Birthday Party Honors Mrs Owen At Sabine Cottage
Mrs Charlotte Owen hosted the Evening Workers of Winnegarice at her Sabine Cottage with a tug of war between Midgets and Giants, prize races, group photos and a holiday supper. Entries from Linda Perry Alberta Williams Ila Day Grace Trask and Joanna Hodgkins featured in the activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Owen
Winnegarice
Sabine
Winneganeé
Giants
Linda Perry
Alberta Williams
Annie Malcolm
Ila Day
Helen Blaisdell
Owen
Joanna Hodgkins
Annie Williams
Mena Preble
Marie Marco
Grace Trask
Charles E. Preble
Walter Marco
Joseph N. Day
Omar R. Perry
Frank Leavitt
Winneganee Bridge
Doris Morse
Gorham Normal School
Freeport
Caroline Oliver
Massachusetts
Charles M. Perkins
Fairfield
Bath Rotary hears talks on Maine summer camps
The Bath Rotary Club met at Phoenix Tuesday in warm weather with guests from Brunswick Malden Saint Petersburg and more. A talk by A R Webster and Mrs Rutherford highlighted life at summer camps noting Maine hosts about 10 percent of U S camps and stressing self reliance and sportsmanship for girls and boys. The club discussed using Boothbay Camp for an outing and pledged hospitality for future meetings. Hawaii beetle fact appears as a separate note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Phoenix
Bath
Arthur Stray
Dean Paul Nixon
Brunswick Rotary Club
Bob Hodgdon
Malden
Mass
Fred Lawrence
St. Petersburg
Fla
A. R. Webster
Boothbay
Thomas Rutherford
Merry Meeting
Earl F. Coffin
Erre Bridge
Mr. Webster
Rutherford
United States
Maine
Webster
Bath Rotarians
Gene Desmond
Sagadahock Defeats Baxter Rivals in Bath Tile Meet
In Bath and Rockland events Sagadahock placed second overall as General Berry won with a 229 ft 8 in first class throw. Topsham’s Androscoggin clinched second class with 213 ft 2 in while Massassou and others posted near records amid a 300 firemen parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Baxter
Sagadahocks
Bath
Rockland
General Berry
Sagadahock
Baxters
Androscoggin
Topsham
Massassoi
Bathmaster
R. H. Counce
Triumph
Waldoboro
Massassou
Damariscotta
Hecla
Randolph
Edwin L. Emmons
Eddie
George W. Clatt
Portland
William Sedgley
George FP
Hunt
Prank Fortier
Chester McCabe
Charles Lawry
Frank H. Turner
George Hanley
Thomaston
Robert Cosgrove
Gardiner
Edward Vaughn
Grange pushes tariff hikes to aid poultry and potato farmers
The National Grange seeks higher tariffs on imported eggs and egg products, citing China’s large shipments harming U S poultrymen. The Tariff Commission will also study potato costs versus Canadian competition as growers warn of low prices. Sherman J Lowell of New York, a former National Orange master, is among commissioners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grange
Grange
United States Tariff Commission
China
Washington
Tariff Commission
Canada
President Coolidge
National Orange
Sherman J. Lowell
New York
Evangelistic Pastor Harold F Holbrook Returns Home for Vacation
Friends in Sharon, Pennsylvania, greet Evangelistic pastor Dr Harold F Holbrook on his annual vacation from a Sharon pastorate. He is wife and two daughters Norma Hope and Phyllis Ruth Holbrook accompany him. Holbrook, a Morse High School alum, pursued multiple degrees and a coaching stint with the Pennsylvania State Board of the Missionary Corporation. He remains noted as a versatile musician and former Bath athlete continuing in related pursuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold F. Holbrook
Sharon
Charles Holbrook
Chestnut Street
Dr. Holbrook
America
Morse High School
Norma Hope Holbrook
Phyllis Ruth Holbrook
Holbrook
Dolloff Family Holds Annual Woolwich Reunion
The Dolloff family gathered August 4 at E. A. Dolloff’s Woolwich center farm for their 1927 28 reunion with 54 present. Officers elected for 1928 29 include Emma Miller Rumford as president and Chester Dolloff Portland as vice president. A picnic, baseball games, and socializing followed a day of reports and entertainment amid showers and a late thunderstorm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dolloff
E. A. Dolloff
Woolwich Center
C. R. Dolloff
Bath
Pres
Woolwich
V.P
Hattie Jones
Ellsworth
Sccy
Ellen Dolloff
Treas
Erastus Dolloff
Rumford
Clayton Dolloff
Richard Dolloff
Livermore Falls
Dolloffs
Old Colonial Homes Opened in Wiscasset Wealth and Towers
Wealth from merchants and shipowners fueled grand homes in Wiscasset. Capt William Nickels built a landmark 1807 1808 mansion admired for front hall and banquets. Abiel Wood and sons built mansions near the harbor with storied entrances and rich detailing. Silas Lee, Harvard educated, promoted land development and the High Street Smith house later called Lee’s residence, noted by Rev Paul Coffin as a noble edifice. Continued on Page Five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nickels
Wiccasset Point
Nickels
Lincoln County
Houses of the Woods
Abiel Wood
Wiscasset
Massachusetts
Captain Nickels
Lincoln
Congress
High Street
Joseph Tinkham Wood
Hartley Wood
Wood
Moses Carlton, Jr
Carlton
Carlton House
Claire Eames
Pownalborough
Thomas Pownall
Massachusetts Bay
Maine
Kennebec
Wiscasset Harbor
Wiscasset Point
Silas Lee
Concord
Harvard College
Lee
Jefferson
United States
District of
High and
Lee Streets
Smith
Paul Coffin
Phippsburg Notes Include Visits and Old Home Service
Dr Gordon Berry and family arrive at Wynburg for two weeks in Phippsburg. Kenneth Cushman wins Portland Municipal Tennis Tournament at Sebasco. Residents return from Cushman island. Rev Whitehead to preach at Phippsburg Center. Old Home Sunday planned for Aug 26 with Rev Stevens lead. Local gatherings feature Bath visitors and Camp Kebe decor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Berry
Worcester
Mass
Harold Small
Bath
George J. Ingalls
Snug Harbor Inn
West Point
James Mitchell
J. E. Perry
Frostina Marston
John Skillings
Sebasco
Jennie Norton
William Perry
Agnes Oliver Farr
John C. Berry
Whitehead
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
H. W. Worrey
Walter H. Bowker
Edmund P Briggs
Louise
Bessie
Grace Dickinson
Eugene Perry
Oliver
Toronto
Can
Phipps
William Phipps
Maine
Charles Stevens
Old Home
Phittsburg Center Congregational Church
Guests at Seguinland Hotel Attend Dinners and Dance
Se guinland Hotel hosted a mix of guests from Keene New York Winchester and Brooklyn among them Mr and Mrs T Lacey Miss Sophia Edelstadt Miss Vera Edelstadt Mr and Mrs G B Garfield Mrs Lucy Mayo and several others. Dinner Sunday featured Mr and Mrs Baker and mother Mrs Herbert Moore and two sons. A Ruth Jonas dinner party of ten and a dance at Five Island drew many guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguinland Hotel
W. H. Lacey
Keene
N. H
T. Lacey
New York
Alicia
Robinson
Amy Robinson
Winchester
Mass
Sophia Edelstadt
Vera Edelstadt
New York City
Lucy Mayo
Malden
John J. Trounstine
G. B. Garfield
H. H. Jones
Waltham, Mass
H. M. Brown
Newtonville
C. W. Pierce
E. W. Tower
Lexington
R. L. Sheraton
Newton
Greene
Dorchester
Daniel Telson
Brooklyn
N. Y
Baker
Mr. Baker
Herbert Moore
Seguinland
Ruth Jonas
Amon
Zorach
Bett, Hohde
Dr. Telson
Sefu Inland
Five Island
New Arrivals at Hotel Riverside Include Notables
Popham Beach guests list includes Margaret McGowan Danbury Conn and others from Massachusetts New York Michigan and Illinois. It is reported residents bought and will repair the steamboat wharf from Col Wainwright. Ellen Newell drove to Boston with Mrs Norman MacKin and son Donald. Bath visitors James Hickey of Lynn called on Miss Lillian Lee before continuing to Old Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Riverside
Margaret McGowan
Danbury
Conn
Margaret Neavy
E. B. Mandigo
Quincy Mass
A. J. Webster
Worcester Mass
Frank Eastwood
Ruth Eastwood
Plymouth
Mass
N. Hamilton
Boston
M. B. Dill
Polly Adams
Everett Hanson
Brookline
K. Tarbell
Watertown
Edith Miller
F. A. Miller
Springfield
Harold Thomas
Cleveland
R. W. Bowden
St. Paul
Minn
King
Detroit
Mich
Helen Grant
Chicago
A. Arthur Jenkins
G. Blair
F. E. Broteals
E. Mann
Ester Harding
Eleanor Beatine
New York
Helen J. Barthaley
Elmira
N. Y
Jane Harromer
Haverhill
Charles Burchill
White Plains
E. E. Rich
Virginia Rich
Clinton Rich
Carl Smith
Hillsdale
N. J
Elmer Parsil
Anna Dunerast
Robert C. Long
Signe Johnson Westwood
Frank Lundstrum
Jersey City
Popham
Col. Wainwright
Ellen Newell
Norman MacKin
Donald
Topsham
James Hickey
Lynn
Bath
Lillian Lee
Pear Street
Oldtown
Bath boy forms architectural partnership with Lewiston firm
Alonzo J. Harriman son of Mr and Mrs Charlies A Harriman North street has formed a partnership with his uncle Harry B Coombs a Lewiston architect Harriman who graduated Morse high in 1916 and Maine in 1920 earned a Harvard Master of Architecture after study at Harvard and association with Cram and Ferguson Coombs senior member of the firm has 27 years in the business and current projects include the Pownal State School administration building Skowhegan High School Maine Central Institute dormitory in Pittsfield and other Maine and New Hampshire projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo J. Harriman
Charlies A. Harriman
North Street
Harry 8. Coombs
Lewiston
Harriman
Morse High School
University of Maine
Harvard University
Harvard
Cram and Fergurson
Coombs
Pownal State School
Skowhegan
Maine Central Institute
Pittsfield
Maine
New Hampshire
Receipts on Bridge Break Records on Sunny Day
Sunday crowds boosted bridge receipts to 1619.55 dollars, 118.90 above the prior record. Tickets sold to 6095 people at five cents plus 317 trip-tick crossers, total 6412. Automobiles crossed 2401 at 50 cents and 420 on trip tickets, 2821 passenger cars, total vehicles 2874, up from 2719 two weeks earlier.
Tie Golf Match at Shore Acres
The article describes a tied golf match at Shore Acres with Payson and Mayberry trading holes in the second half. Payson improves distance while Mayberry secures early holes, taking a two stroke lead after holes two and three, before Payson recovers with strong drives on the fourth hole amid the course’s trees and ravine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shore Acres
Payson
Mayberry
Mrs. Mayberry
Nathan A. Cushman
Mayberry Payson Golf Match Ends In Tight Tie
Payson and Mayberry battle to a 40 40 half on the Sebasco course with Payson briefly leading on several holes. Cushman hosts a sunny day as spectators applaud the exhibition and Payson receives ink well and funds while Mayberry earns a generous envelope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Payson
Mayberry
Emma Houston
Baltimore
Shore Acres Golf Club
N. A. Cushman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Rutherford
Merry Meeting Camp
Hawaii
Buxton
Aber Village
Gadahocks
PO Muth Second Honey
Rocklland
National Association
Wesley Crumpton
Tennessee
Loudville
G. G. Dolloff
C. C. Dolloff
William Wright
Elster A. Dolloff
Glover
Oscar Dolloff
William Trott
California
Helen McDonald
Augusta
First Baptist Church
Everson Stinson
Lemuel
James Colby
Jeanette
William Mitchell
Flora Campbell
Sagadahoc Ferry
Henry Carlton
Arrowsic
F. W. Carlton
I. John Golding
Marjorie Trott
Alfred Trott
Katherine Beebee
Florence Baker
Farmington
John Savage
Dexter Baker
Marion Skinner
Richmond
Fred Hathorne
Little River
Weymouth
Parker
Julia Bishop
Hartley Hathorne
Georgie Walker
Maxine
Capitol Island
Nequasset
Tuessie Hall
A. A. Stott
Windymere
George Crocker
William Crocker
Fred Thompson
Carrie Wing
Auburn
William Downing
Delmar Trott
Somerville
Horace Heath
Myrick Heath
Everett
Ira Allen
Charles
Bowdeinham
Edward Sanford
Oliver Carter Jr
Hooch
Donnelli
Tuessic Hall
Powalborough Hall
Dresden
Powarborough Hall
West Dresden
William Blinn
Payette
Idaho
Blinn
Sophia Wright
Becker
Stewart
Gordon Stewart
Chelsea
Charlotte
Mary Stinson
Everett Wright
Evelyn
OLD Colonial Homes
Phippsburg
Popham Beach
Bath Savings Institution
Bath Boy
Harry S. Coombs
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