Plea to mark Sewall oaks as Civil War memorials
Durham reader urges Bath authorities to preserve and memorialize the Sewall oaks that aided northern soldiers during 1861 65. The letter recalls acorn shipments to the army, local sites where oaks stood, and the need to protect remaining trees and nearby primrose plants for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Knight
George Davenport
Lizzie MacAvoy
High Street
Judge Gilbert
Herbert L. Grinnell
Sewall
Bath
Beacon Street
Summer Street
D. H. Green
Christmas Visits Spread Across Families in New England
Miss Marcia Stinson of Portland to spend Christmas with Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Trott and family at 977 High Street. Axford Buck of New York to visit his parents in Day's Ferry. George Baer Connard hosts New Year gathering at 985 High Street. Lucille Johnson of New York to stay with her mother in Newcastle. Alden Anderson from Bath Iron Works to pass holiday in Marblehead. Wallace Sheldon of Brooklyn to spend Christmas with his family in Woolwich. Beatrice Doble of Portland to holiday with the Doble family on Green Street. Mrs. John Huskins of Winship Holbrook to join Capt. Huskins and visit Mrs. Nickerson, then Bath with Huskins’ family, before heading to Bath to see Plummer family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Stinson
Portland
M. C. Trott
High Street
Axford Buck
New York
Samuel P. Buck
Newcastle
Alden Anderson
John R. Newell
Bath Iron Works
Marblehead
Mass
Wallace Sheldon
Brooklyn
N. Y
William H. Sheldon
Susanna Bluff
Woolwich
Beatrice Doble
St. Joseph's Academy
Malcolm Doble
Green Street
John Huskins
Winship Holbrook
Capt
Huskins
Margaret Nickerson
Bath
William F. Plummer
Winship Street
Lynette Caverly Young
Samuel Young
Young
Caverlys
Laconia
N. H
Tine Colby
Bath Memorial Hospital
Colby
J. Milton Warner
West Virginia
Wm. B. Perry
Cora Campbell
Pierces
Kittery
Errold Blaisdell
Virginia
North Abingdon
Mr. Blaisdell
Morse Farm
Lester Morse
Edward Cummings
Arthur Perry
Fort McKinley
Mark Harrington
Boyd Anthony
Everett
Harrington
Irving Harrington
Preston Clark
Stoneybrook
Lyman Barbour
Phippsburg sketches feature Popham Beach Chapel and town life
In Phippsburg a series on local churches notes the Popham Beach Union Chapel built by subscription and dedicated in 1896, with a Free Baptist church organized in 1891. The piece recalls pastors, community activity, and Christmas preparations at Meadowbrook, Small Point, and nearby homes, plus personal notes on residents and hospital visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Popham Beach
Popham Beach Union
A. C. Brown
Joseph Noble
G. L. Harney
A. Lewis
L. D. Tibbetts
I. James Merry
L. H. Metcalf
John H. Stacey
Local Graduates and Visitors from Augusta and Portland
Miss Ferrara Roberts a student nurse at Augusta General Hospital will spend Christmas with her parents Mr and Mrs Chester Roberts 945 High street. Miss Eileen Jones head of the Commercial department at Dan forth high school is visiting her parents at 19 Fremont street. Robert B Hatch Jr from American Chicle Co New Castle Pa is visiting his parents for two weeks. Miss Sally Jean Ryan daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl L Ryan Woolwich pledged to Delta Delta Delta at University of Maine and named to the class executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferrara Roberts
Augusta General Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Portland
Chester Roberts
High Street
Eileen Jones
Danforth High School
Addison Jones
Fremont Street
Robert B. Hatch
American Chicle Co
Newcastle
Ten Street
Sally Jean Ryan
Earl L. Ryan
Woolwich
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
University of Maine
Ryan
College of Arts and Sciences
Parker Head church school hosts Christmas party and notes
Parker Head Church school held a Sunday night party in the vestry with a handmade Beginners and Primary Christmas tree sent to quarantined Clayton Savage. They exchanged gifts and served oranges and candy kisses, while Miss Frances M. Robie led stories and carols. Several residents attended, and school closed for a two week holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clayton Savage
T. E. McCarty
Edwin M. Wyman
Charles Perry
Eugene Harrington
Harry D. Mank
Leston Harrington
Earl Lowell
Charles Blaisdell
North Pole
Frances M. Robie
Dorothy
Marion Cushing
John D. Libby
Laura Wyman
Phyllis Young
Lawrence Morong
George Morong
Ramon Hamel
Robie
Miss Robie
William Lowell
George Morong, Jr
Sally Lowell
Bill Lowell
Lloyd Lowell
William Cushing
Arthur Kreidler
Laurence Morong
Howard Morong
Marie Wyman
Barbara Mank
Sandra Mank
Mary Coffin
Doris Savage
Dorothy Cushing
Eugene Osgood
Popham
Leston T. Harrington
Bath
J. D. Libby
East Andover
N. H
Alvin Rollins
John Rollins
W. Eugene Osgood
Popham Beach
H. D. Mank
William Hemmer
Charles Savage
Perkins Institute
Watertown
Mass
Sadie Savage
Phippsburg Center
Small Point Church
Fred Libby
Jean Hamel
James McLaren
Robert
Wiscasset
Ora Hallett
William Hallett
Earl Hamel
W. H. Wyman
Cornish
Allie Rollins
Walter Cushing
Lewiston
Bert Young
Phyllis
Falmouth
Ernest Doughty
Lewis F. Lowell
Brunswick
Fred Shepherd
Jean Bowker
James Hutchins
Cox
Lewis Lowell
John Libby
Sanford
W. T. Wyman
Waterville
Portland Leaders Laud Newell State Shipyard Pioneer
Portland business leaders bankers and rail executives praise William S. Newell of Bath Iron Works for conceiving the Todd Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co in South Portland. The plan to build 30 cargo ships for Great Britain at a cost of 50 million dollars aims to revive Maine shipbuilding and spur regional prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newell
Bath Iron Works Corp
Todd-Bath Iron Shipbuilding Co
South Portland
Great Britain
Maine
the Times
Portland Press Herald
Sumner Sewar
Robert Braun
Portland
Cerdit
Mr. Newell
Braun
Newell
Edward S. French
Maine Central
Boston & Maine
Ephraim E. Sanders
Sanders Engineering Co
Bath
Phillips M. Payson
Dana C. Douglass
Cumberland County
Louis R. Porteous
Porteous
Mitchell & Braun
Antique sword cane linked to early Burgess family
The article notes Tyleston C. Oliver holding a jeweled sword cane brought to America by Seth Burgess who arrived from England in 1730. It also mentions a Burgess pocketbook, Burgess descendants in Winnegance and Arrowsic, and ties to the Silas Lee house and Chippenchase settlers near Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyleston C. Oliver
Seth Burgess
England
Mr. Burgess
Arrowsic
Timothy Burgess
Winnegance
William Thompson
Oliver
Chippenchase
Phippsburg
Silas Lee
Forbes
Harold Miller
Parker Rogers
Bridge Street
Orman Coggeshall
Winfield W. Morse
Coggeshall
Samuel Lancaster
Waterville
Ruth Trueworthy
Bailey cites bridge tolls law to halt collections
County Commissioner Roscoe G. Bailey says an audit by State officials will determine how much toll money has been collected since the 1925 opening of the Carlton Kennebec Bridge. He argues tolls must stop once 45 percent of the bond issue is retired, unless default provisions apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlton Bridge
Roscoe G. Bailey
Kennebec Bridge
Bailey
Some
Christmas Party At Popham Beach Draws Locals
The annual Christmas tree and party in Society hall drew a mix of young and old guests. Coffee cocoa and cakes were served by the committee led by Mrs Eugene Osgood Marguerite McNulty and Mrs Frank Scott. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ernest Oliver Mr and Mrs William Wallace Emma Newdick and many others. Music and a program featured Frances Robie and several students performing holiday songs and skits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Society Hall
Eugene Osgood
Marguerite McNulty
Frank Scott
Ernest Oliver
William Wallace
Emma Newdick
Elisha Bridges
Robert Moore
Ollie Spinney
Harry Spencer
Lester Morse
Arlene Perkins
Ethel Osgood
Walter Sprag
Werald Angels Sing” School
Papa's
Richard Sprague
Little Town of Bethlehem” School
Bath Quake Dims Quiet as Tremors Ripple
A second Maine quake in four days shook Bath at 8 45 am Tuesday with a violent aftershock lasting up to 45 seconds. Windows rattled, dining tables jigged, and goods dropped from shelves as residents and Coast Guard personnel reported a roaring tremor stronger than last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Central Railroad
Eben Dana
Woolwich Center
Fred A. Bubier
Foster’s Point Road
West Ba Th
North End
Center Street
Niles Cameron
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
Thomas Flanagan
Cameron
Water
Elm Streets
Jay Bowker
Phippsburg
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Sewall Oaks
Durham
Bates Stover
Els
Mr. Stover
Meadowbrook
Mason House
Small Point
Frances Robie
Mary
Hazers
Hilton Joseph
Hazen Hilton Angel
Dorothy Davis Shepherds
Eugene Bowker
Stanwood Gilman Wise Men
Arthur
Wesley Harrington
George Young
Martha Beals
Carol McCourt
Stanwood Gilman
Clarence Wallace
Ceres McCourt
Irma Gilman
Juanita
Jacqueline Richardson
Ellen
Marietta Wallace
Gene Hamel
Clif Robinson
Parker
William S. Pennell
Virgil C. McGorrill
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Gordon Trott
Washington Street
R. H. Huston Co. Inc
Bangor
Gloria Oliver
Jingle Bells
Marion
Friends
Frank J. Hoffies
Damariscotta
Cross Road
Small Point Road
Alvah Light
French
Walter Sprague
Herbert and
Frank Irving
Biddeford
Harry Pashard
Freeport
Mrs
New England
American Clothing Co
Monument Square
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