May Ball and Rummage Sale Planned by Cosmopolitan Club
Miss Alice Johnson, new Cosmopolitan club president, led April meeting noting a May ball and rummage sale. The club donated a subscription to Federated News Magazine to Patten Free library and showcased readings, music, and dance. May ball and rummage sale committees named with members and officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Johnson
Cosmopolitan Club
Federated News Magazine
Patten Free Library
Edgar A. Farrar
Robert S. Gordon
Leland Ames
Lloyd Daley
Lillian Lewin
Mr. Gordon
Marion O'Hara
Omah Trott
Berenice Quimby
Margaret Lord
Margaret Whalen
Martha Ricker
Celia McElman
Dorothy Davis
St. Clinton McFadden
Minnie White
Hazel Jarleb
Mildred Nichols
Roscoe P. McFadden
T. W. Pease
Daniel T. Dougherty
House
Mary Campbell
Christine Lockery
Marion Jaques
Leland R. Mitcheil
Nellie Goodrich
Bessie Hunt
H. Emma Magoun
Frostina Marston
Lillian Frost
Books Wanted and For Sale Classified Ad Entry
Book requests include Ben Hur 1880 on title page The Virginian 1902 and other lists. Box 94 Buck Bay Post Office Boston Mass. For sale Irish Cobbler shoes some Green Mountains certified. Tel 2 269 42 R E Raynes Arrowsic Me. 4 3 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Hur
The
Virginian
Buck Bay Postatice
Boston
Mass
Ivrish
Green Mountains
R. E. Raynes
Arrowsic
Boy Thrown Baseball Shatters Car Windshield
A baseball thrown toward a passing car at the high school on Thursday shattered the windshield injuring a well known couple inside. The wife shielded herself with her arm and escaped serious cuts. The thrower accepted responsibility, saying he aimed to clear the car and be caught by someone else.
Mrs Laura E Merrill Dies After Paralytic Stroke At Bath
Laura E Merrill aged 69 a companion of Mrs Narcyia Potter 1023 Washington street Bath died Thursday morning in Gardiner hospital from a paralytic stroke suffered five weeks earlier She attended Central church was a member of its Ladies Aid and had many acquaintances in Bath Widow of Frederick Merrill formerly of Gardiner she was born there and lived there until moving to Bath
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura E. Merrill
Narcygia Potter
Washington Street
Gardiner Hospital
Central Church
Ladys Aid
Quainlances
Frederick Merris
Gardiner
Bath
Whitney Funeral Held for World War Veteran Harry Whitney
The funeral of Harry E. Whitney, World War veteran who died after a long illness in Northampton Massachusetts was held Thursday at Curts funeral parlors. Rev Howard P Jett officiated. Bearers were Roland Smith post A L volunteers. Burial in Oak Grove. Elizabeth Augusta accompanied by J Horace McClure and daughter Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Whitney
Northampton
Mass
Curts
Howard P. Jett
The
Nazarene Church
Roland Smith Post
A. L
James L. Morse
John C. Fitzgerald
Samuel Povich
John Powell
Oak Grove
Bowdoinham Notices and Local Life Highlight Bowdoinham News
Bowdoinham pages recount funerals for Gertrude Graves and Everett N Williams, plus local meetings and social events. Policyholders plan Saturday meeting on Sagadahoc Mutual Fire Insurance Co. and Town assessors wrap up inventory. Community scenes include birthday parties, visits, road work, and a census enumerator appointment for Cleveland B. Curtis.
Frank Pearl Card Dies Following Long Illness
Frank Pearl Card died March 31 at the U S Veterans Hospital in Northampton Massachusetts where he had been a patient for six years He was born January 21 1892 in Bowdoinham Maine to Joel Pearl and Maria Reed Houdlette Card He attended local public schools and served in World War I enlisting April 12 1917 and discharge in 1919 His health declined after the war and he passed away peacefully in hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Pearl Card
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Northampton
Mass
Bowdoinham
Joel Pearl
Maria Reed Houdlette Card
Bath Residents Visit Friends and Weather Affects School
Mr and Mrs Wilson Freaman of Bath spent the weekend at their home. Mr Pinard and friends of Lewiston were in town Sunday. Scott Small recently visited Brunswick. Mrs Hattie Wallace of Bath called in town last week. Judah Small schoolhouse had no classes due to bad weather. A community supper at the Meachams drew thirty five attendees with games and music. Mr and Mrs Oscar Douglas and Phyllis visited relatives in Bowdoinham Sunday. Merwin Jasper was a business visitor at Bowdoin Center Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Freaman
Bath
Oscar Douglas
Little Phyllis
Bowdoinham
Merwin Jasper
Bowdoin Center
Novel Easter Play On Tuesday Evening In Bath
The St Marys Players stage The Upper Room a drama of Christ s Passion at Morse High School auditorium on Tuesday evening April 15. The performance uses special lighting and a 30 member chorale with violinist John H Grindell. Cast includes John Conway and Miss Mary Conley with Miss Gertrude Moses in Samuel role. Reserved seats go on sale April 11 at H P Bridge Inc. department store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Morse High School
St. Mary’s Players
United States
Canada
England
Robert Hugh Benson
Canterbury
Montreal
Portland
Pilate’s Palace
Christ
Theodore Dubois
John H. Grindell
Eugene M. Desmond
Desmond
Bridge, Inc
Launching Day for Morgan Yacht at Bath Plant
The $2,000,000 steel yacht is prepped for launch with two private Pullman cars aboard a special locomotive. Photographers reserve Washington street views while Seguin guides the vessel to the new wharf after a riverbed clearing. Morgan and party arrive just before the eastbound train. heavy preparations surround the Iron Works yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec Bridge
Water Street
Mr. Morgan
Iron Works
Bath
Washington Street
New England
Morgan
B.I.W
Seguin
Bath set for Corsair voyage of new yacht
Weather forecasts a cloudy, rising temperature day as Bath prepares to host hundreds of spectators for the Corsair launch. Mr. Morgan plans a June cruise to England in his new yacht before a world voyage with a crew of 56, many Bathmen to be employed while most crew are to be shipped from New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Morgan
Bath
England
New York
Morse High to Add Woman Gym Instructor for Girls Next Year
Morse high school athletic director Cecil J. Cutts told the High School P.T.A. that one teacher cannot handle all gymnasium duties and coach teams fairly. He said a woman instructor will be provided next year for girls and their teams. Cutts noted 25 percent of pupils have physical defects that corrective gym work can help. Mrs. Herman Crocker spoke on PTA aims to promote child welfare and school partnerships, while William L. Skelton chaired the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil J. Cutts
Morse High School
P.T.A
Cutts
Herman Crocker
William L. Skelton
Pastor of St Marys Gives a Fine Talk
The Central church men's club met Tuesday evening in the parish house for a bi monthly gathering. A tempting supper was served at 6 30 by the chefs. Vice President J Maurice Haynes led a brief business session then Frank Wakefield introduced Father Timothy C Maney of St Marys church as speaker. He shared amusing experiences in Maine parishes and efforts to bridge church divides. He noted attacks on the Knights of Columbus oath and showed literature from past campaigns. An informal discussion on religion followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
J. Maurice Haynes
Frank 38. Wakefield
Timothy C. Maney
St. Mary's Church
Father Maney
Knights of Columbus
Maine
Blotting Out in Soviet Russia Ends Evening Series
Report recounts a Soviet Russia event where attendees described the night as among the most profitable and enjoyable of the series, noting the striking response of everyone present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet
Russia
Funeral crowds fill St Marys for five year old Dorothy Barnes
At St Marys church a large crowd gathered Tuesday afternoon to honor Dorothy Barnes five daughter of Capt Sylvester Barnes and Mrs Barnes who died Saturday night just 31 days after her twin sister. Parochial school children escorted the casket to the altar and again as it left for Mt Calvary cemetery where she was buried beside her sister. The turnout drew sympathy from Bath residents and floral tributes flooded the Barnes home on Russell Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Church
Dorothy Barnes
Sylvester W. Barnes
Russell Street
Little Friends
Timothy O. Maney
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Bath
Barnes
Highway Board Seeks 6500 For State Aid Road Work
The Board of Highways and Sewers will ask for 6500 to continue state aid road work on Washington street south of Pine. The board will meet April 15 to prepare the annual budget for the finance committee. Committees were appointed to investigate truck costs, consider the Henderson farm purchase for gravel, address North street school sewer issues, and improve Cherry street with a gravel sidewalk. Portland Garford Co. gains approval to install two gas tanks on Commerce street with street-damage absolution by the treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Highways and Sewers
Washington Street
Pine
Finance Committee
Stanley M. Brown
E. Mason Wright
George C. Quicksall
Brown
Herbert L. Grinnell
Oscar F. Williams
Henderson Farm
Morris Povich
North Street
Litchfield
Cherry Street
Ned L. Robbins
The
Portland Garford Co
Arthur M. Bowker
Commerce Street
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Paramount Singing and Talking Pictures
A Publix Theatre
Nancy Carroll
Honey
Paramount
Harry Green
Lillian Roth
Stanley Smith
Skeets Gallagher
Zasu Pitts
Constance Bennett
Regis Toomey
Markson Bros
Living Models
Clayton, Jackson and Durante
Helen Morgan
Luscious Ziegfeld
Charles Ruggies
Fred Kohler
Charles Ruggles
Clayton
Jackson
Durante
Collegians
Disraeli
George Arliss
the Green Goddess
H. B. Warner
Alice Joyce
Colleen
Colleen Moore
Raymond Hackett
Fredric March
Olive Borden
H. E. Whitney Funeral
Elizabeth
Augusta
J. Horace McClure
Mary
Garden Street
Gertrude Graves
Ed Pythian
Mr. Merritt
Universalist Church
W. H
Clifford Smalley
Laura Gilman
Dick Smith
Topsham
Avere
Irvin Campbell
George Hamilton
Fred Leavitt
Perkins Plantation
Richmond
Curtis
Evelyn Pennell
Newport
A. S. MacDougal
F. K. Jack
W. B. Kendall
B. B. Douglass
South Gardiner
Wilbert Carver
Leeds
Wiliam Foster
Watertown
Mr. Berry
S. B. Hinckley
Oakland
Relatves
Everett N. Williams
Denham Road
Mr. Williams
Nathaniel
Lois Campbell Williams
Etta Ward
Bertha Kern
Minnesota
Roy Williams
Rumford
Nathaniel Williams
Horace Raymond
Emily J. Lawrence Williams
J. N. Palmer
Methodist Church
W. H. Gould
Bowdoinham Ridge
Whist Club
George R. Cutler
Methodist Ladies Aid
Merton Umberhind
F. P. Curtis
Bertha Moulton
Eastland
Hiagget
Swate
Selectmen
Buginzes
Edward LaRocneile
Cushman Road
Sage Shothe
Ridge Cemetery
Albert M. Card
Milo
Ernest H. Card
North Bowdoin
Morse High
MAN
ST. Mary’s
Timothy Maney
Central Church Men’s Club
Dyeing Works
Valiar
Tssina
India
Brunswick
Spencer Coretiers
Pencer Saastiears Bute
Beatrice E. Rand Bath
Spencer
ST. Mary's
Highway Board
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