Local clubs plan cooperation and town meeting info
A busy week in Winneganee features no auxiliary meeting this Thursday and talks at the Cosmopolitan Club about uniting local clubs. Smelt fishing winds down as ice breaks in the creek, Capt. Arthur L. Tootman returns home, and a gentlemen’s night with supper and entertainment is planned at Cottage Park. A Friday business meeting is scheduled, while Mrs. Emery Footer hosted a Monday bridge session with plans for a gentleman’s night and a dinner and bridge next Monday at the Community House. A Phippsburg caucus is set for Saturday at the community house to discuss town meeting articles with H Layton Jackson of Central Maine Power Co. providing electric service information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan
Arthur L. Tootman
Cottage Park
Emery Footer
Monday
Lower High Street
Winneganee
Walter Morse
Sherman Morse
Arthur C. Lemont
Frank Perry
Robert Manson
Harry Williams
Annie Williams
Abraham Oliver
Harry Oliver
Almon Perry
Lelia Oliver
Phippsburg
Montsweag Church Attends World Day of Prayer Program
Montsweag church services last Sunday were well attended. A program on Lincoln’s reminiscences featured two solos by Mrs Lord of Sanford. A missionary birthday party concluded the period with refreshments and a gift of an electric coffee percolator. This week an all day Willing Workers meeting is planned with Mrs Newman Getchell and others. Sunday at 10 30 a m the church will follow a World Day of Prayer program prepared by Christians worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Lincoln
Lord of Sanford
Newman Getchell
Jessie
Jay Bailey
Philippines
Corea
Card of Thanks and Boston University Flier
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for sympathetic acts and flowers after bereavement. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Walter Cushing and Mrs. Grace Williams Parker Head. Miss Mildred Emily Waltz, a Boston University student credited to Wollaston, is a Maine girl born in Waldsboro with Lincoln Academy ties and 1925 graduation plans to fly after graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cushing
Grace Williams
Parker Head
Mildred Emily Waltz
Boston University
Wollaston
Mass
Maine
Crosby Waltz
Waldsboro
Miss Waltz
Lincoln Academy
Bowker and neighbors gather in Dromore community notes
Social items from Phippsburg and Sebasco detailing callers and visits. Funeral for Mrs. Plora D. Wallace in Sebasco, local greetings in Dromore, Bath, and West Bath. Residents and visitors include the Perry, Rogers, Bowker, Wyman, Feero, and Sprague families with illness, travel, and aid events noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann M. Bowker
D. A. Merry
Dromore
Plora D. Wallace
Sebasco
Watts
Ei .Peery We
Card Club
Ernest Rogers
Allan Brown
G. Clinton Beals
Viola Pashard
Winnegance
Arthur Perry
James E. Perry
Freeman Bowker
Alvah Wallace
Bath
Pauline Rogers
Morse High School
Alston Oliver
Parker Head
Boston
Raymond Wyman
Small Point
Jane Feere
Woolwich
Leslie Bates
Shirley
Scanley Bickford
Beachmont
Mass
Tibbetts Farm
West Bath
J. E. Perry
Harold Miller
L. J. Feero
Swanton Wyman
Kathleen
Barbara
Dr. Jefferson
Hazel Feero
Morse High
Charlotte Buck
Nathan Cushman
Portland
Freeman C. Bowker
Topsham
George Sprague
Sprague
Mysterious shooting kills horse in Phippsburg mystery
A horse on Harry Blaisdell’s Morse farm in Phippsburg was found dead after a suspected 22 caliber shot. Neighbors saw no shooters and locals question who fired the gun while the isolated area raises doubt about deliberate malice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg
Harry Blaisdell
Morse
Blaisdell
Flora D Wallace obituary in Sebasco at 80
Flora D Wallace 80 widow of Levi L Wallace died Thursday at home in Sebasco after a 12 week illness. Born in North Whitefield she was daughter of Loren Brown. Survived by sons Melvin Moses and George Wallace and daughter Minnie D Wallace all of Sebasco. Two brothers Alonzo and Elisha Brown of Beverly Hills Calif.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora D. Wallace
Levi L. Wallace
Sebasco
North Whitefield
Loren Brown
Melvin
Moses
George Wallace
Minnie D. Wallace
Alonzo
Elisha Brown
Beverly Hills
Calif
Leander Dauphin Funeral Held at St Marys Church
The funeral for Leander Dauphin was Thursday morning at St Marys Church with Rev Alexander W Doucet officiating. Bearers were four sons Charles R Eugene O Octave L and John M Dauphin. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leander Dauphin
St. Mary's Church
Alexander W. Doucet
Charles R
Eugene O
Octave L
John M. Dauphin
Calvary Cemetery
Bath Firemen Battle Blazing Store Ell at Bridges Property
Fire of unknown origin damaged the ell used as a store room on Eugene F. Bridges' property at 39 Chestnut street. Firefighters confined the blaze with four hose lines, saving autos and home. bystanders gathered as flames were fought for nearly two hours. Insurance covers the damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ags
Eugene F. Bridges
Chestnut Street
Charles Hall
Chief Parks
Mr. Tobey
Engine Four
Maple and
Academy Streets
Arthur Gediman
Andrews Road
Tobey
Governor to accompany Aroostook farmers on tour
Governor Gardiner plans to join about 50 Aroostook potato growers on a two week tour through southern buying centers from New Jersey to Texas. The trip aims to connect growers with seed stock buyers and will include travel by two sleeping cars with a baggage car of samples. The departure date hinges on the governor’s schedule with the Republican state convention in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Aroostook
Washington
Erlon L. Newdick
Department of Agriculture
Newdick
Aroostook County
Presque Isle
Boston
Portland
Maine
New Jersey
Texas
Ray D. Hughes
Frank P. Washburn
A. C. T. Wilson
Governor's Council
C. C. Stetson
Bangor
Maine Development Commission
J. C. Briggs
Caribou
Bath officials pledge plant site to General Utility Co
Bath leaders pledge to locate the General Utility Company in Bath and offer the Percy and Small shipyard property plus assistance to place securities. The Bath Board of Trade cited Bangor talks and a banquet in Masonic Temple as part of promoting Bath as the ideal Maine location. The letter from Quicksall and Furber dated February 21 1930 urged relocation to Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quicksall
Bath Board of Trade
General Utility Co
Percy & Small Ship Yard
John W. Whittington
Parker
Fred H. Thompson
Bangor
Bath
Board of Trade
Masonic Temple
Furber
Whittington
General Utility Company
Maine
Mr. Whittington
Percy & Small Shipyard
Golden Wedding of Dresden Couple Celebrated at Open House
Mrs. Carrie L. Houdlette returns to Sagadahoc Ferry, Woolwich after attending the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Hall in Cedar Grove. The Hall's open house drew neighbors from Dresden, Richmond, Gardiner and beyond, with six daughters serving refreshments and many gifts and gold presented. Mr. Hall, a farmer and former band leader, also sang baritone solos. The couple, once Nancy Jane Lowell, have six daughters, 16 grandchildren and five great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie L. Houdlette
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woolwich
Cedar Grove
E. W. Hall
Hall
Ruth Stilphen
Dresden
Harry Stilphen
Richmond
Emily Goodwin
Pejepscot
Nellie Ridlon
Yarmouth
Hazel Good
Gardiner
Avis Caston
Kezar Falls
Nancy Jane Lowell
Samuel T. Lowell
Anna
All Church League Selects All Star Basketball Teams
The All Church League announces its annual first and second teams from league selections. Reed is captain after unanimous vote, with Davis Stewart Norton Loyden Parks Farrell Jenkins Osborne MacDonald named to the squads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Central
Davis
Wesley Stewart
Wesley Loyden
Grace Norton
Beacon
Parks
Beacon Farrell
Jenkins
Morgan's Rat Pli ed the T Over a Century Ago
A Maine tale from Brunswick and Alna on the Sheepscot River recalls Jonathan Morgan building a sixteen ton steam boat in 1814 the first such craft in Maine. Despite engines upgrades the venture failed and the boat was sold. Morgan later built a thirty ton stern wheel boat. funds tension and legal trouble followed Weld. Morgan taught in Brunswick and maintained a private bath house amid student hostility. He appears alive in 1855, UNCLE HENRY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Alna
Accminees
Jonathan Morgan
Maine
Morgan
Sheepscot
Jones & Eastman
William Weld
Weld
Hallowell
Maquoit Bay
Boston
Anthony Chase
Mason Street
American Legion
Uncle Henry
Railways Offer Bargain Fares for Farm and Home Week
Maine Central Bangor & Aroostook and Grand Trunk Railways grant reduced round trip fares for Farm and Home Week at University of Maine March 24 27. Bangor & Aroostook cuts one third to Old Town or Bangor, Maine Central offers half fare to Bangor or Old Town, Grand Trunk halves to Yarmouth Junction. Special rates start March 24 and end March 28 Bangor & Aroostook March 29 for Maine Central and Grand Trunk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine Central
Bangor & Aroostook
Grand Trunk Railways
University of Maine
Maurice D. Jones
College of Agriculture
Old Town
Bangor
Judge Glidden Presides at Augusta and Kennebec
Judge Walter S. Glidden of Sagadahoc probate court presided in Augusta Monday in Harold E. Cook’s absence. He also transacted a large amount of business in the Kennebec probate court, while Cook was in Washington D C. Probate judges may hold sessions in other counties when regular judges are away. An editorial notes former Maine Governor Carl E. Milliken’s rising national profile as executive secretary of the Motion Picture Producers of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Augusta
Kennebec
Harold E. Cook
Washington, D. C
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Carl E. Milliken
Maine
Motion Picture Producers of America
Willard Memorial Service Held in Bath
Bath W C T U joined other groups in a memorial service for Frances E Willard at the Corliss Street church Thursday afternoon. Rev Howard P Jett opened with song The Vacant Lot of Beulah Land written by Alice May Douglas and music by L G March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Frances E. Willard
Corliss Street
Miss Willard
Howard P. Jett
the Nazarene Church
Beulah Land
Alice May Douglas
L. G. March
Woolwich
Douglas
Sidney Coe Howard Seeks a Divorce
Playwright Sidney Coe Howard filed for divorce in Oakland Cal superior court from Clare Eames Howard after alleging desertion on Nov 8 1928 Their four year old daughter Claire Jenness is sought for custody A settlement of community property had been made out of court Howard is noted as Western Fuel Co president John L Howards son and 1925 Pulitzer prize winner for They Knew What They Wanted The couple resided in Wiscasset Maine at a home highlighted in The prettiest Village in Maine
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Coe Howard
Superior Court
Oakland
Cal
Clare Eames Howard
Cleveland
Bath
Wiscasset
Howard
Ned McCobb
Miss Eames
Mme
Emma Eames
de Gogorza
Claire Jenness
John L. Howard
Western Fuel Co
Eames
Lafayette Escadrille
Maine
Sheepscot River
Ard Finds Success in California Writing Plays
Ard has relocated to California where he is pursuing success by writing motion picture plays, building a portfolio as he develops scripts for film and entertainment projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ard
California
Maine B and P W Clubs Convention in May
The State Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs set May 23 and 24 for the 1930 convention in Maine. Mrs. Sarah L. Hammons of Augusta will chair the program with Mrs. Sarah C. McCaffrey of Rumford organizing the state program and hosting club. Poster contest rules for Business Women's Week call for entries from Maine high schools and academies, with winners sent to Mrs. McCaffrey by March 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Sarah L. Hammons
Augusta
Sarah C. McCaffrey
Rumford
Hostess Club
Belfast
Sarah
Hammons
Men of Grace Church Reorganize Their Club
Grace church members re formed their men’s club at a parish house meeting. Former president W Dayton Hill opened the session and a nominating committee named Roland F Hill president Edward Sewall vice president W Dayton Hill secretary treasurer. Meetings set for Thursdays at 730 p.m with Hill guiding this week’s program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Men’s Club of Grace Church
W. Dayton Hill
Henry
Eee
Charles M. Tubbs
L. Adams
Roland F. Hill
Edward Sewall
Hill
W. D. Hill
Carroll Watson
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Reach
Business & Professional Women's Club
Center Street
John Costain
Clancy
Yours
Wesley
Winter
Grace
Glidden
Bath Savings
Bath W.C.T.U
Clare Eames
MEN OF Grace Church
Forrest Barbour
G&s
Tere
Cook
Mr.yan
Tar
van Eldon
van Loons
F. Leipziger
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