Fires of Yuletide Pageant Brightens Richmond Church
The Richmond Baptist church New Year afternoon program drew a large audience for the play The Fires of Yuletide with Rev. Leroy Cleveland as John the Father and Kermit Darrah aiding lighting effects. Miss Margaret Bailey led Ann the mother and a large cast included Charles Weymouth, Stephen, Italy Hatch, Lillian Caswell, and many others in songs, solos, and pageants.
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Yuletide
Baptist Church
New Year
Kerm't Darrah
Leroy Cleveland
John
Margaret Bailey
Ann
Kermit Darrah
Tom
Charles Weymouth
Stephen
Italy Hatch
Lillian Caswell
Geraldine Cleveland
Helen Moore
Elva Purington
Esther Bailey
Mayford Morris
Roland Lord
Ethel Bailey
The
Leroy V. Cleveland
Raymond Lord
Everett Lord
McKenna
Ann Wilson
Mildred Morris
Eva Guiou
Iris Nichols
Arlene Guiou
M's
Margaret Little
Hazel Dunham
Horace Purington
L. Yy. Cleveland
Young People’s Choir
Bailey Home
Reduced Prices In Men’s And Boys Clothing And Furnishings
Bargains on coats, suits, sweaters, union suits, shirts, hats, gloves, hose and robes. Standard brands guaranteed or money refunded. Local store advertises deep discounts with extensive price cuts across multiple menswear and kids apparel items.
Georgetown News Roundup of Social and School Notes
Mrs Gilbert Standish of Bath dies. Miss Alice Hovey returns to Colby. Roscoe Todd family and Dorothy Oliver visit from Melrose Highlands and Kingston. Center School reopens after vacation. Dr J I Smith called thrice for indigestion. First Baptist Sunday school holds annual meeting with officers named. Edgar Warren discharged from Bath City hospital. Gilpert Lewis visits Five Islands. Mrs R P Todd visits Robinhead. Prof Roy Campbell visits Miss Belle Heald. Melrose residents Joseph Lane and Roy Newman hosted. Grace Hovey returns from vacation. Hinkley family at Sea Beach. Hocker cottage repairs by H G Heald and son. William Todd hosts. New Year skating parties reported. Baptist sermons outline Power That Prevails and Whom to Fear. Miss Florence Wyeth from Boston Bible Training School lectures. Clark and Plummer perform music.
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Gilbert Standish
Bath
Harry H. Heald
Alice Hovey
Colby College
F. W. Enovey
Roscoe P. Todd
Warren
Melrose Highlands
Mass
Dorothy W. Oliver
Kingston
Center School
Alex Cunningham
J. I. Smith
First Baptist Sunday School
L. Earle Hagan
W. O. Oliver
Marthe Hagan
Florence R. Woodside
Robinhead
Annie M. Jones
Carroll P. Powers
Roy Campbell
Winston- Salem
N. C
Belle Heald
Joseph Lane
Melrace
Indian Point
Roy M. Newman
Grace Hovey
Morse High School
F. W. Hovey
C. L. Hinckley
Ruth Hinckley
Sagadahoc Bay
Sea Beach
H. G. Heald
Harry
Hocker Cottage
William A. Todd
First Baptist Church
Florence M. Wyeth
Boston Bible Training School
Roxb Sury
Clark
Brunswick road update and community notes
W M Dingley on the Brunswick road. Mrs Emma Nelson is seriously ill at the home of her granddaughter Court ney Hinkley. A baby clinic was held at the Methodist church Friday with a State nurse and local doctors in attendance. B F Colby, recently operated for a painful foot condition, is reported getting along nicely. Fort Richmond chapter D A R met Monday evening at Mrs Lawrence Bond's Front street home with invited guests and a musical program.
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Frances Preble
Waterville
Lena M. Harlow
Main Street
Cotton’s Cemetery
Harlow
E&he
Richmond
Augustus
Sarah M. Preble
Catalina
Cal
Mary Foss
Bingham
Charles Preble
Skowhegan
Albert Murphy
Reading
Mass
Thomas Hinkley
Augusta
Dorothy Guiou
Clough P. Guiou
William A. LeBonte
Rochester
N. H
Charles Biglin
Methodist Church
Gilbert Edgett
Main
R M. Edgett
Belmont
Sherman Edgett
Providence
R. I
Edgett
Minnie Waldron
Martha Tatman
S. W. Smith
Marjorie Wren
Mildred Torrance
Haverhill
Ansel Marshall
Langdon Road
Herbert Baker
Walter Baker
William J. Baker
Hannah
Ortland
George Baker
North Attleboro
Nellie Baker
Pawtucket
Alice Cunning c
Concord
Kenneth Bartlett
Gardiner
Willard Lane
Togus Hospital
Carl Bolton
Mr. Bolton
Bro. Enman
Bro
E. O. Tarr
Sylvester
Robert McAfee, Jr
Scrubtown Sewing Circle
Mabel Lancaster
Ruth McMaster
Elizabeth McAfee
Eva Libby
Lucy Tarr
Gwendolyn Tarr
Sisters
the Grange
J. T. Witham
Rachel Witham
Laura Baker
Fred Witham
Brunswick
Joseph Alexander
Richelia Derry
Winchaster
Leroy Cleveland
David
Bryce
Ronald
K. J. Knowlton
Carroll Greenleaf
Horace Purington
Alice Mansir
Walpole
Nellie Thomas
Livermore Falls
W. M. Dingley
Brunswick Road
Emma Nelson
Courtney Hinkley
B. F. Colby
Fort Richmond
Lawrence Bond
Front Street
Adventure Cruise Collapse Leaves Students Out $550
Three masted schooner Frank Brainerd adventure voyage from Boston to the West Indies collapses as funds run dry. Ten prepaying students seek full reimbursement. only 25 cents per dollar returned. Investigators probe possible mail fraud in prospectus. Meanwhile Maine towns seek emergency relief from the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
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Frank Brainerd
West Africa
West Indies
U. S. District Attorney’s Office
Boston
Wet Africa Trading Company
Milk Street
C. Nelson Roger
Norman S. Cook
The
West Africa Trading Co
U. S
State of
Maine
Caribou
Presque Isle
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Finance Corporation
Tobey Nominated for Secretary of State in Augusta Caucus
Republicans in Augusta caucus nominated Robinson C. Tobey of Brunswick for secretary of state. the vote was 105 to 12, confirming a choice effectively making Tobey secretary as the legislative session began. Tobey, former editor of The Brunswick Record, is well known in Bath and Brunswick and is an avid golfer. Edgar C. Smith has been in ill health.
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Augusta
Robinson C. Tobey
Brunswick
Tobey
Brunswick Record
Bath
Mr. Tobey
Edgar C. Smith
Five Rogers Children Present Portrait for Spokane High
The five children of late Governor John R. Rogers of Washington present a fine portrait to be hung in a new Spokane high school named for him. Rogers born in Brunswick in 1838 studied pharmacy and once ran a Front Street drug store at Elm Street. He later sold the business in the early seven ties to Walter G. Webber and went West to become governor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Rogers
State of Washington
Spokane
Mr. Rogers
Brunswick
Front Street
Elm Street
O. M. Redlon
Walter G. Webber
Washington
Removing Browntail Nests Spread Across City Trees
Work crews are busy removing browntail nests from city and suburban trees. They report many nests on oaks and apple trees this season, with a bag nearly full taken from a tree on Washington street. Some residents wait for snow to gather loose nests, aiming to reduce hatchings in spring.
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Washington Street
Kept the Dog Warm in Town Lockup
A Topsham resident recalls a cold night when a man could not find a bunk to sleep on. He lay on the concrete floor and placed a small dog across his chest, covering both with many newspapers to shield them from the cold.
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Topsham
Bathman urges Elm Street buy to widen road
A Bathman suggests the city should buy Elm street property from Water to Front to widen the avenue after the Sanford building is removed. He says Front street traffic would ease, parking improve, and Engine 4 gain faster fire access, calling it a smart future investment. The city may hesitate, but the plan would boost the business district.
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Elm Street
Front Street
Sanford
Engine 4
Miss Clara Newhall Fogg Shares Northwest Trip
Bowdoinham historian and D A R member Miss Clara Newhall Fogg spoke at Central parish house about her Canadian Northwest journey. Chapter approved a new by law draft for printing. Hostesses were Mrs Harry Webber Mrs G W Merrill and Mrs Owen J Ledyard. Next meeting February 7 features Miss Jane Lemont on Old Fredericksburg and delegates to conferences will be chosen.
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Clara Newhall Fogg
Bowdoinham
D.A.R
Dummer Sewall
Canadian Northwest
Central Parish House
Harry ©. Webber
G. W. Merrill
Owen J. Ledyard
Jane Lemont
Fredericksburg
Continental Congress
Petition to make Popham Beach a separate village
The Maine legislature may receive a petition from Popham Beach property owners to detach the Kennebec mouth colony from Phippsburg and form a village corporation. Past attempts circulated last summer with expected opposition from some town residents, noting Bay Point and Birch Point as precedents.
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Maine
Popham Beach
Kennebec
Phippsburg
Bay Point
Georgetown
Birch Point
West Bath
Lobster Fishermen Face Low Winter Prices
Fishermen report a hard winter with scarce catches and prices as low as 14 or 15 cents per pound at the shore. They lament the poor returns for their labor amid limited lobster supply.
Local Residents Return From Holidays
Mr Edwin H Given returns to his Cobb road home after visiting relatives in Medford Massachusetts. Mrs Archie Doyle returns to her North street home after a visit with relatives in Skowhegan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin H. Given
Cobb Road
Medford
Mass
Archie Doyle
North Street
Skowhegan
Five Islands Grange Expands Library and Community News
Twenty two more books added to the Grange library bringing total new volumes to thirty two. Biographies adventure mystery romance and westerns are available. The library is well patronized. Members enjoyed a joke tree and cake with cocoa. Various locals visited Five Islands including Miss Berry and Paul Stevens who received degrees last week.
Watchman to Guard City Barn on North Street Extension
Full attendance at the Board of Highways and Sewers meeting led Alderman Eugene A. Youland to vote for a night watchman at the city barn to replace a departing employee. The board cited six horses and valuable equipment at risk from fire, entrusting the supervisor Oscar F. Williams with the selection.
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Board of Highways and Sewers
Eugene A. Youland
Emily Morgan
City Barn
North Street
Oscar F. Williams
Eyes of Science educational movie at Grace Church club
Grace Church Men's club will view the motion picture Eyes of Science at their Thursday meeting in the parish house. Harry D. Hall, formerly with G M Smith Optical, will lead the showing. The film explores the optical industry and its daily impact, using the Bausch & Lomb factory in Rochester, N Y as background.
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Grace Church Men's Club
Eyes of Science
Harry D. Hall
G. M. Smith Optical Co
Bausch & Lomb Optical Co
Rochester
N. Y
Winter Street Sunday School Elects Officers
At the annual meeting Winter Street Sunday school elected Rev. Edwin D. Hardin as superintendent Fred J Higgins as assistant superintendent and chorister Eiver M Stickney as secretary Mrs Allen M Irish as treasurer and librarian Miss Alice E Varney as pianist Newell Hodge as secretary of awards Christine Higgins as superintendent of primary department Mrs Charlies Andre as superintendent of cradle roll Annie Torrey has returned to Portland to resume schoolwork after holiday visit with Hon Joseph Torrey of Middle Street Mr and Mrs Seward Thompson of Fitchburg Mass recent guests of Mrs Thompsons sister Mrs J C Fitzgerald
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Winter Street
Edwin D. Hardin
Fred J. Higgins
Eiver M. Stickney
Allen M. Irish
Alice E. Varney
Newell Hodge
Christine Higgins
Charlies ‘Andre
Great American Hiker Covers 300000 Miles and Bath Visit
Samuel Pogarman a 32 year old Winnipeg man who has walked since 1922 arrived in Bath Monday afternoon and stayed until Tuesday noon He has crossed the United States walked about 20000 miles by car and bicycle the rest He has traveled through Belgium and Germany and has seals from nearly every state He plans to head to Mexico Central America and South America and averages about 20 miles daily amid rain or snow This itinerant artist sketched locals and film stars in his book and he slept indoors at times when weather was cold.
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Samuel Pogarman
Winnepeg
Bath
United States
Texas
Mid
Belgium
Germany
Canada
Seattle
Wash
Pacific
California
Atlantic
Florida
Mexico
Central America
South America
Mexico's Crack Club Invades Bath For Pine Tree League Clash
Mexico's Lions, led by Ike Todd, visit Bath for a Thursday Pine Tree League game. Bath's Jewett Parks Hayes Brewster and Stewart aim to cage the visitors who beat Lewiston Auburn and Norway Paris. Tickets are selling briskly at the Y for the anticipated showdown.
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Mexico
Bath
Mexico Lions
Lewiston-Auburn
Lewiston
Norway
Paris
Ike” Todd
Maine
Goodoff
McPhearson
Rumford
Jewett
Parks
Hayes
Brewster
Stewart
Legislators consider highway cuts amid rural tax fears
Rural town officials fear highway budget reductions will strain tax collection as farm prices stay low. They credit highway work last year with enabling payments and public aid needs. Also noted is the return of Miss Clarab Quick from holidays at 300 Washington Street.
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Vete
Clarab2l Quick
East Williston
Williston Park
Long Island
Washington Street
Willows Lead Park Alley Bowling Standings Amid Tight Race
Willows remain atop the Park Alley league with the Stonesh rocks close behind, eight games back. Benny Frates holds a strong lead in individual averages, ahead of Pete Oliver and Poke Farrar, with many bowlers posting 80s and 90s in the standings.
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Benny Frates
Park Alley League
Benny
Pete Oliver
Poke Farrar
Small
Herby McMann
Whitey Lothrep
Fratesva
Olivaiste Paresa
Bates
Hire
Ae Raat Veers
F. Ham
Fee Vicetrente Ally
Philbrick
Bait Tartan
Bote
Mel Robsons
Chop
Rrodsoi Ustanseid AL Aes
Coffill
Bbs FY Ie
Vases Fareniejus
RAV
Ental Kites Terpenes
RS Bulnser
Susie Padi
Lt Peek
Smith
Outrage
Orla Siri
Dovonsa
T. Lyons
Four Generations at a Supper Party in Lewiston
Four generations were represented at a supper party Monday evening hosted by Attorney and Mrs. Gardiner R. Deering at their home on the occasion of the 25th wedding anniversary of Mrs. Deering’s parents Mr. and Mrs. George E. Levya. The Levya couple received a silver dish as thanks from guests. Bridge games followed with awards going to Lorraine Price and her husband for first prizes, and Mrs. Addison F. Pendleton and Edward Daly receiving consolation prizes. Attendees included John Levyn, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Galy, Mr. and Mrs. Addison Pendleton, Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Wilband, Mrs. Lorraine Price, Lizzie Potter, and the hosts.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Andrews
Deering
George E. Levya
Tirner’s Court
Lizzie Potter
Levya
Mrs. Deering
Barbara Lou
Veteran Firemen Triumph in Interclub Duel with Eagles
Veteran Firemen win two of five cribbage tables in a Monday Interclub League match. Firemen score 2111 to 1991 in a card event while other games show 1440 1320 and 1409 199. Eagles compete with Nelson Cressey Blake Thwing and H McNeil among players.
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Eagles
OL Eagles
Bff Vet van Firemen
Frremien
Cressey
Blake Firemen
Eugieo
H. McNeil
Perry B. Cressey
King Firemen
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Baptist Ladies’ Aid
S. S. Card
Lawrence W. Oddy
Alice Oddy
Ae William Shoesmith
Providence, Ok
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Cumberland
Frank Anderson
Florence Maxwell
Iss Lillian Hill
Emerson
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George Douglass
Bertha Parker
Beatrice Parker
Olive Stilphen
Marion Jack
Florence Finnigan
Evelyn McKenney
Theodore Saba
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Dorothy Hodgkins
Hazel Dunklee
Lawrence Arsenault
Esther Mayhew
Percy Baker
Nathalie Shaw
Marie Bell
Harold Manwaring
William Finnigan
Grace Hagerman
Mickey Mouse
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Mildred Garnier
Dexter Fowles
Lance Jimmy
Stanley Guiou
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Irene Magoni
Leota Hopkins
Adelaide Hamilton
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Max Katz
Adventure Cruise
D. M. Humphreys & Co
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Bath, Me
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Secretary
Grange
Marjorie Berry
Paul Stevens
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Five Islands
Leon Williams
Waltham
Katherine Pendergas
Cambridge
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A. A. MacMahan
Woodrow Gray
Bath Hospital
Owen Marr
Hazel Gray
Hich School
W. E. Gray
Turday
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James
Norwood
Joseph A. Gomes
Harry Gratchen
George Gray
Miss Plummer
Raymond
Maury Clark
Roy Boucher
D. L. Howard
F. M. Wyeth
Marion Moeicker
W. W. Marr
Alfred Rowe
T. E. Cromwell
Edward Lewis
William Lewis
Mr. Hanson
Auburn
Alice Cromwell
Boston Bible School
Alma Field
Cromwell
Science
Grace Church
Annie Torrey
Portland
Hon
Joseph Torrey
Middle Street
Seward Thompzon
Fitchburg, Mars
Bath Savings Institution
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Park Bowling
Willows Aee
Park Alley
the &Hamrocks
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Eurekas
P.C. Witoweo i
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Furehkiis
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Wanderers
Bears
Hancock
George E. Levyn
Fance
Nelson
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