Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-09

,yben dreams get carried of in smoke
and joy-bells clash ana die
When duty seems ploSdins on De-
And YOU and 1 get journey-spent' lets
don our grit-array, =.
And recognize the densest hour is
herald of the day!
Ana let's remind ourselves, sometimes
Anu in Quaint old-fa shioned learning;
rh.ts a long. long lane sure nun
that hasn't any turning!
And. spite Of all ao, Vel Ir, ea anS gray 9
s, ,maouS Veil and rosy skies at
ds~n'ns Oh Lillian Gard.
rha Maine and New Brunswick
sunday school Association will hoio
a rally today at selden in AroostooS
County.
The Lewiston order Of the A. y. H.
;s entertaining hundreds OF delegates
from, all sections Of the State at
tbree day convention there. National
of,cers are in attendance. Election
of officers will be held THURSDAY
morning.
The second reunion Of Companies
p. d and M, Seth Pioneer infantry
formerly Battery B. LIST Maine heavy
field artillery (Milliken regiment2'
will he held at Old Orchard, SUNDAY,
Sept. 10, being an all day affair Win
a fine programme of sports ana OH,
ner at noon. Wives and children, Will
he entertained and fine field day IS
looked forward to. Former members
Of the companies are located In the
vicinity of Biddeford, Portland
Westbrook and Sanford.
The annual convention OF the wall
do County Sunday School Assocla-
ton will be held in the Searsport
CONGREGATIONAL Church on Sept. 20.
The program will include addresses
bv the Rev. William D. French, the
newly elected general secretary OF
the Maine state Sunday Schools;
Miss Ruth A. Carter, Mrs. T. ]. Win
siade. the Rev. George c. Sauer.
the Rev. Melvin Hutchins and
Mrs. r. N. Porter. There are 40
schools in the Waldo County Associ-
alton. all denominations being repre-
scented.
Bath has every reason to be proud
of it's new military company, Battery
H of the Coast Artillery. Its rifle
team has been in Auburn all of the
week attending the State shoot ana
Capt. j. Horace Mcclure returned
Friday night bringing with him the
championship cup which the boys mad
won, leading their nearest rivals by
1S1 points. When one considers that
the company only entered the serv-
ice early in July and its team was
shooting against men who had long
been in the service it is particularly
gratifying the showing they nave
made.-Bath Times.
Clyde Leighton, aged II years, and
Frances Light, aged Is, both of Cam
den, were drowned in Lake Megunti-
cook, near Fernalds Neck. early
Sunday morning when the power
boat in which they were sailing,
caught fire burning to the waters
edge. People seeing the burning
boat went to their assistance but on
arriving found II empty, the young
people evidently having jumped into
the water to save being burned. The
girls body was found floating near
the shore shortly after midnight ami
as 1t was considerable distance
from the boat, and she being unable
to swim. 1t il thought young Leigh
ton tried to save her, he being a good
swimmer. An all night search was
made for hissbody which was discov-
cred about a.. m. Monday within
few feet of the shore. Miss Lights
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Light,
were at Lake City to spend Labor
Day and she was on her way when
the accident occurred.
reelected Chief Of the Maine State
Detective Association meeting at
Lewiston, Monday. There was a
large attendance and various matters
relating to the work Of the associa-
ton and it's members were discussed.
AS in previous meetings it was
agreed that the efficiency Of the MEM
bers should be brought to the atten-
ton of those in Maine who have
business for detectives, so that home
talent may be employed in place Of
out of-State men. Several new men,
bers were admitted: Chester H. Nc
Cabe Of Bath, William Nash Of Vas
salboro, F. w. Fair of Bangor, Frank
B. Munsey of Portland. Annual dues
were fixed at one dollar and it was
voted to hold. the next annual meet
the State Fair in 1926. Officers
elected: Chief. Maxine Beaulieu,
Lewiston; deputy chief, A. G. Rob-
inson, Gardiner; secretary-treasurer
c. A. Maxwell, Portland; fingerprint
operator, E. ]. Cogan, Dexter; execu-
tive committee, Charles Whitworth
of Saco, T. F. Rankin of Alfred,
Frank e. Douglass of Bangor,
Charles w. Gerow of Yarmouth and
Alfred Falett of Portland.
Restoration Of old Fort Edgecomb
across the Sheepscot river from Wis
casset is now in progress under di-
rection of the state, which purchased
the property from the federal gov
eminent in 1928. The fortification,
an octagonal blockhouse, was built
in 1908 under command of Mai. Mos
| es Porter, then the oldest engineer
officer in the United States Army
1t is heavily timbered structure of
! two stories and a basement, the style
| being copied from old English forts.
The second story, coVerhanging the
first by about two feet. is pierced
with portfolios. Surrounding the fort
| Is a wooden tower commanding a
view of the harbore and inland ap-
proaches. Originally the fort had a
heavy stockade with huge timber
gates. Four 1S-pound guns were
mounted in the barbette and two
| short carronades in the bIockhouse
These were first used March 4, 1909
in honor of the Inauguration of Pres
ident Madison. The guns were re-
moved to Fort Independence, Boston
| harbor, in the summer of 1916. Parts
of the extensive earthworks which
Were constructed when the fort was
built remain today.