Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-05-01

| Students in the Gorham Normal
School are seeking to fit themselves in
every way possible, consistent with
their vocation. to be Of aid to their
country at this critical time. Not only
are they organized to work for the Red
Cross to make hospital supplies and
| surgical dressings, but they are also
planning on being of service to the
| Food Commission at their homes this
summer. To further this preparation
Miss Catherine N. Platts, Extension In
| structor in Home Economics at the
University Of Maine, is to cooperate
with Miss Ethel G.. Woodbridge, the
normal school instructor in home econ
cmics, in giving a demonstration in the
various methods Of canning farm prod
| ucts for winter use. This demonstra
| ton of Miss Platts' will be given Tues
day forenoon to the first year students
at the normal school. The second year
students have already had an extended
course in the preserving of fruits and.
other food products.
The largest Z. S. government flag,
what is believed to be the largest flag
in the world, hangs in the court of the
postoffice department building in Wash
ington. 1t is 20 feet long and SO feet 6
inches wide. Each star is more than a
foot across, and 400 yards of bunting
We're required in making it. Popular
subscriptions by the employees in the
department. paid for it.
An Auburn club woman who expects
to entertain her auction club very soon,
says she is going to give the money
she would ordinarily spend for refresh
ments to the Woman's Service League,
land I shall pass the hat among my
guests, too, for the benefit of the
work"
Ernest Scott of Perry, handicapped
by lame knee, is 43 years old and
with 10 children and frail wife. He
advertises to raise one acre of potatoes
on his farm contributing all the seed
and work if others will supply the fer
tilizer-the resulting tubers to go to-
wards support Of soldiers families.
Such an example cannot fail Of fol-
lowers.
Ex-Mayor John R. Weber of Au-
burn has secured a small plot of
ground and is making ready to plant
a garden. 1t IS understood that he has
purchased 400 pounds of commercial
fertilizer and a new pair of gloves to
prevent blistering his hands.
Miss Cecilia Christensen Of Bangor,
a student at Bates college, has been
elected as the annual member of the
student conference Of the Northeastern
Field. This is a very important posi-
ton since she not only represents
Bates, but also Colby and the Univer-
sity of Maine, at the national conven-
ton at New York. Miss Christensen is
the daughter of Hans Christensen of
Bangor and graduated from Bangor
high in 1914.
The first 20-horsepower Titan tractor
to come into the vicinity of Monmouth
is due there shortly to be used with
out charge by the farmers in that vi
cinity, who have contracted acreage
to the E. H. Kimball & Co., canning
factory located in Monmouth. 1t oper-
taos on kerosene, consuming 20 gallons
Of oil in 10 hours work, hauls a gang
plow and two harrows. 1t will be a big
factor in bigger crop production in that
portion of kennebec county.
Ira c. Stockbridge, a member of one
Of Freeport's oldest families, celebrat-
ed his 18th birthday last week, the
event being of much interest through
out the State, as Mr.. Stockbridge was
a pioneer in the introduction of must
cal stars to Maine. For many years
Mr.. Stockbridge managed what was
known as the Stockbridge course, in
which such stars as Anna Louise Ca
rey, Juch, Emma Abbott, Nordica, Mel
ba, Theodore Thomas and many 9TH
ers appeared. These courses were run
in Portland and all the nearby towns
were represented, for at that time
Maine had no music festival, but Ira
c. Stockbridge, with characteristic OPP
timism and energy backed by won
derful foresight. determined to give to
Maine the best in musical talent.
One of the crack basketball teams in
Maine, among High schools, is that of
the Edward Little High school in Au
burn, which lost only two. out of 20
games played in the season just pass
ed. The total score showed $50 points
for E. L. H. S., against 1928 for their
opponents. The two games lost were to
Portland and Morse High at Bath.
The acres of clam flats along the
stretch of coast at Pine Point where
millions Of bushels of shellfish have
been dug from the shifting sand, are
being seeded with diminutive clans
this spring. The clam merchants to the
number Of two dozen and six, who