Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-05-15
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All the wee little brides are singing
And bringing bright thoughts of the
-, spring that is here.
Their melodious voices are heard on all
Twitt.erng gaily. SO bell-lke and
How lightly and softly they futtcr
about.
How happy. the life that they lead
How we wish that We all could take to
the air
And fly whore we wished DER the
land or the sea.
The ku kluX Khan has purchased
land near Veazie on which a taber-
nacle will be erected which will seat
5000, so it is reported.
/ F. o. Bartlett, Jr., son of DR.. Bart
j lett of Rockland has been elected
! president of the June 1926 class of
the American School of Osteopathy in
! kirksville. Mo. He is member of the
lCta Tau Sigma fraternity.
! Flower day in Bath, Saturday, was
most successfully carried out in spite
| Of the rain and the 1000 carnations
| were nearly all disposed Of at % cents
| each. before noon for the benefit of
the Maine Public Health association.
A summer series Of band concerts
! will be given in Rockland this sum-
! mer. thanks to the merchants whose
! generosity makes it possible. The
| series will open June 6 and con-
/ tinue each Wednesday evening into
September, probably being held on
| the Children's Playground. The
i Rockland Band will furnish the
music.
| Bowdoin commencement program
has been issued, covering the dates of
June 17-21 inclusive. Among the
events will be the class day exercises.
| the 10Th alumni ball game, annual
, meeting of the Alumni Association,
dedication of Robinson Memorial
| Gateway, unwilling of tablet to Pres
ident Hyde and Presidents reception,
! the goth, commencement exercises the
| 21st.
In answer to a query as to the
Maine cities and towns that have
adopted daylight time the following
list is printed in The Bath Daily
Times: Portland, South Portland,
Westbrook, Biddeford. Saco, Sanford,
Kennebunk, Old Orchard, Lewiston,
Auburn, Millinocket. Lubec, PASSPORT,
,, Perry, Princeton, Woodland, Robbin-
CT <ol,
vote on the question June 4.
| The town of Buckfield whose total
inhabitants number 957, boasts of Is
| octogenarians. The following is a
list of those who are so years or
over: The first and Oldest is Edward
G. Cole. aged 80 years. Next in
order is A. Judson Merrill, 80 years;
/ Asa Atwood, 49,; Miss Martha N
Cole, 81; Miss Ardelia H. Prince, 81;
Richard Dorman. 81. Henry D.
Irish, Sc; Bradley Damon, &c. Au-
gustus w. Spaulding, IS; Charles H.
Cannon. 81; Adelbert S. Jordan. 81;
cinderella Hodgdon. SO; Moses
Brown, 50; Mrs. Martha NJ. Record,
81, and Daniel Murch. 80.
SHleI OF HOIlCe Lewis M. FOWler
at Old Orchard soon will begin a
campaign against the practice of
bathers promenading the streets Of
Old Orchard, according to a recent
announcement. There is a new by
law that reads. mo person shall ap-
pear on the street in a bathing suit
without suitable covering, under
pnealty of not less than one nor more
than ten dollars" Chief Fowler has
the backing of the Old Orchard
Board of Trade and had declared
his intentions of instructing his
/. regular patrolmen and special
patrolmen as we'll as the life guards,
who will be under his control, to en-
+ force this ordinance to the limit.
One Bath organization, the
Knights of Columbus, has pledged
a liberal subscription toward the
fund which Bath must raise for the
City hospital to take advantage of
the offer of President William D.
Sewall. No doubt others will take a
like course. Many individuals, who
can afford to helm the pnrso will