Hubbard granddaughter dies in Ohio and local court cases
William Henry Hubbard Jr. of Wiscasset died in Cincinnati on November 24. Born December 21, 1909, in Wiscasset, he studied in Muncie and Ball State and earned a Purdue scholarship via Citizenship Medal. The obituary notes a Thomaston prison sentence for Boothbay Harbor men in a separate assault case and details several community events and lodge activities in Lincoln County including Star Lodge K of P anniversary remarks and history.
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William Henry Hubbard, Jr
William Henry
Sara
Duke) Hubbard
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wiscasset
Joseph Tucker Hubbard
Muncie
Indiana
Ball State Teachers College of
Purdue University
Episcopal Church
Evergreen Cemetery
Helen
Elizabeth
William Hubbard
Elizabeth Hubbard
Joseph E. Hubbard
Somerville
Mass
Sidney G. Evans
Brunswick
Superior Court
Lincoln County
Henry Jewett
Kressell Hume
Boothbay Harbor
Ross Nichols Jr
Justice Manser
Thomaston
Charles Lennox
Bath
Bertha Lewis
Getchell Homestead
Woolwich
Kenneth Lewis
Providence
R. I
Sanford Lewis
Summer Street
Lorimer Lewis
Garrison Hill
Masonic Building
Louise Blagdon
Order
Degree of Pocahontas
Elden P. Munsey
Carolyn Pendleton
Clarence A. Peaslee
Mary Hobson
Woman's Club
David L. Wilson
Hawaii
Fred Hall
Farmington Falls
Walter Leavitt
Pleasant Street
S. G. Evans
Evans
Edward Evans
Belfast
Roy W. Dickinson
Portland
Legion Civics Club
Harry L. Manser
C. A. Richards
South Portland
Dike PTA Plans Useful Articles for Needy Children
During a past meeting the Dike P T A voted to replace Christmas candy with useful articles for needy children using the money saved. Woolen mittens will be knitted by members. A social time followed with a short program. Refreshments were served. Next meeting set for December 18 at the Dike school.
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Dike P. T. A
Summer Street
Harold Miller
Chester Worrey
Samuel Morse
Scott Golder
Everett Lemont
Charles Henderson
Dike School
Everett Family Guests Two Weeks With Grandmother
Mrs Ernest Whiteway and her children Gloria and Ernest Jr of Everett Massachusetts have been guests for two weeks with Mrs Louis Hammond at 16 Mechanic Street, the grandmother.
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Ernest Whiteway
Gloria
Ernest, Jr
Everett, Mass
Whiteway
Louis Hammond
Mechanic Street
Giant Checker Board Tourney Opens At Y M C A
The Y M C A launches its season with a giant checker tournament drawing 53 players including boys and young men. New formats will follow weekly, culminating in a championship after round robin groups and multiple eliminations.
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Y.M.C.A
Edward Cohen
William Mussenden
Martin Eaton
George Sarkis
Thornton Henderson
Ernest Sarkis
Harold Donnell
Douglas Crosby
Francis Stover
Warren McNeil
John Preney
Donald Page
Whitney Craige
Robert Sutherland
Alfred Parks
Clifton Nickerson
George Perry
Haviland Chaney
Henry Sarkis
Joseph Robinson
John Mullaney
Edward Brown
C. Richard Farnham
Clifton Jewett
Edward Fraser
Donald Hall
Wilfred Chaney
Charles Plummer
Fred Hamlin
Donald Jewett
Carleton Stover
Manley Ellis
Francis Sullivan
David Alkazin, Jr
Harold MacMahan
Edward Hogan
Epocrat John
John J. Lowery
Frederick E. Glidden
Clarence Arsenault
Ernest W. Prest
Henry Gallant
George E. Pinkham
Maurice Puffer
Franklin Melville
Fred Safford
Richard Cummings
John McLaughlin
Kenneth Reardon
John Sprague
Clayton Thibodeau
George Hart
Donald Belanger
Nequasset Farm Bureau Sees Losses and Plans Year Ahead
Nequasset Farm Bureau reports the death of two co workers, Inez Larrabee and Emily Wade, and notes ongoing Red Cross ties. The group outlines past progress in clothing and home management projects, records a $58 treasury, and schedules monthly programs from January through December with a dinner roster and new entertainment committee for Twin County scholarship events.
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Death
Inez Larrabee
Emily Wade
Woolwich
The
Red Cross
Wright
Dubar
Treasury
Farnham
John Gilmore
Adelbert Hall
Dubay
Nequasset
Norman Drummond
Wing
James Colby
Leverett Welch
Orono
John Reed
Alton Berry
Monthly Meeting of YMCA Directors
The YMCA directors met Tuesday night with general secretary William C. Perkins reporting on varied activities and the recent YMCA convention. A nominating committee was appointed. officers and committees for one year and five directors for three-year terms will be elected at the January annual meeting. Charles C. Low presided in President Sidney L. Eaton’s absence. others present included Charles H. Cahill Frank B. Nichols War engineer Carroll Watson and Clinton D. Wilson.
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William C. Perkins
Y.M.C.A
Sidney L. Eaton
Charles C. Low
Charles H. Cahill
Frank B. Nichols
Carroll Watson
Clinton D. Wilson
All the Gold All the Gold Mined Since Columbus
A historical note estimates that the total gold mined since Columbus would fill a 40 foot cube. It emphasizes vast amounts of precious metal recovered over centuries by explorers and empires.
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Columbus
America
Social notes from Bath and surrounding towns
Numerous short notices recap Thanksgiving visits and family gatherings across Bath West Bath Larrabee's Grove Foster's Point Campbell's Pond and Brunswick road. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Bates E Stover Mr. and Mrs. Harold Conley Mrs Amy Coombs Mrs Bertha Dunton and many local residents with travel and illness updates.
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Percy E. Holbrook
Lindell J. Chadbourne
Spring Street
Bath
Laura Cutting
Winneganee
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
Ida Bonney
Campbell’s Pond
Loring D. Small and Sons
Wilbert and
Dana
Berry's Mill Road
Beachmont
Mass
Irving Coombs
Togus
Robert D. Metcalf
Amy Coombs
West Bath
Bates E. Stover
Brunswick Road
Lily Pray
Mabel Reed
Elmer Williams
Old Town
Foster's Point
Jennie Larrabee
Portland
Walter H. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Larrabee’s Grove
Auburn
Charles F. MacDonald
Harold Conley
Conley
Pauline MacDonald
Edwin W. Haggett
Ceres
West Bath Grange
Lewiston
Harold J. Haggett
Lucy Ann
Edward K. Thompson
Berry’s Mill
Boothbay Harbor
Bertha Dunton
Ellza Dunton
Thompson
Perry L. Thompson
Elm Street
Dunton
First Baptist Ladies Annual Sale Held With Supper
The Ladies of First Baptist Church conducted their annual sale and supper in the vestry on Tuesday afternoon and evening. The event featured organized tables for fancy work, aprons, and candy, with Mrs. Cedric A. Martin, Mrs. Everett Wright, Miss Evelyn Sotheard, and Miss Lucy Rogers in charge of key sections. Dining room and kitchen duties were led by Mrs. Fred W. Larrabee and Mrs. Clifford F. Harrington, with a long list of helpers. Menu included hot meat, mashed potatoes, squash, pickles, rolls, cake, and coffee.
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First Baptist Church
Cedric A. Martin
Everett Wright
Evelyn Sotheard
Lucy Rogers
Fred W Larrabee
Chester McKenzie
Rudolph Furber
Ruby Fullerton
Mary Child
Eleanor Wright
Marie Merrill
Alberta McLellan
Elizabeth Pinkham
Clifford F. Harrington
Edwy A. Sotheard
Freeman Crosby
Willard Rice
Willis B. Hall
Bates E. Stover
Jennie Oliver
Russell Dalrymple
Lincoln Bailey
Leon Eaton
Hettie Hodgdon
Zetta St. Clair
frozen assets debate on value of college education
Judy Tunkins argues that knowledge is valuable while many college degrees become frozen assets, highlighting concerns about enduring return on investment and the evolving job market. The remark frames a critique of higher education costs and relevance.
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Judy Tunkins
A Year’s Bath Independent Subscriptions Promoted
A yearly subscription to The Bath Independent offers fifty two reminders of thoughtfulness for relatives or friends living elsewhere priced at one dollar fifty cents.
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The
Bath Independent
Sterling Bible Class Holds December Meeting in Deering Room
The Sterling Bible class of Corliss Street church met Monday evening with 34 attendees. President Mrs. John H. Hunt led devotionals, committee reports, Christmas plans, a White Tree event, and a filled bag project.
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Wilfred W. Chaney
Robert C. Mitchell
Hunt
Lester G. Campbell
Lee W. Scott
Mitchell
Watson
Fred W. May
Local families gather for holidays and community events
Miss Sara Bailey visits in Gardiner as families host Thanksgiving. Lincoln Churchill and family stay with Mrs. Dorr in Boothbay Harbor. many residents plan Christmas sales, suppers, and school entertainments. Nequasset Farm Bureau meets with Ruth Farnham of Bath. Day's Ferry pupils host an evening sale and entertainment.
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Sara Bailey
Gardiner
Dora Bailey
Nequasset
Lincoln Churchill
Churchill
Dorr
Boothbay Harbor
John Carter
Union 48
State Grange
Lewiston
Willard Oldrieve
Roxbury
Mass
Congregational Vestry
Mininie Rice
Windham
Everett Rice
Good Will Club
Sagadahoc Ferry
Gardner Greenough
Edgecomb
Earl Dow
Edward Moulton
Maine
Portland
Horatio Baker
Arrowsic
Cambridge
Ferry
School Improvement League
Haggett Re elected Master At West Bath Grange No 154
At the annual West Bath grange election Edwin W. Haggett was returned to the masters chair succeeding A Bernard Henderson who served two years. Officers include Raymond A. Smith overseer Miss Helen E Hartwell lecturer Charles T Henderson chaplain and others. Installation set for January 7 with 131 in attendance.
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West Bath
Grange
Edwin W. Haggett
Mr. Haggett
A. Bernard Henderson
Raymond A. Smith
Helen E. Hartwell
Charles T. Henderson
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
D. Wallace MacDonald
John M. Howe
Trafton Swain
David S. Henderson
Ceres
Pomona
Flora
Fernando T. Hutchins
Master Henderson
Fred K. Sturtevant
Herbert Simpson
Ernest Snow
Arthur C. Lemont
Harry E. Peterson
Mr. Cavanaugh
Miss Libby
Baxter Canning Co
Brunswick
Baxter
Resolutions of Respect for Ethel W Bradford of Woolwich Grange
Woolwich Grange Number 68 mourns sister and officer Ethel W Bradford. They express heartfelt sympathy to her family as a wife and mother, honor her memory, and authorize draping the charter, forwarding copies to the bereaved family and for publication, and recording the resolutions.
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Woolwich Grange
Ethel W. Bradford
Bath
Thanksgiving News From South Dresden Residents
SOUTH DRESDEN Parker Starrett and friend Miss Thelma Hannan of Warren were Thanksgiving guests of Starrett’s uncle and aunt. Families from Dresden Mills to Wiscasset and Richmond celebrated with relatives. Joseph Burgess, grandfather of Leland Siegars, turned 90 with two card showers and gifts. he remains active as a carpenter and beloved neighbor.
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Parker Starrett
Thelma Hannan
Warren
Starrett
Leland Siegars
Fred Carleton
Carrie Grover
Frank McCobb
George Carleton
Wiscasset
Fern Barter
Sidney Barter
Dresden Mills
Bangor
Earl Castner
Glenwood Siegars
Albert Tibbetts
George Tibbetts
Richmond
Carleton
Harland McCobb
Joseph Siegars
Portland
Sam McDonald
Joseph Burgess
Amy Bradley
D. of
A. V
C. W
Mr. Burgess
Surprise party honors Rev Mrs Allen at Montsweag parsonage
A Monday evening gathering hosted by Mrs Fred Soule with 65 attendees celebrated Rev Mrs Allen’s return. The event featured prayers, readings, music by Bath performers, games, and refreshments, with gifts arranged by Mr Graves.
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Miss Hovey
Allen
Secretary Tobey’s car tag joke in Lewiston
Lewiston reporters learned Secretary Tobey asked police where to park while hearing license restorations. An officer decorated his car tag as a joke, partly in the police zone. The Journal notes Tobey’s care to stay within traffic rules.
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Robinson C. Tobey
Lewiston
Tobey
Journal City Hall
Lewiston Journal
Bowdoin students paid to read gravestones under 1892 law
Three Bowdoin men reportedly earned pay by reading inscriptions on gravestones for a few weeks. The practice follows a 1892 statute requiring doctors and undertakers to report all deaths, a duty that was not previously enforced.
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Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Woolwich Minstrels Draw Big Crowd In Rainy Woolwich
A large audience attended the Woolwich Union for Christian Service minstrel show at Sebenon hall despite heavy rain. Proceeds go to a Sagadahoe Ferry club room fund. Performers included Clayton and Lloyd Stinson, Geraldine Rice, Eugene Rice, Harold Perkins, and others with acts from pantomime to harmonica solos and a special Mrs Swank Mammy appearance.
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Sebenon Hall
Woolwich
Jack
Clayton Stinson
Geraldine Rice
Lloyd Stinson
Lucille Stinson
Frederick Gilmore
Paul Sylvester
Gertrude Gilmore
Ruth Shellenbarger
Bath
Sambo
Eugene Rice
Harold Perkins
Marion Skinner
Faustina Reed
Dorothy Reed
Barbara
Mrs. Swank
Bath Red Men Trail to Belfast for Pow Wow
Twelve Sasanoa tribe members, No. 64 S. O. R. M., attended the Belfast pow wow on Saturday night. Great chiefs included George C. Abbott Bar Harbor and Henry Allen Orr's Island. Seventeen chiefs and 164 members from 27 tribes gathered. Domhegan tribe of Brunswick exemplified adoption. A 93-year-old Sabascodegan member from Orr's Island traveled 240 miles from Boston. James Johnson and Frank Johnson, ages 15, also attended from Orr's Island.
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Belfast
George C. Abbott
Bar Harbor
Great Sachem
Henry Allen
Orr's Island
Herbert B. Seal
Portland
Omar H. Francis
New Gloucester
Great Guard
Burton Webber, Jr
Forest
Brunswick
Boston
James Johnson
Frank
Toys Pouring In For Reconditioning At Morse High
Toys pour into Morse High School manual arts department for reconditioning to be distributed at Christmas. David Y Alkazin and the Morse High club will act as Santa to Bath's needy children with help from Oak Shurst Dairy pickups. Hundreds of worn toys arrive citywide, and crews work overtime to restore each item to first class condition.
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Morse High School
David Y. Alkazin
Morse High Manual Arts Club
Santa Claus
Bath
Alkazin
Death notice from Woolwich Grange 68 for Evelyn Reed
The Woolwich Grange Number 68 notes the death of Sister Evelyn Reed and extends condolences to her husband and family. The resolution calls for the charter to be draped in memory and copies sent to the husband and Bath Independent, with a record entry. Carrie Fuller returns to Senter's after illness and is welcomed by friends.
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Woolwich Grange
Evelyn Reed
Bath
Carrie Fuller
Senter’s
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