Famous hospital marked by one time peddler founder
The Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston celebrates 25 years with talks by renowned physicians and public addresses on May 5 to 7. Founder Peter Bent Brigham, a Vermont fish and oyster peddler, left $1.3 million to create the hospital, which opened Jan 27 1913 and has since led many medical firsts and Nobel Prize linked achievements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Boston
Hurley
James B. Conant
Harvard
Tobin
William Lawrence
Episcopal
Massachusetts
Francis L. Phelan
Peter Bent Brigham
Bakersfield
Fitchburg
Elliott C. Cutler
Cutler
United States
Harvey Cushing
George R. Minot
William P. Murphy
Dr. Minot
Early Summer Hints From Local Adder Sighting
Mrs Sherman L Morse at 70 High street found a 32 inch spotted adder on her lawn on Wednesday. The reptile, warm from sun, moved with a hint of sight when hit by a hoe. This is among the earliest such sightings in the area and may signal an early hot season ahead. Sherman Morse, chief engineer of the steamship Bear Mountain will resume duties at the first of May after winter at home and Bath Iron Works. Mrs Leon Pennell left for Freeport Monday due to her sister Mrs George Dennison's rheumatic fever. Dennison to be moved to State Street hospital Portland when possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Sherman L. Morse
High Street
Morse
Sherman Morse
Bear Mountain
Hudson River Navigation Co
N. Y
Bath Iron Works
Leon Pennell
Freeport
George Dennison
Edith Campbell Leaves Arrowsic for Waterville Visit
Mrs Edith Campbell departed Arrowsic on Sunday to visit her daughter Mrs Everett Pollard in Waterville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Campbell
Waterville
Everett Pollard
Will Good Will club plans May 24 supper at Sebenon hall
Woolwich Good Will club met Monday with 19 members present. They discussed supper sale and entertainment at Sebenon hall on Tuesday May 24, featuring a two act comedy Aunt Deborah's First Luncheon. Florence Carlton chairs dining room with Mary St Pierre Maud Orr assisting. Edward V Reed chairs kitchen with Sadie Rice Nelson Rice Roland McIntosh and Charles Haley assisting. Harry Fitch leads fancy work table and tickets. Refreshments followed. At May 9 meeting at Ma Orr's home final arrangements will be made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Will Club
Woolwich
Nelson Rice
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sebenon Hall
Deborah
Florence Carlton
Mary St. Pierre
Maud Orr
Edward V. Reed
Sadie Rice
Roland McIntosh
Charles Haley
Harry Fitch
Fitch
Orr
Card of Thanks for Mrs Maria Skinner
We thank friends and neighbors for help sympathy and floral tributes during our bereavement. Maria Skinner and Miss Marion L Skinner express gratitude dated April 27 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maria
Marion L. Skinner
Riverside Portland Municipal golf chief visits Bath
Clayton V. Sweeney professional and manager of Riverside Portland Municipal golf course visited Bath on Monday. He serves as treasurer of the Maine Professional Golf Organization and said the course is in fine shape as he looks forward to a satisfactory season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton V. Sweeney
Riverside
Portland Municipal
Bath
Maine Professional Golf
Easter Week Social Notes From Phippsburg Area
Phippsburg and nearby towns report visitors and guests during Easter week. Local families including the Whiteshead, Tracys, Gormleys, Hughes, Woodmans, and others welcomed kin and friends at cottages and summer homes from Bath to West Point. Several residents travel, remodel, or plan events with church and 4 H activities noted.
Valkyrie Yacht Ties Up In Portland Harbor Ahead Of Bermuda Race
Bound for City Island and the Bermuda race in June, the 73 foot six inch Valkyrie, an Alden ketch, arrived at Portland Harbor ship in Stonington men aboard and Stephen Rice commanding. Owner Cummins Catherwood plans to refit with a new mizzen mast and sails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Island
N. Y
Stonington
Portland Harbor
Portland Yacht Club
Portland
Stephen Rice
Cummins Catherwood
Philadelphia
Bar Harbor
Bermuda
Gibson Island
Miss Macomber Stuns Judges in Mason and Hamlin Prize
Miss Ottolee Elizabeth Macomber of South Portland a dark haired senior at the New England Conservatory of Music won the grand piano prize at the 29th Mason and Hamlin prize competition held in Jordan Hall Boston. Her Bach Beethoven and Chopin readings impressed a panel led by Dr. Serge Roussevitay Ernest Schelling and Walter Piston. Honorable mention went to Marybelle Fulton of Spokane Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottolee Elizabeth Macomber
South Portland
New England Conservatory of Music
Jordan Hall
Boston
Serge Roussevitay
Ernest Schelling
Walter Piston
Marybelle Fulton
Spokane
Washington
Dromore Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
Fifteen members met at the Dromore grange hall for an April session on Folding Without Wrinkles led by Miss Leila Oliver. Demonstrations covered flatwork and garment care with notes on gum arabic and other glues. Memorial day tributes were approved and plans made to support the 4-H club and upcoming fair events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Lelia Oliver
Grange Hall
Dromore
Lottie Minott
Eva Rogers
Evelyn Beals
Lynette Caverly
Viola Bonney
Brookline
Mass
Lucia Ferguson
Boston
Annie Percy
Anna Derwent
Bureau
Grange
Carolyn Wing
Nequasset
Wing
Clara Oliver
Leila Oliver
District meeting report at Dike PTA session
Mrs. Joseph I. Smith and Mrs. Wilbur H. Crocker delivered reports on district meeting progress and Summer roundup for school pupils during the Dike PTA session held at the North End Community club with 15 attendees. Stella Dolloff reported supper committee plans for Saturday at the Community club house. kitchen hostesses were listed with overall committee assignments and Wednesday hosts were Mrs. John M. Comey and Mrs. Cuvier R. Dolloff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph I. Smith
Wilbur H. Crocker
Dike P.T.A
North End Community Club
Stella Dolloff
Association
Charles T. Henderson
David S. Henderson
Joseph R. Oliver
Daniel A. MacDonald
Hermon W. Crocker
Frederick B. Kittridge
Clifford B. Wilband
Archie M. Wishart
Maurice B. Shea
Fernando T. Hutchins
Raymond A. Smith
Charles F. MacDonald
Herbert F. Pierce
John M. Comey
Cuvier R. Dolloff
Col Reid Hosts Dinner at Seguinland Summer Home
Col Walter E. Reid entertained Sunday at The Moorings in Seguin land. Guests included ex Gov Louis Brann and Mrs Brann Lewiston Mr and Mrs F Harold Dubord Waterville Carton Day Reed Woolwich H A Huse Jr Bath Joseph G Stevens Percy B Savage Five Islands Mrs Roy Moulton New York Seguinland. The dinner was said to have no political significance and featured a long friendship network and a fine seashore view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter E. Reid
Col Reid
Mr. Dubord
Waterville
Louis Brann
Huse
Sedgwick
Bath
Sheepscot Bay
Col. Reid
Legion Policing Bath for Policemen's Ball Night
Local Legionnaires will police the City of Bath on Wednesday night May 11 while regular officers of the night shift may attend the Policemen's Ball at the Arcade ballroom. Commander Eugene G Hart of Roland Smith post A. L. has arranged to have legion men on duty from early evening until the ball ends.
Colburn Promoted to Manager at Colonial Theatre Haverhill
Colburn promoted to manager of the Colonial theatre in Haverhill Mass after prior posts at City theatre Biddeford and Central theatre Bath. Miss Ava Whitney left for Camden after visiting her mother Mrs Alice Gannon at 1227 High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank F. Col
Ava Whitney
Camden
Alice Gannon
High Street
Popham Beach Seaside News Highlights Local Visitors
Town notes reflect the summer lead up with Seguin Island keeper Millard Urquhart resuming duties after a Jonesport vacation. Bath Lewiston Portland Bath and Georgetown visitors are listed among residents and visitors. Beached reminders include bulkhead projects and drain clearing by Howard Spinney and Joseph Young as the season nears.
Bangor Representative Paul White Featured in Composers in America
Claire Reid, executive chairman of the League of Composers, author of a 25 year survey, profiles 200 American composers with biographies, works, and performance details in a timely release timed with National Music Week May 1–7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul White
Bangor
Macmillan Company
America
Claire Reid
League of Composers
First Baptist Church Holds Annual Meeting
The First Baptist Church held its annual business meeting in the vestry on Thursday evening. Rev Charles R. Sims was elected moderator after a devotional service. Reports from officers, committees, and organizations were presented and numerous officers and advisory board members were elected or appointed for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
Nella Stover
Communion Fund
Evelyn Sotheard
Lotta Eaton
Florence Martin
Clarence N. Flood
Zadoc F. Brown
Arthur J. Dunton
Ernest Wade
Maude Filocod
Annie Oliver
Alice Eaton
Marjorie Stover
Ruby Hooker
Ruth MacKenzie
Freeman Crosby
Madelyn Dunton
Mary Sims
Grace Baker
Annie Smith
Sarah Cook
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
Maude Stuart
Myra Kelly
Laura Harrington
Debt Free Year Ahead At Corliss Street Church Supper
The Corliss Street church and parish held a fellowship supper in the large vestry last Wednesday. Treasurer Mrs. Eugene Watson burned a note for 200 dollars, declaring all debts cleared and a balanced treasury for the new church year. The pastor Rev. Frederick P. Moffatt noted past debt reductions totaling 600 dollars over two years, with several church leaders and committee members voicing gratitude and plans for stewardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corliss Street
Eugene Watson
Frederick P. Moffatt
Chester A. Plant
Harold S. Walker
Moffatt
Abby McCabe
Mr. Walker
Sidney L. Eaton
Three Bath Motorists Appear in Court
Three of five Bath motorists arrested Saturday for motor vehicle violations were arraigned in municipal court before Judge Arthur J. Dunton. Ralph W. White Jr and William Rich pleaded guilty to speeding on Washington street with fines and costs. Jack Durgin pleaded guilty to no registration plates and paid costs. Morris Wright, Bangor resident, faced panhandling charges, pleaded guilty and was fined 30 minutes to leave Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Arthur J. Dunton
Ralph W. White, Jr
William Rich
Washington Street
Cedar
Bowery
Rich
Byron Clark
Jack Durgin
Joseph Butler
Percy Kingsbury
Morris Wright
Bangor
Clark
Bowdoin College Notes Professors Speak At Bowdoin Events
Prof Felix Frankfurter of Harvard will speak at the Delta Upsilon lecture in Memorial hall Thursday at 8 15. Rev Herbert Hitchen will lecture at chapel Sunday at five. The choir will sing Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones. Current exhibits feature Hals and Rembrandt portraits lent by Harry Oakes and Bowdoin Camera Club photographs. Yves Chardon cellist of the Boston Symphony will perform in Memorial hall Tuesday night May 3. Sir Herbert Grierson English Literature professor at Edinburgh will lecture at Bowdoin Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix Frankfurter
Harvard University
Delta Upsilon
Memorial Hall
Herbert Hitchen
First Unitarian Church
West Newton
Mass
Walker Art Building
Hals and Rembrandt
Harry Oakes
Bowdoin Camera Club
Yves Chardon
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Sir Herbert Grierson
Edinburgh University
Bowdoin Thurs
Bangor Flier Encounters Train En Route To Portland
A Bangor traveler took a flight to Portland while a Bangor train bound for the same city departed at the same moment. The flier reached Portland, had lunch, and on returning to Bangor met the train near Augusta still en route to Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bangor
Portland
Augusta
Bay Point Cottage Guests and Local Visits
Bay Point activity gathers as Fred P. Taylor and son Clayton of Auburn pass away at their Bay Point cottage. A sequence of visitors includes Capt. Edgar Drake, Nellie Perry, Peggy and Louise Hamilton, Dorothy Frazier, Edna M. Coolidge, and many Bath, Brunswick, and Calais residents. Post office at Bay Point nears completion by Carpenter London for H. A. Spinney. various families spend weekends and weekdays at cottages along First Beach and Georgetown road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Taylor
Clayton
Auburn
Leeman Drake
Carol
David
Edgar Drake
Birchwood
Nellie Perry
Peggy
Louise Hamilton
Brunswick
Dorothy Frazier
Bath
Edna M. Coolidge
Frank LeClair
Doris
Andrew Butterfield
Edward
Augustus Perow
Donald Avery
Beatrice
Dawn
First Beach
Walter Perry
George Laskey
Robinhood
H. A. Spinney
Buddy” Spinney
Byron Clark
Katherine
Byron, Jr
Bay Point
Mary Campbell
C. Mathews
Georgetown Road
Ida Mathews
Rachel
Beredeen Dell
Herman A. Spinney
Edgar Warren
Coleen Radley
Ruth
Harold Robinson
Keith
Harry Stone
Green Pastures
Eleanor McCue
Mr. McGee
Walter Whitney
Eric Schutt
Eric, Jr
Ralph Wright, Jr
Phippsburg
Schutt
Sherman Campbell
Carpenter London
Lucy Cahill
Charlotte
William Adams
Left Over Corn Stalks Ordered Burned in Maine
Maine corn stalk remnants must be burned to prevent European corn borer spread. E L Newdick of the Department of Agriculture warns that leftover fodder and stalk piles found on dumps or used improperly must be destroyed. Inspectors are in the field to enforce the ban and protect the corn industry. Cooperation from residents is urged for effective eradication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
E. L. Newdick
Department of Agriculture
Department
Newdick
District Meeting of Pocahontas Degree Held in Red Men's Hall
The District meeting of the Degree of Pocahontas meets in Red Men's hall with Ramona council hosting. Afternoon session starts 2.30 with supper at 6.30 and evening degree work at 8 led by the Alfaretta Council candidates. District councils include Leola 11 Lewiston Owaissa 16 Mechanic Falls Silver Cloud 30 Orrs Island Alfaretta 72 Brunswick Ramona 27 Bath. Miss Marguerite L. Donnell visits Wollaston Massachusetts this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Degree of
Pocahontas
Red Men's Hall
Ramona
Alfaretta Council
Leola
Lewiston
Owaissa
Mechanic Falls
Silver Cloud
Orrs Island
Brunswick
Bath
Westport social notes highlight local visitors and elections
Miss Virginia Jewett from the University of Maine is elected to the Women s Student Government as Pi Beta Phi representative. The town sees a stream of visitors weekend and weekday, with residents at summer homes, funerals, hospital recoveries, and various calls across Bath, Boothbay, Woolwich, and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Jewett
University of Maine
Maude Webber
Woolwich
Ralph Wright
Ernest, Heald
Georgetown
Ellsworth Colby
Colin Dunn
Dorothy
James Murray
Bath
Brian Jewett
Norman Nye
High Street
Carl Hodgdon
Auburn
Solomon Higgins
James Apt
Fred I. Greenleaf
Russell Stodder
Ethel Higgins
Portland
Tyler Hodgdon
Carl Lewis
East Boothbay
James Williams
Mechanic Falls
Ralph Warren
John Harrison
George
Woodfords
Ray Dolloff
Albertine Swett F
Boothbay Harbor
Jonas Knight
Lawrence Colby
Wiscaset
Charles Colby
Burnham Knight
Amos Knight
Archie Brewer
Vernon
Edwin Cromwell
Lizzie Cromwell
William Craft
Nellie Webber
Josie Wardwell
Wardwell
Wiscasset
Morse High School to stage Star Flower operetta two evenings
Morse High School Music club presents Star Flower an operetta in the school auditorium on Thursday and Friday evenings this week. About 50 pupils directed by Miss Margaret A Mackinnon will perform with proceeds aiding a planned school band. New loud speakers improve acoustics as the event caps the social season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School Music Club
Margaret A. Mackinnon
Bath
Morse
Star Flower
Betty Ryan
Eagle Heart
Charles Moore
Natoma
Sally Ryan
Chief Lone Buck
Charles Camack
Long Lear
Edward Hamb
Pupils Awarded Health Pins at Central Grammar
Central Grammar pupils receive Seven Point Health pins and certificates from Mrs. Berenice Colby for meeting standards in vision threat hearing posture birth certificate teeth and weight. Grade Eight list includes Edith Seavey Barbara McDonald Harold Peasley Richard Dennison Gabrielle Vigne Gertrude Dole Mildred Peron Helen Higgins Arlene Arsenault. Grade Seven list includes Marilyn Garneau Martha Day Phyllis McKenna Frances Hogan Ralph Achorn Helen Gallagher LeForrest Cunningham Edward Jones Gerard Nelson. Further lists expected as some teeth work is pending. Both divisions aim for a 50 percent room certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Grammar
Berenice Colby
Edith Seavey
Barbara McDonald
Harold Peasley
Richard Dennison
Gabrielle Vigne
Gertrude Dole
Mildred Peron
Helen Higgins
Arlene Arsenault
Marilyn Garneau
Martha Day
Phyllis McKenna
Frances Hogan
Ralph Achorn
Helen Gallagher
LeForrest Cunningham
Edward Jones
Gerard Nelson
Mrs Youland Returns Home After Lewiston Accident
Mrs Clara J Yowland widow of Eugene A Youland of 27 Richardson street arrived in Bath Monday night from St Marie hospital Lewiston where she had been a patient since January A collision approaching Lewiston left her husband dead and Edward Clancy of 164 Granite street injured and later hospitalized Mrs Youland will stay at Bath Memorial hospital until discharge then go to the home of Miss Alma L Reid 234 Russell street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara J. Yowland
Richardson Street
Eugene A. Youland
Bath
Lewiston
St. Marie Hospital
Edward Clancy
Granite Street
Alma L. Reid
Russell Street
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Famous Hospital
Peter Brent Brigham
Robert C. Whitehead
Vernon Heights Congregational Church
Mount Vernon
Brightwater
Nellie Tracy
Thomas Tracy
Meadowbrook
Phillip Gormley
Kenneth Miller
Dorchester
Thomas C. Hughes
Hughes
Geraldine Senderson
Saco
Lois Woodman
Gilbert Woodman
Grace Parks
Alfred Cornish
Hardings
Winnegance
Providence
R. I
William B. Perry
Sebasco Estates
Edward Breare, Jr
Revere
Harry Gilmore
John M. Rogers
Ernest A., Jr
Kittery
Pauline Rogers
Earline Abel
Wilbur
Swanton Wyman
Bowdoinham
Jesualdo Gia
New York
Frank P. Leavitt
Walter Keyes
Helen
California
West Point
Helen Morin
Washington, D. C
Belle Lowell
Theodore Jenson
Clifford Slocum
Rockland
Elijah Bartlett
Edwin Wyman
Parker Head
Asa Wyman
Mildred Harrington
Leonice Cushing
Burleigh Williams
Winneganee
Cushing
William Cushing
John Kreidler
Arthur Kreidler
Grace Paine
John F. Skillings
John E. Blaisdell
Mildred Nichols
Tyleston Oliver
Ruth E. McIntire
Packard
Small Point
Seagontz Cottage
Dike School
P.T.A
Legion
Colburn
Popham Beach
Millard Urquehart
Seguin Island
Jonesport
Harry Spencer
Seaman Drake
Carol Drake
Lewiston Maine General Hospital
Shirley Morong
Bobby
Gerry
Nina Larrabee
Niles Cameron
Kennebec
Erma Huntley
Debra
Muriel
Marguerite McNulty
Biddeford
Frank
Irving
Ernest Oliver
Oliver
Ethel Osgood
Fred
Howard Spinney
Popham Road
Abraham Issacson
Vernon Mattson
Bette
Newton Center
South Shore
Waldo Weston
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Walter Sprague
Fred Spinney
Morse High School
Moses Chandler
Blanchard
Elisha Bridges
Coast Guard Telephone Division
Madelyn Bridges
Marion
Waldo Weston, Jr
Fred Osgood
E. W. Osgood
Alvah O. Light
Pond Island Light
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Ralph Spinney, Jr
Stephen Etnier
Gilbert Head
Burleigh Thompson
Ida Oliver
Friay
Walter Williams
West Georgetown
Edward McNulty
Lester Oliver
Spruceville
Joseph Young
Charles Small
Beverly, Arline
Charles
Atkins Bay
Clarence Schofield
Sterling Bible
Fred Coombs
William P. Hatch
Pearl E. Dunbar
Lester G. Campbell
Edward R. McCabe
Warren H. McIntire
James W. Gillespie
Ruby A. Preble
Flora B. Robbins
Dunton
Bowdoin College Notes
Hall of
Sasanoa Tribe of Red Men
Marguerite L. Donnell
Wollaston
Westport
Morse High Music Club
Lett
Faded Moon
Mary Double
Conrad
Frank Curran
Ruth, Conrad’s
Bride
Alice Hogan
John Logan
Wesley Harrington
Jack Logan
Melvin Hnderson
Trapper
Dan
Robert Sutherland
Jim
Gordon Lake
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