Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-09-05

where he spoke this noon ON tne
Kennebec bridge project before a
meeting of the Kiwanis club of that
town.
Harold Keen of Kittery is at the
Portsmouth hospital with fractures
of both legs as the result of falling
from the running board of an auto
mobile, which he attempted to board
while it was in motion. One of the
rear wheels ran over both legs. frac-
turing them just below the knee.
Commissioner Willis E. Parsons Of
the State department of Inland Fish
cries and Game delivered an IL
Illustrated address on the Allegash
region, at a meeting of the Knox
County Fish and Game Association
held last Thursday evening at Rock
land.
Rockland again has the pleasure OF
entertaining the Veterans of the 4th
Maine Regiment, Second Maine Bat
terry, Berden's Sharpshooters, Naval
Veterans and 1st Maine Cavalry As
ISOLATION. These veterans have their
reunion next Wednesday at Grand
Army hall.
A 16-year-old youth and girl Of
Is filed, on Thursday, their inten-
tions of marriage at the Office of the
city clerk of Bangor. Both are resi-
dents of Bangor. They are Fenton
A. Philbrick and Louise P. Doughty,
both giving their residence as Still
water Park. Consent of their parents
was entered with the application for
a marriage license. Charles Phil
brick is given as his and Joseph
Doughty as her father.
Three ex-service flyers, a para
chute jumper and two wing walkers,
staged a flying show at the ST. oud-
water Field near Portland Thursday
afternoon. The flyers are Lieut..
Carl Dixon, Lieut. w. P. Thomas,
and Lieut.. D. S. H. Burgin. all OF
Hartford, Conn, with Slim Hennicke
as parachute jumper and Charley
Arnold and Ray WEIGH, wing walk
ers. They are now banded as the
Whirlwind Flying Circus and have
performed at Stroudwater two
nights this week, when hundreds
have been thrilled by their stunts.
They will go today to York Beach.
There will be a special convoca-
ion of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter
of Maine, at Waldoboro, on Monday,
Sept. IA, 1925, at 8 o'clock P. M.
(Standard Time), for the purpose of
constituting Medomak Chapter, No.
SO, which was voted charter at the
last annual convocation. The cere-
mony will be performed by NJ. Z.
George H. Bangs, Grand High Priest,
who desires the assistance of every
Grand Officer who may find it pos
sible to attend Those who con-
template being present will confer a
favor upon the Grand High Priest by
notifying him of the fact, addressing
him at Orono, Maine.
A rehearsal of the entire Western
Maine Music Festival chorus of 500
voices, under the direction of Will
liam Rogers Chapman, will be held
in the parish house of State Street
Congregational Church at Portland
next Monday evening. Although
Director Chapman was scheduled to
conduct a rehearsal of the Eastern
Maine Festival chorus in Bangor on
the evening of Labor Day, he has
changed< his plans and announces
that he will positively be present at
the big chorus meeting in Portland
at that tins which will be the last
rehearsal he will conduct here before
the Festival in Exposition Hall in
October.
Fridays rain brought a measure of
relief from the drouth which has
constituted a serious problem in the
farming sections of the State.
Trees, shrubs. plants and gardens
have suffered from the lack of rain.
In some sections, brooks and small
streams completely dried up and
wells were drying up, so that it be-
came necessary for the farmers to
haul water considerable distances for
their stock and for domestic pur-
poses. Forest owners have been
worried on account of the dry condi-
ton of the woods and the breaking
out of number of small forest fires
Several days of plentiful rain are
needed to remedy these conditions.
The fifth annual Odd Fellows
Field Day will be held at Camp Ben
son, Newport, Monday, Labor Day,
when the members of the order in
Central Maine will gather at that
popular resort on the shores of Lake
Sebasticook for days outing. The
event is held under the auspices of
the Second Regiment. Department of
Maine, Patriarchs Militant. There
viii be ball game, field and water
sports, bathing and dancing. The