Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-06-02
Maine GOSSIP
Portrait Of q youth

His eyes are moon-hushed pools Of
loneliness
That stress the dark profile Of weather.
tan;
The straight. silk-raven hair bespeak a
The worlds wild hooks might love;
slim hips-the press
OF firm-set neck on shoulders-back,
These ali, with steel-knit limbs make
Natures plan
Complete for him to lead flying van
OF those who pierce earth's savage
Businesses.
And yet his eyes, snow-clad and lonely,
Ne with misgiving; mirthless eyes like
Leander wore when breasting Dardan
The night death flung him high on the
Pontic HILL
So Hector. too. hearing his wife's far
call,
Beheld Achilles climb the Trojan wall.
j. Corson Miller, in Pegasus.
Hugh Pendexter, the Norway author,
states that he will write his next book
on King Georges war with Maine for
a setting, much of the data having to
do with Yarmouth. This will be his
first book with Maine background.
Rivaling the hand carved marvels
Of the far-famed Yankee pocketknife
expert of early New England days were
the exhibits Of carving done entirely
in ordinary box board material at the
hands of ingenious American boys
which was displayed at the Portland
Boys Club, Thursday noon, in spe-
cial exhibit and sale.
Benton has had quite an increase in
population as result of the two farms
on the river road, owned by George
Files & Sons, being sold to Napoleon
Pouliot Of Hearst, Ont, by w. H.
lockwood of the Strout farm agency.
There are % in the family. Mr.. Pou-
liot said his carfares amounted to $500.
On Thursday, Mrs. Naomi Emerson
Groves. the oldest resident Of Smith
field reached her oath birthday. She
passed the day at the cottage Of her
son, George A. Groves, at North Pond.
She was born in Dover, the second old
est of nine children born to Luther
and Data Dennet Emerson and of this
family four are yet living. Mrs.
Groves, Rev. Samuel Emerson, 81,
George Emerson, so, and Luther Emer-
son Of Dover, aged 90 years.
The 80 District Potato Growers Co.
operative Marketing Associations are
to hold their regular annual meeting
on Tuesday, June Sd, at 1880 A. NJ.
This meeting is called for the purpose
Of electing directors and transactirg
such other business as may come be-
fore the meeting. The present board
of directors. whose term of office ter
inmates at the annual meeting, have
borne the brunt of the many problems
arising incident to the development Of
plans which were essential in provid-
ing the organization and facilities
needed to market the potatoes coop
eratively.
Citations have federated, centralizing
the sale and movement of the crop in
the Maine Potato Growers Exchange.
This Capitalization has naturally vest
ed these powers in the Exchange. Each
District Cooperative Association is
thus entitled to one trustee, as its rep
resentative, together with an additional
trustee for every 100 or major frac-
ton Of 100 members Of such associa-
tion. The board Of directors Of the
Cooperative Associations, when duly
elected, will elect their representation
on the board of trustees of the Ex-
change. The meetings in the various
districts are to be held as follows:
Ashland, Grange hall; BridgewHer.
Grange hall; Fort Kent, Victor Loziers
potato house; Frenchville.- town hall;
Grand Isle, Thibodeaus hall: Houlton,
Grange hall; Island Falls, Grange hall;
Littleton, town hall; Ludlow, Miley
schoolhouse; Madawaska, Beaulieu's
hall; Monticello. Grange hall: Oakheld,
Grange hall; Patten, town hall; st.
Agatha, Parish hall; Sherman. Grange
hall; Smyrna, Odd Fellows hall.