Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-24
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Thanksgiving
Be thankful, my heart, to the Father
above
For numberless blessings bestowed
Be thankful, be grateful, and joyfully
The praise that is due to the Heaven
ly King.
precious gift;
Be thankful for clouds that oft show
not a rift;
Be thankful for dew drops that glow
Be thankful for rivers that down val
Be, thankful for spring time and soft
April showers;
Be thankful for green grass and beau
tiful flowers;
Be thankful for summer with its long,
lovely days;
Be thankful for autumn with its color
and haze.
Be thankful for dawns that usher in
Be thankful for sunsets that Gods
beauty display;
Be thankful for moonlight and stars
as they shine;
Be thankful for Nature whose works
are divine.
Be thankful for home. the home that
is sweet;
Be thankful for loved ones and the
friends that you meet;
Be thankful for labor and later the
rest;
Be thankful to serve and to give OF
your best.
Be thankful for life's greatest bless
ing, good health:
Be thankful for strength, that Is bet
. ter than wealth:
Be thankful for living and the Joy
that it brings,
TIL the soul filled with music exalt-
ingly sings
Praise God from whom all blessings
Praise Him all creatures here below,
Praise Him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son and Holy Ghost"
Mrs. Juliet Marion Stanley Warren.
Portland, Maine, Nov. q, 1925.
Alton Chaussin and Earle Mac
Donald Of Mexico, were brought be-
fore the Pennington municipal court
yesterday by Sheriff Small charged
with breaking, entering and larceny
OF a Ford touring car at the home Of
Frank L Brown Of Wilton. They
pleaded guilty and Judge Mills put
them under bonds of $500 each for
appearance at the February term Of
Supreme Court, Bail was promptly
furnished for Macdonald but Chaus-
sin has not yet obtained sureties.
Edward Allen Morris. Bates '21,
who will be remembered as one of
the Bates College students who went
to England and took part in the first
international intercollegiate at Ok
ford five years ago, was installed
last week as the pastor of the Ortho-
dox Congregational Church, Airing
ton, Mass. The sermon of installa-
ton was delivered by Dean Charles
Reynolds Brown of Yale Divinity
school, from which Mr.. Morris re-
ceived his degree of B. d. last June.
At largely attended meeting of
the parish of the First Universalist
church of Lewiston at the vestry
Monday evening a unanimous call
was extended to Rev. H. S. Baker, of
Mechanic Falls, to preach regularly
for the remainder of the church
year which will end July 1. The
committee has been given to under
stand that the call will be accepted.
Rev. Mr.. Baker who has supplied
at the church for the past three sun
days has made a very favorable
impression. He plans to make Lew
iston his residence.
Peter Porrell, Jr., a one-armed au-
tomobile driver. was ordered to ap-
pear before Judge George A. Good
win In municipal court in Sanford,
tuesday. He was arrested by Police
man Lee H. Ford when a truck he
was driving collided on Main street,
Sanford, with sedan driven by Or
rim A. Moulton. Porrell's truck was
not equipped with lights, either in the
front or rear, and he could not pro-
duce a drivers license, according to
Chief Ford. The sedan was badly
damaged, but the truck escaped with
out serious damage.
Walter Irving Woodman Of st.
Augustine, Fla, was elected governor
of the Society Of Mayfiower Descen-
dants in the State of Maine at It's
25th annual meeting which was held
Monday evening at the Congress
Square hotel at Portland. A reception
and dinner followed and the program
for the evening was as follows: Ad-
dress of welcome, Governor Walter
Irving Woodman; reading of the Com
pact, the Rt. Rev. Benjamin Brewster,
D. D.; roll call; remarks, Archie Lee
Talbot. past governor; impersonation
and songs, Harold Fellows, accom-
panied by Joseph Law. The speaker
of the evening was Henry H. Crane,
D. D., of Maiden, Mass, who had for
the subject of his talk Democracy
Defined"
"a shipment started right Is half
way there" remarked e. G. Emerson,
agent of the American Railway Ex-
press Company in Portland yester-
day relative to he holiday shipments.
According to Mr.. Emerson all indica-
tions point to a heavy business and
he laid stress upon the Importance
of early shipping as well as early
shopping. I'm preparing any ship
ments, consideration should be given
to the nature of the goods" he con-
tinued, 1.-The distance ley travel and
the amount of handling they must
necessarily receive. The nature Of
the gift and the weight will deter
mine whether it can sally be trans
ported with paper wrapping only"
He also emphasized the Importance
of proper packing and addressing
along lines already familiar to the
public through post Office publicity.
Business was at standstill in the
uptown shopping section of Bidde-
ford, one morning, although nobody
else was, when a skunk nearly as
large as a good-sized fox according