Storms, travel woes, and local notices recount grim winter days
The text recalls disrupted travel with horse cars running late and Capt and Mrs Dickinson reaching a hotel after a rough journey. Moose paintings and a gusting storm surface alongside Margo Snipe’s ankle injury and Dr Ju overseeing treatment. Snow halted driver Helen Gagnons taxi route. Reverend Charles Stevens, long tied to a Fall 1091 church, reflects on his service and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dickinson
San
J. K. Bowker
Margo
Ake
Ona
Ju%ith
Helen Gagnon
Fred Olivet
Charles L. Stevens
Alhis Nomen
Phippsburg Congregational Church
Stevens Hasly
Holiday Week Portraits of Meadowbrook and Neighbors
Meadowbrook spent the holiday confined to bed with flu. Rebecca Minott visited Eastland hotel in Portland. Leona Harmon enjoyed holidays and led exercises with Hotee day school pupils. Residents shared activities and visits across towns as wind affected West Point Sebasco, while Raymond Trott left for Pretoria, South Africa, as a diplomatic representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meadowbrook
Rebecca
Minott
Eastland
Portland
Leona Harmon
Eunice
Small Point
Pee Boorse
Mt. Desert Island
William. Gilman
George’ Larrabee
West Point
Sebasco
Benjamin Norton
Snipe
Lewis
Smith
Cranberry Point
Dorothy
Milton Trott
Raymond Trott
Valliere
Carl Limscott
South IH
Pretoria
South Africa
Diplomatic Service
Local Grange to Install New Officers Friday
Bodwell Grange to hold regular meeting Friday with installation of new officers. Community notices list visitors, family visits, Christmas gatherings, and a sewing club forming to aid world relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yil
Leston Harrington
Albert Gray
EU~ Harrington
Edward Mas
Frederick Thomas
Bodwell Grange
Injured Woman in Broad Street Accident
Mrs. Bessie G. Perry of 110 Broad Street sustained injuries feared to include a hip. X rays will be taken to assess the extent of her troubles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie G. Perry
Broad Street
Hazel Verrill Reappears in Icecapinde Bea Cape Scene
Hazardous note with fragmentary text mentions Hazel Verrill and a city event titled Icecapinde bea Cape Seeman. More readable details are missing to identify place, date, or outcome of the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazel
Verrill
Rejoy City
Icecapinde
Bea
Priscilla Magoun Hosts Tea With Art Display
Priscilla Magoun entertained guests at a tea in a fine old house, featuring her paintings. Prof and Mrs Owen and Miss Magoun were among attendees, as Christmas greens and white flowers complemented tall white tapers on the dining room table.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prattes
Sago
Owen
Comet Merman
Miss Magoun
Moore Family Announces Celia Moore Engagement
Mr and Mrs Frank Moore hosted a family party at 470 Washington Street announcing the engagement of daughter Celia to Joseph A Stupak son of Mr and Mrs Jones Stupak Needham Mass and former Massachusetts State Police member Mr Stupak served in the Navy during WW I and saw service in China Burma and India Celia is a Hadley senior with a World War II era service note not specified and a Boston area Moore family attended with several relatives present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Moore
Washington Street
Celia
Joseph A. Stupak
Jones Stupak
Stupak
Earandae
Hadlewell
U. S. Navy Women’s Reserve
Naval Hospital
J. J
Donald J. Jr
Virginia
Elaine
Murial E. Moore
John Moore
This City
Celia M. Moore
Boston
David
Paul
Chester Moore
Bruns
Engagement Announced for Jane M Fitzgerald of Portland
In Portland, Attorney John C. Fitzgerald and Mrs Fitzgerald announced the engagement of their daughter Jane Mary to Dr John J McDonald Jr of Chestnut Hill Massachusetts son of Dr and Mrs J C McDonald of that city The announcement was made at a tea at the Fitzgerald home with sisters Beth and Nancy present Jane Mary attended Bath schools before the family moved to Portland She attends St Josephs Reader Dr McDonald is a Holy Cross College and Tufts Medical School graduate who interned at Togus Veterans Hospital No date has been set for the wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Portland
John C. Fitzgerald
Washington Street
Jane Mary
John J. McDonald, Jr
Chestnut Hill
iMasa
J. C. McDonald
Beth
Nancy Fitzld
Miss Fitzgerald
St. Joseph’s Rcader
Engagement of Laura Craft and Erwin Hutchins Announced
Mr and Mrs William J Craft of 1185 Washington announce the engagement of their daughter Laura Ursula Craft to Erwin Hutchins son of Mr and Mrs Thurston Hutchins of Brunswick The bride elect a Morse High and University of Maine alumna and a Morse High Home Economics teacher The groom elect a Brunswick High graduate and Orono University electrical engineer student or graduate status unclear
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Craft
Washington Street
Laura Ursula
Erwin Ichins
Thurston H. Hutchins
Brunswick
Miss Craft
Morse High
University of Maine
Hutchins
Brunswick High
Ketapanee University
Orono
Hyde family ties in Yarmouth span generations
The article recalls Hyde and related families settled in North Yarmouth and nearby towns. It notes Curtis founded a new school replacing an old building, aims to keep a two year stay extended to over two decades, and mentions local clergy and residents hosting Christmas visits. It also describes midwinter weather with strong winds and high tides affecting Popham and nearby roads, along with a roundup of residents visiting or hosting over the holidays.
Eliza J Oliver 96 Cox's Head resident dies in East Lynn
Mrs Eliza J Spinney Oliver widow of Captain Orville C Oliver dies at 96 in East Lynn Massachusetts after long summers at her Cox's Head Kennebec home She spent last birthday July 5 in her birthplace Funeral held December 19 at Parker Memorial Lynn and body entombed in Bath with spring burial planned at Oak Grove cemetery Oregon?
Vacationing visitors and local social rounds noted
The column records residents and guests in Somerville and nearby towns. It notes Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Dozois hosting Mr. and Mrs. Peter Gagnon, Mrs. Alfreda Perkins overnight in West Bath, and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Moore with children in Bath. Also mentions Albion Johnson Jr. at his Dix Island cottage and Eric Carlson visiting Nancy Thomas, with Harvid Keigwin returning to Mattapan for work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerville
Stanton Dozois
Peter Gagnon
Alfreda Perkins
West Bath
Arthur Moore
Bath
Richard B McLanathan
Boston
Albion Johnson, Jr
Dix
Mrs Eliza J Spinney Oliver 96 dies in Lynn hospital
Mrs Eliza J Spinney Oliver 96 of 18 Lewis Street Lynn died last night after a two year illness. Born in Phippsburg Maine she was the widow of Captain Orville C Oliver who piloted steamers on the Kennebunk river and Portland to Boston line. Her only child Edna Oliver died in 1918 flu epidemic. She had lived with her nephew C Harry Hannaford since 1920. Funeral tomorrow at 3 p.m. Parker Memorial Funeral Home 35 Franklin Street with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery Bath Maine.
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Hyde
Yarmouth
Maine
Nort
Winnegance
Popham
Parker Head
Cushing Place
Simmons
Small Point Road
McIntyre’s Corner
Lawrence Taylor
Snipe’s
Kedric Palmer
Phippsburg Center
Arthur Moore
Edwin Hill
Bath
Eliza J
Spinney) Oliver
Lewis
Lynn Hospital
Phippsburg
Charles A
Mary H. Ney
Orville C. Oliver
Kennebunk River
Portland
Boston
Edna Oliver
Band Boosters to Resume Instrumental Lessons Thursday
The Band Boosters instrumental classes will resume Thursday at six o'clock at Center Street School. Auxiliary of Spanish War Veterans installation of officers set for Thursday evening is cancelled due to the holiday. next meeting will be January 15.
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Center Street
Auxiliary of
Wintering in warmer climb at West Point and beyond
News notes wintering residents travel to Delray Beach and Key West, with guests at Pine Acres Hotel near Seguinland. Arline Kimball visits from MI with OHaras, while Harold Walters and Nancy Bowled guests at Bowl ing Green student in Toledo. A Maine Christmas tree event brings 42 attendees, with Santa visits, carols, snacks, and a new shuffleboard court christening by Arthur Mayo and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Point
Jack Townsend
Harmon Barter
Bernice
Delray Beach
Arline Kimball
Philip O’haras
MI F
Dunedin
James Lee
Portland
Key West
Durward Bowie
Victor Hughes
Pine Acres Hotel
Seguinland
Gi Emil Vogel
Newark, N
Harold Walters
Cercle
Ohio
F Winter Hotel
Nancy
Bowling Green College
Toledo
Maine
Santa Claus
Harold
Peg McCutcheon
Big Bayou
Bowie
Day
Marilyn Sandelin
Murial Williams
Nancy Walters
Bath
Handel Born in Halle in 1635
George Friedrich Handel, the renowned composer, is recorded as being born in Halle, Saxony, in the year 1635, a fact often cited in historical music references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Friedrich Handel
Halle
Saxony
State kts At ROTA forcible speaker and more fire escapes
A local event at the interior coast buildings drew public interest with a PSP speaker. Guests included Ki ard J Frates of Bath and Chiles areca, Earl Grenier, E Mincher of Bangor, and Bath Lions members Berett H Parker and William of Bath. Junior guests were 8th grade Grammar school students Lee Smith George Waite and Richard Hinds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiard J. Frates
Bath
Chiles Areca
Ment
Earl Grenier
E. Mincher
Bangor
Bath Lions
Berett H. Parker
William Is
Lee Smith
George Waite
Richard Hinds
Beloved Up Washington Resident Suffering Injury
Mrs. William Yule of Up Washington street, a beloved city resident, suffered an incident in her home. She was taken to the hospital for treatment and is listed as a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Yule
Washington Street
Black Rail Noted as the Tiniest Rail Bird
The black rail is identified as the smallest member of the rail family based on its diminutive size and bird classification.
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Ashington
Walter Cushing
Millard Nadeau
Marilyn
Seige
Cape
Priscilla Magoun
Pase
Jane M. Fitzgerald
Laura U. Craft
Cox
Eliza J. (Spinney) Oliver
Lewis Place
East Lynn
Mass
Cox’s Head
Lida
Charles A. Spinney
Kennebec
Parker Memorial Funeral Home
Lynn
Oak Grove Cemetery
Raymond Brown
Emil van Smith
Frank Wyman
Laurence
Betogl
Tou
Boston City
Chhef
Statler Lites
TCA
Bath Societies
Rota
Garden Street
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