Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-16
MAINE PEOPLE.

benjamin w. Towle one Of the old
est residents Of Exeter died Al his
home, Saturday, Sept. g. Had he lived
until December he would have rrac!ir,.
the century milestone.
John Reed, formerly OF Benton but
who the last few years has been Il civil
engineer IN New Zealand has been Wis
iting MS sister, Mrs. !. W. Davis. In
East CuriMth.
Hugh j.. Quinn OF Bangor, \ sradu-
ate Of BoWdoin and now a student in
ne Maine Medical school. has been ar--
pointed state bacteriOlogiSt and viii
leave the medical school 10 take
up these duties.
NJ ssrs. Millard +. Hicks ANA Albro
f, Chase o! Portland and Dr. William
{. Mason Of Bangor. arc To leave for
Indian polls Saturday To attend the
Sc SSion OF the Sovereign Grand In
3pectorS General of the 33d degree Of
the Scottish Rite of Masonry. They
Will probably he absent about Il week.
Or. George ShOrkley ri the recently
rescued Zeigler expedition. arrived i'll
New York, Monday. in the steamer
Minnetonka. Of London ana was met by
MS VIE, v no HAS Dtt-ll llNtnS lOT tilc
Iast year i'll Bangor with her parents
d.. ana Mrs. Shorkley are al present
visiting his parents In Louisburg. Pa.
after v hiCh they viii come to Camden
and thcn 10 Bangor.
Edward Giggey Of Font Fairfield, n,lc
of the oldest nhabitant3 of Maine died
Sept s. III his 1891 year, Until few
months aAo Mi. GigSty was unusually
active. walking from his farm. where
II" had personally cultivated an acr" oI
pot;'t"t s for many years, to Fort Fair
hrld or Caribou village. . distance 81
-four or sig miles daily. His death was
thu result of Il tail last spring from :!
window H. feet from the ground.
Hon. f. o. Bcal Of Bangor Is contem-
plating western business and pleasure
trip shortly. leaving Bangor the first
part If October ana going through
the Canadian Northwest to the Pacific
coast and home by the way IF Cali
fnTnia. Other Maine men who viii go
are: G. g. Burrill of Ellsworth, Arthur
Il. Gould Of Pressure Isle. Charles p.
Shaw Of Greenville, and Robert ".
Linn of Hartland. They will be- gone
for six on eight weeks.
RAYMOND Pollster, son of MI. and
hrs. George A. Pollister. Of Portland is
soon to l"aVt for Honolulu. where he
mas tine position aWciting him. Mr.
Pollifter was graduated from the
Emerson school and was a pupil at the
Portland High school until 4 year ago
wien he "rtered the New York Mill
tdry academy at Cornwall on he
Hudson. AT this school Mr.. PollISte.
ranked first in all OF his studies EXCEPT
one, and showing unusual ability in
mathematics. He is to enter the en-
plOy Of his brOther-in-law, WILDER A.
Anderson. formerly of Portland Mrs.
Anderson was before her marriage
Miss Isabel Chadbourne Pollister. ana
Wa one Of the most popular teachers
Of the Portland High school. having
charge Of the English department.. She
was also teacher of oratory at that
school Mr.. Anderson recently pur-
chased 4 large sugar plantation near
Honolulu which it il understood is
apidly Increasing in value and which
furnishes employment to many men.
The following Maine Masons Were
initiated into koia Temple of the Mys-
tic Shrine at Lev lston. Thursday eve
ming: Chas. +. Blanchard. Notch;
Harry IL. Peterson. Lewiston; f. q.
Holland. Portland; Louis ". Ticket
Portland; y. !. Thomas. Portland; L
Z. Brett. Portland; y. j. Raynea Port
land; j. +. Lawrence. BIZ CHAM; }. ".
French. South Bristol; II. \. Fowles.
Ii Grange; VIM. l.. Cobb. Portland;
Dr. Neil ". r. Straw. Portland; Geo.
A. Oliver. Gardiner; ID. r. Litchf"lf
Lewiston: w. +. Dingley. Auburn: ".
II. Gannett. Augusta: DIR. Chas. T.
Fiske. Portland; p. d. Sargent. Machi-
as; Edward Chase, Barring: A. j. Piatt.
Lewiston: j. +. Hough. Phillips: Niles
Nelson. South Portland Frank Gala
CHER, Path: T. E. Spaulding, Rumfor3
Falls; " Il. Hey, Portland; NJ. D.
Hanson, Portland; c. r. Reul, Rock