Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-12-26
MAINE GOSSIP
the Ola Time Christmas Day


Do you ever remember the old Christ
mas day
Full twenty long, years ago:
When the lanterns dim shed their
faint ray
On the altar, and choir below.
Do you ever remember the snowy drift
Where the horses were ploughing
Or hear the children's voices lift.
Our souls to our God anew?
Do you ever remember the preacher
As he gave out the hymns to sing
And guided our hearts with his prayer
To think Of our heavenly King!
Do you ever remember the Christmas
With its gifts so rich and rare,
Grandfather's scarf or baby's giee, .
AS she sat with our mother there?
Do We ever remember the home that
The oid-time Christmas store,
Mince-pies, doughnuts and turkey gay,
With all of the fixing's DER?
We have seen many a Christmas here,
AS we live on a busy street,
But never Christmas that had the
cheer,
OF the "Old Maine" Joys so complete.
Frances Amelia Kingsberry.
A talk by Jack Gates, the new ath-
letic director at Bowdoin College. is in
cluded in the program for the annual
Bowdoin night dinner for high school
and preparatory school boys Of Port
land to be held by the Bowdoin Club
of Portland at $50 Saturday evening.
Jan. 8, at the Falmouth hotel. A new
film Of Bowdoin will be shown by
Austin H. Mccormick, alumni secre-
tary. President Roland e. Clark. 'o1,
will preside. and Professor Wilmot B.
Mitchell will act as POSTMASTER.
The question whether II would be
more advisable to secure an outside
man rather than local man for the
position Of city manager, was the sub
ject of discussion at an informal
meeting of the members-elect Of the
Auburn city council and Mayor-elect
Walton Of that city, at which candi-
dates were talked over. There are
four announced candidates for the Of
fee: w. e. Lawliss, Street Commits
sioner Stafford, r. H. James and L. w.
Haskell.
The annual planning meetings. OF
Hancock County's Farm Bureau COM
munities are being held. and will con-
tinue up to January 8. The object of
these meetings is to get the members
of each community together to make
definite Extension Service programs
for 1926. They are held to establish
better projects, so that the farmers
will get the best results, or, in other
words, to make the farm produce to
its highest capacity and thus give the
owner the most for the labor expended.
The plans are made to minimize the
agricultural problems that confront
the farmer continuously. The pro-
gram for 1926 consists Of club.
crop. dairy. farm management, fores-
try, orchard and poultry projects.
We wonder II the farmers as the
end of the year approaches are attend
ing to their stock and trade with the
same accuracy that the business
houses are giving to theirs. An in
ventory can be taken on the average
farm in less than half day, and 1t
business than any records they can
keep. An inventory shows the farmer
his net worth above debts, and a COM
parison of two successive annual in
ventories will show him whether he
got ahead during the year. This is the
first step to take in putting farm on
good business basis and from such
an inventory credit statement can
be made to be filed with the bank
where the farmer does business.-The
Observation-Disclosures.
Many Of the older women Of Passa-
maquoddy tribe Of Indians are being
pleasantly remembered this week by
PASSPORT families for they do not for
get Christmas week and call at the
homes of prominent residents for a
present. which Is always given as the
majority of people realize that the
average member of the above ancient
tribe of aborigines has not a great
many comforts at their small homes
in the reservation five miles away.
There are industrious and hard working
Indians of the settlement who turn out
beautiful fancy colored baskets by
hand and at this part Of the year are
finding many eager customers in the
four wards of this seaport.-Eastport
correspondence in The Bangor News.
A young peoples conference will be
held in Pittsfeld January and 2.
opening on the evening Of Jan. with
social. All sessions the following day
will be held in the Universalist
church., beginning with a. morning
watch service followed by breakfast.
Forenoon and afternoon programs in