Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-06
MAINE GOSSIP
May Morning


The sun is up, and it's a morn Of May
Round old Ravenpa's clear-shown
towers and bay;
A morn, the loveliest which the year
has seen,
Last of the spring, yet fresh with all
For a warm eve and gentle rains at
Have left sparkling welcome for the
light,
And there's a crystal clearness all
about;
The leaves are sharp. the distant hills
A balmy briskness comes upon the
breeze;
The smoke goes dancing from the cot
And when ;hen s You listen. you may hear
coil
OF bubbling springs about the grass
And ali the scene, in short,-sky.
earth, and sea- a..
Breathes like bright-eyed face, that
laughs out openly.
Leigh Hunt.
"What Laymen Expect of Pas
tor" is the subject to be discussed
by State Bank Commissioner John
G.. Smith at the United Baptist
Convention of Maine which will be
held at the First Baptist Church
at Rockland. June 9 to IL.
This year the librarians Round
Table will meet in Belfast. This is a
gathering of the librarians of that
section of Maine. 1t is held two days
May 25th and Goth, at which time
between 25 and 40 visitors may be
expected, depending somewhat on the
condfeion of the roads. The purpose
is to give library workers an oppor-
tunity to confer with the staff of the
state library, and to discuss the prob
lens Of common interest to them
Henry E. Dunnack will give a lee
ture entitled 1.-The Economic Rebirth
of Maine" on Tuesday evening, May
25th at 7.30 o'clock in the auditorium
of the Crosby high school. At the
other meetings the program includes
such subjects as Some Books Have
Met" Making the Library Known
to Those Who Do Not Use It." use
| of General Reference Books" and
Book Selection"
| The only fishing craft to arrive In
Portland Tuesday was the schooner
Anna c., Captain Ollie Christianson
which brought in a fare of $500
pounds of fish. d
It's all right to talk about the f1rst
mayflower, the first dandelion or the
first flock of wild geese, but these
things all fade in comparison witt
what a Courier Gazette reporter saw
| Sunday, which same was bona
fide picnic on the Children's Play
ground. 1t was a trifle too chilly II
be called spring day, and the wine
was wholly suggestive Of March. bu
the 10 or Is members Of the part,
I (mostly adults appeared to be hav
| ing the time Of their lives. seated
at long table. and enjoying a SURE
enough picnic. And be 1T said to thu
strangers credit that they did no
4 leave any rubbish on the grounds
Rockland Courier Gazette.
| A health examination of the mem
bers of the boys and girls clubs o.
Hampden was held in the Grange
hall Tuesday under the auspices o
the farm bureau and as a part Of thu
national child health week program
! The members of the Pine Tree Can
ming Club girls club) and the mem.
bers of the boys agricultural clul
were examined by DR.. Knowlton
Mrs. Anderson, county nurse, Miss
Mildred Brown, assistant state club
leader, Mr.. Marshall, county agen
and Doris Dow, home demonstration
agent. The leaders of the club arr
Nellie Emerson for the girls, an(
Warren Goodell for boys. At thu
dinner held in connection with the
affair the mothers were present ant
the number of guests was about SO
In connection with the health cam
paign a stunt has been planned tt
mark progress in health work thu
next six months. Those taking par
will be weighed every month, thu
object being to correct defects II
posture, weight and physical troubles
The Lewiston Public Library an
nounces the 10 outstanding mag
azine articles Selected by a council
of librarians for May 1926:
The New Industrial Era-Charle'
Edward Russell in Century.
Who Owns America John T. Flynn
in Harper's magazine.
The Truth About Advertising-Ern
est E. Calkins in Atlantic Monthly
On a Certain Condescension II
Americans-Agnes Repplier in At
lantic Monthly.
The Church and the Law: A Pro
test-Bishop C. Fiske in Harper'l
gazine.
What France Thinks of Her Allies
Andre Tardieu in Harper's maya.
zine.
A. Leader in New Japanese Art
Caroline Singer in Scribners.
The Stripped Atom-Robert A. Mil.
likan in Scribner's.
Keeping Instalment Selling on q
Sound Basis-W. w. Newton II
System.
East by West-A Special Number Of
Survey Graphic.
The mid-annual meeting Of the
| Maine Rottlers, of Carhonated BeY.