Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-05-22
Maine GOSSIP
The Clock

An old clock stood. as it had for years,
Close to the curb of the street
Up and down past the worn old clock
Echoed the tramp of feet.
Thus had it been for many years,
While the hands their journey made.
Thousands of folks had raised their
To the staunch old clock, for aid.
But now the clock stood bare and lone,
No more it caught the eye
Or stayed the feet. on their hurrying
way,
OF the restless passerby:
For the old, old clock had grown so
tired
OF moving its hands each day.
That It t,en stopped to rest'-and as it
| It's hands had been taken away.
And so it is in our lives each day,
Though weary and fainting too.
may lack
The good that our hands may do
ETHEL NJ. BRAINERD. Cambridge,
Mass, And So 1t Is Series.
The marriage of Miss Mary Gray
Staples, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
' Arthur G. Staples of Auburn and
Ralph c. Harvey of Boston will take
place on Saturday evening, June
24th. The ceremony will take place
at the Bates College chapel and fol
lowed by small reception ut The
Dingley homestead, POI Court street,
Auburn.
The state convention of the Modern
Woodmen of America will be held in
| Auburn on June 5th, it was an
nounced by Major George c. We.b-
! Publicity committee. At least 1,01o
are expected including National u3l
State officers. An elaborate street
parade will precede the evening pro
gram in Auburn hall, where tho OK
crcises will be held. There Will lie
! 50 camps represented by the 1880
members who will arrive on special
trains from Winthrop, Watervllle,
Rockland, Rumford, and Norway. OF
the really big men in the organiza ton
who are coming one has but to men,
ton Ralph Z. Johnson, supreme or
ganiZer, Lincoln. Nebra ska, J. G. Ray,
head clerk, Rock Island, Illinois. a.
Il. Talbot, head consul, Lincoln. Ne
braska, or such names and any Mod
ern Woodnan realizes the signifi-
canoe OF the convention at once.
Miss Margaret A. Judson of Saco,
a student at Mt. Holyoke college,
South Hadley, Mass, in the senior
class awards, received the highest
number of votes for being the
most scholastic" and received hon
orable mention in the vote for the
most absent minded Some of the
other votes were upon the person
who has done the most for the col
lege. the person who has done the
most for the class, "the most infalli-
BILE" the most all round" the girl
having the cutest hob" and the girl
having 1.-The most effective colt"
disturbed Domesticity" is the
caption over a reprint in a recent
column of CAS- the World Ways" in
that Boston paper and the story,
credited to the Biddeford weekly
Journal, reads as follows: Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Z. Ross. Saco, are rejoic-
ing over the birth of a son, Mahlon
Dale, IL pounds. All Of the wit
nesses recognized in the sum of $50
for their appearance Tuesday morn
ing. The resident of the town are
loud in their praise of Chief Hig-
gins and Deputy Downing for their
quick and effective work in this
case"
". B. Berry of Gardiner. president
of the Maine Society Sons of the AM
erican Revolution, has returned from
the National Congress at Springfield,
Mass, where he represented the
Maine society, with Past Vice Presi-
dent w. X. Sanderson of this city
and James L. Merrick of Waterville.
Mr.. Berry is enthusiastic over the
way the people of Springfield and
the local members Of the Sons of the
American Revolution worked togeth-
err to entertain the visitors. He said
ut was 100 per cent. perfect, show
ing that the people of Springfield
know how to entertain and that they
all work together.
Referring to the work of the con-
vention. Mr.. Berry said he was much
impressed with the way the business
was dispatched. The next Congress
is to meet at Nashville, Tenn, a year
hence. Nashville, Salt Lake, Utah
and Baltimore were in competition
for the next meeting but the Balti-
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