West Bath club plans dances and field day activities
At a Sabino Improvement Association meeting, Louise aes presided and invited members to a Winneganee Community club card party in Phippard on Wednesday night. Plans included a cooked foods sale, ash furnished for a Bath dance, and a large field day Aug 22 with a three cornered camp contest. Numerous residents and visitors from Bath, Sabino, and nearby towns attended, with committees named for field day tasks and social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino Improvement Association
Louise Aes
Winneganee Community Club
Phippard
Tas
Bath
John Eades
Wdeabody
Mass
Edward Marston
Malden
Maws
Everett G. Lemont
Lath
L. L. Hooker
Lloyd Hooker
Hazel McMann
Arthur F. Larrabee
Dora Brown
Eggmoggin
Long Island
New Meadows Camp
Ashawaug Cam
Horace W. Aitken
Beachmont
Samuel Bates
Louise Smiley
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Charles H. Bates, Jr
Eugene Small
Bowdoin
Sabino
Jennie Larrabee
Lowell
W. H. Larrabée
Henry Alexander
William Dunning
Sebasco
E. R. Brown
William Davis
Scott
Brunswick
W. Henry Brown
Samuel F. Bates
Eleanor Bates
Bates
M. H. Rich
Clifton Street
Rexford Clark
Somerville
E. B. Noyes
Sabine
Warren Shaw
Jane Johnson
Eva Whitemore
Auburn
Henry Rown
Will A. Brown
Walter Day
Edward Cook
Fred White
New Meadows
Delmar Vatex
Mary
Ellery Whitemore
Hattie Clark
Woonnocket
R. A
Lincoln William
Foster’s Point
Merton Wright
Tueonday
Woolvah
Frank B. Oldham
Albany
NL. Va
Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Mary Dean
Foxter’s Point
Frank Bishop
Quiner
Mars
Jane Hagrett
Kent
Ohio
Robert Haluhaw
New Platz
N.Y. Mer
George Kamadell
Lewiston
Edmund Searlex
New Bedford
Marx
Mirx Abbie Merriman
Dedham
Sabino Card Party Proves Jolly Affair
A large crowd attended the Sabino Improvement Association whist party despite rainy weather. Winners were Mrs Henel Krueger Everett and her son C W Krueger Malden. Krueger took high score 36 and both received gifts. Consolation prizes went to Mrs E B Noyes and John Pooler. Plans for a field day with three local girl camps are in progress for Saturday Aug 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabino Improvement Association
John Wooler
Waterville
Arthur G. Oliver
Bath
Henel Krueger
Everett
Mass
C. W. Krueger
Malden
Krueger
Mr. Krueger
L. L. Hooker
A. G. Oliver
Residents and Visitors Fill West Bath for Summer Season
Betty Ulrich from Malden and Baltimore guests visit Hooker cottage and others spend weekends in West Bath. Roads near the hall are being repaired for field day. Mary Smith of Portland and Elizabeth McGrath visit Dean cottage. Weber from Westfield visits Cotteau, former Texas Steamship Co. official. Holbrook resident revisits West Bath. Blackwood and Van Amringe from Boston stay at Lombard homestead as Sabino boosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Weber
Westfield
N. J
Cotteau Cottage
Weber
The
Texas Steamship Co
George B. Drake
Samuel Blackwood
Robert van Amringe
Boston
Lombard Homestead
West Bath Red Cross Branch Hosts Outing at Noyes Cottage
More than 50 members of the West Bath branch of the American Red Cross with spouses and children visited the Noyes cottage at Sabine on August 5. Guests toured the Sa bing cove area, enjoyed bathing, singing by Mrs. Clint o, Mrs. Cary, and piano music by Mrs. Rogers, with a noon dinner featuring beans, salads, hot rolls, stuffed eggs, doughnuts, cocon and cake. The event was organized by Mrs. Noyes, Annie Trufant, Ada Larrabee and Carrie Hodgkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
American Red Cross
Edward Jy. Noyes
Sabine
Noyes
Sabing Cove
Helen Clinto
Carrie Cary
Florence Rogers
Annie Trufant
Ada Larrabee
Carrie Hodgkins
Break in water main not to halt service
A break in the main water supply from Lake Nequasset lies on the Kennebec river bed near Bath. City officials diverted flow to an older line, arranged a full flushing of the Kennebec pipe, and prepared to rush repairs while tides and swift currents limit diving time. Divers Hanson and district inspector Tibbetts led the effort as Thompson Brook station runs as a standby.
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Lake Nequasset
Hanson
Kennebec
Bath
Walter F. Abbott
W. Scott Tibbetts
Water District
Thompson Brook
Brunswick
Visitor recounts Santa Barbara quake from Maine coast
Ozro Child of Los Angeles visiting Redlands couple at Small Point Maine describes the Santa Barbara earthquake. He recalls brick buildings suffering, calm residents averting danger, and his first trip to Maine amid rugged coastline scenery. Child and his mother survived unscathed in Santa Barbara.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ozro Child
Los Angeles
Marshall Sewall
Redlands
Calif
Sewall Sumner
Small Point
Santa Barbara
Mr. Child
Maine
Vermont
Golden Gate
Santa Darbara
Maine Three Quarter Century Club Meeting Sept. 2 Augusta
Maine Public Health Association backs a campaign for residents aged 75 and over to join the Three Quarter Century Club. The first meeting of the club will be held in the Maine House of Representatives on September 12, with officers to be elected and a state prize awarded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
House of Representatives
State House
Augusta
Brewster
Maine Public Health Association
Governor Brewster
Daniel W. Hoegg
Portland
J. H. Huddisston
Orono
Maine Public Health Ass'n
Hoegg
W. J. Thurber
State Committee
Ounce
Weekend Guests Visit in Arrowsic and Brookline Names
Local notices list Mrs Joseph Taylor of Wiscasset visiting Reed te Brookings and Mr and Mrs Arthur Brookings calling on family. The Brookings and Crooker households gather at Nequasset, Chauncey Baker family visit to Mrs Terry Baker in Brookline. Religious services note Holy Communion at Sanford Methodist led by Rev Joseph Bearse, with Miss Bernice Batson of Hattiesburg as soloist. Sunday school at noon. no evening service. social hour Thursday at 3 45 and fellowship at eight. Ends with reflection on writing war songs in Morocco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph ‘Taylor
Wiscasset
Reed Te. Brookings
Arthur W. Brookings
R. EB. Brookings
Crooker
Nequasset
Terrey Baker
Bernice Batson
Hattiesburg
Woolwich Couples Wed in double ring ceremony at Loudville
Clayton E. Dolloff of Woolwich and Dora V. Prior of Loudville were married at the bride's parents home in Loudville with Rev. T. H. Fernald officiating. Gilbert Genthner and Inez Tarbox were also united in a double ring service by Rev. Fernald. Numerous local residents and relatives gathered for the ceremonies and a lawn party later planned by Luessie hall association if weather cooperates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton E. Dolloff
Dora V. Prior
Gilbert Genthner
Inez Tarbox
T. H. Fernald
Woolwich
Loudville
Thomas M. Prior
I.dd. Fernald
Inez ‘Warbox
Baptist Parsonage
Mitton
Melvin Bailey
Montswerg
L’ort McKinley
Edward Clarey
Robinhood
Mr. Gray and Son
H. KR. Shaw
Wiscasset Tabernacle
N. W. Eaton
Sebasco
Marjorie Gilmore
Bath
Roland
Charles Knapp
Allston
Mass
Jesse Bailey
J. Bailey
Dorothy
Fernald
Ekreland
Burton
Harvey Bailey
Elsie
Ore’s Island
Bailey's Island
Addison Rice
Edward Shaw
Harry Austin
Portland
Charles Brown
Bath Water
Nequasset
Edward Carter
Ilon
Tudor Gardiner
Gardiner
Murphy's Corner
Doe Day Place
A. A. Stott
Geraldine
Windymere Lodge
Unity
Everett Rice
William Crocker
Julia Hathorne
James Malloy
Richmond
Reed Main
Leslie Bailey
Dresden Mills
Fred Carlton
Annie Cunningham
Lewiston
Maria Cothran
Charlotte Trott
Virginia Plant
John Clark
Peter O'Brien
Augusta
Roy Donnell
Eben Dana
Bar Harbor
Burton Hodgkins
E. W. Bailey
Alden
Frost Bailey
Harpswell
Farmington
Arthur Hayward
Massachusetts
Artell Hayward
L. EK. Savage
Ralph
Nellie
Harriett Halpen
Haverhill
H. EK. Savage
Chester Dana
Dairies Embrace Electric Lighting on Farms
Dairymen delivering to city customers or rail platforms begin work before dawn and rely on electric lighting. Electric lights improve efficiency in the dairy barn, with independent farm plants supplying light and power for houses and various appliances, easing the farm wife’s chores.
Chief of State Police visits Bath to survey traffic
Chief Arthur H. Field of the State Highway Police inspected Bath traffic Sunday at the state ferry and urged suitable traffic officers on both Kennebec shores. Traffic was heavy with 728 east bound tickets issued by seven pm and over 60 cars on the Woolwich shore west bound by ten pm. Mrs. William G. Small returns from two weeks at Wood's Hole and Biddeford Pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Field
State Highway Police
Bath
Kennebec
Field
Woolwich Shore
William G. Small
Wood's Hole
Mass
Biddeford Pool
Death of Camp Devens guard Howard N Sweet
Howard N Sweet died at Camp Devens Massachusetts on Thursday while on duty as a prison guard in the Fifth Infantry. He reportedly discharged an accidental riot gun discharge during loading while the muzzle rested on his stomach. He died hours later. He was born in Portland grew up in Auburn and will be buried in the Miller lot. Funeral arrangements handled by Mrs Herman Day of Portland. Military honors were given at his service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard N. Sweet
Camp Devens
Mass
Fred
Curtis
Center Street
Sweet
Portland
Auburn
Lizzie Miller
Miller
Nelson Miller
Fifth Infantry
Fort Williams
Robert F. Reynolds
Boston College
Herman Day
Ferry Service Halted By Shaft Break On Gov King
Heavy traffic preceded a shaft break on the Gov King ferry, halting the Boath Woolwich run and delaying autos along the Bath shore. Repair crews from Claisdel Leeman quickly assembled parts and the Hockomock was pressed into service, easing the backlog as showers dampened the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. King
Woolwich
Howard Wharf
Claisdel- Leeman Co
Lombard Street
Woman visits homes of ancestors here in Bath
Mr and Mrs Warner of Broome street Wilmington Del visited Bath on Friday from Kar Harbor to trace lineage. They toured Maple Grove burial grounds and consulted Horace W Ward and Dr William J Rouse for details on Squire Tallman Veley Tallman and family. They saw the Tallman warehouse and the old Tallman house at Oak and Front streets now a grocery and a parking lot, and viewed the Trott home at High street built by their ancestor. They photographed the house as a memento of the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner
Broome Street
Wilmington
Del
Bath
Kar Harbor
Squire Peleg ‘Tallman
City Park
Henry ‘Tallman
High Street
Joseph M. Trott
Frank C. Tallmann
The
du Pont Co
Delaware
Maple Grove
Horace W. Ward
Squire Veley Tallman
Forest Hills
Boston
William J. Rouse
Front Street
Dr. Rouse
Tallan
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Squire Tallman
Oak and
Front Streets
Albert L. Strout
Joseph M. ‘Trott
Usz High Street
Squire Pelegallman
New England
Dr Drury and Miss Kelley Honeymooning in Maine
Dr Alfred J Drury of Elizabeth General Hospital staff and his bride Miss Margaret D Kelley daughter of Mrs Catherine E F Kelley of Bath Maine have returned to Elizabeth after touring Maine on their honeymoon. They were married before leaving the state and now reside at 5 Westfield avenue Toselle Park where Dr Drury practices. Mrs Drury is a 1922 graduate of Elizabeth General Hospital Nurses Training with top honors and a $60 prize for highest marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Drury
Elizabeth
N. J
General Hospital
Margaret D. Kelley
Catherine EF. Kelley
Green Street
Bath
Maine
Westfield Avenue
Toselle Park
Drury
Wideman Visits Bath Ahead of Palm Beach Rotary Lunch
Lieut. Col. Jerome I. Wideman on Gov. Martin's staff traveled to Bath on Tuesday en route to MacMahon island for a week’s stay. He serves as president of the Palm Beach Rotary Club and intends to attend the local club luncheon next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome I. Wideman
Gov. Martin
Florida
Bath
MacMahon Island
Col. Wideman
Rotary Club of
Palm Beach
The Home Town Paper Chronicle of the town paper man
A nostalgic piece praising the local paper that chronicles sickness events farm sales a cider mill fire and town doings It lauds the editor who records both the good and bad deeds so God can judge us at death all from the perspective of a distant reader in a hometown voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jabez Stowe
Brown
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Fred Foss
Mount Vernon
Andrew Greene
Lisbon Falls
Kya Searles
Arthur G. Dow
Winnifred McGuckin
Brooklyn
Harry Jenkins
WP. W. Methwall
Jean
Etta Purington
Lynn
Miles 8
Parington
Fred Foster
Hardings
Tripsham
A. H. Donnell
Charles Edward Johnson
George Osman
Springfield
Mary Leares
Robert Halmshaw
New York
Lettie Searles
Eva Searles
J. B. Mayo
H. A. Landram
Merced Calif
Winburg
Meadowbrook
James Scott
Rebecca Swan
Birch Point
Florence Swan
Helen
Samuel Howe
Swan Cottage
Robert Coombs
Natick
Maass
Five Islands
Coombs
Amy Coombs
Campbell's Pond
Julia Coombs
Campbell's
Vanderleed
Eugene
Louise
Collingswood
Frank Jaques
Marguerite Williams
Gorham Normal School
Arno Jackman
Jackman
Marion Jackman
Strewers
John King
Mixx Emma Ryan
William Ryan
Webster City
Iowa
Norway Medicine CO
Lloyd
Mixx Hulda Dahlsing
Berlin
N. H
Leslie J. Wold
Homer Fletcher
Ralph McNary
Marblehead, Mass
Charles H. Bates Jr
Beachmount
Association
John Jooler
H. A. Owen
Henry Hender
Charles A. Owen
Florence
Jon Donald
Ho A. Owen
Owen and
Fletcher
William DD. Bryant
Bryant
Lucy
Thelma Randler
Twin County
Charles Hl. Bates
Wilbert Dates Small
Mrs. Loring Small
Wet Bath
Ralph and Alton
Alice Parker
Betty Ulrich
Hooker Cottage
Leon Payne
Alice
Elizabeth Davis
Baltimore
Margaret Everard
Everard
Brockton
Ernest M. Everard
Duncan
S’rvice
Mary Smith
Dean Cottage
Agnes Dean
Eugene McGrath
Dain Cottage
Charles McGrath
Neponset
Holbrook
Chicago
KE. B. Noyes
Lillian Brown
RED Cross
Maine Three Quarter Century Club
Morocco
Isa
Front ST. Bath
State Police
Bagdikian
Chiropractors
Bath, Maine
Camp
Devens
Hockomock
Harry A. Beals
Monday Evening Club
Mechanic Street
Arthur Hagan
Andrews Road
the Home Town Paper
John Kelly
Chicago Tribune
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