Mrs. Joseph M. Lemont of West Bath Dies
Laura E. Lemont 78 widow of Joseph M. Lemont died suddenly Wednesday at her Sanford's Crossing home from a heart attack. She lived in West Bath most of her life and was active in church and fraternal groups. Survived by one daughter Lizzie Haggett, three sons, five grandchildren, two great grandchildren, and a nephew. Funeral set for Saturday at 2:30 p.m. in her home with Rev. Charles R. Sims officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura E. Lemont
Joseph M. Lemont
Sanford's Crossing
Berry's Mill
Edwin W. Haggett
Charles S. Lemont
Topsham
Sedgwick Circle
West Bath
Bath
American Red Cross
Lemont
Lizzie A
Harry W
Quincy
Mass
Everett G
James B
Sanford’s Crossing
Arthur C
Fred W. Larrabee
Larrabee’s Grove
Arthur E. Haggett
Berry's Mill District
Harold J. Haggett
Charles Lemont Haggett
James Bazin Lemont, Jr
Paul M. Lemont
Lucy Ann
William Edwin
Charles L. Haggett
Joseph W. Larrabee
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Wanted Laundry Work to Do
Wiscasset Maine notice seeking laundry work by Mrs H S Lewis of Water Street announces availability for domestic duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Lewis
Water St
Wiscasset
Will Pass August with Bath Relatives
Professor and Mrs. Edward G. Mead of Oxford Ohio arrived to pass August with Mrs. Mead's parents at 813 Washington Street. Mead heads the organ and theory of music at Miami University and joined Harvard faculty friends in Cambridge during part of their East trip. They toured Michigan, Canada, New York, and Maine visiting the National Music Camp Interlochen Michigan where 300 students study. broadcasts are heard nationwide Sundays. The Meads are friends of Dr. Edgar Stillman Kelley, a leading American composer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward G. Mead
Oxford Ohio
Dr. Kelley
America
Bath Residents At Buzzell Pool Tuesday
Among Bath attendees at Buzzell's swimming pool on Tuesday were Miss E Marguerite Hennessy Miss Funice Ledyard Miss Lucy H Hartwell Miss Miriam W Kimball Miss Patricia Sewall Frederick Andrews Lewis Wilson Eleanor Wilson Billy Bennett and Marie Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Buzzell's
E. Marguerite Hennessy
Funice Ledyard
Lucy H. Hartwell
Miriam W. Kimball
Patricia Sewall
Frederick Andrews
Lewis Wilson
Eleanor Wilson
Billy Bennett
Marie Bennett
Mrs Sewall and party guests at Poland Spring visit
Mrs Arthur Sewall II Miss Minnie A White and Charles E Cushing were guests Tuesday at Poland Spring where Mrs H King Coolidge, Sewall's mother, is passing several weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Sewall 2d
Minnie A. White
Charles E. Cushing
Poland Spring
Sewall
H. King Coolidge
Maine Winner Named in National Motor Safety Contest
Maine winner is George Ellery Vose of Waterville in the National Motorcade Safety Contest. Alternate is William S. Pinkham of Portland. Contest aims to select safest drivers in each state and D C with a trip to New York for a safety conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ellery Vose
Elm Street
Waterville
Maine
Maine Automobile Association
American Automobile Association
C. I. T. Safety Foundation
States
District of Columbia
William S. Pinkham
Dartmouth Street
Portland
New York City
Waldorf-Astoria
Harry M. Smith
Blake, Barrows & Brown Co
Bangor
Burtis F. Fowler
Motor Vehicle Department
Augusta
Robert F. Skillings
Vose
Voses
New York
A. A. A. Motor Clubs
Pinkham
South End P T A Plans First Lawn Party
The South End P T A sets an Aug. 18 lawn party at Mitchell school grounds starting 6 30 PM. A Parade of Horribles and a children’s doll carriage parade open the event with judges Chester A Plant and Miss Laura Mitchell. Prizes include best costume and worst looking horrible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South End
William P. Crowley
Union Street
Alfred E. Carpenter
Mitchell School
High
Weeks Streets
Chester A. Plant
Laura Mitchell
Bowdoinham Fertilizer Ball Team Drops Close Home Game
Bowdoinham Sagadahocs lost to Freeport 9 to 8 on home grounds Saturday. Sunday they beat Augusta Lumber Jacks 8 to 5 in Bowdoinham in an interesting affair. Next Sunday the Sanicos from New Gloucester visit. Numerous local residents and families feature in attendance and social rounds.
Swing Bridge Reconstruction Plans For Topsham and Brunswick
Brunswick selectmen announced final plans for reconstructing the Swing Bridge between Brunswick and Topsham as a PWA project. The bridge washed away in spring floods and residents of Topsham Heights faced heavy inconvenience. initial steps start Friday morning.
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Topsham Heights
Brunswick Selectmen
Brunswick
Topsham
PWA
Selectmen
Bowdoin Ladies Aid meets in bad weather at Mrs Babb
Bowdoin Ladies Aid met at the home of Mrs Charles Babb with poor attendance due to weather. Lunch was served, afternoon social time followed, and the next meeting is planned for August 20 with Mrs Erland Rogers. Also notes of visitors and church events. Old Home Sunday at West Bowdoin church August 16 marks its 100th anniversary with planned speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Babb
Erland Rogers
Arthur Davis
Mattapan
Mass
Laird Cottage
Albert Loeselle
Chelsea
Haighe Road
Clyde Starbird
Portland
Esther Curtis
California
N. E. Curtis
West Bowdoin
Maude Kendall
Obituaries and visit notices from Bowdoin and nearby towns
W. H. Gould retrieved Wallace Hatch’s body from Bingham Sunday for a funeral held Tuesday at two from Hatch’s boyhood home in Bowdoin. Other notices include deaths of Mr. and Mrs. Will Given in Wales, and several callers and visitors to households in Gardiner Litchfield Augusta New York and Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Gould
Bingham
Wallace Hatch
Mr. Hatch
Bowdoin
Will Given
Harry Fisher
Wales
Mary Heath
Winslow
Portland
Benjamin Higgins
Lexington
Mass
Carrie Hall
W. B. Kendall
Old Orchard
W. H. Gould
James Cornish
Dr. Pratt
Richmond
Ernest Millay
Litchfield
W.S. Given
Augusta
Sara Temple
New York
M. Small
Mary H. Heath
Gardiner
Natale Given
Auburn
W. 8
Given
Tina Jack
Lester Longfellow
Hallowell
Bath in Other Days continues with town happenings
The itemized column notes life saving crew members in Bath town, street repairs on Washington Street and Center Street, a Red Men meeting, a rowing party at the Beach, window upgrades at M W Sewall & Co, a mid summer dance plan at Armory Hall, Hyde Light Guards practice, high rail danger at Center and Washington, electric car gains, and a comic ducking of L J Eno in Lakewood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Bath
Armory Hall
Engagement of Miss M. Helen Sims Announced
The engagement of Miss Mary Helen Sims to Cecil Vaughn Overman of Altamont Kansas was announced at the First Baptist Church Sunday night after the evening service. Miss Sims, ordained at Winneganee Baptist church and a Gordon College graduate, plans further graduate study. Overman, son of Rev. and Mrs. Cecil V. Overman, is pastor of Bay Rose chapel at Revere Massachusetts and also attends Gordon College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Helen Sims
First Baptist Church
Charles R. Sims
Cecil Vaughn Overman
Altamont
Kans
Miss Sims
Winneganee Baptist Church
Gordon College of Theology and Missions
Boston
Overman
Cecil V. Overman
Bay Rose Chapel
Revere
Mass
Arthur J. Dunton
Sims
Fraser Hudson wedding held at home of bride's parents
Miss Vera Hudson and Daniel M. Fraser wed in a single ring ceremony at 7 pm Saturday at the Hudson home 11 Summer Street Court. Rev. Joseph O Purdue officiated beneath an arch of green with pink and white flowers. The couple plan a short wedding trip then reside at 47 Beacon Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vera Hudson
Daniel M. Fraser
William Hudson
Summer Street Court
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Wilfred Chaplin
Beatrice Harriman
John Hudson
William Hudson, Jr
Spanish War Vets Entertained Sunday
Mr and Mrs Harry P Nason hosted a birthday outing for Mr Nason with the Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary. The event featured a clam bake lunch, games won by Hank Swain and Nora Morse, music by local performers, and visits to Fort Popham and Fort Baldwin. Many members attended from Lisbon Falls Lewiston and Brunswick among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry P. Nason
Cottage Park Avenue
Fort Baldwin
Arthur Smith
Asa A. Wilson
Louise Dorsey
Hank Swain
Nora Morse
Arthur Wilson
Pollard
George Burns
Brunswick
Gerry Gallaway
Harry Labbe
Elmer Berry
Swain
Mother
Joe Pollard
Sam Sturtevant
Togus
William Hart
Arrowsie
Arthur
Alfred J. Nason
Lewis V. Nason
Jesse Sanders
Harold Swain
Harold Trafton Swain
Mattie Swain
Allan
Gerald
Newell
Chester
Betty
Paul Swain
Everett Crocker
Katheryn
Rena
Gwendolyn
David Crocker
Hattie Wallace
Edna Burns
Myra Burns
Requests for Knox and Lincoln Locomotive Pictures
The Independent seeks photos or newspaper cuts of old locomotives that ran on the Knox and Lincoln Railroad. Named engines include Francis Cobb Edwin Frye Henry Ingalls Edwin Sewall Thomaston and General Knox. Also requests images of Bath to Rockland stage coaches or ads for old stage lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox & Lincoln Railroad
Francis Cobb
Edwin Frye
Henry Ingalls
Edwin Sewall
Thomaston
General Knox
Bath-Rockland
Independent
Unique Patchwork Quilt Exhibition At Local Inn
A distinctive patchwork quilt displayed at Mikelsky's Innc on Front Street was crafted by the Welfare Club of Phippsburg. The 30 square cover represents song titles through embroidery and applique. Proceeds will fund medical care for needy local children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mikelsky’s Innc
Front Street
Welfare Club of
Phippsburg
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Senter
Ss. Inc
Grange
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Mrs
A. M. Cutler
Oxfords
Bill Hatch
South End P. T. A
Frank Hunt
W. Hazel Cunningham
William P. Hatch
Chester A. Roberts
N. Gratz Jackson
J. Albert Redlon
Richard Quick
Arthur ©. Lemont
Carroll A. Deering
Wellington A. Moore
Vivian Brown
Fish Pond
Pearl
E. Dunbar
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
James Knight
Leland R. Mitchell
Horace P. Morse
James Bonney
Fred Coombs
Lillian Fisher
Charles Perry
William H. Small
Steven Bracey
Bowdoinham
Sagadahoc
Freeport
Augusta Lumber Jacks
Sanicos
New Gloucester
Mary Blethen
Wiliam Miller
MacDougal
William Gould
Hazel Carr
Beverley
Harvey Ames
James Ames
Paul Ames
Unity and
Jefferson
Angie Purington
Harold Curtis
Norman Curtis
Kennebunk Beach
Marion Curtis
Lendall Bickford
Robert Bickford
Edna Graves Johnson
Staten Island
N. Y
Abbie Graves
Florence Rogers
Hattie Andros
Ella Fisher
South Portland
Varina Minott Denham
Denham
Elizabeth Brown
Lorenzo Minott
Bowdoinham High School
Litchfield Academy
William Denham
John
Ralph
George Scudder
W. Miles
Josephine Coolidge
Cyril Minott
Braintree
Mary Minott
Ralph Denham
John Denham
Lillian
Fred Davis
Fannie Taylor
Arthur Parker
Florence Parker
Charles Blair
Annie Hall
Meredith
N. H
Vinie
Hank Brown
James Morrill
Esther Smith
Winchester
Morrill
Karl Hatch
Ocean Park
Kenneth Wilson
Edward Wilson
Hartford
Conn
Henry Cornish
Jackson
Belle Umberhind
Lola Lang
Hannie Umberhind
John Kendrick
Samuel Rand
Lewiston
Georgia Berry
Hazel Cornish
Mary Hall
Bowdoinham Post Road
Topsham Paper Mills
Fas House Wharf
Red Men
M. W. Sewall & Co
Washington Street
Covel Building
Center
Washington Streets
Hyde Light Guards
Eastern Steamboat Co
L. J. Eno
Skowhegan
Eno
Lakewood
Jerry
Cosmo Garden Club
M. Helen Sims
Fraser-Hudson
Sibyl
Gordon Newell
A. Sonnin Krebs
Wilmington
Del
Archibald M. Main
Middle Street
Girl Scouts
Frances Dee
Brian Donlevy
Sophie Lang
Gertrude Michael
Sir Guy Standing
Richard Dix
Karen Morley the Devil’s Squadron
Pirate Charles Collins
Steffi Dunn
Bing Crosby
Frances Farmer
Cottage Park
Knox & Lincoln Locomotive Pictures
Baths Family Theatre
Charlie
Imsitag
Dj Imardenne
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Tolla
20Th Century-Fox Picture
William
Davis
Satan Meta Lady
Cee Fitational
Pistore
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