Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-02-05

Where feeds the moose and walks the
And up the tall mast runs the wood
pecker.
He heard when in the grove at inter-
walls,
With sudden roar the aged pine tree
One crash. the death hymn of the per-
feet tree,
Declares the close Of its green century.
Low lies the plant to whose creation
went
Sweet influence from every element;
Whose living towers the years con-
spired to build,
Whose giddy top the morning loved to
gid.
Fifty years ago this month Doctors
French of Portland. Brickett of Au-
gusta and Horr Of Lewiston as a COM
mittee from the Maine Medical Socie-
ty,, presented bill before the legfs-
lative judiciary committee to institute
a State Board of Health.
A unique hockey game was played
between teams from Bangor and
Orono the other day on the winter
sports program of the Penobscot
Valley Country Club at Bangor.
Small brooms and a tennis ball were
the weapons used in the game. The
odds went to the Orono team which
won the contest 'by 4 10 score.
Pupils on the public schools of
Bath will no longer be permitted to
be excused from school to attend
moving picture shows according to
a decree of the board of education
unanimously voted at the monthly
meeting Monday night at which
nearly every member was present. Ii
thew do bring an excuse from their
parents they will be obliged to make
I'D the time and their studies the FOL
| lowing day.
At a meeting of the Guilford Fire
| Company Frederick Knowles was
elected chief, and Ernest Ferris,
| sec'y and treasurer for the ensuing
wear. It was voted to allow the chief
| to appoint the assistant chief instead
of filing that position by election and
| Chief Knowles appointed Elmer La
| Bree as his assistant. Both of these
men are veteran fire fighters and
| well qualified to fill their respective
| positions.
| Looming up like some huge fight
ing machine, the big Lombard snow
plow which came from Waterville to
Lewiston Wednesday, attracted con-
siderable attention from passers- by
on Bates street Wednesday evening
said the Lewiston Sun. The pillow is
ri feet
high and IS feet wide. 1t weighs Is
tons which is three times larger than
the average tractor plow in use ana
| differs greatly in many respects from
the usual five-ton tractor.
! At the annual meeting of the United
Baptist parish at Pressure Isle, Rev
]. B. Ranger was given an unanimous
call and election to the pastorate FOL
the Itch consecutive year. The church
has prospered remarkably, especially
the last four or five years, and for the
first time in its history the entire
church property stands free of indebt.
edness. The last $4,000 has been raised
during the month of. January. 1926
Large congregations greet the minister
every Sunday.
Years ago there was a young man
who used to loiter around a certain
shipyard and was always willing Il
run errands for a small compensa'
tion. The Bath Times relates. One Of
the owners of the yard had purchased
a leg of lamb from a countryman
and as the young man who Will p'
called John (although that was no
. his nance was in the habit OF golns
to the owners house on errands, M
called him and said. John take tni'
lamb I'D home for dinner" Johr
tool, the meat, but when the ship
builder went home for dinner. ant
no lamb was placed before him he in
ouired the reason and was told by hi
wife that none had been delivered
The next day John was on duty read!
for more Jobs, when Mr.. H-said
John. what did you do with that lam'
Yesterday" took it home of course
as YOU told me to-" So John had tn
: lamb dinner while the sship owne
I went without, and laughed over l
many a time when he told the story
, These Latin people are tempera
mental and affectionate. Patrolmal
Wing of the Lewiston police dis
!. covered that Wednesday morning
The officer was on duty at the Mail
street station of the Maine Contra
when the Pullman arrived at 1:O5
m. Among those to detrain was
stranger of Italian birth or parent
age. He had just about been able t
weather the trip from Brunswick. h
explained, but was in great need o
a cigaret. He wished to buy some
There appeared to be no plac
handy. officer Wing gladly loane'
him one for then and some for afte
breakfast. Then the beneficiar,
. sought to reimburse his benefactol
The patrolman refused. The mai
! had his much desired smoke but wa
determined that Officer Wing shoul'
> not go unrewarded. So he tried t,
kiss him. Again the patrolman de
INJURED. His demurrer was place.
on file while the Italian logged hi
} steps around the station until OF
ficer Wing finally lodged him com
: pletely.
A meeting Of former war officer
living in Bangor and cities and towns
, roughly within a radius Of SO miles
will be held this Friday evening at thu
Penobscot Valley Country Club at Ban