Daily Kennebec journal., 1926-07-03
MAINE GOSSIP
July Fourtl,

July Fourth
Here is a spot-a little patch Of earth
And rocks down which white waters
Where pine and hemlock, young and
straight like green-clad senti-
nels,
A vigil keep.
Yesterday-two hundred years-a Gu
rious house,
Four-square. of mortised logs, loop
holed for guns, stood here!
And in the upper story-o'erhung to
spy those bringing torch or bat
terlng-log-
A little company of women, children
crouched in fear.
Up to them through the puncheon
foor-loopholed too,
That brave men might make here one
last stand
Firing on those who burst in below
Came reek and smoke Of burning pow
der
In the wake of shots-sure-slow.
"A billet for each bullet!' they said,
Seeking out the painted fiends among
the trees.
Grim, slow, sure men-hghting
To save>loved ones, to restore burned
homes and plundered granaries.
Today holiday-July the fourth
A motor huns along the distant road,
Slows down-turns in and to this lit
tie patch of gay. green. watered
Brings, picnicking, chattering load
OF aliens, speaking a tongue stranger
than the red mans-and from
lands
Where lead and torch Just brought
the same red stain and glow!
Was it just for this-two hundred
years ago?
BY David Thorn in the Delineator.
The field day of Federated Clubs
of Aroostook county will be held at
Birch Point, Pleasant Pond Thurs
day, July Sth. Miss Anna C.
sWitherie, the State President ex-
poets to be present.
There was considerable excitement
On Front street in Bath, Tuesday
afternoon when prominent Top
sham citizen discovered that his
Buick roadster was gone. 1t was
about three o'clock when the busi-
ness district was lively and the police
and sheriff were notified and con-
siderable telephoning started. Half
an hour later, however, it was dis
covered that business associate of
the man had taken the car to go to
Winnegance.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed for three clinics in York county at
which Drs. Welch and Sylvester of
Portland will give general health ex-
aminationS with the special object in
view of locating early symptoms of
chest trouble. These clinics are for
old and young and are held under
the auspices of the Maine Public
Health association, with cooperation
of the local nursing associations and
the approval of the County Medical
association. The dates are as fol-
lows: Wells high school. Wells
Corner, June so. Sanford, Rooms IA
and Is Masonic building, July Is.
Limerick, church vestry, August 81.
highly honored at the convention of
the New Englnd Typogra phical
Union at Hartford, Conn, this week
being elected second vice-president
of the organization. He thus rep
resents Maine in the council. Mr..
Dunroe has been the secretary of the
Bangor organization for the past
four years, holding the position to
the entire satisfaction of all mem
bers, who are highly pleased to have
him elevated to the important posi-
ton mentioned, which means that
he will go through the various posi-
tions to president. The next con-
vention of the New England union
will be held in Portland.
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Through the efforts Of Attorney
Mary Mclaughlin. Saco Red Cross
nurse of the York county chapter,
attempts are being made on the part
of Red Cross officials at Washington,
d. c., to locate Peter Vlahakos, who
is held a captive by the Turks some
where in Turkey. Vlahakos Is the
brother Of James Vlahakos, who
runs a grocery store in Saco, and
when his brother recently learned
definitely that Peter Vlahakos was
alive and imprisoned he went to the
local Red Cross authorities and OBJ
tanned aid. The last that the Saco
storekeeper had heard of his brother
was that he had been either killed
or captured in the Turkish -Grecian
war in a battle the last of August,
1922, near Minos in Asia Minor. Re-
ports later said that he was still
alive and was being held captive.
This is contrary to the peace treaty
made at the end of the war which
said that all prisoners held by the
Turks should be returned to Greece.
At the time of his capture Peter
Vlahakos was a sub-lieutenant in
the army, being appointed to that
position few months before the
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