Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-06-08
Maine GOSSIP
An Apple Tree

| An Apple Tree
| The old Bellf1ower tree in the orchard
Is thing of beauty now,
! For it's covered with lovely blossoms,
| Pink and white, on every bough.
| Only a few short weeks ago
| 1t was ugly and brown and bare;
| Not promise OF bud or blossom.
| Or the fragrance now filling the air
; But the fairy godmother of the trees
| Has been welding her magic wand,
] And the scraggly old Bellf1ower tree
: Like a blushing bride is adorned:
| With a robe of such exquisite beauty,
! That even Titania. the fairy queen,
| Might we'll gaze with eyes of envy,
And wish for one like it l ween.
In the long. cold winter evenings
| Whene the snow in drifts is piled
i high,
I By our cosy hearth we'll be seated
( With dish of fruit near by;
And within these pale golden apples
| Where fine flavor and healthfulness
are combined.
J All the beauty and sweetness of the
| blossom.
| Safely hidden once more We shall
i Nellie Cappers.
| Windsor, Me.
| Men living near pond and streams
| frequented by black ducks during the
summer season say that there are
thousands of young ducklings Matched
this spring. and that it should make
! cunning the coming fall better than
| for years.
! Work will begin this week on the
construction of the part of the Attain
| tic Highway between Belfast and
| r,nndnd u
long time. The bids on this work
were all considered too high and the
work will be done under the direction
of the Highway Department with T.
S. Thompson of Belfast as the official
in charge.
It would appear that some OF the
shoe concerns in Lynn have become
tired of the frequent strikes which
are taking place there and that some
OF them are seeking locations else
where. According to a Portland
newspaper there have been represent
tatives of three of these manufac-
turers in that city seeking buildings,
which might prove satisfactory for
their uses. One man was in Bath on
| Tuesday on a similar errand.-Bath
Daily Times.
Charles S. Strout, a Biddeford
florist, took part in the veterans
tournament of the New England Sem
ior Golfers association at the Wood
land course, Auburndale, Mass.
Tuesday. Mr.. Strout's score was 1903
%, so, which brought him we'll up in
the long list of players taking part in
the tournament. This is the second
annual championship tournament
held by the association and the play
attracted 80. w. o. Fuller of Rockland
was elected a member of the board OF
governors Of the New England Sen
icrs Association.
Teachers in the Biddeford public
schools were granted an increase of
500 a year at the regular June meet
| ing of the board Of education held
Tuesday evening. The increase was
granted to special teachers, grade
teachers and high school teachers,
while the rural teachers will receive
an increase of $50 a year. The res .
ignation of Edgar A. Hawkes., who for
the past 10 years has been instructor
in manual training at the Emery
building, was read. It is understood
that Mr.. Hawkes. has been requested
to take charge of manual training
work in his home city, South Port
| land.
The secopd wooden vessel launched
] from a Bath shipyard this year was
the Barge Hutchinson, launched by