Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-06-18

Is to July /, are Rev. and Mrs. Joseph
| Twomey, Mr.. and Mrs. II. Wallace
| Noyes, Mrs Percival Bonney and Miss
Nellie Balm, all of Portland. The
| Northern Baptist convention. which
was formed in Oklahoma, embraces
all the northern states and has con-
stituency of about 100000.
Henry Stoll of New York City, oc-
cupying a cottage at Coleman's point,
Lake Maranacook, landed 10-pound
salmon Thursday morning after good
fight This is the third largest salmon
caught in Lake Maranacook this sea-
son. Mr. Stoll has been very success
full with trout and black bass, also.
On Tuesday June S, Mrs Elizabeth
d. Barrows, of Canton, known as
Aunt Eliza" celebrated her oath birth
day in a quiet way. Remembrances
were received from her many friends
and congratulations given the aged
woman Mrs. Barrows has the distin-
ton of being the exact age as the viii
lage of Canton, having been born the
same year it's site was first settled by
her father, Gustavus Hayford, Sr., and
uncle Jeri Hayford, the pioneers Of
the town. Mrs. Barrows' father erect
ed the first saw and grist mill and
also the first dwelling house, which
is now owned and occupied by +. Q.
Proctor and family on Main street.
To the wife of Mr.. Hiram Keene of
Hebron, June It'll, daughter was born,
and ON the same day a daughter was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Keene Of
East Hebron. These two men are
brothers. There were six boys in their
family all born and raised at East He
bron, namely: Hiram, Grant, Charles
the road commissioner of TurneD,
Will, Frank and Fred They are all
married with families of their own.
The six brothers have "a children, Hi
ram having children, Grant s, Charlie
Z, Will, Frank and Fred children
apiece All these children are bright
and promising. The eldest of these
children is probably not over Z2 years
of age. Nearly all of the Keene
brothers reside in Hebron. Grant,
however lives in Buckfeld. The broth
ers and their families make Il goodly
company when they are all together
at the old home at East Hebron.
In the destruction last week by fire
of the dome of the Rock hotel at Dyce
Head, Castine, Maine lost a summer
place unique among hotels. The own
er of the house, Frank p. Wood of
Bangor, has always had a fad for an
aiques and when he started in to erect
this building he gave that fad free
rein. From all parts of the country he
gathered antiques and used them in
his house, which was one of the most
attractive along the coast and
which had accommodations for 100
people At that time the old Bradley
Martin mansion in New York was dis
mantled and Mr.. Wood purchased the
famous ball room therein. Every panel
and every piece of wood was careful
ly taken down, marked and shipped to
this town, where it was reproduced
absolutely as it had been in the big
New York mansion. This room was
the dining room of the dome of the
Rock hotel and was cheerful and
pleasant place. Other rooms of the
house, it's parlor and all were made up
of parts of famous old houses in Mas
sachusetts, New York and elsewhere.
AS Mr. Wood has frequently remark
ed, they cost more than new lumber
would have, but there was a charm
about them which the new lumber and
material could not give. The office of
the hotel was formed by the grill work
taken from an old elevator secured in
Boston house which was being re-
modelled. The car of the elevator was
located in the den of the hotel, where
it was put to very different use than
originally designed for. There it was di-
vided, one-half being used as a private
telephone booth, the other as a lava
tory. In this same den was the first pi-
ano which ever came into Hancock
county It was purchased by the father
of Chief Justice John A. Peters for one
of his daughters and was probably so
years old.