Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1921-06-23

The old-time jostling crowd.
! The former schoolmates in dismay
With wrinkled faces meet.
you haven't changed Bit" they say,
| AS happily they greet.
But inwardly, it's plain to see.
Each asks the question fiat,
Good gracious! can it really be
| l Fook as old as that?
Another distinction for the Ship
ping City of Bath. She has on some
| OF her streets gravel that came from
Copenhagen, it having arrived in
Bath as part of the ballast in one
of the Percy & Small fleet and be-
ing given to the city for taking away
from the wharf.
Justice Charles ]. Dunn recently
found at Wiscasset that vandais had
mutilated the base of the monument
to the memory of the late Chief JUS
tiee Samuel Sewall a large piece
having been broken off. He ar
ranged to have it cemented in place.
The judge also secured a rake and
cleared the monument enclosure,
much improving it's appearance.
Captain John H. Harrington, C. A.
c., Portland boy, has been ordered
to the coast defences at Honolulu.
He served for several years in the
Maine &. A. G.. and entered the
Federal service in 1917 as a first
lieutenant. passing the regular army
examination as first lieutenant in
1920 and being commissioned a cap
tain in 1921.
The bust Of the late Ex-President
Theodore Roosevelt, presented to
Kicker Institute. Houlton, by the
Juniors. was unveiled Tuesday morn
ing with impressive exercises and
fine tribute to the memory of his old
friend by William w. Sewall, the
famous Aroostook guide.
Harold &. Ridley, aged 33, Of
Brunswick. left the Times ONCE in
Bath Tuesday afternoon for a hike
to Washington. d. c., where he
hopes to secure the autograph of
President Harding, as well as those
of the governors of the states
through which he passes. He is
son of Mrs. Eugene Ridley of Bruins
wick. He makes the trip for health
and enjoyment. Leaving with but S.
in cash and no baggage. he was con-
fident that he could make his way
without difficulty. He will present
his list of autographs to Sweeney
Post, A. L., of Nashua, n. H., of
which he is a charter member
About fifty farmers. members of
the Washington County Farm Bu-
reau, are going to Aroostook coun-
ty next week to look over the at
fractions and splendid farms. They
will arrive in Houlton Monday night
and on Tuesday will be guests Of
the Aroostook County Farm Bureau.
the program including visit to Fort
Fairfield, where two farms will be
inspected and dinner enjoyed. fol-
lowed by a short. program. Lime
stone will next be visited, farm in
spected and another between Lime
stone and Presque Isle. The visitors
will remain in Pressure Isle Tues
day night and return home on
Wednesday.
Houlton firemen recently had the
pleasant experience of being ham,
nered at their work by thoughtless
autoists, who ran their car into the
working area and calmly watched the
firemen. regardless of whether or not
the latter could extinguish the blaze.
Many friends throughout the State
will regret the illness of Michael NJ.
Clark of Houlton, clerk of courts for
Aroostoojs county, who last week
suffered an i'll turn. He was report
ed on Wednesday as about the same,
and still suffering considerable pain.
Peter Beaulieu, but 80 years Of
age, a clapboard sawyer in the st.
John Lumber Cos. mill at Van
Buren,, is willing to try titles as a
sawyer with any man. He stands 5
feet, II inches, weighs nearly IT'S
bounds and is in perfect physical
condition. He began work in the
woods at IA and has been in the
numbering business in some branch
ever since.
The Auburn city council has voted
to allow ne sale of fireworks in that
city until 12oi of the morning Of
July 4.
The Bangor Elks on Tuesday en-
tertained about 1900 children at
their Carnival staged in Abbott
Square, giving them free entertain
! ment in the side shows, merry 60
round and Ferris wheel, with about
$500 bags Of peanuts and suckers.
, Did the kids have a good time? An,
swer: They did.
| Every Shrine Temple in North
America has been invited to attend
the installation of Anah Temple July
/ next in Bangor. The party will
visit Bar Harbor on July 2. a. guests
| of the local Masonic bodies and the
Chamber Of Commerce, shore din
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