Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-13
ANOTHER CAPITAL CITY SON COMMISSIONED
FROM The UNITED STATES NAVAL ACADEMY

was II years old in April. and is one
of the youngest ever to be commits
stoned from the service school. He
is the son and oldest child of Mr..
and Mrs. A. w. Folger of the Bel
grade road. He attended grammar
school at the Ballard school in that
section of Augusta, and even as a lad
trudging over the dusty road from
his pleasant farm home to the little
one room school house, he probably
looked off across the hills TO the far
horizon, where lay the sea, with
some adventurous desires to know
the world that spread beyond.
Clinton Folger entered Cony high
school as q member of the Fresh
man class, when eleven years old,
and graduated with the class of 1919.
He was appointed as a principal to
the United States Naval Academy by
Senator Fernald and passed his eX-
aminatiOnS for admittanCe in 1920
after one year as post graduate at
Cony high school. Jeff" he was
known to his intimates during his
school days in this city. and JEFF"
was the appellation which he car
ried with him to the service school.
There he acquired another nick
Annapolis class of 1924. he is also
designated affectionately as Champ
Ensign Folger arrived at his home
in this city early last Saturday morn
ing and is anticipating q pleasant
month at the family farm home, be-
fore reporting for duty on July s.
He has been assigned to the L. S. s.
Rochester, formerly the flagship of
Admiral Sampson at the battle of
Santiago, Cuba. which has been con-
verted into a destroyer. This ship
is one of the Special Service Squad
ron. which will sail for Panama
early in July. Ensign Folger is also
looking forward to the Cony alumni
reunion banquet next Thursday ev-
ening. and hopes to meet many of
his classmates of the Cony class of
1919.
During his four years at Annapo-
lis. while q Midshipman. he was on
three practice cruises to European
ports and southern waters. His
first summer cruise was on the L.
s. 5. Carolina and took him to
Christiana, Norway; Lisbon, Portu-
gal; Gibralter and other ports On
the second summer cruise on the l..
s. S. Florida. he visited Panama, the
West Indies and Trinidad. On the
last cruise. Midshipman Folger with
his gun mate hung up the record in
the D inch gun practice. when they
made four hits in AZ seconds at 1900
yards.
Ensign Folser was always popular
with his classmates in the Augusta
schools. He is a quiet and unassuming
young fellow. reticent to a degree, but
thoroughly straightforward and man
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old farm on the hills north of this
city. he finds keen enjoyment at the
ordinary pursuits and usual chores
which farm life offers. Dressed in
an old pair of trousers, flannel
shirt and soft coat sweater. he is
taking things easy, playing with the
beautiful family Collie dog, helping
his mother and father about the
home, and resting up preparatory to
entering upon his career as an officer
in the United States Navy.
Besides his father and mother
there are two fine sisters. who of
course are measurably proud of their
stalwart young brother who brought
nome the illuminated parchment from
me I: :. Naval Academy. and the
commission signed by President CAL
vim Coolidge. The older sister. Ruth
graduated from Cony High school
in the class of 1922 and has had one
year at the Pennington State Nor.
mai School. The other sister. car
RE has just completed her SOPHIE
more year at Cony.
The Lucky Bag" IS the Naval
Academy annual, and with the mic
lures of the members of the grad
uatlng class. carries brief biogranbie
written by their room mates. These
pointed paragraphs are perhaps the
pest commentary on the subjects as
they are the opinions OF those who
nave been intimately associated
lnrough four wears of toll and pleas
ure. The following is from the
Lucky Bag and the Eskimo" mem
!ioned is Ensign Russell John BeIler-
by OF Fairbanks. Alaska, Ensign EnI-
gers room mate and the author ~
the biographical sketch.
say, Champ, let's take IN
movie an
Can't, I've gotta walk" Some
OF US go in for football, some for
winter sports, and others for those
mat come in the spring. But the
Champs one outdoor athletic di~
version is walking. all the vaar
round. No extra duty Is comn,afa
without him.
me CHAMP came into prominence
one day Plebe year when he came
down with SILVER my timbers, for
a sea- going expression. Even after
that we had no idea OF the true char
acter OF our outwardly dignified. 81
lent ana quiet hammered lad. Il took
the ESKIMO to awake the demon
that slumhered in his soul.
Apparently silent and reserved he
opens up on occasions with obserya-
tions extremely witty, not TO say
clever, delivered on the fly in his
Down East patois. While the depart
ments present no grave obstacles 10
him' ms natural savviness doesn't