Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-28
Fleeing philanthropic day

DullcS OF remembrance klIlQ.
Fleeing philanthropic day,
Just a current topic day!
Life's affections firm and true
Should prevail the whole year through.
Prom Shooting Stars" In Wash
The public opening of the new
home for the nurses of the Weber
hospital at Bhdeford, recently COM
pleted will be held today.
General Mark l.. Hersey of Port
land, executive director of the State
of Maine Associates, will address
the Biddeford Rotary Club this Fri
day noon, speaking on maine and
Its Possibilities. He recently spoke
before the Portland club and made
a splendid impression.
Bangor's birth rate exceeded the
death rate by 81 during the past
year, the births numbering SIS and
the deaths 494. The birth rate in
that city per 1000 population rose
from 21.2 in 1924 to 21.6 in 1926.
while the death rate for the same
pellOu It'll 1lOllI Ion " Ao'us
The names of John r. A. Merrill
of Portland, former United States
district attorney, and State Senator
Charles B. Carter of Auburn, are
being mentioned in connection with
the appointment of a successor to
Associate Justice John A. Morrill,
of Auburn. of the supreme judicial
court of Maine, who has recently
rendered his resignation to take eff
feet May 81.
A Milo Grammar school girl wins
the Piscataquis county prize on
Forestry Preservation and Protec-
ton. Miss Priscilla Ellis of the
seventh grade was the successful
contestant. Miss Ellis not only is a
writer of good essays but is excep-
tionally good in arithmetic. In a
series Of three tests given in Sep
TENDER, February and June by the
superintendent of schools she won
two first places and one second In
her room.
E. L. Hebert. a well known Bid
deford farmer, Is planting IS bushels
of seed potatoes this season and
states that he expects to dig over
1000 bushels or more in the fall
If the season turns out to be favor
able. Mr.. Hebert has a number of
the rs bushels already planted and
although the season is somewhat
backward this year he expects a
good harvest in the fall. Last year
he stated that out of 65 bushels
planted he gathered over 1000 BUSH
els of splendid potatoes and this
year he is in hopes to do fully as
we'll if not better.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Tomah and
daughters, Juanita and Mary, Mrs.
Nellie Tomah. Mr.. Dave Tomah.
Mrs. Lola Sappier and little Miss
June Tomah started the first of the
week for New York and will spend
the summer along the Mohawk
Trail where they will wear Indian
costumes and sell baskets and other
suvenirs to tourists, says The Houl-
ton Times. Mr.. Andrew Tomah the
chief of the expedition is a World
War veteran and served three years
over there All the members of
the party are Algonquins OF which
the Mohawks are a branch ond will
wear the Mohawk costume.
Wednesday evening marked the
formal opening of the drive in ST.
Mary's parish in Bddeford for the
raising of funds to reduce the
church debt. Speaking exercises
followed a parade through the prin-
cipal streets of the city. The speak
ers were: Senator Benedict F.
Maher of Augusta. Attorney Arthur
B. WEIGH of Portland, Fred d. Har-
vey, state deputy of the knights of
Columbus, also of Portland. and
James ]. Carroll of Lewiston attor-
ney, and former state deputy of the
X. or c.. and Hon. Cornelius Hori-
gan Of Biddefori. Rev. NJ. S. Drain
opened the drive NJ. Harry Whelan
was the master of ceremonies.
A dog, stepping on the self-starter
Of an auto under repair Wednesday
morning in Daniel B. Stevens gar
age at Auburn, caused painful In
juries to fingers on the left hand of
Wilbur D. Allen. of Auburn, who
was working on the car. Mr.. Allen
was under the machine doing work
on the under part of the motor. The
dog was In the car and while rowing
around stepped on the self-starter
button. causing the motor to rotate
and part of the machinery to crush
Mr.. Aliens fingers. He was taken
to DIR. f. L. feathers Office for
treatment. Although badly injured.
the fingers contain no broken bones,
it Is reported
The policy of the police force of
neighboring city in using an auto
mobile at night with the expecta-
ton Of catching burglars and other
law breakers red handed recalls the
plan of campaign of the sheriffs
department during an unusually
strenuous campaign of liquor law en-
forcement in Portland many years
ago. This particular spasm &C.
Cured during the winter and the
deputies travelled in a body in
sleigh drawn by a calico horse
bells which could be heard long be-
fore the freak horse was visible to
the unaided eye. Naturally. given
such ample warning the law
breakers were able to pull down
their vest and wipe off their chin
before the officers arrived.-Bidde-
ford Journal.
Major Edward E. Philbrook Of
Portland, governor of the New Eng
land district of the Kiwanis Inter-
national, spoke to the Bangor XII
wanians Wednesday noon on mat
ters relative to the Kiwanis organi-
zation. He stated that conditions
were never better in the New Eng