Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-11-18

Somers Roche makes Bangor girl
his heroine. The suspicion persists,
as one reads, that what Mr.. Roche
doesn't know about Bangor girls
would fill a much larger volume than
the Cosmopolitan.-Bangor CONNER
cial.
Steamer Islesford which has been
on the Bath-Five Islands route for
several years and which has been at
the Blaisdell- Leeman plant at Bath
undergoing an overhauling. has been
taken over by the McClintic- Mar
shall Co., and will be used at its
scene of operations at Bath. the
Texas yard, where the steel spans
for the Kennebec bridge will be
erected. 1t will be used for a tender.
Uncle Joe" Cannon whose death
occurred last week, was q frequent
visitor to Poland Spring. His last
appearance there was in July, 1922.
He was even then very. very feeble,
and he spent most of his time sit
ting in the sun on the long veranda,
gazing on the panorama OF the
mountains below. He talked with
few of the guests, making it evident
enough that he wanted to be let
alone.
More than 1000 delegates and
guests are expected at the Second
New England Conference today and
Friday In Hartford, Conn. A. L. T..
Cummings, secretary OF the Maine
Chamber of Commerce. learned
Harmon, executive secretary of the
New England Conference. Rep
resentatives from many Maine or
CARNATIONS have signed up to at
tend this conference, and the latest
additions to the lists are the Old Or
chard Board of Trade and the Ma
tional Association of Wooden Box
Manufacturers.
The lobster fishing season in New
Brunswick waters opened Monday.
From daybreak on, the fishermen from
the Canadian settlements adjacent to
Eastport were streaming out to the
fishing grounds with their motor
boats loaded with traps to be set for
the expensive shell fish. Veteran
Canadian fishermen state that there
doesn't seem to be many Of the crus-
taceans crawling whereabouts and
prices are expected to soar. The
present price being paid by the buy
ers at Eastport for the western mar
kets is 35 cents a pound, which is
comparatively high for the New
Brunswick opening.
Rev. Howard B. Smith Of Ogun-
quit has been ordered to appear be-
fore Judge Harold H. Bourne in the
Kennebunk court this Thursday
morning on charge Of having
short Holsters in his possession.
Dwight Underwood of Saco. fish and
game warden in the county, ordered
Mr.. Smith into court last Saturday.
Warden Underwood stated that he
watched Mr.. Smith unloading his
traps and when he came on SID pre-
the warden alleges that there were
several short Holsters among those
taken from the traps. Upon finding
these Warden Underwood ordered
Mr.. Smith to appear in the Kenne-
bunk court.
The annual meeting and election
Of the Penobscot County Medical
Society was held Tuesday night at
the Bangor House. About SO men,
bers were in attendance at the meet
ing, which was presided over by the
president Of the society. DR.. Luther
Mason. s. u. Marsh of Enfield was
elected president for the coming year
and other officers elected were: G.
NJ Thomas of Bangor, vice presi-
dent; III. c. Scribner Of Bangor.
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Bangor, board Of censors for three
years; L. H. Smith of Winterport.
delegate to the meeting of the Maine
Medical Association; J. H. Murphy of
Dexter, elected alternate.
Benjamin T. Newman Of Frye
burg, who was born in Bath and who
lived there for many years. is hav-
ing more than 40 of his paintings on
exhibition at the Sweat Memorial art
museum in Portland. Mr.. Newman
received his artistic training at the
National Academy of Design in New
York City and at Julian academy In
Paris. He has recorded thousands
of moods of the sun kissed hills and
dales, the forests and blue lakes of
Maine in his half century Of activity.
France, he took first prize among 400
students for his exhibit. There was
an interesting photograph of Mr..
Newman in the Portland Sunday
Telegram, showing him at work.
One man and one woman arose
and stood while the Star Spangled
Banner was played at the Priscilla
Theatre at Lewiston on Tuesday
evening. The rest of the spectators
in the picture house, which was
crowded, remained seated through
out. The man, q Lisbon street bust
ness man. reported the incident after
man, and felt the slur deeply. 1--WE
were seated in the middle Of the
theatre. When we arose, we ex-
pected all to do so. It made me boil
ing mad when nobody else respond :
ed. We stood in front Of many peo-
pie whose view of the picture was
cut off, but not q Tnurmur about
this was made. II there had been,
I'm afraid / would have lost my
head and started a young riot. /
felt like doing 1t, anyway" He ad-
ded that he would take the matter
up at the next Legion meeting.
Reports which have Just been re-
ceived by Miss Estelle Mason Of
Orono, state home demonstration
agent leader of the Extension Ser
vice, indicate that no less than 2S5
communities are to make home
economics extension plans for NEXT
year. These plans will be made at
community planning meetings to be
held in each of the towns In which
groups OF women have organized for
the purpose OF receiving instruction
On home economies subjects. The
community plans will follow 10 =
large extent the county plans of ex-
tension work which have recently