Phippsburg Social Notes Round Bath Visits and Meetings
Miss Catherine McCourt returned after wintering in Freeport. Bath visitors include Miss Eleanor Brown and Miss Hattie Bowker. The Welfare club met with Mrs. Rogers in Dromore to sew aprons and patchwork. Various locals hosted guests and family visits span Windsor to Jonesport with Mayflowers in bloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine McCourt
Freeport
Mattie Cutting
Lizzie French
Pine Street
Bath
Evelyn Beals
Eleanor Brown
Howard Bowker
Jean
Hattie Bowker
Frank Higgins
Percy Holbrook
Campbell's Pond District
James E. Perry
Cora Campbell
Linwood C. Feere
Arthur Harrington
Meadowbrook
James L. Morse
Hattie Minott
Welfare Club
Ernest A. Rogers
Dromore
Emma Perry
Eleanor Gilmore
Linda Perry
Esther McCourt
Annie Durwent
Rogers
Omar Perry
Winneganee
Walter J. Pierce
Morse High School
George Larrabee, Jr
Errold Blaisdell
Dromore Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Elfreda Perkins
Ralph Kenney
New England Council to Launch Weekly WEAF Radio Program
Governors of six states inaugurate a weekly New England radio series on WEAF New York at 7 30 with Hank Crumit Rudy Vallee and other guests. The initial April 2 program features Vallee as Maine’s guest star. Each week a nationally known figure from radio theater or sports joins in, with themed topical programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New England Council
WEAF
New York Tonight
Hank Crumit
New
Crumit
Rudy Vallee
Louis J. Brann
Fred Allen
Charles M. Smith
Eddy Duehin
James M. Curley
Eleanor Powell
Brann
Lowell Thomas
H. Styles Bridges
Francis Ouimet
Theodore Francis Green
Jimmy Foxx
Curley
Mary Rogers
Gene Tunney
Wilbur L. Cross
Sagadahoc County Committees Prepare for State Convention
Sagadahoc county groups failed to meet Monday for organization before the Democratic state convention but planned to organize Tuesday. Notables include Carleton Reed and Mrs Reed of Woolwich and Mrs Allan. Leon Knowles of Newport found vibrant greens and beets in a garden, remarking on the mild winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Carleton D. Reed
Woolwich
McMinda
Allan
Leon Knowles
Newport
City Aldermen Announce Yearly Standing Committees
Mayor Sewall and President Small announced the aldermanic and Council members for the year on March 25. Joint committees include Accounts, Athletics, Charities and Corrections, Engrossed Ordinances, Finance, Fire, Insurance, Manufactures, New Streets, Ordinances, Printing, Public Buildings, Public Lighting, Schools, Taxes, Water and Water Works, plus Special Licenses, Police, and State Aid and Pensions with named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
Smal
Small
Turner
Haskell
Pinkham
Eseley
Bragg
Henderson
Cahoon
Robbins
Lake
Donnell and
Hart
Emery
Wallace and Gay
Woodman
Rogers and Cahoon
Turner and
Robson, Legard and Bailey
Bragg and
Rogers, Hart
McFadden
Legard
Gay
Tardif
Rodick
Cahoon and Small
Gediman
Savage
Smith and Pierce
Robson
Eseley and Bailey
Smith, Bailey
Pierce
Wallace
Rodick, Donnell and Savage
Missionary Society Elects Officers
Mrs Ruth Stetson was chosen president of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Church of the Nazarene for a second year at the annual meeting. Over 250 dollars was raised, a record year. Seventeen members attended along with baby Joan Alice Stetson who caused laughter before hunger required a refill. Officers elected include Mrs Iva Kenney first vice president Miss Lois Palmer second vice president Mrs Lillian Mayo secretary Miss Alma Reid treasurer Mrs Iva Kenney study leader and Miss Gwendolyn Lewis publicity secretary. The New England Nazarene WMS district convention will be in Malden on April 13-14 with Stetson and delegates expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Stetson
Woman's Missionary Society
Church of the Nazarene
Joan Alice Stetson
Iva Kenney
Lois Palmer
Lillian Mayo
Alma Reid
Gwendolyn Lewis
The
New England Nazarene W. M. S
Malden
Nazarene District Assembly
Stetson
Beacon Street Junior Aid Holds Meeting
Beacon Street church junior auxiliary met at Mrs. Reinoehl's home with 16 members and two visitors. They reported a satisfactory pre Easter sale, voted to present funds to the church treasury, and planned Palm Sunday vesper services. An April 25 program by Watson-Doane Company was announced with Miss Irma Watson and Miss Helen Doane as featured performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Frank H. Reinoehl
High Street
John Hopkins
Roy Bradford
Carl Pinson
Watson-Doane Company
Irma Watson
Helen Doane
Sanford B. Nickerson
Henry Powers
Forrest Lewis
Popham Beach Daily Aide Notes Local Events and Illnesses
Popham Beach notices list residents at Marine Hospital Portland and at homes in Spruceville Lisbon Falls and Georgetown. Capt Edgar N Drake of Georgetown visits relatives while others recover from illness or travel. Lum ber company rep checks lumber losses after storms and road repairs improve travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Urquehart
Seguin Teland
Marine Hospital
Portland
Edgar N. Drake
Georgetown
Margaret Stover
Leah Bowie
Spruceville
Ellison Moody
Gilbert’s Head
Long Island
Stanley Perkins
Harry Spencer
Ernest Oliver
Bath
Clinton Newdick
Augusta
Clifton Morong
U.S. Coast Guard
Mise Fdna M. Conlidge
Irving Dobbin
Kennebec River
Pauline Morong
Eleanor Thayer
Lisbon Falls
Helena Oliver
Hattie Bowie Spruceville
Jonesport
Augusta Lumber Company
Leon Buck
Edward Owen
Eugene W. Osgood
Popham Light
South Portland
Kennebec
Fred Safford
Robert McDonald
McDonald
Leona Osgood
E. W. Osgood
Carol Drake
Norman Perkins
Edwin Dyer
Leslie
Small Point Road
Mr. Savage
Phippsburg Center
Bernard Carleson
Parker Head
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
Margaret Wyman
Popham
Barbara Fletcher
Lighthouse Reservation
Marguerite McNulty
Sea Grille
Rotary Officers Named For Next Year At Club Meeting
The Rotary club's weekly session named Dr. Francis A. Winchenbach as president Perry L. Thompson as vice president Henry W. Owen as secretary Carl Y. Kennedy as treasurer and N Gratz Jackson George B Wolstenholme George A Evison and Thomas R Huston as directors The luncheon time was set to 12 15. F B Nichols spoke on Bermuda's attractions and upcoming Spring Rotary conferences in Brunswick May 17 18 hosted by Brunswick and Bath with Bowdoin college campus arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Marius H. Page
Francis A. Winchenbach
Perry L. Thompson
Henry W. Owen
Carl Y. Kennedy
Thomas R. Huston
N. Gratz Jackson
George B. Wolstenholme
George A. Evison
F. B. Nichols
Bermuda
Europe
United States
Canada
Brunswick
Brunswick and Bath Club
Bowdoin College
Lewis Retracts Plea On Probation For Skiff Larceny
Roger H. Lewis of 355 Washington Street retracted a not guilty plea and pleaded guilty to larceny of a 16 foot skiff from Lester Tarbox in municipal court. He received six months probation to make restitution for the skiff lost during the flood period after overloading it with drift wood. Artemus T. Lewis was discharged by Judge Keegan as having nothing to do with the larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger H. Lewis
Washington Street
Lester
Savoie Tarbox Street
Monfather
Artemus T. Lewis
John J. Keegan
Lewis
Drayton Second Destroyer Built by Bath Iron Works
The Drayton, launched by Bath Iron Works, is the second destroyer of that name from the plant. The original Drayton, started in 1908, measured 289 ft long with four Norman boilers and Parsons turbines, achieving 30.8 knots on trial. It was commissioned in 1910 and scrapped in 1935 under the London Treaty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drayton
Bath Iron Works Corp
Bath Iron Works
Emma Gadsden Drayton
Washington, D. C
Thomas Fenwick Drayton
Charleston
S.C
Beaufort County
S. C
Percival Drayton
Crayton
Paulding
John H. Hyde
Seguin
Portland
Isles of Shoals
Charles W. Dingley
Frank Dingley
Navy
Commodore Drayton
Ketchum Ritchie Wedding Held at Madison Home
Miss Maisie Ritchie wed Wilbur Ketchum Saturday afternoon in a single ring ceremony at Dr. Harry F. Morin’s Washington Street home. Rev. William Wood officiated. The couple, after refreshments, left for Portland for the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maisie Ritchie
Wilbur Ketchum
William Wood
Harry F. Morin
Washington Street
Roland E. Raynes
Woolwich
William H. Ketchum
Ketchum
Lee Ketchum
Madison
Methodist
John Ketchum
Constance Morin
Constance Grange
Ninetieth Birthday of a Bath Woman
Mrs. Charles E. Trufant marked her 90th birthday with family at her daughter’s Bath home at 38 Pleasant Street. Post cards and flowers arrived. she stays active reading papers and braiding a rug. Born in Harpswell, she moved to Bath to live with daughter Marietta Doughty. She is the last of her siblings. Her son Irving C. Trufant of Bangor recently visited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Trufant
Fred S. Curtis
Pleasant Street
Marietta Doughty
William and
Delight Bailey (Sinnett) Doughty
Harpswell
Curtis
Special Evening Services at Central Church Week
Central church plans daily services from 7 15 p m during Holy Week with brief talks by Dr Wilson on the life of Jesus. Topics cover the Upper Room Frailty Gethsemane Calvary and the Lord's Supper. Good Friday hours 12 to 3 p m include prayer and meditation. Washington trip for Rockland students April 18 plus Dorothy Parker and Principal Blaisdell plan to accompany them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Jesus
Wilson
Calvary
Washington, D. C
Rockland
Dorothy Parker
Blaisdell
Mrs Crockett Talks Red Cross Work for Fireside Club
Mrs Arthur S Crockett executive secretary of Bath chapter of the American Red Cross spoke on the organization its history and relief work locally nationally and internationally in a Winter Street Fireside club address Sunday night Forty young people attended and plans were made for a club play with piano solos and a candy sale next Tuesday and Sunday will feature Mrs Rodney W Roundy of Portland as speaker with Camp Manitou ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur S. Crockett
Bath
American Red Cross
Red Cross
Winter Street
Fireside Club
The
Mary Ellen Cyr
Linna Marie Purdue
Mary Goodwin
Rodney W. Roundy
Portland
Congregational
Camp
Manitou
Roundy
Gove M Phee Nuptials Set For April Seventeen
William H. Gove Bath Junior Chamber of Commerce secretary and Miss Georgia Greta MacPhee of Wiscasset will wed Friday evening April 17 at St Philip's Episcopal church in Wiscasset. Gove, son of Mrs Laura M. Brennan, played high school sports and later ran the Bath Clippers in the Heart O Maine League. He works in the Central Maine Power meter department. MacPhee, a 1934 Wis casset Academy graduate, starred in girls basketball for three years. Attendants include Herbert A. Henderson and Harriet L. MacPhee of Wiscasset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Gove
Bath
Bath Clippers
Heart O' Maine
Central Maine Power Co
McPhee
Wiscasset Academy
Herbert A. Henderson
Harriet L. MacPhee
Wiscasset
Veteran salesman at wheel again after long illness
John M. Rines of Bath returns to work with Cummings Motors at 15 Broad Street after eight months confined to his home at 75 Lincoln Street due to illness. He began as an auto salesman on April 1, 1918 with Charles W. Clifford Jr. and ran Front Street Motor Mart for eight years. A separate item notes Mrs. W. A. Creamer of Warren capsizing a rowboat on St George River and being rescued by her husband and hired man Eric Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Rines
Bath
Cummings Motors, Inc
Broad Street
Lincoln Street
Mr. Rines
Charles W. Clifford, Jr
Vine Street
Carlton Bridge
Front Street
Clifford
Nes
Preble
Preble Motor Co
Les Camarades Guests Of Clifford B Smith On Wednesday
Clifford B Smith entertained Les Camarades Musicaux at Miss Alice N Magoun s Middle Street home. Mrs John Sanborn joined the alto singers. Francis B McPherson returned from cruises aboard the Toalo as pianist. The program opened with a paper on Musical Antagonisms by Miss Magoun and featured multiple piano solos and groups including quartets duets and trios with Mrs Albee and Mrs Ramsay among performers. Evangeline Haynes reported safe after harrowing experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford B. Smith
Les Camarades Musicaux
Alice N. Magoun
Middle Street
John Sanborn
Alto Singers
Francis 8. McPherson
Evangeline Haynes
Les Camarades
Binghampton
N. Y
Robert F. Ramsay
Enrollments Rise for New England Citizen Training Camps
Major General Fox Connor reports strong interest in New England Citizen Military Training Camps opening July 9. Applicants from most counties come in, with gaps in Knox and Piscataquis Maine Dukes Nantucket and Grande Isle Vermont. Camps at Fort Devens Fort McKinley Fort Adams Fort Ethan Allen offer basic to advanced courses with transportation paid and potential officer eligibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fox Connor
First Corps
New England
Knox
Piscataquis
Maine
Dukes
Nantucket
Massachusetts
Grande Isle
Vermont
Conner
C. M
T. C
Boston
Fort Devens
Fort McKinley
Fort Adams
Rhode Island
Fort Ethan Allen
Baked beans supper aids Bath Red Cross flood fund
Community house event clears about $21 for Bath chapter Red Cross flood relief. Squaw club canceled Friday meeting to attend the supper. Other local notes include measles cases, club activities, and a Navy yard work move in Kittery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Relief Fund of
Bath
American Red Cross
Squaw Club
Caroline Oliver
Harry F. Oliver
Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Community House
Red Cross
North End
Winnegance
Merton Oliver
John Bowie
Harry Oliver
Walter Morse
Page Wyman
Bernice Drake
Waldo Weston
Freeman Oliver
Wyman
Mechanic Street
Winnegance Community Club
Almon R. Perry
Arthur Lemont
Edgar Oliver
Reuben Purington
Harry Nason
Frances Morse
Reed
Thomas Totman
Kittery
Navy Yard
Robert P. Manson
Boston
Fred S. Coombs
Winneganee Community Club
John G. Morse
Bath psychics defraud Bath women of thousands
Bath authorities say Prof. Herman Norge and A Howard Lodge defrauded more than twenty Bath women of amounts from 25 to 200 totaling near 3000 by promising venturous investments and related psychic services. Norge offered $1 readings and required a second visit with a sheet for fortune work while Lodge assisted with stronger claims. Prosecutions hinge on state statutes. G Dudley Gould marked 82nd birthday, veteran Masons and Eastern Star member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Herman Norge
A. Howard Lodge
Lodge
Prof
Norge
Prof. Norge
Psychics
Keegan
G. Dudley Gould
Warren
The
Masons, Odd Fellows
Eastern Star
Rebekahs
South Hope
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Phippsburg
Sagadahoc County
FOLKS
Junior Aid
39 Elm Street
Photographers’ Association of New England
Bradford
Fred N. Sanborn
Califor
Popham Beach
Rotarians
Frank B. Nichols
Ketchum-Ritchie
Mrs. Crockett
Winter Street Fireside Club
Gove-M’phee
Chamber of Commerce
John Rines
Musical Society
Francis S. McPherson
Mendelssohn Mines
Match
Sturtevant
Cary and
Rice
Miss Mackinnon
Davies
Blue Water
Ramsay
Albee
Omer
Delibes
Mrs. Albee
di Provenza
la Traviata
Cm.t.c
Farmington Normal School
Bloomer Boys
L. Joe Ror
Richard Mallett
Winterport
Eastern Steamship Company
Forest W. Fleming
Sportsman's Club
Bowlodrome
Bowloway
John Chaisson
Victoria Hotel
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