Thanksgiving note filled Phippsburg local social roundup
Phippsburg residents and friends share visits and greetings across Bath and Woolwich. Thanksgiving guests include Mr. and Mrs. J Bradford Sprague and families, Mr. and Mrs. George Hughes, and Miss Emma Perry among others. Community events feature Bodwell Grange, Welfare Club sales, and hunting trips with multiple locals reported. Captain Harry Percy recovers in New Jersey after illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Sprague
Topsham
J. Bradford Sprain
Olive Tiompson
Jed Mahowell
Bath
Martin Eaton
Raymond Wyman
Small Point Beach
Fred Morse
Camden
J. Bradford Sprague
Melvin Wallace
Emma Ridley
Lering Small
West Bath
Ernest Gibby
Gertrude
Melrose
Mags
Sidney Rapkin
Danvers
Mass
Harry Gilmore
Charles I. Hughes
Geeorge C. Beals
J. Mead
Coolidee
Ariz
Emma A. Perry
Moody
Helena
Miss Perry
Winterport
Montana
Arizona
Lee's Island
Willard
Bertha Nickerson
Horace B. Woodman
York Street
J. K. Bowker
Eugene
Emma Perry
Rosebay
Gertrude Blaisdel
Annie Derwent
Nellie Cutting
Ray F. Campbell
Dromore Bay Farm
Jessie Kelley
Woolwich
Henry Carlton
Bodwell Grange
William Blaisdell
Eustis
Harry T. Passmore
Sylvester Oliver
Thomas Manning
Winnegance
Frank P. Leavitt
Arthur Rideout
Willard Atwood
Ernest Rogers
Swanton Wyman
Arthur Beane
Wiscasset
Lubec Lake
Rogers
Mrs. Bean
Sebec
Burton Packard
Martha Morrison
Sebasco
Jack Synott
Harry Blaisdell
Eleanor Brown
J. Lester Morse
Arthur Tracey
Kittery
Howards. Bowker
Popham
Edward Dyer
Lena Oliver
Worcester
Fred A. Oliver
Welfare Club
Dromore Grange Hall
Harry P. Percy
Staten Island
Marine Hospital
Emerson Hill
Carteret
N. J
Brooklyn
Sandy Hook
Capt
Percy
Hudson River
Albany
Bess
Grace Dickinson
George L. Nasi
Elaine
Eldred Burker
Rucker
New England
Maine Sends Six Students to Rollins College
Maine is represented by six students at Rollins College Winter Park Florida this year according to registration statistics released this week. They are George F Call Lewiston Frank J Daunis Auburn Mary Dudley Elizabeth G Kennedy Portland Robert Johnson Lincoln and Walter L Royall Yarmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Rollins College
Winter Park
Fla
George F. Call
Lewiston
Frank J. Daunis
Auburn
Mary Dudley
Elizabeth G. Kennedy
Portland
Robert Johnson
Lincoln
Walter L. Royall
Yarmouth
Magic of Music Subject of Paper Read at Meeting
Allan H. Ramsay presented a paper on The Magic of Music at a Les Camarades Musicaux meeting. The program at Miss Magoun’s home featured Miss Alice Magowan and Miss J Gertrude Silsby plus multiple vocal and instrumental performances by Mrs Albee Mrs Sturtevant Mrs Sanborn Mr Royal Miss Leonard and Mr Ramsay among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan H. Ramsay
Les Camarades Musicaux
Alice N. Magowan
J. Gertrude Silsby
Mrs. Andrews
Bohm
Potter Beinde
Mr. Royal
Ramsay
Fetas
Henry Parker
PRCA
Rca
Kreisler
Sprague
Albee
Squires Ec
Sturtevant
Leonard
Andrews
Iron Works Employee Killed in Seabrook Crash
Henry A. Ostigny 49 of Brockton Mass a Bath Iron Works shipfitter died after a car crash in Seabrook New Hampshire late Sunday night. Four other workers were injured two critically including driver Charles Allen and Robert A Fitzgerald. Arthur Richards and George Roberts sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry A. Ostigny
Brockton
Mass
Bath Iron Works Corp
Seabrook
N. H
Bath
Massachusetts
Charles Allen
Quincy
Robert A. Fitzgerald
West Quincy
Newburyport
Arthur Richards
Foxboro
George Roberts
Boston
Richards
United States Navy
Ostigny
Revere Street
Canada
William MacGregor
John A. Mattson
Naval Inspection Offices
Roberts
Bowdoin College Notes Exhibits Debates and Talks
An oil and watercolor exhibit by Alexander Bower of Portland opened at the Walker Art building. The Bowdoin Interscholastic Debating League meets Saturday in Hubbard Hall at 10 am and 2 pm. The State Conference of Student Christian Associations will be at the college December 4 and 5. Dean Lynn Harold Hough of Drew Theological Seminary will speak Sunday December 5 at five. The choir will perform Bach’s Death I Do Not Fear Thee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Bower
Portland
Walker Art Building
Bowdoin Interscholastic Debating League
Hubbard Hall
Student Christian Associations
Dean Lynn Harold Hough
D. D
Drew Theological Seminary
Chanel
Bach
Second car theft hits William Toothaker in West Bath
For the second time in under a month a Chevrolet sedan owned by William Toothaker 489 Middle street was stolen Saturday night. He reported larceny at 9 50 p m and the car was found undamaged near Witch Spring West Bath at 11 35 p m The Oct 29 theft from the Toothaker home was returned 15 minutes later Three boys confessed to taking the first car and another theft involving a different vehicle. Meanwhile Robert Norton awoke to a deer in his yard after a loud rifle shot startling neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Toothaker
Middle Street
Toothaker
Witch Spring
West Bath
Tooaker
Popham Beach Residents Share News and Visitors
Popham Beach notes list book donations to the Popham Beach Library and a swath of weekend and holiday visits. Mrs Howard Spinney donated titles including The Little Minister and Americans Defending Democracy. Several Bath Lewiston Mechanic Street Lewiston and Long Island visitors are noted along with Thanksgiving gatherings and local school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Spinney
Popham Beach
Folkstone
Kent Knowles
David M. Rodgerson
Groveville
E. Seaman Drake
Clarence Perkins
Norman
Jtanley
Arlene
Virginia
Auburn
Madelyn Bridges
Marion
Bridges
Page A. Wyman
Mechanic Street
Bath
Blanchard Crowley
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Raymond Larrabee
Fred Spinney
Morse High School
Ernest Oliver
Laura Harding
Popham
Boothbay Harbor
Moses T. Chandler
Christopher H. Marr
Peter Isaacson
Lewiston
Forrest Legard
Paul
Althea Oliver
Georgetown
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Stephen Ethier
Ethier
Stephanie
Ellison Moody
Arthur Hill
Seguin Island
Ellsworth
Milliard Urquehart
Howard Alley
Jonesport
Urquehart
Napoleon T. Pickett
Pond Island
Fort Popham
Lynette Calvary
Miss Calvary
Laconia
Henry Brown
Lubec
Seguin Island Light
Marguerite McNulty
Cates-Lord Marriage Filed in Waterville Ceremony
William L. Cates and Georgia Eva Lord wed in Waterville on November 24. The couple, both of 754 Middle Street, Waterville, were married by Rev. John W. Brush. Cates, an electrician, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. William O. Cates of Madison. Lord, a nurse, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hadley Richardson of Norridgewock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Gilmore
Waterville
William L. Cates
Georgia Eva Lord
Middle Street
Walter Foss dies at C M G hospital Leeds youth leader
Walter Lauriston Foss 23 of Leeds died Saturday at C M G hospital. Born July 6 1914 in Leeds he was the son of George M and Faith Chapman Foss a 1931 cum laude graduate of Kents Hill Seminary active in the Literary society and youth religious work He was a poultryman by trade with his father and also excelled in tennis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Lauriston Foss
Leeds
Mr. Foss
George M
Faith Chapman Foss
Kents Hill Seminary
Literati Society
Academy
Kents Hill
Bailey Proposes One Way Traffic Plan for Bath Route
County Commissioner Roscoe Bailey urges routing traffic through Richardson street and Center Court to the new Bath Brunswick highway with one way travel in and out of Bath. He says this would limit hazards and jams during summer and notes state repairs on Court and Richardson and ongoing river fill and rain delays affect progress toward year end opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Brunswick Highway
Cook's Corner
Roscoe G. Bailey
Bath
Richardson Street
Hid
Washington
Business District
Carlton Bridge
Center Street Hill
Court Street
Oak
Lincoln
Bailey
West Street
High
Richardson
Batley
New Meadows
Family anxious yet hopeful aboard Helen Barnet Gring voyage
Relatives of Capt William F Plummer 64 say they remain anxious but not unduly worried as the four masted schooner Helen Barnet Gring bound from Parrsboro Nova Scotia to Liverpool sails 48 days with only one contact 12 days after departure. The vessel carries 1 001 000 feet of deals and a crew of eight under Captain Plummer who has 44 years at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Plummer
Winship Street
Parrsboro
N. S
Liverpool
Helen Barnet Gring
Nova Scotian
Plummer
Irish
England
Crowell & Thurlow
West Boothbay Harbor
Woman trades pennies for history of Bath volume
A Bath woman saved coins in a glass jar and brought 350 pennies to the Times office to buy Edward Co. Plummer History of Bath by Col. Henry W. Owen Jr. The jar later held 360 pennies, the book’s price, and she left with the history covering Bath and area from early explorers to 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Times Office
Edward Co. Plummer
Bath
Col
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Boothbay Pythians Observe Anniversary
Twenty members of Acadia lodge K of P visited Boothbay Harbor Monday for the 56th anniversary of Boothbay lodge. Guests included the grand chancellor grand keeper of records and seal grand representative grand prelate and grand outer guard. District Deputy Frank Danforth of Bath attended and was accorded Grand lodge honors. Speeches followed and the rank of knight was conferred at a fine banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acadia Lodge
Boothbay Harbor
Boothbay Lodge
Frank Danforth
Bath
Grand Lodge
Bay Point Community Notes From Sailor's Snug Harbor Era
A Bay Point letter from Horace Brown at Sailor's Snug Harbor Rhode Island era shows locals sending him a card and recounts daily life. Moose sighting near First Beach prompts a near miss for Dave Noyes. Nobles travel for family illness and art exhibitions. Thanksgiving routines and local gardening flower notes follow. Crab traps yield 3,000 to 4,000 weekly. a deer sighting by Laurence Peron. Sunnyside show boat florals and coastal activity wrap with minor wharf damage and abundant seals near Kennebec Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Brown
Sailor's Snug Harbor
Staten Island
New York
Horace
First Beach
Dave Noyes
Moose
Dave
Howard Avenue
Edgar Warren
Kennebec Point
Coleen Radley
Ohio
Chicago
Portland
Herman A. Spinney
Stephen Ethier
York
Mr. Ethier
Etnier
Wright
Phippsburz
Sherman Campbell
Mary Campbell
Walter Perry
Bath
Donald Avery
Pearlie Chandler
Maurice Burns
P Herman A. Spinney
Earl Payson
Coleen
Kentucky
Karl Hentz
Long Island
Herman Spinney
George Laskey
Robinhood
Boston
Clarence Kneeland
Bay Point
First Baptist Church
Earl Hagan
Georgetown
Buddy Spinney
Fred Spinney
Popham Beach
Laurence Peron
Laurence
Sunnisyde
L. W. Dietrich
Kennebec
Maine Lobsters Cost A Pound In 1882 Record Highlight
A Maine shopper paid 60 cents daily in 1882 while lobsters sold for a penny a pound. George Wooster earned four dollars eighty cents for eight days at Wyman & Co in Millbridge selling 2800 pounds in May. His son later notes the vast rise in lobster value and compares today’s catch value to past earnings. Governor Barrows to speak at Togus February 15 memorial for the Maine battleship Maine disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wooster
Wyman & Company
Millbridge
J. S. Wyman
F. C Woo
Lewis O. Barrows
Maine
Togus
William Tiffany
United Spanish War Veterans
Havana
Cuba
Walter G. Smith
Cosmopolitan Club Christmas Fair Heads by Mrs Wold
Mrs Leslie J Wold leads the Cosmopolitan club annual Christmas fair at the club house open to the public from 2 30. Departments handle fancy work aprons handker chiefs novelties chances cake greens and beano directed by the music drama department. A cafeteria supper 430 to 630 features lobster salad chicken patties escalloped clams with chips and peas pie cake coffee and tea. Tickets for beano sold by Mrs Paul L Boudreau and department members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie J. Wold
Cosmopolitan Club
The
Cluo
Carl Y. Kennedy
David
Cogan
Charles H. Frost
William Yule
William L. Skelton
Roscoe P. McFadden
William W. Dennison
Music-Drama
Ruth H. Farnham
Lloyd FE. Ste
Farm Bureau Meetings Set Across Sagadahoc County
Local Farm Bureau committees and conservation meetings will be held in Sagadahoc and neighboring counties during December. All sessions start at 10 30 a.m with updates on the new Potato Program tied to Agricultural Conservation and new farm allowance calculations. Sagadahoc schedule includes Bowdoin and Richmond at Richmond Corner Grange Hall on Dec 9, Bowdoinham and Topsham at Topsham Grange Hall on Dec 10, and Arrowsic Bath Phippsburg West Bath Woolwich islands and Georgetown at Bath City Hall on Dec 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twin Counties
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
Bowdoin
Richmond
Richmond Corner Grange Hall
Bowdoinham and
Topsham
Topsham Grange Hall
Arrowsie
Bath
Phippsburg
West Bath
Woolwich
the Islands
Georgetown
Bath City Hall
Colonial Club Dance For Christmas Funds
The Colonial Club plans a dance for members guests and friends at the Arcade on Friday December 10 from 9 to 1 with Maine's outstanding dance band. Proceeds support the annual club Christmas tree and a capacity crowd is expected. Tickets available from committee or Hallet's. Mrs Rupert H Baxter returned home from Philadelphia after two weeks with daughter Mrs Claude Gillette. Mr Baxter returned Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Maine
Hallet’s
Rupert H. Baxter
Washington Street
Claude Gillette
Philadelphia
Baxter
Squaw club meets after Thanksgiving recess in village
Mrs. John G. Morse hosted her card club in the afternoon. The Squaw club did not meet the prior Friday due to a holiday and reconvened Monday evening at Mrs. Frank Perry’s home. Various local residents visited relatives during Thanksgiving week and returnees are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John G. Morse
I. A. Trueworthy
Acdland
Annette Cutting
Harold Cutting
High Street
Bangor
Martha Cutting
Westbrook Junior College
Portland
Leon Pennell
George Merritt
Lower High Street
Freeport
Merritt
George Dennison
Samuel Lancaster
Waterville
Albert Hersom
Squaw Club
Frank Perry
Elmer Coggeshall
Orman Coggeshall
Dixmont
Walter Morse
Ormond Coggeshall
First Baptist Ladies Hold Annual Sale and Supper
The sewing circle of First Baptist church held its annual sale and supper in the vestry on Wednesday. The event opened at three with supper served 5:30 to 7. Menu included fricasseed beef mashed potatoes turnip cabbage salad pickles rolls cake and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewing Circle
First Baptist Church
Lotta E. Card
Lucy Rogers
Ora Dauphin
Augusta MacLellan
Lucy Brown
Laura Harrington
Harriet Wright
Florence Martin
Edith Miller
Effie Legard
Gladys Gundel
Leavia Teasdale
Rose Wade
Evelyn W. Sotheard
Lillius Larrabee
Julia Moore
Helen Hall
Ada Larrabee
Elsie Crosby
Bertha Furber
Mary Pratt
Carrie Fulleron
Annie Oliver
Mave S. Lake
Mary P. Sims
Maud Stuart
Sarah Cook
St Marys Guild Plans Domestic Sale At Parish House
St Marys guild of Grace church met Tuesday night to plan the domestic sale set for Wednesday Dec 15 at the parish house. A special meeting was held Wednesday afternoon to appoint sale committees. Members will gather next week for afternoon and evening meetings with a covered dish supper hosted by Mrs Farley Mayo and Miss Dorothy Milliken with Miss Virginia Haines visiting from Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church
Charles M.tubbs
Evenine
Marjorie Troop
Doris Leavitt
Farley Mayo
Dorothy Milliken
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg Welfare Club
Iron Works
Bowdoin College Notes
Robert Norton
Robert
Cates—Lord
Warren Butler
New Brunswick
Charles Stevens
Boothbay
Pythians
William H. Rankin
Rankin
Old Town
Cosmo Club
Farm Bureau
Sagadahoc County
DANCE
First Baptist
Virginia Haines
Barbara Tubbs
Miss Tubbs
Weymouth
Sedgwick
Bath, ME
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