Children present Betsy Ross operetta in Red Men's hall
The program featured America songs and a playlet When Betsy Ross Made Old Glory directed by Miss Anna Holbrook. Students from grades one to four performed as George Washington Betsy Ross and other figures with narration by Ella Greenleaf and others. Local residents visited and a cinema program with Betsy Ross and Sailors of the Skies accompanied church services and a later film program.
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Betsy Ross
Red Men's Hall
Anna Holbrook
America
George Washington
George Washington and
The
Joanna Evans
Maud O. Wallace
Edgar Rankin
Colonel Ross
John Abbott
Robert Morris
Walter Sherman
Captain Anderson
Bertram Reed
Beverly Hamlin
Patience
Marion Rines
Rebecca
Priscilla Bryant
June
Grace Bean
Penelope
Rita Lewis
Martha Washington
Forrest Morris
William McPhee
Charles Dorr
Raymond Quinnam
Gerald Sherman
Holbrook Bingdon Indians
Maurice Lint
Clayton Bailey
Carrol Lewis
Herman Grover
Parker Fowle
Clarence West
Reginald Riley
Maurice Pendleton
Ivan Rines
Kenneth Munsey Patriots
Wiscasset 25 Years Ago April 6 1907 Local Happenings
Mrs Leathers and Kenneth and Dorothy returned last Saturday. R G Bailey was at home from Maynard Mass. A tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men was instituted at Franklin hall. Eight inches of snow fell last Monday and Tuesday. Cottage prayer meeting planned at Mrs Lydia White’s Birch Point home. Edith A Sawyer in town for repairs on the Sawyer place. Luke Gorham and Otis Albee back from Augusta Legislature. Fessenden Chase hosts with Capt Chase at North Edgecomb. Citizens push browntail moth eradication. many nests secured. Altar Guild met with Annie and Alma Rines. next meeting April 12 at Mr Charles E Cowley Jr’s. First snow of 1906-07 October 30. sleighing began December 6 and lasted 114 days. 26 snow storms by April 1.
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Wiscasset
Sheepscot Echo
Leathers
Kenneth
Dorothy
R. G. Bailey
Maynard
Mass
Sawyer Place
Luke Gorham
Otis Albee
Augusta
F. M. Chase
Fessenden Chase
North Edgecomb
St. Philip's Church
Annie
Alma Rines
Charles E. Cowley, Jr
Middle Street
Local residents visit, travel notes and church news
Florence Page returns to Boston after a stay with relatives. Mrs. Sabin and family visit sister Erskine then go to Camden. Capt. R T Rundlett travels to Boston. Albert Erskine returns from Chicago. Nathaniel Lincoln guests at Boothbay Harbor last week. Mrs. George B Sawyer visits in Wellesley and Waldoboro then returns. Joseph Taylor and wife visit his sister in Peabody. Charles Cutting at home briefly. Fire society entertained by Alfred Lennox. Congregational church decor and Easter service for the school. Boothbay steamers now run to Bath, Kennebec steamer noted.
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Florence Page
Boston
Mrs. Sabin
Mrs. Erskine
Camden
Capt
R. T. Rundlett
Albert Erskine
Chica
Nathaniel Lincoln
Boothbay Harbor
George B. Sawyer
Wellesley
Mass
Portland
Waldoboro
Joseph Taylor
Peabody
Charles Cutting
Fire Society
Alfred Lennox
Congregational Church
Boothbay
Bath
Optometrist to Open Office in Wiscasset
Donald F. Preble an optometrist with Bath offices will devote one day weekly to Wiscasset and surrounding territory. Starting April 14 he will operate at Dr Maxwell Powers dental offices each Thursday with appointments via Marston's drug store. A Bath native, he graduated Morse High School class of 1926 and Massachusetts School of Optometry class of 1931, later joining the Boston Optometric Clinic before moving to Bath in January.
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Donald F. Preble
Steeves Block
Bath
Wiscasset
Preble
Maxwell Powers
Marston
Mr. Preble
Morse High School
Massachusetts School of Optometry
Boston Optometric Clinic
Charity ball in Music hall marks Wiscasset social season
Sapt. Jason Collins plans a river crossing on the Kennebec to Boston when ice clears. Jesse Lambert returns to Bowdoin College Monday after a short home visit. Fred Pashard heads to Lynn for factory work. Community wishes him success. A charity ball at Music hall tops the season in Wiscasset Tuesday night. Clothing sale by Mrs. Hilton continues next week featuring ladies and children's cloaks and Spring outerwear.
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Jason Collins
Kennebec
Boston
Jesse Lambert
Bowdoin College
Fred Pashard
Lynn
Wiscasset
Music Hall
Hilton
Unemployed Bath Residents Targeted With Bean Supper Plan
Roland Smith Post No 21 American Legion discussed a baked beans supper for Bath unemployed at a Legion meeting. All food and hall use to be donated with no door charge. Organizers seek other groups to sponsor and consider a joint April 18 radio address for a Victory membership drive.
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Roland Smith Post
No. 21
American Legion
Legion Hall
Legion
Walter M. Hill
Auxiliary
Hill
Perry L. Thompson
Wilbur Crocker
Sam Povich
Roscoe E. Perkins
R. J. M. Steussy
Infant born in West Bath named John Verella
West Bath A son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Rose of Rosedale Farms, West Bath, born March 30, named John Verella. Community notes list local visits, residents traveling to Portland Lewiston Bath and Campbells pond, with several meetings and social activities.
Federal grand jury considers rum case in Bath
Three Bath men appeared before the federal grand jury in Portland on questions related to a recent $20,000 liquor seizure by Sheriff Albert Henderson and State Highway Officer John P. Crosby. Witnesses included a man who serviced the Reo truck used to haul the liquor. No results were disclosed. Theresa R. Anderson, Maine Public Health Association nurse and Maine Nurses Association president, attends the American Nurses Association convention in San Antonio, traveling from Augusta to New Orleans by boat and bearing a Maine state flag for display.
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Bath
Federal Grand Jury
Portland
Albert Henderson
John P. Crosby
Sheriff’s Department
Theresa R. Anderson
R. N
Maine Public Health Association
American Nurses Association
San Antonio
Texas
Anderson
Maine Nurses Association
Maine Public Health
New York
New Orleans
Augusta
Maine
Largest Sanford liquor seizure arrests two Portland men
Deputy Sheriff Ron More Granville, Saturday, seized 400 gallons of alleged alcohol and a truck. Samuel Nappe and Leo Higgins of Portland were arrested and taken to Sanford police station. They were arraigned in district court in Portland on Monday.
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Sanford
Rona More Granville Eee
Samuel Nappe
Leo Higgins
Portland
Woolwich Socialities Deck The Winter Routes
Woolwich notes list residents returning home from Boston Bruns wick and Orono while others travel to Washington Vermont and Bath for visits or events. Local gatherings include Miss Ann Dodge hosting meetings and Rev Rodney Roundy visiting. Damages from last Friday night storm hit the Dana mill roof and related structures.
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Nts
Frank Hodgdon
Ruth
Washington, D. C
Lincoln Academy
Percy Marston
Orono
Farm Bureau
Rodney Roundy
Portland
Carlton Reed
Local Social Notes From South Dresden Mills and Gardiner
Sam McDonald of Dresden Mills stays with L H Siegars for a few weeks. Carleton McC bb has measles at home. Siegars hosted Fred Ricker couple in Gardiner. Joseph Burke a patient at Maine General Portland with friends hoping for recovery. Nellie Barry from Massachusetts visited her cousin Joseph Burke. Mrs Harold Houdlette recovering from grip illness. Mrs Irving Lilly returned from North Whitefield where she tended Mrs Newell Cunningham.
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Sam McDonald
Dresden Mills
L. H. Siegars
Carleton
Irving Lilly
North Whitefield
Newell Cunningham
Married Men Defeat Singles in West Bath Grange Contest
The West Bath grange held a program contest over the last several weeks with 122 members and 17 visitors. Married men beat single men while single women defeated married women. A program for April 18 by men and April 25 by women will decide the overall grange victory.
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West Bath Grange
Grange
Topsham Grange
James Thurston
Herbert Simpson
Merton Sprague
Harry Peterson
Carlton Perry
Clarence Ayers
Kenneth Smith
Newman Kennerson
Bernard Comeau
Lizzie Haggett
Harold Safford
David Henderson
Linwood Miller
Maine
United States
Eva Henderson
William White
Desolate Bangor Streets Prompt Cross-city Criticism
Bangor residents describe the city streets and sidewalks as the most deplorable in memory. After the latest snow storm ended, criticism of the highway department spread citywide as people demanded action and a timeline for repairs.
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Bangor
Highway Department
Woolwich pupils win academy honors in 1932 class
Mise Ruth Hodgdon and Albert Bailey of Woolwich, seniors at Lincoln Academy in Newcastle, won class 1b honors. Hodgdon earned the boys prophecy and Bailey the girls prophecy as they head on the senior class tour to Washington.
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Mise
Ruth Hodgdon
Albert Bailey
Woolwich
Lincoln Academy
Newcastle
Hodgdon
Ioan
Frank A. Hodgdon
Prophecy
Bailey
Wilson L. Bailey
Washington
Morse High Mohiba Novel Entertainment at Morse High
The Spring event at Morse High School runs Thursday to Saturday with a cast of over 100 from all classes to stage the 1932 Mohiba for Athletic Association funds. The show features impersonations of radio stars, a faculty student swap, and a grand ball with Royal Arcadians.
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Morse High School
The
Athletic Association
Ralph MacDonald
Farley Mayo
Elton Legard
Jeanette Shackford
Cecil J. Cutts
Bath
Brunswick Road
John H. Grindell
Walter Winchell
Seth Parker
Boswell Sisters
Amos and Andy
Rudy Vallee
Rubinoff
Bing Crosby
Errol Baker
Royal Arcadians
Morse High Opens Season With Patriots Day
Morse high plans a season opener on Kelley field against Richmond high on Patriots Day as a warm up before the Kennebec Valley League schedule. Pitching staff features Leonardo Buck Newell Wilson Linny Haynes and Harold Harrington with Kelley field flooded delaying practice and early games.
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Morse High
Kelley Field
Patriots
Richmond High
Gardiner
Bath
Augusta
Cony High
Cutts
Leonardo Buck
Newell Wilson
Linny Haynes
Harold Harrington
Rebekahs District Meeting Held at Ruth Lodge Hall
Nearly two hundred attended the district meeting of the Rebekahs with Ruth Rebekah lodge as hostess lodge at their hall on Pleasant street Au burn Tuesday afternoon and evening in charge of District Deputy President Gladys D Patrick past noble grand of Nina Rebekah lodge Lisbon Falls and her deputy marshal Mac Anzur also of Nina lodge
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Rebekahs
Ruth Rebekah
Pleasant Street
Auburn
Gladys D. Patrick
Nina Rebekah Lodge
Lisbon Falls
Mac Anzur
Nina Lodge
Bath Country Club to Get New Course Superintendent
George H. Grant, famed turf expert from Augusta, will supervise Bath Country Club golf operations this season. He will oversee fairways and greens at Augusta Country Club, Abenaqui Waterville nine holes, and Bath nine holes, bringing his expertise to improve play and upkeep. The Bath venue anticipates more women golfers and lessons from pro B. C. Hutchins, formerly of South Bristol and Wavenock. The ball used will be the same size as last year but heavier for longer distance.
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Bath Country Club
George H. Grant
Augusta
Augusta Country Club
Abenaqui
Waterville
Waterville Country Club
Grant
Bath
B. C. Hutchins
Hutchins
South Bristol
Wavenock Country Club
Stiles & van Kleek
Polar Star Lodge installs officers
Officers of Polar Star lodge No. 114 F. and A. M. were installed Wednesday evening at the Masonic temple by Walter S. Glidden assisted by Arthur B. Stilphen and Edwin H. P. Lowell. The new officers include Casper F. Hartleb as worshipful master and others such as Donald N. Small and Edward S. Brown with retiring master George J. Goodwin receiving a jewel. Light refreshments followed.
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Polar Star Lodge
Masonic Temple
Walter S. Glidden
Solar Lodge
Arthur B. Stilphen
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Casper F. Hartleb
Donald N. Small
Edward S. Brown
J. Edward Hughes
William A. Furber
Joseph Hecht
Harold W. Child
Edward A. Rowe
Harold J. Carter
Carl J. Severin
Thatcher B. Pinkham
William F. Ham
Tyler
George J. Goodwin
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
West Bath Farm Bureau met Thursday at Miss Annie Trufant’s home. The program on Pasture and Grooming was led by Miss Hortense Welch. A business meeting was chaired by Miss Welch in Mrs. Loring D. Small’s absence. Attendees included Mrs. Joseph W. Larrabee and Mrs. Harold J. Haggett. The next meeting is set for April 14 at Mrs. James B. Lemont’s home with Miss Welch on Home Furnishings.
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West
Guy Crosby
Jerry L. Haile
Arthur W. Brawn
James B. Leemont
Hope Ward
Laura Lemont
Charles E. Ripley
Edwin W. Haggett
Charles C. Chesley
Fred S. Brawn
Belle C. Donnell
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Miss Pinkham
Malden
Ella M. Greenleaf
Brookline
Wellesley Hills
Charles T. Doe
Cheshire
Keezar Falls
Maine General Hospital
Philbrook
Besse Montgomery
F. B. Haggett
Lawrence B. Haggett
Dana Rines
Stanton Sherman
Harold D. Sherman
Federal Street
Garrison Hill
Pauline Rines
Gray’s Business College
Earl Aines
George P. Hobson
Effie C. Irvine
Charles A. Day
Sarasota
Fla
Baltimore
Norman Lundy
Helen
Biddeford
L. B. Haggett
Samuel J. Sewall
Young Men's Club
Kelton Southard
Congregational
Dorcas Club
Christchurch
Peru
China
Australia
Russia
Rio de Janiero
England
Canada
Mississippi
Anson M. Baker
South Windham
George W. Lowell
Chester Lowell
Downy
Lineous Colby
Dorothy Ruth
Hildreth Bickford
Dresden
Richmond
Lowelltown
Misse
Bernice Webber
Esther Pray
U. of M
Charles S. Sewall
Hedge Street
Wiscasset Academy
Sewall
Freeman D. Southard
Roy R. Marston
Wesley C. Day
Floyd Parker
Frank Haggett
Masachusetts
Elm Lodge
High Street
Joseph P. Tucker
Josephine Tucker
Sarah
Carolyn Varney
H. v. B. Nash
Belmont
Fred W
Optometrist
Legion Auxiliary
Baxter
West Bath
A'son
Ernest Rose
Rosedale Farms
John Verella
Miles S. Purington
Trufant’s Crossing Road
George Erswell
Brunswick
Omar R. Perry
Winnegance
Robert D. Metcalf
Camppell’s Pond
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Perry
Metcalf
Campbell’s Pond
Williams
Mabel Bonney
Larrabee’s Grove
Lewiston
Alfred B. Snow
Penjepscot
Hanna Allen
Walter H. Larrabee
Jim F. Larrabee
Rock Haven
Foster's Point
Wallace T. Pratt
Fred Sanborn
Atlantic
Mas
Hyde Place
Ida Colby
Foster’s Point
Dorothy Bryant
William H. Bryant
John H. Bryant
Witch Spring Read
Mohiba
Morse High Bazaar
Earl C. Bryant
Hayden
Rogers
Llewell
Frederick
Washington Street
Frederick E. Drake
J F Visi
Birch Point
Checkerboard Grain Co
Berry's Mills
Winneganee
Loring D. Small
Walter W. Larrabee
Grain Company
Annie Wylie Stackpole
Sancrd
Crossing Road
Fred W. Larrabee
Ladies Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Harry S. Wallace
Granite Street
Everett G. Lemont
John Anderson
Caribou
Ann Gearing
Nequasset
Eugenie Humnewell
Miss Ann Dodge
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men’s Forum
Buxton
Buxton Medicine Co
Abbot Village
Morse High Mohiba Novel Entertainment
Morse
West Bath Farm Bureau
New Webster’s College
Times
Independent Office
Webster’s College
the Bath Times