Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-08


New Hampshire Memorial bridge.
! The city of Auburn is to receive a
hequest from the estate OF the late
Frank Boomer of Medford, Mass. to
form fund to be known. as the
Frank Boomer Fund" the interest of
which is TO be applied to the needs of
poor and needy families of Auburn.
The amount is not yet known. but 1t
is understood to be respectable sum.
Over 800 Hebrews from all over the
State attended the dedication on Sum
day of the new synagogue at New
Auburn. Rabbi Canter of Auburn and
Rabbi Leverson were in charge of the
ceremonies. The building is said to
he one of the finest Of it's kind in New
England.
Edward S. c. Smith of Biddeford, a
Bowdoin man, 10, now engaged in
geological research work and associat-
ed with Radcliffe College, son of FIX
Mayor and Mrs. James NJ. G. c. Smith,
has been awarded the Emerson schol-
arship at Harvard.
Bar Harbor is to have the thrill Of
mining the celebrated Cappy Kicks
stories, Lasky Players company be-
ing there for that purpose, IS In num-
'ber equipped with a 325-foot steamer
N fA-n
the picture. The company. while
awaiting the suitable stormy weather
necessary for the picture. are taking
in the beauties and attractions of the
noted resort.
Helpful Signs-Gasoline drops from
SO to 80 cents at Houlton. Coal drops
to s17 at Calais with lower price ex-
pected. Beans Is cents per quart.
fish plenty. potatoes 12s cents a peck
at Lubec, with the farmers planting on
liberal scale. The canneries ppen-
ing on the coast.
The Portland Light Infantry on Sat-
urday and Sunday at the Wallace
farm on the Saco road celebrated its
10th anniversary, with pleasant
weather for the first time at a cele-
bration for years. Many of the active
members were across in the late war.
Donald Il. Macmillan, the explorer.
has consented To deliver his lecture.
My Five Years with the Polar Es-
quimaux, at Boothbay Harbor on
Monday evening, June 10, the last lee
ture before his departure for the
North. He expects t. take the
steamer BoWdoin on June IA to Wis
casset. where big celebration of Mac
MILAN day is planned. He VIII take
her on July to Boston for fitting out
Tor his two-years trip In the Arctic re-
gions, where he plans to push through
the Ice to follow along the western
coast OF Baffin land. which has never
been explored
Samuel d. Edes, who died Nav %
at Foxcroft, was a native of that
town and son of George v. Edes,,
who learned his trade as a. printer
with his uncle. Peter Edes, the first
printer in Augusta and also in Ban
gor.
The man who was found by q
Hampden citizen in the latter's hen
house and who claimed that he had
taken ride with a friend in an auto,
became unconscious and when he
recovered found himself reposing
with the biddies and 500 cash miss
ing from his pocket. if in the South,
might have had to prove that story.
Captain Walter s. Ames, for years
the keeper of the fixed white light in
the 6S-foot tower on Whales Back,
on the Maine side at the entrance to
the Piscataqua river, has resigned
and plans to pass the remainder of
his days in Kittery, where he can
look out over the, waters and watch
the light he so long guarded. Cap
tain Ames followed the sea for years
pSlOtt sutSIiuS Tie lighthouse SeTN-
ice, captaining several fishermen
And in the gale of 1886, when the
heavy seas smashed the windows in
Whales Back lighthouse. endanger-
ing the lives of the keepers, he went
out in small boat and rescued
them.
Four of the 1921 graduates of
Thornton Academy, classmates, have
decided that they will continue life
together--so Paul s. Scammon and
Miss Edna G. Thompson were welded
June and Carlton Lamb and Miss
Lillian Norwood will be married
on June Is.
Mrs. Eben C. Stanwood has re-
turned to Boston from Cleveland, O.,
where she has been visiting her
daughter, Mrs. Howard T. Karsner,
and is soon to open her cottage at
York Harbor, Me. Miss Faith STAN
wood will arrive from Newfoundland
the end Of June. She has been work.
ing at DR.. GrenfelIs mission.