West Bath Red Cross Holds All Day Meeting
An all day West Bath Red Cross session was held in the Grange Hall with two baby puffs and one large comforter completed. Dinner was provided by local members. next meeting February 1 plans for a dinner and entertaining the gentlemen February 25 were discussed. Attendees included residents from West Bath Bath and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
West Bath Red Cross
Herbert Cavanaugh
Courtney Stover
Melvin L. Comeau
Harold Freeman
Charles T. Henderson
James B. Lemont
Edwin W. Haggett
Lincoln Williams
Fred Rose
Joyce
Fred W. Larrabee
George R. Booker
L. D. Rogers
West Bath
Charles B. Doyle
Harry Wallace
William H. White
William H. Holland
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Amateurs Shine at West Bath Grange Show
At West Bath Grange five act amateur event Edgar D. Leavitt directed. Swain Family won first prize for hillbilly music and songs, Marion Getchell second for tap dancing, Priscilla Bryant third for vocal solos. Arline Arsenault and Ruth Crocker also danced. Prairie Rangers from Lewiston provided band music for dancing. About 250 attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Edgar D. Leavitt
Swain
Marion Getchell
Mary Cunningham
Modern School of the Dance
Priscilla Bryant
Arline Arsenault
Ruth Crocker
The
Prairie Rangers
Lewiston
Nequasset Farm Bureau Talks Seam Construction Program
The Nequasset Farm Bureau held an all day meeting at the bureau home to discuss seam construction and finishes led by Mrs Earl Ryan with committee members Mrs Maurice T Hathorne Mrs Dubar and Mrs Clifford H Guptill. A business session planned activities for 1939 and Miss Mary Louise Wright was named to lead the February 8 meeting on Slip Covers. Arthur Sewall aged 24 of Washington street returned home Saturday from New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin W. Haggett
Arthur
Harold A. Haggett
Dummer Street
Bath
Marian Rose
Edward Jenks
U. S
Jouett
Paul Tuttle
South Portland
Quaker Point
Marian Gatchell
Sophia Gatchell
Grange Hall
Carleton Andrews
Carroll Andrews
Hermon Crocker
Portland
John Brooks
Courtney E. Stover
Joyce
G. ©Imery Ogilvie
Jefferson
General Electric Co
New York
Edna M. Cosh
University of Maine Extension Service
Mary L. Wright
Twin County Farm Bureau
C. M. Snyder
Harry Bickford
Robert Hudson
John Sealey
Central Maine Power Co
John Bryant
Loring Small
Ellery E. Whittemore
E. K. Thompson
Charles E. Ripley
James B. Lemont
Barrold Quint
Cora
Earl Ryan
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Henry
Maurice T. Hathorne
Dubar
Clifford H. Guptill
Mary Louise Wright
Arthur Sewall
Washington Street
New York City
Garden Club Group Plans Portland Banquet for Mid Winter Meet
Miss Elisabeth M Herlihy Massachusetts State Planning Board chief lecturer at the mid Winter conference of the Garden Club Federation of Maine will speak at the Friday banquet at the Hotel Eastland Portland. Local clubs aid with plans and host a complimentary coffee Saturday noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisabeth M. Herlihy
Massachusetts State Planning Board
State House
Boston
Eastland
Portland
Garden Club Federation of Maine
Herlihy
State Planning Board
Woods
Edmund A. Rothwell
This City
H. A Soucie
Caribou
B. Porter Hurd
Waterville
Sadie Lovejoy
Dexter
Florence A. Paul
York Village
Oscar Dunbar
Machias
Frye Hall
Aurora Garden Club
Cape Elizabeth
Thompson F. Dow
Osewantha Garden Club
South Portland
Melville L. Davis
St. Mary's Garden Club
Falmouth
Elin W. Lumsden
Longfellow Garden Club of
C. Omer Porter
William E. Wing
Harrie B. Coe
Federation Executive Board
Fred S. Woods
Congress Street
Ledge Located By Buoy Boat Hibiscus Near Kennebec River
The ledge where the steamship Berwindvale touched while entering the Kennebec River was found by the buoy boat Hibiscus. Details place the buoyed position with bearings from Pond Island light and the North Sugar Loaf, noting the ledge sits 18 to 20 feet below mean low tide and could have endangered deep drafted vessels at high or low tides. The Berwindvale will go to New York and then to dry dock for examination and repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwindvale
Kennebec River
Hibiscus
Pond Island Light
Sugar Loaf
Coast Guard
Popham Beach
New York
Newport News
Bath
Oxford Paper Co
Rumford
Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co
Sons of V F W post organized in Bath
Post No. 2197 Sons of the Veterans of Foreign Wars organized Sunday at Red Men's hall with Floyd H. Preble as post commander. Elected officers include William Sanders corps commander John Cushing senior vice Henry Preble junior vice Robert Sanders quartermaster Clifford Kelley adjutant Mailand Niles officer of the day George Wilson chaplain. Next appointive officers to be chosen January 22 at 7 p m in W F W hall Dummer street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sons of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Red Men's Hall
Floyd H. Preble
William Sanders
John Cushing
Henry Preble
Robert Sanders
Clifford Kelley
Mailand Niles
George Wilson
W. F. W. Hall
Dummer Street
Boy Scout Work Sparks Interest in Pine Tree Council
Edwin R. Andrews deputy commissioner of Boy Scouts in Bath and Rupert M. Irvine scoutmaster of Troop 52 attended the Pine Tree Council meeting in Portland. Hilliard Holbrook, chief field executive, will visit Bath soon to gauge local interest. Mr. Irvine says Troop 52 will not meet next Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Andrews
Boy Scouts
Bath
Rupert M. Irvine
J. Higgins
Mr. Fullerton
Pine Tree Council
Maine
Portland
Hilliard Holbrook
Pete
Mr. Irvine
Woolwich News Briefs and Local Events
Lloyd Woolwich transfers from Morse high to Wiscasset Academy. Good Will club hosts a Saturday supper five to seven at its new hall. Nequasset and Day's Ferry clubs hold meetings on farming, land conservation, and social events. Community groups report entertainments, birthdays, school closures due to illness, and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mig
Roland Bears
George P. Hathorne
Bath
Harry T. Fitch
Lucille Stinson
Rachel Gilmore
Cyrus Gilmore
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Henry Dubar
Caning
Duncan McIntosh
C. L. Eastman
Philip J. Wenz
Albert Thomson
Day's Ferry
Moatsweag
Cheerio Club
Walter Leavitt
Ethel Leavitt
Mary
Montsweag Grange Hall
J. G. Bailey
E. B. Shaw
Nequasset
Murphy's Corner
William Robson
Harry A. Beals
Wiscasset
Ida M. Beals
Sagadahoc Ferry
Samuel Buck
Day’s Ferry
Albion L. Corliss
Loring Mayberry
Isaac Howard
Mabel Jack
Herbert Munsey
Fred Brown
Lois Day
Corliss
Eben Dana
Dana
William Clark
Damariscotta
West Bath Grange appoints committees for year
At a West Bath grange meeting Leon Genthner elected new committees for 1939 including finance floral reception home and community welfare candy entertainment stage and chorister. Pomona to meet Jan 25 with kitchen and dining room help arranged. Ernest Haskell to appear in February. Sixty plus attendees and three visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Leon Genthner
E. Mason Wright
Edgar D. Leavitt
Almon R. Perry
Joanna M. Hodgkins
Harry E. Peterson
Charles W. Walsh, Jr
George D. Emero
Harold Freeman
Justus H. Miller
David S. Henderson
Fred K. Sturtevant
James B. Lemont
Fred J. Rose
Ernest Snow
Fletcher A. Waterman
Percy R. Waterman
Mercie E. MacFadden
Fred Morton
Edwin W. Haggett
Robert Oliver
John Howe
Herbert Simpson
Harold
Prairie Ranger
Grange
Charles B Doyle
Office of the Taxation Committee of
The
West Bath
George Booker
Arthur E. Hutchins, Jr
Canada
New Orleans
Deer mystery baffles Bath readers on Grove street
Editor Dr Edward E Bairy questions a December deer sighting near Grove street Bath Maine. He notes reports of a wounded deer shot elsewhere by Game Warden John H Perkins and disputes whether the Grove street deer is the same animal. He warns of poorly aimed bullets and future finding of a deer skeleton nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Independent
Grove Street
Sagadahoc
Cumberland
the Times
John H. Perkins
High Street
Kennebec
North End
Harvard
Calvary Cemetery
Doctor
Bath
Edward E. Bairy
Woolwich Red Cross elects officers at annual meeting
At the Woolwich Branch meeting held at Mrs. Edward V Reed home, officers were chosen for 1939 with Mrs Reed as chairwoman and Ed ward V Reed as treasurer. The executive committee includes Charles T Brown Henry Weston and others. Annual reports praised a successful year and a November membership drive reached 102.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
American Red Cross
Edward V. Reed
Clara E. Reed
Christine Hathorne
William T. Wright
Ernest Hathorne
Ossian Dodge
Harold Shaw
Arthur Williams
Maurice Hathorne
Amy Cromwell
Herbert Leeman
Edwold F. Carter
Percy Bailey
Earl Ryan
Fred Rice
Harry Fitch
George Farnham
Samuel P. Buck
Roller Skating Club Grows in Bath with 200 Members
A new Bath skating rink on Commercial Street at the Sail Loft hosts a thriving club with over 200 members, including two girls hockey teams and both boys and men’s squads. Mr. McLean, former New England champion, offers beginner instruction, and the operation emphasizes order, safety, and family attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
McLean
New England
Commercial Street
Sail Loft
Cutler
Freeman Elected President of Bath Masonic Building Association
John H. Freeman was elected president of the Bath Masonic Building Association at the annual meeting Monday night. Other officers elected include Carl Severin vice president William A. Furber treasurer Karcher S. Jackson clerk Delmar E. Bates trustee sinking fund Harry A. Walters auditor J. Maurice Haynes member house committee. Directors are Charles E. Curtis N. Gratz Jackson Arthur B. Stilphen J Edward Drake Edwin H. P. Lowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Freeman
Bath Masonic Building Association
Carl Severin
William A. Furber
Karcher S. Jackson
Delmar E. Bates
Harry A. Walters
J. Maurice Haynes
House Committee
Charles E. Curtis
N. Gratz Jackson
Arthur B. Stilphen
J. Edward Drake
Edwin H. P. Lowell
John R. Newell Attends Boston Ice Carnival
John R. Newell of Washington street spent the weekend in Boston visiting and taking in the Ice Carnival event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Newell
Washington Street
Boston
Local checker expert Mitchell plays 13 boards at once
Woodrow Mitchell staged an unusual exhibition by playing 13 checker boards simultaneously Monday evening at North End. He won 12, drew one, and lost the second blindfolded match to Carlton Andrews, the only defeat of the night. Mitchell plans to retire from the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Mitchell
North End
Mitchell
Carlton Andrews
Portland
Bamger
Ellsworth
Brunswick
Westport Notes on Arrivals Visits and Local Callers
Word reports arrivals in Gulfport and Bath visitors in Wiscasset Boothbay Harbor and Sanford with several local residents hosting family and friends over the weekend. John B Harrison confined by severe cold with Dr Di Perri attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul P. Hilton
Gulfport
Robert Greenleaf
R. T. Beaton
Portland
Shirley Harvie
New Rochelle
N. Y
Walter Leavitt
Wiscasset
Parker O. Rogers
Bath
Brian M. Jewett
Chatham
N. H
Ernest Colby
Pauline Colby
Nequasset
Charles Colby
Verlie Greenleaf
Frank Greenleaf
Sanford
Clara Wright
Eva McFarland
Woolwich
Lizzie Cromwell
Jennie Cromwell
Boothbay Harbor
Maurice J. Knight
Ann Knight
G. C. Jewett
Arrowsie
Daniel Shanahan
Daniel Shanahan, Jr
Augusta
Brian Jewett
Margaret Webber
Maud Weber
John B. Harrison
di Perri
Federal Theatre Vaudeville Comes to Morse High School
The Federal Theatre of Maine Vaudeville Unit stages an all professional show at Morse High School Auditorium on Friday. A company of more than twenty performers with an augmented orchestra will perform under Birge Peters on. Maine Central buses will bring the troupe to Bath. The program features three musical revues including the Spanish Troubadours Carmen excerpts with Virginia Renaud and Thomas Joyce, a dance history revue The Evolution of the Dance Swing, and Ma Perkins Birthday Party with specialty acts and ensemble numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Theatre of Maine
Morse High School
Birge Peterson
Portland
Maine Central
Bath
Virginia Renaud
Thomas Joyce
Ma Perkins
Federation Guests at Blaine Mansion Maine Clubwomen Host
Gov and Mrs Lewis O Barrows will greet Maine Federation of Women’s Clubs at Blaine House after the mid winter conference closing in Augusta. Conference runs Jan 26 to 27 in the Hall of Representatives with numerous local committees coordinating banquets rooms music and decorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis O. Barrows
Blaine House
Maine Federation of Women's Clubs
Hall of Representatives
Capitol
Augusta
John W. Healy
Fred W. Burrill
Henry L. Doten
Bessie Bush
Chapel Street
John Dyer
Charles M. White
O. L. Sumner
Thomas O. Cony
Charles M. Bailey
M. E. Sawtelle
Frank Southard
Wilbur H. Towle
Edward E. Roderick
Clarence M. Cony
Clyde L. Pinsree
John Turner
Harry E. Brewer
Carlton F. Hamer
B. F. Newman
Charles F. Jakins
Charles A. Smith
Gerald C Welch
Robert G. Stubbs
Edith Pratt Brown
Paul Jullien
Helen Robinson
Elmer Stone
Harold Burrill
Clyde Decker
Harris H. Freeman
Clayton P. Osgood
Harlow Bradford
Leon Cheney
Walter Hamilton
Robley W Nash
Healy
O. N. N. Club
Installation of Officers at Woolwich Grange
Dromore grange members attended the Woolwich grange installation night led by officers. Attendees included Mrs. Pearl Barter Miss Minnie Woodman Mrs. E B Malcolm Mrs. James Thorpe Mr and Mrs Humphrey Owen Harry Nason Ralph Trask Stanley Williams Hubert McCarty and Teuben Purington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Woolwich Grange
Pearl Barter
Minnie Woodman
E. B. Malcolm
James Thorpe
Humphrey Owen
Harry Nason
Ralph Trask
Stanley Williams
Hubert McCarty
Teuben Purington
New Biography of Young Longfellow by Lawrence Thompson
The book examines Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s formative years in Brunswick Maine, his unhappy Bowdoin tenure, Unitarian leanings, and early career pivots. It notes his meetings with local figures like Joseph Griffin and Mary Potter, his family life, and ends as he begins his career after Harvard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Thompson
Longfellow
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Brunswick
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin
Foreign Service
Harvard College
Mary Potter
Portland
Barrett Potter
Fales
Griffin
Theodore
Parker Cleaveland
Harvard
Europe
Potter
Germany
Cambridge
Frances Appleton
Sutherland Talks On Good Neighbors At Winter Street Club
Robert Sutherland led a Sunday evening discussion at the Winter Street Fireside club on "Good Neighbors" detailing neighbors beyond proximity and extending help to persecuted minorities in Europe. Refreshment committee for Jan 29 includes Barbara Kenney, Mary Anderson, Edith Nichols, Pauline Nickerson, John Kimble, Gordon Lake and Robert Stone. Gerry Wade of Maine's Inland Fisheries and Game will give an illustrated lecture next Sunday on "Wild Life in Maine."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sutherland
Winter Street
Sutherland
Europe
Barbara Kenney
Mary Anderson
Edith Nichols
Pauline Nickerson
John Kimble
Gordon Lake
Robert Stone
Gerry Wade
State Department of Inland Fisheries and Game
Maine
William G Berry Observes 81st Birthday in Bath
William G Berry of Five Islands oldest Georgetown citizen marked his 81st birthday in Bath at 49 Green Street. He lives with his daughters Mabel Dickey and Madelyn, and his sister Mrs Azuca Holland. Berry retired boat builder served 20 years on the Georgetown board of selectmen and holds other public roles. He is a lifelong Boothbay lodge K of P member and spends winters in Bath with family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William G. Berry
Five Islands
Georgetown
Bath
Green Street
Mabel Dickey
Madelyn
Azuca Holland
Berry
Selectmen
Boothbay Lodge
K. of P
Lane Sentenced on Bigamy Charge in Sagadehoc Case
William Lane aged 46, formerly at Bath Country Club and Colonial Cafe in Woolwich, was sentenced by Justice Arthur Chapman to one to two years in Thomaston State Prison after pleading guilty to bigamy. He married Kathleen A. MacMullen in 1938 while his wife and child remained in Massachusetts. Other cases heard include Gordon R. Hodgkins' eight months for forgery and Bernard Seguin's two years probation after an arson plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William ©. Lane
Bath Country Club
Woolwich
Arthur Chapman
Thomaston
Sagadehoc Superior Court
Gordon R. Hodgkins
Bath
Kennebec County
Augusta
Bernard Seguin
West Bath
Lane
Bath Municipal Court
Kathleen A. MacMullen
Milton
Mass
Charlestown
Superior Court
Bert J. Cogan
Gardiner
Marjorie Morrell
Richmond Corner
Cogan
Georgeanna Hayes
Cony High School
Miss Morrell
Carl F. Fellows
Cogan pleads guilty to manslaughter in Morrell death
Bert J. Cogan of Gardiner pleaded guilty in Sagadahoc Superior Court to a manslaughter indictment connected to the Oct 22, 1938 death of Miss Marjorie Morrell of Augusta, a Cony High School teacher. He was arraigned after a mental and physical fitness review and faced no trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert J. Cogan
Gardiner
Sagadahoc
Marjorie Morrell
Augusta
Cony High School
That City
Malcolm Morrell
Bowdoin College
Cogan
Carl F. Fellows
Superintendent Speaks on Bath Educational Aims
Bath school head John Parker outlines aims and problems facing Bath schools, cites delinquency statistics, as North Center PTA hears his lecture on Our Educational Aims in Bath. Rev. Purdue leads Q&A. supper chaired by Mrs. Dennison precedes talk. Mother Singers perform and Father and Mother Singers sing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Parker
North Center
Bath
Parker
Dromore Grange installs officers with refreshments
Mrs James H Thorpe Miss Isabel Smart and Hubert McCarty served refreshments Tuesday night at the installation of officers at Dromore Grange. Among those installed were Miss Marion A Rafnell secretary and Mrs Edna Carter Pomona, with County Deputy Lorenzo Massee as installing officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
James H. Thorpe
Isabel Smart
Hubert McCarty
Marion A. Rafnell
Edna Carter
Pomona
Lorenzo Massee
Long-serving Maine Central railroad man retires after 49 years
Horace P. Willett of 6 Elmwood Avenue South Portland retires after 49 years in railroading with Maine Central and earlier Portland Rochester lines. A native of Quebec who came to the U S at 13 he long pursued locomotives and once walked three miles to watch a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace P. Willett
Elmwood Avenue
Portland
Willett
Maine Central
Ston
Roads
Portland-Rochester
Boston and Maine
Rigby
Quebec
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Garden Club Group
Elizabeth M. Herlihy
Bay State Planning Board
Wonder
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V.F W. Post
County Pomona
Woolwich Red Cross
Masonic
Westport
Federal Theatre
Federation
Blaine Mansion
Barrows
Young Longfellow
Hodgkins
Seguin
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