Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-19
MAINE GOSSIP
The Dependable Boy


He owns naught of beauty, of wit or Of
grace,
Yet his presence brings comfort and
JOY,
For when help is needed, he's always
at hand,
This blessed, dependable boy.
Has a cog slipped its place in the
wheels of the day,
And were puzzled and troubled the
| He knows what to do, and he does 1t
at once,
| With a song and a bright, CHEEKY
smile.
Then, here's to the laddie that every
Whose presence brings comfort and
joy;
Life's tangles all straighten and trou-
bles take wing
For this blessed, dependable boy.
Florence Jones Hadley.
| Three BoWdOinham lads went into
the woods with shot guns in search
of rabbits but to the surprise Of
| their parents returned with a deer
which they brought down with shot.
Representatives of the lewiston
Auburn snow shoe clubs met We'd
| nesday evening and discussed pans
for the convention to be held at
Manchester. n. H, next February
1t is expected there will be 1900
| delegates from Canadian and Maine
clubs.
| A dandelion blossom in full bloom
was picked by Marguerite E. Emer-
| son Of Sabbattus last Tuesday al
ternoon in the orchard of the Will
liam Leland Farm. AS proof, she
sent the blossom to the Kennebec
Journal Office.
The State Y. NJ. C. A. is to hold
its 45th annual convention at Au-
burn "Y" Saturday. Among the
features will be the banquet Saur-
| day night with Rev. G. f. Finnie,
| POSTMASTER. Speakers include James
W. McCandless, National Council
secretary of the department of AS
! ISOLATION administration and others.
| Passenger service betwo i Boston,
Penobscot Bay ports and Bangor
which has been maintained con-
tinuously for many years will be
discontinued December l, when the
| turbine steamers Camden md the
Belfast will either be laid up or
placed in other service. Freight
service will be maintained by the
| steamer Cornish.
Fred Berry, U. S. N, who has Just
completed four year enlistment as
ships druggist, has ar, / in Bath
for a months furlough with his
father He Is a graduate of Port
land High class, of '21, and before
entering the navy was employed in
Lisbon Falls. He plans to re-enlist
years stay in Haiti, where his ship
was stationed.
A Beef Producers association was
formed recently in Pressure Isle
sponsored by interested farmers and
other citizens of Fort Fairfield,
Caribou, Limestone and Presque
Isle. The president elected at the
initial meeting of the association
was D. c. Getchell of Limestone. On
the executive committee were nu-
merous well-known farmers of the
county including Tom E. Houghton
of Fort Fairfield.
A valuation of $3O3,612. was placed
on the properties, franchises and
rights of the Penobscot County
Water Company, IN Old Town and
Milford, in the decision filed in tire
Office of the county clerk of courts
| Wednesday by the commission ap-
pointed for that purpose. number
of hearings were held to take testi-
mony on the matter and the decision
| follows a careful consideration of all
the problems presented.
The members of the Biddeford
fire department staged b t at
the Central fire station Tuesday
evening. to celebrate the addition
to the department of the new aerial
truck. Members of the city council
and other city officials were present,
also a number of guests from out
side the city. including the chief
engineers of several departments
from out-of-town. A very interest
ing programme of entertainment
and addresses was presented in con-
nection with the banquet. There
were 112 in attendance at the ban.
quet.
| A statement from the pulpit of
st. Peters Church at Lewiston by
Father Bellemarre. that Catholics
should not join service clubs. such
as the kiwanis, was repudiated by
Father Dion. the pastor, in inter-
views. Wednesday. Father Dion
said it did not represent his opinion
or that of the Dominicans. He had
not read the sermon before it was
delivered. Father Bellemarre said
ne took his position because of an
encyclical by Pope Leo XIII, which
recommended that Catholics should
not belong to societies neutral on re-
! lglon, lest their own faith be placed
in danger.
City Sanitarian Chester S. Ginrs.
! ley of Bath asserts that there is alb
soiutely no truth inNthe rumor that
here is an epidemic or a sign of an