Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-06-17

Flashing the message of faith afar.
A piece of blue sky, bit of red cloud,
Some gleamings white from wild
waves shroud.
Each by itself simple thing.
Yet as the three to the breezes swing,
A message of Hope and Live they
bring.
Flag of our fathers flung to the sky.
Banner of courage, floating on high,
Banner of honor. fairest Of fair.
Cheering each heart with it's message
Folding US all in its loving care.
kate B. Ellis.
Fairfield, Maine.
Next Saturday there Is to be an
excursion from Boston to Lucrene-
in-Maine, the new Summer resort
development near Bangor. A
special train is to be run from Bos-
ton.
Elmer Hodgkins, veteran Bath
mail carrier, completed SO years of
his duties Tuesday, June Is, 1890,
was the date that the well known
Bath man started his career as
mail carrier and since that time he
has trod the streets and sidewalks
of Bath missing but comparatively
few days because of Illness.
Bath Is much interested in the de-
parture of the Macmillan fleet from
Wiscasset next Saturday for bust
ness as well as other reasons. The
Bowdoin was repaired at the Hyde
WindlasS plant. Swift & Co., have
supplied the two Arctic going craft
from the Bath plant and supply of
the Baxter canned corn will be taken
along on the trip.
Judge George L. Emery Of Bidde-
ford was the speaker at the Flag
Day exercises held at Sanford Mon
day evening under the auspices Of
the Sanford Lodge of Elks. The
programme included a parade which
formed at the Elks lodge rooms at
o'clock, feature of which was the
Saco Fife and Drum corps as 1.-THE
Spirit of '76," and Boy Scouts. car
rying flags.
Master Donald McCone Of Saco
has returned to his home after
spending a week in Massachusetts
where he performed as a solo violin
list in the Central Square theater,
Boston. One of the features on his
programme was the celebrated
"Andantino in B fat, by Lemare.
This is Master McCone's first out-of-
state appearance. He is a pupil or
Mrs. Grace Merrill Cults of Saco.
who is a pupil Of Felix Winternitz
of Boston.
on lobster fishing is necessary" and
Horatio D. erie of Rockland, COM
missioner of Sea and Shore Fisher
les for Maine, commenting on the
statment made by Henry O'Malley
of Washington, United States Com
missioner of Fisheries at a meeting
in Bath last Friday. At that time
Mr.. O'Malley is quoted to the effect
that such a closed time might be
necessary for the preservation Of the
lobster fishing industry. Mr.. erie
pointed out that the catch in this
state was larger this Spring than it
has been for years and that it is
steadily growing in size. Moreover,
he argued. the proposed plan would
play havoc among the fishermen.
Under the auspices of the Maine
Pharmaceutical Association a meet
ing was held at the Bangor Chamber
Of Commerce Tuesday noon, at
which time Governor Brewster
spoke on the forthcoming campaign
of the State of Maine Associates for
the purpose of unifying the efforts
of the various organizations of the
state, in their efforts in the state
publicity campaign. The luncheon
was attended by a large gathering
The meeting was held primarily for
the purpose of formulating plans for
Penobscot county in the drive for
membership in the State of Maine
Associates which opens on June 81.
Other speakers on the program in
cluded William H. Hammond of
Hampden, Master of Penobscot
Pomona Grange: President Stetson
of the Chamber of Commerce: Sem
ator Carter, of Auburn; Col. Sabine
w. Wood, chairman of the' cam
paign for Penobscot county: S. T.
White, druggist of Houlton, and
Charles Murray of the State High
way Commission.
The Nazarenes of Maine. for the
first time in their history, will have
charge Of the annual camp meeting
at Old Orchard this year, which will
be held July Pill. In former years
the National Holiness association
has always conducted the Old
orchard camp meetings. The Naz-
arene clergymen from the entire
state will carry out the arrange
ments for this big religious affair.
and committees have been formed
for the different branches of the
work. A special feature of this
years meeting will be the appear
ance of the evangelists, Mr.. and
Mrs. G. F. Owen of Colorado Springs,
Colo. These well-known evange-
lists have but recently returned from
an extended trip to the Holy Land,
where they studied customs and
manners in the land of the Savious.
They will give missionary addresses,
appearing in the native costumes of
the Holy Land. Mrs. Owen is also
an accomplished pianist and vocalist
and plays the guitar in accompani-
ment to her vocal numbers. The
pulpit work will be under the direc-
ton of the Rev. l.. E. Mann of Bath,
the Rev. c. p. Lanpher of Portland
and the Rev. c. f. Hurst of Liver
more Falls.
Miss Mary Evelyn Oliver. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur G.
Oliver of Bath, a member of the
class graduated from Mount Holyoke
College on Tuesday. was one of IL
girls to be awarded the highest
scholarship honors, magma cum