Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-11-14
Maine Gossip
Ripe Apples
The fruit stand is glowing with APP
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Red Goals of the fires of the autumn.
! buy them and smile at the vendor,
Though never seems he such an alien
As when he is selling me apples.
He composes so well with the melons,
With oranges, grapes and bananas,
pomegranates, plumS and ripe olives.
And lemons and citron and Spices
But he's not in the picture witr apples.
The fruit Of the soil of the Northiand,
low-growing. deep-rooted. abundant
One has to be patient with, apples,
But how they repay for the waiting
With burden of fruit in the autumn!
In my childhood 1 played in an or
Knew apples from towering to fruit
Till the crimson and gold globes grew
And ripe Tor the cleaning and storing.
see now the farmers. brown-shirted,
Tall, lean men with serious faces
Firm, sound, and fine-flavored, like APP
hear es Inc keen wind through the or
The rustic of leaves and dry grasses,
The thud Of the fruit in the baskets;
l see the deep blue sky of autumn.
The haze on the hills in the distance,
The efi sHdyy and charm of the home
All herr p,.t IN these mounds of ripe APP
Blanche A. Sawyer.
THE above original poem was read be-
fore the Maine Womer's Club of
New York BY Miss Sawyer, who is
one of its members. Miss Sawyer
was formerly Of Hampden. Mel
Definite plans have been arranged
for the dental examination of the
school children in the Stratton Union
of schools, under supervision of DR..
Guy Smith, assisted by the superin-
tendent OF schools. A chart will be
kept in school and the parent or
guardian advised OF any needed COR
rectiens in the teeth of the children.
This 10 claimed to be the first course
Of the sort established in the schools
in Maine.
Announcement is made by officers
of the C. Fayette Staples Post,
American Legion at Old Orchard that
the net profit to the post of the
aviation meet held in August under
the direction of the Post was
s15s.S0. While the gross receipts
from the air meet were s1731.21, the
SAPShSSS WStC ISdNy, $lOt4.41. Later
1t viii be decided by the post if they
will promote another aviation meet
IN 1921.
There is a prospect of the estab-
lishment of a wood alcohol and char
coal plant in Kingfield section, prob
ably to be located at Farmington. j.
j. Moran of Buffalo New York,
c;S tr~h 80
est chemical plants in the country
located chiefly in Pennsylvania and
Ohio, has been in Kingfield this week
and is still in other parts of the coun-
ty looking over the lumber district. A
plant Of this kind viii use 140 cords
day Of beech, birch and maple.
The construction of the Lewiston
new Catholic church and school to go
up on the Scribner boulevard has
been let to Pelletier. Rivard G. Malo
and work on the foundations was be-
gun Tuesday The plans are the same
as used for the church in Sanford,
the eighth building to be erected
from these plans. 1t measures 65X110
feet, is of brick and has two floors.
The second story contains eight
class rooms, the ground floor is the
cnuFcQ proper.
Motor car owners who neglected to
tank up Saturday night in anticipa-
ton Of Sunday runs, found that the
seventh day was being generally OBJ
served by Bangor dealers in gasoline,
oils and accessories as a result of the
recent action on the part of Bangor
attorneys in seeking warrants for
garage keepers and others who vio-
lated the Lords Day by selling sup
plies. They were unable in many in
dealers but had little difficulty in
nearby towns, where the lid wasn't
gasoline in Bangor Sunday but many
car owners didn't care to run the risk
Of being summoned to court and went
out of town for supplies.
A man whose auto had broken
down in a small Maine town, ap-
piled to a farmer for a tow to the
nearest garage. On his way to that
place he casually remarked to the
aEriculturist, "a pretty good farm
yen have here. You probably get
. good income from it,
"Tep," replied the farmer, "about
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