Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-07
MAINE GOSSIP


They tempt the eye and please the
And give US lots Of fun
To see our guests and hear them say
I'll take another bum"
When we began the plate was full,
We eye II as IL wanes;
Bun after bun is tucked away,
Till not bun remains.
Wen sing the praise Of this good
As long as water runs:
For pleasing us to see our guests
Consume her bonny buns
Rev: William Wood of saco. in
Biddeford Journal.
The 9th annual reunion of the
Haggett family will be held Tuesday
Aug. II, at the Town hall. Edge
comb.
The careless throwing Of cigar
cites is given as the cause Of two
small fires in Portland. Wednesday,
neither Of which accomplished any
damage.
The Newell family reunion will
be held this year on Saturday, Au-
gusl21. at Pine Tree grange hall at
Lisbon. This announcement is made
by the president, Mrs. Hattie Has
call of Durham.
The people OF the little town of
Sebago on Wednesday celebrated the
centennial of their town with a par
ade and other features. The town
may not be the largest in the state
but it is one of the most beautifully
located and it's name is known in
many states Of the Union.-Bath
Times.
Brunswick is making great prep
arations for the convention of the
American Legion, Department of
Maine, which takes place there next
week. An arch is being erected on
Main street, across the entrance to
Pleasant street. and American flags
are being placed on the light poles at
the corners of streets, leading from
Main street. Within the next few
days many Of business Places Will
be decorated in the national colors.
A big job of road construction
which will cost in the neighborhood
Of $4,000 has been commenced on
the Small Point road in Phippsburg
from a point south of the town farm.
1t will be built under State specifica-
tions and the work is in charge of
Herbert W. Cutting. When COM
pleted the Small Point road will be
- thiS has hpPn
one of the worst pieces of the road
on the route.
Louis J. Francke of New York was
a guest at the municipal court in
Damariscotta. Wednesday, on the
urgent invitation of Traffic Officer,
Harry l. Thompson of Bath. Mr..
Thompson followed Francke from
Waldoboro. a distance of ten miles,
trying to get a chance to extend The
invitation. He had to do better than
so miles an hour, he said. but al
Damariscotta managed to mead OIL
the eight-cylinder car. The court
thought a dollar a mile was about
right-siXty miles, sixty dollars.
Coincident with the filing in the
Sagadahoc county probate court of
the will of Clemence c. Morse, who
died suddenly in Bath, July 10. in
which she names her husband.
Charles W. Morse, as executor. and
asks that he be appointed without
bond, was the presentation of a petit
ton of her step-son, Harry +. Morse,
of Noank, Conn, Wednesday, de-
claring that his father is not legal
ly competent and praying for the
appointment of his brother, Erwin A.
Morse of Washington, d. c., and
himself as administrators of her
estate.
New England yachtsmen will focus
their attention on the summer colony
of Sebasco Saturday, Aug. IA. On
that day almost every class of yacht
will be entered in a regatta when
includes several kinds of races. The
prizes for the events are silver cups
and gold pieces. A large number OF
entries have already been sent to the
secretary Of the committee in charge
of the event, Mrs. Ralph j. Walker
There will be races for yachts In
two classes, fishermen's motofooats'
Measure boats, and row boats with
two oarsrnen. 1t Is also planned 10
have a tub race.
More than $50 Aroostook farmers
and their wives attended the Aroos-
took County Farm Bureau field day.
held at Aroostook Farm, Presque
Isle. Thursday. The farmers pegan
to gather about A. M, ana were
directed to the various experimental
and test plots by group of Pressure
Isle farmers. who acted as guides.
The morning was spent in a tour OF
the plots which the station staff ex-
plained in detail. In each case an
effort was made to explain to the
farmers the practical work when
could be accomplished by using the
latest developments in potato grow
ing. A very profitable speaking pro-
gram was carried out in the after
noon.
Richard H Field of Phillips has
been added to the staff at the Re-
publican State Headquarters in
Portland. He will have charge of
the arrangements in connection with
the whirlwind tour of candidates for
Governor and for Congress. which
will begin on August is and will
continue through the remainder of
the State Campaign. Mr.. Field Is
the son of Chairman Daniel F. Field
of the Republican State Committee
and is a student at Harvard Law
School. Chairman Field and Joseph
w. Simpson of York, national COM
mitteeman from Maine. were in con-
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