The Republican journal., 1922-02-02
STOCKTON SPRINGS

Weather permitting. there will be dane
ing in Densow hall next Saturday night
to Mckeen's orchestra.
The Bayview Rebekah lodge held
card party in the Odd Fellows hall Tues
day evening. Coffee and doushnuts were
serN ed as refreshments.
Gerry B. Harding made trip to Pros
pect Ferry on Saturday, calling on his
cousin, Percy Harding, whose condition
is serious as the result of an attack oil
blood poisoning.
The truth according to Levi is that he
met a well known couple on the street
recently and, commenting on their youth
full vigor and embonpoint, gained an ad-
mission that the combined avoirdupois
reached Ais pounds.
MIR and Mrs. Lincoln A. Gardner re-
turned to their home in this village Mon
day afternoon from an extended stay IN
Bath, bringing their small daughter, Eli
nor, who is recovering from seriou' III
ness of pneumonia.
The Longfelow League of the interme-
date and primary schools desires TO pup
licly express appreciation OF generous
patronage at the candy sale Friday after
noon. The sum of Sl4G8 was added to
the fund for the purchase Of talking
machine.
Miss Ethel Colcord is in Park, in at
tendance upon Mrs. Sewell Lancaster,
whose health has been uncertain Tor
/ many months Mrs. Elizabeth Staples.
Capt. Lancaster's daughter, recently re-
turned to her home in Winthrop, Mass,
after a stay with her parents.
Vance Wells was guest at the home
of Capt and Mrs. E. S. Shute for several
DAYS last week having come down on
/ Wednesday after finishing the mid winter
exams at the University of Maine, to
await the opening of the semester on
Monday.
Mrs. George Knox and her sons Everett
and Arnold were in Bangor on Monday
where Capt. Knox is making a good re-
covery at the E. Nj. G. hospital from
seriou, operation. 1t is expected that he
will be able to return home the latter part
of the week.
Many friends will be interested to know
1 that Mrs. w II. Morrison with her hus-
band was able to walk the distance to the
/ home of Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Sanborn on
! Sunday where they were the guests for
/ the day This is Mrs. Morrison's first
venture out of doors since returning from
/ Bangor.
/ The ice, which threatened to block the
4 Cape Jellson terminal docks was cut out
Friday by a tow boat, the field being
taken away by the north wind. The
sheet which stands out as far as line
between the Cape and Kidder's will soon
be strong enough for horse racing If the
weather holds W. NJ Berry tried it Sat-
urday but found it unsafe.
Edward G.. Clifford of Standpoint went /
to Boston early last week to enter the /
Deaconness hospital, where he under
went an operation on Saturday. his /
many friends regret TO learn that the op-
Grafton has proved more serious than
was anticipated. During his absence |
Mrs. Clifford and their daughter, Miss /
Grace Clifford, are in Bangor for fort
night
The Bath schooner Maude NJ. Morey,
Capt. F.. l.. Hichborn, lying oil the coal
pockets up to Tuesday awaiting a delin-
quent shipment of new sails from bath,
will go to Jacksonville, Fla, to load tires
for Port Reading N. j. Capt. Hichborn
returned last Thursday from trip to
Bath. i he delay doubtless saved him
I
coast to the south.
The deplorable death of Mrs. Geneva
Haley Ellis, wife of Allan d. Ellis,
brought sorrow to a large circle. The
untimely passing OF young wife and
mother, the mainstay of an aged, widow
ed mother by adoption, arouses universal
sympathy. At the largely ATTENDED fu-
neral in Prospect on Sunday, there were
IF Mr. ia
mily and A. Nj. Holmes and o. a. Brown.
The writer has been reminded that in
mentioning elderly people OF local birth
he neglected the brother of Mrs Caroline
S. Berry, Capt. Horace Staples, the old
time deep water shipmsster, who has
found life congenial among men who
speak his language Of the sea on Staten
Island, still hearty at 85; and Mrs. Ava
lima Griffin, 81, who for number of
wears has lived with the family of her son
| IN Mattapoisett, Mass.
Lewis F. Clifford, who has been laid up
more than a month with carbuncle ana
went to work only last Monday, narrowly
escaped serious injury on thursday when
he was knocked down by falling lump
of coal while at work in the hold OF
vessel at the coal pockets He escaped
I with no more ludH SSdiP "ooho' oOAiS
days previous Burton Dunaver met with
an accident which laid him oil tempor-
| arily. no bones being broken.
Sunday morning the weather WIS so
windy that the trotting at Half Moon
pond was called off. What with the at
| tendance from out Of town and Berry's
King Autobon. Hupper's Uncle Charlie,
Arthur Shute's and Lewis Barrett's good
ones. the year old trotter fresh from
the West owned by Ernest Mclaughlin,
and Mclaughlin brinting Lady Booker
| back to town, IN re ought to be good
sport at Half Moon or on the harbor.
And apparently half the fun is talking it
over!
! 1t has been sad week in basketball
circles. Friday night Harold Haskell
| took the team TO Castine in bis 7-passen-
ger Ford. where the high school five
| started out for r-e-e venge and judging
| by the score did fine Job of It, complete
! to the last detail. Eari.er IN the week an
| unorganized band of the youngsters went
TO Searsport TO play a school team, with
ideas clarified. Neal Wood Joined the
! Bucksport team Saturday night for a
! game IN Camden where he unkindly was
not permitted to get a chance to discover
it it was one OF is eff nights or if he had
along his sometimes phenomenal eye for