Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-01-29

Of it's best known officers in New Eng
land. has been promoted to command
the southern Pennsylvania, south
ern New Jersey and Delaware division,
and is to leave Portland Wednesday
for Philadelphia, his new headquart-
ers. Since his command here, he has
erected $350,000 worth Of buildings in
Augusta, Bath. Berlin. Franklin, La
coma, Lawrence, Lewiston. Lowell,
Nashua, Saco, and Biddeford. and has
increased his force Of recruits from
81 three years ago to u today. The
division now has membership of
1902, compared to 765 when he came
here. He entered the Salvation Army
in 1901 at Utica.
With the expiration of the lease Of
the Rockland postofiiee in the Rock
land Savings Bank block and the OPEN
ing of bids for larger quarters. there
Is a strong possibility that new
building may be obtained in the not
distant future. Postmaster NJ, War
rem Wright has reported that the
present office was too small to take
care adequately of the business done.
AS the building now in use Is one of
the largest in town. new structure
will have to be erected. More than a
ton and half Of parcel post matter
arrives at the office daily and over a
ton is sent away. Furthermore. the
volume is rapidly increasing. as shoe
manufacturers are sending much of
their output by parcel post. The
money order business Is also increas-
ing and additional space must be OBJ
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tificates. Several lots have been in
spected by government officials with a
view to purchase or lease as new
site. gags
If Mount David. an eminence on the
Bates College campus. was constitut-
ed Of baked beans instead of gAeiss
and granite, and could be shoyeled
away week after week for a consid-
cradle period Of years, it might match
the aggregate tasks of Aunt Nellie"
O'Connell, who is one Of Lewiston's
real institutions. 81 suppose I have
dished out enough quarts of beans in
my lifetime" said she when inter-
viewed recently, ito equal David's
Mountain, in bulk. For. you see. /
have been at it for 80 years last June.
and we handle some 200 quarts on Sat
urdays in winter and about 500 in sum-
mer." BY doing a little mental arith-
metic it was apparent that Aunt Nell
lies contribution to Lewiston's and
Auburn's baked bean appetite in three
decades totals close to $4,000 quarts
of this favorite New England dish.
For to the Saturday business to
which she referred must be added a
Wednesday trade in kidney beans for
the last eight or nine years that is
considerable.
Plans are progressing for the CAM
paign to secure 100000 endowment
fund for Arson Academy under the
direction of Lowell Z. Bailey. pub
licity director. and committee COM
posed OF Henry b. Merry. DR.. II. l..
Marston and Mark Pullen. The cam
paign will be conducted by two teams
OF nine each and will cover two days.
On the evening Of the FIRST day q sup
per will be served the solicitors, while
shortly after the Canvass has been
completed there will be a banquet,
with one or more speakers, at which
time the final report of the campaign
will be made. Mr.. Bailey has already
secured the pledges from the endow-
ment committee and the trustees Of
the academy. and this sum nearly
equals the amount expected from the
rest Of the community. The academy
students will take an active part In
raising the fund. Mr.. Bailey has
worked out a unique plan whereby
$26,ee0 can be pledged to the fund
through insurance endowments." This
will be divided into units OF 5000 each
and the academy students will be ex-
pected to take care OF one Of these
units. The entire insurance endow-
ment will be in charge Of an organiza-
tion to be known as the Academy 10y:
atty League. The remainder OF the
$4,000 endowment fund will Be raised
by subscriptions made from among
the alumni. and several good sized
pledges have already been made.