Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-09

Crashing, the heavens totter, swift,
and in reckless pain.
Strike out the stain.
Rising the road sweeps with us.
Water and wind and fame
Follow and swirl and thunder, dark
on the way we came
Mighty we ride. and punished; bat
tered, and stripped of shame.
Joy without namel
Singl The thunder's back is broken,
Clouds disintegrate at will.
Pale, and far, and dimly choking,
Lfmps the storm across hill.
Laughter, hooking echoes still.
katherine Perkins in The Forum.
Auburn's new road signs have
arrived. They are in the shape of
an Oxford shoe. 24x1O inches and
are inscribed, Auburn, Shoe City of
Maine, Chamber of Commerce" A
total Of ESQ will be erected.
Battery H. boys from Bath Of the
Second battalion and Battery D Of
Portland of the First battalion were
awarded streamers to be attached to
their guidons at the 240th Coast
Artillery camp at Fort Williams
awarded for making the best show
ing in military efficiency for the
day.
| The joint standing committee on
fire department at Bath recon-
mended to the city government at
its monthly meeting Wednesday
night the purchase of new 500
, gallon pumper to take the place of
thes present Seagraves combination
hose and chemical truck at Station
2, and the conversion Of the latter
into hook and ladder truck.
Ralph Littlefield, secretary Of the
Kennebec Valley Rotary Associa-
ton, has written a letter to Secre-
tary Passmore of the Bath club
congratulating Bath Rotarians for
their attendance and cooperation at
the Get-to-Gether a week ago at
Island Park. There were % present
from Bath which ranked third in
attendance out Of the six clubs
represented.
All ships which are equipped with
radio compasses will not only be
able to determine their compass
| bearing but also will be able to COM
pute their distance from the object
! by noting the difference in time be-
tween the submarine signal and the
radio beacon. In this way it will
| be possible to eliminate gradually
| the radio compasses along the coast,
and in case mistakes are made, it
will be the fault of the ship and
| M CT n
| time all radio bearings are sent out
free. of charge from all stations in
the United States, while in foreign
countries it is necessary to pay a
| charge.
The Ellsworth Chamber of Com
merce is giving its support and CO.
operation to the boys and girls
agricultural clubs of the county.
As was recently announced, the
State chamber of commerce is
financing the~pilgrimage of $50 boys
| and girls of the Maine clubs to the
| Springfield exposition in September.
These boys and girls are selected by
merit for work done, and Hancock
county Is the banner county of the
State, with the largest quota. The
directors of the Ellsworth Chamber
voted to contribute $40 to the fund
being raised by the State chamber.
! In addition to this, it is hoped to
/ have as guests at the August
! meeting of the chamber, the sixteen
boys and girls selected to go. Each
of these will be presented with a
suitable badge or medal, showing
that they are from Hancock county.
Walter L. Gray of South Paris, a
past president of the Norway Paris
Kiwanis Club In a communication
to The Press Herald, states that
that portion Of the Augusta dis
patch relating to the Norway-Paris
members, kites flown, at the Kiwan-
Is State Field Day at Monks Hill,
Readfield, is incorrect. The story in
question was that the Norway
Paris delegation supplied the kites
which were distinctly Maine prod
ucts, made in the towns from which
the winning delegation came" 1t
was also stated that experience in
flying the kites handily won the
event for the Oxford county contin-
gent.
'These kites" writes Mr.. Gray,
ARE a Massachusetts product. They
are maze Dy the American 10y
Company and have been on the
market only two years. There were
only two men In the club that saw
one of these kites the day before,
and that is Mr.. Neal and myself.
was not present at the field day.
Mr.. Neal was. The winners from
South Paris never saw one of those
kites until that day at Augusta"
Erwin d. Canham of Auburn has
been appointed secretary of a sub
committee appearing before the
League of Nations at Geneva in
September. DR.. A. w. Gilbert, Com
missioner of Agriculture of Massa-
as a special adviser on agriculture
representing the U. S. and has at
tended one session and will attend
the coming session, and has appoint
ed Mr.. Canham as secretary to his
committee. Mr.. Canham will sail
from New York August 25 going di-
rectly to Geneva, Switzerland. He
will attend the opening sessions of
the League as an observer acting as
secretary of the committee at its
meetings. From Geneva he will go
directly to Oxford University, Eng
land where on Oct. 16, he will en-
roll at Oriel college, for a three
years course, being the Maine
Rhodes scholar for this year. Since
his graduation from Bates in 1925