Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1926-09-20

Teeming with many thrilling ad.
ventures encountered by Maine pio-
neers of nearly century aCo and
Astounding with the wholesome ioy
OF life as it was lived in the eariv
days. scores Of manuscripts-entere
In the historical contest of the Maine
Three Quarter Century Club--have
been reviewed and classified.
Prize winners in the contestant
nounced today by the committee of
Judges-are as follows: Pioneer
Days In Maine, Prior to the Civil
War;, Mrs. Sarah F. Smith of Cor
nish. age 50 years; "Maine's Partici-
patton in the Civil War;" Samuel p.
Emerson, of Skowhegan, age IS; AN
Account of Maine Event Since the
Close of the Civil War;" Mrs. Apphia
Vose Gilbert Of Kingfield, age Sc.
The fourth classification of manu-
scripts under the heading. Life in
Maine Town Three Quarters of a
Century Ago" caused the committee
OF judges real worry. So many of
the entries were of great merit that
it was difficult to decide the winner.
Finally the contest simmered down
to the essays filed by John Ashley
st. Clair of Calais. and Mrs. A. w.
Bachelor Of Winthrop and the COM
mittee decided to divide the prize be-
tween these two.
Each of the winners will receive a
ten dollar gold piece and a testi-
monial signed by the entire COM
mittee of judges which is composed
of Judge Clarence Hale. President Of
the Maine Historical Society; Mrs.
Blaine S. Viles. State Regent of the
Maine Society. Daughters of the
pavo1rfiar. I,,doa
Spear, President of the Maine Soci-
ETY., Sons of the American Revolu-
ton, Bertram L. Packard, Deputy
Commissioner Of Education ana
Editor Of the Journal Of Maine His
tory and Walter D. Thurber, Execu-
tive Secretary Of the Maine Public
Health Association and member of
the Board of Managers of the Maine
Society, Sons of the American Revo-
luton.
Mrs. Gilbert related an interesting
story of THE Pumpkin Freshet, on
the Carrabassett which rose to such
a height THAT hundreds-possibly
thousands of pumpkins were
washed down stream into the Ken
nebec River and which led to a thrill
ling escape from drowning by her
husband, the late Charles F. Glib I.
Mr.. Emerson, in his article on
Names participation in the Civil
War brought out the interesting fact
that 6 and 4-10 per cent of Mime
soldiers in the Civil War were killed
or mortally injured as compared with
5 and lilo per cent for the entire
Union army.
Mrs. Smith. in her article on pio-
neer days in Maine, told of the first
building of log cabins and later the
building of frame houses with large
fireplaces, brick ovens and the first
planting of crops of corn by diggi =
holes with sticks in the loose ground
around the stumps of trees which
had been felled in order to build
houses and farm buildings.
Judge St. Clair wildly presented
the difficulties of farming in the
early days when moving machines,
reapers, corn planters, horse drawn
hay rakes and other farming tools
had not come into general use.
Mrs. Bachelor painted an unusu-
ally clear word-picture of the house
keeping arrangements, the cooking,
the tallow caadle making. the weav-
| ing of cloth, the church services, the
country schools and the wholesome
amusements of the early days.
SSFIlHcdteS Oh nOHOTdDle awards,
provided by the Maine Public Health
Asso cia ton, were awarded by the
committee of judges to the follow
ing contestants:
Frank N. Davis, Calais; Mrs Mary
III. Sanford, Hallowell; G. w. EN-
erson, Skowhegan; John P. Haney.
Portland: Eben4 D. Hodgkins. Els
worth; Fronie Sawyer Smith, Column
bia Falls; Miss Florentina Patter-
son, r. F. D. 1, Kenduskeag: Julia
Dearborn, Corinna; N. H. Campbell.
East Dixfield; Mrs. Mary E. NAL
lett, Lee: Mrs. Robert A. Barnard,
Bridgton; Capt. Horace c. Whit
more, r. F. D. s, Bangor; William
z. Clayton. Bangor; NJ. w. LARA
bee, Parkman; George H. Donham,
Island Falls; Andrew A. Melvin,
East Vassalboro: Mrs. A. NJ. Warren,
Dover-Foxcroft; Mrs. Lucia M. Rog-
ers, Guilford; Mrs. Emma F. Davis,
Clinton; Ruth E., Whittier, Caribou;