Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-03-06
Maine GOSSIP
Movie Thrills on the Railroad Bridge
(With apologies to Long fellow


(With apologies to Long fellow
l stood on the bridge at midday,
The train came laundering on.
The camcra-nan be1an to crank.
The directors smile had gone;
For my heart was beating madly
AS l gazed at the scene below.
And lNwould have surrendered gladly
My part i'll the movie show.
Among the long. black sirdcrs,
The ShiNery shadows lay
And the breath that came from the
river
Bore not the zcphyrs of May;
AS above the incrca sing turmoil
Arose the directors croS;
Jump! Fool-Jump: DO YOU want to
spoil"
In terror l closed my eyes.
My knees would not support me.
My feet were Jumps OF lead.
The buzzing OF a million bees
Rcsounded IN my head;
That man that SHOWS no quarter
kept urging. curSlnS me so
That l jumped and struck no water
The reason you'll read below.
may get over it sometime,
But | never will forget;
The horror of my pending fate
lmpairS my reason yet.
GILMAN
Ny terror has fallen from ME.
L am sitting up in bed;
IT | have another dream like that
III awake amoI, the dead
RAYMOND c. LEIGHTON, 20 Will
low street, Augusta, Maine.
Parsnips were dug from the ground
Saturday afternoon by a resident of
Woodford street, Portland, for his
Sunday dinner after he had dug
through three feet of snow. He found
no frost in the ground, the heavy
blanket of snow having protected 1t
through tn, winter from the cold
temperatures.
The annual convention Of the
Maine department of Spanish War
veterans will be held in Lewiston on
Patriots Day, April 10, the first time
in eight years. About 10 delegates
from all parts of the State are eX-
pected. New officers will be chosen
and a general business session held
The convention took place in Port
land last year, and will probably be
held in Bangor next year.
From a group of eight of Calais
prettiest girls and best ice skaters.
Miss Geneva Stanhope, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Herbert Stanhope, was select
cd to represent Calais. as queen" of
Calais. in the international ice skating
contest now in progress at the new st.
Stephen rink. Miss Stanhopc is an
honor graduate OF the Calais Academy,
class of 1921. and aftcrward took a
special course at Simmons College.
Besides being fine skater she is an
enthusiastic, outdoor girl, can handle
snowshoes and skis to perfection. and
play baseball and basketball we'll.
senior. has been awarded the Henry
w. Longfellow scholarship. which en-
titles him to a post graduate course in
literature. This scholarship is the in
come from a fund of $4,000 and is one
of the highest honors that old Bow
doin can award. Turgeon is prominent
in many lines of activities at Bowdoin.
He is native of Lewiston. graduate
of Edward Little High school in the
class of 1919 and is the son of the
Hon. and Mrs. Charles l.. Turgeon who
own fine home on Carnage avenue.
one of the most exclusive residential
sections of Lewiston.
When it comes to speaking of birth
days and anniversaries during the
shortest month in the year. the family
of George W. MacRae of Dublin street,
Machias. has very conspicuous rec
ord. Out of a family of II. they ceIe-
brate five birthdays during the month
of February. Ralph, the youngest
child was 13 on Feb. .. He was in at
tendance at the model school, where