Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-25

Freeman Foster Burr
Over 5000 boys from York and
Cumberland counties will attend the
annual Boy Scout encampment at
Biddefori. May 1881.
A comprehensive motorists map
of the State of Maine is being dis
tributed by the Eastern Steamship
Lines, Inc, for the benefit of patrons
of the line. The map is complete
in every detail and contains valua-
BILE information for motorists.
Evidently a good run of salmon
has begun in the Penobscot. Up to
Saturday catches there were few
and far between, but on that day
the fly casters landed six fine speci-
mems, while on Sunday seven more
were taken. The weights ranged
from eight to twelve pounds.
General Mark L. Hersey of Port-'
land is to deliver the memorial adj
dress, and the Rt. Rev. John Gregory
Murray of Portland. bishop Of the
Catholic diocese of Maine. is to de-
liver the memorial sermon at the
Memorial Day exercises of the Ma
tional Soldiers Home at Togus,
Monday. May 81.
Among the outstanding features
of the fifth annual convention of the
Maine Federation OF Business and
Professional Women's Clubs in
T-..s.I
this week will be addresses by two
York City-Miss Lena Madesin
Phillips and Mrs. Pinckney Estes
Glantzberg.
The Memorial Day address in
Pennington this year will be de-
livered by Hon. Frank H. Earring
ton of Augusta, and the usual pro-
gram with slight variations will be
carried out under the direction of
S. Clifford Belcher Camp, S. Of v.
The Grand Army Post. Sons of
Veterans, and their auxiliaries will
attend services at the Old South
Church the Sunday before Memorial
Day.
MISS btTlId TLIlChSOIl Vi
land was awarded the honor of the
most attractive girl in the senior
class at the Sargent School Of ply
steal Education in Cambridge. Mass,
it was disclosed Saturday with the
publication of the senior year book,
Sargenta. Miss Erickson is a popu-
lar girl at the school. being presi-
dent of the athletic association and
captain of the tennis team. She
was chosen by a secret ballot not
known until the year book came
out.
To the issue of May Of The Re-
porter, a weekly newspaper pub
lished at North Conway, n. H. John
L. Osgood. a prominent citizen of
Fryburg contributes a long and able
article in support of the Volstead
Act and its enforcement. In the
course Of the article he says: Now.
the Volstead Act being a law. let 1t
begin fair trial and be carried out
to the letter. Note the result, and
if it does not prove beneficial to the
interests of the nation, then let 1t
be repealed. and not until then. 1t
is not enough to say the prohibition
law Is uHpDpuldI anu tuci clOiC
should be repealed. One might for
the same reason say the Divine law,
being unpopular with the masses,
should be abolished"
The new Bangor Catholic High
School will be the last word in high
school construction. The architects
have designed a magnificent struc-
ture. italian Renaissance in char
acter, that is destined to rank with
the most beautiful and completely
appointed educational institutions.
The building will be erected on the
west side of Broadway. south Of
Somerset street. AS planned, 1t will
measure 264 feet in length and 124
feet in depth. It will be three
stories high with a basement. and
win contain 81 class rooms together
with laboratories. lunch rooms. do
nestle science. boys manual train
ing, business courses. elementary,
science and other rooms for depart
ments essential to the complete high
school. Its estimated cost is $780,
900.
Mayor Robert J. Wiseman Of Lew
iston announces that in tho way Of an
innovation he has arranged to pur-
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