Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-07-15

Castine through DIR. Paul Vouga,
Conservatism de Musee de'archeolo-
gle at Neuchatel, Switzerland. La
Tene is located near the outlet of
Lake Neuchatel on the banks Of an
old channel of the River Tiele, which
further on enters Lake Bienne. Ex-
cavations and researches here in the
filled-in bed and banks Of the old
river have shown this to be a pre-
historic Gaulish camp and apparent
ly fortified trading post. The COL
lection includes the equipment worn
and carried by the soldiers, such as
spears, swords and other instruments
of war, also ornaments worn by the
women, tools and coins Of silver, cop
per and gold used in trading.
Employing an expert diver from
Grand Manan. Pushee Bros, CT DEN
nysville are making an attempt to
raise the sunken 3-masted schooner
Grace VanDusen. which lies in the
main ship channel half mile
northwest of Quoddy Head, where
she went down early in April with
cargo of $50 tons Of soft coal for
the Peacock Canning Company
When the schooner sank she was
within a few hundred rods of her
destination, but a plank sprung off
her quarter and the crew had barely
time to escape with their lives to the
coaStguard station short distance
away.
The crew of men employed by Con-
tractor Cole Of Berwick repainting
the School Street Methodist church
in Saco. made an interestin~ discov-
cry Wednesday afternoon when they
were placing the rigging in position
to start painting the steeple. In
space in the belfry they ran across
fully two bushels of honey bees.
These bees are thought to have been
in the belfry for some time, as there
were hundreds of them lying on the
floor, dead, believed to have been
killed by moths. A large quantity
of honey was also found.
Senator Pepper of Pennsylvania
has accepted an invitation to speak
at the Methodist camp meeting at
Old Orchard, on Sunday. July 80,
which has been designated "Christian
Citizenship Day" The invitation
was extended by the Rev John NJ
Arters through Senator Hale.
A collection OF II oil paintings by
Cullen Yates, n. A.. is being exhibit
ed up to August 90 at the Eastport
public library, this being the second
exhibition of the kind to be held at
that frontier city, which is now being
recognized is a wonderful unexplored
coast country for artists of note.
This group of paintings comprises
very fine examples of Mr. Yates
work PASSPORT, while coming into
quite sudden prominence as a yet un-
painted country of extraordinary
promise. represents a new frontier
in the development of art. The East
port Art Association, organized just
a year ago. appreciates fully the dis
tinction of an exhibit such as the
above.
Announcement waA made recently
that the long awaited opening of the
Rogers Granite Corporation at Ston-
ington was at hand, as the George
w. Fuller Construction Company of
New York has leased the quarries for
o,Iy %o
years. Almost the first move of the
new company was to call a meeting
Of the stone cutters and the union
differences were ironed out at once.
AS had been rumored, the stone for
the New York courthouse will be cut
iii Maine and the Stonington quarries
will be used. Work will start in q
short time.
Mrs. John Lowe of 90 Washington |
avenue, Old Orchard, will leave July |
II on her nineteenth trip across the |
ocean. She will sail from Boston on |
the Sythia with a party OF friends
from New York and will return to
the United States on the same ship in /
time to spend Christmas at home. !
While abroad, Mrs. Lowe will visit |
her father and brother in London and |
will go to France where she will at |
tempt to locate the grave of her son,
William Buckley, who was killed in |
active service. Mrs Lowe was in |
Canada at the outbreak of the war |
and returned at once to England |
where she served for two years in |
the Red Cross in Queen Mary's hos
pital, South End on Sea, Essex. She |
saw the first aeroplane attack in
1915 when the Germans dropped tor
pedoes on Essex.
Rev William Berriman. pastor Of |
the North Congregational church, !,
South Portland, won the 5O-yard dash |
for men at the annual Sunday school
picnic at Cape Cottage this week His
wife won the 25-yard dash for women.
and their son Harry won the sack race
for boys. and was one Of the winners
or the three-Iegged race.