Valuable Topaz Found at Topsham
Harvard University mineralogists uncovered what is said to be the largest topaz found in the country, weighing about ten pounds, in a Popsham feldspar mine pocket. Forest Gagne, a Harvard student, led the discovery after a month of prospecting near the quarry. The gem and accompanying garnets, tourmaline, and quartz will be examined at the university before transfer to the Smithsonian Institute. professors including Charles Palache witnessed the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mineraloguss
Harvard University
Popsham Recentas
Forest Gagne
Smithsonian Institute
Gagne
Harvard
Charles Palache
Guerdon Holden
Cleveland
Ohio
Washington
Local discovery linked to Gagne and Burbank sparks interest
It became known that Gagne was assisted in the discovery by Benjamin Burbank of Brunswick chemist of the Pejepscot Paper Co. The discovery arouses considerable interest in this vicinity. It was stated the discovery was made more than two weeks ago and Gagne had been prospecting more than a month. Gagne is now prospecting in Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gagne
Benjamin Burbank
Brunswick
Pejepscot Paper Co
Migne
Missouri
Tag Day Saturday for Salvation Army
A Salvation Army tag day will be held Saturday with lassies soliciting aid to reach a $3000 goal. Committee members include Hon. Edward W. Bridgham and many others. about $2200 has been raised so far. Checks payable to Daniel Williams, treasurer. The Ogontz School plans a new camp at Small Point Beach for over 100 girls this season. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence B. Jackson and daughter Nance spent the weekend in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Edward W. Bridgham
Daniel Williams
John A. Lord
Rupert H. Baxter
Charles H. Cahill
Eugene M. Desmond
Daniel T. Dougherty
Frederick E. Drake
J. Edward Drake
Arthur J. Dunton
Frederick D. Hill
Carl Y. Kennedy
David L. Wilson
Charles C. Low
Annie McInnis
Charlotte I. Meeker
Oliver Moses
F. L. Littlefield
William S. Newell
Frank P. Nichols
Harry T. Passmore
Chester Plant
Arthur K. Purington
Rodney E. Ross
Harry B. Sawyer
Mary L. Sewall
William S. Shorey
Martha P. Small
Eugene L. Thebeau
Ogontz School For Girls of
Philadelphia
Small Point Beach
Morse’s River
Small Point
Gentz School
Elmer Coggeshall
Dickinson Place
Sadie H. Percy
Phippsburg
Bath
Thompson
Black Place
Sewall Point
Charles V. Percy
West Point
Joseph T. Small
New York
Martha Small
Popham Beach
Edna Thomas
North Cambridge
Elmer Hathaway
Belmont
Mass
Emma Hathaway
John Leach
Thomaston
Josephine Walker
Rose Wyman
Ella Kerr
Richmond, Va
Joseph McCourt
Roxbury
F. P. Leavitt
McCourt
Woolwich
Winfield Wright
J. H. Stacey
Lester Oliver
White Mountains
Edward Fisher
Boston
Popham
Marie Findlen
Ellen Oliver
Harry Watson
Loring Roberts
Charles Miller
Sebasco
George Durwent
George Ingall
Hattie Minott
Horatio Parker
Emma Perry
New Meadows
Brooklyn
N. Y
Eric Carlson
Anthony Thomas
Edward Thomas, Jr
Katherine Johnson
Florence Reid
Edward Sampson
Bridgham's Cove
J. E. Perry
Horace Holton
Brightwater
Brockton and
Worcester
Willam B. Perry
Walter Farmer
Virginia
Boothbay Harbor
W. B. Perry
Doris Perry
Cora Campbell
Henry Butler
Mary Campbell
Bowdoinham Social Gatherings Highlight Old Fashioned Costumes
Eva MacDougal hosted a Friday Farm Bureau picnic on the MacDougal grounds with guests in children’s and vintage outfits. The event featured a rag doll prize for Mrs. Jane Browne and multiple comments on century old pantalettes and handmade costumes. Other notices include Bridge luncheon results at the Putnam and Lilly homes with scores led by Mrs. Jane Browne and Mrs. H Cock, plus various visits and hostesses from Bowdoinham and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva MacDougal
Farm Bureau
MacDougal
Clara N. Fogg
Charles L. Browne
A. 8. MacDougal
Jane Browne
Calcutta
Frowne
Johnson
Browne
Cora Wilkinson
George Cutler
Bowdoinham High School
Emily Rideout
Eva Purinton
Mary Lowell
Lowell
Quick Action Averts Serious Collision at Busy Corner
Merton Snipe saved a possible wreck at Front and Elm when he jumped into the street and flagged an inbound passenger bus as Engine 4 rushed toward the intersection. The bus halted mere feet from the corner, narrowly avoiding a crash. Boston witness A E Borland praised the prompt act. Snipe works as a tender for Frank Hanson of Woolwich, a submarine diver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merton Snipe
Elm
Snipe
A. E. Borland
Commonwealth Avenue
Boston
Ferry Street
Frank Hanson
Woolwich
Sisters Reunited After Twenty Years in Woolwich Home
Mrs. Edwin L. Holbrook and Lester Holbrook hosted a first reunion with Mrs. Iva M. Baker and her two California sons from Los Angeles. Vernon Packard and daughter Virginia joined the gathering from Southport. The Bakers plan to return west by September for the boys to resume school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Edwin L. Holbrook
Lester R. Holbrook
Maude Packard
Vernon Packard
Virginia
Southport
California
Baker
Maine
Los Angeles
Montsweag 4-H Boys Tour Homes To View Projects
The Montsweag 4-H club toured member homes Friday July 28 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. covering about 25 miles. Leaders included Albert Bailey with potatoes as a focus. visits included Lloyd Stinson Nequasset beans William Berry Montsweag calf James Sutter Wiscasset garden Donnell Getchell Wiscasset potatoes Samuel Soule Wiscasset potatoes Marshall Erskine Wiscasset potatoes Arthur Erskine Wiscasset potatoes Fernald Bailey Woolwich chickens Roland Bailey Woolwich chickens. Two boys did not attend and county agent Charles L Eastman could not go. Next meeting will be at Albert Bailey’s home with Eastman expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Boys 4-H
Albert Bailey
Lloyd Stinson
Nequasset
William Berry
Montsweag
Paul Berry
Charles L. Eastman
Eastman
Woolwich Road to Be Straightened in Public Works Plan
The project authorizes straightening the Woolwich approach to the bridge with a new three quarter mile highway section and a viaduct to remove the grade crossing near the dike. End curves of the Maine Central overpass will be eliminated as part of a 1 217 068 dollar first allotment under the National Recovery Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Maine Central
Maine
State Highway Commission
Portland-Lewiston
Portland-Falmouth
Gray-New Gloucester
Madrid
Sandy River Plantation
Rangeley
Deep Sea Fishing Party Offers Comfortable Boat and Facilities
Advertisement for Malcolm B. Whidden of Cundy's Harbor Maine promoting deep sea fishing trips aboard a roomy boat. Capacity 15 to 30 passengers with a ladies cabin, lines, and bait. Contact Tel 66-14. Dated 1-27-31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm B. Whidden
Cundy's Harbor
Tel
Wesley Vacation Bible School Ends With Closing Exercises
Wesley Church Vacation Bible School closed with a vestry program at seven. Prizes honored top Bible and handicraft work across three age groups. Beth Trott led and choir, Omah Trott accompanied, and Rev. F. L. Littlefield supervised. Enrollment reached 97 with average attendance 73 over three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church Vacation Bible School
Roberta Gordon
Margaret Gordon
Merline Pinkham
Charlotte King
Omah Trott
Arlene Littlefield
Ellen Hodgkins
Beth Trott
Barbara Brown
Catherine Shellenbarger
Amber Carr
Bird Shellenbarger
Merritt Trott
William Besaw
F. L. Littlefield
Edna Besaw
Ethel Dupont
Helen Murphy
Jack Crosby
Robert Niles
Crosby Crosby
Jane Wing
Mary Darrah
Shellenbarger
America
Shephard
Ocean
Jesus
Doll
Leola Dupont
Stanley Gow
Leona Watson
Audrey Hill
Lee
Phyllis Irving
Axon
Margaret Tourtillette
Sali
Weta Teltett
Phyllis Darrah
Ruth Shellenbarger
T. J. S. Girls Club Holds Third Meeting July 21
The T. J. S. Girls met in their club room Tuesday afternoon for their third meeting since formation on July 21. They plan a birthday party for the secretary and will host a similar party for each officer on their birthdays at the close of the club meeting.
Sheriff s clamming case settles out of court in West Bath
The dispute between the sheriff s department and 18 Sebasco clam diggers over illegal clamming in West Bath flats without a town permit has been settled out of court. Also noted are a P T A entertainment with a comic orchestra, church services, and local social visits across Phippsburg including a farm bureau gathering at Sea Grille, bath news, and road work on State road near Dickinson place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Sebasco
West Bath
Sturtevant
Bath
Thomas Brooks
Maynard Wright
Congregational Church
Alfred
Stevens
Julia Anderson
Portsmouth
WHEB
M. S. Paulson
First Congregational Church
McKeesport
Paulson
Eva Rogers
Emmy Williams
Bess Manson
Helen Moran
Carrié Wyman
Isabell Chaney
Rachel Hodgdon
Harriet Cromwell
Albertha Williams
Bernice Drake
Esther McCourt
Ray Lord
Arthur Mayo
Evelyn Young
Dorris Coggshall
Althea Campbell
Lizzie
Ruth Hodgdon
Lucy Moran
Alice Minott
Nellie Cutting
Grace
Bess Dickinson
Gloria Brown
Alice
Abbie Minott
Rebecca Minott
Fox Island
Farm Bureau
Ella Carr
Richmond
Bureau
Vacation School Opens in Winnegance Chapel
Miss M Helen Sims principal of the First Baptist church vacation school conducts sessions at Winnegance chapel beginning Monday at 9 with songs stories and handwork. A class of 25 pupils attended the opening. boys enjoy jig-saw projects as organization and acquainting take place. C Paul Holbrook returns from hospital and prepares to resume duty on the tug Nottingham. Mrs Herbert R Morse and daughter Barbara visit in Brooklyn. Elsie M Allegrin resumes clerk duties at Newberrys after a Boston visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Helen Sims
First Baptist Church
Winnegance Chapel
C. Paul Holbrook
Winneganee
U.S Marine Hospital
Portland
Ralph M. Cornish
Getchell Street
Bath
New York
Nottingham
Herbert R. Morse
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mr. Morse
Bear Mountain
Hudson River
Barbara
Sherman L. Morse
High Street
Elsie M. ‘Allegrin
Bath Citizens at Mass Meeting
A public mass meeting in Bath features speakers on publicity and education. Notable participants include Frank F. Colburn Mark W. Hennessy George P. Larrabee Henry W. Owen Arthur K. Purington and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frank F. Colburn
Mark W. Hennessy
George P. Larrabee
Henry W. Owen
Arthur K. Purington
Harry C. Webber
Edward W. Bridgham
Errol Baker
John P. Carey Jr
Charles F. Cummings
Eugene M. Desmond
Robert Haskell
John J. Keegan
John J. Mulcahy
George F. Reynolds
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Take Advantage of These Low Prices
Advertises a sale with low prices on suits, top coats, wool jackets, dress pants, workwear, shirts, underwear, sweaters, overalls, work and dress shoes, and boys clothing. Encourages customers to visit store to save 50 cents to a dollar on each item.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Vortentonn
Topsham
Pera
Loretta Young
Regis Toomey
Sunset Pass
Randolph Scott
Kathleen Burke
Devils IN Love
Victor Jory
Barbara Stanwyck
George Brent
G. Robinson
Mary Astor
Constance Bennett
Joel McCrea
Lawrence B. Jackson
Nance
Cambridge, Mass
Morris S.povich
Front Street
Bowdoinham
Samuel Putnam, Jr
Putnam
Bay Shore
Margaret Purinton
Maxwell
Grace Maxwell
Alice Maxwell
Larchmont
Clara Fogg
W. D. Willes
Harriette Fisher
Mary Lilly
Bowdoin Lilly
Malden
Hancock
Alverta Gray
Fitchburg
Sam Putnam, Jr
Richard Lilly
Loomis Dyer
J. Bowdoin Lilly
Florence
Bradstreet
Danvers
R. D. Purinton
C. L. Browne
Bowdeinham
Sam Putnam
Georgia N. Denham
Annie P. Doughty
Wellesley
Helen Darton
L. E. Williams
Hope Williams
Minerva Dunlap
Wilfred Burrill
Edna Ward
Maxwell Ward
Helen Denham
R. A. Dickinson
Auburn
Alice Day
Emma Brown
Emma Ferguson
J. D. Elliott
Newtonville
Alfred Sparks
Rumford
R. D. Purington
Elmer Otting
Springfield
Hazel M. Cornish
Jessie Cromwell
Cobbessee
Helen Blackmon
Waterville
Verona Moore
Newburyport
Eulalia Sedgley
George Hackett
Eleanor Webber
H. E. Cornish
Bridge Club
Richmond Favor
Hot Springs
Ariz
Charlotte Blodgett
Bay Path
Mrs. Baker and Sons
Woolwich Road
Kennebec Bridge
Julian Mason
Barbara Mason
McLanathan
Mason
H. Henry Reuss
New Canaan
Conn
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Center Street
Wesley Vacation Bible School
Max Katz
Elm Street
Net
Blue Bird
R. C. A. Victor Co
Doyable
Mikelsky’s Music Store, Inc
Front St
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