Icy Bay Mirrors Winter Scene at Dromore and Nearby
A Bath area village reports a warm day melting ice on Dromore Bay while four foot ice ridges line Points along the bay. The Popham boat and Center mail face ice blocks as locals cope with winter travel and vivid snapshots of island life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Bay
Little America
Cranberry Point
Lee's Island
Dromore
Bay
Cunningham
Ash
William Perry
Spechts
Milton Webber
Chebeague Island
Lyman Barbour
Falmouth
Christine McCourt
Emma Perry
Boston
Lucia Ferguson
Woburn
Mass
Hamilton McCourt
Bath
Lillian’ Barbour
Portland
John H. Pease
George Davis
Everett Harrington
Board of Selectmen
Town Hall
Rodney Wyman
Nelson Heald
Annie Card
Liberty Street
Totman Public Library
George C. Pease
Mary Heald
Pease
Carrie
Page Hawley
Mary Page
Annie Palmer
Ashdale
John Carter
Raymond Campbell
Bess. Dickinson
Under-the-Lee
Popham
Center
A. F. Williams
Minoit's Landing
Tommy Perry
Center Post Office
Barhkour
Durwood ‘Wyman
Castillo to Meet Knights in Ten Round Clash Friday Night
Promoter Nick Mihalos features seven bouts at Arcade arena this Friday. Main event pits K. O. Castillo of this city against Jimmy Knights of West Virginia in a ten round bout after two prior six round decisions. Semifinal pairs Farmer Brown of Bath and Charlie Moore, both colored, with Knights’ stable mate. The undercard includes Ted Lewis versus Young Firpo Ames, plus four rounders and three novice bouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick” Mihalos
Arcade Arena
K. O. Castillo
Jimmy Knights
West Virginia
Castillo
Mr. Mihalosha
Farmer Brown
Bathan
Charlie Moore
Public Speaking Course Offered by Evening School
The Evening school plans its first free public speaking course in years led by Rev. George B. Wolstenholme. The program aims to build self confidence and reduce stage fright through a lecture and laboratory format for business and professional participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Wolstenholme
Wolstenholme
Colby College
of Golby
Columbia College of Oiatory
Neal
Boston University
Squaw club meets as Valentine social notes read
Winnegance area club reports Friday gathering at Cottage Park with nine members plus committee. Mirthful games honor Valentine theme as Miss Trask wins first prize and Mrs. Cutting second while Mrs. Brown takes third. Other items mention illness recoveries and community group activities around town.
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Squaw Club
Frank Perow
Leon Pennell, Jr
Leon B. Pennell
High Street
Cottage Park
Lois Knight
Agnes Nagon
Annie Williams
Thatcher Pinkham
Thatcher B. Pinkham
Bridge Street
Humphrey A. Owen
100 High Street
M. Helen Sims
L. T.L
Omah C. Trott
Ladies’ Society
Farm Bureau
Fréd L. Parks
Somerville
Mass
Alfred Cornish
Hardings
Lillian
Lewiston
Roberta Manson
Randall Coombs
Parker O. Rogers
Walter Morse
Judge to Inspect Woolwich Farm Premises
Judge John J. Keegan visited the Albert Hathorn farm on the Middle road in Woolwich to assess conditions for more than sixty cattle alleged to lack adequate shelter and sustenance. Hathorn, arraigned in municipal court, was ordered to post 100 bonds daily pending a verdict. neighbors defended the barn’s security while a hay dealer testified Hathorn had sufficient feed.
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John J. Keegan
Woolwich
Middle Road
Otis R. Gray
Litchfield
Hathorn
Keegan
Old church relic gains renewed hymnals as crowd gathers
A large audience attended a meeting where Dr. Snipe recalled changes in church music and Parson Ellingwood’s long effort to update hymnals. The group agreed to purchase new books while anecdotes highlighted historic moments and a poem from the old church collection was read.
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Snipe
Parson Ellingwood
Charles C. Low
Bath Notes on Old Light Infantry and Local History
The Bath Light Infantry of the 1880s, with Captain Harry E. Stetson and lieutenants Ballou and Howard, lived in an armory later turned Center Street School. The piece reminisces about conservationist Dr. John C. Phillips, CWA workers, beech and walnut trees, old newspapers, a wooden bear at Academy Street, and historic fires and weather records in Bath Maine. It also mentions local surveys, schoolhouse history, and new golf course construction in Portland and Melrose.
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Bath
Bath Light Infantry
Center Street
Old City of Bath
Harry E. Stetson
William Ballou
Henry W. Howard
Maine
Capt
Gilbert Patten
George Patten
Washington Street
J. BR. Andrews
Gregware
Morse High School
Academy Street
High
Lincoln Street
High Street
Old
Academy
Page
Edward Page Mitchell
New York Sun
New Jersey
Wilson
Bailey
CWA
Texas Steamship Co
Jack Verheus
Old North Church
Shaw Mansion
Center Streets
Winter Street
Portland Municipal Golf Course
Ernest Ryall
Poland Springs
Melrose
Mass
Radio Hams Convene in New England Convention
Amateur wireless operators from Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts will meet in Lewiston February 17 hosted by the Lewiston hotel. Visiting hams will be guests of the Lewiston hotel and a wireless telegraphy exhibition at 160 meters will be staged at the U S Naval Reserve headquarters in the city building.
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Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Lewiston and Hotel
U. S. Naval Reserve Headquarters
Phippsburg Captain to Command New Million Dollar Ship Angelina
The Bull Insular Line will launch the steamship Angelina built at Newport News Shipbuilding. Captain William B. Perry, a long-time Texan, will command the 8,000 ton vessel designed for speed and comfort. The ship costs about 1,000,000 dollars and will serve the Porto Rican trade with passenger accommodations described as unmatched.
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Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co
Newport News
Eee Burg
Phippsburg
United States
W. R. Dickinson
Rappahannock
Bath
Henry W. Butler
Edward B. Winslow
Rio
William B. Perry
Bull Insular ‘Line
New York
Perry
Bull Insular Line
Chicago Horse and Stock Show Comes Alive With Ring Action
The Chicago show thrills with prize cattle, harness ponies, five gaited saddles and a sheep dog demonstration. Guests view a parade of draft and roadsters, with pony chariots, Grahams Western Riders, and indoor polo featuring the 124th Field Artillery Gunners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham
124Th Field Artillery
Cosmo Club Hears Talk and Nominating Report
At the Cosmo Club monthly meeting on March 14 a nominating committee report is presented naming Lillian Miller Anne Gearing Miriam Kimball Carolyn Stackpole and Mrs. Leland Mitchell. The card party and standing house committee events are announced with details of helpers and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian C. Miller
Anne Gearing
Miriam W. Kimball
Carolyn M. Stackpole
Leland R. Mitchell
Jane Murphy
Archibald M. Main
David L. Wilson
William W. Dennison
Evelyne L. Donnell
H. Benjamin Duce
Stanley M. Brown
Phyllis E. Wright
High School Programs Reflect Societal Demands Says Education Leader
Harrison Lyseth of the State Board of Education told the Gardiner Rotary club that schools increasingly take on home and church tasks. He argued that so called frills and fads are in school programs because society demands them and that modern schooling covers trades and occupations once taught at home.
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Harrison
Lyseth
State Board of Education
Gardiner Rotary Club
Johnson House
Sear
David F. Kelabsence
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Durwood
Nathaniel Percy
Cox’s Head
Bucksport
William
Jennie
North Bergen
N. J
Gahan House
Parker Head
Sawin Dyer
Leslie
Beach
Linwood Wiley
W. R
Bowie
James. Hutchins
Edward Py ‘Thomas
Merton Oliver
S Head
Harry Spencer
Stover
Popham Beach
W. RB. Bowie
William. B. Perry
Parker Head Village
Sylvester Cushman
Ruth Skillings
Sebasco Estates
Panama Canal
Los Angeles
Miss Skillings
Roland Blaisdell
Melvin Wallace
Emma Ridley
Mattie Cutting
Ernest Rogers
Small Point
F. S. Sawyer
Friends of
Tech
Samuel McElroy
Ordinance Department
Army
McElroy
Fort Baldwin
Casthlo
Will Figh
Mihalos
Biddeford
John C. Phillips
Eleanor Hyde
Trustees
Massachusetts Public Reservations
Union Club
Dr. Phillips
Trustees of Public Reservations
Phillips
Herbert Parker
Commonwealth
Boxford
Federation of Bird Clubs
Plum Island
Annie H. Brown
Miss Brown
Butler's Cove
Nequasset
Sumner Bailey
Whiskeay
Mains
Boston Journal
Box 94
Bath Iron Works
Sagadahock House
George F. Cressey
South Street
Shepard Street
School Yard
Middle Street
Houghton
Union Stock Yards
Swift and Co
Wilson & Co
Anheuser-Busch Brewing Co
Chicago’s
Cosmo Club
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