Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-24

ana yesterday none can recall,
1t may have been happy, 1t may have
been sad,
I'll not let it matter at all:
For here is TODAY right at hand, to
be lived
And all of it's cheer I will borrow.
A brand new TODAY, with new prom
And after Today comes ToMOR-
ROW.
e. NJ. Brainerd.
The United States Daughters OF
1912, residing in Portland and vicin-
ity will hold their annual field day on
Friday, June IS, at Dunscroft inn.
Dinner will be served at noon and
there will be a fine entertainment in
the afternoon. The Daughters OF the
American Revolution have been In
vited to join with them.
To help needy persons secure treat
ment for tuberculosis and provide
free nursing service to the isolated
mother and child in the rural dis
tricts of Penobscot county a Health
Flower sale was held in Bangor
Tuesday and will be continued today
by the Maine Public Health associa-
ton. Flowers for the sale were do
mated by local florists.
Ellsworth is planning to join the
Rotary ranks. Past President Harry
Libbey of Bangor has been the rep
resentative of the district governor in
lining up Ellsworth and at a recent
luncheon, four prospective Rotarians
were present as guests. They are O.
w. Tapley. president of the Union
Trust Co.; c. L. Morang, merchant;
w. H. Titus. editor of the Ellsworth
American and Harold a. Robinson of
the Morang Robinson Automobile Co.
The Bath Iron Works, Ltd, has
just delivered to Paul Hammond of
-the New York Yacht club his auxili-
airy schooner yacht of the Seawan-
haka class. The Works has now de-
livered six of these yachts and n
power boat for Clifford Brokaw. 1t
has 10 more yachts to deliver and the
cruiser being built for Charles E. +.
Mccain, prominent member of the
N. Y. G. This cruiser is to be fast
one, being equipped with two 275 h. p.
gasoline engines.
"Not hearing much these days
about the Portland referendum on
daylight saving but doubtless the
early risers over in the Forest City
are getting ready to file monster pc
titions and if well advised will keep
right on collecting signatures even
when they are well beyond the stipu-
lated number" says The Bangor
Commercial. There are no kinds OF
petitions much more debatable than
those asking for popular vote on
this or that subject because the peo-
pie are not educated to the referen-
dunn and it is not a difficult task to
find that many of the signatures are
not legal under the law"
That Maine will have particular
interest in the campaign for funds
for the restoration of the frigate
Constitution since Commodore Ed l.
ward Preble of Portland was one of
the early famous commanders of the
line old ship, and since Dexter school
children made the first contribution
to the fund in December, 1924, even
before the government authorized the
restoration of the ships, seems a fore
gone conclusion. Secretary +. H.
Mcdonald of the Portland Chamber
of Commerce recently wrote to the
naval commandant in Boston, seek
ing to know what steps were being
taken to finance the restoration of the
Constitution, and learned that a ma
ton wide campaign will be conducted
which will climax the week of Octo-
Der II to Is in which an attempt will
be made to secure the $4,000 neces-
sary for this purpose, and that the
campaign will be largely among
school children. He stated that the
campaign was not yet definitely under
way, however.
An improvement in Maine rural
school conditions, including CONSOLE
dation Of 1913 rural schools, organiza =
ton Of % junior high schools in
small towns, and better paid and
trained teachers and improved school
equipment, Is seen by the Federal
bureau of education in a statement
issued this week at Washington, D.
=. However, it is pointed out, Maine.
by force OF present geography, will
remain for some time a state of nu-
merous one-teacher schools. After
noting the consolidation of the 1913
small rural schools and stating that
the two or three teacher school is
now common" the report adds:
Most of the state, however, is for
est with widely scattered settlements.
and because of these conditions it
will be necessary to continue indefi-
n1tely a large number of one teacher
schools.
About 100000 was spent last
year for transportation of pupils.
with better paid and better train
ed teachers and more satisfactory
buildings, equipment and transporta :
ton, the rural schools are improving.
"A course of study fitted to the
needs of these schools is now in
preparation"
Monday, July 20, has been definitely
decided upon as the date for the trip
of Maine business men to Washing
ton County over the Eastern Steam
snip Lines and the Maine Central
Railroad. The trip is to be taken as
part of Governor Ralph o. Brewster's
Maine Publicity program. The Cham
Ders OF Commerce at Calais, East
port and Lubec have planned a COM
plned reception for the visitors when
they arrive at their destination the
morning of Tuesday. July 81. 1t is
planned to have the steamer land
nrst at Lubec, instead of Eastport as