Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-07-03
Maine Gossip
The Country School
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The Country School
(By A. d. HI
| The building old, long has 1t stood,
Through winters cold or sea sons good;
| Its walls without for paint are worn,
Within are age and baroness shown.
But when the children gather there,
Each desk CHEEKY smile does wear
For teacher. neighbour. books and all,
AS quick they answer mornings call.
What matter If such building old ~
When such a group Of youth 1t hold!
For miles they've come at early morn,
A lunch each one from home has borne:
| See. standing in an ancient hall
Some thirty rails,-there's food for all.
In summer meath yon lofty elm,
I They sit, they chatter, play or run:
A baseball nine the boys have formed
The girls ofttimes join in their fun.
No extras, specials. tuneful play
To this full school have found their
Might they with city children share
Some music, art. or building fair.
In such staid schools were statesmen
trained;
From them go soldiers. oft far-famed:
Girls. soon to woman's stature grown.
With spirits brave, new homes they
own.
May strength and happiness to all
come,
! As years pass on and take from home.
Whittier School, Sidney, June rs,
1928.
The board of public works at Ban
gor has voted that it is inadvisable to
| grant the petition of the transfers in
the highway department for an in
| crease of wages from $3.50 to 81 per
day, and the board has so recommended
| in communication to the city council!
Oh file.
Travellers along the concrete road
and over the Grand Trunk railway at
South Paris cannot fail to see Curl
Gus lot of miniature houses. chutes and
| obstacles of various kinds set up on
the little triangle between Main and
| Pine Streets and the Grand Trunk
tracks. 1t is condensed obstacle golf.
| a lawn game invented by. j. Harold
Neal of the Mason Manufacturing Co.
and manufactured by them.
| The Philadelphia & Reading barge
Ephrata which was wrecked on Long
Island near the mouth of the kennebec
river on April 90 while coal laden from
Philadelphia to Bangor, has been pur-
chased by Harris & Co., and Capt. Per-
cy Palmer of the Portland tug P. G.
Purdy, WHO will try to float the craft
which lies in about the same position
as when she struck two months ago.
| About 1000 tons of the 400 tons of
| soft coal she had aboard have been
/ saved but quite a lot remains in her
| hold.
The 53rd annual reunion OF the
Burr families was held recently at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George +.
Aiken, Park street Milo and was the.
largest assembly held for several
years past. Bangor. Brewer, Old
Town, Costigan, Olamon. Bradley. Mil
linockct, Calais and Milo were repre-
scented. Gerry Burr of Old Town. IS
| years of age, was the oldest member
present and little Robert +. c. Speed
of Millinocket, six months of age was
the youngest.
Although they are sorry not to have
the Hccla boys on the brakes with
them at Westbrook July Fourth the
members of the Rockland Veterans
| Firemen's Association are not at all
dismayed las an alliance has been
formed with the r. II. Councc boys Of
Thomaston. who will compete in the
second class. I'VE will certainly bring.
a prize back across the kennebec.'
says Foreman a. s. Niles who will be
on the machine. Having been a win
ner in five musters out of six Mr.. Niles
would sccm to be qualified to make a
Observation-Disclosures Courier-Gazette.
The new caucus law for the City of
Portland. which was passed by the
Legislature last winter. will become
effective next SATURDAY, July Z. The
measure provides drastic regulations
for changes of political enrolment.
The most sweeping restriction is that
which will compel voter to change
his or her enrolment, if change is de-
sired. not later than the third Monday
of next December, in order to vote as
one wishes in the June. 1924 State pri-
maries. A voter must also change
prior to the second Monday in May if
he wishes to be qualified to participate
in the municipal caucus in November
of party with which he has not been
affiliated at the earlier date.
Frank p. Flagg of Belfast is said
to be the only deaf mute hunter in
Maine. He has followed the occupa-
ton from boyhood and is unusually
| successful, extra acuteness of the
other senses making up TO him for
the lack of his hearing. He is an cX-
pert markSman and holds a number of
medals won by the use of his rifle.
He insists that other deaf mutes of his
acquaintance would do more or less
hunting if they could get the time to
do so. He counts among the trophies
! of his skill moose, caribou, bears.
deer, catamount, wild cat, minks.
wolves. bears, martins, sables. weasels,
woodcock, porcupines. raccoons, squir-
rels, wild geese, ducks. hawks, eagles.
owls. ravens passenger pigeons.
quails, humming birds, thrushes, etc.
Sullivan Harbor Is not ambitious of
. being the summer capital Of L. S.: it
has never offered a home here to the
president; but it may be the country's
financial center If big corporation Off
Gals continue to make this their sum-
mcr home. For a dozen years William
Newsome, first vice president Of the
United Fruit Company has maintained
: summer residence at Sullivan and
this year comes A. l.. Salt of the West
ern Electric Company and H. B. Thayer
of the American Telephone Company,
seeking summer homes. Mr.. Salt has
purchased and renovated the Tim
ayen's house on the shore, where with
Mrs. Salt he is already at home. They
| will entertain a house-party of friends
over the Fourth. Mr.. Thayer was their
guest last week. While there he ar
ranged for building a large handsome
house on the Simpson property which
he recently purchased. Mr. Thayer