Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-11-19

| expected. as many important subjects
are to come Up for consideration. A
SPECIAL train to accommodate the east
ern part OF the State members is prob
able.
/ The space writer's yarn about
ghouls having stolen the remains OF a
child from its grave in a Greek Gene
| terry at Biddeford has been exploded.
/: the cemetery officials saying nothing
| OF the Kind has been reported to or
known of BY them. What pity the
/ law does not take care of the pro-
fessiohal scandalmongers.
| Mrs. Elizabeth Francis. aged 81
i years and months. died Thursday
night at Pleasant Point. near East
! port, after a few months illness and
! had been born Of white parents at
Perry, her family name-Frost-be-
| ing among the best known there.
About half century ago she met and
was married to L. Francis of the
PassamaQuoddies. who was at one
time governor of the tribe and one of
! its leading members, but he died a
| number of years ago. Three daugh-
| tiers survive, one being the wife Of
| Indian Governor William Neptune of
the reservation and there were four
| generations in the Francis family UP
to last week. Mrs. Francis was well
known to many Eastport families
where she had called frequently in
/! past years with baskets and novel
ties. and she had adopted the Gus
toms of the tribe since her marriage
50 as to speak their language very
fluently and had always made her
home at Pleasant Point.
r. H. Wray of Worcester, Mass,
; who was hunting in Number 80 with
Patrolmen Walter r. Holmes and
James Beck, and became separated
from the party on Friday night, ar
rived in Bangor on Monday night
with a large buck deer. the first big
| game he had ever shot. After leav-
ing the party he wandered around fol
a day and half, finally coming out
in the settlement at Amherst, when
he learned he was about I3 miles
from where he started. He had nc
matches with him and had no means
of knowing where he was. A,
Amherst he hired a man to take him
to Greenfield. where he informed
Holmes and Beck of his safety.
Five citations and three medals
honors probably eQuailed by no other
soldier in the State of Maine, are the
proud boast of Corp. Ralph L. Rams
dell of South WATERFORD, a member OF
d Company of the old I'd Maine, later
the 1880 Infantry. The last citation
signed by Marshal Petain of the
| French army, was received Monday
The medals which this young hero
| has won are the American dis
tinSuished service cross, the French
crOiX de guerre for service at Chateau
Thierry and the French medal mill
taire. for heroism at Vaux. Another
distinction for Corp. Ramsdell is that
most of his citations have had the
word deceased" after his name. for
it will be remembered that he was Of
ficially killed in action and this has
never been officially denied. although
) the young man is back home to prove
that it isn't SO.
i The big game receipts at Bangor
up to Monday night totaled for the
season 1104 deer and 80 bears.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward A. Knowlton
of Rockland celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary Monday nigh,
with a family dinner party at the
home of their daughter. Mrs. Arthur
l.. Orne, Broadway. Rockland. The
table was decorated with chyrsanthe.
NUNS sent by the Saturday Club
Mr.. and Mrs. knowlton were married
in that city by Rev. Joseph kalioch
and. with the exception of six years
when they were residents Of Hope
have always made Rockiand their
home.
Mr.. Knowlton was formerly a cabi-
net maker and retired to become city
clerk. He served during the three
administrations of Mayor G. II
Blethen. He has also served in both
branches of the city government
Mrs. Knowlton was formerly Harrie,
!, r. Hewett of South Hope. OF the
eight children, seven are living and
were present at the dinner-Grace
Edward F., Maude, Roy l.. and Eda
Knowlton. Mrs. Arthur L. Orne and
Mrs. George A. Wooster.
:, The eighth child, William H
knewlton. died Of pneumonia, in the
Chelsea Naval Hospital while serving
as, radio operator in the Naval Re-
serve Force.
Scores Of automobiles are practi.
|, cally snowbound in the woods north
Of Moosehead Lake. Hunters have
taken many cars across the lake on
the steamers and have used their ma
chimes to reach the hunting regions
travelling over the fine roads owned
by the Great Northern Paper Co., the
Hollingsworth & Whitney Co., and
the American Realty Co.
/ Nearly two feet of snow fell some
over week ago and an additional
snowfall on Thursday added five OF
six inches to the depth of the snowy
covering. The result is extremely
difficult automobiling and some ter
rifle battles with snow drifts are be-
ing fought by the hunters to get
their cars out to Northeast Carry or
lockwood, where they can be placed
on the steamers and brought to this
place. 1t is probable that some of
a. H.. ~ ~ L.