Kennebec Yacht Club Holds Annual Meeting and Elections
The Kennebec Yacht Club met Monday evening with Vice Commodore Edward W Larrabee presiding in Commodore J R Andrews absence. Officers for 1908 were elected and reports accepted with Andrews and Larrabee reelected. Treasurer Fred H Thompson will retire. Fred B Haggett chosen as successor.
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Kennebec Yacht Club
Edward W. Larrabee
J. R. Andrews
Commodore Andrews
Larrabee
E. R. Wittekindt
Arthur K. Pu
Somerville to Meet West in 135 lb Best of Three
Bob Somerville, the English wrestler from Somerville, has accepted a challenge from Frankie West The Boston Strong Boy. The match is set for next Tuesday at the Alameda with best two out of three falls pin falls only and weigh in at 135 pounds. A $50 side bet and a $25 forfeit apply if weight is missed. Somerville’s backers expect him to perform as in prior bouts while West is noted for strong leg work.
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Bob Somerville
Jack Sullivan
Lawrence
Mass
Frankie West
Boston
The
Alameda
Somerville
West
Drowned in Kennebec A 15 Year Old Card Dies Skating
Max Card the only son of Mr and Mrs Thaddeus Card of Richmond drowned in the Kennebec river on Saturday morning after skating near the Sagadahoc ice houses where thin ice gave way His companions Frank Saunders and Robert Lunt tried to save him but failed He attended Richmond High school and was widely beloved Arthur J Dunton was in Lewiston on business Monday.
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Max Card
Thaddeus Card
Richmond
Kennebec River
Young Card
Frank Saunders
Robert Lunt
Kennebec
Sagadahoc
Richmond High School
Miss Eleanor Hyde Hyde Marries Dr John C Phillips in Boston
The Boston ceremony at Emmanuel church Saturday united Miss Eleanor Hayden Hyde, daughter of Mrs. Annie Hyde and the late Gen. Thomas W. Hyde, with Dr. John C. Phillips. Harvard guests and Boston society attended as organist Arthur S. Hyde led the bride to the chancel. the couple will honeymoon in Europe.
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Emmanuel Church
Boston
Eleanor Hayden Hyde
Annie Hyde
Thomas W. Hyde
John C. Phillips
Arthur S. Hyde
Emmanual Church
Edward W. Hyde
John S. Hyde
Bath Iron Works
Ernest Mitchell
Church of the Redeemer
Chestnut Hill
Boellman
Miss Hyde
William Phillips
Washington, D. C
Harvard
John L. Saltonstall
Theodore Lyman
Thomas W. Peirce
Topsfield
J. Wells Farley
Brookline
J. Edward Brooks
Milton
Edward A. Boardman
John H. Cunningham
George Wendall Phillips
Maine
Robert Codman
Portland
Elwood Worcester
Dresden
Mrs. Phillips
Europe
First Mayflower Brought In By Local Girl Marion Oliver
The season's first Mayflower has been picked and brought out by young Marion Oliver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Abram C. Oliver of Winnegance, amid the springlike weather.
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Marion Oliver
Abram C. Oliver
Winnegance
Sagadahoc Ferry Hall to Dedicate February Fourteen
The new Sagadahoc ferry association hall in Woolwich will hold a formal dedication on February 14 with plans for an elaborate program.
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The
Sagadahoc Ferry Association
Woolwich
Bath Boy Promoted to Madison Store Manager
James D. Clark, a former Bath boy and son of George H. Clark, has been in Rumford Falls directing shoe and advertising for McKenzie Mercantile Co. He leaves for Madison to head a branch store for the same firm after being honored at a Longley home card party.
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James D. Clark
George H. Clark
Rumford Falls
McKenzie Mercantile Co
Madison
Clark
J. H. Longley
One Bathman Favors Primary Elections For Maine Town Nominations
A former city council member named One Bathman advocates primary elections to nominate candidates for mayor aldermen and school board. He argues this would reduce caucus packing and encourage stay at home voters to participate on ward election nights. The system would declare the top vote-getters as party nominees on the first Monday of March. Bathman believes it would clean up local politics.
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Maine
States
Blair and Stafford in Quiet Bath Wedding
Mrs Eveleth Weeks Blair of Bath weds Percival H. Stafford of Rochester N H this afternoon at 3 from Mrs Blair's mother Frances Weeks home. Rev Omar W Folsom of Winter Street Congregational church officiates in a quiet ceremony. Stafford, a Rochester jeweler, is well known to Bath residents.
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Eveleth Weeks Blair
Percival H. Stafford
Rochester
N. H
Bath
Bertha L Downs Launches From New England Yard
The four masted schooner Bertha L Downs of Benedict Manson Marine Co New Haven will launch tomorrow at about ten o clock from the New England Co yard. The 175.4 foot vessel has 37.1 foot beam 14.2 foot depth and 716 gross tons. Capt Robert F Wells of Stony Brook L I will command this first Bath district launch of 1908.
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Bertha L. Downs
Benedict Manson Marine Co
New Haven
Conn
New England Co
Downs
Robert F. Wells
Stony Brook
L. I
Bath Customs District
Morse High School Beats Thornton Academy 41 to 14
The Morse high school basketball team defeated Thornton Academy last Friday night at the Y M C A by 41 points to 14.
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Morse High School
Thornton Academy
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People’s Column
Nes Hennessey’s
U.S
Count Witte
Steadil Weing
Ae Bret Smith
Mass, Chiropody Association
Union Street
Lynn
Phoenx
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
R Sale
Joseph White
Ggg
Drummond Cutting
P'ppsburg
N & WC Covel’s
Montana
N & W C Covel’s
Hodgdon
Jobber’s
Fulton’s
Lewis M Fulion
Main Street
Bowdoinham, Me
F.P. Sprague
Front Street
Bath, Me
Room
Granite State
Crosby
Bath, Maine
McKievers
Mite
Charles A. Harriman
Rabee
Arthur K. Purington
Fred B. Haggett
Ernest A. Work
Alpheus B. Hervey
George A. Ward
Ernest F. Kelley
Regatta Committee
James D. Tabor
Frank P. Lord
A. F. Wildes
Ralph Totman
R. D. Titcomb
Power Boat Regatta Committee
A. L. Stockbridge
Calumet Club
Lewiston
Calumet
Yacht Club
Henry V. Ower, Jr
Clarence W. Morse
John O. Ledyard
Colonial Club
Commodore Larabee
Andrew S. Merrill
A. M. Potter
Thompson
Arthur J. Dunton
Eleanor Hyde
Bath Boy
Blair-Stafford
Percy & Sons
David T. Percy
Sons
the Bath Trust Company
S C Artridge
Daylight and Electric Light Studio
Fr. Holmes
Centre Stree
Sagadahoc Co
Chas. C. Larrabee
Bath Bottling Co
Lincoln National Bank
Special Department For Savings
Frederic H. Low
Fred F. Blaisdell
Cashies
Gem Jr
B. B
Johnson Bros
Donnell’s
W. R. Donnell
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