Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-06
President Mends
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shed with an axe and cut wood for
mending weak spot about the
house. At yet another time he went
into the orchard and with a long saw
cut off huge limb of an APPLE tree
which had outlived its usefulness.
Then he went into the garden with
a hoe and attacked weeds for an
hour.
The day, however did not pass
without both him and Mrs. Coolidge
visiting the hillside cemetery not far
from the house where are buried four
generations of the Coolidge family,
including the younger son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Coolidge and the father of the
president.
The cemetery was the first place
they went yesterday, before even
they came to the house, and this
morning Mr.. Coolidge went there
with Walter H. Lyonds. a native of
Plymouth, and general workma n
about the village. Work which it is
desired be done on the lot is UNDER
stood to have been discussed at that
time. .H
In the afternoon Mrs. Coolidge
went to the cemetery and placed
sweet peas on the graves.
For the most part, however, Mr..
and Mrs. Coolidge remained at the
farm, often seated on the porch; the
president reading and Mrs. Coolidge
knitting or patting Prudence Prim.
her favorite white collie, who was
brought here from the Adirondacks.
And always crowds of residents and
of tourists, who came from all sec
tons of the state and from many
other states stood at distance and
watched them
At times Mr.. Coolidge when not
occupied with repair jobs, walked
about the grounds inspecting the
place and enjoying the inspiring view
of the hills bathed in the sunshine
of clear, cool and invigora ting sum
mer day.
Neighbors and old friends called
at intervals and were received on the
porch, the president and Mrs. Cool
idge chatting with them cordially
Some were relatives, cousins in one
or more degree, and all were init
mates of the late Colonel John c.
Coolidge, father of the president.
Meanwhile, at the corner store, less
than 100 yards from the farmhouse,
were gathered many other friends
Stii4 iAS4S lIpOIo, WIZ IcCdllGu wien I.
Coolidge lived here as a boy and to
while away the time playing check
ers, or watched the games with in
tense interest.
Uncle John Wilder, so years old,
who married the sister of the presi :
dents mother and who lives close by
the Coolidge farm, was the center of
gatherings at the store. while an old
friend of Colonel Coolidge, Deputy
Sheriff Angus MacCaullay, took up
his post with the secret service men
and helped keep back the tourists
who from time to time came too close
to the Coolidge home
One working resident. how
ever. was too busy to come to the
general meeting place. He was Linn
Cady, who is employed by the presi-
dent to run the farm. Even when Mr..
and Mrs. Coolidge arrived yesterday
he scarcely took time to glance up
from his moving machine il. a field
adjacent to the farmhouse
Today he was busy combing and
brushing down the horses. cleaning
and oiling the farm machinery and
in general preparing for an inspec-
ton it is expected Mr.. Coolidge will
make of his farm before he leaves.
During the afternoon Mrs. Coolidge
was serenaded by a group of Girl
Scouts who came here from Lochearn
Camp. at Fairlee, VT. Most of them
live in Delaware, New jersey. Mary
land and Washington, D. c. Mrs.
Coolidge acknowledged their greeting
with nod and smile from the house
100 feet away.
In the late afternoon the president
and Mrs. Coolidge went on an auto
mobile ride as far as Woodstock, a
round trip Of Is miles.