Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-03-22

Information OF this gigantic I'M
dertaking was disclosed by Chairman
John N. Cole of the state waterways
commission before the legislative
committee on metropolitan affairs.
Fire which destroyed the Provost
Block in Lewiston, Me-, did damage
estimated at $4,000, and was only
controlled by the united efforts of
the departments Of Lewiston and All
burn.
Colonel A. C. Thompson has been
appointed commander of the coast de-
lenses of Portland to succeed Colonel
Malcolm Young of the 54th Regiment
Artillery, now under orders Off near
departure for foreign service.
Massachusetts Food Administrator
Henry B. Endicott announces that
henceforth and until another change
is ordered, meat Is prohibited but one
day a week. Further than that, the
public is given it's choice as between
Tuesday and Friday.
Colonel c. B. Hatch, officer in
charge Of the Eastern District, is in
specting the Marine Corps recruiting
stations in New England. The uni
form OF the marine recruiting force
will be changed to blue and a new
insignia will be introduced.
Chales Follen Adams, 76, known
the nation over through his "Leedle
Yawcob Strauss" and other German
dialect stories, is dead at his home on
Waverly street, Roxbury, Mass. He
was born in Dorchester. His grand
father built the first log house on the
site Of Moutonboro, N. H., and the au-
thor of the "Yawcob Strauss" stories
was a Yankee in every respect.
Major Charles E. Lewis, division
signal officer at Camp Devens, has
been advised by Washington that
men of draft age but not in the cur
rent quota are eligible for enlistment
in the Signal Corps and that the SER
vices of telephone and radio operat-
ors, linemen and telegraphers were
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authorized to request the induction
of such men into the military service.
Captain Horace G. Trundy, mas
ter mariner for 50 years, died the day
after observing his sixty-fourth birth
day at Portland, Me. When the Cape
Elizabeth Coast Guard Station was es-
tablished in 1888 he was made captain
of the life savers and served for ii
years During that time it Is esti-
mated that Captain Trundy, and his
crew saved the lives Of over 100 sail
ers from vessels wrecked on the
reefs near this port.
The College of Business Admins
tration. Boston, has been asked by
the War Department to give six
weeks intensive course in employ
ment, in cooperation with Harvard
and Technology The course is to be
given under the general direction OF
the War Council. The course as
planned will require the entire time
Of the students, consisting of ten
n udy VI leCLulto tlu 5Iudy
Some of the instructors will be fur
nished by the War Department.
The ninetieth anniversary of the
Boston Seaman's Friend Society will
be observed at the society's building
2S7 Hanover street, on April 8, at
o'clock. Lieutenant Governor Calvin
Coolidge and Mayor Peters will speak
and Rev. Raymond Calkins, D. D., OF
the Shepard Memorial Church, Cam
bridge, will deliver the anniversary
address. The Boston Seaman's Friend
Society is one Of Boston's Oldest
charitable organizations. For three
generations it has been assisting
thousands of sailors in every possible
way, and its good work is recognized
In every port from Jersey to Nova
Scotia.