Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-14
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MAINE GOSSIP
Emblem Of Victory


Emblem Of Victory
Flag Of freedom and emblem Of VIC
Under thy folds together we. stand:
Thou are our refuge, we1l do battle
A whole-hearted, united band.
Where thou hast led we always have
followed,
For thou art our inspiration
Our emblem on land and sea.
Then let us love, cherish, and forever
revere thee
For thou art aur refuge and
strength;
Well come forth and always defend
Ger the breadth Of the land and
its length.
A. w. Stewart.
Don't forget to hang out the flag
today.
Eastport is pleased to learn that
1t will have the United States
cruiser Milwaukee in its harbor for
the July celebration.
A sophomore in the high school at
South Paris, Miss Lena Kilpalainen,
took the highest donors for Maine
in the third national meat story
contest.
Members of Sagadahoc Veteran
Firemens association of Bath are
planning to take their famous old
tub, which holds the championship
record of the state, to the muster at
Auburn on July providing they
can get enough men to man the
brakes. They want about 60 men
in the crew.
Hose No. 1, of the Calais Fire De-
partment is arranging a big celebra-
ton for the 5th of July, the 4th this
year falling on Sunday. The program
has not as yet been arranged, but
there will be music a plenty, a big
parade, sports of all kinds, probably
literary exercises, and will end with
big display of fireworks.
Judge Harold E. Cook of the Ken
nebec county probate court has sent
letter to Superintendent Blynne
Allen of the Damariscotta schools in
which he declares that he never
found young children so quiet and
attentive to an address as on Me-
mortal Day when the judge de-
ivered the memorial address in that
town.
The camp meeting at the Littleton
camp GROUND will be held this year
from August 10 to 20. inclusive.
Rev. Thomas Whiteside, superin-
tend Of the Bangor district. will
have charge. Mr.. Whiteside has
already secured Rev. William F.
Anderson. D. D.. Ii. D.. bishop of
the New England areas. to preach
twice on one of the week days of
meeting.
The Bath riding club is enjoying
many fine horseback rides these
mornings leaving shortly after five
and going off over bride paths for a
few hours and getting some fine
views of the country from the hill
tops. One morning last week the
members picketed their horses out
in the West, Bath section and toast
ed chops over a fire and had an ear
y
Miss Molly Perkins. who has been
a member of the Gorham Normal
school faculty the past year has ac-
cepted position as instructor in
the English department at the
University of Maine for the coming
year. Miss Perkins is a graduate of
U. of NJ, and received her Masters
degree at Bryn Mawr. Her home
is in Woodfords. She soon will
leave for Orono to teach in the
Summer school at the University.
Were you aware that the history of
the nation really started within the
borders of the Pine Tree State?
Maine was the first section of the
United States to be discovered, the
first to be peopled, the first to hold re-
ligious worship. the first to erect
church, the first to build a home, the
first to build a ship and the first to
have a chartered city. Due to the
foresight of the State officials, practi-
cally all of the early historical land
marks have been preserved, and they
are now accessible to summer tourists.
Exchange.
In letter to C. c. Harvey Of Fort
Fairfield, Congressman Ira G. Her
sey said that he learned that the
Treasury Department has decided to
go ahead with the project for new
postof1ice at Caribou this year, but
will not take up the Fort Fairfield
postoffice project now. II learn
that this is the only postoff1ce to be
built in the State of Maine the COM
ing year, so l rather feel have been
used as we'll as we could expect"
Congressman Hersey wrote. These
other matters in the Public Build
ing bill will be spread over the flve-
year period and come along as the
Department thinks best"
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