Longtime Richmond bookkeeper resigns to write full time
George W. Green, 55 year Richmond resident and former bookkeeper, paymaster, and accountant at Richmond Shoe Co for 17 years, resigns to devote more time to literature. He authored The Girl of the Mountains and The White Girl of Spirit Island, both successful. Green’s career spans Fitchburg Railroad, Ice Co operations, and teaching penmanship. He comes from a lineage tied to Ebenezer Hall and John Carver, with deep Maine roots.
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George W. Green
Richmond Shoe Co
Mr. Green
Spirit Island
Richmond
Common School
Eastern Normal School
Castine
Business College
F. O. Young
Camden
A. R. Dunton
Green
Fitchburg
Boston
George Green
Green's Island
Carver’s Harbor
Vinal Haven
John Carver
Wiscasset
Parcela
Nancy Dickinson Lowell
John Lowell
Charles B. Sinden
Maple Grove
South Dresden
Ineas Hatfied
Edward Page
Arthur Turner
Clifford Seekins
Thomas O'Neil
Lewiston
Hareld Richardson
Fairfield
Sarah Coughlin
Bridge
Edgar Graham
Charles Graham
Percy Little
Norman Stewart
Amandus Borjesson
Thomas Borjesson
Ella
Gladstone Graham
Lawrence
George
William Coughlin
Ora Reed
Amasa King
Marjory Bond
Courtney Hinkley
Lee Oe
Portland Tudsay
Alfred Gilbert
Harold Herbert
Boston Radio School
Philip Mardini
St. Johnsbury
Nettie Stewart
Thomaston
L. F. Roberts
Rebecca Rogers
Nellie Pratt
Portland
Barbara Douglass
Augusta
Board of Selectmen
Central Maine Power Co
New Street
Senter's Opens With Big Crowd and Bargain Sale
The new Senter's department store opened Wednesday morning drawing 600 to 700 shoppers at peak. Prices were cut to the bone and most customers left with bundles. Attending were Wilbur F. Senter of Brunswick Kennedy Crane of Senter Crane Co Rockland Roy W Putney new partner in Senter's Inc and staff from multiple stores.
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Senter’s
Wilbur F. Senter
Brunswick
New England
Inspection force arrives at Bath Iron Works for patrol boats
The United States inspection team arrives at Bath Iron Works to oversee the construction of seven 165 foot patrol boats. Commander Philip B. Eaton leads a staff of 12 with roles including constructor D. R. Simonson, machinist A. E. Wikander, pay clerk Meyer Robbins, and carpenter George F. Erwin. Enlisted men include Frank R. Leavitt and others led by Maine native Kenneth Trask among the group.
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United States
Bath Iron Works Corp
Philip B. Eaton
D. R. Simonson
A. E. Wikander
Meyer Robbins
George F. Erwin
Frank R. Leavitt
John C. Heide
Brooks W Measel
Merritt F. Mathis
Joseph Redman
Kenneth Trask
Rockland
Maine
Moris Schmidt
Local notices from Georgetown and West Georgetown area
Village residents and visitors are listed with travel, visits, and family events from Georgetown Waltham Bath Brunswick and West Georgetown. Names include Walter Williams George Smith Augusta Rowe Belle Heald Harry Heald Georgia Wheeler J R Blackie Maude Thayer Hagan and others with Easter services at Central Bath First Baptist and Bowdoinham Association planning.
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Walter Williams
Waltham
Mass
T. N. Williams
West Georgetown
George Smith
Sagadahoc Bay
Ee Rowe
Bath
Augusta Rowe
Belle Heald
Harry Heald
Georgia Wheeler
J. R. Blackie
Harold J. Brown
Kennebec Point
Gilbert Gunnell
John Thibodeau
Bath City
Hortense Ward
Brunswick
John F. Blackie
Amy Hovey
Gorham Normal School
Grace Hovey
Morse High School
F. W. Hovey
Ferris Leonard
Bangor
Joseph Harford
Fred and
Roland
Maude Thayer
Westbrook Seminary
Howard G. Heald
Thomas Hagan
L. Earls Hagan
Ruth Powers
Central Church
W. A. Todd
Roy M. Newman
Boston
First Baptist Church
Alfred Rowe
Christ Is King
Rev. Hovey
Mr. Rowe
Arlene Hunt
Ferry to Undergo Annual Reconditioning in Westport
The North End ferry will be withdrawn from service April 15 for a two week annual reconditioning. O. P. Jewett and Miss Maud Webber led the town board on the year’s tax assessment inventory. State aid roads are improving while unimproved routes remain rough. Center to North End travel is easier than in other island sections. Rev. Charles E. Titus of Wiscasset preached at the North schoolhouse Monday evening with 21 attendees.
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O. P. Jewett
Island
Charles E. Titus
Wiscasset
North Schoolhouse
Winnegance Notes Bridge Tables and Club Trips
Bridge tables occupied much of Tuesday night at the Winnegance community party held at the community house. Members of the Winnegance Community club auxiliary plan to attend the Club Union meeting in Lisbon tomorrow. Phippsburg road patrol scraped and improved village roads on Tuesday, with bridge fill holes needing attention. The Monday club will hold a supper at the community house Monday evening hosted by Mrs. Augustus Small and Mrs. Harry F. Oliver.
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Winnegance Community Club
Lisbon
Phippsburg
Augustus Small
Harry F. Oliver
Engagement announced for Miss Mary Paine
Cecil E. Paine of High street announces the engagement of his daughter Mary to Ernest G. Rolph of Montreal. Miss Paine attended Morse High School and secretarial training in Boston and has lived in Bath with her father. Mr. Rolph is son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Rolph of Toronto, a University of Toronto graduate, now with Howard Smith Paper Co. Ltd., in Montreal, and former Royal Navy Air Service member in France.
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Cecil E. Paine
High Street
Mary
Ernest G. Rolph
Montreal
Canada
Paine
Morse High School
Kendall Hall
Pride's Crossing
Mass
Katherine Gibbs
Boston
Bath
Rolph
Frank A. Rolph
Toronto
University of Toronto
Alpha Delta Psi Fraternity
Howard Smith Paper Co., Ltd
Royal Navy Aviation Service
France
Obituary Notice of Mrs. Margaret Pinnell
Mrs. Margaret Collins Pinnell, 36, of 15 Edison Park Quincy Mass wife of Ed ward Pinnell died Saturday after pneumonia following months of illness. Born in Hingham Mass she leaves parents three sisters and one brother in Hingham, her husband two daughters Pris illa and an eight a son Lee of Quincy. She had many Bath friends and visited Mr and Mrs Harold FE Freeman in East Brunswick. Funeral was Tuesday at home and burial in the family lot in Quincy.
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North Front
Chestnut Street
Lawrence Southard
Dresden
Town
James Nelson
Phyllis
Peggy McKeen
Gardiner
Glen Lamoreau
Herbert Edgecomb
Edith Edgecomb
Lewiston
H. L. Tarr
Dorothy Stewart
Bath
Alice Lewis
Margaret Grover
Wualliam A. Bibber
Augusta
State Highway Department
Hawthorne
Portland
Bert Reed
West Dresden
Nettie Umberhind
Congress Square
Orange Heights
Fla
John B. Curtis
Nellie Thomas
Livermore Falls
Iva Olson
Robert
Rumford
Stella King
Arthur Blanchard
Earl McFee
Tristram Little
Cora Little
State House
Baptist Church
Miss Bailey
Mr. Card
Miss Quigg
Mr. Bailey
Mrs. Dunklee
Pastor
Mrs. Richards
Mr. Quigg
Amy Bradley
A. V
C. W
Fred Carlton
South Dresden
Richmond and Dresden
Margaret Pinnell
Margaret Collins
Edward Pinnell
Quincy
Mass
Edison Park
Hingham
Prisilla
Lee
Harold FE. Freeman
East Brunswick
Amily Lot
Family to Visit Relative in Everett Mass Over Patriot Day
Mr and Mrs Albert McFadden and their two sons Maynard and Ardennes of Park Street plan a trip next week to Everett Massachusetts to stay with Mrs McFaddens sister Mrs Chauncey Lewis over Patriot Day.
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Albert McFadden
Maynard and Ardennes
Park Street
Everett
Mass
McFadden
Chauncey Lewis
Five Islands Social Busy Week in Five Islands
Five Islands residents and visitors fill a week with family visits and social events. Notables include H B Foesett family from Berlin plus J G Stevens and J P Davis traveling to Wiscasset and Bath. Local engagements feature dinners, church activities, grange quilt contributions, and Easter gatherings involving the Stevens, Chester Mahan, Berry, and Davis households.
Bath Rotary selects officers for next year
At a Bath Rotary luncheon the club nominated its officers for the year starting July 1. A. John Conti Jr will be president with William A. Furber as vice president and Henry W. Owen Jr as secretary. Harry W. Tucker is treasurer and directors are Eugene Desmond Clinton Wilson Arthur Scott and Carl Kennedy. Wilson outlined a ladies night to be held at 6 30 next Tuesday at Roland Smith post American Legion.
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Bath Rotary Club
the Phoenix
Langdon T. Snipe
Walter E. Plummer
Harry E. Stetson
Briggs
Owen
Bath Club
Bath
Francis J. Moore
Lewiston- Auburn Club
Fred F. Ingraham
Boston
Edwin M. Fuller, Jr
Bath music teacher Miss Julia H. Jackson dies at 74
Julia H. Jackson a Bath resident and longtime organist at Wesley Methodist and First Baptist churches dies at the Old Ladies Home where she had lived. Born January 2 1857 she taught piano and ran a music studio in Bath. She is survived by a brother in Florida and a niece in Yarmouth. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m.
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Julia H. Jackson
Bath
Old Ladies Home
John S
Harriet (Clark) Jackson
Wesley Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Bath Savings Institution
John H. Grindell
John S. Jackson
Punta Gorda
Fla
Stanky W. Hyde
Yarmouth
Heald and Olivers Return from Easter Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs Ernest B Heald and daughter Dorothy of Mechanic street and Capt and Mrs Leonard Oliver of Trufant street have returned from Portsmouth New Hampshire where they spent the Easter weekend with Miss Annie Jones.
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Ernest B. Heald
Dorothy
Mechanic Street
Leonard Oliver
Trufant Street
Portsmouth
N. H
Annie Jones
Sagadahoc Probate Court Expedites Wills and Administrations
Sagadahoc probate court in its April term's first session issued wills allowed for several estates including Nu Gent, Scott, Harmon, Sewall, Jack, Brackett, Lennox, Nugent, and others with executors named or appointed without bond. Petitions for probate, administration, and bonds filed. inventories, accounts, and guardian appointments recorded. patents of administration and Amanda case actions listed with multiple estates and guardianships.
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Sagadahoc
Glidden
Mary E. Nugent
Bath
Rupert H. Baxter
John J. Keegan
Elizabeth H. Scott
Richmond
F. W. Willey
Emma F. Harmon
Lester W. Little
Mark W. Sewall
Rachel F. Sewall
Jennie S. Jack
Edward W. Bridgham
Hattie P. Brackett
Frank W. Brackett
Catherine Lennox
Charles Lennox
William A. Jack
Agnes H. Torrey
First National Bank of Bath
Allan Spear
Daniel T. Dougherty
Henry R. Drew
Roscoe P. Higgins
Fortunat A. Michaud
Portland
Helen L. Jones
Origen M. Erskine
Frank Herbert Oliver
Phippsburg
Elizabeth F. Oliver
James D. Cressey
Fred D. Cressey
David W. Blair
Woolwich
Bernice B. Bailey
Anna M. Sturtevant
Frederick K. Sturtevant
Ernest N. Harford
Mildred E. Harford
Joel T. Maines
Mary M. Parker
Millie Joyce Parker
Harry E. Whitney
Fred H. Thompson
Annie H. Hyde
Daniel Williams
Charles H. Cahill
Harriet E. Oliver
Willard A. Oliver
Helen G. York
Bernard F. York
Sue W. Burnett
Melvina J. Winchell
Topsham
Hattie A. Hackett
George Henry Hackett
Bowdenham
Frederick T. Simpson
Hartford
Conn
Annie H. Low
Joseph M. Trott
Edward H. Morse
Nancy E. Clapp
Fred D. Cressy
James D. Cressy
Wilson L
J. Gould
Percy C. Bailey
Jesse Bailey
Ethel B. McCarty
Charles W. Triggs
Loring R. Bates
George W. Roegers
Annie M. Williams
Adelbert W. Bailey
Nathan W. Eaton
Sidney L. Eaton
Fred S. Merrifield Jr
Bowdeinham
Albert W. Merrifield
John P. Carey Jr
Clara F. Gowell
John D. Gowell
Petition granting guardianship removal and liability discharge
Petition granted for removal of guardian in the estate of Fred S. Merrifield Jr. and Helen Merrifield, minors of Bowdeinham. Petition granted for discharge of liability in the estate of James D. Cressey of Bath with Globe Indemnity Co. as surety.
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Fred S. Merrifield Jr
Helen Merrifield
Bowdeinham
James D. Cressey
Bath
Globe Indemnity Co
Dog Tax Payments Keepin g Clerk Busy
City Clerk Gilmore reports a busy period as dog owners rush to pay taxes from April 1 to May 9. Readable entries list owners, addresses, breeds, and dog numbers with payments logged from April 1 to April 4 and earlier dates.
Plans Progress for Bath Pythian Jubilee Event
Bath hosts the Pythian Jubilee on April 20 with 20 officers visiting from Portland to review plans. The program includes 2:15 pm drills by Boy Scouts of South Portland the Uniform Bank K P Pythian Sisters and Portland Co at Morse High gym. A monster banquet follows and knightly trials close the day with Cold Fellows hall Morse High band and Drum Major Edwin L Emmons leading the parade.
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Bath
Western Maine Pythian Jubilee Association
Portland
Morse High School
Boy Scouts of South Portland
Uniform Bank
K. P
Pythian Sisters
Portland Co
Page
Knight
Cold Fellows Hall
Edwin L. Emmons
Bath and Boothbay boat service resumes for summer season
The Norman II will operate Bath to Boothbay Island round trips starting April 20 with daily sailings. Captain Austin P. Greenleaf commands the vessel, linking with the Boston morning train and returning after the West noon train. The Samoset line schedules Virginia to run two daily trips from June 15 under Captain Walter Farmer after Captain Ellza Dunton’s death.
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Bath-Boothbay
Islands
Bath
Boston
Austin P. Greenleaf
Virginia
Samoset Steamboat Co
Boothbay Harbor
Walter Farmer
Ellza Dunton
Samoset Line
Pioneering Deep Water Oyster King Henry C Rowe Dies at 79
Henry C. Rowe renowned for shaping Long Island Sound oyster culture, owner of H. C. Rowe & Company with 10000 acres, died suddenly March 27 in Daytona Florida. Survived by widow Etta, daughter Mrs W R Sweet and son H Gordon Rowe of New Haven. He helped pass oyster legislation and led several oyster grower associations.
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Henry C. Rowe
Thorne’s Head
Bath
Daytona
Fla
New Haven
Conn
Watch Hill
R. I
Florida
Etta McMillan Rowe
W. R. Sweet
H. Gordon Rowe
H. Gordon Sweet
Rowe
Mr. Rowe
H. C. Rowe & Company
United States
Germany
England
Long Island Sound
East Haven
Connecticut Oyster Growers and Dealers of
North America
New York
Home Nursing Class Supper Draws 43 Attendees
Forty eight attended the Home Nursing class supper at Bailey Evening school held in the Universalist church vestry. Seated guests enjoyed chicken pie vegetables fruit salad rolls Washington pie and coffee. Miss June Rideout received a gold piece and thanks were given to the Ladies Aid and Murray Club. Seven bridge tables were played with prizes to Mrs. Arthur G. Oliver and Mrs. Wilbur Crooker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Bailey Evening School
Universalist Church
June Rideout
Ladie’aid and Murray Club
Arthur G. Oliver
Wilbur Crooker
Cosmopolitan club Current Events unit reschedules meeting
The annual meeting of the Current Events department will be Thursday afternoon April 16 instead of April 9. On April 9 the Maine Progressive Union holds a Lisbon meeting and department members plan to attend.
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The
Cosmopolitan Club
Maine Progressive Union
Lisbon
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J. G. Stevens
J. P. Davis
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Alton Merry
Frank MacMahan
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Arthur Berry
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