Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-07

lost,
But one little item has food for re-
Election
At any old time, in any direction,
Which is-Nature's laws We can vio-
late
While she seems unmindful Of our es-
tate,
But she's keeping close tabs, and as
She will call on us some day to
square our accounts.
M. E. F.
Five tons OF smoked herring, packed
in 10-pound boxes, were shipped to q
western distributor last week by a
Lubec packer. and other packers
there have shipped orders smaller in
volume, the bulk Of the stock going to
wholesale grocers. Boatmen say that
few more herring will be taken until
| after the holidays, and possibly not
| until spring will the houses be emp
tied and all Of tho goods marketed.
us Democracy Mistaken Ideal ?"
Is the subject for the debate to be
held at Lewiston City hall, December
16, when the team from Sydney
University, Australia, will meet the
laws lOA OliSiO Representatives, Bates
will defend the negative. This was
the subject of the Cambridge Bates
| debate held in Portland, Oct. %,
when Bates won sweeping victory
for the negative side over the
| Englishmen.
| Radio fans who were listening in
on WCSH, Portland, last Friday
night heard a most delightful musical
comedy during the Lyman B. Chip
man studio hour. The many selec-
| tons were from the catchy little
| musical show 1.-The Rose of Kiwanis"
which was presented under the aus
pieces Of the Kiwanis club of Portland
| on Thanksgiving eve at Keith's thea
tire. The many numbers came through
| clear as a bell and proved highly
| enjoyable.
| This will be the second winter for
the Bangor flying school which is
run for the purpose of promoting the
study OF commercial aviation and
practical aeronautics among the
youth in that section. 1t is being
plotted this year by Lieut.. Robt.
Lowell and is known as the Lowell
| Flying School. Lieut.. Lowell was
instrumental in starting this school
| last year and had an enrolment Of
over 40 enthusiastic students, who
were In the ground school. A per-
| centage of these students took the
| flying course this past summer. This
school Is being run in conjunction
with the Maine Aerial Service, Inc.
/ Gin the belief that he may be able
to star as double for the late screen
sheik, Rudolph Valentino. William
| BILLY" Burke of Rockland will leave
soon for New York for a screen test.
The decision to make the test came
as the result of his success as a
| prospect from a photo which he
| submitted In a recent contest run by
| noted Western motion picture stu
do. Although Burke Is not quite
as tall as Valentino he has the ideal
build and personality for a role of
the same character that made the
screen "sheik'' famous and hopes to
succeed in this line. He would also
be well f1tt,d to take the part Of q
French Apache. Burke , Is q fine
dancer and his character represen-
| tations in amateur productions in
| Rockland have earned for him an
enviable reputation.
The prediction made at one Of the
Freeport special town meetings in the
interest Of the new shoe firm locat-
ing there that many of the shoe
| workers who had gone away to seek
employment when the Freeport plant
closed, would return, has been full
| filled to a marked extent; but nobody
dreamed that former resident would
travel 5000 miles to get back home.
Henry Proctor, in far-away Califor-
MIA, learned that the big shop was
to be reopened, and although he had
been on the west coast only two
months. caught the first train for
New Orleans, then took q steamer to
New York and hurried to Freeport as
fast as he could. He has q cutting
job. Nearly every shoe town in the
State has sent It's quota back to Free
port and some have returned from
New York State.
Presidents Day Of the Massachu.
sets Maine Daughters will be OBJ
served on Thursday Of this week at
the Hotel Vendome in Boston. Mrs.
Stella Marek Gushing will present
The Romantic Story Of Czechoslo-
vakia interpreted by music of the
violin, with Bohemian songs and folk
dances. Mrs. Cushing with a highly
developed gift of musical artistry
was brought up in America but with
parentage and home environments
austerely Christian Chech. She pre-.
sents charming program drawn
from an intimately authentic back
ground. Additional music will be
given during the program by an I'm
strumental trio. arranged by Mrs.
Harry T. Watkins. Special guests win
include Mrs. Carl L. Schrader rep
resenting the State Federation presi-
dent. Mrs. Carl Watson, district
director, together with many presi-
dents of neighboring clubs. During
the reception at 2 o'clock and
throughout the afternoon, Mrs. Her
bert F. Jenkins, Mrs. Fred r. Ingra-
ham, Mrs. Sydney Wyman and Mrs.
Carl Harrfng will act as hostesses.
Assisting Mrs. Charles Perkins as
pourers will be Mrs. George p
Hutchins. Mrs. George A. Perley. Mrs
Albert W. @wenson and Mrs. William
P. Shepard. Mrs. Franklin p. Shupn-
way. who was Miss Elizabeth Elliott
of Portland is the president OF the
organization and Mrs. A.. r. Fales,
who was Miss Helen e. Sweeter OF