Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-12-16

Radio fans will be interested in an
announcement that on each Wednes-
day night at 7.45. talks on the His
tory of the United States Army are
to be broadcast from station WCSH,
Congress Square Hotel. Portland by
LIST Lieut.. Frederick Z. Coyne, Jr., of
Fort Williams.
A huge white arctic owl caused
considerable interest about the streets
Of Bath, Tuesday noon. The bird
had been shot by James II. Millay,
IS year old Bowdoinham farmer. 1t
had a wing spread of five feet and
was spreckled with brown. William
Rich had the bird in Bath, having
received it from Mr.. Millay and In
tended to have it mounted.
When the ice formed in the lakes
and ponds it drove the black ducks
and other water fowl to the sea
coast and there are thousands of
them there. Open time on the birds
will end Dec. 81 and consequently
those gunners who enjoy this sort
of hunting are taking advantage
and bringing down fair lots of game.
Bath Times.
The town of Phippsburg is making
plans for issuing an attractive book
let during the late Winter or early
Spring setting forth some of it's
!, many attractions as a Summer re-
sort. There will be many cuts be-
sides the text and the books will be
for free distribution among those
who may be attracted to purchase
property in the town and build Sum
mer homes there.
Some indications of the value of
the work done by the travelling den
tai clinic of the Cumberland County
Public Health Association may be
CLEANED in statistics relating to the
Town of Cumberland. There the
clinic has bee. in operation four
years. In 1924 out of an enrolment
Of 211 pupils, records of the clinic
show that 127 had defective teeth.
In September, 1926, after three full
years of work in the dental clinic
there are only sc with defective
teeth. A marked gain in the line
of defective hearing, defective vision
and enlarged tonsils has been noticed
as a close corollary of this work
along dental lines.
In the last number of The Maine
Naturalist appears most interest
ing article by Game Warden Herbert
L. Spinney of Bath. Mr.. Spinney
was brought up near the coast and
for time was one of the keepers of
Seguin light. Early in life he de-
veloped a love for studying birds
and is one of the best posted men
in bird lore to be found in North
ern New England. The article I'm
the Naturalist has to do with eagles
nests which were once numerous in
Georgetown and Phippsburg. Mr..
Spinney explains Interestingly about
how they were made and tells some-
thing of their occupants. There are
bits of humor interviewer and taken
all in all 1t is a most readable ar
ticle.
At the Anal regular monthly meet
Ing Of the present city council at
Bangor. held Monday night an order
was passed accepting the gift of
$4,000 fsom the KRISTEN family for
the creation of the Sophia KRISTEN
Loan Fund and, under the suspension
OF rules. an ordinance was adopted
for the administration Of this fund.
The ordinance read in part as fol-
lows:
Be it ordained by the City Council
of the City Of Bangor, as follows:
The fund of $4,000 heretofore re-
ceived from the KRISTEN family.
for the creation Of a memorial to
Sophia KRISTEN, and to be known
and designated as the Sophia Kir-
stein Student Loan fund, shall be
forever held in trust by said city, in
the manner and for the objects here
matter provided,
The principal and interest of this
fund Is to be loaned to worthy BOYS
and girls of the City of Bangor. to
help finance their education. ANY
boy or girl who has been a resident
OF the City of Bangor, for three years
prior to the time application for loan
Is made, and who is a resident of
said city at the time he or she makes
application may apply to the trus.
tees for loan from this fund.
Rev. ]. B. Ranger who will soon
leave Pressure Isle to accept the
pastorate of the Columbia Street
Baptist church at Bangor. was horn