Wiscasset Woman's club meeting features electric cooking
The first meeting after the holiday recess drew a large attendance. Two new members joined, and Dorothy Lamoreau of Central Maine Power Co. demonstrated electric cooking, highlighting speed, cleanliness, economy, and safety. Food was guided to winners in a下午 giveaway, followed by tea hosted by several members.
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Woman’s Club of
Wiscasset
Dorothy Lamoreau
Home Service
Central Maine Power Co
Lamoreau
Frank H. Gray
Mary Hobson
John H. Currier
E. Fred Albee
Mary Marston
Kinahan
Leon G. Flood
Elden G. Munsey
Sidney G. Evans
Lawrence B. Haggett
Representative Hagan Seeks Re nomination for renomination
Georgetown politician Representative Leon Earle Hagan announced Wednesday his bid for renomination from Bowdoin Bowdoinham Georgetown and Richmond. He served one term on State Schools for Boys and Girls and Manufactures committees. He attended every session despite long daily commutes and aims to strengthen his district in a second term. No opponent has appeared yet and he cites predecessor Hawkes who served three terms.
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Leon Earle Hagan
Georgetown
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Richmond
Hagan
Georgetown Center
Augusta
Board of
Lieutenant Honsinger to Speak at Winter Street Club
Lieutenant LeRoy V. Honsinger, stationed at Bath Iron Works, will address the Winter Street Men's club Thursday evening. He will recount experiences from 1928 and 1929 while at the Panama Canal, an address expected to be highly interesting. Chester A. Roberts and Harold S. Walker promise a fine supper, tables set at 6:30 as usual.
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LeRoy V. Honsinger
Bath Iron Works Corp
Winter Street
Panama Canal
Lieut. Honsinger
Bath
Chester A. Roberts
Harold 8. Walker
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association Mourns Chester Dana
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association adopts resolutions on the death of member Chester Dana. The group expresses sympathy to the widow and bereaved, notes his worthy character, and asks that copies be sent to the widow, the association records, and The Bath Independent for publication.
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Chester Dana
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
Bath Independent
Resolutions of Laurel Grove Cemetery Association Mourn a Member
The Laurel Grove Cemetery Association records the death of Mrs Isabell Dana and offers condolences. The resolutions praise her loyalty, home spirit, and willingness to help neighbors, noting the cemetery as a haven of rest. A copy is sent to the family, recorded, and published in The Bath Independent.
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Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
Isabell Dana
Bath Independent
Memorial Resolution for Ellen Trott of Laurel Grove Cemetery
The Laurel Grove Cemetery Association mourns the loss of Ellen Trott the first departed member. Resolutions express gratitude for her financial aid and dedication to the straight and narrow path. Her name will be perpetually cared for in the cemetery as the association extends sympathy to her surviving relative and asks publication in The Bath Independent.
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Silent Land
Laurel Grove Cemetery
Ellen Trott
Golden Gate
the Bath Independent
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
Tribute to Mrs Delia Card by Laurel Grove Cemetery
The Bath Independent records a resolution from the Laurel Grove Cemetery Association mourning Mrs Delia Card who cared for the suffering and aided all without favorites. It expresses sympathy to the bereaved and notes the cemetery as a haven of rest awaiting reunion in a land of fadeless day.
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Delia Card
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
Bath Independent
Death notice for Roger Bansfield mourned by association
The Reaper of Death has claimed Roger Bansfield in his professional service to others. The association extends condolences to the bereaved parents and all suffering humanity, noting he sleeps beneath his native sod near his former home. May solace come to the family.
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Reaper
Roger Bansfield
West Bath School Pupils Excel in Attendance Counts
Miss Jean L. Danforth reports three pupils Dana Small Wilbert Small and Eva Kingsbury have neither been absent nor tardy this year Mary Louise Gerrish and Perry Thompson show varied attendance with single tardy or absence records Local clubs meetings and visits are noted including Keep it up club plans at Trufant Crossing and Atlantic exchanges with Bowdoin and Bowdoinham 4 H clubs Plus community events at YMC A Bath Dromore and Nightingale gatherings across the region with talks muffins and dancing clubs.
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Jean L. Danforth
Littlefield School
West Bath
Dana Small
Wilbert Small
Eva Kingsbury
Mary Louise Gerrish
Perry Thompson
I. B. Neiley
Florence A. Neiley
Trufant’s Crossing
Portland
Hugo F. Sandelin
Topsham School
Bowdoin
Bowdoinham
Hortense Welch
Mayo
Temperance and Missions
Bath Independent Records Spread Across Association
The Bath Independent notes a spread upon the records of our association as published in the Bath Independent, indicating ongoing archival activity and public access to the formal minutes and actions of the organization.
Emma Hathorn Remembered by Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
The Laurel Grove Cemetery Association notes the loss of Mrs Emma Hathorn a valued member who aided cemetery improvement and financial support. The resolution expresses sympathy to her family and sister who cared for her and directs the record of the association and Bath Independent publication.
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Divine Providence
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
Emma Hathorn
Bath Independent
Remembering Lena Trott by Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
The Laurel Grove Cemetery Association mourns the death of member Lena Trott and honors her exemplary character. It pledges to keep her grave green in perpetuity and sends condolences to the surviving sister, with a note to publish in The Bath Independent.
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Lena Trott
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association
Bath
West Bath Grange names committees and hosts dance
West Bath Grange opened its second meeting of 1936 with 82 attendees including one visitor. Master John M. Howe announced year committees such as Finance, Home Economics, Flower, Receiving, Candy and soda, Stage, Parking, Lighting, Chorister and Pianist. a dance on January 24 with Carver's orchestra was planned. Mrs. A Bernard Henderson to lead next week's program. a radio broadcast program featured the Snipe brothers and local performers with songs and yodeling concluding with Home on the Range.
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West Bath Grange
Grange Hall
Albert White
A. Bernard Henderson
John M. Howe
Owen E. Rogers
Charles T. Henderson
Charles W. Walsh
Harold E. Freeman
Raymond M. Clark
George R. Booker
Flower
Herbert Hodgkins
Harry E. Peterson
E. Mason Wright
Harry 8. Wallace
Justus H. Miller
David Fields
Helen E. Hartwell
Ernest Snow
Fletcher A. Waterman
Percy R. Waterman
Leon Genthner
Hugo F. Sandelin, Jr
Edward Jenks
David S. Henderson
Raymond E. Smith
Albert H. Thompson
Fred K. Sturtevant
Edwin W. Haggett
Edgar D. Leavitt
Augusta
State House
Carver
Seth N. Snipe
Walter J. Snipe
Snipe Brothers
Walter
Seth
Clayton Holden
Nellie
Frances Langford
Marcella Lozier
Hugo Sandelin, Jr
Dorothy Waterman
Walter Snipe
Dinah
Doris Losier
Helen Losier
Seth Snipe
Gal
Donald Emero
East Side
West Side
Rockies
West Bath Red Cross Meets All Day in Grange Hall
West Bath Red Cross, Bath chapter, held an all day session in the grange hall on January 8 with 25 adults and two children. Members made 12 utility bags for Bath Memorial Hospital, two large puffs, a crib quilt, children’s coats and dresses, and the 1935 meetings report by Mrs. Llewellyn D. Rogers was read. A card of congratulations was sent to Mr. and Mrs. Courtney E. Stover on the birth of daughter Joyce Audrey. The dinner committee served beef pie, salads, rolls, gelatin pudding with whipped cream, apple pie, cake and coffee. The next meeting is January 22.
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Christ
Jesus
St. Philip's
Woman's Auxiliary
Keirstead
Nash
Holbrook
Giffin
Lennox
Miss Bellas
Miss Holbrook
Sortwell
Cowley
Day
Higgins
Dyer
Pushard
Farnham
Bryant
Dow
Trinity Mission
Blagdon
Quinnam
Robert E. Merry
St. Philip's Church School
Pauline Austin
Church School Administration
Organ Society
Congregational Vestry
Carl M. P. Larrabee
Lawrence B. Haggett
Nina G. Fowles
Freeman D. Southard
Samuel J. Sewall
George Carleton
Grace L. Knight
Clinton Bailey
Adams
Larrabee
Wesley C. Day
Hutchins
Louise Blagdon
Harvey R. Pease
Frank H. Gray
Harry Mosher
Benjamin Adams
William Lewis
Harvey Bean
Carleton
Jackson
First Congregational Church
Charles S. Lowder
John H. Southard
George W. Carleton
Carolyn S. Varney
E. Fred Albee
Treas
Sarah D. Varney
Church School
John F. Jackson
West Bath
Bath
Grange Hall
Bath Memorial Hospital
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Everett S. Stackpole
Courtney E. Stover
Joyce Audrey
Earle C. Donnell
Lincoln Williams
Alfred B. Snow
Henry L. Adams
Morton
Officers Installed at Dromore Grange
The regular Dromore Grange meeting on Tuesday elected and installed new officers. Deputy and Assistant Deputy Harry Rackley led the ceremony assisted by Mr and Mrs Henderson. Newly named officers include Worthy Master Mrs Elfreda Perkins Overseer George H Ingalls Lecturer Mrs Annie Malcolm Steward Ralph Kenney Assistant Steward Evelyn Beals Chaplain Mrs Belle Cutting Treasurer Mrs Charlotte Owen Secretary Miss Marion Rainey Gate Keeper Ralph Trask Ceres Mrs Lena Donnell Pomona Mrs.
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Dromore
Elfreda Perkins
George H. J. Ingalls
Annie Malcolm
Ralph Kenney
Evelyn Beals
Belle Cutting
Charlotte Owen
Marion Raine
Ralph Trask
Ceres
Lena Donnell
Pomona
Woolwich Town News Briefs Hint at Community Life
Woolwich residents plan town meeting slates while activities fill the community calendar. Mrs Hattie Potter visits from Bath for a sick aunt. Day's Ferry hosts socials at the schoolhouse with a 25 cent treasury boost. Various locals attend clubs, visits, and religious services as winters pass.
Installation of officers and attendees at a 1935 meeting
Georgina Thorpe Flora Miss Minnie Woodman and Grace Kenney among officers with bouquets at desks. Guests included John Howe Edwin Haggett David Henderson Joseph Oliver Wallace McDonald Johanna Hodgkins Emma Crosby Mabel Ingalls and Deputy Rackley. After installation snacks were served and Ralph Kenney made three bus trips to bring attendees. USDA estimates 11,827,000 horses on U.S. farms as of Jan 1 1935.
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Georgina Thorpe
Flora
Minnie Woodman
Grace Kenney
Reuben Purington
John Howe
Edwin Haggett
David Henderson
Joseph Oliver
Wallace McDonald
Johanna Hodgkins
Emma Crosby
Mabel Ingalls
Harry Rackley
Ralph Kenney
Downing 80th birthday celebrated at North Woolwich home
Mrs. Downing hosts a dinner in honor of William J. Downing who turned 80, with a guest list including their daughter, grandchildren, and relatives from Bath Boothbay Woolwich and Port Arthur Texas sending telegrams. Downing, born 1855 in Wiscasset, long served Bath and Woolwich, farms now, and is a loyal church and fraternal member.
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William J. Downing
North
Woolwich
Downing
Fred H. Thompson
Bath
Dorothy A. Thompson
Albert D. Wing
Richmond
Plinnette W. Allen
Lochlin McInnis
Boothbay
Mary E. Wright
Wellesley C. Wright
Mabel Jack
Port Arthur
Texas
Albert Downing
Shenandoah
The
Texas Co
North Woolwich
Lowell Temple
Pythian Sisters
Farm Bureau
Woolwich Grangers Install New Officers
Charles M White of Augusta installed officers for West Bath grange in Woolwich Wednesday night. Current and former grange leaders attended as officers were named including William Bradford master and Maurice Shea overseer with Mrs Maurice Shea and Mrs Richard Hunnewell among others. About 90 people attended the installation and supper followed with 35 visiting members.
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Charles M. White
Augusta
West Bath Grange
Woolwich
Woolwich Grange
Mr White
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdeinham
Department of Agriculture
White
Elmer Davis
Lewis Trask
Capitol Grange
Washburn
Perry Grange
Jessie Spaulding
Bath
John H. Carter
William Bradford
Maurice Shea
Arthur Williams
William Robson
Richard Hunnewell
Leverett C. Welch
Hollis L. Leeman
Ceres
Arthur William
Pomona
Pearl Nelder
Glenwood Brown
Harold Bailey
Flora
Percy Bailey
Albert Bailey
Bertha Sutter
Firemen ice fishing net nine pickerel near Norway
Lewiston fire department members Private Eugene Beaudoin and deskman Edgar T. Lambert Sr went ice fishing Wednesday on North Pond about two and a half miles above Norway. They returned with nine good sized pickerel.
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Lewiston
Bangor Man Receives Photo of Twin Cousins Born July 2 1934
Alfred L. Davis of 19 Garland Street Bangor notes a photograph showing two people described as unusual twins. The pair are stated as cousins born the same day July 2 1934, nearly Independence Day babies, with Davis reflecting on family ties and shared birth dates.
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Alfred L. Davis
Garland Street
Bangor
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Lunt
Mt. Vernon
N. Y
Webber's Tavern
Frank H. Hutchins
DeForest
Washington Street
Andrew Lane
Charles Hendrickson
Damariscotta Memorial Hospital
Donald Bishop Wilband
Andrew W. Wilband
Summer Street
Velma Truax
R. W. Peter Truax
New York
Wilband
Auchincloss-Parker & Redpath
Wall Street
Roger E. Cowley
Middle Street
Roger Edward, Jr
Martha Haskell
Bertha Wright
Wiscasset Academy
Edna M. Jones
Fort Hill Street
A. H. Dodge
Main Street
R. Pease
Rotary Club
Damariscotta
Albert J. Myer
Boston
Elaine Monro
C. L. Woodworth
Anne Nelder
Depositors’ Trust Co
Olive Johnson
Bath Road
Walter C. Leavitt
Charles J. DiPerri
Thadeus Reed
Walter Simonton
Red Men
Fryehall
Louis J. Brann
James E. Barlow
Brann
Stanley W. Dodge
Ramona Council
Pocahontas
Wiscasset Council
Addie Merry
Mary Mathews
M. A. Plumstead
Birch Point
St. Philip's Parish
Charles 8. Gewall
Charles S. Sewall
Daniel R. Sortwell
E. W. Holbrook
D. R. Sortwell
W. G. Hubbard
J. P. Tucker
C. E. Cowley
George S. Nevens
Idomald F
Ceatre ST
Proms Bath
Honsinger
Kate Bergstrom
Robert Wiseman
Jackson Heights
Long Island
Master Wiseman
Chester G. King
Mr. King
James B. Lemont
Nightingale Club
Arthur W. King
Edgett Street
Dromore Grange
Hagactt
Hageett
Topsham
West Bath Farm Bureau
Priscilla Whitlam
Farmington Normal School
Mary Tilton
West Bath Grangers
West Bath Red Cross
Memorial Hospital
Hubert McCarty
Hattie Potter
Bradford Belanger
Ella Lincoln
John Savage
David G. Reed
Clarence Baker
Good Will Club
Florence Carlton
Kenneth Staat
Iney
Mass
Mary Dana
Brunswick Hospital
Eben Dana
William Cressey
Mary Wright
Wright
Ralph Rice
Carrie Cleaves
Rufus Savage
Laforest Savage
Allesley Wright
Plinette Allen
Wilson Wright
Mexico
Christian Civic League of Maine
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Man? Downing
Woolwich Grangers
Enterprise Brewing CO
Fall River
Central Distributors, Inc
Oxford Street
Lewiston, Maine
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