Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-12-23

and roll into 1t but was done. His
faint cries reached a passer by who
went to the rescue and helped him
aboard the ship. Mr.. Whalen has
followed the sea all his life but says
this was mis- closest call. The Alma
r. started Saturday for Nantucket
shoals to drag for founders.
Windham's bald eagle has made
good once more. This bird. Witch
has wintered In South Windham for
the last five or six years, nevei
makes its appearance until honest
to-goodness Winter weather is
about to set in. and folks have learn
ed, with its coming, to scurry about
and fill any hooks and crannies
about their buildings that may have
been left open. Just as winter was
about to make it's official and scmc-
what austere entry last Saturday
this same old eagle circled over the
town and finally settled down back
OF the dynamite storage magazines
at Newhall, and there 1t is today.
prepared to stay until Spring ar
rives. With its coming. residents
of the village knew that the tales
of belated robins and roscbuds,
blueberries and bluebells, mayfiowers
and musk melons were at an end
for this year, and an extra arlnful of
wood was placed behind each
kitchen stove.
The principal events of the Uni
versity Of Names fourth annual
winter carnival will be held on The
grounds of the Penobscot Valley
Country Club the last three days OF
the second week in February. This
announcement has been made by
Benjamin English OF New Haven,
Conn.,, president of the Intra Mural
Athletic Association. AS Is custom
AIRY, the annual festivities will be-
gin on a Thursday night with the
presentation of a play in Alumni
Hall, to>be followed by an informal
dance. On Friday morning, trials in
all Intra Mural events except the
cross country, ski. snow shoe rae
ing and ski jumping will take place
on the saltwater river. In the
afternoon, the finals in these events
will be run off at the Country Club.
The Carnival Ball will be held in
the gymnasium, Friday evening and
OH Saturday afternoon, the inter-
collegiate events will take place at
the Country Club. A committee of
the Intra mural A. A. is now maxi
ing plans with q Country Club COM
mittee for the erection of Ski
jump, toboggan slide, and skating
rink.
With the announcement by Chair.
man Homer Loring Of the execu-
tive committee of the Boston and
Maine road that he will recommend
the abandonment of 1,000 miles of B.
& NJ. track in tho proposed re-
organization to care for the $65, 000.-
600 of early maturities and to pro-
vide for s13,00o.000 of improve
ments along the road, there is much
speculation as to how the new prog
gramme will effect Biddeford. Saco
and vicinity, says The Biddeford
Journal. A Biddeford man inter
ested in the road predicts that the
Eastern division of the road from
Biddeford to Portland may be dis
continued entirely. This report has
been in circulation for the past few
months. The plans, according to
what this man could learn. are to
rebuild the cut-off at McIntires cut,
running all Eastern division trains
onto the Western division at this
point and continuing with only one
road from that point to Portland.
This would do away with a freight
and passenger station in Biddeford
and Saco. the maintenance of about