The Republican journal., 1916-05-04
SONS OF MAINE
In Honolulu Honor Head of Mystic Shrine:
Speeches by Cyrus H. X. Curtis and
Others.

In Honolulu Honor Head of Mystic Shrine:
Speeches by Cyrus H. X. Curtis and
Others.
Honolulu Star Bulletin. April 3d.
Home son or far SON.
Mountain, sea or plain
From coast to coast, let's have the toast.
''Our Motherland of Maine!"
Far son, oh, fond SOD,
Is other land as dear?
There's fame and gold to coax and hold,
But it's home-it's home up here.
Holman Day.
Sons of the State of Maine assembled
at luncheon given this noon at the Com
mercial Club in honor of J. Putnam
Stevens of the Mystic Shrine. native
of Maine and now residing in Portland.
1t was an informal affair that was
given sort of Pine Tree touch through
the sentiment from Holman Day that
was put at each place. The length an
breadth of the State were represented
and numerous walks of life, the army
having the strongest single representa-
ton.
In the course of the very informal
toasts "Put" Stevens told of his meet
ing men from the State of Maine wher-
ever he has travelled. They are all over
the country and he has never yet with
drawn his claim to pride in being from
the State of Maine and proud also to be
living in the State that has such glori-
GUS past, splendid present and future
that will put the rest of it in the shade.
Mr.. Stevens paid high tribute to Mr..
Cyrus H. K. Curtis, who presented his
home town, Portland, Me-, with a great
organ in the new city hall. 1t is mag
nificent instrument and the organist is a
paid municipal employee. Public concerts
are given every Sunday.
Mr.. Curtis spoke of his experiences in
relating to friends the great number of
prominent people who have come from
Portland, Me. In the list that he gave
are such names as Annie Louise Carey,
William Pitt Fessenden, Nathan Cliff
ford, who was chief justice of the
United States in Buchanan's time; Nor
dica. and long list of national and
world famous figures. He said that all
the great men and women were born in
Portland, and then they sent them over
to Bowdoin College to finish them off.
Lieut.. Philoon, an oldtime football
star of Bowdoin. spoke for the Bowdoin
end of it.
N. c. Grover, head of the photographic
survey, who has been making a very
thorough survey of the water sources of
Hawaii, spoke Interestingly of his trAv-
els.
The lunch wound up with a good old
fashioned talk from Mr. A. B. Kicker of
Poland Spring fame. Maine is not slow
in the boosting game if Kicker is to be
taken as sample. He sees the great
future of the State and there is no doubt
that the famous Kicker brothers are
showing their confidence in that future.
Mr.. Kicker informed his friends at the
table that whenever they should come to
Maine the doors of the Kicker hotels
were open to them and their names would
be on the list of his personal guests.
Those present at the luncheon and their
native town in Maine follow: Gardiner
B. Wilkins, Brownville, Me-; Walter
Starbird, Skowhegan; Lieut.. Fred F.
Black, Searsport; W. A. Anderson, Port
land; Wallace C. Phloon, Auburn; Ed
gar S Barry. Machiss; Joseph E. Sheedy,
Pembroke; Cyrus H. K. Curtis, Port
land; N. c. Grover, Bethel; Lieut..
Charles H, Rich, Rockland; Clinton B.
Ripley, Peru, Oxford County; C. F. Mer-
rill, Brewer; Ed Towse, Lubec; Cyrus
Dana Bishop, Winthrop; A. B. Kicker,
Poland Spring; J. Putnam Stevens of
Portland and Wallace B. Harrington of
0rono