Rare Japanese bronze piece on display at Liberty Bottling
Poul os of the Liberty Bottling hosts an office exhibition of a rare 300 year old Japanese bronze bowl with an inscription on the back. The piece, believed bought by a Boothbay captain years ago, features an interwoven flat basket design with crabs and lobsters and natural glass-like eyes. Estimated worth around 5000 dollars, coins from Egyptian and Grecian origins also form part of Mr. Poulos collection, some 3000 years old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levers
Poulos
Liberty
Times
Boothbay
Mr. Poulos
Nequasset Farm Bureau Holds January Meeting
The Nequasset Farm Bureau met on Monday with Mrs. Roscoe P. McFadden at 1023 Middle Street in a gathering of 22 attendees including three visitors. Tooled leather work was led by Miss Hortense Welch of Auburn. a noon dinner followed and project leaders were elected for the year. The next meeting is set for January 8 at Mrs. Farnham’s home, 935 Middle Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Roscoe P. McFadden
Middle Street
Hortense Welch
Auburn
Mae Gilmore
KcFadden
Annie Hall
Smith Agrees To Pay Family Support After Arrest
Frederick Smith who rose to prominence as heir to an estate worth about 1,000,000 was arrested Monday afternoon for nonpayment of support. Patrolman John Place served the warrant signed by his wife Murial Smith. The case was settled by agreement in May with Smith agreeing to pay family rent and groceries to the Overseers of the Poor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick Smith
John Place
Smith
Murial Smith
Christmas Observances In Early New England
Col Dummer Sewall chapter D A R met in American Legion hall to discuss New England Christmas traditions. Miss Margaret R Foote presided. twenty eight members attended as readings by Maud Clark Gay Leo Morse Flora Randall Alice Robbins Emily Rideout and others highlighted holiday lore. Emily Rideout named state chairman of the Girls Homemakers with Miss Fogg wintering in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Col. Dummer Sewall
American Legion Hall
Margaret R. Foote
Bath
William D. Willes
Cathance
Florida
Clara N. G
Bowdeinham
Maud Clark Gay
Waldoboro
Leonice B. Morse
Gay
Flora M. Randall
Alice K. Robbins
Emily M. Rideout
Bowdoinham
Margaret R. Henderson
Miss Fogg
Agnes Humphreys
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Agnes W. Humphreys
George W. Merrill
Movilla native Clara Burrill dies in Lynn at 72
Mrs. Clara F. Burrill 72 native of Bath died November 11 in Lynn hospital from brain hemorrhage. Daughter of Henry and Henrietta Matson she moved to Lynn at age eighteen. She married Thomas Young then Alfred Burrill, lived in Boston and Amesbury, returning to Lynn after her second husband’s death in June. She is survived by two nieces and two nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynn
Mass
Clara F. Burrill
Bath
Lynn Hospital
Henry
Henrietta Pashard Matson
Thomas Young
Alfred Burrill
Boston
Amesbury
Funeral for Alfred Gannon Jr.
Funeral services were held at the grave Saturday afternoon for the body of Alfred Gannon Jr. arrived from Boston and buried in Oak Grove cemetery. Rev. David L. Wilson offered prayer. He was the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Gannon formerly of Bath. Mr. Gannon is connected with the Grant chain stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Gannon, Jr
Boston
Oak Grove Cemetery
David L. Wilson
Alfred Gannon
Bath
Gannon
Grant Chain
J A Vickery Funeral Held At City Cemetery
Funeral for James A. Vickery city employer was held Friday afternoon at two at the Cemetery and Park board office on Maple Grove avenue. Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace church officiated with bearers Horace Ward Ceril Fullerton Ralph Legard and Mark Jackson. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Vickery
Cemetery and Park Board
Maple Grove Avenue
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
Horace Ward
Céril Fullerton
Ralph Legard
Mark Jackson
Oak Grove
Norway Guests Honor Mrs. Kingsbury Thanksgiving visit
Norway were hosted by Mrs. True's brother Ralph Kingsbury for Thanksgiving. They called on Mrs. Kingsbury who remains very ill at her home on 9 Dummer Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norway
Mrs. True
Ralph Kingsbury
Mrs. Kingsbury
Dummer Street
Town Notices and Family Notices from a Maine Village
A sweep of local items includes funeral details for John N. Palmer with interment in Village Cemetery, and many tributes from friends. Corrections announce a new postmaster and route changes, plus a string of visits, marriages, and social events across the community.
Thanksgiving Guests Gather Across Nearby Towns
A long list of households share Thanksgiving visits across Clinton Bowdoinham Ridge Auburn Bath Portland Paris Hill Bath Gardiner Topsham Wellesley and Augusta. Notable attendees include Rev. Wallace Ames J H Ames Walter Reed Mrs. Mary Powers Dr C L Browne and many others visiting relatives and friends for the holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Denham
Thomas Ward
Maxwell
Clinton
J. P. Ward
Bowdoinham Ridge
Wallace Ames
Auburn
J. H. Ames
Walter Reed
Connecticut
Henry Cornish
J. Hall Denham
Ernest Lancaster
Marty Gray
Elisha Webber
Frank
Sarah Tarr
John Purington
Mary Powers
Joseph Cota
Portland
Curtis
Paris Hill
Olive Andros
Bath
A. C. Huntoon
George Hamilton
Elmer Jordan
Richard Denham
H. D. Cornish
Clara N. Fogg
Mary Lilly
R. D. Purinton
Lilly Farm
B&y Road
Hattie Fisher
Brunswick
Alice Thurlow
Richmond
C. L. Browne
Irish
Wellesley
Mass
John Jewell
Samuel Dorrance
Mary Heath
Alva Hildreth
Topsham
Emma Ferguson
Philip Rideout
Linwood
Percy Rideout
Charles D2g
Annie Cobb
E. D
James Cornish
Raymond Rendall
Death of Geology Professor Tilton Highlighted
The University of West Virginia professor John L Tilton Morgantown died suddenly while guiding a blind pupil. The 67 year old educator, brother of the late Dr Frank H Tilton of Boston, left a widow and a family, with a noted influence on students and Sunday church gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Tilton
University of West Virginia
Morgantown
Tilton
Frank H. Tilton
Boston
Winona Tilton Stinson
Kennebec
Wesleyan University
Harvard
Chicago University
U.S
Bess Tilton
Des Moines
Stinson
Mrs Elizabeth W Beals Esther of South Portland Dies
Mrs Elizabeth W Beals 65 widow of Lieut Benjamin A Beals died Saturday at her sister Mrs Allen Pettengill 29 Summit Street South Portland after influenza and three days of pneumonia. Born Georgetown Sept 4 1865 she married 1884. Survived by two daughters two sisters a brother and several in laws and grandchildren. Funeral at her sister's home Monday at ten with pastor officiating and interment in Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth W. Beals
Benjamin A. Beals
Allen Pettengill
Summit Street
South Portland
Beals
Mrs. Beals
Georgetown
Levi
Nancy (Richardson) Beals
Lieut. Beals
A. B. Sperling
Co. B
2Nd Maine Cavalry
Sperling
Maine
State House
Augusta
Robinhood
Bath
Lawrence Vail
Saugus
Mass
Albert Stults
North Deering
Pettengill
Perry Beals
This City
Charles O. Beals
Fred Titcomb
Kennebunk
William Avery
Quincy
Ida M. Beals
Sagadahoc Ferry
Thelma Oliver
Myrtle
Lorraine
Elwood Stults
Plummer Urges Action to Increase American Ocean Trade
A plee for early action to gain a larger share of ocean commerce for the United States. The speaker warns that delays will raise costs and hinder achieving full maritime resources and national interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fecuire
Grant
Great Britain
Japanese Department of Communications
United States
Germany
Australia
Italy
South America
France
Colonial Club Forms Bowling League
December meeting of the Colonial club discussed forming a bowling league with a favorable vote. J Haviland Torrey was empowered to select a committee to organize the league. Paul McCole was elected to membership and Harry Hall moved to non resident. Cap Merrill captained the winning pool and billiards team in a post meeting tournament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
J. Haviland Torrey
Paul McCole
Harry Hall
Joe McCole
Cap Merrill
Carroll Watson
Washington Johnson Criticizes Hoover Over World Court Question
Senator Johnson and colleagues attack President Hoover for raising the World Court issue in the current session. The dispute centers on U.S. participation and constitutional authority amid domestic debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Hoover
Veteran Photographer Speaker at Rotary
Walter R. Fenley, Portland photographer visiting Bath for holidays, spoke to Bath Rotarians at Hotel Phoenix about photography. He discussed portrait, aerial, motion picture, and commercial photography, stressing psychology, posing, lighting, and likeness. The meeting noted the Spring conclave in Houston next May and honored team members who won the attendance contest. Guests Ed T. Haley and Arthur Bowker attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R. Fenley
Portland
Bath
Hotel Phoenix
Mr. Morn
Boothbay
Charles R. Higgins
Kennebec Yacht Club
Texas Shipyard
Fenley
Maine
Edmund P. Briggs
Houston
Clint” Wilson
Rotary
John Conti
Father Maney
W. E. Kershner
Caldwell Phillips
D. T. Dougherty
Fred C. Cox
Ed T. Haley
Marblehead
Mrs Williams Returns from Bath Visit with Kin in Tow
Mrs John W. Williams of Baltimore, who spent a week in Bath with her mother Mrs Harold M. Sewall, returned home Wednesday night. She was accompanied to New York by cousin Mrs Albert Clafford of Cannes, France, who had been staying in Bath with Mrs Sewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priday
John N. Palmer
W.H. Gould
P. Gile
Elizabeth Williams
Boston
Grant Hulse
Constable Lancaster
Travers
Selectmen’s Office
Bertha Chadwick Brown
New York
Fred
Merryfield
Edna M. Varney
Richmond
P. J. Quigg
Clara Fogg
Jane Browne
Perley Davis
Framingham
Mass
Viola Coombs
C. O. Purinton
Lewiston
Fred Leavitt
The
Grange
Leavitt
Merry Meeting Grange
George Heath
Ames
South Portland
Vernon H. Lowell
Myrtle Lowell
Lowell
Kirksville
Missouri
George Brown
Jessie Cromwell
Celia Billings
Portland
W. L. Bonney
Gardiner
John W. Williams
Baltimore
Bath
Harold M. Sewall
Washington Street
Williams
Albert Clafford
Cannes
France
Sewall
Miss Elizabeth Randall and Dr H Benjamin Duce Wedding Planned
The engagement announced earlier this fall leads to a wedding at Grace Episcopal church on Saturday December 20 at two o'clock. Rev. Charles M Tubbs to officiate the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Randall
H. Benjamin Duce
Grace Episcopal Church
Charles M. Tubbs
Busy December Term with numerous administratrix filings
December term proceedings list multiple first and final administrations in Bath Bowdoinham Richmond and Topsham guardianships adoptions and estate actions. Notable items include administrations for Ward Card Mulligan and Smith and guardianships for Arnorld Robinson and Ambrose Read. Petitions filed include trustee for Walter E Tuttle and income tax determination for John Coughlin. Appointment of agents and guardians also noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page Onetown
Annie M. Ward
Albert 5. Ward
Bath
Joel P. Card
Frank Pearl Card
Bowdoinham
Leslie F. Roberts
Honsybeth W. Atherne
Richmond
Margaret T. Mulligan
James C. Mulligan
James C. Perry
Phippsburg
Gilbert M. Elliott
Ambrose Read
Topsham
Clifton M
Ray Toothaker
Marshall W. Toothaker
Walter E. Tuttle
Boston
Mass
John Coughlin
Rupert H. Baxter
George P. Hickey
Bowdeinham
Mary Partridge
Myrtle E. Connors
Caroline A. Paine
Reed Allen
Joseph Muse
Georgetown
Edward C. Clary
Guy C. G. Low
Mrs Woodward Transferred After Hip Injury
Mrs Sarah Woodward who suffered a fractured right hip on November 23 when struck by a car was moved by ambulance from Whidden Memorial hospital Everett Massachusetts to Bath City hospital where she rests as comfortably as can be expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Woodward
Whidden Memorial Hospital
Everett
Mass
Bath City Hospital
Bowker Family Welcomes Son in Portland
Word came Wednesday of the birth of a ten pound son to Mr and Mrs Arthur M Bowker of Portland. He is the former a native of Bathard and is the son of Mr and Mrs Frank Bowker of 62 Pine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur M. Bowker
Portland
Bathard
Frank Bowker
Pine Street
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Bath Department Store
Center Street
George Poulos
J. A. Vickery Funeral
Waterville
Ian Stella Nickerson
Farmington Normal School
Helen Britt
George R. Cutler
Charles Dorin
Aaron Soule
Albert Dunlap
New Haven
Vernal Rogers
Bowdoin
Ella Nash
Alice Whittier
William Hardie
Ruth McEwen
Charles McEwen
Mary Dodge
Winnefred Dodge
Hebron
H. S. Dodge
Merton Umberhind
Umberhind
Frank Curtis
Joan Kendrick
Dies
Plummer
North Street
Bath, Maine
Senter
Setul
Spencer
Beatrice E. Rand
Comort
Hatch’s Shoe Store
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