesday of this week. Realizing
the necessity of increased acreage on
Maine farms and the necessity of elimi
mating much of the drudgery of the
present mode of farming which will help
4 to very great extent In making farm
/ life more pleasant and to keep the boy on
/ the farm, the Ford Motor Company is
conducting a series of such meetings
i throughout the State. A brief history
/ of Mr. Ford and> his idra for producing
/ the tractor was given by D. j. Webster
of the Ford Motor Co. An illustrated
/ talk on "Proper and Improper Methods
4 of Flowing" was given by P. G. Galan
| tine, also of the Ford Motor Co. Several
reels of films were shown entitled.
"Keep the Boy on the Farm" Seed Ger
mination" and The Power that Thought
Built" the latter film, showing how it is
possible for the Ford Motor company to
produce A, 500 cars and 420 tractors each
day. Mr. c. w. Wilson of Winsow,
Maine talked on "Practicability of the
Fordson tractor on Maine farms" Mr.. A.
Lincoln Blaisdell of Winterport, who is
an enthusiastic Fordson owner, talked on
"What would My Apple Orchards
Amount to Without My Fordsons?'
Among others present were Ford Road
min E. A. Phillips. Morris Powell, Oil
yer Plow Co., and P. B. Bailey, N. L
Implement Co.