Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-03-01
Maine Gossip

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Snowstorms have no terror for
Alice, wife of Raymond Downs of 4
Vanness street, Wentworth Park
District, Sanford. No day this win
ter has been cold enough to prevent
this young woman from going out.
clothed only in bathing suit, and
enjoying dip in the snow. 1t is be-
lieved that Mrs. Downs is the only
woman in this section of Maine who
accomplishes this feat every day that
snow is on the ground. She said:
This is the only life. just enjoy it
and am in excellent health all the
time" A few days ago Mrs. Downs,
unaccompanied. went to the New
Dam, a few miles below Sanford, and
through the ice caught a string of AZ
perch. She is one of the few expert
women hunters of Maine, and last
fall shot a large deer
Osteopaths all through New Eng
land will meet in annual convention
in Portland at the Falmouth Hotel,
May 1914. DR.. Albert E. Chittenden
of Auburn is a member of the pro-
gram committee, assisted by DR..
Bush of Hartford, Conn, DR.. Phillips
Taylor of Springfield. Mass, DR.. S. L..
CAM of Providence, r. L., DIR. Reed of
Worcester, Drs. G. w. whitley,
Harry Campbell of Portland and Dr.
Katherine Manhart of Camden are
also named on committees for the
convention. Dr. Thomas McBeath of
Rockland is president of the New
England 'Osteopathic Association and
is making plans for one of the most
important events in the history of the
association.
Another young Portlander who is
fast making a name for himself in
the silent drama is Thornton Ed
wards, son of George T. Edwards, the
well-known Portland real estate man.
Four years ago young Edwards de-
termined to get intp the movie game,
and not to be prevented by lack of
capital, set out with friends to walk
from Portland to Los Angeles Oc-
casional rides on passing freight
trains and automobiles helped them
out as far as the Middle West-fThey
were in the vicinity of Milwaukee
when they decided to change their
course, and striking south, reached
Texas and secured employment on q
cattle ranch. They stayed long
enough to earn their carfare to the
capital of the movie world.
Captain Baker of the Portland
board of assessors has made a con-
trivance that will save Portland sew
eral hundred dollars a year. From
type metal bought by the board a
sufficient number of newspaper COL
umns of linotype have been cast con-
tanning the names of all the voters of
Portland and placed in suitable
wooden containers, two columns in
each container, and numbered ac-
cording to the wards represented
Thus when the ward lists are to be
prepared for posting all that is neces-
sary is to have a team carry the con-
trivance to the printing office, where
such changes as have been made by
the board since the linotype columns
were made can easily be done, the
lines taken out serving to offset the
value of the new lines inserted in
their place.
DIR. w. A. Bradley of New York
City passed through Bath Thursday
in his car bound across the Kenne-
bee for Bangor. The doctor left New
York Wednesday at A. NJ. and ar
rived in Portland, where he passed
the night. at IL midnight. and during
the night some thief stole his chains
so that he continued on his way with
out them. The doctor is a vegetarian
and while here laid in a supply of
carrots on which to lunch while pur-
suing his journey.
Miss Frances Hemenway Of Port
land has been chosen as one of the II
girls at Mt. Holyoke who will take
final try-outs for the debating team
which will represent the college for
the Inter collegiate Debate which
takes place in March. The six final
speakers will be chosen from among
this number after contest includ-
ing three more debates. Thirty eight
girls began the try-outs last Mon
day, but three succumbed so thirty
five were in the field on Friday night
when the judges listened to two: de-
bates. Beginning Saturday at 100
and remaining till 6. the judges heard
four more debates, listening in all to
60 speeches before the girls were
chosen. From now on these debaters
live under the strictest rules of early
hours. regular meals. and absolutely
no social or other distracting duties.
All offices will be given up for the
time being.
The interest of George Dudley
Church. headmaster and principal
owner of the Abbott School at Farm
iugton for IL years previous to the
World War. has been purchased by
Moses Bradstreet Perkins. who last
fall came here from New York and
the school. The school was
closed during the period that the
United States was in the World War
by reason of the fact that so many