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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-19
CANAAN

v. C. Holt was in Skowhegan FRI
day and bought the herd of Jerseys
owned by Bert Buzzell, consisting OF
three registered cows, two heifers.
eligible to registry. the bull. Adam OF
Green Farm, registry No. 2l22l4, ana
nine grade animals.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Davis and Ar.
thu. Davis were in Skowhegan ana
Waterville Thursday shopping.
Much interest Is being shown IN
the Sunday school held at the Red
school House. Sixty-seven were
present at the last meeting. Sunday,
June 81, will be children's day, and a
special program is being prepared.
All are invited.
Mrs. Willis Clark is visiting her
sister in Brewer for few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Getchell OF
Portland were weekend guests 81 ms
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Getcheil.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Williams'
MYRTLE and Harold Williams. were IN
Detroit Sunday and called on MI
and Mrs. George Hoxie.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Getchen were
business callers in Skowhegan Non
day. .s
several DAYS the past week With her
daughter, Mrs. Alton Wilson OF west
Pittsfield.
BERTHE Clark, Doris Clark and Mrs
willis Clark were in Bangor en- pusi-
ness Saturday.
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SOLON

DR.. and Mrs. ]. o. Piper and chill
dren, who passed the winter in Phil
adelphia, are now located on their
farm for the summer.
Mrs. Fannie Piper Is staying with
Mrs. Hattie Curtis.
Mrs. Carolyn Birmingham is in
town looking after repairs on the
family home.
Miss Geneva Hunnewell Is home
from Pennington Normal school for
the summer.
Miss Flora Heald is at home for a
short stay. She will soon leave for
Castine to attend summer school, as
she is to be helping teacher In the
town Of Rumford, where she has
taught the past three years.
Miss Mile Wilson, who has been
employed in Portland in the School
for the Deaf. is helping Mrs. DR..
Boyce.
Mrs. Bertha Libby, Mrs. Hattie
Merrill and Mrs. Evie Baker are
were last year.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard French are
guests at the home of Mrs. Emma
French.
The w. c. T. U. met Tuesday after
noon with Mrs. Maude McIntire. Mrs.
John Sherburne gave an interesting
account Of her recent trip to Europe
where she passed six months.
Paul Coolidge of Pittsfeld, agent
for the Velie car, was in town We'd
nesday.
The Ladies' Home Circle met in
the church parlor Thursday after
noon, June IS. At this meeting final
plans were made for entertaining the
Somerset County Conference on
June rs. Plans were also completed
for the ordination service on the
afternoon of Juno rs. Among the out
of-county speakers will be Prof.
Martin, Phi. D.. D. D. of the Bangor
Seminary, Rev. George X. Carter and
Rev. J. c. Gregory of Portland. 1t
looks like full day of good things
for the people of this section.
On Sunday morning, June 81, the
Masons, Keystone Lodge, No. so, will
attend church In body. Other SER
vices as usual through the day. All
members of the parish are urged to
attend at least one Of these services
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-19
BURNHAM

Otis freeman Of Lawrence, Mass.
is passing several days visiting at the
homes of Albert Watson and Hiram
Hustus.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. e. Stackpole of
Boston, came Sunday night for a
weeks visit with Mre. Stackpole's
sister, Miss Annie M. Berry. and
brother and wife, MIR. and Mrs. g. W.
Berry.
Mrs. Nellie Drummond and family
have moved from the Jones rent at
Reynolds Corner to what Is known
as the Ellingwood farm.
The teachers and pupils of the viii
lage school united in giving a., enter
tainment at the school building on
Thursday evening. of this week.
Mrs. Mabel Whitney and Mrs
Hattie alexander Of Bangor have
been recent visitors with Mr.. and
Mrs. e. w. Crawford,
Mrs. Nettie Sherman is confined to
the house with a badly sprained
ankle.
Mrs. L. E. Gerald passed Tuesday
in Pittsfield with her brother, Lew
Merrithew and family.
Miss Una Drew. who has been en-
gagged in teaching in Winthrop the
past year, has completed her work
anG is visiting at the home of Everett
Gerald, and with other friends In
town.
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dLittle Jack lR3|
\ Rabbit q y +. 81
Ne by David Cory ~ $3.50 :
uNoss ,1s.-O-~-.ss w.

, Ma ?' he asked, with a wag of his tail
and a rattle of the chain that kept
/ him home nights
,"Oh, she's very we'll and happy
cause I'm good. Now that the roses
are In bloom she wears three every
day; one on each cheek and one In
her hair, which pick every morning
from the bush in the flower garden"
Have you seen the water lilies in
the Old Duck Pond?" asked DuclSey
Vaddles! 1--WE just come in from a
fine swim?"
Eyes, I saw them" answered the
little rabbit. IT would have taken one
home to Mother only ceuldn't reach
them"
'I'll get one for you tomorrow.
promised the kind little duck, and off
he waddled. while the bunny boy with
a hop. skip and jump hurried on to
the Shady Forest. All Of a sudden
Professor Jim Grow, with his Wisdom
Book under his wing, shouted from a
nearby treetop:
''Wait minute, bunny boy,
While read a word OF JOY
From my handy Wisdom Book,
Just a minute while / book"
and placing his spectacles on his long
beak he turned to page SO and read
aloud:
always face the sunshine;
Let the shadow fall behind.
Be brave and fearless boy,
And never be unkind."
"Please read 1t again SO can tell 1t
to Mother" begged the little rabbit.
I'D like to remember it for myself"
and looking up into the tree for. a
minute or three the bunny boy lis
tened while the good old bird reread
the verse three times.
"Have you got it now?" he asked,
slipping his spectacles into the case
and closing his book with snap.
Yes. have it." joyfully replied the
little rabbit. And in the next story
you shall hear what happened after
that.
Uncle Dave Cory broadcasts Lit
| tie Jack Rabbit story every Wednes-
day at $50 from Station WNYC. :.
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WEEKS MILLS

Mrs. Sarah Mclaughlin of Albion
passed last week with Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Hammond.
There will be a Sunday school at
the Union church Sunday afternoon
at one o'clock.
H. p. Reed and family were bus
mess callers in Augusta Tuesday.
Mrs. w. w. Wood passed the
weekend with Mrs. Edgar Wing in
Albion.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank True Of Au-
gusta were calling on friends here
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Clifford were
Sunday guests of Mrs. Clifford's par
ents in Freedom.
Mrs. Balentine from Windsor Is
passing a few days with Mrs. H. J..
White.
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PTTTSTON

Nellie Babineau of Portland was
a recent guest of Miss Alice Clough.
Herman Ortel of Somerville, Mass.
has moved his family to the farm
he purchased last year on Beech Mill
The many friends OF j. A. Hast,
ings, who has been seriously Ill. VIII
be glad to learn that his condition
is some better.
Mrs. David Lawrence of North
Pittston was a caller at Pleasant
View Farm, Friday.
]. C. Peterson was a business Wis
itor in Augusta, Monday.
Mrs. Emma Hastings of Randolph
visited at the home of her son, j. A.
Hastings, Monday.
Alpha Clough Of Lewiston spent
the week end at his home.
Opal and Erwin LaPlant were
callers In West Gardiner, Saturday.
Mrs. Amy Hastings and Mrs. Mil
lie Starkey were visitors in Gardiner
Saturday.
"Ted" Hersom cut his hand badly
Tuesday while working in Walkers
mill, Gardiner.
Mrs. Annie Jones was a visitor in
Gardiner Saturday.
Mrs. J. Crimmen visited friends IN
Augusta recently.
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Editorial Comment
The Independents" Case
(Portland Press Herald)

Fifty farmers who call themselves
Independent Milk Producers" are
endeavoring to secure approximate
ly $4,000 names on referendum pc
titions to prevent law enacted by
the last Legislature from becoming
effective on July 18th.
This law, so these farmers claim
will put the most of them out of
business and leave the supplying of
milk to the people of Portland to
three or four large producers.
The Independents" say that they
will not be able to meet the require
ments of the law the Legislature
enacted. They claim that the stand
ard this law has established is al
together too high for a farmer with
a few cows to attain.
The law requires all diaries to
score 80 per cent according to the
government score. card. This stand
ard cannot be reached SO these small
producers say, without making large
expenditures. The big producers can
meet these requirements because
they have abundance of capital with
which to remodel their tie-ups, can
install cement floors to be flushed
with a hose several times a day; can
put in overhead manure carriers,
elaborate ventilating systems and
can. do the other things that are
necessary to get high markings.
These independent milk men claim
that they now produce "clean" and
pure" milk and they believe in hav-
ing standard established for
Grade A" milk but they say the
standard the law they seek to have
referred to the people is too high for
the average farmer to attain.
When the diaries of these small
producers were inspected they claim
that. following the inspector who
scored their barns came men selling
ventilating systems; carriers for ma
nure and other appliances which
would be necessary in order to meet
the requirements of the law. It SEEM
ed to these farmers that there was
something strange about the way IN
which the statesmen for such appli-
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GOOD WILL

The annual meeting Of the Good
Will Home Association was held in
the Prescott Memorial Wednesday
morning. The report of Supervisor,
w. p. Hinckley, showed a year OF
real progress. Among the activities
noted was the completion and dedi-
cation Of the Martin L. Reyes cot
tage for boys-a home costing six
teen thousand dollars; the formal
opening Of. the Jordan Walk; the
dedication of the Soldiers and Sail
ors Memorial, and a map of the Good
Will premises, based upon q very
careful and painstaking survey. All
these had been made possible by
special gifts and contributions. DR..
G. G. AverilI, one of the> directors
of the Association, was the most gen.
erous contributor, to current ex-
penses of the year. and 1t was his
contribution which resulted in the
close of the years account without
deficit. 1t is more than twenty years
since the Good Will Home Associa-
ton has escaped an annual deficit
until this year, 1925. !,
The following officers were elected
for the ensuing year:
President, c. !. Bailey, Winthrop;
Vice President, Forest HI. Colby,
Bingham; Secretary, Walter p.
Hinckiey, Hinckley; Treasurer. VIII
liam G. Broadway. West Orange,
New Jersey.
The reelected trustees are George
Otis Smith, Washington, d. c.;
Charles H. Payson, Portland, Me-;
Tracy w. MacGregor. Detroit, Mich
igan; Amos l.. Prescott, New York
City, N. Y; z. ]. Mayo, Foxcroft.
Me-; George c.. Quincy, Boston,
Mass; L. c. Bates. West Paris, Me.
The directors elected are G. w.
Hinckley, Hinckley; l.. l.. Walton,
Foxboro. Mass; e. M. Foster. Water-
Vile; w. D. Hutchins. Augusta; e.
F. Danforth, Skowhegan; George G.
Averill, Waterville; George r. Nor
ton, South Paris; frank l.. Besse,
Clinton; Leslie H. Goldsmith.
The supervisors report showed
that at the end of the year the Good
Will High school had enrolment OF
IS, and 124 boys and girls In the
Grammar school. The Bates Museum
had been enriched by collection OF
South American butterflies from
Dudley Canavello, a former Coco
Will boy, now of Los Angeles, Cali
fornia, and by a notable collection OF
minerals from Mr.. and Mrs. F. L.
Besse of Clinton, Me. The total num-
Der, of volumes in the Good VIII
library is 1928. The farm had pro.
duced 225 tJns of hay, 125 tons OF
silage corn. 554 bushels of oats, 2,22o
bushels of potatoes. 70 bushels OF
string beans. As bushels # shell
beans. 1853 bushels of turnips !. 70
bushels of beets and other vegetables.
The dairy had furnished 1898 quarts
of cream, 73,2SS quarts of milk. Other
products of 1900 pounds of pork, 1850
pounds of beef, 1900 pounds OF veal,
and $50 cords of wood and 500 tons
of ice. The Association at present
has IS herd of cattle. 10 horses ana
SO. pigs Fifteen thousand white pine
plants and seedlings were planted on
the Girls farm this spring.
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LIBERTY

wEsT-Grace Cox OF Bangor q
passing her vacation at her old home
here.
The graduating exercises Of the
Sherman's Corner school were held
at the schoolhouse Friday evening
with a class Of five. Esther Blanch-
ard, Esther Stickney, Ruby Boyn-
ton, Shirley Whitaker and Evelyn
Sherman.
Several from here went to the sea-
shore on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w. Dyer and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. L. r. Nelson
and family of Palermo were at
Marshalls shore Sunday.
Esther and Lena Stickney were
Sunday guests of Ethel and Bessie
Trask.
The baptism at Georges Lake Sun
day afternoon was well attended
There were 20 or more baptised
Edwin Whitaker made . business
trip to Belfast Monday.
Maurice Witham was q business
caller at w. L. TASKS recently.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-06-19

the Normal Training class have been
awarded the Gregg Teachers Certifi-
cate with special honor. They are:
Miss Christine Howell of Augusta,
Miss Alfredo Wheeler of Bethel, Miss
Hilda Elk of Portland and Aston
Mayo Of Southwest Harbor. In type
writing also, Maine students have ex-
cellei and received special honors
from the typewriter companies. The
gold medal. awarded by the Under
wood Typewriter Company for writ
ing sixty words per minute, was won
by: Miss Christine Howell Of Angus.
ia, Melbourne MacFarlane also OF
Augusta, Miss Nora Nelson of Rock
land and Miss Dora Alexander OF
Rumford, Miss Alexander also won
the gold medal from the Remington
Typewriter Company for writing 80
words per minute. These special
honors will be announced as feat
ure of the 1926 alumni reunion
which will take place on June 20 and
~ at the school.
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REJOICING IN TIplNEss

A resident of Augusta, whose vo-
cation calls him from town the
greater part Of the year came into
the Journal Office yesterday wearing
pleased expression. Not that such
an expression is unusual for him,
but 1t was noticeable. And the rea-
son for it he explained.
I recently had occasion to ride
through many Of the streets of this
city and / was impressed by the gen.
erai tidiness not only of the streets
but of the grounds around the res
licences. The conditions were not as
! nave at times in the past noted
mere and elsewhere. giving a 'spotty'
appearance, some groups of homes
looking well kept while other groups
would not, but on the contrary would
wear an air of slovenliness. 1 did
not notice that the other day. II did
me good to note the Improvement {.
It does us all good to be improvea
and will do us no hurt to be told
about it.
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ances followed close upon the heels
Of the dairy inspectors. They began
to think that perhaps the people who
manufacture such appliances may
have had something to do with the
enactment of this law.
Health officers, it Is said, would
prefer to have the milk supply COM
ing into the cities handled entirely
by big concerns. This would enable
them to make fewer inspections.
While this might be fine thing
viewed from one standpoint, 1t may
not be regarded as ideal by the con-
sumers who may be compelled to pay
more for their milk when there is
less competition.
1t will seem to some that the Gin
dependent" milk men who are asking
for a referendum have a good case
and that they will not have much
difficulty in securing the $4,000 sig
natures they are seeking.
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Burnham Grange

Burnham Grange held an interest
ing meeting on Tuesday evening with
about 100 In attendance, including
visitors from Sebasticook Grange, No.
80; Clinton Grange and Benton
Grange. Master Carroll McAllister
presided at the meeting, and at the
close of the regular business meeting
an open session was declared and all
enjoyed the program.
The speaker of the evening was
State Librarian H. e. Dunnack of
Augusta. who gave very interesting
and able address, taking Maine for
his subject, and at the close a rising
vote of thanks was given Mr.. Dun
mack for his inspiring address. Re-
marks were made by Mrs. Ella Ken
nedy and Mr.. and Mrs. Austin Hersey
of Clinton. Mr.. and Mrs. Carey Of
Benton; F. L. Cunningham, Master
of Sebasticook Grange. and Mrs.
Cunningham, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Pease
and others. At the close of the meet
ing bounteous supper was ably
served by a committee consisting of
Messrs. Ralph A. Miles, Enrol Ham
lin and Leon Tilton.
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FAIRFIELD

The regular meeting of the Socia
Neighbours which was to have beer
held this week has been postponed
indefinitely.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sanford Bishop o,
Eastport have been visiting Mr.. ant
Mrs. H. NJ. Drew during Colby com
mencement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kelly Cree and family
of Rockland have been visiting Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Rollins during Colby
commencement. their son, Hiram
being in the graduating class.
Miss Pearle King and Miss Evelyr
st. Peter motored to Camp Benson
Sunday.
Miss Grace Melrose and Mrs. Hat
tie Fenalson passed Tuesday in Au-
gusta.
DIR. and Mrs. %. B. Ames of Bos.
ton, Mass, arrived In town Tuesday
to pass the summer.
Mrs. George Barstow and children
and children are visiting relatives In
Freedom.
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Carr went t.
Portland Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Morrow and
! daughter. Nellie. of Harpswell, Mass.
are visiting Mrs. Jennie F..Kreger.
Mrs. Harriet McFadden returned
to her home on Winchester stree,
Tusday, after passing the winter
with her sister, Mrs. Otis Martin II
Guilford.
Ernest Priest, Ray Mitchell. Car
Robinson and Leon Davis, attended
the Lions Club meeting at East Ponc
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. Harold Levens went to Can
ada Wednesday. called there ny tne
serious illness of her mother, MRS
Amanda Jacques.
o. NJ. Butler of Portland was 9
business. caller in town Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Drew returned
Monday from Portland, Boston anc
birmingham, where they have beer
visiting for several days.
Miss Sadie woodman, Walter
Woodman and Miss Lucille Nc
Laughlin went to Pennington We'd
nesday to attend the graduating ex-
ercises of Pennington normal. Miss
CAROLYN Pratt being one OF the mem
bers of the graduating class.
Miss Lydia Nye went to Lewiston
Wednesday to visit. Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Coffell.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. McClintock
returned Sunday from Plymouth and
Troy where they passed the week enc
with relatives.
Mrs. Blanche Giles and sons Wen
dell and Russell passed Sunday IN
Clinton with Ker mother. Mrs. Mar
shall Hall. wendall remained for .
little visit.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Rafferty, OF
Bangor passed the week end with MT
and Mrs. Eugene Foster.
Mrs. Merle Hunt and daughter
Shirley, of Conn. are visiting MRS
Hunts parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Calvin
Horne.
Miss Alice Ladd has returned from
Portland, where she has been visit
ing friends.
p. A. Smith and Abbott Nelson
passed Tuesday night at the Nelson
camp at Sibley Pond. IA
Mr.. and Mrs. Orrin Learned and
children returned Wednesday from
Portland.
Mrs. Charles william Of Skowhe-
gan was in town Wednesday on busi-
ness.
Mrs. George Litohield and daugh-
ter of Augusta were visiting MIS-
Will Burrill Wednesday afternoon.
Stephen Bradley and Roy Went
worth were fishing at Fowler's Brook
Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Vivian Glazier returned We'd
nesday from Pennington, where she
has been attending Pennington nor
NAL.
Friends of Miss Doris Tozier, who
was a member Of the graduating
class at Colby college, are congratu-
lating her that she was one OF nine
members of her class to beelected a
member of the Phi Beta Kappa So
Ciety.
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INTELLIGENCE TESTS

If some Of US spoke frankly would
we not admit that at least little of
this talk about scientific tests of
mentality and sanity has caused US
a sense of uneasiness, especially II
confronted by any likelihood of be-
ing subjected to them? Have not
some of us felt charitably disposed
toward the recruits for the World
War, for instance, whose mentality,
as measured by modern methods Of
discernment, received a low rating !?
Has there not lurked in our minds a
question whether these methods are
yet perfected to the extent that
many suppose, although supported
by rather elaborate statistics?
Possibly this is indulging in un-
supported confidence in the genus
homo but the experience had at
Bowdoin College in the first year of
applying intelligence tests surely
cannot be all desired by the propon-
ents of those tests. The annual re-
port of the president of that institu-
ton includes what the dean of the
College has to say on the result of
the Otis Group Intelligence Test Civ
en- to the freshmen for the first time
this year under the direction Of the
department Of psychology. Here is
part of what he said:
"The very highest man in the class
enthusiastically was, to be sure, the
third highest in the test, and the two
lowest men in the class scholastical-
ly were the lowest men in the test.
But when one finds five &C. men,
enthusiastically, amongst the seventeen
"A men in the test, two e. men,
enthusiastically. amongst the twenty
five b men in the test, and a very
large number of other such varia-
lions, 1t seems that test of this
sort is chiefly valuable as an addi-
tional means OF discovering the wan
dering and unsteadfast stars of a
class. Stars of this variety, it might
be added. are ordinarily visible to the
naked eye, anyhow. The great ques-
ton. is how to fix Them"
1t seems but fair to assume there
is advantage to be had from these
intelligence tests. Under some con-
ditions they may meet the require
ments, but to assume these results
to be conclusive. to base. our esti-
mates Of the capacity of the human
being exclusively on these, seems
unfair to the aforesaid human beings
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. NV David Cory

~ >'C >~e<"0TS"C
The weathercock on the Big Red
Barn
Went swinging to and fro.
In his bright red vest, now East, now
West,
On his little gilded toe.
Hello, little bunny" he shouted, as
Little Jack Rabbi hoped through the
gate, where have you been and how
long will you waltz
II don't know" answered the truth
full little bunny boy. Somebody
might brighten me and shorten my
visit. How can l tell? Do you see
Danny Fox anywhere?"
mo Stree" answered the Weather
cock. I'D have told you before you
asked me. l don't like that old rob-
Der one least little bit. He's most I'M
elcome hereabouts."
1T makes me SILVER to think OF
him." cried Kenny Jenny.
ME, too" agreed Cocky Doodle, al
though he should have said, II, too
Little Reader. Careless Of him,
wasn't it?
Just then Old Sic'em, the Kind Far
mer's watch dog, looked out of the
round doorway in his kennel house.
Bow, wow, wow!" How's your
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FRIEND SAVED MRS. wlLHELMy

"Overwork. worry, no appetite, no
sleep, | looked like a corpse" says
Mrs. Mary Wilhelmy of st. Paul,
Mimi, "and to add to my troubles my
physician advised an operation. A
friend, however, asked me to try
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound. did so, and you should see
the improvement. I eat we'll, sleep
well, have gained in weight and
strength and feel fine" That is what
Lydia f. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound did for Mrs. Wilhelmy, and It
will do as much for any suffering
woman.