Wills Approved in Sagadahoc Probate Session
At the December term opener Judge Walter S. Glidden allowed two wills Fred C. Cox of Bath leaving estate to sister Annie Cox and then to three Bath institutions and Elmer E. Rogers of Richmond leaving estate to Rebecca M. Rogers. Numerous estates administrations filings inventories accounts and petitions followed with executors guardians and trustees named and assets handled. A wedding reported as Marion Elizabeth Jacobs of Auburn married Franklin Averill Burke of Fort Fairfield with plans to reside in Fort Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Walter S. Glidden
Fred C. Cox
Bath
Annie Cox
Beacon Street Church
Bath City Hospital
Old Folks Home
Elmer E. Rogers
Richmond
Bath Trust Co
Rebecca M. Rogers
Edward W. Bridgham
Russell A. Ring
Evelyn I. Libby
Evelyn I. Dodge
James C. Stewart
John Stewart
Frank O. Griffin
Topsham
Ada G. Jack
Clarence E. Johnson
Katherine R. Johnson
John S. Place
William H. Place
Sarah H. Percy
William V. Percy
Frederic H. Low
Charles C. Low
Clara V. Troop
Bessie M. Barron
William B. Pierce
Harold Hilton Emerson
Fred Hilton
Clara W. Albee
Sidney B. Lermond
Elvira Athein
Winslow Rouse
Wilmot M. Kennerson
Delia B. Card
Woolwich
Mary L. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
William D. Sewall
Parker N. Moulton
Rufus D. Moulton
Augusta Trust Co
George H. Theobald
James D. Fraser
Helen M. Fraser
Frank M. Talbot
Grace L. Talbot
Martha E. Robinson
Peter Robinson
Herbert K. Adams
Melvin Tarr
Bowdoin
Wilbur H. Wyman
George M. Wyman
Phippsburg
Bath National Bank
Daniel Williams
Emma B. Barron
Albert M. Douglass
Guy C. G. Low
Georgetown
Edward C. Clarey
Anthe Fourmouzi
Constantine Phatiades
James A. Tarr
Beatrice M. White
Florence A. Tarr
Portland
Charles A. Harriman
Gardiner R. Deering
Lucille K. Johnson
Richard Neagle
Margaret N. Crocker
Swampscott
Mass
Edward F. Johnson
Vince J. Bradeen
Marion Elizabeth Jacobs
Leslie E. Jacobs
Lake Street
Auburn
Franklin Averill Burke
Fort Fairfield
Aves. Oliver
Lewiston
Skowhegan High School
Colby College
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Northampton
Flora Burke
Bowdoin College
Harvard Business School
Sigma Nu Frater
Fort Faireld
Thanksgiving Visitors and Local Notes From Phippsburg
Phippsburg notes list visitors and guests over Thanksgiving including Mrs Walter J Pierce returning to Brooklyn after two weeks with her mother Mrs W B Perry. Several Bath Lewiston West Newbury and Sebasco residents are mentioned as holiday guests and gatherings. The Phippsburg PTA set to meet Friday at 2 p.m. in the town hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. Pirce
Brooklyn
N. Y
W. B. Perry
Williamees
Bath
Lillian Parks
Lewiston
J. L. Morse
Gertrude Blaisdell
Stephen Synnott
West Newbury
Mass
Susie §Shofield
Hettie Morse
Winneganee
Ernest Rogers
N. W. Eaton
Sabattus
William Harriman
Alice Johnson
Virginia Gilmore
H. H. Watson
Charles Leavitt
Augusta
F. P. Leavitt
Tyleston Oliver
Alice Coffin
J. E. Perry
Edmund Rollins
Boston
Gilbert Woodman
Beulah Anderson
Sebasco
Lisbon Falls
Edwin Oliver
Blaisdell
Morrison
Nathaniel Percy
Parker Head
Eric Carlson
Jane Feero
Walter J. Pierce
Cora Campbell
J. F. Perry
Swanton Wyman
Small Point Beach
J. R. Rogers
Phippsburg P. T. A
Social Evening At Morong Home Includes Prize Winners
Mr and Mrs George Morong hosted a Saturday Pede party with guests including Mr and Mrs Fred Young Mr and Mrs Arthur Darling Mr and Mrs James Kewin and nephew Earl Gagnon Mrs Eugine Harrington Mrs Dorothy Blaisdell Mrs Walter Cushing and daughter Leonice Edwin Wyman and Will Lowell. Cards ran till midnight with Ed Wyman and Mrs Lowell winning first prizes. Several attendees announced traveling trips and local news items followed, noting goose hunting and health updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Morong
Fred Young
Arthur Darling
James Kewin
Lewiston
Earl Gagnon
Eugine Harrington
Dorothy Blaisdell
Walter Cushing
Leonice
Edwin Wyman
Will Lowell
E. Lowell
Ed Wyman
Lowell
Walter Agen Be
Plymouth
Jams Kerwin
Earl
Eugene Harrington
Auburn
John Lucas Tree Co
Frances Kreidler
Boston
C. S. Marks
Lester Harrington
Bath
Fred Osgood
Bath City Hospital
Florida vacationers report boost in St Petersburg tourism
Mr and Mrs John H Stacey of Pop ham Beach arrived in St Petersburg Florida en route from New London Washington and Southern Pines. They note about 1000 more tourists have registered in St Petersburg this year than the 1932 figure and that Stacey’s shuffleboard club number rose from 1273 to 1395 in three days. A band concert on the park drew several thousand attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Stacey
Popham Beach
St. Petersburg
Fla
New London
Washington
Southern Pines
Stacey
Suffleboard Club
Parks to Lead Morse High Basketball Team
Alfred A. Parks Jr known as Bloody has been chosen to lead the Morse High School basketball quintet for the 1933-34 season. He is a versatile athlete who starred as a ground gainer on the football team last fall and plays outfield in baseball. A YMCA Beacon alum, Parks contributed a strong forward game for Morse last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred A. Parks, Jr
Morse
Morse High
Young Parks
Beacon
Morse Five
Children’s Singing Guild Organized at Winter Street
Thirty seven children from second to eighth grades formed the Winter Street Children’s Singing Guild on Sunday afternoon. They will meet weekly to learn church hymns and share social events. Officers elected include Robert Huse president Betty Swanton vice president Connie Morin secretary Roswell McHaskell treasurer. Adult leaders are Mrs Maxwell Powers Mrs Carlton Rice Mrs Carl E Albee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Children's Singing Guild
Robert Huse
Betty Swanton
Connie Morin
Roswell Mc Haskell
Maxwell Powers
Carlton Rice
Carl E. Albee
Bath Built Lightship Proves Self Seaworthy in Hurricane
Maurice D. Perry reports from Chelsea that the Bath built Diamond Shoal Lightship survived a hurricane off Cape Hatteras with minor damage. Master C. C. Austin credits brave crew and seamanship for keeping the vessel, the largest lightship, afloat during 120 mph winds and 3 feet water in engine room bilges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice D. Perry
Amos F. Perry
Summer Street
Chelsea
Mass
U. S. Department of Commerce Lighthouse Service
C. C. Austin
Diamond Shoal
N. C
Austin
Atlantic
Cape Hatteras
Diamond Shoal Lightship
U. S
Central Church League Plans Christmas Sale
At the parish house the Central Church league outlined a Christmas sale for December 6 at two o clock featuring aprons cooked foods greens and candy. refreshments will follow at four with chicken patties rolls pies cakes and coffee. The group will begin the new year with a January 8 supper and entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church League
William S. Newell
Martha A. Foote
Charles A. Seale
Luther S Thompson
Cornish Guide James P Small Traces Ancestry To 1668 Francisboro Post
James P Small of Cornish, recently returning from his first Maine woods guiding season, is a direct descendant of the English adventurer who in 1668 bought land between the Great and Little Ossipee rivers and built Francisboro trading post. The post burned in a conflict with Indians, and Small barely escaped. He is a crack shot and plans to train further to become a professional guide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Small
Cornish
Maine Woods
Great
Little
Ossipee Rivers
Francisboro
Small
Winter Ice Sled Ready for Lake Use
Randall Coombs builds a motor driven ice sled for winter lake use. Sunday service at Winnegance drew a large crowd with Miss Sims presenting a sermon theme on floods of God's love rooted in Noah and the Ark. Evangelistic meetings proceed at Bath churches led by Rev. L L Dunnet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Coombs
Winnegance
Miss Sims
Iceland
Lithuania
Africa
Noah
First Baptist
Corliss Street Baptist
Bath
Rv. L. L. Dunnet Gardiner
Corliss Street
Hazel Coombs
Portland
Herman Coombs
Isle Au Haut
Herbert R. Morse
Myr Morse
High Street
Morse
Sherman L. Morse
Joseph Charles Footer & Son
Harry F. Oliver
Bermuecy Drake
Thatcher Pinkuem
Joseph O. Purdue
Weuter Street
Churet
Farm Buildings Destroyed by Fire in West Bath
Fire of mysterious origin destroyed the two story eight room Thurston farm complex on Berrys Mill road in West Bath early Wednesday. The dwelling tool house sheds and barn burned to ashes leaving only a chimney. Neighbors aided and the furniture was saved except kitchen items. The family had moved there recently from 568 Washington Street. A nearby Holbrook home also burned in October and another barn fire occurred but caused little damage. The blaze's cause remains undetermined and local officials sought to break a recent spate of fires in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred W. Thurston
Berrys Mill Road
West Bath
Thurston
Holbrook
Frank Sprague
Fifty Four Years of Farm Life for Mr and Mrs Small
Mr. and Mrs. Small celebrate 54 years of marriage and continue active on their Maine farm. He is 85, she 12 years younger. They have three daughters and nine grandchildren. Both became deaf in childhood. educated at Hartford, they chose rural life over city comforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Small
Lizzie D. Wilson
Brunswick
Joel Gould
Oakland
Calif
West Side High School
Newark
N. J
William F. Frick
Bloomfield
John A. Dunn
Bowdoinham
Morse High Splits Squad into Three to Boost Play
Morse High trims to 14 players and divides into varsity, junior varsity, and freshman units. Four more will move up to varsity soon as Jayvees and freshmen prepare separate schedules and travel plans for out of town games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cit
Mukmi
Morse
Vaarsity
Othe
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscos Pyeeport
Richmond
Yarmouth
Lisbon Falls
Roeshmen
Morgan and Stackpole Set for Friday Boxing Clash
Ralph Morgen of Boston, who has defeated Cyclone Jimmy Sawyer twice in eight days, will headline the Arcade arena show this Friday night opposite Young Stackpole of South Portland. Morgen stopped Sawyer in Biddeford last Friday and also beat him in Lewiston on points. Stackpole has two Bath appearances, beating Johnny Wilson and Mickey O’Brien in recent shows. Promoter Nick Mihalos promises five bouts, including Lewiston’s Al Bedard vs Young Jack Dempsey in the semifinal, and other preliminaries featuring Bath and Lewiston fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Morgen
Boston
Cyclone Jimmy Sawyer
Bath
Young Stackpole
South Portland
Morgan
Sawyer
Biddeford
Cyclone
Lewiston
Young Staakpole
Johnny Wilson
Mickey O’brien
Nick Mihalos
Wso
al Bedard
Jack Dampsey
Bedard
Dempsey
Farmer B
McMann Appeals Case To January Term
Herbert H. McMann of 789 Middle Street was arraigned in Bath on illegal possession of intoxicating liquor after a gallon jug seized at his residence. Convicted, he was fined 200 dollars plus 6.57 costs or six months in Augusta jail. appeal bond set at two 500-dollar sureties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. McMann
Middle Street
Bath
Augusta
Loring J. Small
Everett Betts
John P. Carey
Sim
Ralph O. Dale
McMann
John J. Keegan
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Santa Eulalia Reaches Bowdoinham After Icebound Passage
The 257-foot steamer Santa Eulalia arrived at the Gibbons Coal Co. Saturday night carrying 500 tons of sulphate of ammonia for the Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co. Bowdoinham after an 18 day voyage from Hamilton Ontario. Captain Waetee described a grueling voyage through icy St. Lawrence canals with heavy weather and near nonstop shifts for the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Eulalia
Gibbons Coal Co
Sagadahoc Fertilizer Co
Bowdoinham
Hamilton
Ontario
St. Lawrence Canals
Caret Lakes
Posiion
Boston
Seeuin
Ate
Charles A. Blair
Neha Fey
Eulalia
American & Cuban Line
Atlante & Great Lakes Steamshing Corp
Toledo
Ohio
Paul FB. Waetee
Baltimore
Waetee
Father Point
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic
Waet
Bath
Suggestions Offered For Care Of The Eyes In Maine
The Maine optometrists convention in Portland featured Dr. E. B. Alexander advise on eye care. He urged delaying reading instruction for children, avoiding detailed early tasks, and using indirect lighting. He noted light placement, proper illumination, and avoiding excessive near-screen viewing to reduce strain and potential behavioral issues linked to eyestrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Optometrists
Portland
E. B. Alexander
American Optometric Association
Pennsylvania
Eyes and social misery linked in overlooked causes
A historical note argues that defective eyes contribute to widespread personal and social suffering beyond common belief, highlighting the broader impact of vision problems on daily life and well being.
Girl Scouts Granted Extended Room Use For Meetings
Y M C A directors at their monthly meeting granted Girl Scout executives extended time in a building room for meetings. Currently used Thursday afternoons, the space will be available on Monday or Tuesday afternoons due to rising interest and new patrols. Sidney L. Eaton will oversee nominating committee for five directors for three years and officers for one year, with annual meeting set Jan 2. Audit of the annual campaign drive and monthly secretaries reports were approved. Edward Sewall presided in Baron’s absence. others included Frank B. Nichols and William C. Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney L. Eaton
Charles ©. Low
Edward Sewall
Pres. Baron
Wesley Sorority Plans Sale For Christmas Fundraiser
At Wesley M E church a meeting led by Mrs. Andrew M Butterfield planned a Friday December 15 sale in the vestry starting at two. The event features a fancy table a doll table a Knobby Kratters novelties table and a supper with cold ham mashed potatoes Baxter's green peas Caroage salad rolls coffee and cake Edward Coombs will sell supper tickets. Members 18 attended with Mrs. Butterfield and Mrs. William Davis hosting. Mrs. Leland S Plummer asks donors to drop fancy work at the parsonage by December 13 for display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley M. FE. Church
Andrew M. Butterfield
Granite Street
Edward Coombs
Butterfield
William Davis
Leland S. Plummer
Maine Legislature Faces Possible One Month Session
Maine political circles weigh a month long session as leaders fear crowded primaries. Percival Baxter is repeatedly mentioned as a strong potential candidate due to trusted business judgment and broad state knowledge. Gossip links Governor Brann to frequent travels—to Washington 22 times in 11 months of office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percival P. Baxter
Maine
Baxter
Carl E. Milliken
State House
Brann
Washington
Possible Candidate for Maine Republican Chairmanship Emerges
Discussion swirls over who may succeed Daniel F. Field as Maine Republican State Committee chair. Ex mayor Harold N. Skelton of Lewiston attracts attention for youth, energy, and business sense, with ties to William L. Skelton and William B. Skelton. Also mentioned is Frank J. Hain, renowned as a strong organizer and former party leader, signaling a bid from experienced hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Committee
Daniel F. Field
Harold N. Skelton
Lewiston
William L. Skelton
Bath
William B. Skelton
Maine Public Utilities Commission
Frank J. Hain
Tax Collector Compiles 1933 34 Unpaid Real Estate Taxes
Tax Collector Donald D. Young works on the 1933 34 unpaid real estate tax list set to be advertised around December 8. The list is larger than usual, though officials expect the usual last minute rush before advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Young
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Parker
Florida
Parks
Morse High Basketeers
Children’s Singing Guild
Diamond Shoals
S. F. Dowdy
Cape Henry
Portsmouth
League OF Central Church
Jin
Morse High Squad
Alfred Parks
Guy Norton
Pinkham
W. Oliver
Bill Boyce
Maurice Skaling
Ernie Sarkis
Paul Stinson
Alfred McCabs
Phil Oliver
Gerald Carr
Junior Dearborn
Robert Buryon
Robert Stevens
Lord
Perry
Fuller
Chaney
Owen
Robbins
Gaudet
H Sarkis
Farnham
McNel
Gilmore
Bailey
Mulcahy
Donnell
Jacquith
Babine
Osborne
Baurtbach
A. Gallant
F. Gallant
Burns
Paimiumner Morody
Cooper
Grace
Morgan and
Stackpole
M’mann
Girl Scouts
Y.M.C.A
Wesley Sorority
L. F
Atwood
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