Winding Town Clock a Big Job for Bath Optician
Harry D. Hall of Charles A Harriman stores tenders Bath’s town clock in the First Baptist church steeple. For 18 years he climbs six flights each Thursday to wind the 2100 pound clock mechanism, hoisting 1600 and 500 pound weights to keep the pendulum and gears moving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elford A. Stover
First Baptist Church
Bath
Stoot
Rath
Harry D. Hall
Charles A. Harriman
Mr. Tall
Kennebec Bridge
Harry
Tm Street
White Mountains
Elms Street
Gaurret
Sabino Field Day Draws Large Crowd and Minstrel Show
The Sabino Field Day drew 150 attendees in the afternoon rising to 300 by evening. Events included a baseball game, girls camp relay events, tug of war, and a minstrel show at Community Hall with notable performances by Dr. Ralph McNary and Charlie Bates among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red MecMann
Terriers
John Conway
Duke” McRae
Red
Bill Bailey
Cove
Camp Eggemoggin
Reds
Blues
Janette McClure
Red McMann
Community Hall
Ralph McNary
Jack Eades
Leslie Wold
Loring Small
Les Wold
Bird of
Sabino
Charlie Bates
Paul Ryan
Bud Hagan
George Burns
Association
Mrs. Nellie Thompson Hosts Monday Chicken Dinner
Mrs. Nellie Thompson entertained guests at her camp on the Brunswick road Monday. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. H. N. Douglas, Mrs. Lena Donnell, Frank Churchill, Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Woodside, Mrs. Nancy Russell and Mrs. A. E. Low of Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Thompson
Brunswick Road
H. N. Douglas
Lena Donnell
Frank Churchill
B. H. Woodside
Nancy Russell
A. E. Low
Georgetown
Maine Sees Seed Potato Lead Restored by Inspection System
E L Newdick recounts how Maine rebuilt its seed potato leadership through state inspection and certification. About 18,000 acres were inspected with 6,000 acres disqualified and 12,000 rechecked, ensuring only healthy plants become seed. Seed buyers from Virginia and the Carolinas rely on Maine’s blue tagged certified stock for quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
E. L. Newdick
Bath
State Department of Agriculture
Maine Seed Improvement Association
WCSH
Portland
State Chamber of Commerce
United States
Aroostook
Aroostook Farm
Presque Isle
Commissioner of Agriculture, Inspection and Certification
Virginia
Carolinas
Elliot Family of Bath Remembered in Descendant Reunion
Miss Mary I Hill presents a genealogical study on Ephraim Elliot and his descendants. The piece traces Ephraim and Rachel Williams Elliot and their children Washington Woodward, Lucretia, William, Harriet, James, Lydia, Matilda, and others, noting baptisms, marriages, deaths, and moves to Phippsburg and California. It cites Brunswick vital records, local histories, and Dromore lineage, highlighting Washington Woodward Elliot as a famed Maine tenor who later taught in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers
Ephraim BB. Elliot
Rachel S
Ephraim B. Elliot
William J. Elliot
Henry Elliot
Old Brunswick
Ephriam Elliot
Rachel Williams
Washington Woodward
Lucretia (Davis
William
Harriet (S
James (Monroe
Lydia
Ann
Matilda
Rachel Ross
Charles Sylvester
Nancy W
Wm. Litchfield
Stephen
Harpswell
Louisa E
Llewellen Adams
Winneganee
Henry Otis
Fred H. Elliot
North Bend
Oregon
Ephriam
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Center
George Ingalls
Winneganee Free Baptist Church
Rachel
Bath
Walker McCabb Reed
Washington Woodward Elliot
Maine
Portland
California
San Francisco
Mary Rich
Parker McCobb Reed
South Street
Ephraim
Lucretia Davis
James Rogers Larrabee
High Street
Maine Central Bridge
Jenmittee
Norton Nie N. Norton
Comhas
Homer Ellsworth Larrabee
Flora Leonard
Harold D
Whippsburg
Thomas B. Cuttings
Dromore Mills
Herbert W
T. B
New Britain
Conn
Brunswick
James Soving
John
Harriet
James
Field Day Highlights Twin County Farm Bureau Event
A large attendance at Thomas Point celebrated the Twin County Farm Bureau field day with a Ford potato race and lively ball game between Durham and Lisbon. Former county agents H J Shaw and R N Atherton attended, with speaking by Shaw and Mrs Martha Atherton. The day included a scrimmage, a women’s batting event, and a milk-pulling contest won by Mrs A W Fogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Point
Farm Bureau
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc Womona
Harold J. Shaw
Shaw
Raymond
Has Ieens
Dpeasley
Canham
Withee
Winship
Littlefield
Dill
Bowie
Young
Sawyer
Sagadahoe
C. Patten
Plummer
Guptill
Wright
Racklet
Spear
Williams
Purington
White
Totten
Leon Bowie
Durham
Calvin” Coolidge
Lisbon
Weasley
W. S. Dixon
Cora Gowell
Gladys Smith
Sanford
R. N. Atherton
Tie
C. L. Rastman
Tfe
Ford
I. C. Patten
L. E. Maloon
Litchfield
W. A. Littlefield
Willis Beal
Lisbon Falls
al Hall
Beal
Hall
Sawyers
Duram
93rd Birthday at Old Ladies Home in Bangor
Miss Olive Thompson, age 93, marked her birthday at the Old Ladies Home on High street after an early auto ride along the Kennebec river and Five Islands road. A former seamstress for James B Young, she has spent 13 years at the home, reading without glasses and threading a needle with ease. Emma Brigham and Emma Knapp near ages 92 and 91 were also noted for upcoming celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Ladies Home
High Street
Olive Thompson
Miss Thompson
California
San Francisco
Visalia
Five Islands Road
Kennebec Bridge
Woolwich
James B. Young
Knig
Wiscasset
Wis
Boston
Bath
Emma Brigham
Emma Knapp
Brunswick Woman Burned To Death In Apparent Suicide
Mrs. Mary Fortin of Brunswick died after her clothing was set afire with kerosene in an apparent act of self harm tied to illness and the death of her husband Dr Gilbert Elliott. The incident occurred late Tuesday afternoon and left her son Florian Fortin living on High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fortin
Octave Fortin
Brunswick
Bates Debating Team Plans World Tour From Bates College
A Maine state committee led by Guy P. Gannett aims to raise 7000 to fund a Bates College debating team on a world tour. The four member team will promote international friendship and Maine’s offerings while debating at colleges across the globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy P. Gannett
New England Council
Bates College
Maine
England
United States
Canada
Clifton TD. Gray
San Francisco
Honolulu
Manila
Australian
New Zealand
South Africa
Africa
Suez Canal
Bates
Queens College
Kingston
Ontario
Boy’s Arm Broken While Roller Skating
Joseph Gaudet seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Gaudet 932 High street broke his left arm Wednesday morning when he fell while roller skating in front of his home He had one roller skate on and reached out to break his fall with his left hand He was taken to City hospital Miss Florence Barnes returned to Elkhart Ind after two weeks in Bath with her sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph. Gaudet
Joseph Gaudet
High Street
City Hospital
Florence Barnes
Elkhart
Ind
Bath
James McNeil
Pine Street
Also Mentioned on This Page
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Newdick
Elliot
Mary I. Hill
Dromore Descendants
Pomona Grangers
New Meadows
American Legion
Oak and
Washington Streets
Legion Post
Chester Colley
Old Ladies’ Home
Clarence Merrill
Cobb Road
Academy Street
Conner
Flounder
Johnson Bros Co
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