Local residents named for grand jury service and community notices
The list names many residents from Boothbay Harbor to South Bristol called for grand jury service including Raymond Boston Theodore S Bryer Fred L Castle A Lincoln Chapman Harry S Colby Wilder T Dodge Lorenzo Feltis Edwin T Giles Leon Grover James Harding William C Kimball Sadie L Levensaler W D Payson Linwood H Pierce C S Richards Everett W Shuman William G Tibbets and Fannie B Weaver The report also notes visitors and local happenings such as Mrs Ray Sewall and sons a week at the Sewall eee at North Edgecomb Mr and Mrs Lennox Southard arriving in town Charles Pomeroy of Beverly Mass over Patriots Day Mrs Alger Dodge and son Dickey in town Daniel D Page Federal men Beals at home in Gardiner Mrs A H Lennox returning from Beverly Farms Miss Grace Knight returning from Fellsmere Fla and undertaker Charles E Cowley adding a new Hudson ambulance to Wade & Dunton The article records Masonic and Rebekah lodge activities and local business notes including Haggett's garage selling two Ford cars to A M McHale and Fred B Higgins Asa Lowell of Alna death and funeral details for April 17 and a glimpse of travel and visits by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Colby
Westport
Arthur Davis
Jefferson
John M. Devine
Whitefield
Harold A. Dodge
Boothbay Harbor
Lester A. Dunbar
Nobleboro
John T. Gay
Waldoboro
L. P. Hodgdon
Wiscasset
Plummer Leeman
Bristol
Roy J. Ludwig
M. D. McCurda
Newcastle
Arthur McKown
J. B. Miller
Dennis M. Roberts
Boothbay
Fred L. Castle
A. Lincoln Chapman
Harry S. Colby
Wilder T. Dodge
Lorenzo Feltis
South Bristol
Edwin T. Giles
Leon Grover
James Harding
William C. Kimball
Sadie L. Levensaler
W. D. Payson
Southport
Linwood H. Pierce
Damariscotta
C. S. Richards
Bremen
Everett W. Shuman
William G. Tibbets
Fannie B. Weaver
Ray Sewall
Philip
Richard
Peterson
Winthrop
Sewall Eee
North Edgecomb
Lennox Southard
Hooper Street
Charles Pomeroy
Beverly
Mass
Patriots
Alger Dodge
Dickey
Daniel D. Page
Beals
Gardiner
A. H. Lennox
Beverly Farms
Richmond White
Dan Sortwell
Cambridge
Fred Smith
Grace Knight
Fellsmere
Fla
Florence
Charles M. Legro
Charles E. Cowley
Wade & Dunton
Lewiston
Hudson Ambulance
Lincoln Lodge of Masons
Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge
Haggett’s
A. M. McHale
Fred B. Higgins
Asa Lowell
Alna
C. E. Titus
Wiscasset Methodist Church
Earl Parker
Frank Haggett
Bwick
Mabel A. Rhoades
Wellesley Hills
Emma Sisley
Henry W. Webb
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Modernize Your Home with Du Pont Colors
Promote Prepared Paint from the makers of Duco. Noted architects endorse the color schemes for every surface of a home. Visit showrooms to see modern palettes and surface finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Pont
du Pons
Duco
Wiscasset Items Include Club Meeting and Local News
Annual officers of the Wiscasset Woman's Club set for Friday at 3 pm in the new library building. Notes list Miss Sarah D. Varney visiting Jamaica Plain, Mass., and multiple social and parish events. A drowning of Elizabeth McKenney Lewis, long-time Wiscasset resident, is noted alongside a house fire at T. Albee's dwelling fifty years ago.
Beekeeping Success Tied to Study and Experience
The article stresses careful study of bee activities as essential for success not rule of thumb. It advises starting small and expanding colonies with growing experience rather than lengthy preparation for commercial beekeeping.
Weevils discouraged by shucked corn storage methods
In the southern states weevils can be discouraged from attacking stored corn by keeping as far as possible only those ears with long tight shucks. Unprotected ears should be fed or shelled quickly. If storing coil without good shuck protection, it is better to shuck shelled cleaned corn and place it in closely woven cloth bags.
Leviathan to Return to Dry Dock After Next Voyage
One of the earliest gear pegs on the Leviathan’s drive wheels wears and requires inspection. The vessel must enter dry dock again upon returning from its upcoming trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockland
Bath people and events fill Bath week in local notices
Trufant’s week’s church aid, regular meeting and luncheon. visits by Mrs. Fred W. Larrabee and Mrs. Walter Larrabee in Woolwich. Carolyn Stackpole operated on for appendicitis. Families from Revere, Lewiston, Portland, and Brigham’s Cove gather for holidays, visits, and weekend stays. Pomona Grange session at Dirigo. Easter vacation for Lowell and Littlefield pupils. old fashioned benefit dance at Tops ham with 300 attendees, clearing $100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trufant
Enen Ae Partuiatnes Orrey
Washington Street
Haggett
Fred W. Larrabee
Walter Larrabee
Woolwich
Carolyn Stackpole
Brunswick Hospital
Charles Bates
Leon and
Charles 3Rd
Revere
Mass
Loring Small
L. D. Sheldon
Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
Elmer Craig
Lewiston
E. W. Haggett
Louis Easley
Edward Sampson
Brigham's Cove
Chester Sorensen
Bath Iron Works Corp
Chester King
Court Street
Harold Cutting
Pawn
Brighem’s Cove
Robert Ven Amerize
Lesson
Rufus Lombard
Samuel F. Bates
Sabine
Bates
William Foster
Topsham
Delmar Bates
Snow Park
Chester Freeman
Portland
Pomona Grange
Dirigo
Harpswell Road
J. M. Lemont
J. B. Lemont
Ernest Rose
Fred Rose
Lowell School
Littlefield School
Wendall Williams
Robert Coombs
Boston
Campbell’s Pond
Coombs
Harry Moulton
Russell Street
Philip Stackpole
Bates’ College
B. H. Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Myra Coombs
Attleboro
Amy Coombs
Campbells Pond
New Grange Hall
Joseph AW. Larrabee
Anstress
Walter
Charles Haggett
Milton Baker
Harold Haggett
Stanley Peterson
Beacon Street basketball champs feted at banquet
The three time Church League champions Beacons Street team, led by Clifton W. Tedford, were honored Tuesday night at Beacon Street Church parlor. Elmer Norton presented a gold piece to Tedford as toastmaster led remarks by Rev F L Littlefield and others. Epworth League closed with music, ice cream and cake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Street
Clifton W. Tedford
Elmer Norton
Tedford
Meister
F. L. Littlefield
Wesley Church
Edwin E. Pinson
William C. Perkins
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street Church
Erastus Jewett
Meisrer
Epworth League
Guild members sew curtains at Grace church parlour
Mrs Edward Sewall hosted St Marys guild of Grace church at her High street home Monday night. Members crafted new curtains for the parish house which is due to be finished in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sewall
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church
High Street
Good Roads Help Sell Automobiles in Maine
State Highway Department finds 129 002 Maine cars valued at 29 950 002, with 109 848 owned by residents on state highways. Cars on state highways outperform those off them in value across 15 of 16 counties, reflecting population distribution and road quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Maine
Androscoggin
Cumberland County
Portland
Piscataquis
Great Northern Paper Co
Great Northern
Socialist Couple Put Theory to Work in Colorado
In La Fayette Colorado Powers Hapgood a coal miner and his wife Mary Donovan Hapgood widow from a literary family live in a modest cottage and say they are resting and earning a living Hapgood a Harvard graduate and former Sacco and Vanzetti defender earned about eight dollars daily He has mined in Wales Germany Russia and other places Mrs Hapgood funded her Michigan education and opposed wearing cap and gown She belongs to the Office Workers union Their father later turned his canning factory over to workers who now run it and receive five thousand dollars yearly Hapgoods plan to stay in La Fayette as long as locals welcome them and kindness continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
la Fayette
Colo
Powers Hapgood
Mary Donovan Hapgood
Massachusetts
Hapgood
Harvard
Boston
Norman Hapgood
Hutchins Hapgood
Wales
Germany
Russia
France
England
Pennsylvania
Montana
Office Workers Union
Hapgoods
School Hires Jinx From Rival College
Fort Worth Texas A and M hired its football jinx from Texas Christian university and now TCU has employed the man who gave its basketball teams severe drubbings. Francis A. Schmidt, Arkansas coach famed as a miracle worker, will lead football and basketball at TCU next season. Schmidt bolstered Arkansas to three SWC championships and raised Razorback basketball to national prominence before moving to Texas. He will join Morley Jennings near Waco as Baylor’s athletic director and coach nearby in Arkadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Texas A. & M. College
Texas Christian University
Francis A. Schmidt
University of Arkansas
Miracle Workers
Schmidt
Madison Bell
Aggies
Bell
University of Nebraska
Razorback
Arkansas
Texas
Lone Star State
Waco
Morley Jennings
Ohuachita College
Arkadelphia
Ark
Baylor University
Play Set At Tuessie Hall May First
Community notices record a two act comedy The Rebellion of Mrs Barclay to be staged at Tuessie hall on Wednesday May 1 at 7 30 with dancing and Stevens orchestra. Local residents and visitors are noted returning and visiting Bath Portland Bangor and Days Ferry venues amid weekend calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Osena
Duncan
Carlellow
Shirley
Samuel P. Buck
North Station
Boston
Portland
Union Station
Albion Corliss
Genesta
Bath
Cora P. Corliss
Elmer Hayward
Bangor
Artwell Hayward
Katherine Beebee
Jennie Weymouth
Hyde Park
Mass
Kennebec
Ralph Cleaves
Yarmouth
Rufus Savage
Hollis Leeman
Hexagon Travelers Club
Edwin Moulton
Ida Beals
Carlton Lowell
Eugene Long
Neal McIntosh
Bath City Hospital
Leena Stinson
Barclay
Tuessie Hall
Furlous
Stevens
Day
Willing Workers Meet for All Day Church Events
Willing Workers plan an all day meeting this Thursday and another all day session next week Friday to honor Mrs Margery Bailey the churchs oldest member but youngest in spirit. A 12 oclock birthday dinner at Hillcrest Manse invites husbands and sons. A men’s Bible class delegation from Montsweag led by Asbury Bailey meets in Portland City Hall at 1. Henry Merrill will speak along with other notable men. Also Friday evening Christian Endeavor classes meet at multiple homes. Boys club, Sunshine Girls, and Blue Birds hold activities Saturday at Hillcrest Manse and associated homes with leaders Stickney Grover Hunnewell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margery Bailey
Hillcrest Manse
Montsweag
Asbury Bailey
Local News Briefs From South Dresden
Fred Carlton returned to his home Thursday then the Maine General hospital in Portland where he had been for a few days. Joseph Burgess has been confined to the house with a cold for the last few days. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Siegars are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter Friday morning. She weighed nine pounds and has been named Arline Beverly. Mrs. Vesta Siegars passed Monday with her daughter, Mr. Harold Wall in West Dresden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Carlton
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Joseph Burgess
Arthur Siegars
Arline Beverly
Vesta Siegars
Harold Wall
West Dresden
Excavators Uncover Subterranean Buchis Bull Necropolis
Egypt Exploration Society teams reveal a four by five meter underground chamber south of Amran with a granite sarcophagus and a Roman era bull skeleton in an adjoining room. They expose the Buchis necropolis beneath rock, with memorial pillars of Darius, Alexander the Great, Ptolemies, and scenes of Osiris and two Roman emperors worshiping the sacred bull.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt Exploration Society
Egypt
Amran
Memphis
Darius Hustaepes
Alexander the Great
Ptolemy II
IV X
Ptolemy
Osiris
Soviet restricts liquor shops in industrial cities
Moscow reports the Soviet government bans opening new liquor shops in industrial cities and prohibits vodka sales on holidays pay days and in public venues such as theaters clubs and hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Legion Sponsors Boy Scouts in Bath
Roland Smith post of the American Legion plans to sponsor Boy Scouts in Bath. A small organizing committee includes Allan Spear as chairman Carl E Anderson and Eugene M Desmond. The post votes to move meetings to the second and fourth Mondays and to host a Memorial hall dance with Gardiner Rogers Charles Lyde and Samuel Povich supervising. Maj William R Kimball filled in for ill speaker Capt Alexander Corkum. Oyster stew cake and coffee followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Boy Scouts
Bath
Allan Spear
Carl E. Anderson
Eugene M. Desmond
Memorial Hall
Gardiner Rogers
Charles E. Lyde
Samuel Povich
Sons of Veterans
Alexander C. Corkum
Manville Yacht
Bath Iron Works Corp
William R. Kimball
Cuba
Grant and Chubuck Set for Friday Night Fight Show
Irish Barney Grant, Lewiston, beat Jack Dube in five rounds and faced Johnny Carlton two weeks ago. He will meet K. O. Chubuck, the Wiscasset fighter, at Arcade Arena Friday. Chubuck is listed among Maine’s top pugilists with wins over several notable opponents. The card also includes Geney Baker versus Red Pierce and an anticipated semi final with Kid Ferris of Bath. Bobby Lefevre, Young Chubuck, returns to face a Brunswick opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney Grant
Erin
Lewiston
Jack Dube
Johnny Carlton
K. O. Chubuck
Wiscasset
Gardiner
Skowhegan
Arcade Arena
Chubuck
Grant K. O. Chubuck
Maine
Irish Barney
Johnny Bouchard
K. O. Therrien
Frankie Provencher
K. O. Liberty
K.O. Chubuck
Geney Baker
Brunswick
Sailor Pierce
Kid Ferris
Bath
Leon Sonia
Ferris
Young Chubuck
Bobby Lefevre
Tiger Kingsbury
Committal Service for Rev H L Nichols
The body of Rev. Herbert L Nichols of Skowhegan was brought to Bath for burial. A committal was held at Oak Grove by Rev Dr B Holt of Rumford and others at Nichols wishes and Wesley church leadership. The Skowhegan funeral had 14 ministers on the platform with a sermon by Rev D B Holt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Nichols
Skowhegan
Bath
Oak Grove
B. Holt
Rumford
Wesley Church
Nichols
F. L. Littlefield
Wesley
William Wood
Centenary Church
Maine
D. B. Holt
Ralph Lowe
Olvin B. Tracy
George Merriam
B. C. Wentworth
Old Orchard
Frank A. Small
Mildred G. Nichols
Woodbury F. Nichols
Boston
Donald Small
Funeral for Mrs. Mary J. Waters in Beacons Street home
The funeral for Mary J. Waters widow of Oren L. Waters was held Tuesday at 2 30 PM at her daughter Mrs Ernest T Fulton 370 Front Street Rev Weston P Holman of Beacon Street Methodist Church officiated The body will be sent Wednesday to Wareham Massachusetts for burial in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Waters
Oren L. Waters
Ernest T. Fulton
Front Street
Weston P. Holman c
Beacon Street
Sacred Bull of Egypt Found by Diggers
The Egyptian Exploration Society unearthed the altar to the sacred bull Buchis at Armant on the Nile's left bank. Excavators report progress with five complete pillars and a broken column from the temple, dating to the Ptolemaic era. Vienna notes report 30000 horses eaten last year with some Austrians preferring horse flesh, claiming it is more nourishing and cheaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Cairo
Egyptian Exploration Society
Buchis
Armant
Nile
Vienna
National Butchers Association
Pioneer suffragist Helen B Taylor dies at 94
London reports the death of Mrs Helen B Taylor a pioneer suffragist at age 94 She campaigned for John Stuart Mill when he sought the Westminster parliamentary seat and contributed to the era of political reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Helen B. Taylor
John Stuart Mill
Westminster
Gardiner Faces Team In Opener At Shoe Guy Stadium
The stormy weather delayed prep for the season as Sammy Cutts rounds out the lineup for the opener against Gardiner next Saturday at the Shoe Guy. Sluggers and pitching candidates compete with Corney Trott and Gau dette handling most mound duties while Jenkins Miller and Gove fill in at infield. strong outfielders include Stan Henderson and M Trott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sammy Cutts
Schoolooy
Gardiner
Gaudette
Corney
Trott
Don Ring
Husky Backa
Jenkins
Miller
Gove
Conley
H. Ring
Wilson
Stan Henderson
M. Trott
Paul
Ed Rollins
Paul Wilson
Cong High
Bath
Hallowell
Obituary for Grace Sydleman of Bath and Freeport
The funeral of Grace Burr Sydleman 66 widow of Charles C. Sydleman was held Thursday at her daughter’s home in West Falmouth after a ten day illness from double pneumonia. She lived in Bath and Freeport. born July 21 1863 in Freeport. survived by sons George Sydleman Bernard Sydleman. daughters Emma Hair and Margaret Osgood. brother John Burr. sisters Abbie M. Pierce and Mrs. George A. Philbrook. She was active in Beacon Street Church and a garden lore expert. Burial in Burr cemetery Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Burr Sydleman
Charles C. Sydleman
Bath
Margaret Osgood
West Falmouth
Burr Cemetery
Freeport
Sydleman
Washington Street
American Express Co
North End
Beacon Street
John
Abbie Burr
Congregational
George Sydleman
South Portland
Bernard Sydleman
Emma Hair
Somerville
Est Falmouth
John Burr
Florist
Fayette
George A. Philbrook
Portand
Mrs Mary J Waters Dies After Week Long Illness
Mrs Mary J Waters widow of Oren Lewis Waters died Sunday after a week of bronchial pneumonia at her daughter Mrs Ernest T Fulton's home 370 Front Street Bath. Born in Pembroke she lived in West Wareham Fairhaven and Bath for 33 years. She leaves two daughters a granddaughter Dorothea Fulton and attended Beacon Street Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. Waters
Oren Lewis Waters
Ernest T. Fulton
Front Street
East Braintree
Mass
Charles W. Laing
Bath
Fulton
Braintree
Waters
Pembroke
William
Jane Dean
Mr. Waters
West Wareham
Fairhaven
Laing
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Dorothea Fulton
Death of Lewis H. Litchfield 91 in Lisbon Falls
Lewis H. Litchfield age 91, elder member of Pejepscot lodge I C O F and Domhegan tribe Red Men, died at his Lisbon Falls home. A Brunswick native, he was long active as an Odd Fellow and Red Men leader. He married Maria Louise McManus, celebrating their 58th wedding anniversary last winter, and leaves a daughter Mrs. George Emerson of Lewiston. He worked 27 years as a car inspector for Maine Central Railroad and was a deacon at United Baptist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Pejepscot Lodge
Domhegan Tribe of
Red Men
Lewis H. Litchfield
Lisbon Falls
Mr. Litchfield
Domhegan
William
Winifred Lambert Litchfield
Maria Louise McManus
Maine Central Railroad
Brunswick Station
United Baptist Church
George Emerson
Lewiston
W C T U notes lead temperance group and new juvenile band
The Winneganee Loyal Temperance Legion heard leader Mrs Ralph Willett present Tuesday. She has led children at her home church in Patten and assisted Bath L T L meetings. Barbara Norton will lead a new W C T U juvenile band for neighborhood children under ten on Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winneganee Loyal Temperance Legion
Ralph Willett
Patten
Bath
Coriiss Street
Barbara Norton
Arthur C. Norton
High Street
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Ass.u
Duco A. L. Groves
Tol
Wiscasset Woman's Club
Liprery
Sarah D. Varney
Jamaica Plain
Charles F. Dole
Organ Society
Farm Bureau
Warren Crover
Elizabeth Moody
Exeter
N. i
Antoinette Plumstead
Sheepscot
West Anna
Chester Dunton
John Dunton
B. A. Bailey
Stoll
Mary Ellen Nute
John Nute
Pleasant Street
George A. Nute
William P. Nute
Mary
Jersey Point
Orin Alley
G. H. Gleason
Newtonville
Merry's Island
Bimson
Middle Street
Ames
E. Fred Albee
Federal Street
Archie Hopkins
Androscoggin River
Elizabeth T. McKenney Lewis
Cowley
Arlington
J. N. Mosier
Ladies of
School
Jinx
Dresden
Legion
Grant
Rev. H. L. Nichols
Namper
Morse High
Grace Burr
Daughter
Mary Jane Waters
Revie
Nonwar Medicine Co
Norway
Deane Couns Recones
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