Harringtons Long Shot Wins For Boothbay Bears
A late shot by Stretch Harrington lifts Boothbay Harbor Bears 39 28 over Liberty Five at the Arcade. Oliver locks down Harrington as Paine and Kendrick spark Boothbay late while Liberty loses Brewster Lewis McCabe on fouls. Referee McMann keeps the pace fast as five players exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stretch
Harrington
Tobay Harbor Bears
Liberty Five
Bath Boys
Bears
Bath
Oliver
Bably
Cannonball Oliver
Streten
Oakhurst
Rupe Lev
Paine
Boothbay Harbor
McMann
D'dge
Harring
Perlins
Hutch Inson
Rp Kendrick
Liberty
Lewis
McCabe
Brewster
Jowet
Jennings
Stover
Whitehouse
Liberty Five Lose At Westbrook In Tough Match
The Liberty Five of Bath fell 59 to 36 to Westbrook in a Portland City league battle. Westbrook’s height and overflow offense overwhelmed Bath, with Traver six foot two and center Billings, plus Roma and Chaplin, using an overhead game to pull ahead by 12 at halftime and extend the gap late. Manager Paul B. Davis has scheduled Westbrook to visit Bath’s Arcade arena on Friday February 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liberty
Bath
Westbrook
Paper City Company
Portland City League
Co. D
Bathites
Traver
Westorook
Billings
Roma
Chaplin
Wetbrook
Liberty Five
Bath Five
Paul B. Davis
Arcade
Maine
Juniors Defeat Morse Freshmen In Rubber Game
The Y M C A Juniors beat Morse high freshmen 19 11 at the Y gymnasium Stevens led with 10 points and Page starred for Morse in the first year squad. The article adds a stray proverb about muskrats in the north as a summary line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
Morse High
Y Gymnasium
Stevens
Page
M.C.A
Pinkham
If Levine
Carr
McNeil
Sarkis
Snowden
Chaney
Morse
Footer
Rf Lord
If Oliver
Bath Men Return From Bermuda Trip
Bath residents Dr. Paul A. Gregware and A. B. Stearns recount a 10 day Bermuda visit aboard the Prince Henry. Water shortages on the island forced shipments from New York and residents hope for rain. En route, fog and storms delayed the voyage to Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul A. Gregware
A. B. Stearns
Bermuda
New York
Boston
Prince Henry
Gregware
Belmont
Hamilton Hotel
Hamilton
Old Sailor Sees Navy Development Across Eras
Isaac Otis Castle, 73, San Diego’s oldest sailor, recalls enlisting in 1873 when clipper ships with muzzle loadings dotted the fleet. Now veterans see battleships and two electric vessels with 100 planes. he served again in 1918 and plans to retire to an Oregon farm after 20 more years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ieee Otis Castle
Navy
William Warne
Sam
San Diego
Isaac Otis Castle
Armo
Wis
Castle
Salem
Ore
Castile
Aumsville
Washington Birthday Party at Sebenoa Hall
A Washington birthday entertainment is scheduled in Sebenoa hall Woolwich Monday at eight under the Ladies Auxiliary Men's Forum and Mothers club. The program includes two plays music and two novelties with fancy articles candy and Washington pies for sale and a grab bag. Cast lists for Crinoline and Candlelight and Truthful Husbands include many named local participants and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sebenoa Hall
Woolwich
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Men’s Forum
Mothers’ Club
George Washington
Bertram Crocker
Alonzo B. Cromwell
Billerienee Teehee
Earle Dow Bod
Anthony Dodge Ghearn
George Wright Wray
J. Benjamin Shaw
Raymond Rice
Raymond Uo
Dorothea Skillin
Grace Skill
Dike School P.T.A. Holds Brief Tuesday Meeting
Dike P.T.A. met briefly at the old Dummer street schoolhouse to remind members of Founders Day observance at Morse high school auditorium, and to plan a play. Mrs. Joseph I. Smith named Summer round-up chair, Mrs. Carl Swanton named chair of student loans and scholarship committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P.T.A
Dummer Street
Morse High School
Joseph I. Smith
Carl Swanton
WANTED Live poultry and eggs. High prices paid
Advert of Roy's Sanitary Market seeking live poultry of all kinds and native eggs. Highest prices paid for heavy birds. Telephone Bath 396. Roy's Sanitary Market.
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Tel
Bath
Roy's
Death and local life in Bowdoinham and Monmouth
Obituary notes John F. Baker of Bowdoinham dies suddenly in Eustis Florida while wintering there. Services held in Monmouth and burial in Bowdoinham Adams cemetery. The column records regional events: horse racing, social visits, club entertainments, mill operations, town meeting preparations, and local civic plans including school board candidacy and potential candidate Dr. I. C. Irish.
Bowdoinham Candidate Ralph H McEwen for Road Commissioner
Ralph H McEwen announces his bid for Bowdoinham Road Commissioner. A Bowdoinham resident, he graduated Coombs High School in 1922 and Shaw's Business College in 1926. He cites seven seasons of road work experience with firms including A. D. Br Sons and McCabe Gravenville, detailing state road work in Bowdoinham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph H. McEwen
Bowdoinham
Coombs High School
Shaw’s Business College
Augusta
A._D._Br! Sons of
Hazardville
Conn
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Maine
McCabe & Gravenville
Boston
Mass
Bowdoinam
Local Notes From Bowdoinham And Gardiner Hospitals
Irene Millay returns from Gardiner hospital after appendicitis operation and is recovering. Ernest J Millay operated for appendicitis February 11 in Gardiner hospital. February 3 a baby girl Marguerite Myrtle born to Mr and Mrs Herbert R Heath. Various social visits and illnesses noted among local residents and seasonal relocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Millay
Gardiner Hospital
Ernest J. Millay
Herbert R. Heath
Marguerite Myrtle
Pauline Jenkins
Harry Purington
Portland
Benjamin Humphrey
Gardiner
Bowdoin News Briefs Discontinued Meetings and Visits
Bowdoin ladies aid meetings halted until spring due to poor roads and illnesses. John Carter and daughter left for Alabama by auto two weeks ago to stay with his parents. Mrs. A E Purington remains ill with Angie Purington caring for her. Mrs. Irving Clough of Chelsea visiting L C Starbird family. Samuel Enman and son Richard visited Richmond Sunday. Harold Starbird and family visited L C Starbird. Mrs Granit Woods ill with a heavy cold. Town schools closed for winter vacation. out of town teachers returned home.
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John Carter
Mr. Carter
Grant Woods
Alabama
A. E. Purington
Angie Purington
Irving Clough
Chelsea
L. C. Starbird
Samuel Enman
Richard
Richmond
Harold Starbird
Auburn
Granit Woods
Manuel Cruz to Make New Start in 23-Foot Catboat
Manuel Biasco Cruz, the Spanish American adventurer, plans a 6000 mile solo voyage to Chile from Halifax aboard Olga II starting next Monday. This will be his third attempt after two shipwrecks on the coast of the Americas and an earlier start from Bath, Maine. In other news, a snow removal conference in South Paris presented a table analyzing Oxford county towns with 237 miles improved and 692 unimproved roads and equipment usage. Roy Crosby improves from a knee injury after an ice cutting bee funded by local neighbors. Colby seniors Evelyn Johnson and Barbara Sherman were nominated for Phi Beta Kappa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manuel Biasco Cruz
Chile
Halifax
Americas
Cruz
Bath
Cape Hatteras
Navy
Paris
Maine
Oxford
Colby College
Evelyn L. Johnson
Caribou
Barbara A. Sherman
Yarmouth
Mass
Phi Beta Kappa
Carl J. Weber
Colby Chapter
Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club seeks longer duck season
At a Tuesday meeting the Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Club voted to urge a full time duck shooting season from October 1 to January 1. They called for West Bath sanctuary to become a strict sanctuary protecting all wild game. Seventy attendees including 15 new members. They urged limiting rabbits to five per day and stopping open market sales by gunners, plus a uniform rabbit law across Lincoln and Cumberland counties. The group also discussed a survey from the Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Game and heard a lecture by former game warden Herbert Spinney on Maine wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Commissioner of Inland Fisheries and Game
Lincoln
Cumberland
Herbert Spinney
Maine
Just Country Folks Presented at West Bath Grange Hall
A three act comedy by Edward MacArthur titled Just Country Folks will be presented in West Bath grange hall Thursday evening. Cast includes Robert Oliver Charles Doyle Miss Muriel Howe Herbert Cavanaugh Leland Plummer Bernard Comeau Mrs Hope Ward Mrs Iola Worrey Edwin Haggett and Miss Christine Hanscom. The show begins at eight with a postrehearsal lobster stew pie and coffee served by hostesses. A dance follows with Edwin Haggett in charge. Transportation arranged by E Mason Wright. The plot centers on a postmaster nephew’s money scheme and a accompanying love story.
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Edward MacArthur
West Bath Grange Hall
The
Grange
Robert Oliver
Charles Doyle
Muriel Howe
Herbert Cavanaugh
Leland Plummer
Bernard Comeau
Hope Ward
Iola Worrey
Edwin Haggett
Christine Hanscom
Grange Hall
Cavanaugh
Plummer
Oliver
Alice Johnson
Miss Johnson
Chester Magoun Named Chief Watchman On Coastwise Liner
Chester W Magoun long time Baxter Paper Box Company employee Brunswick has been offered chief watchman of cabins halls and salons on a coastwise liner. He passed three U S S Inspectors exams and holds an able seaman certificate and a navigator s license. He must report for duty near Boston two days before April 10 sailing date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester W. Magoun
Baxter Paper Box Company
Brunswick
Magoun
U.S.S.S
Brunswick Scout George Bean Wins Prize in Boys Life
George Bean a Brunswick high school junior and patrol leader earned 50 in a Boys' Life contest. He is remembered for last August saving two people from drowning when a canoe capsized off Birch Island opposite Mere Point. On a foggy night he braved the waves in a boat to reach the drowning pair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bean
Brunswick High School
Brunswick
Boy Scout
Boys' Life
Bean
Birch Island
Mere Point
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Boothbay Basketeers
Boothbay Harbor Bears
Oscar House
Paramount Publix Theatre
Stepping Sisters
Louise Dreser
Wm. Collier, Sr
Jack Holt
Ralph Graves
Broken Lullaby
Lionel Barrymore
Nancy Carroll
Charlotte Greenwood
John Gilbert
Lois Moran
Broadway
Soldier Boys
Walter J. Brennan
Department of Labor and Industry
Mr. Brennan
Alice Brann Flood
Davenport Street
Capital City
Flood
Tufts Dental Medical College
Gardiner High School
Charles S. Brann
Oak Street
Lambda Phi Sigma Fraternity
Woman's Organization
Tufts
Augusta Zonta Club
Gardiner Business and Professional Women's Club
Augusta General Hospital
Lena Bartlett
Plains School
Weeks Mills
Bartlett
Laurier G. Rousseau
Lincoln Smith
Charles F. Stanwood
Roland H. Graves
Bowdoin College
Sebenoa
Landus
Hollis Leeman
Toplift - Lee
Frank Bailey
Lovejohn Lee
James Colby
Hadnay Beeen
Nelson Rice
Templar
Merle Jameson
Samuels Toe
Laurence Ryan
Patrick Fagany
Errand Boy
Nipey
Eugene Rice
Martha Stebbins
Pamelia Dodge
Dike School
Strout
E. A. Strout Realty Agency Inc
Frank S. Walch
Bowker St
John F. Baker
Eustis
Fla
Adams Cemetery
Karl D. Hatch
A. Grant Hulse
Plumstead
Trip Lake
Isworth Leavitt
Aineley Welch
M's
Silas Hamilton
Welch
F Gardiner Savings Bank
Sazadahoz Fertilizer Co
Jane Brown
C. S. Browne
Geo.ce Hawkes
Emily Rideout
Alice Maxwell
Ernest Millay
Irene
Charles Bass
W. E. & E. P. Kendall
Brown's Point
Charles Blodgett
Fred Mulligan
Clayhill
Vassaldoro
Avert Temple
Cora Denham
Curtis
J. E. Cornish
Frank
Alphonzo Wood
George Cutler
Bridge
A. S. Mac Dougal
Frank Siegars
Charles Hackett
Clara
Cooming
Alice Palmer
Central Station
Ida M. Fowle
Dorothy Dickinson
Clarence Blackwell
Waterville
R. D. Purint
Emma Ferguson
Eva MacDosugal
Mary Lilly
Bowdoinham Post Road
Bowdoin
Manuel B. Cruz
South America
Roy Crosby
Albion
Clarence Chalmers
Charley Rowe
ROD and Gun Club
West Bath
Hatch’s Shoe Store
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