Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-30

Amid the c1ty'S constant din
A man who round the world has been,
Who mid the tumult and the throng,
Is thinking, thinking, all day long:
"Oh. could 1 only trace once more
The field-path to the farmhouse door,
The old green meadow could 1 see,
How happy, happy, happy,
How happy I should be!'
Anonymous.
All-Maine Kiwanis field day at
Monks Hill, Readfield, today!
The Libby family reunion will
meet on Saturday. July 3. at Dover
Foxcroft, with MIR. and Mrs. Arthur
Libby.
Lewiston Fire Department has re-
ceived a new pumper which has been
named William P. Gray. 1t was
named in honor OF the we'll known
theatrical magnate of that city who
gave $1,000 towards it's purchase.
Rev. S. A. Evans of Bath has been
interested in the international foot
ball games which have been taking
place in New York, as his nephew.
Jack Evans, is playing on the Irish
eleven which recently beat the Eng
liSh eleven 4-3.
Visitors to Orrs Island last Sum
day report that Contractor Carlton
is making good progress with the
bridge which he is building between
Orr's and Bailey's islands. The
granite is being taken down the
Royal river on big lighters for use
on the bridge.
All records of the Portland sword
fishing fleet have been broken this
season with the arrival of four
schooners Monday morning at the
Boston Pier. The Benjamin Thomp-
son was high liner for the day with
101 fish. The schooner Aberrance,
formerly the Carleton Smith, ran a
close second with 80, the Albert
Black followed with 81 and the New
Dawn with 80.
An A. P. dispatch from Portland
states that there has been only one
instance in So years that records of
weather conditions have been kept
at the Weather Bureau there when
there was not maximum tempera-
ture of so degrees. or better, in the
first six months of the year. The
highest for any day so far this year
is II, recorded Sunday. The maxi
mum for the first half of 1916 was
II on June 20.
DIR. Eugene B. Sanger of Bangor
returned Monday morning from New
Haven, where he attended the
thirty-fifth reunion of his class at
Yale University-the class of 1891.
He found an unusually large gather
ing of his classmates, all save nine
of those now living being present;
and he was impressed by the sig
nificance and beauty of the COM
mencement exercises. One of the
features was the announcement of
$12,000,O00 in gifts.
The pending construction work on
the Cooper Quoddy tidal project is
bringing a real boom to Eastport.
While the work is not to start I'M
til next spring, Dexter P. Cooper, en-
gineer of the undertaking, will
start surveying, drilling and diving
operations in July to map out plans
and find out best locations for dams,
house. This preliminary work will
give employment to about 200 men
and real estate is already in demand
near the scene of action.
Rev. A. Augustus Forde, who has
been the pastor of st. Paurs
Episcopal church at Fort Fairfield
the past six years, has resigned the
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field within the next few weeks. Mr..
Forde and family will sail from Van
couver, B. c., in August for New
Zealand. where Mr.. Forde has been
appointed by the Archbishop of New
Zealand to the parish of Hamilton.
In addition to the care of this parish
he will become principal of the
parochial school.
The Florida Maine Society will
hold It's annual reunion at the Moul-
ton House, at Dunstan, Wednesday,
to all Florida tourists who can, to
attend. Dinner will be served at
noon with a post prandial program.
Gov. Ralph 0. Brewster and Mrs.
Brewster and other prominent peo-
pie will be guests of honor at this
occasion. Alfred Clark of Boster's
Mills and Mrs. Annie l.. Whitney of
Cumberland Center, compose the
committee in charge of the arrange
ments. 1t is expected that this
social event will call out a large
number of Maine people who have
visited Florida, as 1t is state wide in
its interests, and already registra-
lions from Lewiston, Waterville, and
other places have been received.
Mrs. George Wallace, her sister,
Olive Walker of Rockland, her
daughter, Gertrude and Mrs. Fred B.
feeling enjoyed a delightful auto
mobile outing of more than 200
miles Sunday. They went to Nor
way, drove around Penneesseewas-
see lake and then visited Nellie Dun
ham at his farm. The first thing to
attract their attention was a violin
over the door. Nellie was the soul of
courtesy to them, told them of his
experiences last Fall when he started
out for visit at Henry Ford's
home in Dearborn and then filed
vaudeville dates on the Keith cir
cult that kept him busy all Winter.
He Is booked to furnish music tor
40 dances this Summer and is plan
ming to return to the Keith circuit in
the Fall. 1t was with regret that
the Bath party failed to meet Gram"
Durham but were told by her hus-
band that she was out visiting rela-
tives.-Bath Times.