Original Records of Maine's First Farmers Society Found
Samuel Vaughan of Hallowell and Boston donated the original books of records of the Agricultural Society of Maine to the University of Maine. The society, incorporated in 1818, included future governors, justices, and notable leaders. meetings began in Hallowell June 4 1818 and a cattle show at Hallowell October 25 1820. The society faded due to dispersed members and limited funds, but it spurred agricultural education and county societies before the Civil War.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Vaughan
Hallowell
Boston
University of Maine
Agricultural Society of Maine
Arthur A. Hauck
University
Vaughan
General Court of
Massachusetts
Maine
Joshua Brooks
William King
Bath
William D. Williamson
Bangor
Williamson
Nathan Cutler
Supreme Court
Prentiss Mellen
Nathan Weston
Nicholas Emery
Samuel S. Wilde
Supreme Court of
Jon Chandier
Ruel Williams
Judah Dana
Stephen Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Leonard Jarvis
National House
Peleg Wadsworth
Longfellow
Henry Dearborn
Jefferson
United States
Moses Greenleaf
Greenleaf
James Bridge
Plymouth Land Company
Robert Hallowell Gardiner
William Tudor Gardiner
Benjamin
Charles Vaughan
Agricultural Hall of Fame
Daniel Cony
Augusta
Jesse Robinson
Pittston
Benjamin Brown
John Davis
Joseph North
Samuel Reddington
Theodore Lincoln
Dummer Sewall
Thomas Ruggles
Peleg Tallman
John Chandler
Monmouth
Kennebec County
John Merrick
Eliphalet Gillet
Vassalboro
Benjamin Vaughan
Ariel Mann
Robert H. Gardiner
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
L. G. Thornton
York County
Stephen Longfellow, Jr
Cumberland
William Crosby
Hancock
Kennebec
Calvin Selden
Somerset
Martin Kinsley
Penobscot
Great Britain
Gale
New England
Jonathan Pullen
Winthrop
Quicksilver
George A. Rogers
Morse High Senior Cited for Heroism
Philip Beaney of Bath a Morse High School senior is named among eight Boy Scout heroes honored by Daniel Beard for saving Harold Thompson at Nequasset Lake. Beaney, Life Scout of Troop 52, swam to Thompson and towed him to shore after Thompson struggled 25 feet from the dam. Local Scouts vote Sept. 16 to present a life saving award.
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Daniel Carter Beard
Boy Scouts of America
National Court of Honor
Morse High
Philip Beaney
Woolwich
Beard
Boys’ Life
Boy Scout Organization
Mr. Beard
All Boys
J. P. Fraley
Hitchins
Guy Groff, Jr
Marengo
Iowa
Kenneth Simonson
Redridge
Mich
John Mentha
Staten Island
N. Y
John Ruggs
Yonkers
Bath
William Benham
Naposleon
Eldon Shaffer
Berrien Center
Mr. Beaney
Fred T. Beaney
Harold Fred Thompson c
Shrewsbury
Mass
Nequasset Lake
Beaney
Mr. Thompson
Hartley Lounsbury
Dromore Grangers Elect Their Officers at Regular Meeting
Dromore Grange held its regular meeting Tuesday evening electing Mrs Elfreda Perkins master reelected George J Invalls overseer reelected Mrs Eveline Beals lectures reelected Ralph Kenney steward reelected Hubert McCarty assistant steward Miss Bessie M Hunt chaplain reelected Mrs Annie Malcolm treasurer reelected Miss Marion Rafnell secretary reelected Ralph Traskanve keeper reelected Mrs Jances Leavitt Ceres Mrs Eva Sanford Pomona Mrs Grace Kenney Flora reelected Mrs Edna Carter Lady Assistant Steward Harry P Nason member of the executive committee for three years Installation set for June 11 by Obidiah Gardner past State Grange master who installed the Dromore officers that year. Assisting him are Mr and Mrs Chuarivs M White and Mr and Mrs Davis. Calendar photos and listings follow with sale and calendar details.
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Dremore Grange
Elfreda Perkins
George J. Invalls
Eveline Beals
Ralph Kenney
Hubert McCarty
Bessie M. Hunt
Annie Malcolm
Marion Rafnell
Ralph Traskanve Keeper
Jances Leavitt
Ceres
Orame
Chuarivs M. White
Augusta
Davis
Capital Grange
Sstate
Aerivwn
Orange
Surte Grange
Bessie M Hur
Srange
Breaks Reported At Morse High School And Rowe Motor Co
Break ins occurred overnight at Morse High School and Rowe Motor Co on Front Street. Tools stolen from the manual training dept. about $25 in cash taken from Rowe office. investigators believe the crime involved more than one person and warn local businesses to heighten security.
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Morse High School
Rowe Motor Co
Front Street
Motor Company
Walter L. Whitney
Manual Training Department
Robert D. Green
Night Force
Marshal Whitney
Langdon E. Green
Jimmy
Central League Holds Its Sale and Supper
Central Church League conducted its annual sale and supper in the parish house on Tuesday. About 100 diners were served a menu of chicken patties, peas, hot rolls, pie, cake, and coffee. Decorations and chairing were provided by league members led by president Mrs. Arthur W. King.
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Central Church League
P. M. Olm
Edward A. Cummings
Arthur W. King
League
Horace P. Morse
Charles A. Soule
Flora Bacon
James T. Bonney
William Palmer
Francis Hill
W. G. Grace
Muriel Grace
Luther S. Thompson
Gardiner R. Deering
Leslie J. Wold
Alexander MacDonald
Joan M. Harrison
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Charles L. Oliver
Frederick Edney
Fish Pond
David L. Wilson
Hiram T. Stevens
Ralph C. Whitehouse
Elmer Sidelinger
William Daley
Leonard M. Lord
Ethel Blake
Arthur Pratt
Allan W. Oulton
David M. McKellar
Owen J. Ledyard
William H. Small
Charles E. Helah
Belle Welch
Seth S. Mullin
Edmund P. Briggs
John McInnes
Archibald M. Main
Henry C. Wright
Martha Foote
Archibald Miller
Harold S. Avery
Christmas Beano Party for Salvation Army Funds
American Legion plans a Christmas Beano on Thursday December 16 at the Legion hall to aid Salvation Army Christmas dinners. Proceeds after prizes go to the Salvation Army. Admission by vegetable or food donation such as sugar flour potatoes or canned goods. Adjutant Tripp and Salvation Army assistants will accept gifts. Hall expected to fill well before eight for the charitable event.
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American Legion
Legion
Rawleigh sales drive demand for necessities across regions
Rawleigh's advertising promotes Rawle'c Necessities with easy sales, no experience required, supplying sales literature and complete service. Profits expected to rise monthly as mood routes open nearby. Contact Rawleigh's Dept MEI 963 Albany NY or Fred B Reed Co Bath manager Stanley E Wallace at 3 Front Street Bath tel 514 W 94016.
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Rawleigh
Rawleigh’s
Albany
N. Y
Fred B Reed Co
Stanley E. Wallace
Front Street
Bath
Bath YMCA funds shown well invested in report
The Bath YMCA reports its trust fund securities exceed donors' gifts with market value near 49,429 dollars from a 50,013 dollar donation. The pool fund totals 9,609 toward a 50,000 goal for a proposed gymnasium as directors plan fundraising. The annual secretary’s report spans 40 pages, with a budget of 8,017.83 for 1937 38.
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Y.M.C.A
Arthur Sewall
Charles C. Low
Friends of the Association
William C. Perkins
Roger D. Skillings
Treasury
Association
Edward Sewall
Arthur J. Dunton
Columbia Theatre
Sidney L. Eaton
Frank B. Nichols
A. I. Stuart
Final Report on YMCA Campaign Surpasses Records
The YMCA financial campaign raised 3415.85 in cash this year with 137 in pledges to be paid soon. Among 709 prospects in town, 502 donated 3195.85 and 45 out-of-town prospects contributed 217. A total of 525 contributors set a record for the campaign. Listed donors include Bath Box Co, W. Starling Burgess, Harold F. Dowling, Ralph B. Dunton, Duncan Farrell, James A. Gillies Jr, Mrs John H. Hyde, and others across Bath, Sagadahoc, and affiliated groups.
Winter Street Ladies Aid Sale and Supper Pleases Hundreds
The Winter Street church ladies aid held its annual Christmas sale and supper in the chapel last week with Mrs. Arthur Lemont in charge. More than 200 guests were served a menu including chicken soup and hot coffee. The event featured many tables with items such as aprons books candy and crafts and decoration from Kennebec Greenhouses. The aid will meet Friday at 2 30 with hostesses listed and then recess until January 7 for an all day session.
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Ladies’ Aid
Winter Street Church
Arthur OC. Lemont
Charles E. Plaisted
Hiram R. Annis
Seth Stewart
Milton C. Trott
Aid
Clifford B. Wilband
Walter H. Bowker
Kennebec
Clare Coombs
Clarence W. Morse
Abigail F. Carter
Isabel Carter
Carl E. Albee
Charles Andre
Clarence Dalton
Brunswick
Sarah Lermond
Maxwell Powers
Joseph O. Purdue
Alice G. Shorey
Ruth F. Skillings
Alice E. Varney
Clinton D. Wilson
Arthur C. Lemont
Walter F. Abbott
John E. Atwood
Wallace L. Atwood
Wilbra Billings
Leroy F. Colby
Edward C. Daley
Charles H. Frost
Albert Henderson
Allen M. Irish
Frank M. Lemont
John A. Lord
John A. Morse
Pauline Moulton
Cecil E. Paine
Addison F. Pendleton
Bessie Potter
William Potter
Sylvester H. Rowland
Edward B. Smith
Fred K. Sturtevant
Charles P. Wetherbee
Corrie H. Varney
Randall Leonard
Elizabeth Beal
William H. White
Helen Foster
Enma E. Walker
Elsie Folsom
Arthur K. Purington
David L. Black
Harry M. Huse
Carleton L. Rice
Alice N. Magoun
Mary E. Campbell
Davis Hatch
Samuel R. Percy
Charles Nelson
Frostina E. Marston
J. Albert Redion
Elwina F. Durgin
Harry Walters
Charles C. Low
Langdon T. Snipe
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Horace W. Ward
J. Edward Drake
Sarah Hitchcock
Bessie Dickinson
Roscoe P. McFadden
Warren E. Kershner
Fred Foote
Fred P. Emmons
Moore Coombs Moore wed in Brunswick ceremony
Miss Eleanor Coombs and Fenton Moore, both of Bath, married in Brunswick Friday at eight by Rev. Alfred G. Davis. The couple, unattended, plan to live with the bride’s mother at 15 Cherry street. The bride wore aquamarine knit ensemble with a rose bud corsage. The groom works in the Hyde Windlass Co propeller department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eleanor Coombs
Fenton Moore
Bath
Brunswick
Alfred G. Davis
Methodist Church
Pleasant Street
Moore
George Coombs
Coombs
Cherry Street
Lester Lewis
Hyde Windlass Co
McLain and Hubbard Wed in Bath Ceremony
Marriage filings show Albert McLain of St. Johnsbury and Lillian Hubbard of Lyndon Center wed December 1 in Bath. Reverend George B. Wolstenholme officiated at the People's Baptist parsonage, 95 Court Street.
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John W. Gilmore
Albert McLain
St. Johnsbury
Lillian Margaret Hubbard
Lyndon Center
Bath
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Baptist Church
Court Street
Bowdoinham Grange elects officers at regular meeting
At the Merry Meeting Grange in Bowdoinham Chester Hobart is named Master and Emma Ferguson elected Lecturer. Other officers include Fred Leavitt Steward and Ella Purington as Secretary. Clarence Purinton is audit chair for 1937. The meeting also noted Farm Bureau activity and a Coombs High basketball win over Gardiner 36 31 with Temple and Carras scoring.
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Merry Meeting Grange
Chester Hobart
Emma Ferguson
Ella Purington
Fred Leavitt
Chester Jack
Bernita Jack
Charles Sherman
Ernest Frye
Leroy Adams
Ceres
Pomona
Clarence Purington
Flora
George Hamilton
Louisa Given
Charles Berry
Audi
Stella Nickerson
Fryeburg
Saturay
MacDougal
Jose
Richmond
George Widge
Sebago Lake
Charles Hackett
Brunswick
Coombs
George Ackley
Grant Woods
Bowdoin
Rosetta Gowell
Litchfield
Inez Gowell
Carrie Kendall
South Gardiner
Vera Winters
Waterville
Helen Britt
Mary Purington
Helen Beauchesne
Paris
Oxford University
Lloyd George
Herbert Leighton
Clay Hill
Dixfield
State Road
Grant Hulse
Mr. Hulse
State Grange
Lewiston
Raymond Tibbetts
Arlene Wildes
Tibbetts
Edwin Allen Lightner
William B. Kendall
Wilbur Emerson, Jr
New York
Earl Brown
Beatrice Fitz
Topsham
Karl Hatch
George Johnston
Bowdoinham
Girl Scout Leaders Association Holds Busy Meeting
Mrs Linwood F Carr presided at a large Y M C A gathering last Wednesday. Oscar Holt of Auburn led a handicraft class while reports on the Bowdoin pool swimming project highlighted progress toward first class tests and swimmers badges. Plans for Christmas carolling were set and troops outlined visits to local care facilities. The group voted to aid Christmas Health Seals to combat tuberculosis.
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Girl Scout Leaders’ Association
Linwood F. Carr
Oscar Holt
Auburn
Bowdoin Pool
Association
Glenn H. Easton
William W. Dennison
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bath Memorial Hospital
Old Ladies’ Home
Old Folks Home
City Farm
Holt
Carter Corliss Wedding Joins Genesta Corliss and Ethwold Carter
Genesta Fogg Corliss and Ethwold Frank Carter were married in Day's Ferry Congregational Church with a single ring ceremony conducted by Charles A. Brown. The bride wore crushed rose satin and a matching picture hat, and the couple celebrated with a reception at the bride’s parents home. The wedding party included Miss Gertrude Gilmore and Frederic Gilmore as cousins, John H. Carter as the usher, and guests from Portland Boston Richmond and Livermore Falls. The bride is a Morse High School and Bath Memorial Hospital trained nurse. the groom is a Morse High School and Coyne Electrical School graduate employed at Bath Iron Works. The couple will reside with John H. Carter after a wedding trip.
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Day's Ferry Congregational Church
Genesta Fogg Corliss
R. N
Ethwold
Frank Carter
Charles A. Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Gertrude E. Gilmore
Frederic D. Gilmore
John H. Carter
Mrs. Carter
Miss Gilmore
George Wright
Willis Lake
Bath
Albion L. Corliss
Livermore Falls
Rachel J. Gilmore
Corliss
Gilmore
Portland
Boston
Richmond
Carter
Morse High School
Coyne Electrical School
Chicago
Nequasset
Bath Iron Works Corp
Prospective Bride given a Shower for Miss Etta Emery
Miss Etta Emery of the Brunswick High School faculty received a miscellaneous shower Friday evening in her honor before her marriage to Frank E. Barker of Bath. A supper followed at the Holbrook House with numerous guests presenting gifts to the bride-to-be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Etta Emery
Brunswick High School
Frank E. Barker
Bath
Holbrook House
Roscoe B. Ham
Charles Randall
Edwin Graves
Roger Allen
Howard Alexander
Lillian Emery
Letha Edwards
Lucille Jackson
Nell Dyer
Maybelle Beach
Geraldine Hall
Mary Lee
Alma Holbrook
Margaret Lynnehan
Muriel Farnum
Emery
Bowdoinham Man Held on Driving Charge
Bowdoinham resident John Ruby was arrested Friday evening in Lisbon Falls by State Highway Patrolmen John P. Crosby and Harold Mitchell. They charged him with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence and with driving without a valid license. He was held at local police headquarters and to be arraigned Monday afternoon in Brunswick court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ruby
Bowdoinham
Lisbon Falls
John P. Crosby
Harold Mitchell
Bath
Ruby
Crosby
Brunswick Court
Colorado Road Paved With Mine Ore Rock
A five mile stretch of road in Colorado is surfaced with rock from ore dumps. The rock is said to contain gold valued around twenty thousand dollars.
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Colorado
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First Farmers’ Society
Bay State Lad
Lake Nequasset
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Dromore Grangers
Obadiah Gardiner
Raneer
Newport
Howard Coal Co
Acme
Ranger
Commercial Street
Acme Supply Co
Central League
Bath’s Y.M.C.A
Charles E. Moody
Thomas Harvard
Frances E. Moody
Mary A. Wiggin
George P. Davenport
L. Theresa Moses
Emma H. Moses
Mary J. Taylor
Winter Street
M'Lain
Hubbard
the Bath Independent
the Times Company
Charles H. C
Elizabeth Collins
Catherine Miller
Sarah Smith
Arthur M. Bowker
Franks. Saunders
Bird A. Shellenbarger
Robin Hood Pack
Girl Scout Leaders’ Association Meeting
H. B. Esmond
M.D
Bowdeinham
Carter-Corliss
Day’s Ferry
Opera House
Edward Arnold
Shirley Ross “Blossoms
Wendy Barrie
Walter Pidgeon
Bob Allen
Ranger Courage
Erroll Flynn
Joan Blondell
Ginger Rogers
Adolphe Menjou
Stage Door
Gladys George
Madame X