Dromore Grange Hears History Of Lees Family And Village
Aunt Polly taught at Dromore school house and planted the elm tree before dying in 1874 at age 94. The Lees built and ran Lee Ferry, ships and vessels, and stored salmon for winter. Phippsburg became a town in 1814. Hubert McCarty spoke on soil and fertilizer, and Elfreda Perkins closed with a song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polly
Connecticut
Dromore
Patrick Drummond
Nellie
Drummond
Charles Lee
Lee's Ferry
Lee's Island
Lees
Lee Farm
Kennebec
Lithgoe’s Rocks
Fiddlers Reach
Lee Place
Cold Springs Farm
the Forbes
Margaret McCobb
James McCobb
Beatrice Rogers McCobb
England
Lees Island
Reuben Fletcher
James Lee
Jane Couillard
James Lee and Sons
Silas Lee
Jerry Harrington
Oakwood
George Ingalls
Zine Eaton
Winneganee
Dromere
William Lee
Nancy Paine
Emily Ingalls
Upton Place
Lee
Sagadahoc
Non Pariel
Jas. Drummond
Wm. Lee
Betsey
John Pearcy
Brilliant
Dan’l Smithe
Yorkshire
Wm. Lee, Jr
Mason
Sam'l Rogers
Caroline
Wm. Heddean
Jas. Lee
Peggy
A. Bogardy
Wm. Lee Jr
Triumph
Rebecca Ann
John Lee
Phippsburg
McCobb
Hubert McCarty
Elfreda Perkins
Georgina Thorpe
Coach Sees Capital Park as Year Round Sports Center
Cony High School coach Ray McCluskey of Augusta urges developing Capital park into a lasting recreational center. He envisions the former trailing park as a football and baseball field used by Augusta clubs while Williams athletic field undergoes improvements this spring, with winter sports also possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray McCluskey
Cony High
Augusta
Capital Park
Cong
Williams Athletic Field
Woolwich Notes Highlight Local Visits and Church Services
Weekly Woolwich column reports Mrs John Savage visiting her mother Mrs Elizabeth Hathorn. Residents host guests at Day's Ferry and Nequasset. Palm Sunday services and a Good Friday devo will be held at Nequasset Church with Holy Communion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
Sagadahoc Ferry
Holy Communion
Willing Workers promote sewing and Easter programs at Hillcrest
A large Willing Workers group from two Farm Bureaus met at Hillcrest Manse for a noon meal and a sewing session. The program featured high school girls singing This is My Father's World and Palm Sunday services at 2 p.m. with Bertram Crocker as soloist and John Carter on piano. Easter services will be at 10:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. with special programs, and Adjt Edward J. Tripp of the Salvation Army will attend as a Sunday attraction in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest Manse
Ethel Leavitt
Evelyn Bailey
Florence Hathorne
Marion Berry
Ruth Shaw
Bible School
Bertram Crocker
John Carter
Glenwood Square Baptist Church
Portland
Adjt
Edward J. Tripp
Salvation Army
Bath
Sagadahoc Road Funds Apportioned by Legislature
Sagadahoc county towns were allotted 8000 dollars from a 347800 dollar Maine Legislature fund for two years. Four thousand dollars cover 1935 and the rest 1936 for road and bridge construction maintenance and repairs. Here is the apportionment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Maine
Evening program features His Last Week and pageant Repairing the Broken Wall
Special soloists Mrs. Mabel Merrill and Mrs. Gladys Legard of Bath will perform in His Last Week. A pageant titled Repairing the Broken Wall is planned. Fireside Forum at Mountain Road Schoolhouse on Monday April 14 at 7 30 with Mrs. Merrill leading. Thursday at 7 30 Montsweag church hosts a joint Young Peoples meeting with Union for Christian Service groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Merrill
Gladys Legard
Bath
Mountain Road
Montsweag ‘Church
Young Peoples
Montsweag Group
Union For Christian Service Groups
Roberta Meathorne
Geraldine Rice
Winship Reed
Carl Graves
Bowdoin Grange Meeting and Local Notes
Bowdoin Sagadahoc grange met at Bowdoin Center for regular dues with good attendance. Highlights included a Home and Welfare program and letters read from a Topsham grange member whose son is a flier in South Central Mexico. Local residents traveled and family visits noted amid illnesses and elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Hennessey
Topsham Grange
Mexico
S. Lester Nelson
Brunswick
John Carter
Portland
Grant Woods
Addie Williams
Litchfield
Frances True
Frances Weathers
Lewiston Hospital
Donald Bickford
Lisbon Falls
Maynard Carr
Charles Babb
Fred Douglass
Clara Williams
West Bowdoin
Death of Mrs Roche recalls family ties to Governor King
The death of Ellen S Roche prompts remembrance of a historic link to Governor William King through Cyrus King and Sarah Jameson. Their son William died in Augusta and Mrs Roche plus a San Diego cousin inherited his money. She had three gravestones at Maple Grove Cemetery for Cyrus King his wife and their son William.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen S. Roche
Edward P. Roche
William King
Cyrus King
King
Sarah Jameson
Woolwich Grange Program Arranged for Wednesday
The Woolwich Grange meeting on Wednesday night features lecturer Mrs Ethelyn Shea with a program including the song The River of Time a Grange Question on compulsory auto insurance for the states best interests opened by Percy Bailey readings and a farce Routing Ma Out to Grange with Mrs Anna Soule as Ma assisted by John Carter and several members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Ethelyn Shea
Grange
Percy Bailey
Mary Hunnewell Wachmulgion
Merle Jameson
Anna Soule
John Carter
Bernice Lewis
Sadie Nelder
Daisy Hunnewell
Powers Hunt Wedding in Robinhood Georgetown Center
Walter F Powers and Elizabeth Irving Hunt wed Monday evening at the groom's parents home in Robinhood. Rev Walter Schoepfer officiated the single ring ceremony with evergreens and potted plants decorating the setting. The bride wore dark green velvet and carried a nosegay of roses sweet peas and heliotrope. The couple will reside at Georgetown Center in the home they have been preparing. Maurice Shea of Arrowsic returned from Orono after attending Farm Home Week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Powers
Robinhood
Elizabeth Irving Hunt
Georgetown Center
Carroll P. Powers
Walter Schoepfer
Georgetown
Bowdoinham Woman Ella Batchelder Dies After Flu
Mrs Ella S Batchelder wife of Samuel Batchelder of Bowdoinham died Wednesday after a week long illness from influenza at her home. She was born in Bowdoin daughter of Nathan and Durinda Adams survived by husband son Herbert D Higgins three grandchildren and two sisters. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm Rev Carrie H Kendall officiated West Bowdoin cemetery. Other items note Ralph Purington Boston trip Carrie Merrill Portland visits and local social news. Civil service exam announced for Bowdoinham postmaster with filing ends April 26.
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Ella S. Batchelder
Bowdoinham
Samuel Batchelder
Bowdoin
Nathan and
Durinda Starbird Adams
Herbert D. Higgins
Andrew C. Higgins
Herbert, Jr
Dorcas E
Russell D. Higgins
Charles F. Dodge
Boothbay Harbor
Carrie C. Adams
Carrie H. Kendall
W. H. Gould
West Bowdoin Cemetery
Ralph Purington
Boston
Carrie Merrill
Portland
Ralph Denham
South Fortland
Maroon
Karl Hatch
Bridge
Maynard Dow
Brunswick
Samuel Dorrance
Richmond
Frank Siegars
Elizabeth Wilson
Dow
Ruth McEwen
Waterville
Barbara Siegars
Caleb Mitchell
Freeport
Ira Northey
Florida
Maine
Charles Lalie
Revere
Mass
Betty Wilson
J. E. Allen
Eleanor Robinson Dunlap
Emery Kellogg Perry
Harvard
Perry
James Albion Dunlap
Charles Browne
Merton Webber
A. S. MacDougal
Lena Patten
Winthrop
I. C. Irish
William Purington
Edith Wood
Elizabeth Leathers
Inez Gowell
Carrie Kendall
Abbie Hulse
Clara Fogg
Ralph H. McEwen
Civil Service
White Ribboners Hear Interesting Talk
The W C T U meeting at the Church of the Nazarene vestry drew good attendance. Mrs. Mary P. Sims led devotionals and spoke on Building for Total Abstinence from Nehemiah. Mrs. Nella Stover presided as plans were made for future work and the Sagadahoc county convention was announced for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C.T.U
Church of the Nazarene
Mary P. Sims
Nella Stover
Lizzie Chaney
Sagadahoc
Lily Grace Matheson
Wisconsin
Crystal Berry
Degrees Conferred At West Bath Grange
First and second degrees were conferred on a class of 15 at West Bath grange. Recipients included Harold Ames Alfred Cormier Donald Emero and several Misses with Mr and Mrs George Emero. Third and fourth degrees will be conferred next week, with a harvest supper following. In the absence of officers, Harold Pea- handled the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Harold Pea
Local Club Reports Card Party Profit
The executive committee noted one member was absent and reported a net $14.30 gain from Thursday night’s card party. The article lists Cock and Ernest Snow as serving in offices.
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Ernest Snow
Winter Street Ladies Hold Rummage Sale
The Ladies' Aid of Winter Street church reports a very successful rummage sale held Tuesday afternoon in the men’s room. Chair man Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont led the committee including Mrs. Wallace L. Atwood and many others. The sale opened at two with a ten am meeting and lunch in the building. a May 3 meeting by Mrs. Bowker planned the Maine state conference entertainment later in the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street
Arthur C. Lemont
Wallace L. Atwood
Fred P. Emmons
Charles Nelson
Bessie Dickinson
J. Albert Redson
Arthur K. Purington
Jane Killian
Elsie Folsom
John A. Lord
Alice Varney
Horace W. Ward
Clinton D. Wilson
Warren
Kershner
Bowker
Maine State Conference of Congregational Churches
Cosmopolitan Players Elect Officers For New Year
At the Cosmo politan Players club house meeting on Tuesday officers were chosen for the ensuing year. Mrs William L Skelton became president replacing Mrs Joseph I Smith, who did not seek re election. Mrs David S Cogan was reelected vice president and Mrs Stanley M Brown was elected secretary treasurer replacing Miss Evelyne L Donnell who also did not stand again. Miss Donnell and Miss Anne M Thompson helped with the program. Plans to discuss George Bernard Shaw were postponed. Tom Cushings Barely Proper was read instead. Mrs Cogan presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Players
William L. Skelton
Joseph I. Smith
David S.cogan
Stanley M. Brown
Evelyne L. Donnell
Donnell
Anne M. Thompson
George Bernard Shaw
Tom
Record voyage tale of the Coriolanus at Maine port
Pacific Marine Review notes a 171 day England to Calcutta voyage by the Coriolanus when young, carrying 70 second-hand cars and an old piano to Cape Verde Islands. The ship, now derelict at Maine Central dock since 1932, sparked a tale of speed and jazz era lore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coriolanus
Maine Central
Pacific Marine Review
Pacific American Steamship Association
England
Calcutta
New Bedford
Cape Verde Islands
Woolwich Red Cross Sets May Entertainment Drive
Woolwich Red Cross, Bath chapter, held a regular executive meeting at Mrs Edward V Reed home. Miss Roberta Hathorne named Junior Red Cross chairwoman and empowered to appoint an assistant. A May entertainment fundraiser was planned with a committee including Mrs Maurice Hathorne and others. Next meeting is July 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Bath
American Red Cross
Edward V. Reed
Roberta B. Hathorne
Red Cross
Maurice T. Hathorne
John Brown
Emma Head
Carolyn D. Wing
Carlton Day Reed
Harold Shaw
Harry Fitch
Woolwich Red Cross
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Lord Pepperell
Kwinshaw
Dromore Grange
Bill Hatch
Boston Garden
Babe” Ruth
Maine Central Railroad
John Savage
Elizabeth Hathorn
Teo
Eugene Cromwell
Ralph Rice
Dresden
Eben Dana
Alvin Hathorn
Edgecomb
Hartley Hathorn
Fannie Savage
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
George M. Stinson
Marcia Stinson
Samuel Morse
Carroll
Robert
George Roberts
Whiskeag Road
John G. Reed
Morse High School
Ferry
Blanche Littlefield
Town
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Mabel Jack
Daisy Welch
Gertrude Marston
Susan Howard
Sanford
Massachusetts
Samuel P. Buck
Samuel Gilpatrick
Fred Rice
Good Will Club
Arthur Orr
Arthur Orr. Ladies’ Auxiliary Sewing Circle
Percy Marston
Sarah Bagley Wright
Duncan McIntosh
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men’s Forum
Nequasset Church
Woolwich Union
Japan
Wilson Wright
Montsweag
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust Bldg
Center St
Arrowsie Ee
Maurice Shea
Arrowsic
Orono
West Bath Grange
New York
Bath Department Store
Center Street
Sleator Quin
ODD Fellows Building
Pleasant Street
Eee
C.o. Times
Aenanit Road
Ty Brunswick
Eal Bath
Pera
Loretta Young
John Boles
Ann Harding
Robi. Montgomery
Laddie
John Beal
Gloria Stuart
Devil Dogs OF the Air
James Cagney
Pat O’brien
Edward Everett Horton
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