Gas Shortage Fears Prompt Debate On Oil Supplies
A San Francisco Examiner discussion cites the Federal Oil Conservation Board warning that U S petroleum reserves could run dry in six years without new sources and conservation. Experts differ, with some denying imminent global shortage while others urge prudent planning and exploration. The piece notes potential for alternative fuels and continued auto industry vitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Federal Oil Conservation Board
Coolidge
Ani
Oil Conservation Board
Keen interest in sale of health seals in Bath
Mrs. Alden Smith and her workers spent a busy Saturday selling Christmas health seals. They sold hundreds on the streets and at Bridge-Merrill stores. The campaign aims to boost Bath's standing in a 400 community tuberculous prevention drive with a published list of results.
Colonial Club Open House For Christmas Tree
Colonial Club announces open house to honor its Christmas tree for Bath’s poor children. Members may invite friends to use club rooms on that day. Wiseman Farms Tee Cream Co offers free ice cream for youngsters, and Opera House staff volunteer their services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Wiseman Farms
Tee Cream Co
Opera House
New England Fire Chiefs Plan Fifth Annual Convention
The New England Fire Chiefs association voted to hold its fifth annual convention in Portland on June 21 22 and 23. Exhibits will feature the latest firefighting equipment. Board members include Chief Charles H. French Manchester NH president and chiefs John W. O Hearn Watertown James M Casey Cambridge William J Shenard Springfield James E Smith Nashua Oliver T Sanborn Portland and A J Cote Woonsocket R I.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England Fire Chiefs Association
Portland
Charles H. French
Manchester
N. H
John W. O'Hearn
Watertown
Mass
James ML Casey
Cambridge
William J. Shenard
Springfield
James FE. Smith
Nashua
N. W
Oliver T. Sanborn
A. J. Cote
Woonsocket
R. TJ
Simp son v Virginia Richmond Worsted Spinning Mill case heard
A Sagadahoe county case was heard in Augusta on Monday before the law court. James A. Simpson appealed the Richmond Worsted Spinning option at the Richmond woolen mill. Arguments were presented by George W. Heselion for the plaintiff and J A Pulsifer for the defendant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoe County
Law Court
Augusta
James A. Simpson
Richmond
George W. Heselion
J. A. Pulsifer
Winnegance Pupils Stage Festive School Entertainment
A large audience filled the Winnegance community house for a Christmas program by the Phippsburg side school pupils directed by Mrs. J A Trueworthy and John H Carter. The evening featured a two act play Santa Claus and the Star Queen, songs, recitations, a Christmas tree, wreaths sold for the school fund, and a warm reception for Capt Charles M Perkins and other locals.
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Phippsburg
Winnegance
J. A. Trueworthy
John H. Carter
Woolwich
Franklyn Morse
Roberts Manson
Santa Claus
Herbert Jackson
Richard Morse
Santa Clark
Carter
Queen
Cnn
Ruth Morse
Bertha Atwood
June Higgins
John Morse
Rober
Jeanee Roberti Manson
Barris Toask
Albert Ingalls Stag Ciuyeen Cus
Edith Bridge
Evelyn Atwood
Herbert Perry
Lester Morse
Herbert Jack- Ferro
Gilbert Atwood
Eleanor Berry
Edwin Oliver
Harold Ogers
Frances Morse
Edith Atwood
Phippsburg petitions seek CPP electric service extension townwide
Circulating petitions ask Central Maine Power Co to extend electric lighting to all parts of Phippsburg with approval of property owners. Town treasurer Abe Oliver is circulating one petition as residents discuss power service amid a winter season of local activity.
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Central Maine Power Co
Phippsburg
A.be. Oliver
Eugene Harrington
Parker Head
Albert St. Totman
Elisha L. Totsnan
Ashdale
Mbridge Vernier
Mr. Doughis
Brunswick
N. W. Eaton
Frank Allegrin
George KB. McNulty
Popham Beach
Augusta
Lewis Lowell
Bath
Parker Plead
Allie Rollins
Charles Morrison
Sebasco
Frank
Oliver
W. G. Jefferson
Charles Treat
Waterville
Futter Farm
George C. Pease
Albert Th. Storer
Basin
Willard H. Daley
Prank Wyman
Scott Mason
Abbie Maxon
Parker Tend
Dorothea Blaisdell
North Berwick
Jennie Blaisdell
Blaisdell
Marguerite Sylvester
Alvin I. Sylvester
Bodwell Grange Elects Officers at Small Point
Bodwell Grange at Small Point has elected officers including Master Stanwood Gilman Overseer Thomas J Totman Lecturer Isa R Mc Intire Asst Steward Walter I Richardson Chaplain Bessie L Sprague Gate Keeper Nathaniel Morse Treasurer Emma Sylvester Secretary Eleanor Pye Ceres Clara Wyman Pomona Hattie Pye Flora Myrtle Pye Lady Axst Mary Sylvester
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange
Small Point
Stanwood Gilman
Thomas J. Totman
Isa R. McIntire
Walter I. Richardson
Bessie L. Sprague
Nathaniel Morse
Emma Sylvester
Eleanor Pye
Ceres
Clara Wyman
Pomona
Hattie Pye
Flora
Myrtle Pye
Mary Sylvester
Fair Luck Salts Road Travel and Local Happenings
A man toppled overboard but escaped a cold bath as ice was weak. Charles E Hewittard Sr and family from Kittery faced a hard drive home due to cold winds and drifting streets. Mrs Beulah Melvitire returned home after weeks with her daughter. Dromore grange officers to be installed in January. Regulae party hosts Christmas visitors including Hewitt and Tibbetts. Winnegance workers to be home for Christmas from Wittery Navy yard. Fred Oliver unveils a snow plow for town roads. Meadowbrook district plow proved successful last year. Evening Workers plan a weekly meeting at Mrs Omar Verry’s home.
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Frank G. Purington
Pacific Coast
Alpheus Purington
Danford McDonald
Somerville
Mass
Abram. Oliver
Charles M. Perkins
Boston
Norfolk
Vic
High Street
Dromore Grange
John G. Morse
Joseph N. Day
Harry, Webber
Sherman L. Morse
Charles Rogers
Herbert Morse
Owen Rogers
Portland
Woman's Auxiliary
Harry C. Webber
Fred S. Coombs
Fred L. Parks
Charles T. Small
Harry (. Williams
Warry J. Willint
Frank Perry
Sybil Houdlette
Winfield W. Morse
Doris Morse
Gorham Nernuwil School
Charles KE. Heyjit, Jr
Charles E. Hewittard
Kittery
Local residents return for holidays and visits
Miss Dorothy Huggard resumes duties at City hospital after two week vacation. Capt Cleveland B Swett and daughter Anna visit from Edgecomb. Miss Alice Johnson clerks at Lridge Merrill Inc during holidays. Harry A Beals visits sister Mrs Coffin in Wark Street. Donald Bruce of the destroyer Jewett plans Christmas with his parents. Dorothy Crooker arrives from Boston to spend Christmas and New Year with her parents. Mrs Charles A Kelleher and Elizabeth of Bar Harbor visit W A Bruce. Mrs Lewis Thackery Jr arrives from Haverhill to spend holidays. Miss Mary Higgins, employed in Brunswick, returns to Har vard Street home after weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Huggard
City Hospital
Cleveland B. Swett
Anna
Edgecomb
Alice Johnson
Lridge-Merrill, Inc
Harry A. Beals
Gardiner
Nathan FE. Coffin
Wark Street
Donald Bruce
Jewett
Mass
Land Street
Mary Higgins
Brunswick
Arthur Fliggins
Harvard Street
Historic violin restored for former pupil John Ray’s heir
Register of Deeds Hiram T. Stevens holds a violin once owned by John Ray of Woolwich. The instrument, possibly made by Leonard Gower of Bath, survived two submarine sinkings and WWI service. Stevens works to return the heirloom to Ray’s family with careful restoration.
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Hiram T. Stevens
John Ray
Woolwich
William Ray
Murphy's Corner
Ths
Leonard Gower
Bath
Tra
John
Mr. Stevens
Johnnie Ray
Hoekemoek
Iman
Young Ray
Frank Qhiver
Tie
Ray
Young Rey
Pate
Hier Glock
South Africa
Stevens
Johnie Ray
Ask Permission Before Cutting Christmas Trees On Properties
A farmer voices to the Independent that people should seek owner permission before harvesting Christmas trees. He notes others are willing to share, but warned two fir trees were cut without consent. He urges asking first to avoid offense and ensures both sides feel right about the gesture.
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Independent
Christumas
Postmaster Advises Offenders Over Stickered Mail
Postmaster Owen warns that letters and parcels addressed to foreign countries with stickers other than postage stamps on the address side are rejected under International Postal Union rules. Stickers that resemble stamps should be placed on the back of mail to avoid misrouting and denial of entry both domestically and internationally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen
Deal
International Postal Union
Veteran Master Mariner Mark L Verey Rites Held at 88
Veteran master mariner Captain Mark L Verey of Phippsburg died Sunday at a neighbor’s home where he wintered. Born in Phippsburg to Percy and his wife, he sailed on vessels, commanded towboats, and piloted steamboats on the Kennebec division. He retired about a dozen years ago after a bout with illness and is survived by a grandson Percy Verey and other relatives.
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Mark LL. Verey
Phippsburg
Mariner
Mibridge Morse
Iis Percy
Tle
Kennebec
Eastern Steamship Co
Lodweil Grange
Wirwin
Nis Oty
Ines ED Terey
Nordy Berses
Birmingham
New York
Savannah
Irota
Percy
Miltot
Wiswits
Martha Jowell Decey
Death of Mrs Emily W Graham Widow of Baptist Clergyman
Mrs Emily W Graham widow of Rev James Graham prominent Baptist clergyman died December 14 of pneumonia at her home 50 Academy Street Funeral services were held Friday afternoon burial at Yar-mouth She was born Amherst Maine 1951 educated Tilton Seminary and New Hampshire State Normal later a teacher She lived in Meredith Bath and near her children Rev George M Graham of Strafford VI Walter J Graham professor English at Western Reserve University Cleveland
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Emily W. Graham
James Graham
Acaademy Street
Yarmoath
George J
Pauline M. Cox
Amherst
Meredith
N. H
Tilton Seminary
New Trampshire State Normal School
Bath
Sylvanus Pennell
Pennell
George M. Graham
Strafford
Jre
Walter J. Graham
Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Death of Orrin E. Curtis at Curtis Corner
Orrin E. Curtis aged 69, a Leeds lifelong farmer, died suddenly of heart failure at home in Curtis Corner after reading mail at the post office. He was noted as studious and of integrity, a Leeds Grange member, survived by his daughter Mrs Weston P. Holman and two sons Walter E. of Yarmouth and Archie M. of Curtis Corner. His wife Ermina B. Pettingill had died in 1924.
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Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Orrin E. Curtis
Curtis’ Corner
Leeds
Abner
Mary H. Curtis
Ermina KB. Petting
Four grandchildren and two sisters
A fragment notes ties to Mrs. Louis L. Lindsay and Al sina I. Curtis of Leeds, indicating grieving relations listed among survivors or acknowledgments in a local obituary or memorial notice. The text implies a family with four grandchildren and two sisters as specified relatives.
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Ner
Louis L. Lindsay
Alsina I. Curtis
Leeds
Widow of Rev James Graham Services Held at Cemetery
The widow of Rev. James Graham hosted a ceremony at 50 Academy Street led by Rev. David L. Wilson of Central Church. He also conducted the committal at Baptist Cemetery in Yarmouth. Bearers were Sylvanus F. Pennell, Herbert I. Hall, Chester B. Kingsley, and John G. Haskell.
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Emily W. Graham
James Graham
Academy Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Bath Veteran Firemen Elect Their Officers
The Bath Veteran Firemen Association met at Baxter hall for the annual election. Vernon Miller was named president, Ralph Boardman vice president, Frank H. Turner treasurer, L. Te Thompson director for three years, William Miller director for one year, Frank ertier-ee first assistant, Scott Morse second assistant, BF IL. Turner purchasing agent, Toaniel A. MacDougal clerk, George Worrey and Phillip Boutin stewards, Frank Farrin drill master, Edward F. Miller assistant, Loring Bates band master. The group planned the annual banquet for January 20 and urged Baxter Minstrels participants to rehearse at the hall Wednesday evening for the Thursday-night show.
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Toth Veteran Fireman's Association
Baxter Hall
Vernon Miller
Ralph Boardman
Frank H. Turner
L. Te Thompson
Willian Miller
Frank Ertier
Scott Morse
BF IL
Edward F. Miller
Loring Bates
Baxter Minstrels
Holiday arrivals and visits noted in Needham and surrounding towns
Local society column lists Miss Sarah Reynolds visiting Needham with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reynolds on upper Washington street. Mrs. George Fuchanan of Springfield visits her father Andrus Fred ericksen and sister Mrs. Fred Tridge on High Street. Guests at Hotel Columbia include H G French Boston Mae L Milburn Springfield and others. Christmas greetings come from Merle Niles of Macon Georgia.
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Sarah Reynolds
Needham
Mass
Thomas F. Reynolds
Upper Washington Street
George Fuchanan
Springfield
Andrus F. Fredericksen
Fred ‘Kittridge
High Street
Columbia
H. G. French
Boston
Mae L
Milburn
E. BE
Cerie
Southport
W. M. Gurney
L. ML Rieker
Terunswick
A. Foley
New Haven
Conn
L. Jenkins
Lewiston
A. J. LeTendre
Merle Niles
Macon
Niles
Grant
H. D. Lamson
George Upson Scudder
First Universalist Church of
Canton
Westbrook
Homer Ginns
Vortland
Ginns
Congress Square
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Conway Tearle In
Eve
Rascal
Jimmie Evans
Matinee
Colleen Moore
San Francisco Examiner
Colonial Club
New England
Edith Bridges
Helen Heed
Wiscasset
Pitch Pine Hill
Herbert W. Cutting
William R. Bowie
J. Bradford Sprague
Phippsburg, Me
Bath Savings Institution
Mark L. Percy
Yarmouth
Mrs. Graham
Bath Veteran Firemen
F.c.b
Commonwealth Avenue
Mr. Public
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