Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-16

anu every Di0SSGo OIlS we IilGcL Is
Must stop to hear him neigh. y
So everyone, we think, must move
To give our hobby room;
Some people ride him, oh so hard.
They ride him to his doom.
But better still, my friend, 'twould be,
To keep him same a S Cal,
Within the attic of our minds.
A silent working pal.
&c. Edmund Stearns, in Lewiston
Sun.
The Lewdston-Auburn Kiwanis
Club will be the host to the South
Paris. Augusta and other clubs of
the Maine Kiwanis organization at
a field day scheduled to be held in
Lewiston sometime next month.
Members of the Lewiston-Auburn
Motorcycle Club held their semi
monthly run Wednesday to Trip
Pond where swimming and various
games were enjoyed. Another run will
| be held in two weeks, the place to be
| determined later. There are about 40
| members Of the club.
'Peck's BSd Boys" and the "Base-
| ment Pirates" crossed bats at the
annual outing Of the employees of
the B. Peck Co., Lewiston, held
Wednesday at Tacoma Inn. While
the exact score could not be learned,
/ it was reported that the Buccaneers
| Won 16 to 6, or thereabout.
The Porter Memorial Library al
| Machias has received the gift of q
beautiful large oil painting from
William l. Cole, of Norton. Mass,
| the picture having belonged to his
brother, the late Rev. Samuel Valen-
| tine Cole who was president Of
! Wheaton College for many years.
The picture is that Of Shakespeare
reading one of his plays before
| Queen Elizabeth and her court and
will be highly priced both from its
value as a fine painting and from its
association with DR.. Cole, whose
memory is held dear by many at
! Machias. Both DIR. Cole and his
brother were born at Machiasport.
Plans have been perfected for the
Goth annual outing of the Maine
Sportsmans Fish and Game Asso-
citation, which will be held at Squaw
Mountain Inn at Greenyille today
and Saturday. Nine shooting
matches are arranged for Friday,
! including re-entry qualification
pistol and revolver, guides and
warden's match, beginners match
off hand match, ladies' rifle match
Chisholm cup match, TallWood Inn
cup and trap shooting. Unfinished
matches from Friday, trap shooting
and warden's cup match are sched-
uled for Saturday. also fly catching
events for distance and accuracy
A prize will be given to the mem
Der catching the largest fish for the
two days of the outing.
George Lansil. 81, who was amons
the pioneer photographers in East.
ern Maine and who was recognized
as an artist Of exceptional ability
died at his home in Fourth street
in Bangor. on Wednesday afternoon
Mr.. Lansil was a native of Bangor
and was the son of Capt. James
Lansil. He is survived by his wife
Ella, daughter, Mrs. Martha Rich
ardson of Hampden, and one grand
daughter, Helen L. Richardson
Mr.. Lansil was a member of Mason
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active interest. While engaged il
his profession at Bangor he enjoyed
a patronage that was not confined
to Bangor and its vicinity but many
from distant parts of the eastern
section of state went there to post
for pictures in his studio.
Patrolman Michael J. Regain o
Biddeford, has been successful If
clearing up the thefts of rhubarl
from the gardens of Cornelius Hort
gan, May street, Biddeford, during
. the past-few nights. One night thi:
week thieves drove to the gardeI
in an automobile and destroyed {
patch of about 500 pounds of rhu
barb and carried away quite {
quantity The police believe thai
the young men carried the rhubart
to some place on the outskirts o
the city where they are making
rhubarb wine. Mr.. Horigan doe!
not care to prosecute the young meI
and it is likely that no court actor
will be taken. Some of the young
men were notified to report at thu
police station as the officers Intend
to put an end to such work RICH
away.
Between 40 and so people, owners
| executives, sales managers and othe
officials of the Pepperell Manufactur
ing Co. will arrive in Lewiston toda!
for their first annual gathering. Thu
following day will be spent at TIL
! Biddeford plant of the company. Thu
New York and Boston men will COM
to Portland on the Pine Tree thi
morning, and will be met there by au
, tos which will take them to Lewiston
| A crew of so or more workmen is en-
gagged in making renovations in thu
building of the Pepperell mills Oh
Main street, Biddeford, between thu
Office of the mill and Lincoln street
formerly used as a weave shed, which
is to be made into a display room TO
the Pepperell products and recreation
hall for the Social and Athletic Clul
Of the mills. 1t is hoped to have tn
work completed for the convention O.
the statesmen.
The annual summer cruise of TIL,
Portland Naval Reserve forces is
scheduled to start on August L
when the local outfits will board tn,
United States destroyers James K
Pauling and sturtevant for two
weeks Of intensive training. The
rendezvous of the Portland units
will be in the vicinity of Gardiner
: Bay, Long Island. The members o
the 10Th Division have been assign
: ed to the Sturtevant while those
attached to the goth Division will
: sail on the Pauling. Extensiv,
preparations have been made TO
this seasons cruise. and the train
ing will be carried on in a mos
thorough manner under the direc.
tin of experiencei officers of thu