Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-22
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most perfect health.
A Bath antique dealer has recently
acquired one of the largest and finest
hooked rugs ever seen in the State.
1t measures 9x10 feet and must have
taken years to make. The design is n
very pretty one, showing a cottage
and chapel in the center surrounded
by trees and birds and has flowers in
each corner The background is buff
in color, while the edge is black.
Many smelt camps are being hauled
to the ice fields in the vicinity of Bath
and the smelt villages will begin to
increase in size now that the tee IS
solid enough to bear them. A snhe!t
fisherman at Winnegance had the mis-
fortune a few days ago to fall over
board, the ice being weak at that
time. He got a cold bath but man
aged to get out without difficulty.
An unique event of interest through
out the state will be a candle light
service by radio which is planned by
the Rev. Howard 0. Hough. pastor of
the First Radio Parish, Portland, Sta
ton WCSH, at the Congress Square
Hotel. for Christmas day, December
25, at $50. There will be special mu-
sic by the, Fellowship Quartet. con-
sisting of Henry Finch, bass; Clifford
l.. Jones, tenor; Mrs. May Porter
O'Brien, soprano; and Miss Marjorie
O'Brien. contralto. Rev. Mr.. Hough
will deliver the Christmas massage.
The Lewiston-Auburn Automotive
Dealers Association met at the Au-
burn Chamber of Commerce Monday
evening and voted to appropriate not
less than $500 and join with Portland
in keeping the Portland-Auburn road
open all winter. A fiye-ton tractor
with pillow attached will be stationed
at Gray with a man In constant at
tendance. This machine will be operat-
ed during a heavy snow storm as we'll
as after. The committee meets again
Thursday evening at the same place
to elect officers.
The Mechanic Falls Ski Club has
decided to hold its annual carnival
Saturday, Jan. %. The program will
be about the same as in previous
years with the annual team contests
in cross country skiing and ski jump
ing for the Waterfalls trophy. This
three year trophy has been won once
by the Bates Outing Club and once
by the Mechanic Falls club. The local
club hopes to get another leg on the
trophy, but expects competition Will
be keener than ever. A new event
this year will be snow shoe race of
labout two miles for old timers, 80
and over, who must use regular snow
shoes.
A gathering of approximately 400
people witnessed the graduation ex-
ercises, of the class q 1926, School of
Nursing of the Eastern Maine Cen
eral Hospital at Bangor. which were
held on Monday night In the heauti-
full auditorium of the newly finished
nurses residence. Diplomas were pre-
scented to Is new members of the
nursing profession, by Harolds Hinck-
ley, president of the board of trustees.
and Miss Carolyn Marie Grant of
Bangor received the honor pin. The
honor bestowed upon Miss Grant was
in recognition of her qualities for all
around proficiency and capability in
her general work and for high rank In
studies. Mrs. Mary M. Roberts, r. N,
editor Of the American Journal of
Nursing, was the principal speaker at
the exercises During the afternoon
over 500 people of Bangor and vicinity
accepted the privilege Of being shown
through the beautiful new residence
constructed for the nurses. The men,
bers of the graduating class were:
Grace Laura Allen. Stonington; Mary
Evelyn Ambrose. Bangor: Ida Irene
Anderson, Brewer; Bertha LYDIA Cole,
Lee; Grace Lydia Darling, Brewer:
Delma Effie Fowler, Hampden; Mary
Elinor Gonyer. Bangor; Carolyn Marie
Grant, Bangor; Elsie Evelyn Hurd,
Hampden Highlands; Irene Dorothy
King. st. Stephen, N B.: Marian Alice
Lufkin, South Brewer; Frances Ger
trude Patterson, Hampden; Ruth Ger
trude Pierce, Bangor
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