Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-15

all phases of social life, literary ma
| terial. and also alumni notes.
A Bath woman recently entered
| William Manns bakery and after
making a purchase handed the pro-
prietor a one dollar bill He started
| to make change from the cash reg
| lister and picking up a considerably
| worn half dollar laid it aside. She
| inquired why he did this and he
handed her the coin which bore the
| date 1926.
Col and Mrs. Walter Duncan, Of
Boston, spoke on the work of the
Volunteers of America, telling of it's
aims and purposes. at a meeting
| Sunday at Bangor. Col Duncan is
| head of the organization in New
| England and both he and Mrs. Dun
| can have been members of that body
| since it came into existence 20 years
| ago. travelling in all states Of the
Union as its representatives.
In the February number of Browns
Paper, a periodical published for
state, county and municipal officers
by the l.. L. Brown Paper Co., Adams,
/ Mass, appears this paragraph con-
corning Warren E. Craig, register of
deeds for Penobscot county, accom-
panied by portrait.
Warren + Craig, who has served
as register of deeds for Penobscot
/ county, Maine, since 1919. is keenly
| appreciative of good books. Aside
from the mahy official volumes in
! his care, some 1900 more choice NOR
sells are in his personal library. He
is a former educator and has rem
dered splendid public service In num-
erous town Offices"
John A. Moffitt Of Portland was re-
ceiving congratulations last Friday
from his friends and business acco-
ciates, the occasion beings the compile
tion of his S3th year as representa-
tive of the Prudential Insurance Co. of
America. Mr.. Motfitt, who is an as
sistant superintendent, began his ca
reer with the company in Haverstraw.
N Y, successfully serving as assist
ant superintendent in Yonkers and
Waterbury,, Conn. He has made a
good record and has been among the
leaders in New England territory for
some years in the matter of produc-
eligible to membership in Glass G Of
the Prudential Old Guard, an organ
izaton instituted by the late John +.
Dryden. founder of the company.
Who wants a more beautiful VIM
ter than Aroostook has thus far been
enjoying? The man who holds up his
hand must indeed be greedy fellow.
The mercury has not got below zero
more than a comparatively few times,
while it has been from five to 25
above zero a large part of the time
The writer's thermometer showed
about II above zero for two or three
days and nights in succession a week
or two ago. We have had quite a
little wind once in awhile. yet the
lpads are not bad at all. The bright
ness and pleasantness and sunny
qualities Of most of the weather are
indeed a pleasant thing to almost
anybody. OF course the winters In
northern Maine are colder than in the
Carolinas, Florida or southern Cali
fornia, yet they are fully as health
full and far more bracing-Fort FAIR
field Review.
Senator Charles 3. Garter of Lew
iston delivered his talk on the HYDRO
Electric situation in Maine, before
the Auburn Lions club at its last
meeting. Senator Carriers talk en-
braced new matters of interest which
has not been featured in any of his
many other talks before local SER
vice clubs. He answered a resolution
of the Associated Industries of Maine
which went on record as saying that
the so called Fernald law should be
repealed. Senator Carter sarcastically
remarked that Maine should remain
provincial such as the Province OF
Quebec, Massachusetts, New York |
and Virginia. who are taking action
on the restriction of transporting
electric power outside the state |
limits. He also said that the law |
should not be repealed and that there !
should be some limit to the charter |
amendments. At the meeting this |
week the Androscoggin County |
fruit Growers Association will be the |
guests of the Lions Club.