Morse High Girls Rally To Beat Gardiner In Close Contest
Morse High girls overcome an 8-1 deficit to edge Gardiner 32-28 at the Bath Y gym. Captain Aderton shifts to forward and sparks Morse with late scoring while Mary Larrabee leads locals with seven field goals. Gardiner’s Alexander dominates early but Morse’s defense clamps down in the final period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Y Gym
Up River Girls
Morse High Maids
Gardiner Girls
Alexander
Bath
Capi
Aderton
Mary Larrabee
Gladys Spinney
Morse
Barabee
Capt
Morse Lassies
Miss Alexander
Miss Polley
Kate McCarty
Miss Twomey
Spinney
Morse Girls
Larrabee
Opinneyr Aderton
Geccabls
I Carr
See
Se Keliey
Williams
Miss Seavey
Portland
Roland Smith Post Sponsors Amateur Theatre Co
At a Roland Smith Post American Legion meeting last week the group voted to sponsor the Amateur Theatre Co and plan an early meeting. State Commander Choate will visit Feb 6 for an evening of talks and entertainment. Morse high school ex service men and other locals are invited, with a tourney planned with Winnegance Community club. A banquet for National Commander Paul McNutt in Portland on Jan 23 will be attended by post members. The post also lets North Center PTA use a burned Grace church parish house for meetings and plans a member smoker next Wednesday. Meanwhile three Nosa children die of pneumonia after influenza in Bridgeport, Conn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith
American Legion
Amateur Theatre Co
Fitzgerald
Legion
Paul McNutt
Portland
North Center
Grace Church
Phippsburg and Portland Figures in Holiday News
Portland visitors at the Perry and Bolton homes. Bath residents ill but improving. John Williams, once at Fort Ethan Allen, now at Fort Sill, Oklahoma, visited Memphis by plane for the holidays. Weddings and local comings, including the Leonard Beane wedding, highlighted by notes on community members and their travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Perry
Portland
Bath
Durward Wyman
Elizabeth Smith
South Portland
Bowker
Meadowbrook
Smith
William Butler
J. E. Perry
George Savage
Annie Cutting
Waterville
Spencer Corsetieres
Phoenix Hotel
William Brewster
Frank Leavitt
John Leonard
Stella Beane
Milan Leonard
Cato Avenue
Phippsburg
John Williams
Fort Ethan Allen
Fort Sill
Okla
Artillery
Memphis
Tenn
Margaret Minott
Irving College
Conservatory of Music
Mechanicsburg
Henry M. Minott
Woodfords
Minott
Ethel Bowker Doughty
Mary
Emery Street
Harold Thompson
Forest City Trust Co
Marilla Williams
Augusta
State Library
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N. Y
Clarence Bowker
Adelbert Williams
Willis Doughty
Henry Minott
Bess Dickinson
Freeman H. Merritt
Deering Street
J. H. Stacey
St. Petersburg
Locomotive Hauls 270 Mile Freight to Portland
A single 4000 Lima locomotive hauled a 100 car freight train from Hudson River to Portland Maine without engine changes. The run marks the longest single locomotive freight in New England and completes major B and M track and bridge improvements. Route links Rotterdam Mechanicville to Casco Bay with double track and new bridges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Hudson River
Portland
Boston and Maine
New England
Rotterdam-Mechanicville
N. Y
Casco Bay
Superpower
Lawrence
Forest City
Maine
Mechanicville
Ayer
Rigby Terminal
Stony Brook Branch
New York State
Massachusetts
Lowell
Haverhill
Lower New Hampshire
Dover
Western Gateway
Boston
Worcester
Temperance praised by Bath leaders in ninth prohibition anniversary
Bath Woman's Christian Temperance Union held a meeting at the Y M C A to honor Federal prohibition's ninth anniversary. Mayors Cahill and Dunton shared views on enforcement, praising officers while urging public support for stronger temperance measures. The group adopted resolutions requesting Cahill to push for a record year of temperance progress in Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles H. Cahill
W.C.T.U
Cahill
Arthur J. Dunton
William Fletcher
Waterville
Bath
Lillian M. Stevens
Washington
Maine
Dunton
Bath Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Davenport
Maud Russell
E. Melvin Pratt
Pratt
Howard P. Jett
Winneganee
Union
Bath booster praises Bath Iron Works in Boston Post
A letter to the editor in the Boston Post defends Bath Iron Works on the Kennebec at Bath Me noting its 40 years building naval vessels. The writer urges Uncle Sam to consider Bath for cruiser orders, praising its shipyard as a leading producer with a strong workmanship reputation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Bath
Bath Iron Works
New England
Quincy
Bath Iron Works Corporation
Kennebec
Uncle Sam
Witness to Sheridan ride witness dies at 84
Henry W. Jordan of Topsham aged 84 died after a three week illness his wife having died a week earlier He was born May 13 1844 in Millbury Mass and served three years in the Civil War with the 14th New Hampshire Regiment His notable Civil War battle was Cedar Creek He married Isabella Merrill in Mechanic Falls and Livermore Falls in 1872 Seventeen years ago he moved to Topsham He belonged to Vincent Mountfort post G A R of Brunswick He is survived by a daughter Rose McMaclin four grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry W. Jordan
Topsham
Sheridan
Millbury
Mass
William
Rogelinda Jordan
Maine
Massachusetts
Berlin
N. H
9Th Co
New Hampshire
Cedar Creek
Isabella Merrill Carpenter
Mechanic Falls
Livermore Falls
Vincent Mountfort
Brunswick
Rose McMaclin
Winnegance Women Plan Bean Supper and Legion Smoker
The Winnegance Woman's Auxiliary and Community Club arranged a baked bean supper at the club house from 5:30 to 7:00 with Mrs. Robert Manson as general chair. The event followed a regular card party and included whist prizes won by Frank Allegrin and Miss Marion Morse. The clubs discussed an upcoming Legion smoker and continued joint social activities with Roland Smith post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary
Robert Manson
Winneganee Community Club
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Legion
Frank Allegrin
Marion Morse
David A. Merry
Merry
Squaw Club
Frank Péron
Winfield W. Morse
John Dr. Morse
Walter Morse
Caroline Oliver
Joseph B. McCutcheon
Bath City Hospital
Parker O. Rogers
Doris Morse
Freeport
Phippsburg
Robert P. Manzon
Harry F. Oliver
Monday Bridge Club
Robert P. Manson
Annie Williams
Annie Lemont
Arthur Tolman
Miss Welsh
State Farm Bureau Dept
Farm Bureau
Community Club
Woolwich
West Bath
Likes Golden State but Loves Maine Letter From Inglewood
Albert R. Butler of Inglewood California writes of Maine affection and Southern California boosterism. He contrasts Maine scenery with his new home near the Pacific, notes climate variety within fifty miles, and sends New Year greetings to West Bath and Bath neighbors including Tant Uncle Harry and Grandmother Rich.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Ocean
California
Maine
Bath
West Bath
Tant
Harry
Rich
Albert R. Butler
Inglewood
Calif
Obituary: Lincoln P Barnes Dies in Providence at 80
Ward received Wednesday morning death in Providence R I Lincoln P Barnes aged about 80 long time Bath resident and law filer. A Seventh Day Adventist believer he lived at 40 Drummond Street sold Bath property to Adventists last month. He left Bath December 23 for New Hampshire and returned to Bath then went to Providence to pass the winter with his daughter Mrs Cora Baker burial Maple Grove. Odds Fellows ritual will be held at Cemetery and Park office by Lincoln lodge officers. Burial in Maple Grove. Auburn police station undergoing renovation with cells signal machine paint cement floor and new detention room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Providence
R. I
Lincoln P. Barnes
Bath
Cora Baker
Cemetery and Park Board
Lincoln Lodge
Maple Grove
Colonial Minstrel Tickets Go On Sale
Advance sale of tickets for the Colonial club minstrel show is underway with reserved seats to be exchanged next week and a date to be announced. Eugene Desmond leads rehearsals as Dan Williams Harry Hall Ralph Blakeney William Hatch Herby Douglas Hap Torrey Eddie Ramsey and George Hunt are end men. Johnny Wilson may appear for the Jan 31 and Feb 1 show with Percy Marks as a feature soloist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonial Club
Eugene Desmond
Chester S. Kingsley
Dan Williams
Harry Hall
Ralph Blakeney
William Hatch
Herby Douglas
Hap Torrey
Eddie Ramsey
George Hunt
Johnny Wilson
Percy Marks
Manley’s heroism noted after deadly convoy collision
The Manley and Montagua collided during convoy operations causing a series of underwater blasts and deck explosions. The Manley suffered 34 dead and 22 injured, while the Montagua had six dead and 23 injured. The Manley was repaired, later decommissioned in 1922, and honored as U S Elliott to recognize the crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manley
Montagua
Richard McC. Elliott, Jr
Queenstown
Haulbowline
Royal Naval Dockyard
Brewer
Burke
Cohen
Corcoran
Dreja
Edds
Fleming
Hall
G. C. Hartman
L. O. Hartman
L. V. N. Hartman
Holmes
Isham
Jeshnsen
Jones
Klahre
Kurdt
Lebmeyer
Lewder
Magoni
Malowitz
Mann
McGowan
Miller
Mitchell
O'Donnell
Ross
Rozanski
Shaw
Sullivan
Ward
Watson
Wood
U. S. Elliott
England
U. S. Merchantmen Provided Books in National Book Week Stunt
Mary Channing Wister leads a dramatic plane drop over Philadelphia as AMMLA promotes National Book Week, highlighting a library for American merchant marine crews. The organization distributes books to ships, lifeboats, and lighthouses, funded by volunteers and suited by creative publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Merchant Marine Library Association
Henry Howard
Inset
Newport
Cleveland
Ships and a coal firm in Maine history and a death
The article notes the renaming of Destroyer 74 to U S S Manley and its later conversion to a ferry, with the U S S Levant named for Captain John Manley, a Revolutionary War figure born in 1733 in England and linked to New England. It recounts Manley’s sea service, capture and escape, and death in 1793, then shifts to Randall and McAllister Coal Co. of Portland, tracing its origins from Sawyer and Randall about 68 years earlier and noting the first shipment of 100 tons of anthracite coal from Philadelphia to Maine. It also mentions a chimney fire in Auburn requiring 57 gallons of extinguishing agents with no damage, and records the death of Mrs. John McInnes on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continental Navy
Hancock
England
Manley
Boston
Randall & McAllister Coal Co
Portland
Sawyer & Randall
Philadelphia
Randall & McAllister Co
Maine
Auburn
Lambing Time Critical in Range Sheep Business
Lambing time is the critical period of the year in the range sheep business. Areas with early green feed and protection from storms should be used. When lambing occurs on range grazed all winter, forage is short and many losses of ewes and lambs occur.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Morse High Girls
Shipping City Lassies
Winneyance
Bridgeport, Conn
Michael Nosa
W.C.T.U. Meeting
Wibnington
N. C
Golden State
Lincoln P
Nickets
Bath Savings Institution
U. S
New York
Ohio
High Seas
AMMLA
Mary Channing Wister
Howard
Association
United States Shipping Board
American Library Association
John McInnes
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