Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-02-25

! last saturday because or the over
abundance of dust on the streets.
Rather unusual for the 2lst of Feb
| ruary.
The Y. W. C. A. of Bangor will
hold a Health Show" in the GYM
nasium next Friday afternoon and
/ evening. This is the first show of
| it's kind to be held in that city and
is for the purpose of teaching elemen-
| tary facts on health.
To relieve congestion at Bates Col
| lege it was voted, at a meeting Of the
trustees Of the college last Saturday.
to limit all future entering freshmen
classes to 100 students, the number to
consist Of not more than 125 men and
| 65 women.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cromett Of
Bangor celebrated their 50th wedding
/ anniversary last Saturday. Four gen.
erations We're represented at the
happy affair, the youngest being the
great grand-child, Avis May Leach,
who is ten years of age.
! A donation of 100000 has recently
been made by Fred L. Briggs of
Jacksonville, Fla, formerly of Port
land, to the Grand Lodge of Maine,
l. 0. o. F., and will become the prop
erty of the Grand Lodge as a part of
the Odd Fellows Home fund.
The pupils of the North grammar
school in Bath had flag raising last
| Friday at the close of the forenoon
session. Pupils from every room
gathered and under the guidance of
their teacher saluted the flag. repeated
the allegiance and sang star Spangled
Banner"
| The first baseball game OF the sea-
| son is reported from the Maine Cen
trail Railroad yards at Eastport when
the Ranch 101 outfit won from the
I Out Island aggregation by a score or
to G. One or two spots of moisture
made things a little slow, but 1t was
pretty good game at that.
At the ninth annual exhibition OF
the Society of Independent Artists to
be held March $50 on the roof of the
Waldorf-A Astoria Hotel. New York
CITY. four Maine artists will exhibit.
! They are Anne Cary Bradley of Frye
burg, Frederick J. Ilsley of Portland,
| Aubigne Eveleth Thomas of Portland
and William Van Vleet of Westbrook.
Seasickness on a train was expert
enced by Bangor railroad employee
! .ho hocida window
| typewriting. The continuous whirl-
ing by of telephone poles, trees. etc.
combined with the light flashing on
and off of the typewriter Keys gave
| him all the symptoms and after ell
| fects of a real sea trip.
| The new Lincoln Memorial Library
building has been completed and
turned over to the town by the trus-
tees, 1t is one of the finest library
buildings of it's size in the state IN
construction and equipment. Miss
Mary BuzZell has been selected as
librarian and the building will be open
| to the public in the near future. at
which time a formal dedication Will
take place.
| Harris 3. Coe, manager Of the Maine
Publicity Bureau reports that indi-
cations are for a large summer tour
ist business in Hancock county. Pro-
prietors of Bar Harbor hotels report
much larger advance booking OF
guests than last year at this time and
the proprietor of one hotel in South
west Harbor reports his hotel already
/ booked up for the months of July and
| August State roads are being gotten
| into shape and motorists are begin
ming to get out in large numbers. Who
says it doesn't pay to advertise!
Mrs. Sarah Stewart of Belfast cele-
! brated her Goth birthday, Monday.
She is the oldest person living in
| Waldo county and one of the oldest
| in Maine. She has always been
great reader and loves to converse
with her friends about the many
| events that have occurred In her life
! time, She has a remarkable memory
and there is nothing of the aged per-
son about her conversation. UP to
| within a few months she has been a
regular attendant each Sunday at the
Methodist church and a teacher in the
| Sunday school. A bad cold prevented
! her from doing this of late.
Albert Repscha, a student at the
University of Maine came from Odes-
sa, Russia. to Milo, Me, in 1914 and
at that time could not speak the Eng
! lish language. Today he is a senior
! in the University, member of Tau
| Beta ri. honorary engineering student,
! to which only students of high acad-
emic standing are elected. and a
strong contendent for valedictorian of
his class. He has worked the long
vacations in a mill and at odd Jobs
and in grocery stores during the short
ones and has made for himself a rec
ord which may well be an incentive
to boys of this country.
Cooperation is the watchword Of
the Pressure Isle Merchants Asso-
citation in its efforts to make the
big agricultural meeting which meets
III that town Friday, a success. The