Local Social Notes Highlight Nearby Residents and Visits
Wright of Buffalo and Mrs. William Lezene Lester Oliver visit Ray mond Wyman’s cottage at Small Point. Augusta visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cottle and Mr. and Mrs. N. W. Eaton in Woolwich. Families from Bath, Revere, Stoneham, Jamaica Plain and Port land seen with local hosts. Schools in town will open Sept. 12 for privileged attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wright
Buffalo
William le zEn Ete Lester Oliver
Ray
John R. Drinkwater
Needham
Mass
L. B. Coat Ee
Leonice
Barbara
Gra Spee
F. P. Leav
Arthur Cottle
Belgrade
Raymond Wyman
Small Point
Ralph Auber
Augusta
Clinton Beals
Nettie
Bath
Edward Breare
Revere
Raymond Shepherd
George Whitcher
Stoneham
Joseph Pickle
Jamaica Plain
Harry Gilmore
Frank Leavitt
Boothbay
C. M. Leavitt
Pitch Pine Hill
Dromore
J. D. Rogers
Phippsburg church notes historic meeting house rite
Long article describes a church service in Phippsburg and a lawn gathering with numerous families. It notes Rev Horace Holton's sermon on I am the God of thy father and mentions musical renditions by Dr Roy Chamberlain and E Allen Palmer. The piece recounts the church’s 1740 Arrowsic origins and 1802 1847 moves, plus a social crowd from nearby communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Bowker
Johnny” Stacy
Horace Holton
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Roy S. Chamberlain
E. Allen Palmer
Philadelphia
Aitken
Lars
Blethen
Jerome Davis
Robert C. Whitehead
Ewing
John
J. Golder Leach
Turner McCarty
Seabold
Thomas Kelley
Howard
Hattie Bowker
Herbert Worrey
Russel Dalrymple
Charles Lee
Alvena Oliver
William Bowie
Oliver
Henry Minott
Donald Bliss
Roy Chamberlain
Raymond Roundy
Sheila
Cotton
Kamp Kebec
Charles L. Stevens
Henry Heald
C. V. Minott
Minott
Sebasco
Popham Beach
Bath
John C. Berry
Grant
Phippsburg
Arrowsie
George‘town
Total Solar Eclipse on August 31 1932
The article describes a total solar eclipse on August 31 1932 detailing the partial phase, corona, Baileys beads and prominences. It maps the shadow path across Siberia to the Atlantic, including Montreal Boston and Providence with totality times around 1 minute 45 seconds to 1 minute 38 seconds. It notes mid eclipse local times near 3 30 p m EST and that this will be a rare event for New England.
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Baily
Siberia
Polar
Hudson Bay
Quebec
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
Massachusetts
Atlantic Ocean
Montreal
Portland
Portsmouth
Provincetown
Boston
New England
Connecticut
Rhode Island
Festive sale and entertainment spotlight Woolwich event
The Ladies Auxiliary and Men's Forum of Nequas sponsored a Thursday sale at Sebenca hall in Woolwich followed by an evening entertainment and dancing. Over 150 attended the evening. proceeds from the afternoon sale and evening program totaled 54.75 for Auxiliary Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men’s Forum of Nequasset
Sebenca Hall
Woolwich
Men’s Forum of
Nequasset
Lawrence Ryan
Beatrice McIntosh
Hs Costes Earle Ryan
Bertram Crocker
Ruth Dubar
Lillian Rice
Forum
Sores
Earle Ryan
Geee
Skillins
Chester Leeman
George Carlton
Sally
Betty
Catherine Ryan
Edward Perry
Wiliam Robson
Evverson Stinson
Edward Reed
George Perry
William Robson
Lillianing
Henry M. Biggins
Senter’s, Inc
Public Health Nurse Reports May and June Activities
Mrs Ruth Henry Bath Red Cross public health nurse presented May and June figures to the Nursing Service Committee. She listed 141 nursing visits and 102 welfare visits, nine baby welfare conferences with 264 attendees, five girl scout instruction periods, and two children sent for free clinical treatment to Portland's Children's Hospital. She assisted Dr Stott with preschool examinations during summer roundup, spoke to mothers in Woolwich, arranged hospital admissions for a Hebron Sanatorium and Perkins Institute, and distributed sixty dozen eggs donated by Mrs John H Hyde. Visitors included Miss Laura Knowlton and Miss Douglass, with observers from South Portland and Red Cross groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Henry
Bath
American Red Cross
Nursing Service Committee
Tagaiogis
Children’s Hospital
Portland
Henry
Stott
Parent-Teacher Association
Woolwich
Hebron Sanitarium
Hebron
Maine
Perkins Institute For the Blind
Boston
John H. Hyde
Laura Knowlton
Red Cross Public Health
Douglass
Red Cross Delano
Seacoast Mission
Rotary Club
McLean
R. N
Shedd
South Portland
Red Cross
E. W. Hyde
Ada Crocké
F. H. Kimball
D. T. Dougherty
S. S. Mullin
J. A. Redlon
J. C Spinney
Carolyn Moses
Four Master Zebedee E Cliff Returns with Coal Load
Tide and wind hindered anchor release on the four masted schooner Zebedee E. Cliff delaying the bridge draw. The vessel, from Newport News with coal for Howard Coal Co., awaited topmasts lowering and favorable tides for towing by the Seguin. As ebb began, Seguin prepared to assist but the anchor did not lift readily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zebedee E. Cliff
Newport News
Howard Coal. Co
Seguin
Haley
Lengthy Bath Bridge Draw Delays Traffic On Busy Day
A ship navigation challenge and strong southerly wind stretched the draw time from 421 to 4 41, delaying eastbound traffic from Front Street to Vine Street in Bath and westbound from the toll house in Woolwich to the draw. Automobiles backed up as drivers grew uneasy. It marked one of the longest bridge delays on record with no easy alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vine Streets
Bath
Woolwich
Eclipse Blindness Warned By Harvard Observatory Doctors
Harvard College Observatory and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary doctors urge smoked glass or blackened photo-film to view the solar eclipse on Aug 31. Eclipse blindness from sun exposure can halve or render vision near unusable, especially with field glasses opera glasses sap glasses or telescopes used without protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard College Observatory
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Value of a Name discussed by Bath Rotary speaker
Rev. G. W. Wieting, Boston University student, spoke at Bath Rotary luncheon on the Value of a Name. He cited how famous business names earn in open trade and urged the Golden Rule and brotherhood. He noted social thinking rising to address problems and compared cotton growers’ and northern fishermen’s hardships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Wieting
Boston University
Robinhood and
Arrowsie
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Brotherhood of Man
Wieting
Texas
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New York
Squaw Club
Hardings
Fred L. Parks
Alfred Cornish
Elmer Coggeshall
Phippsburg Center
Levatasbie
Chevrolet
General Motors
Fisher
T Motor CO
Detroit, Mich
Flint, Mich
Patrick
Washington Street
M. Sores
Flirt
G. W. Weiting
Earl Richardson
Brunswick
Atunswick
Royal Blue Line
Cheba Eri Pe Tat
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Hotel Brunswick
Bloka
Hotel
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