West Bath Red Cross Sews Garments at Grange Hall
West Bath Red Cross members held an all day session February 11 at Trufants Grange Hall with 18 in attendance. The sewing focus produced garments for the needy and a chafing dish lunch was served by local volunteers. A follow up meeting was held yesterday with committee members listed.
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West Bath
The
Red Cross
Grange Hall
Herbert Hodgkins
Abner ©. Johnson
Alvah H. Donnell
Miles S. Purington
West Bath Orange
Langdon T. Snipe
Spain
Hope Ward
Harold Freeman
Wallace Plant
Dr. Snipe
Sabine Improvement Association
Armory Hall
A. H. Donnell
A. ©. Johnson
Herbert J. Hodgkins
Clarence Johnson
Kath
Rahina Sundar
Mrs Mara Alma Gerrish dies after long illness
Mara Alma Gerrish aged 62 wife of Fred C. Gerrish of West Bath died at home after an illness of several years. Born in Providence she came to the United States 38 years ago and lived in West Bath 28 years. Survived by husband four sons six grandchildren and two daughters with several siblings. Funeral Sunday at 27 Pleasant Street Bath with Rev. Charles E. Brooks officiating. Burial at Witch Spring West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mara Alma Gerish
Fred C. Gerrish
West Bath
Providence
N. 5
Isaiah
Mary Carr
Herbert
Malden
Mass
Harold
Rockland
Clarence
Bath
Fred C. Gerrish, Jr
Emma Coombs
Livermore Falls
Lucy Gerrish
Winifred
Kenneth Gerrish
William
Miriam Coombs
Mary
Harold Gerrish
Marshall ,Card
Southport
Lemuel Card
Boston
Rachel Burgess
Martha Sanford
Mara Alma Gerrish
Pleasant Street
Charles E. Brooks
Wesley Church
Harry Rich
Loring Small
Edward K. Thompson
Cleveland Smith
Witch Spring
Community Guests and Local Visits Amid Illness and Death
A series of Sunday to Monday guest visits trace through Bath and surrounding towns as residents attend funerals and care for ill relatives. Notable events include Mrs. Ferdinand Coombs of Livermore Falls returning after Mrs. Fred C. Gerrish’s death, and many Bath residents hosting or visiting kin across Campbell's Pond, Sabine, and Lewiston. Local officials, including town treasurer W. H. Larrabee and selectmen Haggett Williams Donnell, prepared town reports ahead of March 2 meetings. Marguerite Williams of Campbell's Pond and others joined events at Morse high school and the Wesley church luncheon.
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Sabine
Arthur Lemont
Bath
J. B. Lemont
L. D. Sheldon
Joseph W. Larrabee
Emily Nason
Brunswick
Elmer Craig
FE. W. Haggett
Fred W. Larrabee
J. M. Lemont
H. A. Owen
D. Clark
New Meadows
KE. C. Murphy
Ferdinand Coombs
Livermore Falls
Fred C. Gerrish
EK. R. Brown
J. Mayo
E. C. Murphy
EK. S. Stackpole
Foreign Missionary Society
Wesley Methodist Church
E. W. Haggett
Samuel CC. Mulcahy
Harold E. Gerrish
Robinhood
W. H. Brown
Nellie Dunton
Green Street
Carolyn Stackpole
Bates College
Lewiston
B. H. Stackpole
Campbell's Pound
Marion Jaques
Charles W. Lee
William A. Brown
Walter Day
Ernest E. Williams
Campbell's Pond
W. H. Larrabee
FE. S. Stackpole
Marguerite
Wendall Williams
Jack Clough
Morse High School
EF. W. Haggett
Lincoln Williams
Earl Donnell
Joseph Doucett
Freeport
Fred Brown
Beatrice Wright elected to Bates College English honorary
Miss Beatrice E. Wright daughter of Wilson M. Wright of Woolwich has been elected to membership in Bates College seniority the honorary English society where she is a junior. The society includes 30 high standing English students and Wright is among the first five juniors elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beatrice E. Wright
Bates College
Wilson M. Wright
Woolwich
Miss Wright
Elizabeth Trott
Samuel Hathorn
Jessie Kelley
Small Point
Loretta Carlton
Harold Arnold
Providence
Ro I
Arnold
Ro. Gilmore
A. W. Hall
Dummer Street
Bath
Eunice
Evelyn Hlussey
Bernard D’resby
Sagadahoe Ferry
Everett Rice
Tracy
Clarence Baker
L. W. Steward
Charlestown
Mass
Henry Carlton
Steward
Grange Hall
Montsweag
James Rogers
Vernon Ayer
Ralph Campbell
Suffragette Helped Cal Coolidge Start to White House Rise
Boston suffragette Margaret Foley played a pivotal role in steering Calvin Coolidge toward politics by campaigning against Levi Greenwood, the Massachusetts Senate president, and supporting the suffrage cause. Greenwood lost re election to his Democratic opponent, and Coolidge soon left Northampton for Boston.
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New York Times
Coolidge
Frank W. Stearns
Boston
Mr. Stearns
Calvin Colidge
Mr. Coolidge
Frank Stearns
Calvin Coolidge
Four Hundred
Beacon Street
Union League Club
Massachusetts
Senate
Levi Greenwood
Worcester County
Greenwood
Miss Moloy
Lin
Miss Foley
Northampton
Civil Engineers Survey Woolwich for Kennebec Bridge Feasibility
Civil engineers conducted surveys in Woolwich to assess feasible locations for a proposed Kennebec River bridge between Bath and Woolwich. Dr. J A Le Waddell leads the effort to prepare cost estimates for the legislature, with multiple bridge concepts and curved railroad approaches under study.
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Woolwich
Kennebec River
Bath
J. A. le Waddell
Waddell
Telegraph Point
Sewall
Sugadahoe Square
Carlton
Dr. Waddell
Brewster
Rotary Club
Yalca
King Tavern
Maine Central Railroad
Walter H. Norris
A. H. Morrill
Perley N. Watson
Brunswick
Shortest Inaugural Speeches and Coolidge Turning Point
The passage notes Calvin Coolidge's 1915 rise as president of the Massachusetts Senate after a hub mission. It recalls his brief inaugural address urging brevity and duty, which captivated the public and alumni. Miss Foley is credited with a turning point in Coolidge’s public career.
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Commonwealth
Frank W. Stearns
Henry Ward Beecher
Old College
Calvin Coolidge
Miss Foley
Caribou In Abundance In Yukon Territory
Caribou have been seen in very large numbers this season in the northern Yukon. The main herd may number tens of thousands with smaller groups breaking off containing hundreds or thousands. Trappers prospectors traders and native peoples are well supplied by this season.
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Yukon Territory
Dollar that Keeps Returning Through Years
A New York World tale recounts Miller who earned his first dollar in 1882 and spent it at a circus earning his initials on the coin. Thirteen years later the same dollar paid for street-car fare, then reappeared again when Miller, now running a Florida filling station, received it once more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. (. Miller
New York World
Miller
Flerida
Mrs Alier Have Guesting With Mrs Alfred Keene
Augusta resident Mrs Alier Have is visiting a few days as a guest of Mrs Alfred Keene on Pine Franklin Street.
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Alier Have
Augusta
Alfred Keene
Mit
Franklin Street
Maine lawmakers clash over open primary and voter enrollment
Debate in the Maine legislature centers on universal enrollment and party open or closed primaries. Senators Barwise Hinckley Maher and others discuss voting rights, ward residency rules, and how to curb partisan manipulation while Rep Bartlett and Rep Hamilton push bills toward merger.
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Aew One
Hamm van Buren
Rep
Wing
Barwise
Hinckley
Oakes
Ward
Portland
Ward Four
Bartlett
Rep. Hamilton
Board of Registeration
Wattangall
Miss Conner
Maher
Hamilton
Willard
Caribou
Aroostook County
Hinckley and Maher
Holmes
Nichols
Albion L. Chapman
Deering Loan and Building Association of Portland
Sumner Johnson
The
Cumberland Building & Loan Association
EF. C. Reynolds
South Portland
Howard Boody
South Windham
Edwin M. Foster
Waterville
Ted Branch
Charles E. Clarke
Randolph
Wor
Gray
Fla
Morse
Gardiner Board of Registration
Bishop Franklin W died in Quincy after pneumonia illness
Frank W. Bishop of Quincy Massachusetts formerly Bath Maine died February 10 at Quins city hospital after five days illness from pneumonia. He leaves his wife Mrs. Bishop a son Francis and a daughter Dorothy. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at his son 502 South Street Quincy home. Burial at Mt. Wollaston cemetery Quincy. The family had resided on Lemont Street.
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Frank W. Bishop
Quincy
Mass
Bath
Quines City Hospital
Bishop Hie
Francis Wi
Dorothy
South Street
Quiney
Titermont
Mt. Wollaston Cemetery
Bishop
Lemont Street
Mrs Bowker Leaves Washington for Somerville Visit
Mrs Cutler Bowker of Washington street departed Monday for Somerville Massachusetts to stay several months with her son Percy RR Bowker and family. She was accompanied by her son who has been visiting her for several days.
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Cutler Bowker
Washington Street
Somerville
Mass
Percy RR. Bowker
Governor Parr the Phantom Derelict Haunts Atlantic Waters
A 1000 ton schooner, the Governor Parr, abandoned off Nova Scotia in 1925, has periodically foiled salvage efforts as it drifted across the Atlantic. From waterlogged sightings to attempts by the Seneca, Tampa, and other vessels, the derelict persists, with Lloyds List recording its full drift history and later sightings near the Azores.
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North Atlantic
Governor Parr
Ingramport
Nova Scotia
Buenos Aires
Newfoundland
Saxonia
United States Coast Guard
Seneca
United States
Taanpa
New York
Tampa
Parr
White Star
Majestic
Olen
Canaries
Portugal
Lisbon
Tig Home Sysain
Zaria
Uintali
Theria
Lloyd's List
Azores
Death of longtime Grocer Herbert A. Oliver
Herbert A. Oliver 5S a well known grocer for many years died Friday after months of illness He was a son of Josiah and Georgia Allen Oliver once partnered with George F Wallace He leaves parents a son Hiram V Oliver of St Johnsbury Vermont and a sister Mrs George Pembroke of Brooklyn Funeral held Sunday at his home 49 Vine Street private Rev Elwyn Taylor officiating bearers Chauncey F F Curtis George F P Wallace Orville K E Page William A Jack burial Maple Grove
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Herbert A. Oliver
Josiah
Georgia Allen Oliver
George F. Wallace
Ferry Street
State Ferry
Hiram V. Oliver
St. Johnsbury
George Pembroke
Brooklyn
N.Y
Vine Street
Pine Street
Elwyn ©. Taylor
Corliss Street
Chauncey FF. Curtis
George FP. Wallace
Orville KE. Page
William A. Jack
Maple Grove
Death of Fort Fairfield farmer Frank W. Burns noted
Mrs. David L. Wilson received word of the death of her father Frank W. Burns of Fort Fairfield at age 50. A former prosperous farmer, he served multiple terms as sheriff of Aroostook County and was a United States collector of customs there. Separately PSA club members hosted Edna Potter for a Thursday evening gathering with games ice cream and cake and Valentines exchanged among attendees including Mrs. Ruby Preble Edna Hallowell Margaret Chaney Carolyn Plant Charlotte Wottle and Phyllis Wright.
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David L. Wilson
Frank W. Burns
Fort Pairfield
Burns
Aroostook County
United States
Fort Fairfield
PSA Club
Edna Potter
High Street
Ruby Preble
Edna Hallowell
Margaret Chaney
Carolyn Plant
Charlotte Wottle
Phyllis Wright
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Bath Savings Institution
Melville Rice
Herbert Rice
Porth
Harriet
Rice
Maine General Hospital
Percy Miller
John Sylvester
Cleveland
Swett
Cahoon
Herbert Wottle
Ouprpi ON
the Bath Independent
Vost
Ibutic
Universities
Kennebec
L.f.’S
L. F
Atwood Medicine
L. F. Medicine Co
Portland, Me
Brown
Norway Medicine CO
Park & Pollard Universal
Mr. Park
East
Batavia
N. Y
Park & Pollard Co., Inc
R. A. Chapin & Son
G. R. Ogilvie
Mgr
the Park & Pollard Co., Inc
Hertel Ave
Buffalo, N. Y
Trott Bros. Grain CO
Tel
Harry Robinson
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