Christmas Visitors and Local Guests In Phippsburg
The community from Bath and Augusta includes Mr. and Mrs. Morse and family hosting guests at the Morse farm and multiple holiday visits by Blaisdell, Brown, Cummings, Eaton, Perry, Hart, Bowker, and others. Several residents travel to see kin in Laconia, Portland, Kittery, and Elizabeth NJ, with new arrivals noted in Bath and Sebasco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Morse
M.s. Gertrude Blaisdell
Bath
Morse Farm
William Cummings
William Blaisdell
Eleanor Brown
J. Errod Blaisdell
North Abington
Mass
Gertrude Blaisdell
Howard M.ronald
Augusta
J. Harry Blaisdell
Phyllis Faton
Wallace Hart
Martin Eaton
Eaton Ashdale
Emma Perry
New Meadows
Lynette Caverly
Frances Cook
Laconia
N. H
Harold Hart
Mattie E. Cutting
Old Ladies Home
Portland
Ralph E. Wright
Stanwood Gilman
Auburn
Gilman
Sebasco
Kittery
Ida Hinckley
Five Islands
Potland
Carrie Pye
South Portland
Wallace
Cecil Wallace
Phyllis
Dorothy Wallace
Marjorie Gilmore
Joseph Belanger
Phillip Miller
West Point
Phillip H. Miller
Elizabeth
N. J
Phipsburg Spelling Debate Tied to Maine Town Name
Editor notes a dispute over the town name Phipsburg in Maine. The Maine Legislature never changed the town’s name, but the U.S. Board on Geographic Names adopted Phippsburg in 1891, named for Sir William Phips, prompting questions about official spelling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Independent
Bath
Phipsburg
Maine
U.S. Board On Geographic Names
Benjamin Harrison
Phippsburg
Sir William Phips
Geographic Board
Mechanic Falls mill veteran Berry honored with watch
William G. Berry a longtime Waterfalls paper mill chief engineer and production manager received a engraved watch from Superintendent Carl Magnus for fifty years of service. Berry began as a lamp cleaner in 1888 at age sixteen and helped bring electricity to Mechanic Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Berry
Mechanic Falls
Waterfalls
Carl Magnus
Berry
Waterfalls Paper Co
Magnus
The
Poland Co
Paris
Durhave
Mr. Berry
Marconi
Elmer Lane
New England
Bath Water District to lay pipe sections to mend broken main
Officials at the Bath Water District plan short cast iron sleeve covered pipe sections to restore service from the Lake Nequasscet pumping station after a main break in the Kennebec river bed. Engineer E B Myatt of Fay Spofford Thorne and others advise, as divers assist and wells are drilled to secure emergency supply. Trustees urge water conservation amid ongoing repairs and attempts to reposition the dragged pipe using anchors and tugs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Lake Nequasscet
Kennebec
E. B. Myatt
Boston
Fay, Spofford & Thorndike
Maine Water Co
Maurice A. Libby
E. PF. Huse
Watertown
Mass
Thompson's Brook
East Brunswick
Melanson
Frank Hanson
Seguin
James M
Water District
Boy Scouts Aid Water Conservation Drive in Bath
About 35 scouts from troops 52 and 55 reported to the Bath Armory at eight o clock to distribute circulars from the Bath Water District urging water conservation while repairs continued on the Kennebec river main. Edwin R Andrews Rupert M Irvine and Rev Joseph O Purdue supervised as divisions fanned out across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water District
Kennebec
Edwin R. Andrews
Rupert M. Irvine
Joseph O. Purdue
Winneyance
Bruce's Hill
Bath
Bath Daily Times
Free Spring Water From Duncan McIntosh Farm
Duncan McIntosh, a Woolwich farmer and public spirited citizen, offers spring water to Bath residents who drive five miles up River Road to his farm. He drilled 17 feet through blue clay to taps that yield a steady flow 24 hours a day, useful during this water shortage. He has already supplied several customers since the main break a week ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duncan McIntosh
Woolwich
Bath
Themeslves
Mr. McIntosh
McIntosh
Photographers Agree to Limit Work For Water Conservation
Local photographers led by Herbert Douglas vow to limit film development to Mondays and Fridays and deliveries to Tuesdays and Saturdays to conserve water for Bath Water District. With the dull season and post holiday slowdown, they see this as a civic duty and ask patrons to be understanding about reduced output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Water
Herbert Douglas
Miss Mary Sewall Hosts Supper Party at Stonehouse
Miss Mary Sewall will entertain Wednesday night with a supper party at the Stonehouse, inviting guests to a genteel social gathering in the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Sewall
Stonehouse
Popham Beach Holiday Notes and Local Visits
Popham Beach residents enjoy vacations at East Boothbay and visits from Bath and nearby towns. Capt. and Mrs. Eugene W. Orzood clock ten days’ vacation with daughters Ethel Luke and Vilda Barlow, while others like Barbara Sprague and Erma Huntley family join Christmas gatherings. A community Christmas party featured Santa Claus, games, and a gift distribution with many local families in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene W. Orzood
Light House
East Boothbay
Ethel Luke
Vilda Barlow
Stephen Ether
Stephanie
New York
Miami
Fla
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Walter Sprague
Erma Huntley
Debra
Muriel
Shirley Morenz
Jerry
Bobby
Irving Dobtin
Bath
Alvah O. Light
Keepe R
Popham Light
Oxgood
Karl Hentz
Long Island
New Jersey
William H. Wincapaw
Maine
Wincapaw
South America
Santa Claus
Edward Rowe Snow
Chari23 Cowan
Boston
Boon Island
Provincetown
Mass
Bill
Milliard Urquehart
Allan
Seguin Light
Urquehart
Jonesport
Christopher Mari Wer
Seaman E. Drake
Laurence Taylor
Edgar N. Drake
Edna M. Coolidge
Society Hall
Stanley Pekins
Jerusalem
Stanley Hyde
Frank Scott
Marguerite McNuly
Marie Leonard
Lynette Caverly
Eva Dobbin
Aslene Perkins
Herbert Sprague
Stanley Perkins
Leon Oliver
Kenneth Leonard
Herbert
Richard
Barbara
Howard Spinney
Elisha Bridges
Marion
Harry Spencer
Henry Leonard
Kenneth
Charles
Betty
Marguerite I. McNulty
William Wallace
Leon
Merrill
Ernest
Gloria
Charles Cirone
Dean
Edward
Stanley
Norman Perkins
Arline
Virginia Perkins
Clifton Moronz
Pauline Morong
Nina Larrabee
Emma Newdick
Bertha
Mary
Walter
Seaman Drake
David
Carol
Fred Spinney
Millinocket
Gilbert Head
Karl Hertz
Hentz
Guy Crowley
Blanchard
Frances Roberts
Bronx
Nat Perkins
William R. Bowie
Spruceville
Bowie
Billy
Bath Memorial Hospital
Moses Chandler
Shirley Morong
Clarence Peckins
Norman
Arlice
Virginia
Lewiston
Bridges
Page Wyman
Mechanic Street
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin Holds Christmas Program
Sagadahoc Grange at Bowdoin met Saturday evening with good attendance. The program included Christmas greetings, a farce The Checker Game, sketches by Louise Goodridge, Dwight Adams, and Llewellyn Freeman, a guessing contest, a community sing, and gifts from Santa Claus. A mantel clock was presented to Mr. and Mrs. Guy Williams for their marriage. Next Saturday State Lecturer Hartley Steward will install officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin
Thelma Cornish
Laurence Adams
Louise Goodridge
Dwight Adams
Llewellyn Freeman
Daisey Bickford
Santa Claus
the Grange
Guy Williams
Hartley Steward
Morin Returns to Elizabeth Work After Christmas Visit
Edward Morin returns to Elizabeth New Jersey to resume his job at the Standard Oil Company after spending Christmas with his father Dr Harry F Morin and his sister Miss Constance Morin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Morin
Elizabeth
N. J
The
Standard Oi! Co
Harry F. Morin
Constance Morin
Young Hunter Bags Deer in Open Season
Alvin Presley, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Presley of Woolwich, poses with rifle and his deer in the open hunting period. The Sagadahoc region youths took part as the season opened.
Phippsburg School Board Retains Winneganee Building
The Phippsburg board will not lease the Winneganee school building after health authorities condemned it for school use. Bath officials reviewed repairs and the site’s condition, while the district offered 15 dollars monthly for lease and storage of surplus goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Winneganee
John H. Carter
Bath City
Iower High Street
Board of Education
Phippsburg Board
Bath
Supt
Carter
Committee On Public Buildings
City Treas
Young
Dromore Ladies Aid Holds Annual Meeting
Mrs Elfreda M Perkins was re elected president at the Dromore Grange Hall meeting. Officers include Mrs Adrianna Pratt as vice president Miss Marion Rafael as secretary and Mrs Annie Malcolm as treasurer. A meat pie supper followed with a Christmas tree and carols. Next meeting at Mrs Annie Malcolm's 67 High Street in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elfreda M. Perkins
Dromore Ladies Aid
Dromore Grange Hall
Adrianna Pratt
Marion A. Rafael
Annie Malcolm
Evelyn Beals
High Street
Elfreda Perkirgé
Marion Ratnell
Georgianna Thorpe
Pearl Barter
Charlotte Owen
Fred Pratt
Reuben Purington
Carl Jewett
Harry Nason
Humphrey A. Owen
Ralph Trask Lewis Nason
Raymond Campbell
Dromore Farm Bureau Christmas Meeting Report
Dromore Farm Bureau held its annual Christmas tree and social last Wednesday. Members exchanged gifts and shared a covered dish dinner of meat pie beet pickles baked beans rolls lemon pie mince pie and coffee at noon. The afternoon featured a Christmas pageant and festive costumes for Christmas girls. Nine members were present. Loom weaving will be the topic at the next regular meeting on January 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Red Paint people relics uncovered on Penobscot reserve
Excavations on Indian Island near Old Town reveal several hundred Red Paint period artifacts. Finds include arrowheads spearheads gouges hatchets blades and plummets. Translucent quartzite spearheads and Maine burials echo earlier discoveries in Howland Eddington Hampden Milford and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Penobscot
Indian Island
Old Town
Howland
Eddington
Hampden
Milford
Swanville
Bradley
Bucksport
Passadumkeag
Orland
Oakland
Waterville
Winslow
Warren
Union
Ellsworth
Bristol
Bluehill
Parker Head News Around Town Gatherings and Births
Mrs. Walter Cushing returns from Bath Memorial Hospital with her newborn son. The community shares Christmas visits, engagements, and dinners as locals attend the Farm Bureau tree, sewing club events, and a vestry Christmas party with 25 attendees. Engagement announced for Mildred Harrington to Harold Rogers. Santa and gifts featured at Parker Head and Fhippsburg Center nativity and village events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cushing
Bath Memorial Hospital
Lewis Lowell
Brunswick
Fred Shepard
William R. Bowie
Memorial Hospital
Bath
Fred Young
Lynette Caverly
Farm Bureau
Ladies Sewing Club
Lester Harrington
James Kerwin
Farr
Eugene Harrington
Mildred
Harold Rogers
Winnerance
Helen Cushing
Mildred Harrington
Lewiston
Sadie Savage
Maurice Pushard
Maurice Pushard, Jr
Clarence Wallace
Laconia
Bernard Wyman
Berwick
John Libby
Fred Libby
Frances Libby
Jean
Earl Hamel
Parker Head
Fhippsburg Center
Santa Claus
Rita Mank
Alice Rollins
Albert Brown
Allie Rollins
Shipbuilders Open Season With Victory Over Rockland Club
Bath Shipbuilders opened their season with a 54 to 40 win against the Rockland Community Club at Lime City. Footer and Francis Stover led scoring, with Captain Harry Ring and Leland Fortier adding key points as Bath built a 41-31 edge by the third quarter. Dwight Lord of Rockland was held in check as the Bath team shot well from the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Shipbuilders
Iron Works
House of David
Y.M.C.A
Rockland Community Club
Lime City
Rocklandites
C.I.C
Footer
Francis Stover
Bates College
Iron Workers
Harry Ring
Leland Fortier
Bath
McLeod
Winchenbach
Dwight Lord
University of Maine
Christmas at Sea Brings Berwindvale to Bath Wharf
The Berwindvale arrived from Newport News docking at Kennebec Wharf and Coal Co. at four p.m. with 6 600 tons of bituminous coal for Oxford Paper Co. Rumford and local customers. This marked Bath’s final arrival of the year with about 100 000 tons received at the local plant in 12 months. A steamer is scheduled to head next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwindvale
Newport News
Kennebec
Belfast’s 25-foot ivy becomes festive Christmas wreath
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar B. Dow of Belfast shaped a 25-foot ivy plant into a striking wreath. The greenery lines a three inch width on wire with a single poinsettia and a red ribbon bow as the only decorations, creating one of the city’s most attractive holiday displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar B. Dow
Belfast
Late Christmas Notes From Bath Hyde Windlass Plant
Bath Hyde Windlass workers share holiday laughs as Chet Comeau contends for noisiest man while Jack Landers and others trade pranks with crackers and peanut butter. Stan Clark reports from Lewiston of Santa talk, gifts, and a Boxing Day show at the Opera House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chet Comeau
Hyde Wadlass
Jack Landers
Chet
Jack
Stanley
Mae West
Clark
Lewiston
Auburn Hall
Santa Claus
Stan
Errol Flynn
Clark Gable
Loretta Young
Jack London
Uptown
Bay Point Residents Enjoy First Community Christmas Party
Bay Point hosted its first community Christmas party to the delight of eight children who received candy toys and parents got groceries. Local donors from Bath Gilbert Head Roslindale and Five Islands provided gifts and food. A later note thanked volunteers and wished a prosperous new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Warren
Cedar Cove
Bath Monnday
Peepseeeee
Bath
Hertrida A. Spinney
Sherman Campbell
Maurice Burris
Perlie Chandler
Louise Howard
Winter Street
Karl Hentz
The
Willows
New York
Hentz
Mary Thornbourgh
Edgar Drake
Ethier
Bay Point
Edward Coombs
Elizabeth
Edward Butterfield
Carroll Deerng
Harry F. Oliver
Merline Thompson
Charlotte Cahill
Aunt Lou
Seward Emmons
Georgetown
Maurice Burns
Clyde Pinkham
Barney Campbell
Myrna
Freddie Chandler
Ebb Tide
Earle Payson
Carrie Thibodeau
Five Islands
Wright
Schutt
Bobby
Phippsburg
Popham Beach
Walter Perry
D. Avery
Chester MacMahan
Robinhood
Ida Mathews
Rachel
Georgetown Road
William Hall
Boothbay
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S. Board On Geographic Names
Thompson’s Brook
BOY Scouts
Sagadahoc
Dromore Ladies’ Aid
Parker
Shipbuilders
Rockland
Fortier
Grace
F. Stover
Perry
Earl
Lyden
Rg Gallant
Ring
Iz Stanton
Mf Terres
Anderson
D. Lord
F. LaCrosse
Freeman
C S. Karl
Bohn
Lg Adams
B. Karl
Smith
Christmas AT
Sea
Baths Hyde Windlass Company
Syd Knights
Syd
Ralph Card
Bill Paisley
Pat Burgess
Pat
Red” Taylor
al Corliss
Lathes
Zina Eaton
Fritz Klippel
Fritz
Jimmy Huse
Charlie Murray
Charlie
Jimmy
Carl Dearborn
Carl
Ed Ramsay
Archie Seekins
Washington
Hyde Propellers
Opera House
Buck Benny
Joan Bennett
Yacht Club Boys
Proreller
George Wilson
George
Murdesk
Hornet
Murray
Fenton
Gabbby" Moore
Stickney
Mel Pratt
Mel
Walter Stover
Dick Cahill
Hyde Windlass
Theodore W. Peace
William Goodwin
Cambridge
Pease
Roger D. Skillings
Mr. Skillings
Washington Street
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