Phippsburg Social Round Includes Travel Tales And Local News
Bath residents host a weekend turkey dinner with Mr and Mrs James L Morse and a cinema show by Mr and Mrs Shaw of Lewiston. The column notes icy roads causing minor accidents, upcoming Christmas programs by Sunday schools, pet cat sightings, illness recoveries, visitors from Boston, and the death of local roadside stand founders Frank and Mrs Leavitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James.l. Morse
High Street
Bath
Shaw
Lewiston
China
California
Yellowstone Park
William B. Perry
Cora Campbell
Percy Low
Granite Street
Beardsley
William Wish
Pitch Pine Hill
Phippsburg Road
George Larrabee
Dromore
Peter
Larrabee
Adelbert Williams
Marilla Williams
J. Oscar Wyman
Brighton
Mass
R. E. Wilkinson
Richmond
Wyman
Henry Minott
Minott
Charles L. Stevens
Alfred
Ernest Rogers
John Gowen
Kittery
George Dickinson Hill
Gray
Hill
Portland
Margaret Minott
Hebron Academy
Alice H. Minott
Posse Nissan School
Charles Hewitt
Winnegance
Aoer McCarty
Parker Head
Sunny
Ralph Wright
H. W. Cutting
Rhode Island
Wright
Frank Leavitt
Dromore Grangers Elect Officers At Annual Meeting
Mrs Elfreda M Perkins was re elected master of Dromore grange Tuesday evening at the annual election. Officers include Roscoe Woodman overseer Hubert McCarty lecturer Harry Nason steward Edward Waters assistant steward Lynette Caverly chaplain Minnie Woodman treasurer Marion Rafael secretary Ralph Trask gatekeeper Annie Wilson Ceres Eva Sanford Pomona Mabel Ansert Flora Rachel Scott lady assistant steward Evelyn Beals Edna Sanford members of the executive committee. Rachel Scott and Vernon Miller were bean bag contest captains with continued play at next two meetings. The losing team will supply refreshments for winners at close of contest. Next meeting will feature a Christmas program candle lighting service and tree Gifts to be exchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfreda M. Perkins
Dromore Grange
Roscoe Woodman
Hubert McCarty
Harry Nason
Edward Waters
Lynette Caverly
Minnie Woodman
Marion Rafael
Ralph Trask
Annie Wilson
Ceres
Eva Sanford
Pomona
Mabel Ansert
Flora
Rachel Scott
Evelyn Beals
Edna Sanford
Vernon Miller
North Sea Baltic Link Described by National Geographic
The bulletin explains the Skagerrak and Kattegat as the North Sea to Baltic waterway, detailing their location between the Scandinavian Peninsula and Denmark. It notes lighthouses at Lindesnes Ryvingen and Jammerbugt dangers, and the Skagen as the northern divider with the Kattegat stretching 150 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
North Sea
Skagerrak
Kattegat
Baltic Sea
Scandinavian Peninsula
Denmark
Kiel Canal
National Geographic Society
Sweden
Norway
Lindesnes
Ryving
Hirtshals
Hanstholm
Skagen
Popham Beach social and local tide study detailed
A Christmas social will be held at Society hall in Popham on Friday December 15 at 7 pm, hosted by the village school and Sunday school with a ten cent gift for adults. The article also covers a major winter storm, tide measurements by the Engineering Department along the Kennebec, local traffic delays, boat movements, and community notices including several residents’ travels, illnesses, and local business activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Hall
Popham
Wood Island
United States Engineering Department
Coast Guard
Kennebec
Parker Head
Cross Road
Small Point Road
New England
Dorothy Mattson
Newtonville
Mass
East Boston
Robert Brenner
Buffalo
Kennebec River
Perkins Island
McNulty
Cumberland
Portland
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Tanga
Parker Head Flats
Guy Crowley
Addison
Barbara Sprague
Yarmouth Academy
Leslie Greenlaw
Leslie, Jr
Leroy
Lubec
Frank Scott
Boston
Louis Gayton
Auburn
Gayton
Fred Waterhouse
St. Petersburg
Fla
Socony
Philip Wyman
Irving Dobbin
Elizabeth Oliver
Dora Bridges
Eugene W. Osgood
Government
Odd Ladies Lodge
Seaman Drake
Stephen Etnier
Stephanie
Gilbert Head
York
Ellison Moody
Ethier House
Ethiers
bester-Oliver
Spruceville
Blanchard Crowley
Fred Spinney
Morse High School
Parker Head Community News Skims December Activities
Bath and Parker Head residents report a busy week with visitors tests, Christmas sewing circles, Girl Scouts, and neighborhood gatherings. Notable notes include Mrs. Fred P. Young ill at home, Mrs. Nathaniel L. Stover recovering from a fall, and Parker Head School planning Christmas events on December 14 and 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Hewitt
Bath
Turner McCarthy
Helen Cushing
Cahoot Club
Orman Rogers
Burleigh Williams
Walter Cushing
Fred P. Young
George Morong
Clifton Morong
Sadie Savage
Olive Deejay
Leston Harrington
Bernard Wyman
John Libby, Jr
Frances
Holiday Hint Dont Abbreviate States in Addresses
Railway Express urges customers to spell full state names when mailing Christmas packages to avoid misdelivery. The note warns Missouri may go to Maine, California to Colorado, and other errors arise from illegible handwriting or similar abbreviations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Express
Missouri
Maine
Cal
California
Colorado
Early orange trees spread to Florida and California
The article notes that Spanish explorers introduced orange trees to Florida near the start of the 16th century and to California by the end of the 19th century. It claims California and Florida now produce about 97 percent of American oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Evers
California
Grain field pest bindweed cuts yields by half
Bindweed, a grain field pest, is estimated to reduce yields by as much as 50 percent in affected fields. The weed competes with crops for nutrients and moisture, threatening production in key growing regions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Dromore Grangers
Baltic
Popham Beach
Beatrice Chandler
Ernestine Spinney
Bay Point
Ernest Spinney
Eugene W Osgood
Colonial
Washington
Moses Chandler
Winneganee
Henry Leonard
Donald D. Daggett
Bangor
Island Falls
Auction Credit Association
Thomas C. Vose
Houston
Association
Daggett
Parker
Libby
John D. Libby
Allie Rollins
Earl Lowell
Brunswick
Barbara
Charles Perry
Charles Blaisdell
Albert Fuller
Harold Rogers
Bruvene Harrington
Francis Lander
Bruns Wick
Boy Scouts
Lewis Lowell
Byron Hammond
Will Lowell
John Rollins, Jr
John Rollins
John and
Alvin
Burl Lowell
Eugene Harrington
William Hallett
William. Jr
Ora Hallett
Woolwich
H. D. Mank
William Cushing
Fred Shepherd
Elmer Blaisdell
Owen Richardson
McConnell
Parker Head School
Parker Head Church
Bath Iron Works Corp
the Memorial Hospital
Nathaniel L. Stover
Libby Court
Markson Brothers
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Mackinaws
Raglans
Coats
Center Street
Bath, Maine
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