Bowdoinham Social News Highlights A Busy Week
Jane Browne and Clara Possee attend an activities meeting in Bath. Edwin Lamoreau and family relocate to Lewiston area. Grange and Masonic events host meetings and entertainments. Local dances see small attendance as Berry’s absence stalls music. Several residents travel or return from trips with family news. Albert Adams, 63, dies after brief illness, funeral held. survivors listed. Wrestling trip to Portland noted. Town clerk E E Baker re-elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Browne
Almy Kendall
Clara Possee
Bath
Roy Temple
Edwin Lamoreau
Lewiston
Grange Yard
Grange Hall
Village Lodge F. & A. M
George Pooler
Bridge Street
Town Hall
Berry
Carl Brann
Troy
N. Y
Brann
Mr. Brann
James Brann
Ellis Moore
Fort Williams
James T. Reed
Waterville
William Gamon
Abbie Thorne
Brunswick
Charles M. Pennell
Milton Given
Leslie Cornish
Frank Cornish
West Medford
Mass
E. M. Graves
Brunswick Hospital
Frank Trufant
Fisher Road
Portland
Georgia Denham
MacDougall
Hazel Cornish
Charles Berry
Evelyn Webber
Bishop School
Helen Gould Mitchell
W. H. Gould
McDonald Temple
Pythian Sisters
Fred Mulligan
Norman Rowe
Harry Purington
South Portland
Mary Hatch
Whitney
Melrose
George McPherson
Senter Point
Garl
George
Massachusetts
George G. Powers
W.H. Gould
Village
John Purington
A. S. MacDougal
Charles Hackett
Karl Hatch
Samuel Dorrance
John Gibson
Selden Williams
E. E. Baker
Bowdoin
Baker
Cities Service Five Wins From Lewiston
The Cities Service Five of Wiscasset edged the Lone Scout club of Lewiston 29 to 28 at the Red Men's hall after a last second three point shot by Red Perkins. McCabe and Beaumont starred, both fouled out late, with Tribou and Harrington slugging for rebounds in a tense second half.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiscasset
Red Men's Hall
Lewiston
Red Perkins
McCabe
Beaumont
A. Wood
Mac
Sherman
Harrington
Tribou
Perkins
Libby-Thistle Club
Auburn
Ralph Brewer
Bath
Lone Scouts
Re Woods Sicg
Bherrate Rl Beer
Bowege LD
Ana Is
Pascgiy Lint Ee
PAS Woog
Wdipers
Stover
Bowdoin Short News Briefs Reflect Storm and Community Reports
East Bowdoin Ladies aid meets with Mrs. Wilbur Skelton. Mrs. E. M. Smith returns from Leeds Junction to Bowdoinham. Maple sugar season hindered by storm and cold. Willis Skelton loses two cows. Seven attend Grange meeting due to bad travel and wind. Charles Hunt’s son undergoes fourth eye operation after Christmas injury. Mrs. Erland Rogers back from Bruns wick hospital after appendicitis operation. Samuel Enman and son visit Bowdoinham. Horace Purinton arrives from Richmond. Elwin Silver visits Bowdoinham. Ridley truck continues wood shipments to Brunswick. Britton trucks stopped. Roads dulled by heavy trucks. Crows arriving signal spring near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoin
Willis Skelton
Grange
Bowdoin Center
Charles Hunt
Erland Rogers
Brunswick
Samuel Enman
Richard
Bowdoinham
Horace Purinton
Richmond
Elwin Silver
Grant Woods
Ridley
Town selects thanks for endorsement and tax relief
A town official thanks citizens for their endorsement after three years as chairman of the Board of Selectmen. He notes a healthy treasury and that the past year saw a two dollar reduction in the tax rate, asserting a low tax rate attracts people to the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selectmen
F. K. Jack
Welch v Bath Box Co and Federal Mutual suit for compensation
Industrial Accident Commission hearings continue with Frank Welch versus Bath Box Co and Federal Mutual Insurance Co. at 11.30 am as insurers seek an award of compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Welch
The
Bath Box Co
Federal Mutual Insurance Co
Maine D AR Meeting Set for Dover Foxcroft Next Week
The thirty first annual Maine Daughters of the American Revolution conference meets March 20 21 at United Baptist church Dover Foxcroft. Banquet at 6 30 Wednesday night with reception by State Vice Regent Mrs Victor L Warren. Philip Clark organist. Luncheon Wednesday noon Parish House. Regents Round Table Thursday 8 pm church. Conference closes Thursday noon for trains after twelve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Daughters of the American Revolution
Dover- Foxcroft
United Baptist Church
Victor L. Warren
River Street
Eva Morgan
LL. B
Abby Eveleth
Maude Merrick
Credentials
C. F. Buffum
Clara B. Whitney
L. H. Goodwin
Charles S. Pierce
Levy Seavey
C. P. Rowell
Appropriations
Fred Ames
Paul Bibber
Oliver Hall
T. H. Maclaughlan
B. G. W. Cushman
Eva E. Morgan
Ll.b
Lelia Gerry Evans
Dover-Foxcroft
Ada R. Barney
Alice T Moore
Dorothy W. Carleton
Erma D. Murray
Martha O. Miller
Sara Butterfield
Rebecca Weston
Grace Ansel
Attalena Mower
Margaret Davis
Fred Rose Wins Essex Test Victory in Bath Brunswick Run
Fred J. Rose of West Bath won a $150 discount on an Essex or Hudson by guessing within 3.4 miles of the 3135 miles logged on the speedometer after six days of continuous running between Bath and Brunswick. The test ran through a heavy snowstorm with the car clocking 144 hours before ignition was shut off. Rose explained his near round trip guess based on hourly running and incidental trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred J. Rose
West Bath
Bath-Brunswick
Oliver
Rose
Mate Knocked Down by Delivery Truck
John Gilchrist a 55 year old second mate on the coal steamer Munalbro was knocked down by a Steeves delivery truck on Front street. He received bruises and a general shaking up but no bones were broken after a collision incident near Appleton's Woman's Exchange. The driver Earl Mc Cabe 20 said he tried to avoid an inbound car and several autos. He braked and the car slid toward the sidewalk pushing Gilchrist against a building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gilchrist
Slade Street
Belmont
Mass
Munalbro
Kennebec
Steeves’ Market
Gilchrist
Appleton’s Woman's Exchange
Glover Rolfe Wedding Ties Bath and Durham Families
Miss Eva Elizabeth Rolfe of Bath married Clarence Walker Glover of Durham in a Feb 27 ceremony at the Elm Street Universalist Church parsonage Aubur n. Rev. Montford S Hill officiated. The couple will reside in Connecticut. Also noted is a ship captain visiting Washington Street and a sale ad for a bronze turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Elm Street Universalist Church
Auburn
Eva Elizabeth Rolfe
Clarence Walker Glover
Durham
Montford S. Hill
Glover
Archibald C. Rolfe
Washington Street
Morse High School
George L. Glover
Lisbon Falls High School
Connecticut
Phippsburg Notes and Town News Roundup
Phippsburg residents host visitors from Rosette Mass and Bath while families travel for gatherings. A winter storm alarms roads, local travel patterns include daily trips to Bath, and schools plan to reopen March 18. Also listed are library and book notices, local obituaries, church news, and a long catalog of book titles and authors.
Rotary Talk Highlights Maine Wool Mill Worumbo in Lisbon Falls
Bath Rotary heard Hon. Oliver Moses discuss The Worumbo Co from Lisbon Falls noting high quality Maine woolen goods, tariff barriers, and public misperceptions about American versus imported products. He cited price ranges from five to seventeen dollars a yard and a 2 million plus annual business potential up to four million with fair competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Moses
Edward W. Bridgham
Tariff Committee of Congress
Worumbo Co
National Association of Wool Manufacturers
Tuskara
Sedan Montenac
Maine
Arthur Stray
Brunswick
E. A. Jewett
Westport
Albert T. Murphy
Many New Books Added at Library
Library catalogs a wide new selection including Crippled Lady of Peribonka and Doomed Ship by Judd Gray. Other titles are Dream Boat by Norval Richardson Diamond Murders by J S Fletcher. Also listed are design guides, diaries and biographies with various authors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peribonka
J. O. Curwood
Judd Gray
Norval Richardson
J. S. Fletcher
D. H. Jackson
John Quincy Adams
Allan Nevens
McCreedy Huston
Andre de Heresy
John—C. Dane
H. Simpson
Anne_ Knox
Ather
Katherine H. Brown
Golem
Gustav Meyrink
Ethel Dell
George Sand
the Search For Love
Marie J. Howe
State highway reform urged before resuming federal aid
A letter from Mr. Jardine states no commissioner named, but demands changes in the highway department to restore confidence in the organization and justify resumption of federal aid fund expenditures within the state. The broader list of book and story titles appears in the text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jardine
Highway Department
New Move Takes Place in Matter Before Legislature
The governor read Jardine's letter before a joint legislative session and said he had requested resignations. The commissioners refused to quit and pledged to serve the people, signaling ongoing dispute over the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jardine
Miss Marston Talks on Preparing Pupil for College
Miss Frostina Marston spoke at the North-Center Parent-Teacher Association meeting in the Winter Street chapel on preparing the pupil for college. Mrs. Harold Avery received thanks for a layette donation to work of the association. Tea was served by Mrs. John A Legro and Mrs. Ralph Bragg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe C. Perkins
Phippsburg Center
Bath
Perkins
Alvah Wallace
Sebasco
Ernest Williams
Campbell's Pond
James E. Perry
E. C. Hughes
South Portland
Ella Kennedy
William Kennedy
John C. Berry
Worcester
Mass
Robert C. Whitehead
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Phippsburg
Bridgewater
Whitehead
Maine
Clara Darling
West Point
Bath City Hospital
Ralph Smith
Tucson
Arizona
Smith
Marion Spencer
Winneganee
Jennie Bishop
Quincy
H. W. Cutting
Frostina Marston
Parent-Teacher’ Association
Winter Street
Miss Marston
Harold Avery
John A. Legro
Ralph Bragg
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J. W. Bishop
Augusta
Locke Crouse
Main Street
Industrial Accident Commission
ELK Charity Circus
Armory Hall
D.ar
Fred Rose
Mate
Auburn Universalist Church
Charles Foose
Oak Park
Roosevelt Line
Emerson
Tel
Frank Leavitt
B. M. Simpson
Rosete Mass
Frank Smith
Gangsster
Boone Island Light
Asa Smith
Squirrel ‘Point
James C. Pegry
Fred Perry
Richard Morse
Reed Farm
Elmer Tibbetts
Beachmont
Elbridge Morse
William F. Jewell
New Orleans
Deldon Truss
Aldrich
Lily Christine
Michael Arlen
J. F. Clarke
W. B. Seabrook
Mr. Blettsworthy
Rampole Island
H. G. Wells
George A. Coe
Eddie Cantor
P. H. de Kruif
Mary Anne Disraeli
Viscountes Beaconfield
James Sykes
Mary Queen of Scots
M. Karlbaum- Siebert
Mantis—Ethelreds Lewis
Sir Gilbert Parker
Pete Marquette
Agnes Repplier
D. D
E. S. Payne
Peder Victorious
R. F E. Rolvaag
Grant Overton
Panama
Canal
Forbes Lindsay
Paris
Sisley Huddleston
Edna St. V. Millay
Clover
Percival Wilde
Ransom
London
Schubert
Oscar Bic
France
Paul van Dyke
Donald McKay
Edith M. Stern
Boston
John Huntington
Mr. Cagliostro
H. S Keeler
Shakespeare
Gertrude Shaughter
R. M. McBride
Morris L. Ernst
Martin Hews
E. P. Oppenheim
George Marsh
India
Gertrude M. Williams
Bassington
Laki
Voltaire
Victor Thaddeus
Alain Fournier
J. Y. Shotwell
Washington
Yamato Ichihashi
Don Marquis
Thomas Hardy
Bomba
Jaguar Island
Roy Rockwell
Terrae Trail
Worumbo
Oliver Moses
Brunswicck Seonter
Spencer
Spencere Oneis
Beatrice E. Rand
Dummer St
Roy
Clifton Lisle
Jennie Wren
B. F. Wright
M. E. Ashman
Pennie
B. B. Cobb
Sarah’s Dakin
M. L. Robinson
Marion Bullard
H. Lomen
M. Flack
Maude van Buren
We Five
E. P. Whitcomb
Milady
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