Daily Kennebec journal., 1917-10-20
Hale, hearty and rugged as many a mar


-Somerville Journal.
Hale, hearty and rugged as many man
q score Of years younger. Gardiner G.
Deering of Bath observed his s4th BIRTH
day Thursday, Oct. 49, by attending
strictly to his business as he has done for
the past so years, says the Times. He ar
rived early at the Office of the @. G.
Deering CO.. and before $50 was out in
the yard where he inspected the four
masted schooner building by the firm and
which has reached the planking stage.
Although Mr.. Deering himself scarcely
gave the anniversary a thought, word
was passed around by many OF the work
men and close friends Of the birthday
and by noon he was kept busy receiving
their congra tula tons. Mr. Deering is dean
of the shipbuilders, having commenced
his activities in 1866 and during this long
period has probably built as large if not
a larger feet of sailing vessels than any
other individual In the State He is vice
president of the Bath Trust Co. and one
of the active attendants of Corliss Street
church. He is married. has one daugh-
ter, and three sons who are associated
with him in the shipbuilding business.
c. f, Wilson Of Albion picked ripe
strawberries Saturday, Oct. 13. in his gar
den. There we're also blossoms and green
ones on the vines.
Mrs Harrison l.. Smith Of Saco has
Killarney rosebush which refuses to
stop bearing it's beautiful blossoms
even. though wintry frosts have come
and most we'll regulated rosebushes
have stopped blooming and gone into
winter quarters. In witness Of this
statement it may be said that on last
Sunday Mrs. Smith picked two as fine
roses as one could wish to see from
this same bush. And not only were
there these two, but there were four
others nearly as fine and some q buds
on the same bush.
A smart young old man is Leander
S. Billings Of South Paris, who on
Wednesday of this week observed his
seth birthday. He received congratu-
lations from his many friends Mr..
Billings has charge Of his extensive
| lumber business and is remarkably ac-
| tive.
! The good folks of York have taken
| il upon themselves to adopt a French
town by the name of F'ontenoy. On
October 20 there will be a tag day and
the tags will read do your bit for
Fontenoy." The school children will
have charge Of the tag selling and at
the same time pledge cards will be dis
! tributed for further funds for the Same
purpose.
| It is reported that milk has risen
to to cents a quart. Milk is tender
hearted commodity, and has risen in
price out of sympathy for hay, which
is lower than ever before in recerN
| years in Aroostook.-Presque Isle
Star Herald. Again does Caribou
! lead all other towns in the county. for
the price Of milk in this town, since
/ Oct. / has been IL cents per quart
! Caribou Republican.
| Orrfn F. Tyler, who died Tuesday at
Bangor in his 9th year. was a re-
ma bic old man. He was one Of the
/ fret TO grasp the possibilities Of mark
citing the potato crop of Aroostook IN
Boston, New York and PHILADELPHIA,
and more than 50 years ago, contrary
to advice, shipped the first cargo by
| sailing vessel to New York, followed
I by many more. This way Of moving
, the Aroostook crop was a sliccess
from the start and kept up until the
railroad facilities we're better
| Mr.. Tyler lived for some time In
Aroostook, and was raiser and buy.
! or Of Aroostook products He madc
money and died wealthy He was
remarkably we'll preserved and ac-
tive. Deciding to spend the last years
Of his life in Bangor, when past 90
years. he planned and built a home for
| himself exactly as he wanted 1t. and
surrounded II with a large garden in
which he delighted TO work. He had
a remarkable memory and was an
authority on early business history
of the city and Northern Maine.
\ Bangor man who observed the IN
cident maintains that a. certain horse
engaged in delivering laundry bundles
can read and understand street signs,
says the News. On Saturday morning
the animal wandered away In Main
street below the Bangor House with
out the driver and when he saw the
sign Street Closed" turned down
May street.