Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-01-10
Maine GOSSIP
Uncle Cy in a City Cup State

Since this last old New England biz
zard struck
been havin kind of notion,
That Id like to go down to the coast
Who're the weather comes in firm
tho ocean.
Yc don'* have time to sit ready. u
&c can't SEC a storm a comm.
Till zip: rip! bang. an the fust thing
We kroW
Tie whole durn plac, is a-hummin'...
Now if 1 was down on Penobscot Bay,
With the waves a-foamin' an
BY the r roar an pound an sound o the
1 would ,,sr.. know when a storm was
Id have ti':,e to sit thi, IS oil ship
Nailed down, an stand out from
under.
I would Sec the storm swecpin up the
Hear, The boomin surfs deep thun-
der.
SO think I'll go back to the coast
OTIS mobhe an ole FOOLS notion)
Where there's room to watch The Sky
an tho sea.
An inc weather comes in from the
ocean.
-Luc Milton.
The snow storm of last week cost
the city OF Bath about $500.
a gasoline tank, with a capacity
of 1900 tons has been placed in
Bath, being the largest in the city.
Lastport has fears Of shivcring as
coal is scarce there and what they
have they arc selling at $o4 a ton.
The Portland Rcd Cross member
ship drive resulted in G,9Go members.
The drive netted the Portland chap
ter, s7,725.
The Pennington Odd Fellows have
voted to build hall with stores I'M
dcrneath on its lot on Broadway
carly in the spring.
Unsafe ice on the river, means the
closing of schools at Rumford Point
and Rumford Center In case the
crossing remains unsafe auxiliary
schools will be opened.
The Saco river is closed to naviga-
ton for the winter. as this past week.
the last barge of coal has come up.
This is considered unusually late for
the closing of the river.
In the winter sports drawing con-
test, recently held at Bangor, the
! winner was Miss Edith O'Connor, a
High school student. 1t was adj
judged the best design submitted for
i the proposed ice monument to be
! erected on Monument square, Bangor.
| Conductor Roy c. Burns of the
Boston and Maine railroad. president
of the Portland lodge Of the Brother
i hood of Railroad trainmcn. and for
the past fourteen years chairman of
| the Board of Adjustment of the B. e
! NJ, was signally honorcd by his fell
! low chairmen of the railroads Of the
i United States at their meeting in
| Boston, Jan. 3, when they elected him
! National Secretary.
! One of the queerest conducted
/ clubs in the Pine Tree state is per-
haps the Decemvir club of West
! brook. The oldest member in point
of years, prcsides over the meetings.
| No records are kept. Whenever a
vacancy occurs members are elected
! by written ballot. without conference
, or nomination. The membership is
limited to ten members, only one
member from each profession or
trade being admitted.
Success from a financial standpoint
has not marked the municipal music
in Portland. When that city was
presented with the big kotzschmar
memorial organ, several years ago, it
was thought that little was left to be
dc sired towards establishing an i'm
pressive music center there. The city
government has voted to finance the
Sunday afternoon pop concerts. The
Music Committee have suspended
them. Receipts have been accepta-
| bic until this year. until they fell off
| to less than $1,000.