Queen Esther Lodge Hosts 5th Anniversary Birthday Event
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge No. 20 hosted Beulah lodge Richmond Evening Star lodge Brunswick and others for its fifth anniversary in Bath. Grand master George D. Daley of Old Town attended and spoke. Mrs. Margaret B. Peabody of Richmond and many past noble grands participated. The banquet featured a full menu and varied performances by dancing pupils and local musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Beulah Lodge
Richmond
Evening Star Lodge
Brunswick
Fidelity of
Lewiston
Bath
George D. Daley
Old Town
Margaret B. Peabody
Rebekah Assembly
Kennebec
Harriet Huggard
Nellie Lord
May Ward
Mary Cunningham
Elizabeth McCabe
Ethel Parks
Kathleen Harkins
Snipe Brothers
Joanne Heal
Ann Hartnett
Geraldine Smith
Emily Furber
Elaine Noyes
Grace Cunningham
Helen Tabor
Freda McAllister
Bowery
Myrna Avery
Frank Curtis
Queen Esther
Esther
Peabody
Eola Atwood
Clara Donaldson
Cornelia Stover
Fannie Burden
Harriet Bunker
Lena Shepard
Dorothy Milliken
Rose Jean
Charlotte Heald
Sarah Munsey
Shirley Mank
Carolyn Thompson
Marian Clement
Jeanie Farrin
H. Maria Wiggin
Lois McKiever
Annette Pinkham
Elizabeth Tedford
Eva Atwood
Dromore Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
Dromore Farm Bureau met at the Winnegance Community club house with 29 members. They timestamped crafts and a covered dish dinner, planned a flood relief donation, and outlined a bread making training trip to Topsham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Winnegance
Louise Mayo
Aletha Campbell
Hortensen
Welch
Auburn
Bureau
Campbell
Clara Oliver
Topsham
Ladies Shoes and Sandals at Discount Prices
Store offers ladies shoes from 1.95 to 5.00 and low heel sandals 1.95 to 2.95. Children and misses shoes priced 1.00 to 2.50. Located upstairs at Bill Hatch's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Hatch
Mexico and Rumford Suffer from Freshet Flood Chaos
Mrs. Clifford Small of Mexico Maine describes the March flood toll in her town and Rumford with dramatic detail. She recounts rising water, destroyed stores, flooded homes, displaced families, Red Cross relief, and ongoing efforts as National Guardsmen enforce order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Small
Mexico
Madalyn Davis
Bath
William Davis
Granite Street
Small
Maine
Clifford
Grange Hall
Red Cross
Roxbury Road
Clifford's
Rumford
Rumford Center
Ogaxek
Damariscotta
Tyler's Mill
National
Assistants Begin Annual Canvass Citywide
The assistant assessors opened their annual canvass to collect statistics for tax bills. Residents must provide age place of birth and a count of musical instruments including radio along with livestock counts and housing boats. Ward assignments list six officials including Edward Brown and Eugene Sprague.
Bowdoinham News Notes From Local Residents
Bowdoinham residents swap visits and updates as families travel to Portland Richmond and Brunswick. Fire Chief Fred Leavitt conducts annual chimney inspections. several locals relocate attend gatherings and enjoy events. A washed out road forces use of an older route, and Norman Curtis attends the Republican convention in Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Hamilton
Portland
Alvin Huntoon
Fred Leavitt
Harry Chase
Richmond
Elizabeth Holman
Linwood Rideout
Phillip Rideout
University of Maine
Henry Cornish
I. C. Irish
Emma Sturtevant
George Hackett
Elsie
Erla Browne
John Maher
Florence Rendall
Alfred
George Cutler
Vernon Little
Margaret
Blaine
Charles Hackett
Raymond Tibbetts
Brunswick
Robert Darling
Lewiston
Elizabeth Wilson
Frank Siegars
Percy Rideout
Bowdoin
Frank Rossi
Bernice Berosky
Gardiner
Clyde Starbird
Sidney Hopkins
Charles Sherman
Richmond Corner
Topsham
Bowdoinham
Norman Curtis
Marion
Bangor
Masonic Lodge
Toppan Welcomes Daughter Beverly Jane at Belfast
Mr and Mrs Louis C Toppan of Island Falls welcomed a daughter named Beverly Jane on March 24 Mrs Toppan formerly Adra Jack. Mr Toppan serves as pastor of Whittier Congregational Church. Captain and Mrs Doughty of South Portland visited the Ackleys last week. Herbert Given and family of Auburn were recent guests of Mr Given's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis C. Toppan
Island Falls
Beverly Jane Toppan
Toppan
Adra Jack
Whittier Congregational Church
Doughty
South Portland
George Ackley
Herbert Given
Auburn
Given
Providence salesman survives Lewiston flood ordeal
Louis Smith of Providence R I was swept by floodwaters in Rumford last week. After crossing water and debris he abandoned his car in Lewiston and returned by bus and train. He later recovered his car at Ridin Light Lodge. Grace Frost of Augusta aided Red Cross flood relief in Lewiston's acute distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Smith
Providence
R. I
Rumford
Lewiston
Smith
Ridin’ Light Lodge
Grace Frost
Augusta
Red Cross
Auction Prices Displayed in Early Listing
A fragment shows bidding figures like $1.95 and $0.50 to $1.00 per ton, with $2.95 and $3.50 quoted and Hill reaching up to $3.95. The note suggests a mixed auction or sale of goods with varied unit costs.
Drayton Sisters Lead Keel Laying At Bath Iron Works
Marjorie and Barbara Drayton from Pennsylvania joined officials at Bath Iron Works to fasten the first bolts of two new destroyers. Marjorie Elliott Drayton assisted under the guidance of President William S. Newell while their mother Mrs. John C. Henderson accompanied them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drayton
Barbara Edith
Marjorie Elliott
Pennsylvania
Barbara
Marjorie
Bath Iron Works Corp
William S. Newell
Bath
John C. Henderson
Bowdoin Grange Holds Regular Meeting in Poor Road Conditions
Bowdoin Sagadahoc grange met at Bowdoin Center with Worthy Master Guy Williams presiding. Program featured singing and readings by Mildred Carr Dwight Adams Ednad Bickford and Marion Curtis with a discussion on life versus fire insurance. Ladies' aid gathers Thursday. Various local visits noted including Mrs. Ernest Carr and Miss Marion Curtis in Gardiner and Miss Leona Patten from Portland visiting the Starbird home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Gardiner
June Smith
Leona Patten
Portland
L. C. Starbird
S. Lester Nelson
Brunswick
S. S. Enman
Ernest Carr
Charles Babb
Marion Curtis
Judas Small School
Evan Nichols
Belfast
Grant Woods
Leonard Curtis
Gorham
N. H
N. E. Curtis
Cora McAfee
Robert McAfee
John Curtis
Curtis
Trolley Service Between Bath and Lewiston May Resume
By week’s end trolley service between Bath and Lewiston may resume except for transfers over the Brunswick Topsham bridge after flood washouts. Service ceased at flood onset due to damaged bridges and washouts along the main Bath line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lewiston
Brunswick-Topsham
New Pastor Begins His Pastorate at Corliss Street Church
Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt began his pastorate at Corliss Street church with a 10 30 sermon on Sunday. A special collection for the Red Cross flood disaster fund was taken during the service. The coming Thursday prayer service leads to the church conference and officers election. The Moffatts moved to the parsonage on Middle Street after resigning from East Greenwich Baptist Church Rhode Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street
Red Cross Flood Disaster Fund
Moffatt
East Greenwich Baptist Church
Rhode Island
Wentworth Institute
Providence Bible Institute
Evangelical Teacher Training Course
Gordon College
Mrs. Moffatt
Middle Street
Rail service restored partly from Lewiston to Lisbon Falls
Operators extended runs from Lewiston to Lisbon Falls after repairs on the Sabattus river bridge near Frost park in Lisbon. Minor washouts between Lisbon Falls and Topsham were filled with gravel with hopes to reach the Topsham end of the Androscoggin bridge later in the week. A. & K. St. Ry. crews work with highway crews to repair the badly torn and twisted track and straighten it by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Lewiston
Sabattus River
Frost Park
Lisbon
Lisbon Falls
Topsham
Androscoggin River
Engagement announced at Augusta luncheon
Mr S Sewall Webster and Mrs Webster and Miss Blossom Webster of Augusta with Edward Holland of Mt Airy Penn were Sunday visitors in Bath. The engagement of Miss Webster and Mr Holland was announced at a luncheon in Augusta Saturday noon.
Rothwell and wives head to Republican convention in Bangor
Mr. and Mrs. Edmund A. Rothwell, Mrs. Frank A. Small, and Mrs. James A. Bimson travel by train Wednesday afternoon to Bangor to attend the Republican State convention. They will stay at the Penobscot Country Club during the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall 2d
New York City
Washington Street
Sewall
Bangor
Edmund A. Rothwell
Frank A. Small
James A. Bimson
Penobscot Country Club
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Senter'’s, Inc
Women’s Smart Navy
Coats
Queen Esther Lodge
Beulah Lodge of
Evening Star of
Boothbay “Baptist Church
Plinette Allen
the Dune Company
Rawleigh
Lincoln
Knox Counties
S. Dept
Albany
N.Y
Arthur Allen Brewster
Sedgwick Optometrists
Center Street
Esther McCourt
Evelyn Beals
Cora Campbell
Phippsburg
Dorothy Welch
Ruth S. Hodgdon
Edward L. Masters
Dorothy Messier
Emily Williams
William Brown
Lewis Swett
Colby College
Linden Street
Rumford Great
Gov. Brann
Telegram
A. E. Small's
Ruth
Dixfield
Hailon
Mother Small
A. E's
Uncle Tom's
Ridlonville
Main Street
Randall
Sue
Atlantic Ocean
Edward Brown
Eugene H. Sprague
M. Arline Gay
Nellie Carr
J. Horace McClure
Lulu E. Marr
Earl H. Daley
Bowdoinham Post Road
MUG Dove
Cate Sas
Cape Cod
Max Katz
Elm Street
Marjorie Drayton
Marjorie Elliott Drayton
Bath and
Ann Harding
Herbert Marshall
Gladys Swarthout
John Boles Rose
Harold Lloyd
Helen Mack the Milky Way
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Bette Davis
Franchot Tone Dangerous
RYTEX
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Front Street
Bath, Maine
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