Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-02
who passed away about 20 years ago,
but all her children and step-children

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Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac W. Greene Of
Rumford received Saturday a large
number of friends at their home on
Franklin street on the 5oth ami
versary of their marriage. Mr.. and
Mrs. Greene. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Lambert and son Edwin of Readheld
were dinner guests of DR.. and Mrs. J.
A. Greene. Flowers were received,
also gifts, from members of the fam
lily. Mr.. and Mrs. Greene were mar
ried at Stratton and spent most Of
their life in that vicinity, coming to
Rumford about 10 years ago. Mrs.
Greene was Miss Mary J. Knapp. Both
she and MIR. Greene are ~. Mr.
Greene was for many years owner or
camps, and also had extensive lum
bering interests at Coplin Plantation.
Their children are Mrs Lambert ana
Donald and Edwin Lambert, and Jonn
P. Greene.
The first shark ever exhibited in
Sanford has been on exhibition at one
of the local markets. This was
brought in by William Hutchins, and
was captured at Wells Beach. 1t
weighed upward of $50 pounds.
The Bangor railroad men in France
write home that they are getting on
we'll operating trains SO near the front
that they hear the continual roar of
the big guns and that aeroplanes are
circling over their heads mucn or the
time on the lookout for raiders. They
live in bomb proof dugouts when not
at work. The rolling stock they say
is much smaller and lighter than on
the Maine Central, but the roadbed
and equipment good. They have
plenty Of good food and no complaints.
They say that there seems to be
general feeling that the war will not
last much longer.
To all appearances with thousands
of acres of growing hardwood ali
around. wood should be cheap in Ban
gor section, but it isn't Fitted hard
wood costs $40 a cord and selected
fireplace wood s11 to $12. Birch edg-
ings are $40 cord and softwood from
Sc to 50.
District court sessions in Portland
are suspended until Oct. 5, as Judge
Hale has arranged to be away in the
meantime and both civil and criminal
dockets are to be taken up then. The
grand jury indictments, 40 in number,
are said to include liberal proportion
of violations of the bone-dry law, and
these are secret for the most part.
Such cases as could be taken up i'm
mediately and disposed of were settled
fup before the judge went away. He
has served notice that those who have
been caught bringing liquor into the
State and intended for sale need look
for no leniency- in this court. Heavy
fines or jail sentences will be imposed.
Preparations are being made for the
consolidation of the Dover and Fox
croft postotllces Nov. l, when the Fox
croft Office will be discontinued and the
business transferred to the Dover Of
fee, which is to be moved to the An
derson building on South street. De
livery of mail in both villages will be
inaugurated, three carriers being en-
ployed.
} While the Rockland Y. NJ. C. A was
not successful in obtaining the full
amount of it's years budget in It's
weeks campaign, enough funds We're
pledged to make it quite certain that
the associations work there will be
continued on the same broad scale
that it has been the past year. The
importance of the Y. NJ. c. A. is es-
pecially felt at this time, because of
the convenience that it is to the men
of the Coast Patrol and Maine Naval
Station. About so men are being
quartered at the station now and
about 80 men are serving on the Coast
Patrol boats, with Rockland as their
headquarters.
Friends Of Frank W. Hammond Of
Foxcroft, conductor on the Foxcroft-
Newport passenger train will be IN
terested to learn that he completed his
45th year of railroad work on Sept 9th
He began work with pick and shovel
and has held all the positions up to
conductor excepting that of engineer
He has been a conductor for SO years
and is very much liked.