Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-02-10


came in Wednesday morning at |
Harrington, the conversation drifted |
on to the subject of smoking. The |
following interesting story accredited |
to Justice Hanson was told. "a COL |
ored man, whose grandmother was |
still living was asked the old ladys |
age. Jim replied: MY grandmother
am IS, and she might have been 1a5 if
she hadn't smoked pipe all these
years"
The Bangor city council Wednesday |
night accepted the proposal of the |
new Public Works Department and
voted $4,000 for the motorization of
the street department equipment, pro-
viding for four motor gravel trucks.
two motor sprinklers, for either water
steam road roller.
Rev. Alexes Rata, pastor of the
Finnish Congregational church at
West Paris, has closed his pastorate
with the West Paris church and has
accepted new field of work in New
port. n. H., where he will be pastor
Of about 200 Finnish people. Rev.
Mr.. Rata has been pastor of the
church at West Paris for seven years
and has been a faithful worker. The
members of his church and also the
people of the other churches are sorry
tc have him and his family leave.
Bangor wholesale merchants are
organizing the Bangor Wholesale
Merchants Association, preliminary
meeting and organization already
having been made. with the following
officers: President, +. +. Piper; sec
rotary. Frank S. York. A committee
will arrange for another meeting,
where the permanent organization
will be perfected.
Invitations have been received in
Bath to the Golden Wedding ami
vcrsary on Feb. IS, of Mr.. and Mrs.
James H. Robinson of 1855 Wash
ington street, Dorchester Center,
Mass. Mr.. Robinson is former
Bath man. He worked. in the old
mill on Union wharf, now a part of
the Iron Works and later owned the
Mill Pond Ice Co. He went to Mas
I sachusetts in the SOS.
Bar Harbor is deeply regretting the
deaths of two of it's best known sum-
mer residents, beloved by everyone
who knew them during their years
Prof. Emo of Princeton College, and
Alessandro Fabbri. To his generosity
the government owes its ownership
OF the radio station at Otter Cliffs,
which he built for his own use and
experiments and later turned it over
to the government. He was scient-
list and most of his life was spent in
deep research work.
Monson Masons have organized a
Masonic Club and plan Masonic
Festival on the afternoon of We'd
nesday, Feb. 90. with a supper and
ball in the evening. Grand Master
Silas B. Adams will be invited to at
tend and speak. The club has Sc
cured two fine rooms for club rooms.
The officers are: President, Roy NJ.
Hescock; vice president, Edward
Blanchard; secretary and treasurer,
Henry S. Knight; chairman of the
executive committee. Earl H. Jack
aft, Io,- To-
Lyman Davidson, r. NJ. Hescock and
Robert Roberts; committee on by
laws: Harold E. NJ. Morrill,, John
Douglas and Fred Jarvis.
Five candidates for the Republican
nomination for county commissioner
for Penobscot county are already in
the field and the list still open. They
are: Frank J. Rich of Mattawam-
keag, the present chairman; Frank
Russell of Bangor; Ralph Copeland
of Holden; Herbert Leach of Charles |
ton and Fred Parsons of Dixmont.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orlando Hatch of
Newburyport, Mass, who on Wcdnes- !
day celebrated their Golden Wedding |
anniversary, have many Maine |
friends, Mr.. Hatch being a native of
Nobleboro, Me. Mrs. Hatch was
born in East Boston. Mr.. Hatch |
served in the navy during !
the Civil War as a member of |
the crew of the L. S. S. Ma
haska. At a reunion in Portland last |
year, it was found that only four
members of the crew are living, Hen
ry Clark of Cambridge, Mass. An |
drew E. Hubbard of Somerville, Alon-
20 Sylvester of Pennington, Maine. |
and Mr.. Hatch, who has just retired !
as commander of Post 40, G. A. r., OF |
Newburyport, after three years serv-
ice.
Four generations gathered the 9TH i
err day at the home of Mrs. Augusta
Holden of Oxford, to assist in cele-
brating her S0th birthday at the
home where she has lived over 40
years. She is a direct descendant OF
Miles Standish and was born in Rum
ford, her parents being Emmons and
Caroline Caldwell Nelson. She mar
ried James l.. Holden of Oxford. who
died in 1916. They observed their
Golden wedding in 1912. Four gen.
erations have lived for several years
in Mrs. Holden's spacious home. Her
activity and appearance is of per-
son not over 50.