Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-05-20
Maine GOSSIP
Hands Across the Sea

Hands Across the Sea
You stayed at home? All. is it anywhere
Written or said you did not do your
The silver chevrons.-cast them not
aside,
But wear them. wear those honor
stripes with pride.
You stayed at home, but il you only
knew
Were we unmindful that. with hearts
of fame,
You reinforced US. though you never
came:
Had j. been ours in vain attempt to
You would have come to help us in our
need.
You did come over for your hearts
And thus. more than you know, you did
YOUR share
Whose merit, if by fate's decree We
went?
Whose fault. if you by fortune were not
Chance smiled on U.s. and so, in battles
din
We took the part you would have
They say we fought full well-we fought
Is at not Just the thing you would
If We went bravely through the neither
hell,
You wh9 , are like u.s. would have done as
Then share with US the glory, for We
found.
You helping US. enough to go around.
Vernon A. Vroomln. Captain. U. S. A..
in Camp Zachary Taylor, Over the
Top
Mr.. and Mrs. George F. Stacy Of
Bath on Saturday, May II, quietly
celebrated the 50th anniversary Of
their marriage, at their home on
Pleasant street. where they have
, lived for the half century they have
been together, it also having been
| the home of Mrs. Stacy since q
! young girl. the house being built BY
| her father, John Cook. Mr.. Stacy
Tor As years kept a grocery store in
Bath. He served nine months in
the Sd Maine In the Civil War. re-
enlisted in the heavy artillery. He
is member Of Sedswick Post, q. A.
r.; Polar Star Lodge, F. and A. NJ;
Dunlap Commandery, X. r.; and at
tends Corliss Street church, He was
"A on May last. Mrs. Stacy is a
member of the Corliss Street church.
They have one son. George +. Stacy
of Bath. and a grandson. Reginald.
Il Bath High school Senior.
| Former President Taft and Presi-
dent A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard
! University will be guests Of the
Portland Chamber Of Commerce and
the Portland Rotary Club at joint
, dinner to be given in their honor on
, Friday noon. May %. at the Fall
mouth About 500 plates will be
! laid.
| About dozen salmon were taken
' when the season opened eatly in
! April at the Bangor salmon pool, but
/ none since, althol gh the fishermen
/ have eel regularly whipping the
waters. A few salmon were iietted
! last week down river in the Pen
! obscot ahG the pool fishermen are
now more hopeful.
A queer looking stone, picked up
! by Garland Knight, while working in
the garden of Frank Pattee, in KAN
sas district, was taken to DR.. g. J.
Libby, who sent it to experts for an
opinion The result is that MIR.
knight has a two carat amethyst
valued at $25, which may be seen at
DR.. Libby's store. Has an amethyst
mine been discovered in Bridgton?-
Bridgton News.
| A Wool#ich fish ,rmati claims that
the reason for the narrative scare
! ity Of shad and salmon these days is
| because of the amount Of crude oil
| from the hundreds of power craft on
the lower Kehnebec, as surface Ash
dislike this oil. He says that where
10 shad of salmon were caught before
the power boats came oily one is
caught now.
! J. Bernard Reynolds OF Burnlam
has flock Of single comb White
Lcghorn pullets IS in number. which
in two days laid So eggs Of good
size. The eggs are saved for hatch-
ing AMI in spite OF the high ptoduc-
| ton are about 30 per cent. fertile.
! The pullets on one day in the first
Of April laid IS eggs and few days
! ago II eggs. Their average is about
| Il per day and Mr.. Reynolds is Won
dering who can beat this for foun-
dalton stock.
! Blood is thicker than water isn't
it? A Portland man was last week
put under bonds for carrying con-
cealed weapons. He and his son
quarreled over the court proceed.
ings and the son shot the father in
the leg. The boy. George Stewart