First Parish Church of George Town Dedicates New Bell
The First Parish Church in George Town celebrated the dedication of a memorial bell on a frosty Sunday. The event featured a detailed report by Mrs. J Everett Jewett on the Ladies Aid Society, tracing its history from 1866 through tower construction in 1906 and a bell purchase in 1914, with total proceeds since 1902 reaching 1861 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Parish Church OF
Georgetown
First Baptist Church
Benevolent Society
Ladies’ Aid Society
McShane Co
Baltimore
L. F. Oliver
Carle F. Cressy launches from Bath yard
The Percy and Small four master Carle F. Cressy was launched Wednesday on the Kennebec coast in Bath. Miss Frieda Davis christened the vessel as M. D. Cressy of Boston and guests from Portland and other towns attended. The ship measures 189.1 by 38.3 by 15.5 feet with about 1500 tons carrying capacity and is built for coastwise trade with a white oak keel and frame and Oregon pine masts. The event drew a large crowd including local school children and notable shipbuilders Miles M. Merry and his crew. Continued on Page Seven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winterfternoon
Percy
Carl F. Cressy
South End
Frieda Davis
Soho
Seguin
M. D. Cressy
Boston
Carle F
L. D. Clark
J. S. Winslow & Co
Portland
Dorman Merry
Carle F. Cressy
Carle
Miles M. Merry
Cressy
New England Winter Is Beauty and Social News in Phippsburg
Snow swept river bells Drum Seguin and Squirrel Point warn travelers while frost lace draped trees in a New England scene. Miss Etta Bowker hosted a Monday night picnic luncheon with ten guests. Community notes report fishing, hauling, timber, and local visits along with a Dromore Grange program for January 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seguin
Perkin’s Island
Squirrel Point
Belgium
Phippsburg
Fairy Land
New England
Etta Bowker
F. S. Bowker
Adalbert Williams
M. D. Sprague
Walter Bowker
George C. Pease
J. F. Leeach
Alice
Abbie Minott
Grace
Bessie Dickinson
Miss Bowker
Leon Eaton
JF. S. Bowker & Son
McIntyre
West Point
Fred Simpson
Reuben Fletcher
PD. A. MacDonald
Arthur
Wallace MacDonald
Bath
Appellate Division affirms Dunn and Fogarty conspiracy convictions
The New York Herald reports the Appellate Division in Brooklyn affirmed the conspiracy convictions of Bart Dunn and Joseph Fogarty tied to Rockland County road work. Dunn led Dunbar Construction with state road repair contracts while Fogarty supervised, and Justice Rich described the contract violations as clearly conspiratorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appelate
Brooklyn
Bart’ Dunn
Joseph Fogarty
State Bureau of Highways
Rockland County
Dunn
Dunbar Construction Co
Fogarty
Rich
City Fathers Hold Session in January Meetings
The January session of the Bath City Council was brief with routine approvals. Reports urged year’s expenditures tabulation and authorization to bid in real estate taxes, plus borrowing powers capped at 5000 dollars and plan to notify department heads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Opera House
Traverse
Supreme Judicial Court
Henry G. Shaw
James D. Tabor
George E. Thompson
Charles J. Cain
John W. Nocton
Henry G. Turner
E. W. Hyde
Lloyd I. Hooker
John F. Clary
John H. Morse
Dunton
Rand
Barker
Rich
Knight
King
Bragg
Adams
Wakefield
Webber
Worrey
A. W. H. Rand
Oliver
Also Mentioned on This Page
S. C. Whitcomb
G. VH. Grey
Everett Jewett
N. S. Todd
W. C. Todd
Mrs. Rich
Eula Grey
Percy & Small Yard
Thirtieth
SAAT
Martin Wyman
James Thomson
Wyman
Ashdale
Joel Mains
F. S. Bowker & Son
Asa Wyman
Mr. Wyman
Loring Gilman
Walter Percy
Memphis
Capt Brown
Norfolk
Bremen
Ernest Rogers
Augustus Small
Walter
Mr. Small
Helen Bowker-Farnsworth
Oliver Bowker
Meadowbrook
Jennie Roderick
Lillian Roderick
Eleanor Harrington
Ma Tilla Williams
Elsie Allegrin
Timothy Perry
Albert Storer
George Rogers
Winne- Zance
N. W Eaton
Roscoe Stacey
John Williams
A. F. Williams
Frank Allezrin
Dromore Grange
Grange
Worthy
Bessie E. Dickinson
J. E. Perry
W. A. Rogers
Grange Advancement
C. Campbell
Susan Campbell
John M. Clark
Bmbalming IF Desird
Conducted BY
Wm. C
Chadbourne
Front St
New York
Bart Dunn
Percy & Small
Robert P. Murphy
Murphy
Tempo
City of
Maine
Maine Water Co
G. G. Deering
Moresco
Rosin
Tl Copperas Hellebore
Igo
Tallo
Johnson Bros. Co
Bath, Me
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