Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-06

laugh,
They rake the flames;
Their elderss breathe the acrid dusk
And cry their names.
20, Jean come now. its getting late"
Far off one calls,
"BiI-iee! Bil-lee!' They stragsle IN,
And evening falls: s,,,,. :, rh.
Forum.
The Aroostook Methodist minis
tiers association will hold Its faA
meeting in the Gray memorial church
Oct. and at Caribou.
Two Bridgton young men, Albert
D. Norton and Alvin Freelove, VIII
leave shortly for Florida, where they
are contemplating the erection OF a
dancing pavilion.
Three aviators were arrested at
Caribou the other day charged with
hying in airplanes on Sunday. rs
that the worst offense that aviators
are guilty of in that part OF tue
slater" asks the Rockland-C Courier
Gazette.
A large bull moose disputed the
right of way with a Bangor and
Aroostook passenger train near
Schoodic Station the other day,
standing defiantly on the track WIN
lowered antlers threatening the loco
motive. The train was stopped ana
attempts were made to shoe the BUN
off the track, but he took his time
plentiful in that region than at any
time in ten years.
Commencing today and continuing
through the remainder Of the month,
the state department Of health, divi-
sion of dental hygiene, in co-opera--
ton with the Bangor health ana
school Departments, Is to conduct at
Bangor a demonstration OF The
School Dental Hygienist, the purpose
of which Is to interest the people Oh
that city in oral hygiene and to show
them how other communities are
handling the problems of caring for
school children's teeth. Prophylactic
clinics will be held each afternoon
at various schools.
Portland Is planning an interest
ing program for the annual confer
ence of the Boys and Girls Agricul-
tural Clubs of Cumberland county
which will be held there Oct. 70 ana
i "a. The Portland Chamber OF Conn
MERGE is in charge Of the program
which will feature q banquet at the
Falmouth hotel. william s. Linneil
president of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce, will be POSTMASTER on
the occasion and the speaker will he
Superintendent Of Schools Williaia
B. Jack. An attendance Of more
than 800 boys and girls is antieipat-
ed.
Bankers Of Portland are looking
forward to the formation Of a chap
Liter Of the American Institute Of
Banking in that city, 80 representa-
tives of the local banks having at
tended an enthusiastic preliminary
meeting held the other day. The ma
jority Of cities the size Of Portland
throughout the country have a chap
ter of the institute. and for some
time there has been a desire to form
one in that city. The close contact
between bank employees thus afford
ed enables them to keep intimately In
touch with changes in banking meth
| DDS, and the institute also offers a
course for bank employees which Is
exceedingly valuable.
Andren B. Slider. vice president Of
the Eastern Steamship Lines, who
was in Portland last week. had just
returned from Miami, Fla. where he
had gone to look over the feasibility
Of sending the steamers Boston and
New York to that port for use as
| floating hotels during the Winter
season. On his return. following a
report to the directors, he announced
that as there was no suitable place
for moorings the plan has been aban-
doned. The two ships. which have
been well patronized during the
Summer, will continue on the run be-
tween Boston and New York the rest
of the month and then 90 into Win
ter quarters at Quincy.
Potatoes growing within potato
was the discovery Of e. 8. whitehall
Of White Rock, Cumberland County.
the other day. Mr.. whitehall was
| cleaning out the last Of his crop Of
potatoes from last Fall when, in the
corner Of the bin. he found one large
| potato in which a number Of pota-
| tses. running in size from that OF
marble to q small sized onion, were
growing. Mr.. whitehall, potato
grower himself, stated that he had
seen hundreds of small potatoes
growing on the outside Of old pota-
toes, but that this Is the first time he
has ever seen the inside Of a potato
simply crowded with growing small
er ones.
Acting President Harold s. Board
man of the University Of Maine will
attend the Inauguration ceremonies
of DR.. Clarence Cook Little, former
president Of the university, as presi-
dent Of the University Of Michigan,
at Ann Arbor, on November @ Invi-
tations have also been received to
the installations of Ralph Earle as
president OF worcester Polytechnic
institute on October %, and Of John
Martin Thomas as president of Rut-
gers University on october IA. Act-
ing President Boardman will attend
the Worcester ceremonies but in ac-
cordance with the custom establish
ed by former presidents Of the uni
versity Of not being present at in
augurals Of colleges outside OF New
England. will not attend personally
the Rutgers ceremony. He has APP
pointed DR.. W. H. Martin, a graduate
of Maine in the Class of 1915 and a
member of the Rutgers faculty, 10
represent the University Of Maine.
Allan L. Gates who moved to Wool
witch from Boston two years ago and
located on the Herman Wright farm,