The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1922-06-15

its last meeting of the season FRIDAY
evening, June 10th.
Miss Ruth Dinsmore and Miss Ruth
Knight are spending the summer IN the
employ of the City National Bank.
The Passaeassawaukea Camp Fire
Girls will hold their weekly meeting TO-
morrow, Friday, afternoon at the home
of Bertha Parsons, Cedar street.
The Waldo County w. C. T U. Con-
vention will meet in South Montvllle,
June 23rd, when their State President
Mrs. Althea G. Quimby of North Turner
will be present.
The Daughters of Veterans sewing
club will meet Wednesday afternoon,
June 21st, with Mrs, Myra S. Dutch.
when picnic supper will be served and
plans made for a fair to be held some
/ time in July.
/ st. Georges Agricultural Society will
| have their flrst trot of the season June
| 18th at their grounds in Montville with
the following classes: 2. 40 pace, 81 trot,
purse SIS; &c pace. 2.2S trot, purse 500;
free for all trot and pace, 500, Entries
close at noon June 10th.
Waldo Lodge, l. o o. F., and Aurora
Rebekah Lodge will attend the Federated
church next Sunday morning, when me-
mortal services will be conducted by the
pastor, Rev. w. F. Skelrye. All visit
ing Odd Fellows and Rebekahs are urged
to join. A brief service will be held on
their return to the lodge room. The or
ders are requested to meet at |. o. o. F.
hall at 10 a. m.
Mrs. Annie NJ Frost and Miss Susie
Hanson left by boat Tuesday for Bangor
to remain until Thursday to attend the
State meetings of the Daughters of We
terans and of the Ladies of the G. A. r.
Mrs A. C. Mosman, Mrs Miles S. Jellson
Mrs Roscoe Arey, Mrs. Altana E. Dutch
Mrs. Georgia Juan and Wallace Sprague
autoed to Bangor for the day Tuesday to
attend the d. of V. meeting.
The Universalist church choir. with
the members, wives and husbands gave a
picnic supper at the "Gun Club" cottage
at the foot of Allyn street last Friday
evening for Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Brad
bury 1t was complete and delightful
surprise for Mrs. Bradbury. Covers were
laid for u and the menu was fine one.
Later a social sing was enjoyed on the
porch, which was cool after the excess
sive heat of the day.
Postmaster Heating has received a let
ter from F. G. Ayers, Director of Saw
ings Division, congratulating him on the
Treasury Savings certificates sold at the
Belfast post office during the month of
May, which amounted to S1i,8 $3.50. He
states that if all the post offices of the
country would make as good showing
as this one does each month, the entire
maturity obligation of the 1918 War Saw
ings Stamps would easily be financed,
with a large amount left over to apply
against the redemption of the Victory
bonds, which are due next May.
The Boston Globe of June 10th says of
the Pendleton Brothers of Islesboro as
well as New York: "Pendleton Brothers
of New York have purchased 81 wooden
vessels from the Shipping Board, it was
learned yesterday. The price was re-
ported as 100000 for the lot, but this
could not be confirmed. The ships cost
about 5000 600 each to build. Staunch
believers in he wooden ships the Pen
dletons already have 16 schooners and
five wooden steamers in service. The
lately acquired vessels are to be stripped
and turned into coal barges.
HOSPITAL NOTES. Mrs John Halves
of Stockton Springs, who has been at the
t Hospital some time for t eatmeDt, went
e home Saturday greatly improved. George
f Rose of Morrill, entered the Hospital Sat
urday for an tion... Mrs. Leota Ronn-
quist is recovering from serious opera
, ton. e. Mrs Mary Godfrey, who was
= spending the summer at her cottage at
t Northport, has entered the Hospital for
medical treatment...A little daughter,
June, was born at the Hospital TO Mrs.
E Samuel Hart on June 18TH. Mr.. George
Young, VINO had a serious operation, is
/ now able to sit out on the porch. Mrs
A. "A Drury is a medical patient at the
Z hospital and is doing WELL
The unreasonable heat was broken Fri
, day afternoon by sharp shower. The
: nervous people feared repetition of what
, in history is known as the Searsport cy-
clone, but the shower divided and left
Belfast only rain and distant thunder &C
complained by darkness that necessitatcd
the use of lights in some places. The sec
,, ton that went over Montvile struck ant
burned Newell Whites barn, while in
Northport it destroyed the entirc set oil
buildings owned by Frank Prescott anc
known as the homestead on Prescott hill
His horse and pig were destroyed. There
was no insurance on the buildings. Mrs.
Prescott is in i'll health and the shock was
severe one to her. The rain fell in tor
, rents and the lighting was very sharp.
At meeting Friday of the schoolhouse
building committee, the school commit
, tee and the city government, it was vot-
, ed that an appeal be made to the tax
payers of the city for permission to raise
the tax rate to per cent in order to Sc
cure funds necessary to build this year.
The total amount available is approx
mately $4,000 and the only bid the
, committee has received is submitted by
the c. B. Roberts Engineering Company
of Boston, based on the plans and speci-
fications which the committee have ac-
cepted, is STA, 500. Mayor C. W. Wes-
colt has mailed letter, enclosing post
card for reply, to all property taxpayers
explaining the situation and urging them
to vote yes or no and mail the cards as
soon as possible. At noon Wednesday
there were returned to Mayor Wescott
317 cards with no and zoo with yes out
of a total of 1900 mailed. All no; re-
turned are to be counted as yes votes.