Local Community Event Highlights Include Social, Ice Harvest, and Notables
Sunday activities drew attendees from Bath Woolwich Gardiner Dresden and Damariscotta as 150 enjoyed a dinner with a turkey menu hosted by volunteers. The 82nd St Philips Woman's Auxiliary elected officers and a Christmas Health Seal drive in Wiscasset raised 53.65 toward a 50 quota. Ice harvest updates show 12 inch and 16 inch blocks stored. meetings at Moatsweag Farm Bureau and Friends of the Fire Society discussed governance and a Navy talk by Admiral W P Robert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Woolwich
Gardiner
Dresden
Damariscotta
Town
Fannie Adams
Nellie Munsey
Viola Adams
Hattie Mosher
Sue Bailey
Louise Blagdon
Katherine Farnham
Olive Dow
Mabel Bryant
Vinnie Quinnam
Hope Blagdon
Harvey R. Pease
Wiscasset
Bradford-Sortwell-Wright Post
A. L
Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Pease
Ann Jackson
Josse Johnson
Alna
Jesse F. White
Joseph H. Smith
Roy L. Dow
Ellsworth Holbrook
Moatsweag Farm Bureau
Henry Weston
Dorothy Sullivan
Portland
Elmer R. Higgins
Irvin Littlefield
M. A. Plumstead
Federal Street
Walter Willey
Waterville
Roy R. Marston
Main Street
Helen Quinnam
William Elliot
The
Fire Society
Webber’s Tavern
Mr. Elliot
Charles E. Knight
Charles S. Sewall
W. Starling Burgess
Washington
Roosevelt
W. P. Robert
Admiral Robert
Alna Road
Harold German
Earle
Henry
North Ferrisburg
Community notes from Bath area and surrounding towns
Social greetings and visits as Mrs. Hamel hosts in Portland with Dow and Dowling families visiting Champion Alberta. Engagement announced for Isabelle House to Silas Merry Jr. Damariscotta, Bath Iron Works welder, and Pemaquid DAR chapter meetings feature Franklin anecdotes and National Defense program. Local fires, hospital stays, and club activities at Cozy Corner, Stover hip injury, and neighborhood visits across Bath, Wiscasset, Boothbay Harbor, Waldoboro, and Head Tide.
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Robert Hamel
Portland
Boston
Main Street
George Bemis
Federal Street
Malcolm
Stanley Somes
Sherrill
Foster Perkins
Stoneham
Mass
Isabelle Blanche House
Arthur W. House
Damariscotta
Silas Lee Merry, Jr
Lee Merry
Waterstreet
Wiscasset
Miss House
Lincoln Academy
Memorial Hospital
Merry
Wiscasset Academy
Bath Iron Works
Pemaquid
Woman's Club Rooms
Inez Ayer
Head Tide
Lydia Morse
Waldoboro
Laura Hodgdon
East Boothbay
Huldah Pennayer
Boothbay Harbor
Grace C. Pease
Ariel
Carl Wilhelm Kern
C. C. Morrison
Benjamin Franklin
Amy Jewett
Franklin
Pennoyer
Louise Maxwell
Julia Reed
Ina A. Smith
National Defense
Fannie O. Perkins
Samuel Stover
Bath
William B. Lewis
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harley Colby
Lowell Town
Sol Holbrook
Levi Steward
Frank H. Gray
Water Street
Nate Rines
Churchill Street
Geraldine Eleanor McPhee
William G. McPhee
Fort Hill Street
Carl Warren Robinson
Carl L. Robinson
Andrew W. Wilband
Creamer
Webber's Tavern
Horace W. Day
Stanley W Dodge
Byron Adams
Hall Lewis
Llewellyn Rines
Hooper Street
Julia B. Lewis
Marcia Stinson
Elmer Pushard
Livermore Falls
Joseph
Covor
6Th Wednessy
Etta Merry
Geatrice Cowley
Harold Lewgitt
Raymond Farnham
Fknny Welch
Auntie Miche
Roy L. Dow
Garry Dow
Elwell Stimpson
Skowhegan
Annual installation of officers at Alvah Young Temple PS
The Bruns wick event will be held Tuesday evening with Nora Dwyer district deputy as installing officer. She is assisted by Crystal Naugler and Iola Lombard. Refreshments are arranged by Wilson and Iola Laumbard.
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Alvah Young Temple, PS
Brunswick
Nora Dwyer
Crystal Naugler
Iola Lombard
Wilson
Iola Laumbard
Mrs Woodman Sees Mocking Birds Visit Her Elm Street Home
Mrs H H Woodman of 41 Elm street Auburn reports three mocking birds visited her bird feeding station Sunday afternoon. The birds approached the window tray without fear and lingered for some time, she said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Woodman
Elm Street
Auburn
Oliver Family Tops Bath Directory Listings
The Crowley & Lunt City Directory shows the Oliver family leading Bath with 72 names, followed by Browns and Smiths at 69 each. The Wallaces of Phippsburg register 76 in their town and 28 in Bath, while other prominent clans include Wilsons 61 Kings 58 Morses 49 and Rogers 48.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver
Bath
Browns
Smiths
Crowley & Lunt
Wallaces
Phippsburg
Arrowsie
Georgetown
West Bath
Woolwich
Wilsons
Kings
Morses
Rogers
MacDonalds
Robinson
Lewis
MacDonald
McDonald
Coombs
Hart
Perry
Miller
Allen
Pinkham
Arsenault
Small
Wright
Mitchell
Thompson
Higgins
Pinkhams
Reeds
Rose
Lawrences
Young Chinese girl speaks at Fireside Club meeting
Miss Irene Lee of Bates College addressed 46 attendees at the Winter Street Fireside Club. She urged understanding of China and urged against enmity toward Japanese people while opposing a boycott of Japanese goods. Doris Henderson led the meeting and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Irene Lee
Bates College
China
Miss Lee
Japan
Doris Henderson
Jane W. Stevens
City League Chiefs Meet Monday Night
The Y M C A City League held its regular monthly meeting Monday evening. Each of the four teams must sell 100 tickets. Rupe Lewis became the first to sell ten. The contest runs to February 1 with Charles F MacDonald Jr presiding in Has Kell’s absence. Treasurer E A Jewett noted a small treasury balance. Richard Haskell was certified as a Player on the B I W Office team. Attendees included John M Conley Jr Ronald Smith John Greene William Greene Harold Avery Albert Douglas Harold Harrington Alfred Parks Edward J Mc Mann and William C Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupe Lewis
B. I. W. Reds
Charles F MacDonald, Jr
Robert H. Haskell
E. A. Jewett
Treasury
Richard Haskell
John M. Conley, Jr
Ronald Smith
John Greene
William Greene
Harold Avery
Albert Douglas
Harold Harrington
Alfred Parks
Edward J. McMann
William C. Perkins
Grace Church Parish Supper Election Notes and Thanks
The Grace Church parish held its meeting with Harry L. Day and other vestry members listed. Ruth Field was re elected assistant treasurer and committees chosen for finance and music as the Diocese increased the General Missions apportionment. the parish agreed to $500 for diocesan and general apportionments and left salary and delegate decisions to wardens and vestry. Members praised include Olm for flowers and the Woman's Auxiliary St Mary's Guild Men's club waitresses and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry L. Day
W. Dayton Hill
Daniel Williams
Edward Sewall
R. H. Baxter
Harry B. Briggs
BE. Everett Pierce
Edward W. Bridgham
Ruth Field
Rupert H Baxter
Henry C. Wright
W. Dayton Hilk
George D. Field
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Mr. Olm
Woman's Auxiliary
St. Mary's Guild
Ord
Maine fish data aids shoppers with product facts
The Maine Development Commission compiles notes on sea scallops Cape scallops smelts and more to guide housewives in buying. It cites counts and weights for lobsters oysters clams crabs and fish cuts with shrinkage estimates for haddock cod and flounders.
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Maine
Maine Development Commission
Wells Fargo film tribute opens at Opera House
The Wells Fargo story film Wells Fargo opens Monday at the Opera House with Joel Mogrea Frances Dee and Bob Burns. The picture follows the Wells Fargo Express era from Sutter's Mill gold to postwar expansion, highlighting the pioneers and dangers faced by expressmen. Bob Burns shifts to a straight role as an Indian scout alongside a large cast and director Frank Lloyd based on Stuart N Lake history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Empire
Wells Fargo
Joel Mogrea
Frances Dee
Bob Burns
Opera House
Sutter’s Mill
Henry Wells
William Fargo
Railway Express Agency
McCrea
Miss Dee
Paramount Pictures
California
Wells Fargo & Company
San Francisco
Pony Express
Wells Fargo Stages
Lloyd Nolan
Henry O'Neill
Mary Nash
Ralph Morgan
John Mack Brown
Porter Hall
Jack Clark
Clarence Kolb
Robert Cummings
Frank Lloyd
Stuart N. Lake
Corliss Street Young People Elect Officers
Officers of the Young People's Society of Corliss Street church were elected at the annual meeting Sunday evening in the Deering room. Ruth Louise Clark was chosen president, Catherine Campbell vice president, Rebecca Smith secretary, and Mrs Isabelle Silas E Plant chairman. Nominating committee members were Julia Paisley and Lillian Starling. A program committee for February and late January was named with Silas Plant as chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Society of
Corliss Street Church
Deering Room
Ruth Louise Clark
Catherine H. Campbell
Rebecca Smith
Isabelle Silas E. Plant
Julia A. Paisley
Lillian Starling
Clark
Silas E. Plant
Marjorie Achorn
L. Estelle McCabe
West Bath Red Cross honors Mrs. Rogers for two decades of service
The West Bath branch of the Bath chapter of the American Red Cross awarded Mrs. Kellyn D. Rogers a Pepperell sheet and pillow case set at a Jan 12 meeting in Bath. The group, organized 20 years ago, has operated without officers and reported 46 members in the recent roll call. The event included members from West Bath East Brunswick Bath Hardings Woolwich and nearby towns with plans for a Feb 2 meeting to avoid clashing with Sagadahoc Pomona grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kellyn D. Rogers
West Bath
Bath
American Red Cross
Upper High Street
Melvin L. Comeau
Harry E. Peterson
William H. Powers
Brunswick Road
Fred W. Larrabee
Rogers
J. Everett Mayo
Carleton W. Andrews
Charles H. Andrews
William H. Holland
Walter G. Marco
Courtney E. Stover
Joyce
Lincoln Williams
East Brunswick
Weston L. Bonney
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Joseph N. Day
Harold E. Freeman
Herbert Simpson
Herbert Paul
Scott R. Ward
Hardings
Morton S. Baker
Woolwich
Henry L. Adams
Hermon W. Crocker
Charles B. Doyle
Charles
Scott M. Golder
Edward B. Hamblett
Charles T. Henderson
David S. Henderson
Lula P. Herbert
Elmer D. Hodgkins
Fred B. Kittridge
Harry S. Wallace
William H. White
Clifford B. Wilband
Sagadahoc Pomona Grange
Red Cross
Hamblett
Pratt Street
Campbell's Pond
William Brown
Edward B. Sprague
Topsham
Larrabee's Grove
Ernest E. Rose
Hazel Heath
Gilbert Heath
Bangor
Rosedale
John Kenney
Lewiston
Armory
Hugo F. Sandelin
Henry
Trufant’s Crossing Road
Augusta
State Grange
Alfred Allen
Brunswick
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Ramona Council Officers Installed at Red Men’s Hall
Ramona council No. 27 D of P installed officers before a large gathering in Red Men’s hall. Mrs. Pearl Barter, deputy, raised the officers with assistance from Mrs. Mildred Avery. Florence Robinson began her 16th term as keeper of wampum. The year's officers include Alice Rideout prophetess and Annie Wilson Pocahontas among others. installation supper followed, with a cold ham menu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramona Council
D. of P
Red Men's Hall
Pearl Barter
Pocahontas
Mildred D. Avery
Wampum
the Great Council
Alice Rideout
Annie Wilson
Florence N. Robinson
Mary Pratt
Bath
Eva Sanford
Wenonah
Mrs Weymouth Named Gardiner Board Chairman
Mrs. Fred P. Weymouth of Central Street is appointed chairman of the Gardiner Board of Registration by Gov. Lewis O. Barrows. She succeeds Frank A. Monroe who completed his four year term December 1. Monroe served 13 years on the board under Brann after a Democratic affiliation. Weymouth, a Republican, has been active in city politics and served as tax collector under Mayor Lamb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred P. Weymouth
Central Street
Gardiner Board of Registration
Lewis O. Barrows
Frank A. Monroe
Monroe
Louis J. Brann
Weymouth
B. E. Lamb
Cavanaugh Surprised With Grange Gift at Meeting
Herbert S. Cavanaugh, grange treasurer, received a fountain pen and end table magazine rack from 69 attendees including 12 visitors, honoring 15 years of service and work on lawn parties and committees. The program featured tableaux, readings, and a discussion on favorite family dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
West Bath
Grange
Cavanaugh
Charles Genthner
Barbara B. Freeman
Herbert Simpson
Simpson
The
Hugo F. Sandelin
Robert Snow
Edgar D. Leavitt
Robert Waterman
Barbara Walsh
Eddie Field
Brunswick
Field
Lincoln Williams
Phyllis M. Sandelin
Maine
Edward B. Hamblett
Alice Blue
Charles W. Walsh
Edward Jenks
Woolwich Grange Installs Officers in Ceremonial Meeting
Charles M. White of Augusta installed Woolwich Grange No. 68 officers with 60 attendees. Elmer A. Davis assisted, newly installed Capital Grange master. Mrs. Davis also installed as Ceres. Guests from West Bath grange observed, new regalia showcased over supper menu of chop suey and scalloped potatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. White
Augusta
Maine State Grange
Woolwich
Grange
White
Elmer A. Davis
Capital Grange
Davis
Ceres
Alton Smith
Chester Leeman
Etta Lilly
John H. Carter
Fred T. Hathorne
Pomona
William Bradford
Herbert Lilly
Jessie Spaulding
Cora May Pearson
Carter
Mrs Berry Injured in Skating Accident at Nequasset Lake
Mrs Sumner O Berry 22 York Street suffered a fracture of the right leg Sunday afternoon at Nequasset Lake during an outing with her husband a Bath Box Co employee. She was skating toward shore when a skate caught snow threw her to the ice and fractured the leg above the ankle. She was taken to Bath Memorial Hospital by Dr Paul G Badikian and his children were among local visitors at the lake. Also mentioned is a Bangor Historical Society gift from Harriet M Burr estate a gold locket with a miniature of Benjamin Andrews Burr. Defenders gave a benefit one act play and an operetta Sunday at Lewiston Bates Street School Hall for SS Peter and Paul church fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner O. Berry
York Street
Nequasset Lake
Bath Box Co
Bangor Historical Society
Harriet M. Burr
Miss Burr
Benjamin Andrews Burr
Bangor
Mr. Burr
SS. Peter and Paul
Bates Street
Lewiston
Sandy Percival
Mary Wright
Addison Rice
Harpswell
Earl Rice
Bath
Ernest Rice
William Gott
Richmond
John Card Rice
John Savage
Ralph Rice
Mary Dana
Barbara
Highland Street
Eben Dana
Florence Temple
Marilyn
Hayden
Bowdoinham
Carrie Hathorne
Deering Street
Lillie Kennerson
Palmer Street
John C. Rice
T. H. Fernald
Waldoboro
Bath Memorial Hospital
Montsweag
Woolwich Center
Arthur Williams
Montsweag Road
Valentine
Alex St. Pierre
Donald
Brunswick
Earl L. Ryan
Hyde Windlass Co
Harriett Potter
Ralph Covel
Sherwood Baker
Bath Iron Works
John Soule
Nequasset
Day's Ferry
Woolwich Notices and Church Schedule Show Local Life
Woolwich residents host visits for funerals and family events. Church services at Montsweag and Woolwich Center shift to alternate Sundays with Sunday schools. Day's Ferry hosts a beano party. Day's Ferry, Nequasset and Sagadahoc Ferry conduct Christian Services on Sunday.
Resolutions of Sympathy For John C Rice Of Laurel Grove Cemetery
The Laurel Grove Cemetery Association mourns the death of John C Rice a longtime member and spokesman on burials and unmarked graves. The association expresses heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family and will publish copies in the Bath Independent. Mrs Flora A Hathorn and Albert Hathorn sign the resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Rice
Center Baptist Church
Bath
Flora A. Hathorn
Albert Hathorn
Card of Thanks for Bereavement
Card of thanks from Mr and Mrs Ralph Rice Farnham Rice Woolwich Me for aid sympathy and floral tributes during their recent bereavement dated January 18 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Rice
Farnham Rice
Woolwich, Me
Pot-Hole Baths Found In Yosemite Linked To Nuchus Indians
Remnant basins or pits in Yosemite are identified as potential bathing tubs used by the Nuchus people long ago, suggesting ancient water-use practices near the canyon.
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Yosemite
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Edward Clarence
Plummer
Henry W. Owen, Jr
the Times Co
Front Street Bath, Me
Telephone
City League Chiefs
Grace Church
Bath Opera House
Corliss Street
Red Men’s Hall
Woolwich Grange
Berry
Lake Nequasset
God
Laurel Grove Cemetery Association