Old Folks Concert and Dance at Masonic Temple Thursday
Tickets for the Old Folks concert and dance, sponsored by Cosmopolitan club music department, sold at bar gain prices marked down to fifty cents. The 7 45 start features Waldo Marshall and his orchestra, square and round dances, and costumes. Jack Shaw directed, Mrs Shaw on piano. Parke Grindell song slated. Program includes America the Beautiful by MacFarlane Chorus.
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Masonic Temple
Cosmopolitan Club
Waldo Marshall
Jack Shaw
Musical program from Naaman ga Costa concert
A program list includes Grandfather's Clock by Burgeon Duet, Dost Thou Love Me by Parry, Dorothy Welch and Albert Henderson, With Sheathed Swords from Naaman, Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes by Jonson, reading by Robert Gordon Poicheee and Sophie Greenblatt, My Old Kentucky Home by Foster, Lewin and Molloy, Anchored by Watson, Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep by Knight, Pine Tree State Forever by Grindell. John Shaw directs with Harriet Reed Shaw on piano, Waldo Marshall assisting with his orchestra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burgeon
Ruth” Ee Eat Parry
Dorothy Welch
Albert Henderson
Woot
Dace
Aeee Bayley
Bertha W. Scott
Naaman
Ga Costa
Robert S. Gordon Poicheee
Sophie Es Greenblatt
Old
Kentucky
Foster
Lillian E. Lewin
Nancy Lee
Pine Tree State Forever
Grindell
John Shaw
Harriet Reed Shaw
Waldo Marshall
Receiver sought for steamboat line amid default and assets
The Steamboat line seeks a receiver to handle principal and interest on a 2,985,000 bond issue, with defaults on taxes water rates and governmental charges. A Dec 31 1930 statement shows assets of 5,860,000 and liabilities of 3,370,000. Hudson River Navigation Co will contest the suit. In Augusta auctioneer C W Ridgeway promotes a furniture sale aiming to sell 20 rugs in 20 minutes, succeeding in 10.
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The
Hudson River Navigation Co
C. W. Ridgeway
Augusta
Coombs High Falls 25-21 to Richmond. local events follow
Bowdoinham notes a Friday night loss as Rich mond High School won 25 to 21 in Richmond. Afterward the team enjoyed an oyster supper at Dr. and Mrs. Charles L Browne’s Pleasant Street home. Town social life includes bridge and Pyhian Sisterhood meetings, school plays, a box social, and various visits, with births, obituaries, and community notices interwoven. Walter Reed repairs trucks for state road work. Local folks attend church events, concerts, and the quarterly Methodist conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coombs High School
Richmond
Richmon High School
Charles L. Browne
Pleasant Street
Walter Reed
Grange Stable
A. D. Bridge & Sons
R. D. Purinton
Pleasant Street Bridge Club
Star Aid
Eva M2
Dougal
L. P. ‘Temple
Pyhian Sisterhood Aid
Richard Denham
Roger Robinson
Brunswick
Brun
Richard Marl Robinson
R.A. Dickinson
Raymond Rendall
Alfred
Fannie Batchelder
Carrie Merrill
Portland
S. D. Thorne
Cus
Miriam Browne
Erland Brown
Sisters
Lewiston
Bridge Club
George R. Cutler
Charles Hackett
Ida McKay
Augusta
Frank Rossi
Hazardville
Conn
Bernard Henderson
Bath
Waler Reed
Olive Andros
John Purington
Victoria
Hope Flood
Fairfield
Sarah Howe
Bangor
Grammar School
Town Hall
Ilda McKey
Maxwell Ward
Waterville
Thomas Ward
Denham
Nettie Umberhind
C. B. Randall
Florida
Robert Webber
Freeport
Frances Merrill
Abbie Thorne
F. K. Jack
The
Methodist Church
A. S. Oliver
Jessie Ames
W. B
E. P. Kendall
Boston
Electa Chapter
Masonic Hall
Curtis
Haywood
Roberts
Road Place
Helen Britt
Ecards
George Cutler
Georgia Denham
Local notices from Bowdoinham and nearby towns
E D Cornish in Bowdoinham reports a year old heifer killed weighing 498 pounds. Harry Purington of Portland visits with his wife staying this winter with Mrs Maria Curtis. Mrs Curtis returns home after months with daughter Mrs Merton Umberhind of Augusta. Frank Jenkins, Augusa Wisconsin, in town last week. Neighbors mourn death of Frank W Hill 73 of Gray from pneumonia. He lived with Mr and Mrs Isaac Wilson for years and leaves a brother as next kin. W H Gould drilling a well. Mrs Emma Temple visiting her daughter Mrs Ralph Wheeler of Topsham.
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W. B. & E. P. Kendall
Joseph L. Spear
Portland
Spear
Nathan Leavitt
Fred
Candy'’s Harbor
E. D. Cornish
Hee
Harry Purington
Maria Curtis
Merton Umberhind
Augusa
Fank Jenkins
Wis
Frank W. Hill
Gray
Myr
Isaac Wilson
W. H. Gould
Emma Temple
Ralph Wheeler
Topsham
Bowdoin Ladies Meet Despite Ills and Absences
Bowdoin Ladies met at Mrs W D Rogers home with small attendance due to illness among members. Mrs Jane Woods led the meeting in the absence of both president and vice president. A brief service followed and the next gathering is set for January 28 at Mrs Ernest Carr’s home. Numerous local residents are reported ill with bronchitis influenza and related ailments amid unseasonable weather.
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Sowdoin
W. D. Rogers
Jane Woods
Ernest Carr
A. E. Purinson
Lottie Cobb
Bowdeinham
Robert Enman
Irving Clough
Chelsea
L. C. Starbird
Miss Phylis Starbird
Sigiphen
Richmond
Harold
World’s Largest Office Building and Its Commerce Origins
A feature on the Department of Commerce building highlighting its vast scale with 19 entrances, 1600 telephones, 36 elevators, and a bronze embellished facade. It traces the department’s growth from 1903 under Roosevelt and Hoover to its modern reach, including the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Lighthouse Service, and Census Bureau, noting Hoover’s role and dedication ceremony.
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Department of Commerce
14Th Street
Harding
Herbert Hoover
Belgium
Hoover
Commerce Department
Oth
Patent
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Foreign Service
Alabama
Kentucky Tobacco
Bureau of Lighthouse Service
Congress
George Washington
Grace Darling
Kate Walker
Robbins Reef
New York Harbor
Pilot Island
Lake Michigan
Green Bay
Census Bureau
United States
Sunset
Utah
Public Building Commission
Department
Aging penman of Saco hailed as top hand in country
James W. Smith aged 85, a long time York Manufacturing plant worker and former Saco resident who moved to Portland in 1916, is praised as perhaps the nation’s best living penman. His writing rivals copper plate engraving and impresses Saco friends familiar with his epistles in script worthy of L. E. Pease, longtime Saco penmanship teacher.
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James W. Smith
York Manufacturing Company
Saco
Portland
L. E. Pease
Vivian M Akers Exhibition at Wyoming Valley Club
Norwegian artist Vivian M Akers shows paintings at the Wyoming Valley Woman's Club in Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania for two weeks. The Wilkes-Barre Times Leader publishes a very flattering notice of the collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian M. Akers
Norway
Wyoming Valley Woman's Club
Wilkes-Barre
Bath shipyard tale of Calypso launch and safety committees
Mrs Dale R Simonson christened the Coast Guard cutter Calypso amid soggy weather with officials and family celebrating. The event followed by safety committee elections, a shipyard dance, and updates on the Hibiscus lightship, Daphne launch planned for Jan 27, and notable visitors including Arch Main and W S Newell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale R. Simonson
Coast Guard
Calypso
Philip B. Eaton
Charles H. Cahill
Main
Simonson
Lieut
Betzmer
Dale Simonson
Bess Dickinson
Popham
Fort Popham
Old Ocean
Safety Committee
Frank Bowker
Ernest Freeman
George Stacey
Arthur King
Everett Neal
M. S. Baker
Ernest T. Fulton
Martin Powers
Stanley Brown
W. J. Harrington
Eugene McGrath
Howard Nash
Harold Adams
Charles Pearce
William S. Newell
A. M. Main
L. E. Thebesa
R. F. Hill
N. J. Mackinnon
C. A. Dickinson
Walter J. Brennan
Waldo Marshall
Mike
Seguin
Squirrel Island
Hisbiscus
Hibiscus
Iron Works
Joe Vachon
Portland
Kickapoo
Daphne
Wilkes
W. S. Newell
New York City
Charles Nicolini
American Mutual Co
Boston
George D. Clark
Catholic Women Form New Society at Knights Hall
Catholic women organized St. Anne circle, Daughters of Isa Bella, at 2:30 Sunday in Knights of Columbus hall with Springfield organizer Mrs Annie Rackliffe assisting. Charter open until Feb 14 for installation and banquet. next meeting set for Sunday. Officers include Regent Margaret C Flaherty and Vice Regent Mary J Cummings among others. Also notes business trip for Hon J Edward Drake and a farm advertisement from Taunton Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Anne
Margaret C. Flaherty
Mary J. Cummings
Adeline D. McPhee
Hannah M. Curran
Harriet McCole
Catherine O'Hara
Mary A. Royal
Marion T. O'Hara
Ann C. Perry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s
Linc
OLD Folk’s
Cosmo Club
Jonesport
RKO Radio Picture
Jonson
Jedidiah” Thompson
Burgon
Molloy
Miss Lewin
Watson
Paramount Public Theatre
Lionel Barrymore
Lew Cody
Miriam Hopkins
John Barrymore
Seth Parker
Eve
Bowdoinham
Middle St. Poultry Co
Middle St. Portland
Bowdoinham Post Road
Bowdoin
Omar W. Folsom
Kilbourne Place
Washington, D. C
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Department of Labor
Aioe
St. Anne Circle
Daughters of Isabella
J. Edward Drake
Gove, General Delivery
Taunton
Mass
Longe
Hatch’s Shoe Store
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