Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-12-12

| the AndrOsc0ggin and Kennebcc
Street Railway for fail',re to properly
pave between the car rails on Maine
street. was indefinitely postponed IN
| 1t In expected to. settle the matter
satisfactorily without hearing.
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Some Of our citizens went on q fox
hunt one day last week. They start
ed the fox all right and chased him
during the greater part Of the day.
shoot at him and did fire twelve
shots, none of which took effect so
far as Is known, and at nightfall he
| took to earth safe and sound. The
hunters all appeared to have buck
fever."-South Paris news in OK
| ford Democrat.
Development Of the golf course at
an expense approximating $4,000,
with expenditure In contemplation Of
an equal amount for the erection of
! new club house has been undertake
IN at ProutS Neck. Plans for the re-
modelling of the golf course have
been drawn by Wayne E. Stiles of
Boston. and work is now being
rushed. Remodeling of the course,
and the laying out of new holes and
| greens, will make the Prouts Neck
the equal OF anything In the east.
The Tooth anniversary of the Ken
nebunk Methodist church will be
celebrated next Thursday, Dec. -,
beginning at o'clock in the after
| noon. A brief historical address will
be read by Miss Abbie Fl. Fairfield
hN twar
| former pastors and pastors of
churches. The evening program will
| open with a praise and social service
! at o'clock to be followed by the an
niversary sermon by Rev. John M.
| Arters of South cortland, superin-
tcndent Of the Portland district.
No child at Bar IIarbor need be
without Christmas present this year
| if he or she will let Santa Claus
know about 1t This applies to poor
| children. and others may express
their preference by writing q letter
| to Santa Claus, who has engaged q
| special box at the postoffice. DR..
John B. ELS is chairman of d COM
mittee which will act as a clearing
house for Christmas gifts. and is as
sured a sufficient fund, many OF the
tributing literally, as we'll as the
| itownspeople.
The gunners have but three weeks
| more in which to enjoy the shooting
of water fowl and If the weather
continues like that now prevailing
| there will be few more Of them shot
this year, says the Bath Times. The
I gunners have been much disappointed
| this season. There were never more
| birds about than this year but the
\ weather has been so fine that they
| have kept out at sea in the day time
and there has been little chance to
get at them. The fact that so few
have been shot this year ought to
| make them even more numerous
when another fall hunting season ar
| riYes.
Tie following advertisement APP
peared in the Haverhill Evening Ga
2ette. Il have an empty house in
! Newfield. N. H., which I will give
the rent free to any working man
with family, who Is DESTROYS of
| getting out into small town in the
country to try and avoid high rents"
| The advertisement was inserted Sat
urday by Irwin Howard, a business
man of Kittery, Me. He is in the real
estate business and has some fine
| cottages which are not tenanted in
! Newfieds, n. H. No reports have
! shown that Mr.. Towards offer has
been taken up. There have been a
number of inquiries concerning the
| advertisement, which shows that
many are interested in the invitation
! for free rent.
When James A Dunning, Illustrious
Potentate of Anah Temple, Ancient
Arabic Order of Mobiles of the Mystic
| Shrine, turns over the duties of that
| high office to his successor, who will
be chosen next Thursday on the oc-
casion of the second annual meeting
and ceremonial in Bangor City hall,
! he will automatically take position
| III Shril dom, which is held by only
! one other Noble in the entire world.
| That position is the right to wear the
! insignia of a Past Potentate nf more
| than one temple and he will share 1t
| with Harry 3. Roberts OF Tampa.
Fla they two forming somewhat
small but select group among the
Shriners of 155 temples, the member
| ships of which bring t. e total into the
! higher thousands. Anah's Illustrious
| Potentate has held that leading office
since the temple was organized in
! July 1921, at first under a dispense
| ton granted by the Imperial Council
and since August 1922 under charter,
which was presented with a cere-
mony that was accompanied by one
of the largest. If not the largest. pa
rades ever assembled into line within
/ the confines of the State of Maine
1t was more than ten years ago that
Mr. Tunning took the first step to-
ward the high honor. that will in less
| than weeks time be accorded to
! him. when he became Illustrious TO
| tentate of Kora Tempe at Lewiston.
| Turkey sent 34.959 pairs of slippers
| to the United States last August.