Diesel Engine Development A Power Boon
C L Cummins predicts a major shift from gasoline to Diesel engines in many automotive tasks, while noting gasoline still serves some uses. He says Diesels will dominate real-road freight and rail use, cut transmission costs, boost electric utilities, and improve oil refinery markets, with broad economic and employment benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Cummins
Cummins Engine
Cummins
United States
Cummings
Washington
Girl Scout Council Meeting Handles New Lieutenants
The Girl Scout Council met at 949 High Street with commissioner Mrs. Wilmer Voorhees presiding. Two new lieutenants were announced for Troops 2 and 1, and Juliette Low essay prizes will be awarded soon. The next annual meeting will be at Mrs. Glenn Easton’s Front Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Council
Edward Sewall
High Street
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Frederick P. Moffatt
Donald F. Preble
Harry E. Collins
Linwood F. Carr
Juliette Low
Archibald M. Main
Glenn H. Easton
Front Street
Alfred E. Carpenter
Easton
Main
Milton C. Trott
Frank L. Staples
Voorhees
Maine federation women to hold two day convention
Mrs. Maybelle H. Brown of Waterville presides as president of the Maine Federation of Women's Clubs calls a two day meeting January 28 and 29 at the State House. The January convention will run two days for the first time with events starting at 2.30 pm. no election is planned. A district directors banquet will close the day at the Augusta House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybelle H. Brown
Waterville
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
State House
Augusta House
Wiscasset Community Shares Thanksgiving Cheer
Mrs Raymond Sherman s Sunday school class made a Thanksgiving basket with a chicken and groceries for a needy village family. Troop 123 Boy Scouts left a large box of fruit juices and ginger ale with Rev Charles S Sowder, now recovering. The Sowder family received graciously. Various church activities and local visits fill the town as Rev Gretchen Hall will lead service next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Sherman
Charles S. Sowder
Sowder
Carl F. Hall
Bristol
Lowder
Gretchen H. Hall
Hall
Congregational Church
Wiscasset Academy
Honeymoon Inn
Pete Slater
Samuel Soule
Miranda Littlefield
Bertha Wright
Cassy
Helen Quinnam
Irene Slater
Grace Beane
Bettina Littlefield
Marion Rines
Isabel Opdyke
Frances Colby
Violet Stormwell
Beverly Hamlin
Granville Opdyke
Allerton Hutchins
Mariana
Helen Faulking
Woman's Club
Club
Carleton Lowell
Bath
Carolyn
Varney
Clinton Bailey
Federal Street
Wesley Swift
Randolph
Ida Cutten
Miss Cutten
Theodore Cutten
Nate Rines
Bath Memorial Hospital
Charles Pomeroy
Beverly
Mass
Ira Grover
Carolyn Grover
Etta Stimpson
John E. McKenney
Birch Point
Cyril Grant
Boston
Alex Grover
Mary Hobson
Swampscott
Charles Hobbs
Miss Hobson
Massachusetts
George Dussault
Frank A. Smith
Smith
Farmington
Katherine Farnham
Portland
Harry Farnham
Hallie Simpson
Herbert Simpson
Newport
Eva G. Wise
Alfred Gorham
Edward Lowe
Paris
Luther Hall
Chester Holton
Boothbay Harbor
William G. Hubbard
Washington Street
Stella Hodgdon
William B. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Donald Petrie
Elmer H. Dodge
Parker Dodge
Edgecomb
Canton
Mr. Dodge
Sarah Dodge Sherman
Wiscasset
Simon Moore
South Newcastle
George L. Cramp
Ruth Eleanor Clark
Woolwich
Alvin W. Keirstead
Keirstead
Thanksgiving Week News From Portlands and Nearby Towns
Local social notes list residents at the Portland auto show and Thanksgiving visitors from Camd, Waterville, and Belfast. Families like Sherman, Haskell, Knight, and Getchell appear among guests, moves, and illnesses. clubs host meetings and a Royal Arch inspection.
Roland Smith Post Elects Its Officers
Eugene G. Hart was elected commander of Roland Smith Post American Legion at Tuesday evening’s meeting. Other officers chosen for the year include Maurice C. Brown 1st vice commander James A. Clappison 2nd vice commander John H. Williams adjuvant Wilbur H. Crocker finance officer Waldo R. Weston sergeant at arms Percy R. Low chaplain Rev Ernest Heywood honorary chaplain James L. Morse Elver A. Stickney and J Horace McClure house committee Roy M. Getchell janitor Ralph G. Stetson Gardiner R. Rogers and Ralph Gay executive committee Nomination and election were by a combined process. installation is next Tuesday with expected attendance by Department Commander Col William E. Southard of Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene G. Hart
Roland Smith
American Legion
Maurice C. Brown
James A. Clappison
John H. Williams
Wilbur H. Crocker
Waldo R. Weston
Percy R. Low
Ernest Heywood
James L. Morse
Elver A. Stickney
J. Horace McClure
Roy M. Getchell
Ralph G. Stetson
Gardiner R. Rogers
Ralph Gay
Eugene M. Desmond
Roscoe H. Shaw
Col
William E. Southard
Bangor
West Bath notices include Mary Bryant engagement plans
Mrs. Maude E. Bryant of West Bath announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Mary O. Bryant to Barrold W. Quint of North Anson. The couple, she notes, will wed during Christmas holidays while both hold jobs in Presque Isle and Bath Iron Works respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Crosman
Clarence Haskell
Winthrop
Effie J. Poole
Federal Street
South Windham
H. S. Fowles
Maude E. Bryant
West Bath
Mary O. Bryant
Barrold W. Quint
Willard Quint
North Anson
Miss Bryant
Presque Isle
Mr. Quint
Bath Iron Works Corp
John M. Howe
Ceres Eee
West Bath Grange
Bangor
Herbert Wilson
Clement Robichaud
Larrabee’s Grove
Foxboro
Middleboro
Mass
Quebec
Can
Mr. Fortin
Fred W. Larrabee
Bath
First Baptist Church
Larrabee
James B. Lemont
J. Bazin, Jr
Paul
West Bath Grangers Meet Monday Evening
West Bath grange held a Monday night meeting in the grange hall with 84 attending including seven visitors. Mrs. Fred D. Hill discussed her Pacific coast trip as Miss Alice F. Johnson directed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Hill
Pacific Coast
West Bath
Bangor
David S. Henderson
E. Mason Wright
Flora
John M. Howe
Jerry L. Haile
Ceres
Raymond Smith
Bath
Grover C. Smith
Grange
Everett G. Lemont
Herbert Simpson
A. Bernard Henderson
George R. Booker
Charles W. Walsh
Proram
Former Prominent Hotel Manager Dies
Josiah L. Walker longtime associate manager of Young's Hotel Boston until 1927 died suddenly at his Roslindale home He had been assistant manager at Parker House before retirement Funeral set for Bath Day's Ferry burial at Riverside Cemetery Bath Walker known forcourteous service to Bath visitors survived by wife two daughters two grandchildren and a brother Frank B Walker former Mohican Hotel manager
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josiah L. Walker
Young's Hotel
Boston
Parker House
Aldrich Street
Roslindale
Mass
Arthur F. Mayo
Bath
Riverside
Day’s Ferry
Woolwich
Joe” Walker
William W
Josephine Lilly Walker
Old Bath High School
Gray's Business College
Young’s Hotel
Fred R. E
Walker
Young’s
Young's
Myron Freeman
West Roxbury
Donald Montgomery
Dumbarton
N. H
Frank B. Walker
Mohican Hotel
New London
Conn
Talk On Russia Past And Present
Mrs. Thaxter described Russian theatre training and public life during hard times and praised the culture, resilience, and loyalty to Lenin and Stalin in a Current Events club talk. She shared photographs from her trip and humorous travel anecdotes, and was thanked by Mrs. Joseph I. Smith and Miss Minnie A. White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Conrade
Stalin
Lenin
Thaxter
Joseph I. Smith
Bath police seek young boy for car theft
Police seek a Bath boy about 12 who stole a convertible Chevrolet coupe from Plant's Garage and ditched it on the Sabine road. A resident reported an 11 or 12 year old in his home seeking a telephone. Officers questioned several suspects but could not identify the thief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Ross
Plant
Garage, Inc
Sabine Road
John P. Crosby
Robert Green
Crosby
Woolwich Community Notes and Holiday Preparations
Woolwich community updates report postponed meetings for Day's Ferry club and Nequasset Farm Bureau, church activities, rehearsals for Small Town Romeo, Christmas Cantata prep, and upcoming dinners and sales. Local residents visiting relatives and hosting events are noted along with church services at Woolwich Center and Montsweag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Day's Ferry
Willard Rand
Dawn
Mr. Rand
North Anson
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Hortense Welch
George M. Stinson
Marcia
Woodfords
Days’ Ferry
Christian Pioneers
George Farnham
Cor of Pioneers
Virginia Reed
Farnham
Woodbury Merrill
New York City
Nequasset Church
Irving Baker
Malden
Mass
Woolwich Center
Montsweag
Alton Berry
Cheerio
Montsweag Grange Hall
Ladies Aid
Rose Baker
Girls’ Club
Nequasset Congregational Church
Woolwich
Washington
Camp and Auxiliary Organize for Year
The annual meeting of T. W. Hydecamp S. of A. V. and Auxiliary chose Clarence Warner as president and elected officers Mrs. Sadie Garcelon as vice president Mrs. Florence Robinson as secretary and Mrs. Gertrude Stewart as treasurer. Hall and budget committees and a ways and means group were named with several named members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hydecamp
S. of A. V
Clarence Warner
Sadie Garcelon
Florence Robinson
Gertrude Stewart
Hall
Gardiner Crocker
George Melzard
Maurice Warner
Minnie Roderick
Everett Crocker
Jolly Costume Party at Woolwich Grange
Woolwich held a Thanksgiving style costume party in the hall with attendees in varied outfits. Notable costumes included Miss Maxine Walker’s George Washington torchlight garb and Frank Bailey’s great grandfather wedding suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
George Washington
Maxine Walker
Harrison
Frank Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Pop Eye
William Robson
Georgie Walker
Ella Robson
Burnette Bailey
Maurice Shea
Reginald Stacy
Ruth Leeman
Leverett Welch
Glenwood Brown
William Bradford
Maurice Hawthorne
Bertha Sutter
Bath Independent
Arthur Williams
Roberta Hawthorne
Frank Walker
Cora Mae Pearson
Nequasset Farm Bureau Sets December Meeting
The Nequasset Farm Bureau fixed December 16 for its annual planning meeting at the home of Mrs. Henry T. Du bar of Nequasset. Mrs. John Gilmore and Mrs. Frank Bailey assist. Miss Hortense Welch home demonstration agent will direct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Henry T. Dubar
Nequasset
John Gilmore
Frank Bailey
Hortense Welch
Texas Co receives first land purchase in Hallowell for oil plant
The Texas Company of New York recorded its first land purchase in Kennebec County last week, taking property from Hallowell Granite Works Corporation. The site at the former granite loading wharf is slated for a large oil distributing plant modeled after the Standard Oil facility. City Council has granted permission to erect four large oil tanks and plans a high cement flood wall around the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Co
Hallowell
Kennebec County Registry of Deeds
Hallowell Granite Works Corporation
Et Als
Texas Company of New York
French Conservatory Stages L Abbe Constantin in Lewiston
The French Conservatory presents the three act drama L Abbe Constantin in French on December first to third in ASD hall Bartlett street Lewiston. Noted actors have staged it in many languages and the Lewiston players will perform with coaching by Mr and Mrs Andre Roman who will take prominent roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Conservatory
L’abbe Constantin
ASD
Bartlett Street
Lewiston
Ludovic Harvey
Andre Roman
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Mrs. Main
Mark Stinson
Emma J. Stinson
Harold 8
Paul Curtis
Metcalf House
Newcastle
North Edgecomb
Richmond L. White
Beverley Farms
White
Cyrus M. Blanchard
Wilton
New Jerusalem
Royal Arch
Carrie Heald
Harry OC. Carlisle
William K. Houghton
Nettie Knight
Camden
Charles M. Legrow
Grace L. Knight
W. W. Parker
Gardiner Road
Carrol McFadden
Little Daughter
Auburn
Fessenden M. Chase
Main Street
Maine Retail Lumber Dealers Association
Harold S. Sherman
O. E.S
Grand Adai
Grace Dodge
East
Josie Wardwell
Somerville
Georgianna Lilly
Hooper Street
Bernard McFadden
Topsfield
Emery Pendleton
James E. White
Turner White
Watertown
Willis Clifford
Helena Clifford
Gilman Burnham
John Jackson
Churchill Street
Herman S. Fowles
Fowles
Elmer Campbell
Campbell
Fannie Stone
Ethel Y. Barbour
Oliver Stahl
Elsa Holmstrom
Augusta
Jesse
Browning Metcalf
Mary Susan
Mary Sewall Metcalf
Camerin
Sidney G. Evans
Evans
Edward Evans
Belfast
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Anna Souie
Minnie Grover
Madelyn Colby
Farm Bureau
Sheepscot
Andrea F. Getchell
Colby College
Newman Getchell
James Kay
Woonsocket, R. I
Getchell
Hall Lewis
Dorothy
Donnell
Andrea
Ray Cunningham
Roland Smith Post
Red Cross
Grange Hall
Morton Baker
Harry Wallace
Hamblett
Harry E. Peterson
Alfred B. Snow
Courtney E. Stover
J. Everett Mayo
Francis W. Stover
Bates College
Rosamond S. Stover
Farmington Normal School
Marian Rose
New York
Elmhurst
L. I
N. Y
Fred J. Rose
Rosedale
Frank Rose
Washington, D. C
Henry Rose
Chester T. Lorentsen
John Peter 2Nd
Rita Faulkner
R. N
Chester
John P. Lorentsen
John Peter Lorentsen
Ernest Rose
Henry
Ackie
Hazel Heath
John
Edward Kenney
Gilbert Heath
Rose
Miss Heath
Percy E. Holbrook
Campbell's Pond
Peter Gagnon
Winneganee
Philip A. Stackpole
Kents Hill School
Stackpole
Campbell’s Pond
West Bath Grangers
West Coast
Alice Ramsay
North
High Streets
North Bath
Bailey Street
Josiah L Walker
Young’s and
Lad
Kathleen Scott
Westbrook Junior College
Jolly
Woolwich Grange
the Times Company
Maine
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