Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-10
BELT Asst
City May Lose Matthews Bros.
Industry-Oficers Tel. and
Tel. Elected

There is u prospect Of Belfast los
ing another of her industries,
Matthews Mills, as Orlando f, Frost,
manager, is considering removal else
where owing to the freight conditions
which it is estimated exceed many
thousands of dollars more than it
would cost to do business in adjoin-
ing states. Mr.. Frost has been of
fercd locations in Portsmouth, y. H.,
New Bedford and Chelsea. Mass
Matthews Bros. is a wood working
plant, one of the oldest in the city
and would be q distinct loss to the
city. The Belfast Chamber of Com
merce has taken the matter up and
Mayor c. ". Wcscott and Morris r..
! Slugg have been made u committee
to confer with the Maine Central
railroad to see what can be done in
regard to freight rates.
! The following officers were elected
a. the annual meeting of the Liberty
Belfast Tel. ana Tel. Co: President,
| Lucius G. Morse; vice president. V.
A. simmons; secretary, Clarence \.
| Smith; treasurer, Willis J. Greeley;
directors, Lucius C. Morse, j. j.
| Walker, J. L. Marden, V. A. Sim
mons. Leroy l.. Morse, Q. W. Ripley
and S. w. Shbles; business manager,
James II. Cilley; lincman and collec-
tor James *. Blood; assistant, II. S.
| Mahurcn.
Mrs. Fred r. Chase entertained
! the Saturday Auction club and other
guests Wednesday night at her home
on Church street. serving a banquet
supper at Z O'Clock when She was
assisted by Mr.. Chase, Mrs. Irving r.
Dinsmorc and Mrs. $. A. Parker, the
latter pouring coffee. At the con-
chusion of supper, the auction tables
were made up. Besides members of
the Auction club those present were
Mrs. Allen NJ. HowcS, Miss Belle
| kcatinG end Miss Anne NJ. kittrcdgc.
The sad news of the death in East
Rochester,. n. IT,, of Miss Ellen
! Townsend, a former teacher in tho
Belfast High school, was received
| Wednesday, in Belfast where she was
/ held in the highest esteem and had
! many friends. Miss Townsend left
| Belfast some II years or more ago
and has only occasionally visited
here since that time. She died at the
home of her sister, the wife of DR..
Harold Ball Bates and with her at
the time was her mother and another
sister, Miss Rcbckah of New Haven.
! Funeral services will be held in East
Rochester.
| Miss Mabel Craig has gone TO
Springfield, Mass, to finish The school
year as teacher of English in the
| Y. NJ. G. A. college, substituting for
her cousin, Mrs. Henry Starrett who
with Mr.. Starrett has gone to Ros-
| lindalc where the latter and his faith
err have gone into business. Miss
! Craig, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs1
Charles NJ. Craig, is a graduate of
Mt. HOlyoke and has taught in the
south and elsewhere but for the past
year has been at home with her pa
rents.
, Mrs. George Hadley of Bangor is.
the guest of Mrs. Wilmer ]. Dorman.
Church street for the week end
Mrs. Hadley is a southerner and a
Washington friend of Mrs Dorman,
both having been located there dur
ing the war.
A cure sign of spring-thc boys are
playing marbles. at least month
earlier than usual. The grounding
must have been right. Winters back
is surely broken.
An all-day session of the Swanville
Farm Bureau will be" held next
Thursday at Comet Grange hail. to
make plans for the years work. A
basket dinner will be served. All are
urged to be present.
Rev. and Mrs. w. F. Skerrye OF
Templeton. who come to the Fed
Grated church March /, have select
cd the Congregational parsonage as
their place of residence and it will
be put in readiness for their occu-
pancy. This house is delightfully."-
situated on the corner Of High and