Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-05-22
MAINE GOSSIP


I Iike these words, to boom our State,
Know Maine, and know her we'll;
Study every nook and corner,
Don't depend on what they tell.
Spend awhile. along her coast line,
There's the wild and rugged shore:
Where the waves strike reefs and
lodges,
With mighty, thunderous roar.
On perhaps, a few miles further,
You will find the sandy beach,
Lined in summer with pleasure seek
erS,
Just as far as the eye can reach.
And her islands add their beauty
To a scenery scarce surpassed;
The coast Of Maine makes an impress
sion
On your mind that's bound to last.
Know her lakes and streams and
Know her mountains staunch and
grand,
Stop awhile among her forests.
Which supply great demand.
Winter sports now make Maine famous
AS a playground for young and old,
Seems to help make winter shorter.
Makes us glad for snow and cold.
There are wide awake towns and
cities,
Where there's work for everyone;
There are farms for rural workers,
And there's heaps of room for fun.
When they known you. Maine, they
They want to claim you for their
To us, you're the best State in New
Just Because you're Maine. and
L w. Huntington.
Ashland. Maine.
The 37th annual convention of the
Penobscot County w. c. T. U. was
held Wednesday and Thursday at
Saltwater.
Stamps have appeared in Bath
stores advertising that city. On
them are pictures of ship and OF
the proposed Kennebec bridge, while
they bear the inscription Come to
Bath, Maine"
H. A. Daniels arrived Saturday, at
Rockland from Miami, Fla. When
he left Miami, the thermometers
were registering SO in the shade,
and he arrived in Rockland to find
the figures exactly reversed.
More than 100 tons Of lead are be-
ing used in the keels for the 16
yachts of the Seawanhaha class
which are building at the Bath Iron
Works, Ltd. AS this lead costs more
than $4,000 a ton one can see that
the keels alone of these craft Is an
expensive proposition.
MacMahan island is one of the
most successful summer colonies in
this part of Maine, and it has been
carefully developed so that its future
as the little Bar Harbor of Maine"
is assured, says The Bath Times. 1t
is pleasing to note that the prospects
for the coming season at this charm
ing resort are the brightest in its
history.
r. Eugene Farnsworth, former or
ganist for the K. X. K. in Maine, is
to speak this Friday night in Ma
sonic temple at Bath, under the aus
pices of the Maine Boosters Club on
"A Fighting Chance for Maine
People," which will deal with the
subject of Selling Maine" Mr..
Farnsworth, it is said, has a travel
record of 100000 and is intimately
acquainted with the boom move
ments in California and Florida.
Will any town or city contest
Fryeburg's claim of having the larg-
est maple tree in the state of Maine?
Fryeburg's monster maple stands in
the dooryard of the Hurd homestead
at F'ryeburg Harbor. on the road
leading from North Tryeburg to
Lowell. Many people travelling
through the town stopping to admire
it and oftentimes to measure it. The
circumference of the tree one foot
from the ground is % feet, and at the
smallest portion of the trunk it is %
feet around.
The name Of Hon. Cecil r. Clark Of
Saco, president of the Clark Power
Company and a former member Of
the Executive Council under Gov
ernor Baxter, is being mentioned in
connection with the position of agent
for the Pepperell cotton mills at Bid
deford. Announcement was made
early this week of the resignation Of
agent Ernest L. Morrill,, for SO years
connected with the Pepperell Manu-
featuring Company, 16 years of
which time he has been at the head
of the Biddeford plant.
The Bangor Ministerial Association
has adopted resolutions relative to
the departure of Rev. Albert e. Nor
ris, who left Bangor for Augusta.
The resolutions follow:
Whereas: Our excellent and eff
cient worker and chairman of our
program committee, Rev. Albert E.
Morris, has been promoted to another
field of service,
I'VE, the members of Bangor
Ministerial Association, desire to go
on record as losing wise counselor,
loving brother, faithful member, de-
voted worker, and good servant of
Jesus Christ; All of us irrespective
of intellectual attachments, or d.
verging doctrinal views have found
delight in his fellowship and JOY in
mutual service.
1t Is our earnest prayer that his
lift may long be spared for service
to his denomination and to the cause
Of Christ"
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