Local clubs and lodges hold meetings and follow ups in midwinter
A busy slate of civic and fraternal events fills the week with installations at Garrison Hill Chapter OES and Crescent Chapter East Boothbay, along with Stag 4-H club, Pine Cone Rebekah Lodge, and district deputy visists. Public notices cover road repairs and postponements. Personal items note illness and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrison Hill
O.E.S
Alberta Blagden
Crescent Chapter
East Boothbay
Blagdon
Lulu Riley
Organ Society
Maybelle Sherman
Charless. Sewall
Josephine Tucker
Wiscasset P.T.A
Academy
Raymon B. Sherman
Perry Fowle
Gardiner Road
Pittston
Mothers’ Club
Birch Point School
Ways and Means
Woman's Club of
Wiscasset
Laura Evans
Bradford Street
Lowelltown
Huntoon Hill Grange
Pendleton and
Sherman's
C. Maybury
Tommy Rankin
Rebekah Lodge
Miriam Soule
Harold Maybury
Thaddeus Reed
Delmas Leighton
Arambec Lodge
Germania Lodge
Waldoboro
Woman’s Club
Lois Frye
Athanasois Annios
Athens
Greece
Annios
Athens College
Bowdoin College
Mi.t
Norman Howard
Carlton Lowell
Fred Hayward
Bath
Freeman D. Southard
Hooper Street
Fire damages chimney blaze at Ralph Crowell home
Richmond fire department responded to a chimney fire at Ralph Crowell's residence Friday night. Firemen opened the upstairs bedroom floor to reach the flames and reported only minor overall damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ralph Crowell
Burton Boynton
Augustus Good
Progressive Orange
Litchfield
Edna Robbins
Christie Robbins Lambert
East Corinth
Bridge Academy
William Hallway
Portland
Walter Rittall
Eastern River
Eastern River 4-H Club
Leslie Souveney
Althea Ritch
Kathleen Hall
Robert Wheeler
Clayton Mayers
Daytona Beach
Fla
Monday Night Bowling League Standings and Results
The Post Office led the Park alleys Monday night league with 19 wins to 17 for Fish Market and 12 for Hilltop. High single by R Hilyard 133. high three by R Haggett 320. Hilltop Market 508 high team single. Hilltop Market 1420 high team total. No records broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fish Market
Hilltop
Ile
C.M.P. Co
Shepard's
Hilltop Market
R. Hilyard
R. Haggett
Hilltop, Market
Park
G. Hynes
HH. Libby
Toothaker
R. Rice
Jim M'Lghlin
M Stephenson
G McMann
R Hersom
E Stover
J Callan
H Mayo
M Grant
D Murphy
R Farnham
L Addison
Community notes from West Bath and surrounding towns
Smelters on the New Meadows river remained in water due to mild weather. A Friday night entertainment benefited the West Bath fire department. Local social activity includes visits and open houses across Lewiston Hall Well, Larrabee, Perkins, and surrounding households. Several families hosted guests from Lisbon, Arrowsic, Brunswick, Phippsburg, Bath and Yarmouth Nova Scotia with illnesses and school returns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Meadows
West Bath
Courtney Stover
Fred Rose
Farm Bureau
Lewiston
Marilyn Booker
Betty Nickerson
Hallowell
Joseph W. Larrabee
Fred Larrabee
Walter Wade
Richard
Lisbon
Edward Kenney
Elijah Hallowell
Cliff
Washington
Gertrude Greenleaf
Reggie Atwood
Arrowsic
John Perkins
Laurance Palmer
East Brunswick
Warren Davis
Adelaid Caron
Jennie Belanger
Brunswick
Leon Belanger
Milton Morse
Phippsburg
Rose
Everett Lemont
Bath
Laurance Burnham
Kittery
Irving Burnham
Catherine Bouque
Yarmouth
Nova Scotia
Edward Robichaud
Elwynne Kenney
West Bath Grange Dives Into Home Economics Program
West Bath grange met Monday night with a program focused on home economics. The session featured readings on Home Making and Home Rule, poems, a Penny March won by Rita Mulcahy, several short poems and quizzes, and a prize announced for the member who brings the oldest newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
David Field
Constance Murphy
Rita Mulcahy
Beverly Coombs
Florence McCall
Bertha Palmer
Bernice McGlinchy
W. H. McGlinchy
Alton Collins
James Royal
Elaine Renshaw
Emma Brown
Ella Coombs
Sen Margaret Smith Replies To Bath Chamber Telegram
In response to a Bath Chamber of Commerce wire classing the anthracite situation as extremely bad Senator Margaret Smith says the matter is in the hands of the President and suppliers. She notes the Maine delegation has appealed for assistance and hopes conditions will improve soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret C. Smith
H. P. Small
Bath
Maine
Margaret Smith
Rats Move Indoors as Weather Turns COLDER
Complaints about rats rise with cooler weather as outdoor rats seek shelter in fall and winter. Ratproofing corncribs and houses deprives them of winter home and food. Entry into buildings may lead to killing rats.
Lambs' Sun Sensitivity Linked to Plant Exposure
Dr. G. T. Woods, a veterinarian, explains that rape, buckwheat, and wet alsike clover can trigger bighead in lambs by increasing sun sensitivity. He notes St. Johnswort and grasses in stubblefields related to Sudan grass may also cause trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Woods
Appeal Filed Over Reed Will Probate in Sagadahoc
Franklin R. Chesley files a Superior Court appeal from Probate Court Judge Carroll S. Chaplin’s ruling admitting the Ora E. Reed will disposing of more than 500000. Chesley represents two omitted cousins and the estate’s executor, listing 17 grounds including alleged lack of sound mind and undue influence, with questions over probate in Cumberland versus Sagadahoc county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll S. Chaplin
Portland
Ora E. Reed
Franklin R. Chesley
Chesley
Miss Reed
Sagadahoc County
Richmond
Bath
Cumberland County
Sagadahoc
Pomona Meets at West Bath For Past Officers Night
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange gathers at West Bath Wednesday with Earthland Curtis presiding. About 200 members attend as fifth degree is conferred on 40 candidates. Entertainment includes guitar and piano solos and harmonica performances. Harvest supper served. Mrs Angelina Renshaw leads as general chairman with dining room head Mrs Gladys Deehan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Pomona
West Bath Grange
Eartland Curtis
Alice Smith
Esther Andrews
Florence White
David Henderson
Grange
Angelina Renshaw
Ceres
Gladys Deehan
Tuesday Night Bowling League Standings and High Scores
The Pontiacs move to the league lead after a 10 point win at Park Alleys with Steeves and Redlon's also posting high individual totals. High series by Steeves and strong showing from Pontiacs and Redlon's noted. several player scores listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiacs
Steeves
Redlon
Chapel Hill planetarium opens as sixth built in U.S.
A new three million dollar planetarium in Chapel Hill North Carolina is the sixth built in America and the only one in the world located in a village setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
N. C
America
Church Activities and Local Notices at Nequasset
Community announcements from First Congregational and Montsweag Baptist churches list weekly services, Sunday school times, and sermons. Also noted are club meetings, town election procedures, engagement news, and local hospital and naval reserve updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Congregational Church
Nequasset
Francena Cromwell
Christian Endeavor
John F. Anderson
Montsweag Baptist Church
H. E. Danielson
Ruth Soule
Center Baptist Church
Ladies’ Aid
Union Bridge Mothers’ Club
Philip Rattleff
Edward V. Reed
Public Interest Split Over Mosquitoes and Schools
In Bath a City Hall meeting recorded a two to one public interest split with 52 attendees favoring mosquito concerns and 26 supporting school facilities. The debate pitted groups on opposite sides of a partition as residents weighed youth population needs against vector control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
City Hall
Groundhog Day Tomorrow Tells Winter's Secret
Old Man Woodchuck will perform his traditional duties Thursday morning and determine ifsix more weeks of sleep lie ahead or if an early spring is near. Candlemas Day weather lore predicts winter's length with a famous rhyme about snow on a hot stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodchuck
Scotland
Meeting Draws Bath Area Residents for Mosquito Control Plan
Large crowd gathers at Bath city hall to consider a proposed mosquito control program. Former Mayor Harold P. Small started the effort, with Sumner Sewall leading the committee in his absence. The meeting explains an aerial spraying method, its safety for people and plants, and outlines next steps including a February 27 follow up and local map viewing at Desmond's Clothing Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Bath
Harold P. Small
Small
Sumner Sewall
Sewall
Small Point Colony
Pin Point
Nish
Roland Peterson
Board of Selectmen
Georgetown
Desmond's Clothing Store
Center Street
Mattress as Life Saver After Crash in Pennsylvania
A Pennsylvania woman slept through a parked truck collision that crushed her first floor room. The mattress shielded her, wrapping around her and keeping her from serious injury or death despite the wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Dry Period Length Affects Milk Output Across Cattle
Experiments indicate young cows require 70 to 75 days dry period while older cows need 40 to 45 days. Shortening the dry period reduces milk production in the subsequent lactation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Jennie Webber
Dresden Mills
John L. Blagdon
Union Street
Leon G. Flood
Miles Memorial Hospital
Allan Weeks
Maine State Police
Camp Keyes
Augusta
James M. Bimson
F. D. Southard
Charles E. Cowley
Hellegas
North Edge
Mademoiselle
Front Street
Dresden
Monday Night Bowling League
QO. Morse
H. Larrabee
I. Daley
H. Haggett
D. Desmond
Sen. Smith
REED
Kers
R. Frates
L. Plant
E. Fortier
M. Mitchell R. Hilyard R. Pratt
A. Jewett
L. Hargton
L. Price
W. Plant
R. Small
Redlon’s
T. Conley
H. McCabe
M. Oliver
R. Philbrick
Laforest E. Wade
New Britain
Conn
Jeanette Louise Wade
Donald R. Martin
U.S.N
Charles H. Martin
Pontiac
Mich
JSS Gilmore
Key West
Martin
Horace Wade
Wallace Ham
Linwood Groves
Robert Young
Florence Murphy
Osteopathic Hospital
Lemuel Stinson
Naval Reserve
Billy Brown
Sanford Brown
Bath Memorial Hospital
Kenneth Crocker
Washington, D. C
William Robson
Geraldine Fogg
Augusta General Hospital
William Fogg
Herbert Lemont
Sebasco
Joseph Roseberry
Brunswick Flying Service, Inc
Roseberry
Pacific
Chevrolet
America’s Best Buy
Fisher
Brooke Chevrolet, Inc
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