Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-08-12
MAINE GOSSIP
Cosmos

GTrom an Early Troubadour)
High-born lady in silken sheen,
Dalntily perfumed, fringed in fairy
green,
Golden-eyed following your Lord the
As he courses the sky till day is done
Darling in In the Garden"
Lewiston and Auburn report so
many visitors that the assistance of
the police is necessary in finding
rooms for the tourists.
The Piscataquis Republican Field
Day will be held at Guilford today.
1t is expected that practically all of
the interested Republican workers of
the county will be present. Dinner
will be served by the churches. Milo
band will be in attendance during
the day. Among the guests of honor
will be Governor and Mrs. Ralph o.
Brewster. Hon. Ira G. Hersey, and
other leading Republicans of the
state.
On Friday afternoon the children
of the Forest avenue playground at
Bangor will be given a demonstration
on the results obtained from clean
teeth. Moving pictures on dental
hygiene will he shown. and
tooth brush drill will he con-
Quoted. The teeth of all chill
dren will be examined and recon-
mendations made for their proper
care. Miss Dorothy Bryant of Au-
gusta. State Dental Hygenist, State
department of health. together with
DR.. II. D. Mcneil, city health officer.
and Miss Edith Bicknell, district
nurse, will conduct the demonstra-
ton.
A Lewiston fish market now has on
display a 700-pound horse mackerel,
reported to be the largest ever cap
tured off the Maine coast. The fish,
which was harpooned and brought
ashore by Fred Gilman. one of three
brothers who are fishermen at Orr's.
was brought to Lewiston Tuesday
evening. The Gilman brothers now
have caught IA of these huge fish
this year. Fred Gilman harpooned
the monster at o'clock Monday
evening, but it was four hours later
before he was able to subdue it. It
towed him several miles. Crowds
viewed the fish when it was brought
to Leiston.
The Maine Aerial Service, Inc,
which operates an aviation school at
Bangor, and which contemplates the
establishment of an air service be-
tween Bangor, Portland and Boston
probably will add three new air
planes to it's squadron soon. This
was the report of Lieut.. Fred w.
Rowell, secretary and treasurer of
the company, who stopped in Port
land while on his way from Mitchell
Field to Bangor. Lieut.. Rowell was
pany of Morris, y. Y, that they
would buy three planes for the Ban
gor company, as they have ex-
pressed much interest in the enter
prise.
Howard Giles, the we'll known New
York ARTIST, is enjoying his new
studio at MacMahan Island, where
one can view an interesting collection
of his charming paintings and draw
ines. Mr.. Giles has just completed
an interesting painting of the Maine
coast. This shows boat house In
the foreground with farmhouse and
hills beyond, and GROWING 1t are all
the colors Of one of Names beauti-
full Summer skies. This picture will
be sent to the International Exhibi-
ton at the Carnegie Institute, Pitts
burgh, Pa, this Fall. Mr.. Giles has
group of Ave paintings at the Sesqui-
centennial in Philadelphia, including
one of the MacMahan woodlands, and
one of the ice pond with Its plctur-
esoue background. There are also
two other paintings Of MacMahan
island, One of these took the gold
medal prize at the National Academy
of Design in New York. Another
celebrated painting by Mr.. Giles is
the Belgian Refugee" which won the
81. 900 prize at the Carnegie Institute
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mrs. Elizabeth Curtis, Topshams
oldest citizen, celebrated her s9th
birthday on July ~, when a large
family reunion was held in her honor.
She was born in 1927 at Litchfield,
and at the age of 80 married Obadiah
Curtis. They went to live at Rich
mend Corner. There were five chill
dren only one Of whom is living, Mrs
Lottie Tarbox Of Topsham. After
Mr.. Curtis died in 1910 Mrs. Curtis
went to Topsham to live with her
daughter and is still living at the
same place on the Middlesex road.
She is very interesting woman and
retains her faculties to a remarkable
degree. She has a fine memory and
recalls things which happened when
she was three yearsFold. Her grand