Woolwich Notes On Red Cross Committee And Local Events
Woolwich reports no meeting of the Prime Service committee this week to review school reports and plan spring work. Messages note residents attending recitals, hospital discharges, and social visits, with local tales of a dance, gifts, and family updates in the community.
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the Red Cross
Nune
Wilson Weight
Alb
Hireld Smith
Newcastle
Ross Hailes
Marion Prookinigs
Morgan
Clareh
Bath
Charles Rive Ooffering
Susan Rive Plerbert
Porthind
Mies
Wilbur Plewe
Tanra Parley
Dresden
Lettie Pitterton
Phippstans
Gaene Thannewell
Asa Phathorne
Sebereda Hall
Rood. Gilmore
Richmood
Augusta Mics Maude
Ler Osister
Miers
Charles Crosby
Arrowsie
Christine Thithorne
Wilmer Dodge
Wisaaset
Plorence Baker
Dr. Baker
Elmer Smith
Edgar Dutiley
Republicans Elect J. E. Drake Chairman
Twenty four members of the Republican city committee met at King Tavern Tuesday night where ex Mayor J. Edward Drake was elected chairman. Nelson J. Jackson was chosen to represent Ward 5 and replace Charles Hi Thistle as secretary and treasurer. The group adjourned to inspect new headquarters in Sagadahock block rooms 1 and 200.
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Republican City Committee
King Tavern
J. Edward Drake
Nelson J. Jackson
Ward
Charles Hi. Thistle
Sagadahock Block
Democratic City Committee
Couneil
Ernest F. Kelley
Herbert J. Manwell
James CC. Malffigan
Guy G. Crocker
Joseph B. Everard
Kelley
Obituary of Westport resident Thomas Knight
Thomas P Knight of Westport died at home on Saturday February 1 in the 74th year of life from internal complications. He served as town treasurer and collector for many years and was treasurer of the Westport Grange since its founding. He was married to Almea Elizabeth Dunton, who died in 1875. He leaves three sons George Ruel and Benest and eight grandchildren along with four great grandchildren and a sister Mrs Mo C Begoks.
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Thomas PL Knight
Tle
William and
Lunes
Hodgdon
Westport
Tie
We Dport Grange
Almea Elizabeth Dunton
Tos
George
Ruel
Bath
Benest Fo .Phere
Mes
Mo C. Begoks
Local Notes on outings and town sights in Bath
The note details residents hiking to Mill Pond races on Tuesday, plans of Bath residents visiting Florida for homeward trips, and price gaps for oranges between Bath and Jacksonville. It mentions the Anderson drug store on Arch and Front being refurbished for New Method occupants and recalls the father of the late Samuel Anderson. Conley brothers hunted 17 rabbits after a day across the river, with others following pack hunts through Woolwich and nearby woods during the holiday.
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Happy Nook
Rufus Lombard
Mill Pond
Bath
Florida
South
Jacksonville
Anderson Drug
Arch
Front Streets
Samuel Anderson
Conley Brothers
Whic City
Family Rescued From Burning House In Tax-Listed Home
An alarm from box 73 reported a fire at 1041 Middle Street in the ell of a tax-foreclosed home. The Foster family slept through the blaze until parents woke them as smoke filled the rooms. five children were rescued with one delaying briefly. Fire crews confined the fire to the ell with water damage in the kitchen. Authorities suspected rats gnawing at matches in a closet.
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Box 73
Crescent
York
Saturdy Growas
Middle Street
Byron
Foster
Bath Tron
Combination 4
Middle
York Streets
Bath Rotary Club School Committee Sets March Report
Nine members of the Bath Rotary Club school committee met at Edward W. Bridgham's office to outline a report for the elut on March 1. Superintendent Smith joins the committee and aids school matters as stenographer Augusts Peron. The group aims to examine school buildings and report to the club before March.
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Rotary Club
Edward W. Bridgham
Supt. Smith
Board of Education
Cluboon Marehs
Help Find Old Crawford Burying Ground Near Bath Maine
A Bath Maine reader asks for help locating the old Crawford burying ground near Bath. Jennie Crawford Koppen seeks records of Thomas Crawford’s Revolutionary War service, including company and dates, asking readers to communicate with Wahlake Washington February 7 1821.
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Old Crawford Burying Ground
Pacific Coast
Tlartley KK. Danton
Post
G. A. RK. Post
Bath
Maine
Thomas Crawford
Crawford Burying Ground
Revi' L
F.C
Jennie Crawford Koppen
Machinists Celebrate Kennebec Lodge Banquet
Members of Kennebec lodge J O of M held their annual banquet in Lincoln ball Saturday night. Willian Sp provided a splendid supper and George Crockett's orchestra played. Willard Sprague led farce songs and closed with a chorus of The Star Spangled Banner.
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Kennebec Lodge
J.0. of
Lincoln Ball
Willian Sps
Bath
George Crockett
Willard
Mr. Crockett
Willard Sprague
Bishop elected head of Bath branch of LWV
Mrs Archir El Bishop was elected temporary chairman of the Bath branch of the National League for Women Voters. The group formed after a Cosmopolitan Elite meeting last Wednesday when Miss Mary Moreland spoke. The partisan league will study city and state government after the city election. Committee: Mrs Warren B Wershner, Mrs Herbert Morse, Miss Jane Murphy, Miss Flora Randall. A committee meeting is planned for next week.
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Archir EL Bishop
Path
National League For Women Voters
Cosmeopolitan
Mary Moreland
Dath
Women Voters
Warren B. Wershner
Herbert Morse
Jane Murphy
Flora Randall
Bath Social Club Hosts Washington's Birthday Themed Evening
Mrs. William JD Foss of Portland hosted the Bath Social club at Spring Street home. Miss Elizabeth Taylor delivered readings while Spring flowers adorned rooms and a buffet supper was served. Attendees included Miss Annie Torrey Mrs Bo Dunton Mrs Harry Owen Miss Elizabeth Webber and several others.
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William JD. Foss
Portland
Bath
Spring Street
Elizabeth Taylor
Washington
Annie Torrey
Mips
Bo. Dunton
Harry W. Owen
Elizabeth BE. Webber
Ernest Hughes
Just Talks on Common Themes Wins Broad Praise
Alfred Elden, Portland Express editor, lauds Arthur G. Staples Maine author and Lewiston Journal editor in a glowing endorsement of Just Talks on Common Themes. He praises Staples for hard work, personal memory, and accessible essays on everyday life, noting the book’s warmth and inspirational tone.
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Arthur G. Staples
Bath
Lewiston Journal
Alfred Elden
Portland Express
Staples
Comitey
Se Tt
Olmay
Maine Live Wire
Pde
Joe
Maine
Augustac
Boston
Nore
Lewiston
Boystown
Brotherhood of Man
Mr. Staples
Mar Staples
Portland woman Florence Jack dies in Bath visit
Miss Florence Jack of Portland died Thursday night in Bath while a guest of Mrs. Charles Cahill Jack Goldstein has returned to Poston after a brief visit with relatives in Bath.
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Florence Jack
Portland
Bath
Charles 1. Cahill
Jack Goldstein
Poston
Dave
Tn Bath
Real estate transfers recorded in Sagadahoc register
Twenty five transfers were recorded across Bath Richmond Georgetown Phippsburg Topsham Woolwich Bowdoinham with Bath showing seven and Richmond six. Names include Footer Barker Harford Card Lewis Morse Webber Maxwell Galusha Pickett Dufault and others in transactions involving guardians and corporations.
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Sagadahoc Registry of Deeds
Bath
Richmond
Georgetown
Topsham
Bowdoin
Woolwich
Thippsburg
Arrowsie
Bowdoinham
West
Joseph Charles Footer
George W. Gilchrist
George BF. Barker
Elson Bd. Harford
Sarah (. Cooper
Sertha E. Moulton
Loretta J. Rattleff
Samuel Mercen
Phippsburg
Gilmore Hf Small
Walter J. Simall
Charles N. Morse
M. Soule
Alice M. Webber
Jake D.bishop
Charles HH. Welch
Mary A. Smith
Lester EK
Amberhind
Elizabeth Easler
Noble O. Maxwell
Guardian
Florence G. Maxwell
Austin I. Galusha Guardian
Susan EB. Galusha
Maine reception at nation s capital plans announced
The Maine State Association of Washington announces a Maine reception in the Arcade building on 14th Street near Park Road N W during inauguration week. The event runs 8 to 9 pm with music and dancing after a county march, led by association officers and Harold C. Roberts. Sheriff Wilbur Oliver and grandson Warren Oliver plan to attend after a brief trip to New York before Harding's inauguration.
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Maine
Maine State Association of Washington
Arcade
14Th Street
Park Road
N. W
Washington
Mareh
Harold C. Roberts
Bath
Wilbur CG. Oliver
Warren DD. Oliver
New York
Harding
Cheery World War Veteran Maintains Cheer Amid Severe Wounds
William M. Taamsden, gassed in the Argonne, recently left Parker Hill hospital in Massachusetts for Bath for a few days and then returned. He says hospital life is simple with good nurses and food, though his lungs are badly damaged. Taamsden, a former sergeant, attends the American Legion school in Boston where ex-servicemen are trained in automobile accessory work, repairs, rebuilding and vulcanizing.
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William M. Taamsden
Argonne
Parker Flt Hospital
Massachusetts
Bath
Ead
Lumsden
Parker T Hill Hospital
American Legion School
Carver Street
Boston
Generous Offer Amid Texas Yard Layoffs
A Texas yard cut its workforce in half on Saturday with many paid off into the afternoon. One employee offered to swap his job for another's to save a family man, but the recipient declined the gesture while noting the hardship on workers and the continued operation with a smaller crew.
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Texas Yard
Bath Yard
Dr Morgan's Concert Delights Bath Followers
Dr Irvin J Morgan, renowned organist, thrilled Bath audiences at First Baptist Church in an inaugural concert on the new municipal organ. He narrated each piece, described the instrument, and performed Bach preludes, a Fugue, Tchaikovsky, four transcriptions, and original works including Hungarian Melody, Twilight, Grind-Pestel Aheeeh, and Duke Street.
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de. Irvin J. Morgan
Porthlund
First Baptist Church
Dr. Morgan
Twilight
Jim
Cali
Torntier Grind —Pestel Aheeeh
Pittsburgh
Duke Street
Candidates for town offices stir at Phippsburg meeting
Phippsburg residents discuss likely candidates for town offices as March 7 town meeting nears. Incumbent J F Upton, tax collector, treasurer and town clerk, is expected to show strong support. Walter J Small declares candidacy for town clerk. others named include Winfield W Morse George Pease Walter J McCourt J Bradford Sprague.
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J. F. Upton
Upton
Alw
Walter
J. Small
Winfield W. Morse
George (. Pease
Walter J. McCourt
J. Bradford Sprague
Herbert W. Cutting
John H. Stacey
Walter C. Perry
Fred A. Oliver
N. W. Eaton
Ashdale
Eaton
Walter Small
Phippsburg
Daily Mail
Bath
John McIntyre
Popham Beach
Small
Edward Thomas
Postoffice Department
Washington
Mix
William McIntire
Small Point
Hattie Morse
Winneganee
Parker Head
Ruth Eaton
Coxes Head
Walter J. Small
William &. Oliver
Bath-Small Point
George C. Pease
Pease
Page Wyman
Martin Wyman
Walter McCourt
West Point
George L. Oliver
Ernest Purington
West Bath
Minnie White
Somerville
Mass
Rosie M. Lang
Curtis Undertaking
George S. Lang
Kelley, Spear Yard
Sanford Beals
Treston
Frank Thompson
William Bowie
Coke
Sidney Green
Sebasaco
Wortland
Page Weeman
Walker Head
Henry M. Heald
Mrs Luisa Packard Celebrates 17th Birthday at Home
Mrs. Louisa Packard marked her 17th birthday at the Old Ladies Home on Tuesday. Attendees included members of the local W C T U led by Mrs. Packard and visitors from Sagadahoc county W C T U president Mrs Rossa Brookings of Woolwich. Frances McFadden brought a cake with 84, Alice May Douglas read an original poem, and Rupert H Daxter presented a cake with 16 candles. Packard once led homes for children finding placements for over 100 kids.
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Louisa Packard
Old Ladies Home
Rupert H. Daxter
Packard
Alice May Douglas
Chilrey
Furber Nominated for Bath Education Board
William A. Furber, treasurer of Bath Tron Works, Ltd., is circulating nominating petitions to run for the Bath education board. He has wide experience in city government and is described as highly qualified. Ernest F. Wesley's term expires this year.
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William A. Furber
Bath Tron Works, Ltd
Board of Education
Furber
Ernest F. Wesley
R H Baxter Summes Up Maine Finances
A Maine survey quoted by Rupert H Baxter vice president of Bath Trust Co states Maine banks are cautious but projecting an economic rebound. State resources total about 241.1 million at 1919 year end and 266.3 million in 1920 with hydro power seen as future prosperity, debates persisting on private versus state control and storage reservoir plans.
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American Bankers’ Association
American Banker’s Association
Rupert I. Baxter
Bath Trust Co
Association For Maine
Rupert H. Baxter
Maine
Theath Trust Co
Bath
Maie
Mlaine
Splendid Italian Baritone to Headline Chapman Concert
The Wesley Methodist church in March 4 hosts three famed soloists led by Fernando Guarneri. The Italian baritone debuts in Maine on this tour, praised for power and memory of twenty operas. Te rensembles with Justin Lawrie, plus over violinist Madeline Sokoloff, promising a vibrant program.
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Chapman
Wesley Methodist Church
Fernando Guarneri
San Carlo Opera Co
Gaurneri
Titta Ruffo
Amato
Campanari
Maine
United States
Justin Lawrie
New
Mendelssohn Club to Present Solo Violin Recital
A violinist with a rich tone and flawless technique delivers a solo recital, accompanied by Mr Chapman on piano whose orchestral support enhances the performance. Tickets are on sale from Mendelssohn club members.
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Chapman
Mendelssohn Club
Obituary of Eva Talbot 39 wife of Chester Talbot
Mrs Eva Talbot 39 wife of Chester Talbot died early Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Waldo Weston s Windeganee after a brief illness. She accompanied friends to Bridgehall for a dance then grew ill and died at her daughter s home near Coombs store. Born in Phippsburg she lived in Bath ten years. She leaves her husband two daughters Mrs Robert Oliver and Mrs Weston two sons Deward and John Bowie one brother Elmer McIntire of Livermore Falls and five sisters Mrs Winfred M Hagan Mrs Charles A Carr Mrs Alvin Pye Mrs Page Wyman and Mrs Walter Morse.
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Eva Talbot
Chester Talbot
Waldo Weston
Windeganee
Talbot
Phippsburg
John F
Mary McIntire
Bath
Robert Oliver
Weston
Deward
John Bowie
Winnegance
Elmer McIntire
Livermore Falls
Winfred M. Hagan
Charles A. Carr
Hath
Alvin Pye
Page Wyman
Walter Morse
Whippsburg
Bath Men Seek Work In Bangor Woods And Local Offbeat News
Former Bath workers head to Bangor for lumbering while others return to farms they left during the war. An eating club visits Bath restaurants weekly. A Washington birthday feast, fishing reports in Winneganee and Whiskeay areas, police investigate a smokey kitchen, and a West Woolwich man showcases a 1120 pound horse. A man threatens a drugstore with a warrant over denatured alcohol.
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Bath
Bangor
Washington
Winneganee Creek
Lily Pond
Sagadahock Block
Sagadahoc Square
John G. Reed
West Woolwich
Mill Pond
Montreal
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Woolwich Home Service
Tion of
Red Cross
J. E. Drake
Crawford Cemetery
Bath Social Club
County Real Estate
Nation’s Capital
Mrs. Louisa Packard
W. A. Furber
Thompson Bros
R. H .Baxter
Mrs
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