Display of quilts and antiques by Central League
Central church League hosted an Easter Silver tea and exhibit in the Parish house featuring quilts and antiques loaned by members and families. The event drew a large crowd with many items including a 1648 Bible, a 1759 apron, a 100-year-old dress from Scotland, and a 1776 year mittens collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League
Central Church Parish House
Central Church League
Owen J. Ledyard
E. Motley Fuller
Dora L. Howard
Adolph E. Ehlers
Reginald Stacy
Horace P. Morse
William H. Small
Charles E. Helah
Charles W. Welch
Marius H. Page
Martha Foote
Leonard M. Lord
Ralph K. Hall
Scotland
Small
Robert Singer
Glammis
Hall
Agnes Hunter
George W. Dean
Benjamin F. Savage
Fred H. Lord
Frank S. Wakefield
Linwood F. Carr
Lillian Tucker
Bath
Perry L. Thompson
David L. Wilson
India
Wakefield
Archibald L. Miller
J. Albert Redlon
Black and White Revue Hits for Legionnaires at Masonic Temple
Roland Smith Post presented a 90 minute minstrel show the Black and White Revue drawing an audience of over 600 with 250 schoolchildren at a matinee. Mae West made a local appearance performing He's My Man to roaring approval. The ensemble opened with Minstrels Are Coming to Town as eight Boy Scouts added color. End men included Harold Cutting Eugene Hart Dick Wher som Sumner Sewall Percy Marks Herbert Douglas Harry Hall and Edward Arsenault. The chorus Singing Soldiers featured thirty performers and Louise and Bobby Carver appeared in Easter finery. Jack Shaw directed. Following the show a dance with Grindell's orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
Masonic Temple
Eugene M. Desmond
Legion Chorus
Mae West
Man
Miss West
Herby Douglas
Annie
Gene Hart
Dido
Percy Marks
Dick Hersom
Eddy Arsenault
Dido Cutting
Colonel
Kentucky
Freeman Wilson
Sam Povich
Clifford Smith
Wilson
Mr. Smith
Louise
Bobby Carver
Donald D. Young
Jack Shaw
Harold Cutting
Eugene Hart
Dick Whersom
Sumner Sewall
Herbert Douglas
Harry Hall
Edward Arsenault
Singing Soldiers
Sam Pogich
Freeman Trott
Frank McDonald
Walter Hill
Emery Chase
Joseph Allen
Gardiner Rogers
Wilbur Crocker
Herbert Lemont
Miles Hagan
Robert Kingsbury
Howell Smith
R. J. M. Steussy
Joh Stetson
Horace McClure
Earl Allen
Earl Lermond
Boy Scout Patrol
William Hill
F. Curran
Cressey
E. Cohen
R. Donnell
Hannibal Hamlin Hall No Longer a Student
A Bath woman called the University of Maine to speak with her son in Hannibal Hamlin Hall and learned the dormitory was no longer a student at the university. The piece notes the historical figure Hannibal Hamlin, once vice president under Lincoln, in a tongue in cheek context.
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Kate Hannibal Hamlin
Bangor
Abraham Lincoln
Bath
University of Maine
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Alexander Prize Speaking Fund Winners at Bowdoin College
Richard Vincent Mc Cann and Edwin Gilpatrick Walker won forty five dollars and thirty five dollars at Memorial Hall Bowdoin College. Judges James E. Philpon Arthur B. Scott and Bradford H. Hutchins selected Gentlemen the King and Walker's Our Roman Guide from Innocents Abroad as the best of nine pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
Richard Vincent McCann
Edwin Gilpatrick Walker
Robert Barr
Walker
Mark Twain
James E. Philpon
Auburn
Arthur B. Scott
Bath
Bradford H. Hutchins
Portland
Pomona Confers Fifth Degree on 22 Candidates
Sagadahoc County Pomona met with Progressive grange of Richmond Corner attracting 104 attendees. A class of 22 candidates received the fifth degree as Hazel Libby and Rev Leroy Cleveland provided music. The day featured speeches, a pepper discussion, a farce, and a large dinner hosted by Progressive grange members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
Bodwell
Dirigo
Enterprise
Merrymeeting
Topsham
West Bath
Edwin ©. Patten
Granger
Brunswick
Charles Thompson
Progressive
William H. Gould
Maine
Grange
Hazel Libby
Leroy Cleveland
America the Beautiful
Elizabeth MacAffe
Mr. Gould
Edward White
Clarence O. Purinton
Merrymeeti
Richard Thompson
Mr. Jones
Haddock
Bill Jones
Mr. Cleveland
Mariana Pashard
Winifred Rackley
Eva J.lemont
Harry Rackley
Rackley
Richard Enman
Albert Henderson
Bath
Emily Wallace
Ruth McMaster
Edith Hayes
Dorothea Rideout
Gwendolyn Tarr
Eva Libby
Florence Wheeler
Ethel Witham
Doris Witham
Charlotte White
Blanche Humphury
Hazel Dunklee
George Danforth
Gardiner Grange
John T. Witham
Half Grown Deer Seen Near City Barn
A half grown deer was spotted roaming near the city barn at North street extension Friday morning. Onlookers watched it stumble through Maple Grove cemetery then cross the state highway and fence, then head toward Dead Horse baseball field after passing the city stable. Easter guests Mr. and Mrs. James Quirk of Biddeford stayed with Mrs. Quirk’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. John M. Conley of Beacon Street.
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North Street
Maple Grove
Lincoln Street
McKay Park
Dead Horse Baseball Field
James Quirk
Biddeford
Biddies Celebrate Golden Wedding in Rural Festive Note
A friend of Mr and Mrs William Fields of Hardings notes their 50th wedding anniversary observed last Tuesday. Fields runs a large poultry farm and reports that morning eggs collected totaled 50 more than on any other day this year, a curious coincidence tied to the anniversary.
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William Fields
Hardings
Fields
Sewall States Stances at Bath GOP Meeting
Sumner Sewall, WWI ace and Bath native, told a Bath GOP gathering he would run for state representative to June primaries on his convictions. He defended repeal, taxed liquor, education funding via results, and Maine development, while urging voter input and constructive criticism.
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Bath
Sumner Sewall
William D. Sewall
Sewall
Board of Aldermen
Maine
Nat Palmer’s umbrella crab catching trick told in sea yarns
Retired shipbuilder Nat Palmer shares a novel crab catching method using an inverted umbrella wired with white twine to attract crabs. He explains lowering the umbrella, waiting for ripples, then lifting slowly to capture six to eight crabs. He recalls past sea adventures aboard the Endeavor between Portland and Bridgton and molasses cargo details at Sagua la Grande.
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Nat Palmer
Nat
Endeavor
Herbert Whittier
Maine
Sagua la Grande
Cuba
Mr. Palmer
Portland
Bridgton
Barbadoes
Times
Caribbean
St. Lucia
Martinique
Palmer
Net
Beacon Street Church Basketball Team Champions of Church League
Beacon Street Church wins the YMCA Church Basketball League title after a season long winning streak edging St. Marys. Coach Gove holds the three year trophy for permanent possession while a 1927 1928 1929 basketball cup remains Beacon’s property. Ted Ford presents the track trophy won this year and kept permanently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street Church
Beacon Champs
St. Mary's
Gove
Bea
Con
Beacon
Tedford
Champs
Don Jewett
Warnie McNeil
Herby Henderson
Vinny Henderson
Everett Cooke
Clif Jewett
Clifton Tedford
Billie Gove
Ken Lord
Hammie Chaney
Eddie Fraser
Crippled Newsboy Visits Firemen Across U S
Willie A Williams a 39 year old crippled newsboy claims the record for sleeping at the most fire stations. Since May 3 1925 he has visited 1509 stations across 41 states. In Bath he planned to stay but may linger, while Lewiston refused him a night in a station. He hopes to write a book about firemen and is returning to San Francisco after Maine. He travels by train bus and boat with heavy bags of badges.
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Willie A. Williams
Willie
Water Street
United States
Bath
Rockland
Maine
Lewiston
Auburn
Frisco
Little Rock
Ark
San Francisco
South End PTA Plans 20th Birthday Anniversary
South End PTA voted to observe its 20th birthday with an all day session on Friday the 13th and to hold a card party in the YMCA on Tuesday the 24th. Mrs. Arthur Crockett spoke on case work and tea and crackers were served. toastmistress will be Mrs. N Gratz Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
William E. P. Hatch
William H. Small
N. Gratz Jackson
Charles D. Perry
Pearl E. Dunbar
Chester A. Roberts
Russell M. Colby
Chester A. Plant
Alfred E. Carpenter
J. Albert Redlon
John Burgon
Carroll A. Deering
North-Center PTA hosts speakers and plans events
The North-Center P T A met at Grace church parish house with hostesses Mrs. Clinton D Wilson and Mrs. Albert Richards. Speakers included David Y Alkazin Morse high school and Mrs. Harry W Smith North Primary. Plans covered preschool and adolescent study groups, a rummage sale, medical and dental exams for upcoming school entrants, Girl Scout activities, and a card party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North-Center
P.T.A
Grace Church
Clinton D. Wilson
Albert Richards
David Y. Alkazin
Morse High School
Harry W. Smith
North Primary School
Ella J. Douglas
Arthur J. Nichols
Arthur S. Crockett
Cumberland County Council of Girl Scouts
Portland
Girl Scouts
Grace Parish
Roscoé P. McFadden
Alkazin
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central League
Legionnaires
G.O.P
Rupert H. Baxter
New York
Albert Ballin
Southampton
British Empire
Mrs. Baxter
Boston
Bruce H. M. White
Topsthem
Guysbert B. Vroom, Jr
Andover
Mass
Phillips Academy
Guysbert B. Vroom
Washington Street
South End P.T.A
North-Center Association
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