Missionary leaders visit Boothbay after gathering in Bath
Rev H H Bishop district secretary of United Baptist Convention travels with Mrs Killian of Philadelphia and Dr E C Condict from Burma after a Baptist Missionary Conference. They plan to tour Saco Auburn Livermore Falls Bath and Supt Bishop will then proceed to Augusta to cover five more towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Bishop
United Baptist Convention
John Killian
Philadelphia
E. C. Condict
Thayetmyo
Burma
Baptist Missionary Conference
First Baptist Church
Boothbay Harbor
Saco
Auburn
Livermore Falls
Bath
Bishop
Boothbay
Augusta
India
Hoover
Dr. Condict
East
Mr. Bishop
Mrs. Killian
Ridin’ Light Lodge
Rural Carriers Re elect Ketchum In Maine Meeting
At the 31st annual Knox Lincoln and Sagadahoc Rural Letter Carriers Association meeting held in Wiscasset R A Mallet of Topsham was elected president for the year. Officers chosen include Charles Plumstead vice president and William H Ketchum re elected secretary and treasurer. Delegates named to the Maine State Letter Carriers Association meeting at Caribou or Presque Isle are Mallet Brann Bond Houdlette and Ketchum. The group planned a basket picnic at Pemaquid Point on the first Sunday. Mrs Violet Colby of Westport attended the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc
Maine State Letter Carriers’ Association
Caribou
Presque Isle
Mr. Mallet
M. A. Brann
North Whitefield
W. A. Bond
Jefferson
W. R. Houdlette
Cedar Grove
Ketchum
Pemaquid Point
Carrier
Violet Colby
Westport
John Howard's Case Continued in Municipal Court
John Howard, proprietor of the Golden Ball Tavern in West Bath, wins a continuance until Thursday to allow disposal of furnishings by sale. He faces a charge of passing a worthless check at First National Stores on Front Street after cashing a $15 check for $14.75, with no funds in his account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Ball
West Bath
John Howard
First National Stores
Front Street
Sheriff's Department
Howard
First National
Obituary of Fred Colby 74 Gardiner native and church member
Fred Colby 74 of Gardiner died Sunday at his home 70 Fountain Street after six months of illness. A native of Chesterville he came to Gardiner 30 years ago from Dresden. Survived by wife Belle Peaslee a daughter Mattie Yeaton three brothers Richard William George and two sisters Mary Chandler and Evelyn Colby. He was a Nazarene church member. Wild Rose Troop meets Thursday at Grace Church Parish House. bring scissors pen ink as final banquet plans are made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Colby
George Colby
Bath
Fountain Street
Gardiner
Chesterville
Alexander
Abigail (Robinson)Colby
Dresden
Nazarene Church
Colby
Belle Peaslee
Mattie Yeaton
Richard
William
Wiscasset
George
Mary Chandler
Temple
Evelyn Colby
Lewiston
Wild Rose Troop
Grace Church Parish House
Bath Junior Garden Club Sponsorship Discussed By Local Society
The Cosmopolitan Garden club in Bath voted to sponsor a junior garden club with Mrs Louis M Silverman as chair. The meeting covered making garden projects engaging for children, and plans included debates and essays in schools plus obtaining trees for beautification at nominal cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Cosmopolitan Club
Louis M. Silverman
Elizabeth B. Deering
Portland
Deering
Emma E. Walker
Maine State Agricultural College
Elizabeth E. Dunbar
Washington
America
Mount Vernon
Monticello
Jefferson
Mt. Vernon
Alice F. Johnson
Tom Jefferson
Preston Gardens
Columbus
S. C
Presbyterian College For Women
Vancortlandt Manor
Groton-on- Hudson
N. Y
Vancortlandt
New York
Manning
Robert Mannings
Massachusetts
Alice May Douglas
Whittier
Longfellow
Sarah Orne Jewett
North Berwick
Rawleigh Routes Expand to 800 Families in Three Counties
A government agency notice from Albany outlines Rawleigh distribution routes serving about 800 families in West Lincoln South Knox and Bath areas. A reliable hustler can start earning about 25 dollars weekly with potential to increase earnings as routes grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawleigh
Lincoln
Knox Counties
Bath
Dept
Albany
N. Y
Possible Clues to Poultry Thief in West Bath Hen Theft
Acting Sheriff Abram C. Oliver said the department has clues in a case stealing between 50 and 60 hens from Albert White at Foster's Point road. Two vehicles entered the Lord farm yard during the day, lunch was taken in the ice house, and 17 of about 70 hens remained. Deputies noted a stuck vehicle in the snow and suspect the birds were sent toward Boston on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abram C. Oliver
Albert White
Foster's Point Road
West Bath
Fred H. Lord
Mr. Lord
White
Lord Farm House
Loring D. Small
Oliver
Bath
Boston
Bowdoin Clifford Starbird Marries Barbara Durgin in Brunswick
Clifford Starbird and Barbara Durgin wed at Rev Howes's residence in Brunswick on February 22. Attendants were Miss Leona Patten of Portland and Clyde Starbird. The bride, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Durgin, and groom, son of Mr and Mrs L C Starbird, will live with his parents for now. Also noted are town activities, visitors, school vacation, bird feeding scene in East Bowdoin, and a police investigation into dog poisonings in Lisbon with eight dogs reported dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Starbird
Barbara Durgin
Howes
Brunswick
Leona Patten
Portland
Clyde Starbird
Harry Durgin
L. C. Starbird
Mary McAfee
Angie Purinton
Marion Curtis
Robert Messenger
Richmond
Samuel Enman
Richard Enman
Lisbon Falls
Horace Purinton
Charles Babb
East Bowdoin
Local social notes from Bowdoinham and nearby towns
Miss Dorothy Dickinson and Miss Charlotte Blodgett vacationed in Alfred with Mrs. Raymond Rendall. A family party at Mr. and Mrs. George Hackett celebrated birthdays. The play And Mary Did benefited the Methodist society raising about 37 dollars at the door. Several local residents visited. A wedding announced for Barbara Durgin and Clifford Starbird Feb 22 in Brunswick. Public grange dinner and Farm Bureau meeting focus on poultry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Dickinson
Charlotte Blodgett
Alfred
Miss Dickinson
Raymond Rendall
George Hackett
Roger Robinson
Roland
Lawrence Hackett
George
Ruth
Hampton
N. H
Zina Maxwell
Harold Hackett
Linwood Hackett
Emma Sturtevant
Frances Merrill
Brunswick
Bert Merrill
Linden Little
Greenfield
Mass
Charles Hackett
Mary
Methodist Society
Charles Sherman
Annie Stewart
Litchfield
L. H. Lamoreau
Almira Benson
William Benson
White Road
Cyprian Bryant
Walter Knight
Walter Miller
Wilbur Small
Clifford Gray
Evergreen Cemetery
Abbington
Lena Cornish
Hazel
Newtonville
Avery Fides
Portland
Elmore Webber
Richmond
Ella Purington
Delmer Curtis
Robert Cote
Earl Blodgett
York County Club
Elbridge Blodgett
Merry Meeting Grange
William Hamilton
Margaret Hamilton
Massachusetts
George Hamilton
Jack Brown
West Medford
Linwood Rideout
University of Maine
Grange
Farm Bureau
Married in Brunswick on Bowdoinham Post Road
A Brunswick ceremony on February 16 united Miss Mary Evelyn Heath and George E. Ackley with Rev J Reid Hawse presiding. Other items note Russell Given visiting grandparents, family moves to East Bowdoinham, E D Cornish illness, Dow family return to town, Arthur Payne at Willis Sewall’s during school vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
J. Reid Hawse
M. E. Church
Mary Evelyn Heath
Mary H. Heath
Frank A. Heath
George E. Ackley
Silas
Hattie Ackley
Bowdoinham
Russell Given
Given
Douglass and Burns Farm
East
Card of Thanks from Bowdoinham for Herbert Cornish
Bowdoinham Maine February 26 the Cornish family thanks friends and others for many kind nesses shown during the illness of the late Herbert D Cornish signed Mrs Herbert D Cornish and Miss Hazel M Cornish
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham
Herbert D. Cornish
Hazel M. Cornish
Fischer Lamont Wedding Saturday
The marriage of Miss Virginia Lamont daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Blair Lamont of Lexington Massachusetts to Charles H Fischer occurred Saturday evening at Hancock Congregational Church in Lexington Massachusetts The ceremony was by Rev Robert W Putsch with the bride given in marriage by her father A reception followed at the bride parents home The bride wore her mother's ivory satin wedding gown with lace bodice and orange blossoms in the veil The couple will reside in Dalton Massachusetts The groom is a Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduate class of 1932 and is known in Bath Massachusetts
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Lamont
Harold Blair Lamont
Lexington
Mass
Charles H. Fischer
Hancock Congregational Church
Robert W. Putsch
Grace MacLeod
Parker H. Devlin
C. A
Newton Center
Emma Willard School
Troy
N. Y
Erskine School
Boston
Mgr. Fischer
Bath
Frederick L
Clara Hathaway Fischer
Chaffey School
Ontario
Calif
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dalton
Popham Beach
West Bath Grange hosts lively meeting with 108 members
West Bath Grange members and 14 visitors gathered for an evening program led by Charles Genthner and James Bazin Lemont Jr. The group debated the Townsend bill and elected new members. A varied program featured vocal solos, readings, and dancing, with next week’s focus a farmer’s greatest problem and a student play by Morse High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Townsend
David Field
Charles T. Henderson
Herbert 8. Cavanaugh
Edwin W. Haggett
Robert W. Oliver
Hugo F. Sandelin
Jerry L. Haile
E. Mason Wright
Lincoln Williams
Justus H. Miller
Harold Peacock
Chester G. King
Snipe Brothers
Holden
Morse High School Dramatic Club
Katherine Conley
Washington program presented by LadiesAuxiliary meeting at Winter Street church
At the Winter Street church auxiliary meeting 65 members attended a Washington program directed by chairwoman Mrs. Richard Hersom. A March 10 entertainment was planned. The program featured Madeline Jones singing Long Long Ago in Colonial dress with guitar, and Mrs. Hersom singing In Grandmother's Day with piano by Mrs. Carl Kennedy. The cast reprised Dorothy C. Allan's About Candlelight Time, with Mrs. Ralph O. Dale replacing Mrs. John H. Perkins as Christopher, and Miss Bessie M. Hunt as George Washington. A Colonial minuet closed the event with performers in period dress. Refreshments were served by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Washington
Richard Hersom
Madeline Jones
Bessie M. Hunt
George Washington
Dorothy A. Welch
Nellie Custis
Leslie J. Weld
Lawrence Lewis
William W. Dennison
Merritt A. Mitchell
Edward L. Masters
Jean
Gladys
Ann
Nellie
St Mary's Captures Church Hoop Crown With Clean Slate
St Mary's ends YMCA Church Hoop League with undefeated 16th straight league win. After a 5-5 first period, St Mary's beat Winter 51 22 to seal the title. Beacon clinched second by crushing Grace 80 10, widening its edge over Central and Elm, who tied for third.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s
Beacon
Shellacing
Grace
Central
Elm
Y. M. C. A. Church League
Mary's Ee
Central Scenarie
Winneganee
Wesley See
Grace Teeter
Renee
Et PO
Mary
Beacon Sane
Central Sete
Wesley
Peoples
Ste Mentae
Bath Salvation Army Plans Anniversary Observance
The Bath Salvation Army marks fifty one years of service with events on April 18 and 19. Col. Joseph Atkinson of Boston Brigadier Charles Trew and Mrs Trew of Portland will attend. Gov Brann may attend. Central church program Sunday features Atkinson lecture. Portland band to join Bath ensemble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
Bath
Joseph Atkinson
Boston
New England Forces
Charles Trew
Portland
Gov. Brann
Trew
Central Church
Col. Atkinson
Edward W. Bridgham
First Baptist Church
Girl Scouts Host Mother Daughter Tea at Y Club
Wise Owl troop No 3 held a Mother Daughter tea in the Y scout room. Twenty two scouts and fourteen visitors attended. The program featured a flag salute promise and laws, tea for mothers, lemon ade for scouts, and treats like cupcakes brownies and sandwiches. Lt Jean L Danforth welcomed attendees, with Mrs John C Fitzgerald replying for mothers. The meeting closed with a good night circle and song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wise Owl
Alfred E. Carpenter
P. M. Olm
Jean L. Danforth
John C. Fitzgerald
Florence Leeman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’ S. Inc
Stevens
Gibson
Baptist Conference
Condict
United States
Clinton Condict, Jr
Bucknell University
Cety
Rise Satuvenings
Gensel Street
Knox, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Association
Crocker & Winsor
Preston Rice
Silverman
Carroll A. Deering
N. Gratz Jackson
Fred W. Humphreys
Bill Hatch
Bowdoin
Lisbon
Daniel Flynn
Alcide Plourde
Leon Goss
Addie Lemont
John Durago
William Millett
Albert Ridley
Opera House
Lily Pons
Henry Fonda
Joe Morrison
Rosalind Keith
Timothy's
Tom Keene
Eleanore Whitney
Ronald Colman
Elizabeth Allan
Myrna-boy
Spencer-Tracy Whipsaw
Bowdoinham Post Road
Groom
West Bath Grange
Winter Street Church
Priscilla E. Colby
Catherine E. Leonard
Amy A. Irish
William Schuster
Carl Y. Kennedy
Hersom
Kennedy
Ralph D. Warren
W. Percy Marks
Almira Jones
Dale
Just Wold
Fred J. Higgins
John A. Greene
ST. Mary's
Prof
Herman Norge
Sworterne
Erma Raymond Court
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