Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-13

left too long undone.
Mind you! We are not insinuatins-
Both Of us. are talking about the
"other fellow
Still. it is the eleventh hour--just
the same.
The Father and Son banquet held
at Brewer last Thursday evening
was one of the most successful af-
fairs of the kind ever held In that
city.
Bunk" was the subject of the
address given before the Bangor
Veritans at it's last meeting by Pro-
fessor o. e. Jensen Of Bangor. He
told of the bunk of the mediums, OF
the bunk of the get rich promoter, Of
the health bunk in patent medicines,
of the bunk In the matrimonial
papers. 1t was interesting and in
structive paper.
Houlton radio fans are interested
in the fact that when they tune In
to listen to Station VITO at Hart
ford, Conn. Robert Wilkins. son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. George e. Wilkins or
Houlton, is one of the announcers.
He was announcing last Monday
night and was heard by a number OF
people in Houlton, and every once
in a while he says something from
which those in his Maine home sec
ton can read between the lines and
know that he is referring to Houlton.
Gulls and crows have become
somewhat tame this month with the
arrival of an abundance Of snow
| which covered fields, rocks, trees and
the usual feeding places on beaches
and each day plenty of gulls are seen
in the harbor, often resting on
wharves and store buildings along
| the business section where refuse Is
often tossed into the salt water to be
| quickly visited by hungry seabirds
| that will be plentiful all winter.
PASSPORT correspondence In The
Bangor News.
A boys attempt to collect a debt
of 70 cents alleged to be due his
, father. a grocer in outer Hammond
street in Bangor. got him into the
clutches of the law. Last Thursday
| he was arraigned in the Bangor
municipal court on charge Of assault
and battery ON Clifford Leland. The
respondent was Alfred Hunt, who
| appeared to have been magnanimous
in the matter. however, as he seized
a carton which Leland carried under
his arm and gave the latter credit
| for It in the sum of three cents on
account. Leland testified that the
boy seized him by the arm and
! threw him to the ground, wrenching
| his back. Judge Gleszer decided
that as Hunt, on his own testimony.
was guilty of assault and continued
the case to Monday for sentence.
A building is being constructed in
! HouIton for the use of the United
States Immigration service, room in
other departments not caring for the
! number of men employed. The
! structure is AZ feet long and 20 feet
/ wide and will be one story high
! in the front part will be the offices
! of the patrol men, while in the rear
will be room for two cars. 1t is
expected that the building will be
ready for occupancy by the middle
| of December. The increase in Bor-
der patrol by the Government has
! necessitated quarters where the bust
ness can be carried on more econom
| ically and conveniently. Houlton be-
ing the District headquarters for the
service from Calais to Fort Kent
At the present time there are II mer
employed and 1t Is expected that with
the opening of 1927 business this
number will be increased.
Frederick w. Call, one Of East
ports three surviving veterans of the
Civil War, died last Tuesday in hi:
SD year He enlisted in the Seventh
Maine Regiment, and later in the
First Maine, in Calais, in 1852, ant
was mustered out in July. 1865, ant
saw much fighting with his regiment
| He could relate many very exciting
and interesting experiences of the
War.
His hobby for the past half cen.
fury was cameras and photo worl
as he started in this profession II
the days of ry-plates and tin types
when the present indispensable shut
| ters were not known on cameras ant
| cap was in use to make exposures
He early invented a satisfactor,
wooden shutter, as also other small
easy methods, and even in his ad
VduCSQ years cdlJoycu tdihiiiS oONN
photography. although he had no
followed this profession.
His principal work for many years
was painting, including landscapes
signs for merchants, and at on
time he completed remarkable pan
Drama of Ireland, many feet in length
which was taken throughout tn,
Eastern Maine towns to be admired
Mr.. Call early became Snowman
and acrobat, later taking up black
face specialties, and had Travelled
two years with the once famed Ston'
& Murray circus which In those day
travelled from town to town IL
wagons, and he had introduced {
novel spade dance" speciality which
was original and probably never triet
by other acrobats on the stage.
In many home talent dramas n
took part I'm his native city. TO
during the Civil War, when Soutl
with his regiment, he had studied
the peculiar antics Of the darke.
minstrel performers which was :
novelty more than so years ago.