Blackberry Bushes Advance Guard of the Forest
Georgetown Island reports a vivid reminiscence of J Otis Swift, longtime Bay Point resident and founder of the Yosian Brotherhood, who guides nature walks and clam-bakes for his followers. The piece recalls Swift vantage points, past adventures, and the annual Maine vacation as August returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Oxford County
Franklin
N. Y. World-Telegram
J. Otis Swift
Bay Point
Kennebec River
Kittery
Eastport
J. Olis
Manhattan
Yosian
Hudson
Swit
Lewistonia
New Worlds
New York
New York World
New Yorker
Swift
Gaultheria
Gauitheria
R-M
Checkerberry
Thorevu
Yosian Brotherhood
Yosian Rovers
Green Beth- E Society
Jolly Hikers
Booters
Sagadahoc
J. Otis
Georgetown Island
Salvation Army Tag Day Seeks to Meet 3509 Dollar Goal
Salvation Army dates a two day tag day to end its annual Maintenances Appeal. The campaign committee hopes the final event will raise enough to reach the quota of 3 509 dollars. If unmet, reductions in local service will be needed. Donors are urged to send gifts to First National Bank Bath care of Daniel Williams and checks mailed promptly to determine the total income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Daniel Williams
First National Bank
Bath
Parsons-Wilson Name and Bath Groom Unite in Winter Street Ceremony
David Dyer Parsons Jr. of Melrose and Lottie Ellen Wilson of Bath wed in a double ring ceremony at Winter Street Church with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiating. Attendants were Edwin H. P. Lowell of Bath and Parsons’s family. The couple honeymoon after a wedding trip. Robert Paisley of Somerville is visiting family in Weeks Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dyer Parsons, Jr
Melrose
Mass
Lottie Ellen Wilson
Bath
Winter Street Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Parsons
David D
Lillie (Brown
Phippsburg Hosts And Visitors At Seagentz Cottage
North Woolwich couple Mr and Mrs Harry E Muckler visited with their children Clifton and Mary Martha along with guests Miss Mary McKill Mrs Lucy Chase and others at Seagentz cottage and Seagontz Camp Small Point. Several groups plan stays through the month as guests arrive from Newton Mass Lisbon NH Baltimore and Philadelphia while privacy at Totman beach is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry E. Muckler
North Woolwich
Clifton
Mary Martha
Mary McKill
Lucy Chase
Helen Danis
Ruth
Ruth McIntire
Seagentz Cottage
Abby A. Sutherland
White Mountain Camps
Lisbon
N. H
Seagontz Cottage
Seagontz Camp
Small Point
Mountain Road
Ruth E. McIntire
Bath
William F. North
Mary North
Totman
Phippsburg
Florence Lewis
James Moore
Philadelphia
H. Pomeroy Brown
Baltimore
Miss North
Cushman Beach
West Point
Totman Beach
Crawford Refuses Extradition Papers in NYC
Sheriff Messenger and Deputy Galvin failed to bring John Crawford back from New York after he refused to waive extradition rights. He faces charges of defrauding a local hotel and passing forged checks, with ties to a hold up in West Bath. Wainford's case followed a delayed extradition hearing before Maryland officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Messenger
Garrett J. Galvin
New York City
John Crawford
Salem
Crawford
New York
Maryland
Richard H. Wainford
Sheriff's Department
Edward Kelley
West Bath
Maine
Lewis O. Barrows
Messenger
Galvin
Richard Wainford
Salisbury
Wainford
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Grace Church Women Stage Successful Midsummer Sale
Grace Church women held a midsummer sale drawing attendees from Gardiner Brunswick and Wiscasset. Prizes at the fancywork table went to Mrs Ralph K Hall and Miss Agnes Humphreys. Clergy present included Rev George L Cadigan Rev Tom G Akeley Rev George G Chiera and Mrs Nelson B Gildersleeve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church
Theernoon
Gardiner
Brunswick
Wiscasset
Ralph K. Hall
Agnes Humphreys
E. Everett Pierce
Harold W. DeLong
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Arthur Sewall
Harry L. Day
Alpheus Goodwin
Charles M. Tubbs
Edward Sewall
Ralph G. Stetson
Patricia Sewall
Mary Elizabeth Gildersleeve
Elizabeth L. Hill
Barbara Paine
Punch
Walter M. Hill
Charles S. Bartlett
Thomas S. Aikenhead
Barbara Tubbs
Westport Social Roundup of Visiting Friends and Relatives
Everett Greenleaf hosts Dexter Smith of Lowell at Brown University. Various visitors from Massachusetts Connecticut Rhode Island attend at Boothbay Harbor Rum Cove and local cottages. Names include Mrs James Harper Miss Jean Harper Norman Greenleaf James Grant Lois Belmont Fred Robinson Ruth Cannon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Greenleaf
Claire
Golden Greenleaf
Sanford
Jewett
Center
Eleanor Beaton
Wellesley
Mass
Boothbay Harbor
R. T. Beaton
John P. Harrison
Rochester
N. Y
Virginia Jewett
Leslie Adams
Newton
Gardiner engaged couple from Bath area announced
Mrs. Stephen Marriner of West Gardiner announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Christine Elizabeth Norton of Augusta to John M. Conley Jr. of Bath. Conley, a Morse High and Kent’s Hill graduate, works in the Bath Iron Works time office and has held related posts. Norton is a clerk at the Maine State Unemployment Compensation office in Augusta after Cony High and Kennebec Business College study. The wedding is planned for the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Marriner
West Gardiner
Christine Elizabeth Norton
Augusta
John M. Conley
City
Conley
Beacon Street
Morse High School
Kents Hill
Bath Iron Works Corp
State Department of Health
Bath
Portland Press-Herald
Democratic City Committee
Engagement Announced For Edith Holm and Omar Bertrand
Miss Edith Mary Holm, stenographer in the naval offices of the Inspector of Machinery at Bath Iron Works, and Omar Bertrand, a Bath shipyard machinist, were announced by her parents Mr. and Mrs. William T. Holm of Calais. Holm is a 1934 Calais Academy graduate, 1935 Crabbes Business College alumnus, and has worked in Bath three years. Bertrand, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bertrand of Dexter, is a Dexter High School graduate who joined the Bath plant machine shop nearly three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Mary Holm
Bath Iron Works Corp
Omar Bertrand
Miss Holm
William T. Holm
Calais
Calais Academy
Crabbes Business College
St. Stephen
N. B
Bertrand
George Bertrand
Dexter
Dexter High School
Bath
Winnegance Social Roundup Includes Trips and Gathers
Mrs Sherman L Morse returns home at 70 High Street after two weeks in Boston and New York. Mrs Lillian Giles of Lebanon NJ visits the Pennells then heads to Bar Harbor Quebec and Montreal with Niagara Falls on return. Winnegance Auxiliary meets at Brigham’s Cove with Lena Eaton winning first prize and Frank Perow second. Mrs Harold Miller to host at the club house. The Pennells attend a Rockport regatta with son Leon Jr. Joliceur family from Waterville visits Dall in South Street while Joliceur takes a Red Cross vacation. Lorentsen guests return from New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman L. Morse
High Street
Boston
New York
Lillian Giles
Lebanon
N. J
Leon Pennell
Lower High Street
Bar Harbor
Quebec
Montreal
Niagara Falls
Winneyance
Alice Lancaster
Brigham's Cove
Peter Gagnon
Lena Eaton
Frank Perow
Harold Miller
Leon, Jr
Rockport
Bowdoinham Wedding Anniversary and Local Happenings
Bowdoinham residents mark a shore dinner for a wedding anniversary at Westcustoge Inn and attend a Portland theatre. family notes record a boy losing part of a finger in a lawn mower incident. funeral services for Sanford Crockett are held. multiple visits, engagements, and social events are listed across Bowdoinham, Richmond, Bath, and nearby towns with several summers or August gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jank Siegars
Westcustoge Inn
Portland
Robert
Harold Hackett
Sanford Crockett
Gould
J. N. Palmer
Stella Nickerson
Fort Fairfield
A. S. MacDougal
George Corn
South Coventry
Teddy Parsons
Providence
R. I
Ezra Stevens
Dexter Stevens
Alice McPhee
Elsie
Malden
Mass
Frank Siegars
Ola Curtis
Boston
Ethel Temple
Frank Hackett
Rochester
N. H
Hattie Hackett
Horace Gault
Old Orchard
Ida Purington
Ida E. Purington
Bowdoinham
Delmar Harold Stinson
Richmond
Miss Purington
Coombs High School
Farmington Normals School
Stinson
Richmond High School
Ellen Sparks
Rumford
Kenneth Wilson
Lauris Wilson
Ralph Cutler
Lewiston
Guy King
Vermont
Bishop Farm
Merrill Joss
Echmond
Brunswick Hospital
King
Elm Street
Rutland
Joan
Wilson
Edward Wilson
Hartford
Herbert Adams
Linwood Skelton
Walton Adams
R. C. Hamlin
Mary
John
Ann Richardson
Carl Fiske
Donald
Malcolm
Gorham
John Alden
Auburn
Mr. Ward
Edwin Denham
Ralph Purington
Clayhill
Lost Fox Terrier Named Brownie Near Bowdoin Center
Brown and white fox terrier missing in the Bowdoin Center area near Groton, Connecticut. Collar has a license tag. caller asked to answer to the name Brownie. Reward. Call Dr. Grant in Bath, Maine, phone 432. Also see Bart advertisement for residential brokerage Hagett Bros. in Wiscasset, Maine, phone 3-2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin Center
Groton
Grant
Bath
BART
H.O. L. C. Hagett Bros
Wiscasset
Maine
Centennial Homecoming Planned at Brick Church Bowdoinham Ridge
Walpole and Greenfield residents await an annual homecoming at the Brick church on Bowdoinham Ridge. Arrangements set for Sunday at 10 30 a.m. D S T Rev Clarence Arthur Wood of Meredith New Hampshire will preach. Wood formerly supplied at the Ridge and is welcomed as an old friend. Bert Siegars leads music Bertha Gray serves cold lemonade. Neighbors refresh the church and hospitality group. Guests bring lunches and are urged to return with families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Siegars
Bertha Gray
Retired NY Policeman Visits Bath After 25 Years in Service
Charles A. Jackson, 86, a New York City police retiree, is spending a few days at Hotel Phoenix in Bath. He left Phippsburg around 1878, with only Charles W. Clifford as a surviving former acquaintance, and recalls friends like Walter E. Chase. Jackson served 25 years with the NYPD and later worked 10 years for Dudley Field Malone at the Port collector’s staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Jackson
New York City
Phippsburg
Hotel Phoenix
Bath
Charles W. Clifford
Walter E. Chase
Mr. Jackson
James Jackson
Pitch Pine Hill
William H. Fields Bath
Court House
Jackson
New York Police Department
Big City
Dudley Field Malone
Port
Mrs. Jackson’s 51 Years Of Care Keeps Police Vet Strong
In New York, at 85, Mr. Jackson, 1st vice president of the New York Veteran Police Association, credits his long health to a good wife who looked after him for 51 years. He has visited Bath during vacations, and Mrs. Jackson accompanied him until her death three years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Palmer
David Lynn
Rye
New York
Charlies Hackett
Andrew Little
Bristol
Alfred Little
Clinton Stahl
Waldboro
Roland Robinson
Sidensparker
Town
Stanley Poland
Warren
Waldoboro
Bert Merrill
Barbara
Bath
Beulah Curtis
New Harbor
Mary Hanna
Jackson
Boothbay Firemen’s Muster Set With State League Support
Harold Dodge of Boothbay Harbor led talks with Maine State Hand Engine League president Chester H. McCabe Jr in Bath about the Boothbay muster on Saturday August 26. The league will sponsor the event tied to Boothbay’s 175th anniversary and Boothbay Harbor’s 50th. Cash prizes totaling 350 dollars will be awarded in two classes with 100 40 25 and 10 dollar placements. A parade of handtub companies will begin at 10 a.m. at the Harbor. Sagadahock Veteran Firemen’s Association members are asked to assemble at the South End hall that evening for a trial run of the machine ahead of the muster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Dodge
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Center
Bath
Chester H. McCabe, Jr
Maine State Hand Engine League
State League
Boothbay
Sagadahock
Oliver Family Returns From Cliftondale Weekend Visit
Mr and Mrs John F Oliver and son Jackie and Miss Katherine Donnelly of Cliftondale Mass and Mrs B C Oliver of Medford Mass have returned after a weekend visit with John F Oliver s uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Herbert L Spinney 52 High street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Oliver
Jackie
Katherine Donnelly
Cliftondale
Mass
B. C. Oliver
Medford
Herbert L. Spinney
High Street
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Weeks Street
Edward J. McMann
Roberta Manson
Orone
Westport
Bathman
Horatio Joliceur
Carol Leah
Waterville
Walter Whitmer
Thomas
Chester Lorentsen
Mechanic Street
Setson
A. D. Stetson & Son
Isabelle P. Congdon
Shaw's
Fred B. Reed
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Pront
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Mae Fad
Fay Wray
Grant Withers
Navy Secrets
Roy Rogers
Mary Hart
Frontier Pony
Tyrone Power
Henry Fonda
Nancy Kelly
Jesse James
Dennis Morgan
Marie Wilson
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Richard Carlson
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