Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-04-18
Maine Gossip
oh. Not In Hate

oh, Not in Hate
Oh, not in hate the poppies blow
In Flanders fields. The dead now
know
How poor is hate to those who tread
The endless pathway of the dead
The popped peace of friend anu foe. =
How shall our bright example show,
It's sacred influence be sped?
Oh, not in hate,-
The asphodels are bending low
To kiss the peoples as they grow
Red bloom for blood that has been
White for the Benediction said
Where fall the silent tears and slow,
oh, not in hate.
ROWLAND Z. >>MAHANY in The
Forum.
Egg Rock light, which has warned
marinexs of the treacherous rocky
shores off Nahant, Mass, for more
than half a century, cast it's beams
for the last time Monday night.
Hereafter it will remain darkened,
according to an announcement made
by Capt. George +. Eaton of Boston.
United States department of COM
merce and supervision of Lighthouse
es in that district. The property of
the government on the rock will be
disposed of to the highest bidder
May 20. Until that time bids will be
received for the lighthouse, tools,
sheds and other property. There has
been agitation relative to the restor-
ing of bird sanctuary on Egg Rock.
Many of the older residents of Lynn,
Nahant and Swampscott declare that
before Egg Rock light was establish
cd it was the home for many birds.
Two years ago log drivers on the
even then the East branch crew
struck for Sc and got it. Last year the
pay was around $3.50 for first-class
men, but this spring s2.25 will hire
the hest of them, while the common
run can get no more than Sl,15. Ev-
en- at this low pay, the men who are
handy with cantdeg and setting pole
and used to white water" find it
hard to get a job for the simple rca-
son that there are very few logs to
drive, and there is none Of the Old
time hustle around lower Exchange
and Washington streets, Bangor,
where woodsmen most do congre
safe.
A complete set of medals, struck in
England to celebrate the marriage of
Queen Victoria to Prince Albert, is in
the possession of Henry s. Winfield of
Portland. Mr.. Winfield's great
grandfather was one of the very few
favored persons in England to whom
the medals were presented, and they
have become a priced family heir
loom. At the time of the presenta-
ton Samuel Winfield was a member
of Parliament, sitting for the Sheffield
constituency. He was prominent in
public life, and was identified with
the passage of much important re-
form legislation. An uncle of Mr..
Winfield was colonel of the Queens
guard, and was in command at the
only time the guard left English soil,
which was during the BOer war. The
Colonel was killed in action in South
Africa. The medals, two in number,
are Of heavy silver, and are as well
preserved and as sharply minted as
they were on the day they were struck.
They are of particular interest at
this time because of the recent mar
riage of Princess Mary and the ru-
mOred betrothal of the Prince of
Wales. They are believed to be the
only complete set in America.
A hannv occasion occurred Monday,
when five sisters. Familiarity known
as the Crookcr sisters, held a reunion
in Norway at the home of the two
older sisters. They were Miss Mercy
Crooker and Mrs. Ahbie Linnell, who
live at the old home at the Falls;
Mrs. Mary Pike Frasier of Gardner
vile. Nevada; Miss Sarah Crooker of
Portsmouth, n. H., and Mrs. Alice f.
Neal of Auburn, five sisters left from
a family of 10 children.
They are the daughters of the late
job b. and Mary Monk Crooker. Mir.
Crooker owned mill under the hill
near the Falls. and here the lumber
was sawed which went into many
buildings in Norway village. The j.
l.. Horne house, the old DIR. Danforth
house among Them. At the time the
Horne house was being built, the
workmen were in need Of laths and
Mrs. Crooker, who was one of the
handy women, sawed the required
amount. enough to lathe a room, in
quick time. Many other events of
their girlhood days were recalled
during the day. Several calls were
made on their ncighbors and friends.
and they carried cheer with them to
several shut-ins.
Mrs. Abbie F. Prcble Of South
Windham has been awarded prize
of set of books for her work in OBJ
an area of 1.29S acres for the Green
Meadow Club in the fifth annual
campaign conducted by the Peoples
Home Journal, the prize being given
by the Journal in co operation with
DR.. William T. Hornaday, trustee of
the Permanent Wild Life Protection
Fund. and director of the New York
Geological Park. Miss Preble has
many friends in Portland and is
member of the Free Street Baptist
Church of Portland.
Mr. and Mrs. Ira Burneli of West
Baldwin observed the 50th anniver-
sary of their marriage April !. by
fa niIy rpupion Mrs Rurpell hefore