Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-31
Maine GOSSIP
The Straight Road

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The Straight Road
There are roads that pass through
splcndor
AND ways that seem sublime;
There are paths that lead DER vale and
mead,
Old roads since man knew time.
We yearn ofttimes for new roads,
For a short cut DER the way.
And sometimes weep when paths are
Our path of life today.
Yet since the first man Travelled.
Success was near somewhere;
And the straight life was the great
It's the shortest distance there.
Robin. A. Walker in Kansas City
star.
Mrs. Abraham l.. Cutler, one of
the oldest residents of Brookline,
Mass, celebrated her Goth birthday
May 2S at her homo, IL Chestnut
street. She enjoys good health and
is about the home daily. Occasion
ally she goes riding. She was born
in Bath, Me, the daughter of Will
liam d. Sewall, for many years a
shipbuilder there. She is a sister of
Arthur Scwall who was candidate
for the vice presidency on ticket
with William Jennings Bryan. Mrs.
Cutler was married in 1874 and went
to Brookline to live co years ago.
Her husband, who was engaged in
the paint industry in Boston. died
IS years ago. Only two of their 10
children are living. and both reside
with their mother.
Four members of the Bates Col
lege Outing Club started on the hike
to Mount Washington. New Hamp-
shire, Sunday morning. They We're
Irwin ID. Canham, c. Kenneth Con-
nors, Philip Chadbourne and Louis
Walton. They left by automobile
for the Connors camp at Gilead.
The remainder of the club left Mon
day morning by railroad for Gilead,
from where the hike will start.
Rev. DR.. Joel H. Metcalf, pastor of
the First Parish church. Portland,
recently received citation for his
valuable services in France as Y.
NJ. G. A. secretary attached to the
Third Division, commanded by Maj.
Gen. Dickman, who signs the cita-
ton.
And now it is Livermore Falls
that is going to have a Community
House and it is something that is
greatly needed in that place. In
fact. they have no town hall or
other suitable place for big meet
ings and the people are now ablaze
with enthusiasm for Community
building. Already they have 131 of
the most prominent men and women
in the place who have signed for the
club and new ones are still coming.
Many outsiders are taking hold of
the matter and a big mass meeting
will be held on the evening of May
31st.
Ten teachers in the high and
grade schools at Bangor have re-
turned contracts for next year un-
signed. Otis II. CHM, head of the
mechanics department of the high
school, will be succeeded by Will
liam Russell, now instructor in the
Worcester, Mass, Trade School.
Miss Hope Buxton. head of the de-
partment of elocution, has been
elected to the faculty of the Univer-
sity of Oklahoma. Miss Lena H.
Oxford High School. Miss Rachael
Pennington takes a position in the
Aroostook State Normal School.
Other designations include Miss
Vivian L. Skinner. head of the math-
ematics department.; Miss Ethel
Harrigan. head of domestic science
department; Stanley w. Spratt.
mathematics instructor. baseball and
basketball coach; Leland Whipple.
chemistry instructor. and director of
school bands
Miss Huldah S. Doran. daughter
of DR.. Charles B. Doran of Bangor.
rowed stroke for the only winning
senior crew at the annual Float Day
exercises of Smith College. which
were held Wednesday, Miss Doran
was chosen not only for her part in
the winning crew but for her excel
lence in rowing in both her senior
and junior years.
Inscriptions on tombstones are
often very interesting. Here is one
from q stone in Maple Grove ceme-