Bath Area Social Notes and Local Visits
Phippsburg scene records a long list of visitors and residents in Bath, Winneganee, and Small Point. It notes gatherings at homes, meals, hospital stays, and upcoming Bodwell Grange election, with several Bath and Portland trips and family movements across Maine and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiram B. Wyman
Camden
N. J
Bath
Mae Ye
Tounsils
John
Minott
Charles Ue
W Street
Fae Jean
Elizabeth
Ank Higgins
Court Street
H. i
Ernesters
Eleanor Brown
William Blaisdell
James L. Morse
Milton Pushard
Ralph Robinson
Brightwater
A. C. Brown
North Bath
George J
Emma Perry
Massachusetts
Portland
William
Winneganee
James E.perry
Frances Small
Perry’s Cove
George W. Larrabee
Perry
Chase
Wynburg
John C. Berry
Lucia Ferguson
Charles F. Pye
Dorothy Wallace
Boothbay Harbor
Grace Parks
Lillian
Winnganee
John Holbrook
Bodwell Grange
Edwin Oliver
CCC
Greenville
Orin C. Wallace
William T. Donnell
Carrie Pye
William W. Hosmer
Frank Connors
Ingalls Farm
George Wilson
Wilson
Sebasco Estates
Omar Perry
Edward Thomas, Jr
Morse High School
Katherine Johnson
H. B. Bass
Auburn council member and farmer cited in corn borer law
Roger D. Lowe and Frank L. Beals were brought to court in Auburn for failing to dispose of corn stubble under the new European corn borer control law. Nelson R. Trafton of the state Department of Agriculture filed the complaint. Judge James A. Pulsifer adjourned the hearing to December 10 as Lowe and Beals attempt to plow under their stubble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger D. Lowe
Auburn
Frank L. Beals
Nelson R. Trafton
State Department of Agriculture
James A. Pulsifer
Lowe
Beals
St Mark's Episcopal Church to mark 95th anniversary
St Mark's Episcopal Church organized in 1840 will observe its 95th anniversary on Sunday with a visit from Bishop Benjamin Brewster of Maine. Special programs will honor church and church school services. Rev. Herbert E. P. Presley serves as rector. two former rectors later became bishops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Benjamin Brewster
D.D
Maine
Herbert E. P. Presley
Bath Cher Ouse welcomes Frank Colburn to sixth year as manager
Frank J. Colburn Jr completes five years as resident manager of the Bath Cher Ouse on Thursday and begins his sixth with Bath. He came from Biddeford where he managed a theatre for a year and has won praise for his courteous, sympathetic approach, earning the regard of owners and Bath residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Colburn, Jr
Bath Cher Ouse
Bath
Biddeford
Rd House
Colburn
M. & P. Theatres
Ares
Five Counties Schoolmasters Club Forms From Kennebec Valley Group
Bath educators attend a Walton school meeting where the Kennebec Valley Schoolmasters club votes to adopt the name Five Counties Schoolmasters club uniting teachers from Kennebec Cumberland Knox Sagadahoc and Androscoggin. Dr Lloyd W Fisher of Bates spoke on Ethiopia. The next meeting is planned for Gardiner in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Counties Schoolmasters’ Club
Walton School
Auburn
Arthur B. Stott
J. Edward Pomeroy
Morsehigh
Duncan H. Farrell
Dike School
Kennebec Valley
Androscoggin
Lloyd W. Fisher
Bates
Ethiopia
Clara Harnden
Shirley Ann Smith
C. Herbert Taylor
Edward Little
Everett W. Perkins
Cony High
Augusta
Gardiner
Brunswick
Mechanic Falls
Lewiston
Venison Dinner Brings Grace Church Men Together
Grace Church men's club hosted an annual venison dinner at Grace Church with about 50 members and friends. Everett W Neal supplied the deer for five years, and the meal was prepared by William Adams and Carroll Watson. An Air Reduction Sales Co liquid air demonstration followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Church Men’s Club
Everett W. Neal
Churchill Lake
William Adams
Carroll Watson
Air Reduction Sales Co
Boston
Messrs Delbridge and Barron
Bath
Popham Beach Visitors and Coast Guard News
Bath and region social notes list visitors to Bath Jonesport and Popham Beach from IRVING DOBBINS to Capt Sprague improving health. Coast Guard station surfmen enjoy vacations and engagements with families. power boat rescue at Seguin Island noted amid a long string of local visits and a high tide making marsh roads impassable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calaren
Harry Spencer
Bath
Asiorden Irving
Dobbins
Coast Guard Station
Jonesport
Christopher Marr
Clayton Eugene Moore
Walter, Sprague
Kennebec
Sprague
Dora Crowley
Floyd Bridges
Kennebec River Station
Ralph McKenney
Seguin Island Light
McKenney
Urquhart
Margaret Stover
Jackie
Lester Oliver
Oliver
Marguerite McNulty
Silver Lake
Atkins Bay
Ethel] Osgood
Fred
Barbara
Auburn
Wilda Barlow
East Boothbay
Eugene Osgood
Light House
Clinton Newdick
Augusta
Barbara Fletcher
Boothbay
Raymond Larrabee
Ellison Moody
Gilbert's Head
Guy Crowley
Eugene Stover
Henry Leonard
Lloyd Bridges
Seguin Island
Millard Urquehart
Ernest W. Oliver
Clarence Perkins
Harry Pashard
Clifton Morong
Robert
Lisbon Falls
George E. Hoyt
Richmond
Popham
Popham Wharf
Freeman Oliver
Chester McCabe
Capt
Balentine Addresses Bath Rotary on Mexico Hunt and Politics
Thomas Reed Balentine of Portland spoke at Bath Rotary noon meeting, sharing experiences in Mexico and plans as a Republican candidate for Congress. He noted Mexico's land resources, church-state history, a well-armed army, and fishing tales of sailfish and bass. Also approved lumber for a hockey rink at South End playgrounds. Rupert H. Baxter attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Reed Balentine
Portland
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Balentine
Thomas Brackett Reed
Maine
Hamlin
Rotarians
Mexico
Rotary Club
Manual Training School
Rupert H. Baxter
Eighth Grade Pupils Form Reading Club at Central Grammar
Pupils of the eighth grade at Central Grammar School form The Pickwick Book Club under Miss Elizabeth D. MacGrath to stimulate interest in good books. Officers are Barbara Hopkins president Barbara Scott vice president Lucy Knox secretary. The group plans drama work and aims to build a school library with 25 books secured from the State Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central ‘Grammar School
Elizabeth D. ‘MacGrath
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Heaven
Coral Brink
Caddie Woodlawn
Aoh
Gay Neck
Louise
Louisa Alcott
Theodoré Roosevelt
Hig
Pickwick Book Club
Little Women
Barbara Hopkins
Barbara Scott
Lucy Knox
Parente
Stanley Cressey
William Hill
Sumner Sewalls Take Short Trip to New York City
Mr and Mrs Sumner Sewall of Washington Street left Friday night to spend several days in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Washington Street
New York City
Lincoln Colcord Visits Bangor Seeks Penobscot Shipping Models
Lincoln Colcord of Starsport and his collaborator Mr Chappele of New Haven conducted research in Bangor for a book on Penobscot River shipping. They sought vessel models and blueprints, inviting owners to contact with knowledge of locations for such prints or models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln Colcord
Starsport
Mr. Chappelle
New Haven
Conn
Teens Meet at Parker Home for Weekly Club Session
Members of a teen club held their weekly session by evening at Mrs. Parker O ' s home and plan to meet next Friday night with Mrs. Sherman L Morse. Light snow on the lake has blown off and several skaters were out Friday night Saturday and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Teen Club
Parker O
Sherman L. Morse
Morse High Girls Face Stiff Schedule This Season
Morse High girls basketball team schedules clash with Portland Deering Westbrook and six games set with Lewiston Freeport and Boothbay Harbor. Jan 4 opener at Deering, with home and away games through March. Eastport shifts to non partisan council manager government January 1 with 800 newcomers ineligible to vote and the mayor as ceremonial chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Deering
Westbrook High
Morse High
Lewiston
Freeport
Boothbay Harbor
Westbrook
Eastport
Bath retiree Benjamin F. Savage marks 88th birthday
Benjamin F. Savage of Bath, a retired fish dealer and former carpentry apprentice, celebrated his 88th birthday on December 3 at his High Street home. In good spirits, he attended Solar Lodge at Masonic Temple where he received a 50 year Grand Lodge medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Fr. Savage
Bath
High Street
Savage
Masonic Temple
Grand Lodge
Mr. Savage
Woolwich
Center Street
Rockport
Mass
Old Hyde Foundry
Water Street
Old City Hall
Old Patten Car Works
A. & K. Street Railway
North Street
Winter Street Church Holds Annual Meeting
Winter Street church convened in the chapel Thursday night with Rev. Joseph O. Purdue presiding. Officers were re-elected except for a new deacon, William C. Perkins, as Charles C. Low reported 22 years as church clerk and Jennie G. Silsby served as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Perkins
Winter Street Church
Joseph O. Purdue
Charles C. Low
Jennie G. Silsby
Missionary Meeting Minutes Read and Votes Taken
Reading of missionary and standing committee reports noted several named members including Charles C. Low Bilsby Edgar Leavitt Miss Prostina Marston and Rev Omar. Absent members were listed with letters read from them and a committee served refreshments chaired by Mrs taslgton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Purington
Charles C. Low
Bilsby
Edgar D. Leavitt
Prostina , Marston
Omar Alsor
Jeannette Smith
Merr
Mittee
Taslgton
Iy “Enipe
Professor Brooke Addresses Cosmo Club
Bowdoin College French professor Charles V. Brooke spoke to the Cosmo Club on Canada. He described governmental forms, Canada Britain relations, the border with the United States, and noted Governor Gene Buchan. Twenty members attended. the December 19 meeting is canceled and January’s session will cover Brazil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. Brooke
Bowdoin College
Brooke
Ottawa
Canada
Gene Buchan
Great Britain
United States
Brazil
Cosmopolitan Garden Club Planting Living Christmas Tree
On Friday the Cosmopolitan Garden club planted a fir tree as a living Christmas tree in front of the club house at 894 Washington Street to mark the birthday anniversary of poet Joyce Kilmer known for Trees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Kilmer
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Washington Street
Bar Harbor Sees Record Snow and Cold in 1931
Bar Harbor endured the deepest, heaviest snow and some of the coldest weather on record in 1931 after a warm fall and signs of a green Christmas following milder conditions in 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bar Harbor
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