Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-05-24

steel Tor the tanks Is being unIOaded
and carried to the scene Of opera
tons.
A very interesting program was
carried out at the 4eth annual con-
| vention Of the Aroostook County
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
| held last week at the Methodist church
in Houlton Report Of the activities of
/, the association was given it's presi-
dent, Mrs. Esther G. Hews Of Presque
| Isle.
Mrs. Blanchard Clark Of Fort Fair
field, whose most interesting home is
a kind Of mecca for those who like
| birds, plants. pets and other Of the
good things of nature, now has IA
] canary birds in her possession. She
makes quite q business of breeding
these birds, and doesn't seem to have
any more trouble in raising them than
| most people do in raising chickens,
not so much, in fact, as many chicken
raisers have to face.-Fort Fairfield
Review.
Bonnie Kopalo, who was arrested
at Bangor by sheriffs deputies
recently on charge of being a porta-
BILE bar room and whose case in
court was continued to this Monday,
was again caught by deputy sher;ffs
Wednesday night, laden with q gall
Ion Of alcohol concealed under his
coat. When the officers asked him
| what he would tell the court this
time he replied: "Oh, I'll tell 'em /
was going to have party"
In establishing a publicity bureau
the Maine Central Railroad Co. Is
following the idea which has been
adopted by many Of the other big
to see that the public is kept better
informed as to the doings of the
railway system which is serving
| them and the prosperity which is
| so essential to the state. Not only
will the new bureau set forth the
doings of interest by the railroad
but will also try to help promote
| the industrial and vocational re-
sources of the state.-Bath Times.
The value of cooperation was
stressed by A. L. T. Cummings Of
Portland, secretary and manager of
the State Chamber of Commerce, who
was the principal speaker at the first
| banquet and smoker of the newly or
| ganized Ellsworth Chamber of Com
merce held recently. Mr.. Cummings
also told. Of the splendid work of the
boys and girls clubs of the county.
Other speakers were Harold Robinson,
! president of the Chamber; DR.. Hodg-
kins, mayor of Ellsworth and Sher
man Douglass Of Lamoine. They spoke
Of the agricultural possibilities of the
county and S. S. Estey presented in
a clear and forceful manner the bene-
fit that cooperative canning fac
tory would be to the community.
|
When the Baptist State Convention
meets in this city next month one of
the first members of that denomina-
ton to enter the portals will be Dea-
con Henry f. Kalloch of Tenants Har-
Dor. I've been attending these con-
ventions for 80 years" Deacon Kali
,loch told a Courier Gazette reporter,
"and don't think l have missed more
! than two or three since | began. So
far as 1 know the only members who
! were attending when 1 began, and
who are still attending. are Rev. c. E.
Young of Hallowell and Rev. DIR. Z. c.
Whittemore of Waterville." And thus
reminded the loyal Tenants Harbor
| Baptists that he has been attending
the Lincoln Baptist quarterly meeting
for so years. He is a we'll known and
inspiring figure at all of these gath
erings.-Rockland Courier-Gazette.
Mrs. Horace Hughs of Houlton,
| who is county chairman of the Fed
Grated Areostook Music Clubs. has
charge of the June Festival at Lit
Teton Campgrounds on June 4. Mrs.
Hughes is past president of the
| Houlton Music Club, a past presi-
dent of the Houlton Woman's Club.
chairman of music of the Maine
State Federation Woman's Clubs,
chairman of music committee for
the Business and Professional Wom-
ems State convention, which con-
venes in Houlton. the 2Sth and 10th
of this month, besides having been
choir leader and soloist in several
of Houlton's churches and is at pres
ent soloist and choir director of the
Court Street Baptist Church. Hull
tens orchestra and the string quin-
tette will be in attendance at the
Festival The artists, Miss Beatrice
Belkin, coloratura soprano, Ralph
T. Moan, bass baritone, and Benno
Rabinoff. violinist are among the
worlds best artists.