Bath region families gather for Thanksgiving and visits
A long list of Bath area residents traveled to or returned from holiday visits. Bertha Nickerson spent winter in Bath with daughter Lois Woodman, while Captain William Perry and family hosted guests from Kittery and others in Bath. Numerous social visits, hunting trips, and Grange activities are noted, with School reopenings after Thanksgiving and a local club planning meeting for youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Nickerson
Bath
Lois Wooodman
William B. Perry
Cora Campbell
Kittery
Walter d. Pierce
James L. Morse
William A. Cummings
Bach
Harry Blaisdell
Jack Bynnett
Gilbert Woodman, Jr
Tommy Morse
Hazel Feero
Lisbon High School
Linwood C. Feero
Emma Perry
Maud Holbrook
Percy Holbrook
West Bath
Herbert Scott
Eleanor Brown
William Blaisdell
Leeds
Gertrude Blaisdell
Harry Gilmors
Emma Bickford
Woolwich
Howard S. Bowker
Bowker
John Rogers
Clifford Pye
Arthur Perry
Bingham
Hetty Morse
Winneganee
Ernest A. Rogers
Martin Eaton
Leon Eaton
Oak Street
Wilbur Wyman
Raymond Wyman
Boston
Melvin Pratt
Bodwell Grange
Grange Council
Sagadahoc County
Elizabeth Hampton
Lucia Ferguson
Camden
N. J
H. B. Wyman
Norfolk
Fred Mains
South Jefferson
Anna Derwent
H. T. McCarty
Dromore Orange
Cumberlang
Pomona
Cape Elizabeth
Gorham Grange
Dromore Grange
Charlotte Owen
Arthur 8. Crockett
Christine C. Curtis
Caroline B. Rogers
Jeannette F. Shackford
Kathleen V. Leonard
Elsie L. Trott
Beatrice E. Duprey
Edith E. Mackinnon
C. Marjorie Trott
Margaret A. Mackinnon
Beatrice D. Noyes
Dorothy A. Thompson
Alice E. Norris
Florence Troop
Bath Recorder declines to issue warrant over accident
Recorder Gardiner R. Deering of Bath Municipal Court chose not to issue a warrant for John Levene of Boston after his heavy van damaged the door of former Mayor Harold P. Small at 31 Vine Street. Levene paid his bill at Bath Body Works and left, unaware of the collision. Deering ruled identity alone does not justify a warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R. Deering
Municipal Court
Bath
John Levene
Boston
Harold P. Small
Vine Street
Maine
Levene
Arthur L. Berry
Deering
Oliver Annis marriage returns filed in Belfast connection
The marriage of Willard F. Oliver and Elyata H. Annis has been recorded in Portland on November 24 by Rev. Ezra F. Ferris Jr. Willard is son of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Oliver of 79 Lincoln Street. Elyata is daughter of Mrs. Thomas Parkinson of Belfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard F. Oliver
George F. Oliver
Lincoln Street
Elyata H. Annis
Thomas Parkinson
Belfast
Gilmore
Portland
Ezra F. Ferris, Jr
Maine Prepares For Great Winter Sports Season Across State
A heavy November snow blanket covers Maine as the Maine Winter Sports Federation reports 12 to 14 inches statewide. WPA labor aids improvements at Bridgton Pleasant Mountain and Camden Zeke's Trail, while CCC work enhances Mt Megunticook and Waterville areas. The Maine State Highway Commission funds a million dollar snow removal program to keep routes clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Winter Sports Federation
Maine Development Commission
WPA
Camden
Dunham’s Mountain Farm
Waterville
Bridgton
Big Pleasant Mountain
Zeke
Maine State Highway Commission
President Pierce's Picture On Stamp
A biographical sketch of Franklin Pierce from youth in New Hampshire to a rising political career. It notes his early law work, service in the NH legislature, House and Senate as a young member, later legal practice, and eventual rise as a Democratic dark horse president with his image on a new U S regular series stamp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genias Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
United States House of Representatives
Jackson
Senate
Pierce
U. S
Youngster Injured While Coasting on Hill
Ralph Achorn a 15 year old pupil at Central Grammar school narrowly escaped death when a sled struck another at the foot of South street hill near Washington street. The throat wound was stitched by Dr. Joseph L Smith after loss of blood left him unconscious. He recovered enough to sleep most of Wednesday and was reported doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Achorn
Bernice F. Achorn
Deering Street
South Street Hill
Washington Street
Joseph L .Smith
Central Grammar School
Popham Beach Thanksgiving Visitors and Blizzard Closures
Local notes list visits from Mrs Marguerite McNulty and many residents to North Jay Gilbert Head and Bath. The first snow blocked roads, delaying mail service until Saturday. Snow plows cleared routes while families endured disrupted holiday plans at cottages, with several guardians and keepers visiting or returning from Togus hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite McNulty
North Jay
Kate Hentz
Gilbert Head
Fred Haminston
Hotel
Riverside
Eugene W. Osgood
Francis Luke
Barbara
Robert Barlow
Robert
East Boothbay
Leon Pickett
Pond Island Light
Clarence Schofield
Tommy
Lorraine
Brunswick
Seguin Island
Henry Leonard
Betty
Charles
Kenneth
Everett Leonard
Ernest Oliver
Bath
Walter Sprague
Augusta
Capt. Sprague
Togus Veteran's Hospital
Ella Stevens
Marguerite Mt Nulty
Popham
Laura Harding
Thanksgiving Reess
Boothbay Harbor
Erma Huntley
Muriel
Debra
Marion
Bridges
Page Wyman
Mechanic Street
Fred Osgood
Joseph Oliver
Nathaniel Perkins
Edna Coolidge
Edgar L. Drake
Forrest Legard
Paul
Capt
Milliard Urquehart
Allan
DeShon
Frank Scott
Elizabeth Oliver
Leah Bowie
Spruceville
State Golf Association Meeting December 10
Secretary Edwin C. Barnard announces the annual Maine State Golf Association meeting will be held at the Augusta House on Saturday December 10 at 2 pm. Each member club may send two voting representatives and other interested golfers are welcome. Clubs should report their desires for tournaments next season and offer suggestions or criticisms for the association and golf in general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin C. Barnard
Maine State Golf Association
Augusta House
Newell Speaks to Grangers in Weekly Program
Terman Mrs. Percy R. Waterman and E Mason Wright join Arthur S. Crockett as speakers at a Grange meeting. Tickets for the play are noted. Everett G. Lemont leads the program, the first in a weekly contest series. The lineup includes Two Piano Solos by Mrs Carleton W. Andrews and songs like None But the Lonely Heart sung by Mrs Fred K. Sturtevant with Mrs Andrews accompaniment. Community Singing closes the event.
Carl Severin to Speak at Central Church Men’s Club
Benjamin L. Hadley cannot attend due to Washington officials visiting Acadia National Park. Carl Severin, guest of the club, will discuss his summer journey through Northern Europe after the supper at 6 30. Hadley will reschedule his talk for a later date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin L. Hadley
Acadia National Park
Central Church
Washington
Hadley
Carl Severin
Europe
Severin
Lucky Bath gunners escape fate of marooned sportsmen
Three Bath Iron Works employees Louis P. Nelson Paul Sherman and Ernest Richer drove to the Mat tawamkeag area fifty miles northeast of Bangor to aid marooned sportsmen believed trapped by snow in the Mopang Lake region. After reaching a farm house they obtained horses and towed their car five and a half miles to a usable road then pressed on to Bath arriving at 3 a.m. Monday. A party of 17 sportsmen including Lieut Commander Arthur F Folz was reported 20 miles beyond their camp. The Bath men also returned with a 200 pound buck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Bath Iron Works Corp
Maine
Louis P. Nelson
Babcock-Wilcox Boiler Co
Paul Sherman
Ernest Richer
Mattawamkeag
Bangor
Arthur F. Folz
Dorothy Hyde
Charles E. Hyde
Brewster and Oliver Back State Defense Day Plan
Colonel Hubert W Eldred leads Bath defense day plans December 10 as state and national figures accept invitations. Representative Ralph O Brewster pledges attendance praising air defense efforts and air squadron formation while Representative James C Oliver regrets missing due to travel but offers best wishes and support amid international tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert W. Eldred
Bath
Col. Eldred
Ralph O. Brewster
Third
Washington
James C. Oliver
First
Stubborn chimney blaze in Coleman home on Bath Street
A chimney fire at 20 Bath Street in the Coleman residence fought by firemen Sunday evening spread under floors and between partitions. After an hour and a half the blaze was under control, with some firefighters remaining on duty to prevent rekindling. The home, owned by Miss A Mae Gilman of Portland, had no furniture damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrus L. Coleman
Bath Street
Battery H Moves to New Armory Location
Battery H 240th CAC prepares for removal to a new armory at the northwest corner of North and Lincoln streets. The unit expects to move on or before Jan 1, regardless of building completion, after occupying Sagadahoc block since 1925 with a prior stint at Music hall during 1926-27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Music Hall
Pool tournament opens at North End Community Club
In the first Winterpool series at the North End Community Club Melvin L Comeau's two man team won after seven games by 17 points. A featured tight match saw Charles T Henderson and Archie C Rolfe defeating Roger W Pierce and Herman Crocker. Captains were Louis W Hagan and Melvin L Comeau. Mr and Mrs George L Nasi and Elaine returned home at 832 Washington Street after weeks in Norfolk and southern cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Melvin L. Comeau
Charles T Henderson
Archie C. Rolfe
Roger
W. Pierce
Herman Crocker
Louis W. Hagan
George L. Nasi
Elaine
Washington Street
Norfolk
Infant dies in Thomaston family event and local notes
Bay Point sees news of an infant death in the Smith family from Thomaston and mentions Mrs Nellie Taft of Richmond. The piece notes ideal November weather until Thanksgiving and a blizzard that closed roads. It also reports travels and plans of Ethier Moody families, a Bermuda wintering plan, and a Bay Point wedding for Alhea Olives and William Wallace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Smith
Thomaston
Carl Hentz
Gilbert Head
Steven Ethier
Stephanie
Jeff Long Island
N. Y
Charleston
D. C
Ethier
Miami
Fla
Ellison Moody
Stephen Ethier
Alhea Olives
William Wallace
Popham Beach
Beacon Street Jesters Stage Miss Abbie Chesterfield Tale
Beacon Street Jesters presented a three act mystery romance My Lady's Charm Aunt Abbie Gail's Pearls Tuesday night in the vestry directed by Miss Marion D. Bowie. The plot follows Abigail Chesterfield and a supposed grand niece amid a netted $25 from the profit as cast and crew are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail
Beacon Street
Marion D. Bowie
Abigail Chesterfield
Merton L. Dearing
Abbie
Judith Chesterfield
Margaret E. Brimigion
Ann Stevens
Doris M. Crocker
Ann
Judith
Clive
Carl Meister
Robert Davis
Melvin B. Henderson
Hannah
Harold L. Miller
Tish Hovey
Roscoe Woodman
Madam Gilbert
Camilla Pratt
Samuel Peters
James Steen
Stanley Brimigion
Robert Morse
John St. Martin
Roscoe Williams
Geraldine Nickerson
Geraldine Smith
Emily Furber
Samuel A. Morse
Clifton W. Tedford
Wilbur H. Crocker
Archie M. Wishart
Robert L. Simpson
Roscoe P. Woodman
Miss Bowie
Howard C. Bates
National Grange Convention Doings and Plans
The National Grange eyes Illinois sites Rockford and Peoria for the next meeting with the executive committee to choose in November 1939. F J Freestone of New York is reelected to the committee while F A Richardson narrowly misses the slot. The seventh degree was conferred on 4060 members, the largest east of the Mississippi outside New England, as the convention closes on Thanksgiving and delegates head home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grange
Illinois
Rockford
Peoria
F. J Freestone
New York
F. A. Richardson
Maine
Mississippi River
New England
California
Southwest
Richardson
Tribute to Dr Phillips Honored by Massachusetts Group
The memory of Dr John C Phillips of Wenham Massachusetts was honored by the Massachusetts Fish and Game Association at a Parker House Boston luncheon. Resolutions praised his contribution to promoting outdoor life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Phillips
Wenham
Mass
Eleanor Hyde
Bath
Massachusetts Fish and Game Association
Parker House
Boston
Don Lewis Hosts Lis Ci Concert at Ramsay Home
Donald Lewis hosts Les Camarades Musicaux Sunday evening at Allan H. Ramsay home 221 Oak Street Brunswick. Mrs. Robert B Hatch speaks on Nordica. concert includes multiple vocal and instrumental pieces with Mrs. Hatch Miss Kathleen V. Leonard and others performing under accompanists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Lewis
Brunswick
Les Camarades Musicaux
Allan H. Ramsay
Oak Street
Robert B Hatch
Richard T. Hersom
Albee
Fair Wind and Weather Co
Hatch
Carlton L Rice
Ramsay
Lewi
Sanderson
Beethoven
Grange urges revision of federal farm policies
The National Grange executive committee releases a 15 point platform from its Portland convention urging higher farm prices, amendment and simplification of the Farm Act, and a program preserving farmer self rule. It calls for studying wages laws impact on agriculture, Senate ratification of trade treaties, and barring imports that worsen unemployment or idle acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Grange
Portland
Ore
Senate
Winter Street Fireside club cancels Brunswick visit
Sunday storm keeps 58 Young People's Society members home in Brunswick as road conditions force the Winter Street Fireside club to meet in the men’s parlors. Donald McKellar leads a personality development discussion while Miss Normena MacKinnon Topsham presents dramatic readings from Edna St Vincent Millay at next week’s meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Young People’s Society
Brunswick
Donald McKellar
Martha Page
June McCall
Norma Steussy
Doris Stickney
Edward Atkinson
Richard Curtis
Harry Fullerton
Normena MacKinnon
Topsham
Edna
Vincent Millay
Wilson Elected Trustee for Bath Savings Institution
At a Bath Savings Institution trustees meeting on Monday Lewis E. Wilson was elected as a trustee to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles P. Wetherbee. Augusta police reported that all Augusta Public Schools and St. Marys Parochial School contributed 100 percent to the Augusta Red Cross Chapter annual roll call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Savings Institution
Lewis E. Wilson
Charles P. Wetherbee
Augusta
Augusta Public
St. Mary's
Augusta Red Cross
Thanksgiving family gatherings in Bath and nearby towns
The article lists numerous Bath area residents and visitors sharing Thanksgiving with relatives. It notes visits by the Blaisdells, Lowells, Wymans, Harringtons, Libbys, Lears, Cushing family, and others, plus remarks on a storm closing Sunday school and the school nurse returning.
Safe Auto Rewards For Accident Free Bath Drivers
Safe Auto and nearly a million motorists nationwide will receive gold chevrons for a year without accidents. The program, part of the Safe Driver Reward Plan by 31 capital stock insurers, rewards safe driving with cash bonuses and a 15 percent end of year credit if records stay perfect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Capital Stock
National Bureau of Casualty and Surety
National Bureau
Tee
Ice blocks third fertilizer barge headed to Bowdoinham
Ice in the Cathance river stopped towage of the third fertilizer barge from Weymouth to the Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co plant at Bowdoinham. The barge arrived at the port and will be discharged by Howard Coal Co. and the cargo of about 1900 tons sent by road. A new wharf was built for the plant but the Thanksgiving cold snap froze the river, making further towing unwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weymouth
Mass
Sagadahoc Pertilizer Co
Cathance
Bowdoinham
Cathnance
Howard Coal Co
Howard
Fertilizer Companys
Maine Federation to Meet at Capital
The Maine Federation of Women's Clubs announces a mid winter meeting in Augusta from January 2 to 27. President Mrs Maude Clark Giy said the annual meeting will be held in Rangeley during the third week of June at the Rangeley Lake Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rangeley Lake Hotel
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Augusta
Maude Clark Giy
Wadoboro
Bangor
Rangeley Lake
Rangeley
Federation
Hall of Representatives
Capitol
Augusta House
Gay
Maine
Maine-New York Association
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Oliver—Annis
President Pierce
South Street
Caleb Burns
Famty
Thankey
W. C. Davis
State Golf Association
Newell
Grangers
Lucky Bath
Brewster
Oliver
National Grange Convention
DR. Phillips
Les CI
Mra Rice
Sturtevant
Herscom
Les
Dusky N.zh
Denza
Mrs. Cary
Ramsay Mr. Lewis
Allezra
Mr Lewis
Waltz of Love
Salvatore Marchesi
Cary
Lacome
Hersom
Leonard
le Rapide Navire
L’africaine
Mayerbeer
Mr. Ramsay
Mr. Lewis
Grange
Fireside Club
Wilson
Parker
Florence
Priscilla Wyman
Pamey
Frank Wyman
Maurice Blaisdell
Maizie Wallace
Clarence Blaisdell
Lewis Lowell
Walter Cushing
Grace Williams
Borleigh
al Rollins
Ed Wyman
Kari Lowell
Arthur Lear
Bernard Wyman
Sanford
John Libsys
O'Connell
Llovyd Lowell
Prances Libby
Libby
Jean
Earl Homer
William Cushing
William Hallett
Lloyd Lowell
Earl Lowell
Eugene Harrington
Swiston
James Kerwin
Clarente Wallace
Maurie Pashard
Phippsburg Center
Elkanah Wyman
Margaret
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