Daily Kennebec journal., 1910-06-08

mencement exercises at Orono and
also participate in the banquet of the
First Seven Glasses at the Penobscot
Exchange Tuesday evening, were Hon.
Louis G. Southard. 10, accompanied
by Mrs. Southard of Boston; Allen q.
Mitchell, "a OF Pittsburg, Penn.
who is division superintendent Of
the Pennsylvania r. r., and his twin
brother. Albert f. Mitchell, 10, vice.
president of the Wyckoff Co. New
York.
United States Consul James f.
Dunning Of Havre, France, formerly of
Bangor. in a letter TO the Portland
Board of Trade read at last week s
| meeting said that the international
conference of Chambers OF Commerce
would be held in London and suggest
ed the possibility of securing the con-
| ference for Portland in 1872. 1t was
voted to authorize Mr.. Dunnlng TO
represent the Portland board at this
conference and to extend an invitation
| for the National body to hold its ses-
| sion in Portland in 1872.
The new president general of the
National Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution is Hon. William
Allen Marble of New York city,
Among the members of the National
| committees he has appointed the FOL
| lowing from Maine: Hon. Melvin +.
Frank, trustee for the Maine society,
Archie Lee Talbot on the flag commit
| tee, and Nathan GOOld on the press
| committee. The annual meeting OF the
National Society for 1911 will be held
in Louisville as guests Of the Ken
| lucky society. 1t was in that city that
the first congress of the society as
sembled in 1890 The official bulletin
of the society of May. 1910. has just
| been issued.
Harrison Hedden. for several years
engineer of the United States quaran-
tine steamer Petrol at Portland, is now
| chief engineer of the steamer Dover.
| one of the large steamships running
| from New York city to Brunswick, Ga.
Mr.. Hedden was secretary Of the
Marine Engineers Association at
| Portland for a number of years and
| about one year ago he was forced to
| take a long vacation owing to ill
health. Upon his return last Febr2-
| airy he resigned his position as engi'
| neer of the Petrol and went to New
| York where he accepted a position as
| first assistant engineer Of the steamer
Dover. After serving less than a
year as assistant he has been promot
! ed to the position of chief engineer at
| a salary nf 81 p1 and hac
| assistant engineers
| The second annual reunion OF the de
| held at the Old Homestead in Hing
| ham. Mass. June Il, IS. 10. 1910. Al the
| first reunion last year this family eS-
| tablished the record of the greatest at
| tendance of the descendants of one
| man at amy reunion ever held in Amer
| ioa 421 We're registered and the esti-
mated attendance was in excess of 500.
The roWer Genealogical Society was
formed as result of the first reunion.
and its mcmb"rS, over 220 in number.
will hold their second annual meeting
at Wilder Memorial hall. South Hing
ham, on :he second day of the reunion.
An address by one of the most prOmi
nent members of the family will be q
feature of the meeting. There will be
other addresses by prominent speakers.
\ musical program will be carried out
during the reunion and the gathering
already promises 10 SurpaSS the great
record Of last YEAR
Lewiston Journal Auburn is noted
not only for its fine scenery but also
for its bright children In one of tie
public schools a teacher recently asked
her class if they could tell her what
business Noah followed. Up Went the
hand Of little fellow and when told
to give his opinion he replied that
Noah was fisherman. Then the
teacher asked tie class if they were
all satisfied with the answer Up went
the hand of another little fellow and
when asked for his view Of the case
he said: Noah couldn't be very much
of fisherman as he only had one par
of anglewOrms" On another occasion
a five year-Old boy had been reproVed
by his mother for using some profane
language that he had learned from
older boys. How did you find II out
mamma" asked the little fellow. 20.
said the mother. "a little bird told me.
The child pondered a few moments anG
then turned to his older brother and
remarked in an undertone. I'll bet
it was one of the d English spar
rows that told mamma what | SAID.
That J. s. Black will reopen and op-
crate the granite quarry at Roberts
Harbor which has been idle the past
l6 years is good news to Vinalhaven,
Mr. Black owns half of the quarry and
has leased the other half from the
Bodwell Granite Co From 20 to 20
men will be put on at once. quarrylng
paving stones for the New York mar
ket. Mr.. Black is sanguine that the
paving business is going to be very
good for the next 10 or 20 years, and
attributes it to two reasons. one IS
the increased demand for granite paw
ing in the western cities. which nave
found by experience that asphalt does
not have such durable qualities ana
that repairs cause the frequent op-
struction of the busy thoroughfares.
The other reason is found in the new