Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-08-22
MAINE GOSSIP
Coast Of Maine

Coast Of Maine
Pine-crowned rocks edging the volup-
tuous sea,
Thy beauty lies in thy stoned majesty:
Craven. storm-swept Lodges OF Eternl-
ty.
lie Baron Cooke in art and Arch
Geology"
There is considerable interest
among southern Maine folks in the
program for the ~two-day aquatic
carnival which will be held at the
Wentworth pool at Portsmouth, n.
H., Aug. 20 and 80. With only one
or two exceptions the Mermaids who
won national titles at Detroit, Mich,
last week will participate in the
meet. The list of newly crowned
champions include: Ethel McGary,
$50 yards and one mile; Virginia
Whitenack, 440-yard free style; Hell
EN- Meany, fancy diving; Agnes Ger
agility, 220-yard breaststroke; Sybil
Bauer, 220-yard backstroke; Doris
O'Mara, 100 yards free style; AIDE
laide Lambert, medley. All Of these
stars will compete at Portsmouth at
the end of the month in the biggest
water meet ever held in New Eng
land. In addition, Miss Aileen Rig
gin, Olympic diving queen; Miss
Ethel Lackie, Olympic 10O-meter
champion, and several other title
holders and record breakers will
compete there. The championship
relay team Of the Womens SWIM
ming association will also compete
there. Competent A. A. U. officials
will be on hand for the meet, and
any records that are made will re-
ceive recognition, as the Wentworth
pool meets with all record require
ments. The meet will mark the first
appearance in the East this year Of
Miss Sybil Bauer, the worlds great
est backstroke natator.
The Northeast Harbor Yacht club
started upon its fourth annual three
day cruise. Friday.
A new factory will be started in
Lewiston on Main street. near the
Fair grounds. in the Staples Mills
within two weeks. This will be the
William A. Wedge Co.. and will man
ufacture wooden boxes and box
shocks. William A. Wedge is the
sole member of the firm. Twenty
five hands will be employed.
An interesting event to people in
Hancock county is the occasion of a
Field Day to be held under the aus
pices of the Grange and Farm Bu-
reau of Hancock county at Ellsworth
Fair Grounds, Monday. Sept. Z. This
is an annual get-together of eastern
Maine country folk. Rural problems
6icnlISCnd -
sports will be staged by the young
and old. A ball game by two of the
best teams in the Farm Bureau Boys
Club League will be played. 1t is
expected that there will be several
speakers present of State reputation.
A report that the railroad sta
ton at Crowley's Junction was brok-
en- into Wednesday night and an at
tempt to open the safe made, was
apparently greatly exaggerated, &C
cording to the Lewiston police. The
story probably grew out of the fact
that a drunken man who was tossed
on a passing train at the Junction
when 1t was discovered that he was
trying to beat his way into Lewis
ton, enraged at the rough treatment,
attempted to rip down the station.
Two window screens were yanked
from the window stills and other
damage done before the Lewiston
police arrived and carried the man
off to the police lookup.
An intensive campaign to obtain
FUNDS for advertising previous to the
referendum on the Kennebec bridge
was planned at an enthusiastic meet
Ing held in the council chamber at
the Bath city building Thursday
night. Sixty-five residents of Bath
and other towns and cities interested
In the project attended, and N.
Gratz jackson was elected perman-
emit chairman of the campaign and
william A. Thurlow secretary. 1t was
decided to raise SITS for advertis-
ing and quotas were assigned as fol-
lows: Bath and Rockland, $500 each:
Belfast 5000; Boothbay Harbor.
$3.50; Damariscotta and Newcastle,
combined, $50; Wiscasset $50; War
rem $50; Vonalhaven $65; Camden,
S135; Rockport, 1856; Waldoboro,
$780, Thomaston. $50.
Now we note that the Calais base
ball management has paid it's players
and withdrawn it's club from the st.
Croix league, but the most interest
ing feature of the announcement is the
statement that the public has lost in
terest in the games because of the
eternal wrangling and the carping at
the umpires. This demonstrates that
In Calais, at least. the spectators do
not enjoy the raging and scrapping