Phippsburg Pupils Plan Christmas Tree and Show
The centre school pupils and Mrs. Mary Pratt prepare for their annual Christmas tree and entertainment to close the school for a week. Local residents visit Bath and Brunswick. Rose Carpenter tends to Mrs. Ingalls. Roscoe Perkins lights a store Christmas tree admired by patrons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centre School
Mary Pratt
Thomas Perry
Bath
Perry
Augusta Campbell
Donis Perry
Cora Campbell
Harry Blaisdell
Brunswick
Flora Risteen
Eed
Walter J. McCourt
Freeport
Asa Smith
Squirrel Point
Ann M. Bowker
Thomas Manning
Westport
Tileston Oliver
Frank Leavitt
Harry Gilman
George Sprague
Topsham
Rose Carpenter
George Ingalls
Roscoe Perkins
Annie Cutting
Dromore
Christmas Program Delights North Grammar Students
Grades six and seven at North Grammar school staged a Tuesday afternoon Christmas program inviting parents. Readings and performances included A Son of Welcome, Aunty's Cheerful Views, poems by Jeanne Marshall and Mary Robinson, duets by Brimigion with Sipher and Marshall with Shorey, the Origin of the Xmas Tree, a Christmas Disappointment dialogue, The Snow Man play with cast like the Snow Queen and Snowman, and a closing address by Clifton Nickerson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Grammar School
Margaret Brimigion
Perry Magoun
Santa
Jeanne Marshall
Samantha
Patricia Sewell
Aldeane Syphers
Mary Robinson
Ruth Pratt
Beverly Shorey
Virginia Kingsbury
Mary McClure
Sweden
Barbara Donnell
Madelyn Dunton
University of Maine student injured in woodlands
Donald B. Wilson a senior in the University of Maine forestry program sustained a woodlands injury while with fellow students in Northern Maine. He was taken to Calais hospital where a large splinter was removed from his thumb and returned to camp the same day though he cannot do much work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald B. Wilson
University of Maine
Maine Woods
University
Forestry Department
Wilson
David L.wilson
Middle Street
Calais
Maine probate notice for James S. Lowell will in Sagadahoc
J Houghton McLellan of Bath petitions to prove the will of James S. Lowell who died December 8 1931 leaving Horace W. Swett of Bath as heir at law. Court orders publication in Bath Independent for three weeks and a January 5 1931 hearing to determine letters testamentary for McLellan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Maine
Sagadahoc
J. Houghton McLellan
Bath
James S. Lowell
Horace W. Swett
A. D
Arthur J. Dunton
State OF
Maine
Glidden
William F. Dunham
Winnegance Vestry installs electric lights with community program
The Winnegance vestry held a Sunday ceremony to celebrate electric light installation led by Henry Potter who joined the town in 1873. A Corliss Street church chorus supported vocal selections, with Rev. Charles R. Sims delivering a sermon titled There was light. Also noted are local club activities and a death in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Potter
Winnegance
Corliss Street Church
Jesus
Corliss Street
Alice May Douglas Ee
Henry Peter
Charles R. Sims
Teachers and Pupils Given Credit for Toy Orchestra Concert
Miss Carrie Shaw credits teachers for the Toy Orchestra concert at Morse High School auditorium Friday. Teachers whose children participated guided groups, escorted pupils, and supervised them during the event. The participants included Ethel Higgins, Isabelle Lewis, Ann Thompson, Dorothy Davis, Effie Wright, Christine Lockery, Florence Watson, Carrie Smith, Beatrice Black, Celia McElman, Eileen Hayes, Ella Jaquith, Edith Horne, Mabel Libby, Helen Orr, and Joan Harrison from several area schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Shaw
Morse High School
Ethel Higgins
Isabelle Lewis
Ann Thompson
Dorothy Davis
Center Street School
Effie Wright
Christine Lockery
Florence Watson
Mitchell School
Carrie Smith
Beatrice Black
North Primary
Celia McElman
Eileen Hayes
Ella Jaquith
Edith Horne
Mabel Libby
Dike
Helen Orr
Joan Harrison
South Street
Crystal club hosts bridge night at Plant Street home
Mrs Winfred Hagan entertained Crystal club members at her Plant Street residence Monday evening with a turkey supper followed by bridge. First prize a bath mat went to Mrs Thomas K Haley, second prize salt and pepper set to Mrs Waldo F Marshall, consolation Christmas cards to Mrs Thatcher Pinkham. The club plans to meet next Monday with Mrs Waldo F Marshall on Upper Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfred Hagan
Crystal Club
Plant Street
Thomas K. Haley
Waldo F. Marshall
Thatcher Pinkham
Upper
Washington Street
Carrie Parks Purington Dies At 67 Widow Of Marine Engineer
Carrie Parks Purington 67 widow of Marine engineer William E. Purington died Saturday night at Memorial hospital East Orange New Jersey after a two week stay. A native of Winneganee Phippsburg she lived in South Orange for 26 years and was active in civic affairs and Christian Science church. She is survived by one brother Fred L Parks three nephews and five nieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
David A. Merry
Maine General Hospital
Fornland
Winneganee
Walter Marco
Bertha Tibbetts
Katherine Perkins
Winifred Merry
Bertha Coombs
Maude Small
Phena Jordan
Lizzie Haggett
Myra Cutting
Cottage Park
Joanna Hodgkin S
Mae Blaisdell
Lena Preble
Emma Hunt
Annie Williams
Charlotte Owen
Annie Malcolm
Fred Coombs
Southend Grocer
Women's Auxiliary
Winneganee Community Club
Harry C. Williams
Sherman L. Morse
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Winfield W. Morse
Fred L. Parks
Squaw Club
Robert P. Manson
Ormond Coggeshall
Walter Morse
Elmer Coggeshall
Winfield Morse
Winneyance
William E. Purington
South Orange
N.J
Carrie Parks
Frederick J. Parks
Parker Head
New Jersey
Mr. Purington
Carrie Parks Purington
Memorial Hospital
East Orange
N. J
Purington
Phippsburg
Frederick J
Sarah Parks
Newport News
Boston
Mass
Christian Science Church
Phippeburg
Paul Jones
Bath
Lincoln Parks
Fred L. White
Buckhead
John A. Starrett
Somerville
Alfred Cornish
Hardings
Marion Moody
Helen Jones
Lillian Park
Lewiston
William R. Bowker Dies at 73 in Phippsburg
William R. Bowker 73 longtime Phippsburg school board member and former town schools superintendent died suddenly Tuesday morning of heart attack at his Stony Brook Road home. He retired Monday after a healthful morning, leaving a wife, one son Howard, four daughters Beatrice Chidgey Olive Higgins Ada McrIntire and Hattie Bowker, plus a brother and sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Bowker
Phippsburg
Stony Brook Road
Nebraska
Congregational Church
Phippsburg Center
Dromore Grange
Timothy
Elizabeth Bowker
Howard Bowker
Beatrice Chidgey
San Antonio
Tex
Olive Higgins
Ada MrcIntire
Bath
Hattie Bowker
New York
Funeral Held for Benjamin Isaacson Senior Partner of Lewiston Foundry
Ernest Wood of Corner Brook Foundry attended the Lewiston funeral of Benjamin Isaacson 42 senior partner in the firm who died Friday at McLeod hospital Boston after a short illness. Isaacson born in Lewiston lived there and in Auburn all his life and ran the Benjamin Isaacson Co at 169 Lisbon street. He is survived by wife four children Calvin Arnold Roberta and infant son also by his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Isaacson and brothers Harris and Samuel Izacson of Lewiston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Wood
Corner Brook Foundry and Machine Co
Lewiston
Benjamin Isaacson
McLeod Hospital
Boston
Mr. Isaacson
Auburn
Edward Little High School
University of Maine
U. S. Army
Elks, Masons, Shrine
American Legion
Funeral Services for Mrs. Purington
Carolyn H. Purington of South Orange New Jersey widow of William E. Purington died Saturday in East Orange Memorial hospital. Funeral held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Edwin M. Jones residence 26 Corliss Street with Roland J. Sawyer of Bath First Church of Christ Scientist officiating. Burial at Oak Grove. Active in local politics and Maplewood Woman's club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolyn H. Purington
South Orange
N. J
William E. Purington
Phippsburg
East Orange Memorial Hospital
Edwin M. Jones
Corliss Street
Roland J. Sawyer
Brunswick
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Bath
Mr. Jones
Lincoln L. Parks
Paul E. Jones
Mary Ellers Rites Held at Parents’ Home
Funeral services for Mary E Ellers were held Sunday afternoon at 88 York Street with Rev. Weston P Holman and Rev. Howard P Jett presiding. Bearers included Philip Blaisdell Forrest Higgins Francis McPherson and Allan Ramsay. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Universalist Church Opens With Large Congregation
A large congregation attended the Universalist church opening on Sunday. Rev. Edward Ellis preached from Buy the Truth and Sell it Not and praised the late Judge James S. Lowell. Special music by Mrs. Fred D. Hill and Miss May Morse awaits next Sunday with a Christmas sermon by Ellis. Congregational singing of carols. Community expresses enthusiasm for the church's future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Universalist
Edward Ellis
Ellis
James S. Lowell
Fred D. Hill
May Morse
St Marys Parochial School Marks 22nd Anniversary
St Marys Parochial School observed its 22nd anniversary with a Friday closure and a holiday for pupils and teachers. Readings honored Mother Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy, while the school, opened in 1909, serves 188 pupils with seven sisters. The annex added to accommodate grades four and five hosts 42 students, and plans include a pontifical mass in Portland with bishop and clergy and a St Josephs academy pageant students in 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Parochial School
Mother Catherine McAuley
Sisters of Mercy
Dublin
Ireland
Mother McAuley
Matilda
Hilda
Alice
Benedict
Portland
Biddeford
Chestnut Street
St. Mary's
Mary Bernadine
Mary Vincent
Mary Gonzaga
Mary Chrentia
Mary Delphine
Mary Amnabalis
Mary Alexis
Mary Bernardine
Mary Chferentia
St. Joseph's Academy
Marriage Intention Filed for Miss Roberta Irving
Miss Roberta Irving daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Irving of Moors Mills New Brunswick and late Mr and Mrs Frank Parris of this city filed marriage intentions at the city clerk’s office. Miss Irving a Bath hospital graduate and active in nursing in the city. Mr Parris is an employee with the Central Maine Power Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberta Irving
R. N
Stanley Irving
Moors Mills
N. B
Frank Parris
Irving
Bath Hospital
Parris
Central Maine Power
Ramona Council Nominates Officers for 1932
Ramona council of Daughters of Pocahontas nominates officers for the Great Council in October 1932 with election set for December 24. Nominations include Pearl Barter as prophetess and Catherine Durgin as trustee. Rockland chosen as Maine Department G A R convention city for June 12 events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramona Council
D. of P
Great Council
Red Men's Hall
Pearl Barter
Prophetess
Arletta Yates
Pocahontas
Stella Wade
Winona
Everett White
Arthur Haggett
Powhatan
Catherine Durgin
Lucelia Blake
Florence Robinson
Sadie Garcelon
Etta Gallant
Rockland
Maine Department
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Army
E. S. Hastings
Portland
F S. Philbrick
Charles E. Nason
Past Matrons Club Holds Fine Genesta Chapter Meeting
Members of the Genesta chapter O. E. S. Past Matrons club met at Mrs. Richard Quick’s home on Washington Street. Hostesses were Mrs. Quick Mrs. Shaw and Mrs. Sampson. Refreshments served. Officers completing two years include G. A. Cahill president and Mrs. Edward W. Sampson vice president with Mrs. Oliver secretary treasurer. Next meeting set for February 1932 with biennial officer election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Club of Genesta Chapter
Richard Quick
Washington Street
Quick
Henry G. Shaw
Edward W. Sampson
A. L. Corliss
Annie Cox
Wilbur C. Oliver
Horace W. Ward
Jason
Bath Woman Miss May Ellers Dies in Birth House
Miss May Stewart Ellers, 29, died Thursday at 6 30 am in the York Street house where she was born. A pianist and vocalist, she taught piano and performed for local groups. Born November 10 1902 she was the daughter of Amasa Smith and Ella Ellers and is survived by relatives in Portland and Lynn Mass. Her mother, once blinded by a hip injury, remains bedridden and ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
May Stewart Ellers
York Street
Ellers
Allan Ramsay
Miss Ellers
Amasa Smith
Ella Ellers
Portland
Lynn
Mass
Cruz in Halifax After Storm Ends Long Voyage
Manuel Biasca Cruz, who sailed from Bath in a 23 foot sloop toward Chile, is penniless in Halifax with his damaged boat after a fierce gale 110 miles off Bermuda. A Norwegian steamer rescued him and his boat, taking them to Halifax where he sold supplies to survive and hopes to repair and attempt the voyage again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Biasca Cruz
Bath
Chile
Halifax
Carroll A. Deering
Bermuda
South America
Cruz
United States
Funeral Services for Judge Lowell Held at Home
The funeral for Judge James S. Lowell was held Friday at 2 p.m. at 75 Green Street, Bath, with Rev. Edwin D. Hardin officiating. The Bath Savings Institution, where Lowell served as vice president for over 30 years, closed for the day. Bearers included William F. Dunham, Charles C. Low, J. Houghton McLellan, and William B. Musenden. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Lowell
May Morse
Green Street
Bath Savings Institution
Edwin D. Hardin
Winter Street
William F. Dunham
Richmond
Charles C. Low
J. Houghton McLellan
William B. Mussenden
Bath Trust Co
Oak Grove
Biddeford Dining Snag Sparks Wives Question
Two locals at a Main Street restaurant exchange quips about wife cooking. One asks why the other is dining out while his wife cooks. Reply: her husband says she can cook but she doesn’t. the other says his wife cannot cook but she does.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biddeford
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Winfield
Aoy
Thomaston
Norway Mephixe Co
Norway
Carrie P. Purington
ST. Mary's Church
Annie Johnson
Cruz Inear Rea
Flint
Michigan
Chevrolet, Motor Company
Detroit
General Motors
Chevrolet
C. M. McKown
Toothbay Harbor
Turner & Gilpatrick
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