he ourier azette T Entered as Second ClassC Mall Matter -G THREE CENTS A COPY Established January, 1846. By The Courier-Gazette. 485 Main St. Rockland, Maine, Thursday, September 28, 1939 V olum e 94...................N um ber 1 16. The Courier-Gazette Knox Pomona Grange [EDITORIAL] THREE-TIMES-A-WEEK KEEPING OUT OF WAR The program of Knox Pomona in THE FARNSWORTH MEMORIAL BUILDING “The Black Cat” Editor Keep the United States out of war! That is the burden WM. O PULLER Warren Oct. 7 will consist of: Song, Associate Editor of many prayers, and the earnest hope of every good Ameri­ FRANK A. WINSLOW "America, the Beautiful;*’ greeting, can, particularly those who are old enough to remember the Trustee Asks That Certain Changes Be Made The first rear room on the tnirl Charles Trone. master Warren horrors of the World War. The wish is father to the thought, floor of the Farnsworth building on Subscription* 83 80 per year payable a range; response Walter Aver In advance: single copies three cents ' 8 ’ pvu»e. waiver Ayer, but how many thmkers and how many observers honestly be­ In Plans Specified By the Will the east side ol Main street to be Advertising rates baaed upon clrcula- treasurer Knox Pomona; speaker on lieve that we will be that fortunate. On the matter of neu­ “ ° “ ™ d construction, William B Deer- put in condition for use as an Art trality will Congress stand pat or will it let down the bars? GaJery, in whicn will rc hung por- j The Rockland oaeette was estab- ‘ng, executive committee Maine The peoples of all nations have their ears to the ground for llf hed ln 1848. In 1874 the Courier was state Grance Ever since the death of Lucy C I Tlie general public is familiar established and consolidated with the _ the purpose of catching the momentous answer. traits of Miss Farnsworth's father 1 Oaaette In 1882 The Free Press was ’ Poem, "Concord Hvnill.'* Athleer. Farnsworth speculation has been1 with the terms of the Farnsworth and brother. Other portraits and j established ln 1855 and ln 1891 changed _ its name to the Tribune These papers Rcbinson, roll call. New England rife as to when the proposed Wil­ will by virtue of their publication statuary to be placed there. T he' consolidated March 17. 1897. Products; topic, "Beauty 8pots of liam A. Farnsworth Memorial in this newspaper at the time the building referred to is located at A T U R K E Y SURPLUS New England," Emma Simmons; Building, corner of Main and Elm wil1 was fUed- and thelr repetition 431-4311 Main street, a short dis­ song, "Sidewalks of New York” by The New England Crop Reporting Service tells us that in the report of the Probate Court streets would be erected. tance south of Tlie Courier-Gazette j — Force may subdue, but love ^G range; paper, ‘'Historical Spots of there are 22 percent more turkeys available this season than hearing. office. By The Roving Reporter w in s—William Penn The trustees have not been idle ; relating <(J {he Me Z Maine," J. R. Danforth; piano solo, there were a year ago—31537.000. to be exact. Perhaps it may The wifi of Lucy C. Farnsworth j I *■ Kathryn Peabody; “Sketch of not be a bad idea to have two Thanksgivings, after all. in the matter, and carefully re- | mortal Building called for a three- inventoried at $972,564 98 in addi­ Stephen Posters Life," Addle Nor­ viewing the terms of Miss Farns- story structure costing $75,000. hav- tion to which was real estate valued J Who remembers when a cog rail­ way ran to the summit of Cadillac School And College wood. worth's will have come froward with (lng the frontage on Main street of at $48,150 and expectant cash re­ | Mountain. Any reader of this 1 Group singing of Stephen Poster "THE WEATHER" a proposition which, in the.r ap- i the buildings which were destroyed ceipts of $100,000—so that the total I column use it? Rockland Students Who sOngs: talk for onc mlnut« on Places Pretty soon we arc going to put our Weather Man on the pearance will better serve the plan by fire and extending back from estate was well above $1,000,000. HaveGone Elsewhere F o r'ot lnt€rest ln the 8outh: dlscusslon* job. W ith overpowering heat in the West and bona fide which Miss Farnsworth had in Main street approximately 100 feet. | The trustees have attended to Straw soaked in a solution of Resolved that traffic laws should snowstorms in the North, somebody ought to be doing some­ mind, as well as the public, which The basement and ground floor the homestead, but are of the opin- caustic soda for 24 hours and then Advanced Education be uniform in all States." Walter thing about it. is to profit thereby. The proposi- , would be used for stores; the sec- Ion th a t the terms of the will washed out can be eaten by cows Ayer Albert Goss, Fred Kenniston; The Courier-Gazette today pre-, 0-----------O---------- 0 tion is outlined in a bill ln equity ond floor for offices, with a library would better be fulflllled if the and sheep Possibbr It is even bet- eents a partial list of Rockland "Hlghllghts <* the New York brought by the Boston Safe Deposit in the rear room; and the third treasures of the Art Gallery were ter than some of the breakfayt students who are attending insti­ World's Pair;" chorus, "Beautiful “FOR TRAINING PURPOSES” and Trust Company, trustee of the floor for a hall. housed in a building of fireproof foods used by humans tutions of higher education. This Ohio;" "Highlights of the San Uncle Sam is sending an undefined number of his war­ Estate, against Franz U. Burkett The net proceeds from the rental | construction. The attorney for the ' paper will be Indebted to any read­ Francisco Exposition," Bernys ships to Hawaii. For “training purposes,” the despatches as Attorney Oeneral and those con­ of the stores, offices and hall woulld j trustees is Charles L. Hutchinson W hat do you suppose Admiral er who may be able to add other Jameson; song. "When I ts Spring­ say. But in these days of strategy one cannot be too choice testants of the will with whom a be used for the maintenance of thf ; of Portland, Byrd is planning to take on his pro­ Rockland names. The list; time in the Rockies" by young peo- of his words. settlement was made after the proposed library, art gallery and' The bill In equity Is brought jected South Pole expedition? Not University of Maine—Barbara pie. o-----------o-------------o hearing in Knox Probate Court. homestead. The library would be against the Attorney Oeneral be- to keep you in suspense I will tell Orff, Eleanor Look, Betty McAlary, The proposition in brief is to open Mondays, (Wednesdays, and cause it is the duty of th a t official! you that it is a five-gallon ice "JITTERY” OVERDONE Frederick Perry, Grant Davis, Pleasant Valley Grange will ob­ erect a two-story building at the Fridays, the books not to be re- to see to the proper application of cream freezer. I should think that Charles Duff. Clarence Peterson. serve at its next meeting .Broste, Tlie word jittery is being sadly overdone in the news­ corner of Main and Elm st-eets in moved. The will specified that the funds in charitable trust. It is hot cocoa apparatus would be more Paul Horeyseck. Meredith Dondis, night. Owing to the absence of the papers and the magazines, but we suppose it will have to place of the contemplated three-1 structure should be known as the returnable to the Supreme Judicial suitable but every m an to his taste, Richard Karl. Gordon Thompson. lecturer, the prog-am will be pre- , stand until somebody discovers another Taney catchword. story structure and to have therein "William A Farnsworth Building Court in Bath Oct. 3. B«wdoin—Harold Dondis, Elmer ' P « cd b>’ the chspiRin. Vallle Mac- Just think how long the press correspondents sent airships the art gallery which, under the and L i b r a r y j And here is what tlie trustees set Interest in the Dionne quintuplets s Bird : Laughlin. All Grangers and friends j "roaring" into the night. terms of tlie will would be housed The terms of the will, with ref- forth: is certainly not waning. Another Bates—Doris Borgerson. Marion fbe Orange are welcome. O ffl-1 ln a back room of the th . .-e-story erence to the homestead, and the j Since the testatrix has died there half million of tourists have visited Ludwtck. Dorothy Frost James ' cers are requested U> be present at Farnsworth block on the etst side four days on which It will .be open I has been erected in Rockland a 1 the famous nursery the past sum­ of Main street. to the public are well known. 1 (Continued on Page Eight) Pelllcane. Wilbur Connon Robert 7 °'cl«k. WAR COST TO AMERICA mer. making a total of 2,000,000 P Harmon. (Boston Transcript, visitors who have journeyed 200 miles north of Toronto to see the Colby—Ruth Thomas, Gordon Thompson The recent upsurge of the New York stock market was a suit of his efforts is reflected in the | ) prize-winning quintet. Having had Richardson. James East Dartmouth College—William An- heady tonic. It stimulated Imaginations and whetted appe­ handsome fruit which was yielded.