Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-07-17

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Tuesday at the home Of Mrs. Ethel
Wiles in Cathance. Much interest
was shown in the movement.
The sale of 5000 worth of rasp-
berries from one berry farm not far
from Bath as the result of one sea-
sons picking shows what can be
done by those who are willing to
undertake berry culture and devote
proper attention to it.
H. r. Powers of Fort Fairfield was
elected president of the Aroostook
County Bowdoin Alumni Association
at its annual meeting recently held
at Crescent Park. Other officers
chosen were: Vice president S. II.
Hussey of Mars Hill; secretary
treasurer. A. 4. Putnam of Houlton.
The guest of honor on the occasion
was President Kenneth c. Nj. Sills
of the College.
A negro lawyer was admitted to
practice in the courts of Maine by
Chief Justice Scott Wilson in the Su-
preme Court at Portland, Thursday.
He is John NJ. George of Portland
who went there recently from Phila-
delphia, where he had practiced five
years Edward j. herman proposed
his admission to the bar. He is the
second negro to be admitted as
lawyer in Maine.
The cooperative community spirit
was happily exemplified last Monday
when so citizens of Aliens Mills and
North New Sharon turned out to a
bee" organized by Arthur l.
Rackliff of Aliens Mills, SkeWer mill
proprietor. who wished with others a
better road from Aliens Mills to
Weeks Mills TO connect with the
third class and State highway. Al
lens Mills furnished three trucks
and three teams. and the New Shar-
on people four teams to haul grave
furnished by Mr.. Rackliff. At noon
time, Mr.. and Mrs. Rackliff furnish
ed a bountiful dinner on tables on
his spacious lawn assisted by the
ladies of both sections. The work
was on New Sharon highway and
the New Sharon people appreciate
the kindness of Mr.. Rackliff and
other citizens of Aliens Mills.
industry throughout the State, espc-
cially III the eastern section. were re-
! ported as very bad by William r.
Macdonald of the +. w. Brown
| Company of South Portland, who re-
turned recently from PASSPORT, where
| he attended a meeting of the Maine
Cooperative Sardine Company. The
shortage of sardines at the present
| time amounts to $4,000 cases.
Practically all the packing plants Of
| the State remained closed until after
July 4, emitting entirely the usual
spring catch. In the Passamaquod-
dy section, the shortage of fish is
especially bad. There the few fish
being caught are running either too
| large or too small. According to
men who have been in the business
| for many years, this is an indication
| that the catch the entire year will be
small. These veterans in the indus
| try believe that the crisis of the sit
| uation should come the middle of Au
gust. Experience of years has
shown that if the catch is good at
| that time the late fall catch will be
| big, but if it is small the middle of
| August there will be little packing
| the latter months of the year.
Phippsburg will soon have a
| formal opening of its new Albert F..
! Totman memorial library, located at
! the Center and made possible by the
| bequest in the will Of Mr.. Totman,
| a brother of Elisha L. Totman of
| Small Point, who died several years
ago. His bequest to the town where
| he was born amounted to $4451 and
accrued interest amounted to about
| $500 more. The town accepted the
gift which specified that 1t should
be devoted to establishing a library
at the Center. The old chapel at the
| crossroads was purchased. A new
foundation was put in, the building
painted and shingled and a porch
built at the entrance. The doors
and windows are all screened with
| the best copper screening, a hard
| wood floor has been aid and the
finish and shelving are all of hard
pine. Furniture has been pur-
chased and the building has been
equipped with the necessities for
conducting an up-to-d date circulating
library. Already more than 500
volumes have been contributed to
the library and the trustees have be-
gun work Of selecting from 500 to
1000 more new volumes which will
be stamped, catalogued and shelved
as soon as they arrive. This is the
second library in the town of
Phippsburg, the other being at Pop
ham Beach where fine little build
ing was erected a number of years
ago for the purpose.
Students registered In the 1926
summer session of the University If
| Maine in the courses at Orono come
from 81 different institutions in II
states and three foreign countries.
They represent So colleges and uni
versities, IA normal schools and
teachers colleges. and IL commercial
| colleges and special training schools.
One hundred and ten have previously
attended the University of Maine, ~
at Colby, seven at Boston University,
four at New York University, four at
Columbia, three at Bates, three at
Wheaton. three at Brown. and two
each at Bowdoin, Ohio State, College
of New Rochelle, and st. Joseph's.
Ten have attended Castine Normal
School, nine at Pennington, four at
Machias. and three each at Gorham
| and Aroostook Normal. Ten are
graduates of business colleges. Other
institutions represented besides those
named are: Hunter, Agnes Scott.
Haverford. Stockholm, Illinois, Mid