Bath Library Adds Wide Range of New Books
Bath library announces multiple new titles across genres. Notable entries include Abraham Lincoln War Years four volume set by Carl Johann Strauss and Patterns and Variations in Poetry by an anonymous Corn wall author. The list features fiction works, biographies, and juvenile titles from authors such as James Thurber, Thomas Mann, Stephen Vincent Benet, and Jules Romain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Johann Strauss
K. E. Jacob
Chard Powers Smith
Justice of the Peace
Cornwall
Conn
John O’hara
Marguerite McIntire
Bowdoin College
Glenn R. McIntire
Hassoldt Davis
San Francisco
South Seas
Scattergood Baines
Clarance B. Kelland
Francis
Benet
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Siberia
Russia
Verdun
Jules Romain
American
Horace Coon
Charleston
City of Historic Gardens
William Oliver Stevens
Felix Saltern
Bob Thorpe
Sky Fighter
Italy
Lattle House
Marjorie Hayes
Marcia’s
Margaret Widdemer
Robb White
Susi
Dorothea Pilosa
Arthur Sampson
Lewis Theiss
Native Evergreens Topic At Winter Street Ladies Aid
Mrs Carl Y Kennedy spoke on native evergreens at a Winter Street Ladies aid meeting. She identified species and showed samples including white pine red pine spruce fir hemlock arbor vitae juniper and yew. 45 members attended and future talks were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Y. Kennedy
Winter Street
Kennedy
Alice E. Varney
Warren E. Kershner
Clinton D. Wilson
Bessie E. Dickinson
Arthur C. Lemont
Joseph O. Purdue
Abraham Lincoln
Edgar DeWitt Jones
Langdon T. Snipe
Emma F. Hooper
Carl Y Kennedy
George W. Hibbs
Waterville Doctor Reports Rarified Air Cure Trial
The 10th patient, six year old Thomas Raymond of Winslow, received high altitude treatment at Waterville Municipal Airport. The child has been ill four weeks and is part of a trial in which flights about 12 000 feet are used. Seven of ten patients reportedly show improvement under the method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Thomas Raymond
Morris Raymond
Winslow
Richmond High Extends Win Streak Amid Close 37 35 Victory
Richmond High remained undefeated with a 37 35 win over Kennebec School of Commerce marking its 10th straight victory. Kennebec rallied in the second half but fell short as Richmond boys continued their dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond High
Kennebec School of Commerce
Richmond
J. J. Dollinger
Portland
United Baptist Church
Benjamin Randall Temple
Civil Service
Eva Libby
Elizabeth Hurley
St. Ambrose Church
Thomas Henderson
Harry Sykes
John O'Brien
Chester Call
Louis Lemieux
Richmond High School
Helen Seamans
Lawrence Thompson
Laurelle Priest
Edward Lewis
Paul Pinkham
Dean Foss
John Thrower
Marrion Purinton
Wallace Umberhind
Estelle Brown
Eleanor Mealey
Constance Skinner
Daniel Danforth
James Sherburn
Claudia Cote
Melvin Lewis
Alice Watson
Esther King
Grammar School
Richmond High Girls
Wiscasset
James Haynes
Methodist Church
Frank Linnehan
Arthur Siegars
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Colonial Club Nominates Officers At March Meeting
Colonial club officers for the coming year were nominated by the club at its monthly meeting. Edwin F. Ramsay declined to continue as secretary after 15 years of service. A Woodfords Bath match date was set for Feb 21 with a return March 8 in Woodfords. The Christmas tree fund left a balance of 22.71 to be added to the perpetual fund. Officers nominated include Morse as president Herrick as vice president Fortier treasurer Footer secretary Pierce director Winchenbach finance committee member.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Edwin F. Ramsay
E. Everett Pierce
Woodfords
Bath
Horace P. Morse
Horace P. Herrick
Clayton T. Fortier
Harold J. Footer
Elks Dinner Hosts At Hotel Phoenix
Bath Lodge of Elks entertained Brunswick brethren with a supper party at Hotel Phoenix Friday. More than 40 attended including a Brunswick delegation of nine. Raymond Vachon provided piano music. Bath and Brunswick committees led the event. Brunswick will entertain at Hotel Eagle later, and Bath Lodge ritual team enters the State Elks Ritualistic Contest March 17 at Lewiston Lodge with 16 Maine lodges expected to compete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Brunswick
Hotel Phoenix
Raymond Vachon
Arthur H. Sprague
Jesse Allen
Bath Lodge
Harry Gilchrist
Joseph V. Paquette
Brunswick Elks
Hotel Eagle
Lewiston Lodge
Maine
North End Community Club's Good Works Highlighted
North End residents praise the North End Community club for its services and a flooded skating pond at Sewall's field, with officers Everett G. Lemont president Charles I. Madden Jr. vice president James E. McLaughlin secretary and Clifford Wilband treasurer. Philip G. O'Hara of the Columbia Hotel leaves for Orlando to visit his sister Mrs. Arthur K. Gibbons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Sewall
North End
Everett G. Lemont
Charles I. Madden, Jr
James E. McLaughlin
Clifford Wilband
Bath
North End Community Club
Philip G. O’hara
Columbia
Orlando
Fla
Arthur K. Gibbons
Bay Point column corrects names and notes local changes
The Bay Point column corrects a previous error naming Mrs. William Campbell as the recipient for Finns articles, not Mrs. Mary Campbell. It also reports two chimney fires, clam diggers delivering by truck to Georgetown road customers, and notes on Morse High School Mentor staff appointments. The piece lists local residents, road disputes, and upcoming road plans on the Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Campbell
Mary Campbell
Georgetown
Kennebec
Bay Point Chapel
Susie Pettingill
Frye
William Todd
Meadow Pond
Sumner Hawley
Morse High School
John Coombs
Bay Point
Edward Butterfield
Howard Avenue
Bay Point Village
Evergreen Lodge
Bideawee
Sunnysyde
Idle Hour
Robert Harris
Woolwich
W. O. Clark
Damariscotta
Belle Heald
Maurice ‘Burns
Edna M. Coolidge
The
Birchwood
Portland
Clarence Butters
Ralph Spinney
Bath
Ernestine Little
Eliot Bold
Edward Harrington
Hiram Stevens
William Adams
Andrew Butterfield
Elizabeth
Edward
Louise Howard
Auburn
H. A. Spinney
B. Campbell
Five Islands
Lila M. Spinney
Eleanor Mains
Lois Burns
Hazel Bold
Howard Barter
Sylvia Warren
Sumner Mains
Eleanor
Cecil Stevens
Burns
Pownalborough Hall Society Preserves Town Heritage
The Pownalborough Hall Society near Dresden Neck maintains the town’s legacy first named Pownalborough, now Dresden. Membership opens to women for 25 cents, with men as honorary members, and the group has grown through improvements like a cellar, furnace, and electric lighting. Notable members and a 1893 church organization are listed, along with many social events hosted at the hall. The recipe tip adds guidance on using leftover crusts for tarts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Pownalborough Hall
Dresden Neck
Jeanna K. Simpson
Catharine A. Carney
Emily P. Hall
Mary H. Hall
Flora E. Goodwin
Isabel Theobald
Elizabeth L Hall
Jane Goodwin
Mary G. Hall
Pownalborough
Arthur Patten
Pownalboro Hall Society
Leona Siegars
Annie Houdlette
Lillian Morton
Elizabeth Goodwin
Marion Hall
Agnes Gilpatrick
Carrie Groves
A. Florence Call
Alice Has- Houdlette
Mabel Houdlette
Addie McCobb
Nellie Carleton
Winnifred Houdlette
Mabel Perry
Blanch Herbert
Sarah Cameron
Georgetown Community News Highlights Health Notice and Local Events
Vernon E. Gray, Georgetown health officer, reports a free smallpox vaccination program from the Bureau of Health in Augusta available to all residents by March 1. Other items note birthdays, hospital updates, a horse loss, appendicitis surgery, and community gatherings at the Center and with local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Longfellow
Craigie” House
Cambridge
Vernon E. Gray
Georgetown
Bureau of Health
Augusta
Gray
Health Bureau
Etta Jones
Robinhood
W. A. Todd
Emma Billings
Joseph F. Higgins
Bath
Elizabeth Deering
Thomas N. Williams
Tom
Williams
Edward C. Cleary
Center
John Gordon
Bath Memorial Hospital
William C.mains
Walter F. Powers
Harold J. Brown
John R. Blackie
A. S. Cunningham
Harry L. Horne
Chester B. Horne
Working League
Koehlwetter
J. F. Higgins
Belle Heald
Woman's Auxiliary Hosts Tuesday Meeting in Grace Church
Bishop William Brewster and Mrs Brewster attended the Maine branch Woman's Auxiliary quarterly meeting at Grace church parish house. Holy Communion, breakfast, reports from officers, and a luncheon at Hotel Sedgwick followed by addresses. Over 100 members from across the state participated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Brewster
Maine
Woman's Auxiliary
Episcopal Church
Grace Church
Genie Daley
Hotel Sedgwick
Brewster
Charles F. Flag
Portland
Malcolm Taylor
Province of
New England
G. S. Barter
Philippine Islands
Civic League Head Talks Liquor Problems in Maine
Rev. Frederick W. Smith of Water Ville, superintendent of the Christian Civic League of Maine, outlined liquor sale issues at Bath Ministerial Association in Grace church parish house. He faced multiple interruptions during questions and answers. W. P. Black of Portland presented a proposed hospitalization plan under consideration by the group. Attendees included Rev. Louis A. Dole Rev Co B Oliver Capt C F Bowles Rev Joseph Q C Purdue Dr. David L. Wilson Rev Charles R. Sims Rev George B. Wolstenholme and Rev Jesse Kenderdine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Smith
Water Ville
Christian Civic League of Maine
Bath Ministerial Association
Grace Church
W. P. Black Portland
Associated Hospital Service of Maine
Louis A. Dole
Co. B. Oliver
C. F. Bowles
Joseph QC. Purdue
David L. Wilson
Charles R. Sims
George B. Wolstenholme
Jesse Kenderdine
Bath Iron Works to Expand Yard
Bath Iron Works plans to extend its South street yard with a 39 foot frontage and 88 foot depth. The move, tied to storage space needs, aims to support future contracts for larger vessels and potential extension of the shipways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Iron Works
Hayes
Footer
South Street
Treas, Thebeavy
Five Islands Cottage Work Continues and Local Socials
Charles Burgess and partners Jack Gibson Vernon Gray and Philip Campbell Jr are doing work on a Five Islands cottage. Mrs Ida Hinckley of St Petersburg Fla will visit her daughter Mrs Orville Rowe for a few weeks. Families from Five Islands were seen in Bath for shopping and social visits with residents from Bath Kittery Richmond Georgetown and Woolwich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Burgess
Jack Gibson
Vernon Gray
Philip Campbell, Jr
Orville Rowe
Ida Hinckley
St. Petersburg
Fla
Thomas W. Blaisdell
Roland Oliver
Bath
Good Neighbor Club
Franklin Koehlwetter
Georgetown
Library
J. J Gibson
Wallace Pierce
Islands
Eugene Baker
Jean Baker
Kittery
William McGrath
Fred Savoy
Richard Potter
Percy Savage
Five Islands
Irving Pinkham
Richmond
Maurice Pinkham
Dorothy Stuart
Frank Carlton
Woolwich
Harold Rowe
J. R. Blackie
Warner Eustis
Newton
Mass
Victor Pinkham
D. R. Stevens
Payroll deductions aid Bath hospital service plan
Bath sponsors report Hyde Windlass Co and Torrey Roller Bushing Works willingly allow payroll deductions to support enrollment in the Associated Hospital Service of Maine. Walter A. Black says deductions ease costs, reduce loan requests, and expand coverage for workers and families across Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Associated Hospital Service of Maine
Hyde Windlass Co
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Walter A. Black
Black
Associated Hospital
Maine
Associated Hospital Service
Torrey Roller
Bath Industries
Joseph C Footer noted Bath hotel man and developer
Joseph Charles Footer 68 well known Bath hotel man merchant and realtor died Saturday at 4 am at 88 South street after illness of two three months His death followed his brother Johns death by less than two days He lived in Bath all his life and began as a porter at Sagadahock House later worked for Shannon House then Bath Iron Works rising to foreman He became a prominent real estate agent during wartime opened Footer & Sons clothing 4 6 Center street and later Hotel Sedgwick He served as Ward 2 alderman treasurer of Kennebec Yacht Club and Sagadahoc Council He is survived by his wife three sons J Emery Harold E and Joseph Charles Jr all of Bath three daughters Mrs Provencher Walterboro S C Arline Footer and Mrs Edwin Powers Bath three sisters Mrs Eugene Spear Rockland Mrs Orrin Genthner Bath and Mrs John Hayes Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Charles Footer
South Street
John Footer
Bath
Charles
Ardella Footer
Sagadahock House
Front
Center Streets
Jere Shannon
H A. Huse
Footer
North End
Texas Steamship Co
Lincoln Street
Court Street
Elsinore Avenue
J. Emery
Harold E. Footer
Center Street
Albert H. Shaw
High
Ward 2
Kennebec
William H. Smart Dies at 93 in Bath Home
William H. Smart, about 93, died Wednesday at his Bath home 4092 Center street. A native of China, Maine, he lived in Bath since youth and earned a fine reputation as a faithful handyman and expert gardener. He had been in frail health for months. A half brother, Charles Watson of Bath, survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Smart
Center Street
China
Maine
Bath
Charles Watson
Funeral for Joseph Charles Footer Held at St Marys
Joseph Charles Footer hotel man and merchant, funeral largely attended at St Marys Church Monday at ten. Rev Timothy C Maney officiated. Ushers were Francis J Gooch and Eugene Hart Jr. Mrs Grace Cunningham sang. Bearers included Charles Genthner Leon Genthner John E Hayes Edward Sonia John Sonia and Harry W Thebeau. The body was entombed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Charles Footer
St Mary's Church
Timothy C. Maney
Francis J Gooch
Eugene Hart, Jr
Grace Cunningham
Charles Genthner
Leon Genthner
John E. Hayes
Edward Sonia
John Sonia
Harry W. Thebeau
John Footer Burial Service Given at St Marys
Rev Timothy Maney officiated Sunday service at two in St Marys church for John Footer with Rev David Surette presiding at Monday mass eight. Mrs Grace Cunningham sang. Bearers were Lewis Allen Charles Genthner Leon Genthner John E Hayes Mark Hayes Harry W Thebeau. Entombment in Maple Grove Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timothy GC. Maney
Libera
St. Mary's Church
John Footer
David P. Surette
Grace Cunningham
Lewis Allen
Charles Genthner
Leon Genthner
John E Hayes
Mark Hayes
Harry W Thebeau
Maple Grove
Mrs Myrne E. McGuire Funeral Held At Acadia Lodge
The funeral of Mrs Myrne E wife of J Willam MacGiune of 63 Chestnut Street was Thursday at 2 pm at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street. Dr David L Wilson officiated with bearers from Acadia lodge K of P Frank Danforth Hilton Freeman Harry Watson and Harry Williams. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrne E
J. Willam MacGiunre
Chestnut Street
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
David L Wilson
Acadia Lodge
Frank Danforth
Hilton Freeman
Harry Watson
Harry Williams
Oak Grove
Farm Conservation Methods Topic at Nequasset Meeting
A government program on conservation in industry and agriculture will be presented at the Nequasset Congregational church on February 15. Speakers are Fred Nutter, Maine Department of Agriculture representative, and A W Manchester, head of the Agriculture Adjustment Administration Northeastern Division. The program includes pictures. supper by the Auxiliary at 6 20. attendance invited for business leaders, farmers, and interested women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Fev
Fred Nutter
Maine
Department of Agriculture
A.W Manchester
Washington, D. C
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
United States
W H Smart Funeral Held At Mayo Residence
The funeral of William H. Smart was Friday afternoon at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High street. Dr David Wilson officiated. Bearers were William Carter Richard Garrison Charles Kine Farley Mayo. Burial was in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Smart
Arthur F Mayo
High Street
David Wilson
William Carter
Richard Garrison Charles Kine
Farley Mayo Buria
Oak Grove
John Footer Dies After Illness in Bath Home
John Footer 65, longtime Bath store clerk, died Thursday afternoon at his home 8 South Street after an illness beginning Saturday. He worked 51 years in one store, joining in June 1888 under Thomas L. Nichols, remaining after ownership changes. Born in Bath to Charles and Ardella Footer, he lived in the area his whole life and leaves six daughters and three sons, plus siblings including Joseph Charles Footer of Bath's Hotel Sedgwick and three Bath sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Footer
South Street
Thomas L. Nichols
Nichols
Otto F. Rullman
Footer
Rullman
Bath
Charles
Ardella Footer
Frank A. Hinds
J. Frank Jones
Edward Ory
Stephen Nolan
New York City
Richard Angus
Philadelphia
John Leutritz
Summit
N. J
Stanley
Milton E
Portsmouth
N. H
Robert J. Footer
Joseph Charles Footer
Sedgwick
Eugene R. Spear
Rockland
Orrin Genthner
John P. Hayes
Flora B Hodgdon obituary in Bath widow of Melvin Hodgdon
Flora B Hodgdon 70 widow of Melvin B Hodgdon died at her Bath home after a year of illness. She was born in Anna daughter of Albert B and Mary Erskine and had two marriages. Survived by brother John Erskine two nieces a stepson Arthur Hodgdon and a step daughter Mrs Mark W Burlingame. Burial in Newcastle. funeral arrangements to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora B. Hodgdon
Melvin B. Hodgdon
High Street
Mrs. Hodgdon
Anna
Albert B
Mary Erskine
William Erskine
Pittsfield
Hodgdon
Bath
Mass
Newcastle
Albert H Carr 86 Topsham resident dies at son's home
Albert Howard Carr aged 86, long time Topsham resident and farmer, died early Friday at his son Howard Carr's home after years of illness. Born September 9, 1853 in Bowdoinham to Nathaniel and Alvira Small Carr, he lived in Lewiston as a youth, spent years in Aroostook, then settled in Topsham. He married Mary Jack of Topsham, who died 17 years ago. He was the last of eight siblings and is survived by his son and several grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Howard Carr
Topsham
Howard
Mr. Carr
Bowdoinham
Nathaniel
Alvira Small Carr
Lewiston
Aroostook
Mary Jack
Mrs Emma T Sturgis Dies in Portland After Heart Attack
Mrs Emma Twitchell Sturgis of Portland sister of the late Fritz Twitchell of Bath died Saturday night at her home after a heart attack. She visited Bath often and had a Summer home at Isle of Springs. Survived by husband Alfred Sturgis a daughter Mrs C A Willman of Portland and a son William Sturgis of Portland Funeral held in Portland on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Twitchell Sturgis
Portland
Fritz H. Twitchell
Bath
Sturgis
Isle of Springs
Alfred Sturgis
C. A Willman
William Sturgis
Mrs Jennie Morse Dies After Month Long Illness
Mrs Jennie Morse 78 widow of George W Morse died Monday at her home 11 Corliss street after a month long illness with complications. Born Jennie May Perry in Carriel August 29 1861 she lived in Bath over 50 years. Her husband a former U S shipping commissioner died 22 months earlier. No near relatives pending. Funeral Thursday at eight in St Marys church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Morse
George W. Morse
Corliss Street
Jennie May Perry
Carriel
Bath
U. S. Shipping
St. Mary's Church
Child dies after emergency appendectomy in Damariscotta
Charles Joseph Leeman eight month old boy of Woolwich dies from an emergency appendectomy at a Damariscotta hospital. He had been ill for days and was taken to the hospital Sunday night. Besides his parents he leaves six sisters and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Joseph Leeman
Hollis L Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Funeral for infant Charles Joseph Leeman
The funeral for Charles Joseph Leeman infant son of Mr and Mrs Hollis L Leeman was held Wednesday at 2 PM at the parents home on Barley Neck road Woolwich with Charles Brown of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiating. Burial followed in Riverside cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tne
Charles Joseph Leeman
Hollis L. Leeman
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Charles Brown
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Riverside Cemetery
Dike P T A Meeting Discusses Programs and Plans
The Dike P T A met in the Dike school teachers room on Tuesday afternoon to discuss a Pound Day program and a hospital plan. Mrs Livan Fadden spoke on the Dental Clinic and Walter A. Black outlined the hospital plan. Twenty two members attended. next meeting is Feb 20 at 2 25 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dike
Livan Fadden
Walter A. Black
Also Mentioned on This Page
John Dewey
Port Goin
Wesley G. Pierce
Technical Encyclopedia of the
George Jean Nathan
Henderson
W. J. Henderson
H. E. Rossel
Ladies’ Aid
Harold Lancaster
Gardiner General Hospital
David Ames
Boston
Colonial Club Meeting
ELKS
Benjamin Brewster
Civic League
J.C. Footer
Nequasset Church
W. H. Smart
Albert H. Carr
Emma T. Sturgis
C. J. Leeman
Dike P. T. A. Meeting
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Washington Street
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