Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-02-22
Maine Gossip
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a young sparrow
All morning long
Chipping on the window ledge
OF my office
Has distracted he from the column
or figures
1t is my task to add =.
Why is it. that !.
\ Clear-hcaded young man,
DeVOting my life
To debts and credits,
Am confused
by anything as aimless
AS a bird
Wasting its life
In song?
lie Baron Cooke. in Brief Stories.
At a Joint meeting of the school
boards of Bar Harbor and Trenton,
George II. Beard. of Princeton, was
elected TO succeed Frank T.. Nc
Gouldricll. resigned, as superin-
tendent of that union.
One advantage in living in a
crowded city is that your neiShhors
>rsNn't know YOU well enough to talk
about you.-Portland Express.
Is that advantage secured by liv-
ing in Portland ?-Biddeford jour
nal.
At a special Iueeting of the Ban
ger Board of Aldermen a petition
was granted Edward $. Bennett to
stage boxing bout in Bangor a
a future date. This action is the
first OF it's Kind taken since the box
ing ban was put on in Bangor some
time ago. and is the result Of re
cent movement undertaken hy the
fans there for the return of boxing.
Tie Maine Naturalist Journal
is just out--No. !, volume 1, and
has a fine list of contents. including
the third installment of Arthur II.
Norton's Notes on Birds of the
knox County Region This issue
of the journal was edited by Miss
Ada {. Burpee, in the absence Of
Managing Editor Norman w. Ler-
mond. and is credit to her liter
AIRY ability. and exceptional knoNl-
edge of this subject.
The dedication Of West Paris high
school building was a very salts
factory affair. Tie address Of Dr.
A. O. Thomas. State superintendent
of Schools, was able, instructive,
and witty, with pleasing stories.
The school pTUel am WAS excellent.
Dinner was served in Centennial
hall and was largely patronized.
West Paris high school building
which WAS remodelled last fall is Il
very satisfactory building. 1t con-
tains nine rooms besides gymnasium
and recreation room in basement
and is equipped with modern i'm
provements, which with a fine corps
of seven teachers, gives the school
a good rank among other institu-
tons.
Through the efforts of Howard II.
WaIdron, traffic manager Of the
Portland Chamber Of Commerce,
improved warm car service on the
Rockland branch of the Maine
Central Railroad has been guaran-
teed by the officials. thereby giving
Portland shippers 81 hours better
service on taat line. Heretofore
cars have been loaded at Portland
Wednesday and have not arrived in
RoCkland until the following Friday
afternoon. and under the new ar
ranSementS the cars VIII he loaded
Wednesday as formerly but Will go
forward early Thursday morning,
reaching Rockland that night and
Will be placed Tor unloading early
Friday morning.
Work on the new 100000
Memorial GymnaSium-A rmory at
the University Of Maine will prob
ably begin next summer. according
10 information made public by Al
pmni Secretary Robert L. Clark.
The contract for building the new
structure has been signed by the
Architectural firm Of Little and
Russell OF Boston. The Building
Committee expects that ground may
he broken next summer. and that
the foundation may be completed by