The Republican Journal \ PLUME 81, DECEMBER _BELFAST, MAINE, THURSDAY, 23, 1909. N UMBER .11 Contents of Today’s Journal. OBITUARY in her last illness. The funeral was held De- friend The Belfast Church and pastor of thirty years ago, and the Personal— Secret Societies.... cember 16th, Rev. C. H. Bryant of Searsmont, Baptist little of PERSONAL. The The and body earnest and devoted workers of PERSONAL. Churches.The family friends of Mrs. Sarah J ■ of the Methodist Belfast Baptist pastor church, officiating. 1809-1909. that and 1809-1909.. Aborn were shocked and Decembe day, congratulated the members of Church, ..Obituary.. ..The grieved Miss Melvena V. Parker left for a on their and Monday Miss Ginn was in Knights Templar Christmas.. .Will- 18th by news of her sudden death from hear today improved modern church Emeroy Boston a few days Llewellyn K. Clifford, who was visiting at and Centennial Services. short visit in Boston. iamson’s History of Belfast. failure at the home of Re-Opening edifice. He extended the greetings of the last week. her daughter, Mrs. Julii Hiram 0. Eaton's in Brewer on his to Editorials. .In way The most State Convention Miss Isabelle Towle left for a visit 2. Memory of Hattie E. A. Collins, in where interesting day in the and and spoke of the pride of Monday Donald Davis the with Rockport, she had mad< Sailor's was taken long spent past week rel- Black, (poem). .The Bells of Christ- Snug Harbor, suddenly that in the in Boston and her home for the few eventful history of the Belfast Baptist church body Baptist church in Belfast; of vicinity. atives in mastide (poem).. Prize Speaking in past years. The deceas | ill and died early last Friday morning at Mr. Skowhegan. ed was December when the its loyalty in the and its commendable ef- Miss Freedom .Mt.Desert could trace her in a Sunday, 19th, church past May Pendleton of Dark Harbor spent Correspondence. ancestry direct lim Eaton's home. Mr. Clifford is survived by one Mrs. Luvi’le J. Pottle went to Boston last Maine’s Game Record. .School Build- back to the was reopened after and improvements forts in the present. The statistics and Sunday with friends in Belfast. Mayflower colony and her immedi son, J. Clifford of and two repairs given week for a in San Percy Bangor, broth- brief visit. ings Jose The Red Cross ate had been made and centennial services the cited were as ancestors were among the settleri John M. were examples encouraging to the Miss B. Nash left Christmas Notes. pioneer ers, Clifford of Massachusetts and Myrtle Saturday to visit General J. C. of Stamp. Newspaper of held. In Elder Isaac Caae church of the future. He could read in Cilley Rockland was in Bel- Belfast. She wTas the youngest of the four Samuel J. Clifford June, 1809, of the relatives in Boston and 3. Maine Men in of Brewer. The funeral vicinity. fast on Washington. .Univer- came of the times business last week. teen children of the late John Thomaston to Belfast in the interests of signs the principles of religion sity of Maine..The Survey of the Gorham anc was in the Wood & Huggard chapel, Brewer, Mrs. Chas. H. has returned home after a few carried out in the Bray Norman Read of State. Shaw Students 25th Elizabeth and Baptists, and July 18th of that year a business world, in social Portland spent a few days College (Miller) Brown; of this large Sunday afternoon at 2.30, and was private. spending two months in Boston. and the men with relatives in Reunion...The Semi-Annual Bank one church was organized. In 1810 functions, by who hold this city last week. family only brother remains, Mr. Arthei The remains were taken to Stockton for inter- twenty-nine high po- Tax...County litical Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Decrow left to Correspondence...Trans- Brown of men, whose names are identified with the offices. He spoke briefly of the high Monday William H. arrived fers in Real Estate. Bangor. Her husband, Mr. James ment. The deceased was at one time a resi- early Quimby Wednesday from ideals and visit relatives in Everett, Mass. Aborn of history of the city and whose descendants are I church loyalty of President Roose- Boston tosoend Christmas 4. Editorials.. .School Knox, died December 18, 1901, anc dent of Belfast. with his family in Buildings, East of the was buried the connected with all the different church I velt, laymen’s movement in Maine, Miss Florence Kimball left to this and West.. .The Churches.. .News of 21st, just eight years to a daj organ- Saturday city, and of the awakened the Granges. to her death. izations of today, incorporated the organiza- interest in the missionary spend her vacation with her sisters in Boston. prior Eight children survive THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Nichols are CHRISTMAS. in its broadest sense spending The News of Belfast. John Gorham Aborn tion. With the exception of a short period of spirit by men of affairs as Frank of Belfast, Mrs. Julia A E. Harding has returned to Brewer the with relatives in Boston and one of most holidays A Fortune in Mushrooms. in its it has been a the hopeful signs of the times. .Divorce a Collins of Rockport, Miss Elizabeth P. Abort In accordance with an old and established inactivity early history from a brief trip to his former home in Pros- vicinity. Patent Medicine. .The Mission Mail custom, all over the world for in the The It was an able and a and of Lowell, Mass., James C. Aborn of Belfast Knights Templar power good city. present helpful discourse, pect. Bag. .Obituary. .A New Maine Book. will toast the supreme commander of the order held the close Miss Lema Achorn, will Miss Aiice L. church edifice was built in 1837. It was re- attention of a large audience. | Colby College ‘10, Probate Court. .Freedom. Aborn of Taunton. Mass., Miss in the United Rev. Warren Mr. Alton D. Allen and of Lewiston States, Henry Rugg I The services closed with the family spend the holidays with relatives in this Hattie G. Aborn of modelled in 1869 at a cost of $6,000, and the benediction by the city Searsport’s Maritime Record. .Sher- of Rockport, Bertrand L Providence, R. I., on Christmas day. They will spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. W. A. and vicinity. Win. Aborn will gather at their various halls at an church was rededicated, June 24, 1873. The pastor. iffs .New Prize Speaking Con- of Knox and Mrs. Stella A. Kenney ol appoint- ] Johnson. ed hour and this will be so mem- Mrs. E. test. .Reform Legislation... arranged that list of pastors for its 100 years existence shows R.-Conner and Miss Louisa H. Fer- .County Raynham Center, Mass. One bers of .Letter Okla- step-daughter the order all over the world will be The centennial at the church Miss Frances A. returned returned Correspondence. from of able and educated men. banquet Baptist j Sargent Monday guson last Friday from a business Mrs. E. L. Cobbett of Dover, N. and twe the commander of long pastorates homa. H., toasting supreme this j December 21st was a close to the inter- from a visit with Miss Beulah F. Philbrook in The edifice is modem | fitting trip to Portland. grandchildren, Prescott Kenney and Arthui country at the same time. A copy of the toast, j today convenient, and Searsport... Born.. Married... .Died... which esting exercises that marked the of j Brewer. has been sent to members of the order I well furnished. The j closing Miss Ju ia E. Brown was Stockton Cobbett, also remain. The name of mother is large vestry and adjoin- called to Appleton Springs. all over the world, is as follows: the church’s one hundred years. The audi- ! ante-rooms and kitchen on the first floor Dr. G. C. Kilgore has been at the Eye and last week the death of her revered by her children, and it was a pleasure ing by mother, Mrs. CHRISTMAS OBSERVANCE. torium was opened for the guests while the Ear for them to do are in excellent condition and the auditorium Infirmary in Portland the past week for Henry Brown. HISTORY to make ■ WILLIAMSON’S OF BELFAST. everything possible October supper committee were the ten Portland, Me., 25,1909. has been renovated and making ready treatment. her life and She had Dear thoroughly repair- Mr. anc Mrs. F. E. lef*. last bright happy. always Frater: long tables in the vestry. All the Smythe Saturday ed. The new steel and walls are fres- clergymen casing Demand for the Publication of lived a true Christian life and was a The following sentiments has been ceiling Mr. and Mrs. for Universa- prepared in the city with the exception of Rev. Clarence W. Proctor are spend- Hyde Park, Mass., where they will spend for the coming Christmas: coed in *ones of tan and A new | Ashley Second Volume, the Ree- list in belief, never with green. green the Christmas vacation at their home in the winter months. Completing although affiliating To our Most Eminent Grand A. Smith of the Universalist and Rev. David ing Master, Henry carpet \as been laid, the of the Ladies' l'd for 100 Years. any church organization. She was blessec Warren gift North Windham. Mrs. Rugg, with Christmas Greetings: L. Wilson of the North who sent re- Rath F. Brown of Washington, D. C., Circle,and the green choir rail curtain is church, with a strong a mind anc May his future be as as his Sewing The Editor of The Journal.