Training for Junior Leadership Theme Set for Maine Conference
The Garden Club Federation of Maine names Training for Junior Leadership as the theme for its second annual mid-Winter conference at the Eastland Hotel in Portland in January 2021. Federation president Mrs Harrie B Coe will preside. Miss Frances Miner of New York leads as conference teacher and guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Eastland Hotel
Portland
Harrie B. Coe
Nature Club
Frances Miner
New York
Ellen Eddy Shaw
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Brooklyn
C. Marshal Washburn
Augusta
Maine
Clarence S. Beveridge
Feder
Special Values for Thrifty Christmas Shoppers
Bargain shoppers discover all wool overcoats offered at a special holiday price of 19.95. The sale invites cost-conscious buyers to visit participating stores for limited stock and timely discounts during the festive season.
Mid-Winter conference plans for Maine Junior Nature work
The Mahine Junior Nature program outlines its mid winter conference with five principal chairmen handling Horticulture Conservation Junior Nature Roadside Development and Community Betterment. Committee meetings will set plans for next year. Hostess clubs Longfellow Garden Club Portland and St Marys Garden Club Falmouth Foreside will host.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ation
Maine
Edward F. Merrill
Burton L. Preston
C. Marshall Washburn
Fred 8. Woods
Maine Hills
Longfellow Garden Club
Portland
C. Omer Porter
St. Mary’s
Good Will Club Dedicates Sagadahoc Hall
The Good Will club of Sagadahoc Ferry will dedicate a new 30 by 45 foot hall on No 1 highway Wednesday evening December 14 with exercises a sale of fancy articles and supper. Funded by a bequest from Laura E Farnham and support from members, the event honors Harriett Hathorne and George Hathorne. Dining room and kitchen committees are named and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Ferry
No. 1
George Hathorne
Harriett Hathorne
Laura E. Farnham
Hi Y Club elects officers at first meeting
At the MI Y club's first season meeting held Thursday at the Y M C A, temporary officers were elected including Clare Fulton as chairman and John Coombs as scribe. Other organizers and members named include Leroy Lord, John Osborn, David Rich, Warren Higgins, Richard Cummings, Edward Sewall, Harry Fullerton, and Charles Cammack. Advisers William C Perkins and Omar R King attended. next meeting set for Thursday evening. Lincoln’s wholesale eel shipper reports 150,090 pounds sent to Brooklyn this season, aiding Maine eel trappers and truckers with about $25,000 in wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clare Fulton
Leroy Lord
John Osborn
John Coombs
David Rich
Warren Higgins
Richard Cummings
Edward Sewall
Harry Fullerton
Philip Chaney
Stanley Jack
Carlton Stover
Charles Camack
William C. Perkins
Omar R King
Lincoln
Brooklyn
Maine
Hos
Appointment Hours Include Weekdays and Saturday Visits
Business hours listed as Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays by appointment, with telephone contact 371-W.
Dr Wilson speaks to Bath Ministers on Costa Rica church life
Dr David L. Wilson of Central church delivered a comprehensive address on the Churches and Religion of Costa Rica based on Central America travels last summer to the Bath Ministers association at Grace church parish house. A robust discussion followed with gratitude expressed to the speaker and plans announced for Rabbi Abraham May to speak on Jan 9. The meeting welcomed Rev Cassius C. Whidden as a new member and noted attendees including Rev Charles R. Sims and Captain Clarence F Bowles among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Costa Rica
Central America
Bath Ministers Association
Grace Church Parish House
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Abraham May
Jesse Kenderdine
Beacon Street
North End
Cassius C. Whidden
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Louis A. Dole
Church of the New Jerusalem
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Church
Clarence F. Bowles
The
Salvation Army
Cosmo Club Supper and Sale Big Success
The Cosmopolitan club hosted its annual Christmas sale and supper with Mrs. Paul G. Bagdikian as general chair and Mrs. David S. Cogan leading the dining room. The event featured a cafeteria supper of lobster salad chicken salad escalloped clams potato chips hot rolls cake pie and coffee. A quilt won by Sarah Silverman was arranged by Mrs. George B. Connard and Mrs. Leslie J. Wold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Paul G. Bagdikian
David S. Cogan
Carroll A. Deering
N. Gratz Jackson
Susan G. Mitchell
Alice F. Johnson
George A. Churchill
George B. Connard
Leslie J. Wold
Sarah Silverman
Edwin H. P. Lowell
William L. Skelton
Roscoe P. MacFadden
Joseph I. Smith
Lillian I. Frost
Garden Club
Bowen Torrey
Fred W. Quimby
William Yule
Pair Heavily Fined for Shooting Affray
Carl Gibbs and Chester Curtis both of Richmond pleaded guilty in Municipal court at Richmond to a shooting incident early Sunday morning. Gibbs was fined 100 and cost 12.95 for drunken driving, Curtis 25 and 15 costs for property destruction. Curtis’s fine was suspended if he pays 50 to repair the Pease home after firing seven shotgun charges at the River road residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Randlette
Richmond
Carl Gibbs
Chester Curtis
Curtis
Pease
Gibbs
Fred
George Pease
Charles W. Messenger
Salvation Army Winter Fund Drive Opens Monday
The Salvation Army launches its Christmas dinners and Winter relief drive urging broad public support. Officials estimate at least 600 dollars is needed to meet expected demand, and every donation big or small will help ensure the program's success.
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Salvation Army
Girl Scout Council Adopts By Law Change on Meeting Month
The Girl Scout Council amended by laws changing the annual meeting from December to October. The change was adopted at a Wednesday meeting held at the Stonehouse, home of Mrs. Arthur Sewall. A nominating committee for the December 28 meeting was named: Mrs. Sumner Sewall, Mrs. Arthur Sewall, Mrs. David S. Cogan. Tea was served by the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girl Scout Council
Stonehouse
Arthur Sewall
Sumner Sewall
David S. Cogan
Odd Fellows Club Formed in Lincoln Lodge Meeting
An outline for forming a separate Odd Fellows club was presented at the Lincoln I O O F lodge meeting. Members and the public are invited to a card party at the lodge rooms Wednesday with bridge and pitch games and refreshments. Miss Barbara Ross of 607 High street leaves for Boston for employment with the Boston Fiduciary and Research Corp.
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Odd Fellows Club
Lincoln
Order
Barbara Ross
High Street
Boston
Boston Fiduciary and Research Corp
Visit to Denmark Described by Bath Iron Works Worker
Carl J. Severin of 20 Springstreet spoke to Central church Men's club about his summer visit to Denmark with Mrs. Severin. He described traveling from New York July 1 to Rotterdam and Amsterdam, then Hamburg Copenhagen and Stockholm, noting long summer days, modern business efficiency, and family in Denmark before returning August 25. The talk covered sights in Holland, Germany, and Sweden, with references to bicycles and a large Copenhagen. Supper was provided by Stanley Wallace, Frank Given, and Allen Oulton. The next meeting is December 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl J. Severin
Springstreet
Bath Iron Works
Central Church
Denmark
Severin
Bath
Anna Averill
New York
Rotterdam
Jan Byhouwer
Evelyn Oliver
Holland
Amsterdam
Hague
Hamburg
Germany
Copenhagen
Baltic Sea
Sweden
Antwerp
Stanley Wallace
Frank Given
Allen Oulton
Bath Represented At Flower Show
Bath was well represented at the Longfellow Flower club show in Portland on Monday. The event was praised as one of Maine's grandest after New York and Chicago, with a notable demonstration by Mrs. A. R. Benedict of New York on flower and table decorations. Several Bath residents attended, including leaders of the Cosmopolitan Garden club and other Bath families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Longfellow
Eastland
Portland
New York
Chicago
Maine
A. R. Benedict
Langdon Thaxter
Priscilla Kimball
Reginald T. Lombard
Dorothy Jewett
Cochairman
Sumner €Ewall
Jane S. Murphy
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Fred R. E. Dean
J. R. Andrews
Bowen Torrey
Fred N. Sanborn
Edmund A. Rothwell
Carl Y. Kennedy
Herbert R. Lemont
Roscoe P. McFadden
Ex Governor Baxter visits state Children's Home
Ex governor Percival P. Baxter visited the State Military and Naval Children's Home in Bath on a Sunday afternoon. He aims to visit at least once a year and shared stories about his dogs Garry, a seven year eight month old beagle, and his brother Rupert H. Baxter. Baxter donated Our Dumb Animals books and pet pamphlets, praising the matron Mrs. Louise R. Staples and the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Military and Naval Children's Home
Percival P. Baxter
Baxter
Garry
Gov. Baxter
Louise R. Staples
Gov
Bath
Workman's Special Bus Service in Winter Schedule
Due to higher traffic an extra bus named the Workman s Special will operate through the winter starting Monday. It leaves the Harvard set terminus at 5 p.m., runs via Washington North Lincoln and Center streets to Bath Iron Works, then along Washington Street to meet the north bound Winneganee bus at seven. It will then head north to handle overflow not taken by the regular bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Washington, North
Lincoln
Center Streets
Bath Iron Works
Washington Street
Winneganee
Bowdoinham Community Notes and Local Happenings
Bowdoinham residents attended eye surgery at Gardiner hospital with Mrs. Percy Tibbetts resting comfortably. The Merry Workers 4-H met six members. Delmar Curtis had a birthday party. hunters Spear Sedgley and Donald Hackett returned from Somerset Junction without success. Comfort Branch Sunshine Society planned Christmas ceer outreach. next meeting at Mrs Karl Hatch’s. Various visits noted from Frank Hackett and Dr Alexander Cairns. Raymond Tibbetts leaves Clay Hill, lives with sister. Queen Esther class quilted. Grange activities noted with 107 grangers present. 25 deer shot in Bowdoinham with one female hunter, Mrs George Ackley, taking a deer. Millicent Paige and John E Marshall Jr marry in Providence. Grammar school spelling contest underway. Walter Tome and Barbara Siegars lead teams. Obituary for Daniel Coombs. Dr Wilbur Browne and sister visited. Miss Bette Hobart earned first solo at Augusta Airport. Clara Fogg Inez Gowell drive to Portland. Mr and Mrs Donald Ware of Augusta visit. Emma Ferguson and others in Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Tibbetts
Gardiner Hospital
Merry Workers
Ralph McEwen
Delmar Curtis
John McCart
John Purington
Spear Sedgley
Donald Hackett
Somerset Junction
Comfort Branch Sunshine Society
Williams Danvers
Lisbon Falls
Karl Hatch
Frank Hackett
Rochester
N. H
Hattie Hackett
Alexander Cairns
Newark
Bowdoinham
Harold Rollins
Cairns
Maine
Portland
Saco
Augusta
Waldoboro
Raymond Tibbetts
Clay Hill
Richard Denham
Queen Esther
Methodist Sunday School
Ellis Moore
Emma Ferguson
Sagadahoc Pomona
Merry Meeting Grange
George Ackley
Millicent Paige
John E. Marshall, Jr
Providence
R. I
Marshall
Coombs High School
Walter Tome
Barbara Siegars
Daniel Coombs
J. N. Palmer
Wilbur Browne
Gealdine Browne
Brunswick
Emma Millay
Zina Maxwell
Bette Hobart
Bowdeinham
Popham Cottagers Endangered by Tuesday Tides
High tides and a southeast gale battered Popham Beach washing away bulkheads and sands from several cottages including the Hennessy and Hill properties. Eliza beth E Webber and Mrs Charles F Hathaway lost sand and foundation posts while Mrs Frank A Small’s bulkhead held. Guards noted tides high Tuesday, uncertain if cottages can endure ongoing washouts. Another high tide forecast for Thursday morning.
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Popham Beach
Hennessy
William Hill
Naugatuck
Charles F. Hathaway
Cambridge
Mass
Coast Guard
Frank A. Small
Bath
Mrs Reed leaves Mechanic Street for winter with Hill family
Mrs Frank G Reed has closed her home on Mechanic street and gone to Saco where she will pass the Winter and Spring with her daughter Mrs Howard P Hill.
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Frank G. Reed
Mechanic Street
Saco
Howard P. Hill
Classified Rates Notice for Wartime Newspaper
Local classifieds announce rates for first insertion up to 25 words at 35 cents and 20 cents for each subsequent insertion. Copy must reach the office by noon on Wednesdays to be included.
St Mary's Guild Sale a Success Despite Rain Storm
The Christmas sale and tea by St. Mary's guild of Grace church cleared a good sum for welfare and church work. Booths featured greens, wreaths, plants, and white chrysanthemums. Tea service used evergreen decorations and red candles with a large volunteer team managing food and fancy articles. Chrysanthemums were donated by Paul M. Olm of the Kennebec Greenhouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church
Fred D. Hill
Anna Trott
Priscilla Magoun
Charles S. Bartlett
Wilhelmina Gackenbach
Dorothy Milliken
Walter M. Hill
Guild
Charles M. Tubbs
Edward W. Bridgham
Augustus Perow
Carl C. Troop
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Herbert Calderwood
E. Everett Pierce
Harry B. Briggs, Jr
Harold W. DeLong
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Thomas Aikenhead
Russell Phinney
Warren F. Hawley
W. Henry Double
Daniel Williams
Paul M. Olm
Kennebec
Bowdoin Ladies' Aid Meeting and Town Notes
East Bowdoin Ladies' Aid plans a Thursday meeting with Mrs Grant Woods. Miss Marion Curtis of Boothbay visits her father N E Curtis. Briggs Downer of Brunswick stops by Mr Curtis's home. Mrs Nellie Cobb of Pittston has been visiting.
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East Bowdoin
Farm and city property listing from Bath
Farm or city shore property buyers or sellers may contact Fred B Reed Co manager Stanley E Wallace at 93 Front Street Bath telephone 514 W. A Christmas gift sale by Aunt Lou of Bay Point runs December 15 to 24 at Miller the Taller Front 81 inviting shoppers to browse Aunt Lous Gift Shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Shore
Fred B. Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Bath
Aunt Lou
Bay Point
Miller
Town Folks News Roundup From Local Happenings
Been ill at her mother’s home Mrs Carrie Douglass returned to work. M Barrett returned from a hunting trip with a fine deer. Mrs Irving Clough visited her father L C Starbird. Miss Marion Curtis a Boothbay teacher spends weeks at her father’s due to a chickenpox epidemic among pupils. H K Adams lost a valuable horse Monday night. Mrs Ernest Carr and Mrs Charles Babb visited Brunswick Monday. Mrs Nellie Cobb returned to work in Pittston after a week with her mother at Carrie Douglass’s for illness. Carroll Williams, ill at his mother Addie Williams’s, is able to be out again. Mr and Mrs Oscar Douglas of Lewiston spent the weekend at their cottage on Douglass road. Daniel A Coombs died last Tuesday at Bowdoin Center aged 88, oldest man in town. Survived by widow Matilda a daughter Mrs Mary Rogers and one son Vernal with several grandchildren and great grandchildren two daughters of Mrs Randall Coombs Lisbon Falls. this Thursday with Mrs Grant Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Douglass
M. Barrett
Irving Clough
L. C. Starbird
Marion Curtis
Boothbay
H. K. Adams
Ernest Carr
Charles Babb
Brunswick
Nellie Cobb
Pittston
Carroll Williams
Addie Williams
Oscar Douglas
Lewiston
Douglass Road
Daniel A. Coombs
Bowdoin Center
Matilda
Mary Rogers
Vernal Coombs
Randall Coombs
Marjory Rogers
Lisbon Falls
East Bowdoin
Hyde Camp Auxiliary Elects Officers in Grand Army Hall
Hyde Camp auxiliary to T. W. Hyde camp S of U V elected officers at Tuesday night meeting in Grand Army hall. Named were Velma Crocker past president Frances Warner president Jennie Garey vice president Florence Robinson treasurer Edna Carter patriotic instructor Eva Sanford chaplain Marion Darrah guide Jennie Middleton assistant guide Mattie Swain 1st color guard Minnie Cressey inside guard Annie Oliver outside guard Jennie Garey press correspondent Velma Crocker Ist trustee Helen Pratt 2d trustee Edith Miller 3d trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
U. V
Grand Army Hall
Velma Crocker
Frances Warner
Jennie Garey
Florence Robinson
Edna Carter
Eva Sanford
Marion Darrah
Jennie Middleton
Mattie Swain
Minnie Cressey
Annie Oliver
Ist
Helen Pratt
Edith Miller
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Garden Club Federation
Congress
Kingston Markmans
Melton
SEO
Oean
Max Katz
Elm Street
Good Will Club
Hi-Y Club
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Pleasant St
Brunswick, Me
DR. Wilson
Ministers’ Club
Cosmo Club
Justice Randlette
Central Church Men’s Club
Popham Cottagers
Stetson
Bissell
Red Cross
A. D. Stetson & Son
ST. Mary’s Guild
Bowdoin
John Howard
Heather Angel
Bulldog Drummond
George O’brien
Spencer Tracy
Mickey Rooney
Edward Ellis
Ann Shirley
Hyde Camp
Opera House
Joan Crawford
Robert Young
Ray Milland
Olympe Bradna
Richard Greene
Nancy
Kelly
Shirley Temple
Charles Farrell
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