he ourier azette T Entered as Second ClaMC Mall Matter -G THREE CENTS A COPY V o lu m e 9 4 .....................N um ber 129. Established January, 1846 By The Courler-Oaaette. MS Main St Rockland, Maine, Saturday, October 28, 1939 The Courier-Gazette [EDITORIAL] “THE BLACK CAT’ THREE-TIME8-A-WEEK A Good Entertainer ELUSIVE POPULARITY Editor Col. Charles A Lindbergh's recent broadcast, with Its much WM. O. PULLER Associate Editor discussed reference to Canada, ls still having Its repercus­ PRANK A. WINSLOW sions, and It is hard to realize that he ls the same man the country used to criticise for being too secretive. In London Subscriptions 83 OC per year payable In advance; single copies three cents. the other night they sang a song lampooning various promi­ Advertising rates based upon circula­ tion and very reasonable nent persons. One verse—and the London audience ap­ NEWSPAPER HD3TORY plauded It—went like this: The Rockland Oszette was estab­ “Then there’s Colonel Lindbergh, lished In 1846. In 1874 the Courier was established and consolidated with the Who made a pretty speech, Gazette In 1882 The Free Press wsa He's somewhere ln America, ''staMished In 1875 and ln 1891 changed its name to the Tribune These papers We're glad he's out of reach.” consolidated March 17, ,897 Popularity ls a fickle thing. Doubtless there are some readers of these lines who will recall what happened to the late Admiral Oeorge Dewey, the hero of Manila, when he gave to ♦ Out of the lowest depths there <• his wife the residence which a grateful nation had presented la a path to the loltlcst height ♦ ♦ —Carlyle *' to him. o--------- o— ■ o LN THE MAINE WOODS Project Winners Axes will ring in Maine forests this winter with something like their old-time cadence. Through the branch offices of At the annual meeting of the, the Maine Employment Service an army of 2000 woodsmen Knox-Lincoln Farm Bureau these i was being mobilized this week, with the assurance that the project awards were announced: State will see the heaviest lumber operations in recent years. This widely known Waldoboro couple. Mr. and Mrs. S. II. Weston, will ob serve their golden wedding anniversary Tuesday | unionization has been a m inus, The addTess on an envelope which Sewing—Rockport 1st. Hope 2d. | Dr. Donald Leigh, a newcomer In Conscription of the lumbermen, half of whom will be avail­ Rockland's professional circles, and able for employment ln New Hampshire woods camps, will be Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. W(eston, Mr. Weston is a member of King quantity in these parts, but a uni- reached the Rockland Postffice the North Edgecombe 3d. a wizard with feats of magic. He effected through the service's files, which lists all available will observe their golden wedding Solomons Lodge F A M. and an a c -, form action akin to It occurred re- otheT day read: T he Koal Kolored recently entertained the High School Food—Sheepscot 1st. Camden 2d. lumberjacks ln the State and the type of woods operation ln o ■>. u„„,Jtive member of the Lions Club ! cently in a neighboring manufac- Kitty for the Curious to Oaze-at." Assembly and (he Lions-Sea Scouts anniversary Nov. 2 at their home . ’ Whitefield 3d meeting. which they are skilled. The service is a division of the Maine Both Mr. and Mrs. Weston are turing plant. On a particularly , I will give our readers one guess as on Jefferson street in Waldoboro Home Management — Aina 1st. Unemployment Commission. members of Wiwurna Chapter O. nippy day when the chill was quite to where the letter was delivered, where they will keep open house E s Mrs Weston being a past Montsweag 2d, Simonton 3d. pronounced, no heat was provided, I —o— A Nautical Ball from 3 to 5 and from 8 to 10. worthy matron. Mrs. Weston is so the workers calmly walked o u t1 Our Warren correspondent A PROSPEROUS SEPTEMBER Mr and Mrs Weston were natives also a valued member of the Wal- en masse, quietly, orderly but with j writes: “Nelson Moore's crop of “Sojers” Wanted To Be Held By Camden of Bremen. They were married 50 doboro Woman's Club and the Corn- unmistakable finality. They got beans did well ln production this Folks who summered ln Maine formed a steady exodus ln Outing Club On Eve Of years ago by the late Rev. John H. munlty Garden Club. their heat—and in Jig time! | season. He obtained 108 beans, dot- Battery E Need* 16 Men early September, and everybody remarked the pity It was to Bulflnch of this town. | Five children were born to them: —o— I eye variety from a single stalk." Armistice Day have them leave the State on the eve of the most delightful The first years of their married Ruth K . who died in Infancy; Law- The parched shores of Megun- j 0 Without Dependents — season. Too busy to say that, however, was the Maine Central ticook Lake and other bodies of wa- Bertha Bryant of Union writes: The long awaited Nautical Ball, life were passed at the Weston rence. Kenneth and Philip who are What They Learn Railroad, earned almost as much as It did In the preceding homestead where Mr Weston was associated with their father in busi- ter ln this section welcomed the -Mr. and Mrs Albert Ooss went to sponsored by the Camden Outing eight months of the year—the exact figures being a net in­ engaged in farming. He later ness and Elizabeth now Mrs. Otto recent rains, even If they were not Friendship last Wednesday and The strength of Battery E ls Club, will be held Armistice Eve, come of *164,065 as against a deficit of 860,318 ln September of bought the store of A. L. Geele at Kimmich of Tenafly. N. J. They of a torrential character. It be- werc held up ln the road by two constantly increasing but the Bat- Nov 10. at Camden Opera House. I last year. During those busy weeks of the past summer one Medomak, moving there in 1908 have one grandson. Lawrence Kim- came so bad at Meeuntlcook lhat coons and a partridge sitting in the tery still needs 16 men without de- At this time the beautifully con-! had only to stand at any point along the Knox & Lincoln where he carried on a grain and mich. several cottage owners had to ex- middle of the road. Mr Goss had tend their pipe lines into deeper , wan fOr them to make up their pendents. Men with prior service structed Snipe Boat, built by th e , Division to see those long trains of pullman cars loaded from grocery business for 15 years. Sell- Mr and Mrs Weston have a door to door with passengers who were bidding a regretftil water. miirds which way to go, finally, one may be accepted under some con­ Camden Yacht Building Ac Railway ing out this business he came here 1 host of friends in Waldoboro and Inc. will be given away to the adieu to the State which so well deserves the title of "Vacation- buying the hardware store of Harry surrounding towns who extend best —o— coon took one side of the road and ditions, even if they have depend­ Here is an apple item from an-j,hf other tQok lhe opposlt(, Thc holder of the lucky number The land." Rockland was the distributing point for more summer Curtis which he still operates. wishes on their golden wedding d»y I other part of the State: ents. The call to the Colors is visitors this year than it has had ln a long time. And there'll partridge seemed ln no hurry, but price of an admission ticket to the “The apples of Maine! No others flew off s,ow]y meeting with fine response in other be more in 1940. dance, entitles the holder to a can compare with them. The Me- —o— chance to win the boat. o-----------o o communities and Rockland with a Tenth Anniversary Hard Of Hearing Intosh Red has a twin, or rival, The broadcaster was referring to With winter fast approaching, Red Letter Battery should not be WAGE-HOUR ACT: SECOND YEAR z~kL J d t v . d _ r \ c i ___1 C— rather, in the Courtland, which is the provost guard, but he pro- plans are being made to open the Obgerved By Thomaston Program Of the Local So- larger and sweeter. Dld anyone • nounce it "pm -vw st” Any N.Uonai found wanting. The Battery goes (Herald Tribune) Club for the season During the to Fort Williams No. 5 for a week Federated Church — Lec­ ciety Adapted To the Na- ever hear of the 'Cat-head' and i Guardsman, and almost everyone past summer, thousands of people The fair labor standards act—better known as the wages of active duty. Red blooded men tional Observance 1 *e * * * " and else knows better. from all over the country have visi­ and hours law—enters upon Its second phase tomorrow. The ture By Dr. Bradshaw the Winter Porters, and the Ben , should apply at the Armory on ted the Snow Bowl, and it has be­ ultimate objective of this law is a standard of 40 cents an hour for a 40-hour week, but that objective is to be approached Morning worship last Sunday fit­ A National Hearing Week pro- Davis, the Blue Pearmain—and Last spring an Item appeared ln Spring street on Tuesday or Thurs­ come a great asset to this section gradually.