Phippsburg School Vacation and Local Social notes
In Phippsburg the winter school term closes and a month of vacation begins. Local reports note Miss Flora Risteen attending a Bath card party hosted by St. Marys guild. Residents Mrs. Ernest Rogers and Sidney Coffee are mentioned with illness and confinement at home. Various visits and domestic activities involving Bath and Gardiner residents fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Risteen
Bath
St. Mary's Guild
Episcopalian Church
Ernest Rogers
Omar Perry
Sidney Coffee
Br. Joseph Smith
Pauline Rogers
Roberta Manson
Wilbur Wyman
Alice Galvin
Mark Harrington
Wesley Harrington
Mae
Frances
William
Edward Stacey
Lester Beal
F. S. Sawyer
Katie Loach
Horace Morse
Parker Head
Clinton Beal
E. C. Clary
Georgetown
Maurice Pashard
Abbie Mulcahy
Esther Mains
William Mains
Joseph Smith
William Bowker
Bath City Hospital
Earl Pickering
Gardiner
Ida Coffee
Morse High Notes Show Brisk Interest In Brunswick Game
Morse students must sign for a special car to Brunswick Friday night or risk missing a likely battle. Brunswick edged Morse earlier and remains a tough foe on their turf. The issue clock ticks toward a near end of the season with a looming Hallowell game and a Bates tournament possibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Morse
Morse Gym
Bates
Hallowell High
Hallowell
Eastport Boy Donates Blood for General Edwards Operation
Guy Watt, an Eastport youth and son of the late Captain Engine Watt, provided blood for a transfusion during General Clarence Edwards's surgery in Boston. Watt served in the 101st Regiment of the Yankee Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastport
Guy Watt
Clarence Edwards
Boston
Capt
Negine Watt
101St Regiment
Morse High School Sees Three Twin Sets In Sophomore Class
The Morse High School sophomore class, the second largest with 128 students, records 14 groups sharing the same names including three sets of twins. The report notes Alice Mallett as a sister to the Mallett twins, plus other same name clusters across freshmen and older classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Sophmore
Morse
Malletts
Genevieve M
Geneva M
McElmans
Richard
Harold
Lois
Uours
Thore
Adams
Norman
Leola
Allen
Herbert
Barbara
Atwood
John
Edith
Babine
Grace
Madelyn
Brown
William
Margaret
Doris
Carr
Gerald
Linwood
Colby
Elizabeth
Ida
Louise
Fortier
Leland
Earl
Gallant
Evelyn
Imelda
Mary
Henderson
Frederick
Harvey
Rita
King
Albert
Charlotte
McCabe
Alfred
McCourt
Hamilton
Catherine
Minstt
Lawrence
Helen
Adelaifie
Ruth
Oliver
Philip
Robert
Willard
Perry
Carlton
Philena
Reed
Clayton
Clarence
Myers
Wallace
Maizie
Priscilla
Wilson
Eleanor
Esther
Wright
Alice Mallett
Oue
Harringtons
Laura
Arsenault
Joseph
Hubert
Cornish
Charlena
Marguerite
Freeman
Lillian
Blanche
Harrington
Dorothy
Omar
Lemont
Marie
Marjorie
Moody
Harriet
Elsie
Pinkham
Warren
Reynolds
Lester
Smith
Ronald
Leonard
Small
Swetts
Donald
John Conroy
William Greene
Hazel
Sylvia
Callant
Leeman
Alvin
Walter
MacDonald
Arthur
Ralph
Austin
Franklin
Newell
Edna
Annah
Margaret Chaney
Priscilla Colby
Hall
Elmore
Roselyn
Larrabee
Howard
Virginia
Wilbur
Rogers
Pauline
Paul
Evelyn Gallants
Lenten Services Planned at Grace Church
Grace Episcopal church outlines a Lenten schedule with Ash Wednesday services on Feb 18 and Friday intercessions on Feb 20 plus weekly evensong litany and sermon at 7.30 p m featuring visiting clergy including Rev. Arthur T Stray and Rev. H E P Pressey among others. Holy week details to follow. Public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Episcopal Church
Arthur T. Stray
St. Paul's Church
Brunswick
H. E. P. Pressey
St. Mark’s Church
Augusta
Nelson W. Bryant
Christchurch
Gardiner
Tom G. Akeley
Sit. Andrew's Church
Newcastle
Ernest A. Pressey
Trinity
Tug Penobscot Sinks After Fire Near Bucksport
Tug Penobscot owned by Penobscot Towing Co. burned and sank near Bucksport after catching fire while towing the oil tanker Frederick Ewing carrying 65 000 barrels of fuel oil. The tanker was released and the Walter Ross moved away from danger. Penobscot beached and abandoned. formerly Du Bois of New York. The incident followed by a separate note on the Maine Bakers Association reorganization with Breda president and Frank J. Mack of Bangor presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penobscot
Penobscot Towing Co
Bangor
Bucksport
Frederick Ewing
Maine Seaboard Company
Portland
Walter Ross
Maine Bakers Association
New England Organization
Breda
Frank J. Mack
New England Association
Winnegance social rounds with cards and nurse's training notes
Captain Bert Manson's Ancient Mariners beat Captain Edgar Oliver's Pirates at pitch to win a playoff after a tie. Squaw club hosted bridge, prizes went to Morse, Webber, Manson, and Perry. A big community house bridge party was postponed to Friday. Several members away for nursing training in Westerly RI. Community club plans a Farm Bureau meeting March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Manson
Edgar W. Oliver
John G. Morse
Harry C. Webber
Robert P. Manson
Frank R. Perry
Alice Williams
Westerly, R. I
Caroline Oliver
Ellen Williams
Sewing Club
Winnegance
Jolly Pitchers
Ralph Trask
Frank Perry
Sherman L. Morse
Wilton G. Bates
Revere
Mass
Samuel Jordan
Lower High Street
Elmer Coggshall
Harry Oliver
Emery Footer
Gus Small
Danford McDonald
Robert Manson
Leila Oliver
Thatcher Pinkham
Walter Morse
Sherman Morse
High Street
Susie Schofield
Winneganee
Farm Bureau
Dromore
Winnegance Community Club
Bath
Almon R. Perry
Squaw Club
Winfield W. Morse
George M. Eaton
Phippsburg
Bridge Hall
Parker O. Rogers
Standish
Fred L. Parks
Alfred Cornish
Hardings
Maine winter sports entice with snowbound thrills
An upbeat Maine Publicity Bureau pitch highlights white hills and crisp air promising winter sports like skiing snowshoeing skating tobogganing coasting and sleigh riding Mrs Carl Anderson hosted her contract club on Andrews Road Monday afternoon in a social gathering full of local charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Publicity Bureau
Maine
Carl Anderson
Andrews Road
Famous Americans Subject of Meeting
Cos mopolitan club's Events element held a Thursday afternoon program on Famous Americans of Today. Members cited Lincoln birthday anecdotes, while papers on Science by Mrs. Leland Mitchell were read by Mrs. Ada Deeting. Talks covered poets Robert Frost and Edwin Arlington Robinson, Nobel laureate Sinclair Lewis, Henry Van Dyke, and other figures. Next meeting Feb 19 will feature Domestic Arts topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Lincoln
Leland Mitchell
Ada Deeting
Susan Howard
Frederick Freeman
Lillian Frost
Robert Frost
Sinclair Lewis
Emma Walker
Edwin Arlington Robinson
Head Tide
Gardiner
Robinson
New York
Freeman
Henry van Dyke
Rowland Captures Bowdoin Fresh Morse Meet Title
Freddy Rowland of Morse High leapt five feet five inches to win the only first for Bath’s Morse team in the Morse Bowdoin Frosh dual meet at Brunswick. His mark set a new record for the Bowdoin Fresh Morse meets as Bowdoin won 66 to 11. Steen placed third in the 300 yard dash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Freddy Rowland
Morse High
Bath
Bowdoin
David Y. Alkazin
Morse Forces
Portland High
Maine
Winter
Steen
Morse
Brunswick High
Nurses Alumnae To Conduct Card Party At Parish House
The Nurses Alumnae association of Bath City hospital plans its first card party in three years at Central church parish house this Thursday at 2 30 pm. Bridge will be played and table reservations are handled by the general committee led by Mrs Edward S Brown with several members assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City Hospital
Central Church Parish House
Edward S. Brown
Edwin W. Bonney
Emery S. Freeman
Ralph Small
Orvis Bonney
Madelyn Hartnett
Warren Paris buys Tibbetts place across from Yule home
Warren Paris of upper Washington street purchased the Tibbetts place, long known as the Yule property, from Mrs. William Yule, situate directly across the street from the Yule residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Paris
Upper
Washington Street
William Yule
Yule
Tibbetts Place
Intoxication Cases Fill Davenport Court and Jail
In Davenport the city hall auditorium hosted a crowded Republican caucus while the municipal jail housed six drunks, two lodgers, and a distressed young wife who threatened suicide after a quarrel. Judge Keegan sentenced several Bath and Bangor residents to 30 days in the House of Correction or exile, with one case suspended and another involving a mock sailor claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davenport
Keegan
Thomas Phillips
Bath
House of Correction
Arthur Kelley
Frank Ryan
Bangor
Percy Herlehy
Maiden
Mass
Patrick Buller
Portland
Rice
Martha Kaler
Bishop's Wharf
Bridge Minnie Golf Teams Win Their Wednesday Matches
On the Bath home course Wednesday night the Bridge Minnie clubs posted wins. The men defeated Brunswick Baribeau 5 to 4 while the Bath ladies beat Brunswick lassies 5 to 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridge Minnie
Bath
Brunswick
H. P. Bridge
Baribeau
Brunswick Lassies
Central Church Parish Reception and Social
The annual church and parish reception drew nearly two hundred at the Central church social held in the parish house. Highlights included Dorothea Nash’s tap dance and violin encore, Archibald Main’s Scotch recitations, and a 14 member League one act play The Sewing Circle with period costumes and witty dialogue. Ice cream and cake followed with dancing and social hour. A Bethel man seeking citizenship was quizzed on U S government and told to brush up on Congress and laws before the next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
David L. Wilson
Owen J. Ledyard
Alfred W. Rowe
W. S. Newell
Maurice Haynes
William R. Kimball
Dorothea Nash
Howard Nash
Archibald Main
Sewing Circle
League
Bethel
South Paris Superior Court
Maine
United States
Congress
Small City Deficit Report Highlights 1920s Campaign
In a campaign update Alderman Sewall cited a small city deficit of five to ten thousand dollars and praised Mayor Small for avoiding tax increases. He noted unemployment aid of about twenty thousand dollars and pledged the largest city debt reduction yet with no tax hike. Mayor Small thanked supporters, defended nonpolitical governance, and aimed to collect five thousand dollars in back taxes plus interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sewall
Bath Iron Works Corp
Small
Hoover
Coolidge
Eaton
Cahill
Judge Glidden
Moses
Board of Assessors
Quicksall
Glidden
Arthur J. Dunton
McCarty
Blake
Charles H. Cahill
Registration Board
Maine Progressive Union to Attend Cosmopolitan Club Meeting
The Maine Progressive Union composed of clubwomen from four counties will join the Cosmopolitan club for an all day session Tuesday February 24. A 1 pm business meeting precedes a 12 30 luncheon and a miscellaneous program by hostesses in the afternoon. Also noted is the sailing vessel Lovers of old time moving to Brown's Wharf likely for the last time due to its aging masts and rigging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Progressive Union
Cosmopolitan Club
Portland Harbor
Lower Harbor
Brown's Wharf
Mold Loft Leads City Bowling Standings Amid Tight Race
Mold Loft holds a slim lead over Torrey Roller and the Unknowns in the City League. Torrey rollers push Unknowns to second, as Whitey Lothrop leads averages with Poke Farrar second and Herby McMann third. Records show Farrar high single 134 and Orioles high team totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mold Loft
Torrey Roller Rushing Works
Unknowns
Torrey Rollers
Whitey Lothrop
Poke Farrar
Herby McMann
Benny Frates
P.C
Norigies Of.s
Farrar
Orioles
Lothrop
Georgetown Man Finds Drifts on Highway
Forrest W. Hanna of Georgetown reports his car was snowbound twice on the Georgetown road during storms. He praises Arrowsic residents for keeping roads clear with a plow and tractor and notes Georgetown could afford similar equipment. A petition to buy gear was rejected, while Georgetown Center residents hired the Arrowsic tractor earlier to reach the center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forrest W. Hanna
Georgetown
Bath
Arrowsic
Georgetown Center
Democrats Choose Carey In City Council Race
The Democratic caucus selects Carey as their only endorsed candidate this year joining 21 Democratic hopefuls across 28 council seats. Ward by ward tallies show several unfilled positions with candidates in multiple wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva J. Lemont
Paul J. Gurney
Joseph A. Smith
John S. Place
Edwin S. Gediman
Carrol Watson
Republicans Name Tickets for City Council and Committee
The Republican party named ticket slate for three board of common council positions with Frank M. Churchill and Horace Woodman eliminated. City committee members were elected across wards including McCabe Chaney Lemont Whittemore in Ward 1 and Mulcahy Youland Yates Wallace in Ward 2, Quimby McCabe Quimby Dickinson in Ward 3, Small Stacy in Ward 4, Price Bailey Spinney McClure in Ward 5, no election in Ward 6, and Cook Haley Sewall Teeling in Ward 7. A Portland municipal court judge witnessed a witness refusing to swear, with Teipeira named as the man who insisted on swearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Common Council
Frank M. Churchill
Horace Woodman
Republican City Committee
Chester H. McCabe
Lizzie B. C. Chaney
Annie J. S. Lemont
Ellery E. Whittemore
Samuel C. Mulcahy
Eugene A. Youland
Arletta Yates
Florence E. Wallace
Fred W. Quimby
Thomas C. McCabe
Mary J. Quimby
Bessie E. Dickinson
Portland
Teipeira
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Ella Comeau
Miss Ames
Cutts
Jack Conley
John Levyn
Ring
Legard
N. Wilson
McElman Twins
R. MacDonald
W. Green
Alkazin
Spee
Barbara Wiggin
Miss Wiggin
Vinalhoven
Fox Island
Castine
Massachusetts
John Vinal
Grace Church
Benjamin F. Thompson
St. Jean de Baptiste
Waterville
Jacqueline
Royal Roderick
Sherwin Street
Jacquine
Yvette Guite
Girl Scouts
Legion Hall
Pine Tree Troop
Boy Scouts
American Legion Hall
Inez Carr
Pomeroy
Barbara Brown
Cupid
James Temple
Ellen Hodgkins
John Skelton
Boy Scout
Arthur Seekins
Philip Oliver
Robert Feers
Archie Trainor
Omar King
Walter Rogers
Curtis Pearson
John Murray
Wallace Sheldon
Lewis Swett
Frederick Henderson
Kendall Lord
Gerald Carr
Linwood Carr
John Huse
Joseph Cyr
Stanley Rogers
Robert Bracey
Anna Perry
Eleanor Cotteau
Jean Danforth
Marjorie Furber
Jane Deane
Elen Hodgkins
Catherine Shellenbarger
Charlotte King
Mary Child
Priscilla Blake
Betty Lee
Jeanette, Webster
Dorothy Anlcker
Florence Wyman
Barbara Norton
Rotalys Desjardins
Barbara Fisher
Phyllis Chaney
Inez Cary
Sophie Greenblatt
Captain Carr
Mr. Carr
Lincoln Day
Rowland
A. Mayo
S. Gibbs
G. Lacey
H. Shepard
L. Fortin
L. Robinson
O. Sadler
W. Seaman
Bosquet
H. Stevens
Lavanois
P. McCole
C. Campbell
H. Mayo
Bergeron
S. Puiia
O. Tondreau
Pearl Staples
Dorothy Foster
Eva Wyman
Viola Smith
Shirley Mank
Eva Paradis
Nellie Robinson
Betty Smith
Anna Chaney
D. Levesque
E. Hanscom
Barbara Gibbs
Eva Curry
Miss Campbell
Mrs. Lightbody
Rosa Smith
Club Union
Torreys
Pole Cats
Mechanics
Renee
Robinson Ry Ae
Coffinl Steht
Melville
Chapman
Marr
Coombs Caen
Bourgett Erame
Shaw
Farmer Ee
Teseee
Lyons Cem i
Carey
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