Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-07-04
MAINE GOSSIP

The Flag
Here comes the flag
Hail it!
Who dares to drag
Or trail it?
Give it hurrahs,-
Three for the stars
Three for the bars.
Uncover your head to it!
The soldiers who tread 1t
Shout at the sight of it.
The justice and right of 1t,
The unsullied white of it,
The blue and red of it,
And tyranny's dread of it,
Here comes The Flag!
Cheer it!
Valley and crag
Shall hear it.
Fathers shall bless it,
Children caress 1t,
All shall maintain it.
No one shall stain 1t.
Cheers for the sailors that fought on
the wave of it,
Cheers for the soldiers that always
were brave for 1T,
Tears for the men that went down
to the grave for 1t,
Here comes The Flag!
Arthur Macy, in Youths Companion.
The grand and glorious Fourth;
and holiday attractions in all parts
Of the State to hold the interest OF
residents and visitors!
Little question for evening: In
Maine, where the daily catch OF fish
both number and weight. is limited
by law, may a fisherman legally keep
fish which jumps into the boat
after the legal limit had been
reached ?-Biddeford Journal.
For the purpose of finding a suit
able location near Lewiston to estab-
lish a black fox ranch, representa-
tive of T. r. Campbell & Company OF
Salisbury, New Brunswick, ranchers
and dealers in silver black foxes, has
been passing few days in that part
Of the State.
Henry Ford and family will not &c
to their summer home at Bar Harbor
until August, according to report
given out at Boston the other day
when Mr.. Ford's private car, Fair
Lane" arrived at the South Station
The car left the North Station fol
Portland where it was turned over to
the Maine Central Railroad to so tc
Mt. Desert Ferry. No member of the
Ford family was among the passen-
gers in the car.
A baseball carnival will feature the
celebration of the Fourth at 3ridgton
An automobile parade will be held al
$50 in the morning with prizes fol
the best decorated cars in two
classes. There will be two baseball
games, the first at 1890 A. M, and
the other at $50 P. M. The teams will
be Bridgton against N. Z. Q. z. oil
Portland. There will be a program OF
field events including flag relay race
potato race, 100 yard dash, tug oil
war, two-legged race, throwing base
ball.
The Maine Parent Teacher Asso-
citation will wage a campaign this
year to stimulate interest throughout
the State in forming local associa-
tons. County chairmen will soon be
named by the president, Mrs. James
D. Small of Westbrook, and the plar
which the Parent-Teacher organiza'
ton so we'll began under the direc-
ton of the former president, Mrs
frederick p. Abbott of Saco. Every
effort will be made to interest botf
parents and teachers throughout the
State and to still further arouse the
cooperative spirit.
Mrs. Rachel Crane of Randolph
who is the only woman garage man
ager in Central Maine, can prompt.
prescribe, like a shop mechanic, fol
the sick motor driven vehicle. Mrs
Crane buys and markets modern anC
antiquated indisposed vehicles with a
degree of success not displayed by
male competitors. She has long beer
a skilled driver, and could, if need be
take the racetrack with high-pow
cred machine. There are few womer
in Maine who know more about al
an automobile or who can get more
out of machine. She formerly lived
in Togus and drove car for severa
years while there.
A parade of "Horribles" will be one
Of the chief events of the Fourth
celebration at Yarmouth. This event
is scheduled to begin at 6 A. M
Practically every truck owner in this
and other nearby towns will have his
equipment decorated in all shapes
and forms and the drivers and pas
sengers dressed to the utmost in gro
tesque costumes. The prize is siver
to the most horrible" For the re-
mainder of the day the program calls
for water sports, track and field
events, horse racing, baseball games
and a big midday meal. The evening
program opens with a band concert
that will be followed by fireworks, 6
Mardi Gras and a carnival.