Community notes from Phippsburg and Bath area social events
Local social life includes Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Scott hosting card night with guests Roscoe Perkins, Richard Young, Lillian Barbour, Eleanor Brown, William Blaisdell. Emily Jordan hosting Bath friends at Meadowbrook camp. Morse family weekend at the Morse farm. Arthur Morse with Bobby Wilson of Bath. Frank and Leavitt ill at home. Clarence Mason back to work at Bath Iron Works. Martin Wyman in Bath. Dromore Orange Ladies' Aid meeting at Mrs. Annie Malcolm’s. patch sewing and a chicken pie dinner with festive decorations. Bath Young People Union elected Martin Eaton president at Small Point church. weekly services announced. Bodwell Grange held a 21-member meeting with a West Bath visitor. Center Sunday school to host a penny social at Town Hall. Recent rain and snow cause travel hazards. Mrs. Walter Small fell on ice and wrist injuries occurred for both Mr. and Mrs. Small. Skating remains good on Center Pond despite light snow. Nathan Cushman and Ruth Skillings, summer residents, returned abroad after wedding trip, arriving in England aboard the Manhattan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Scott
Roscoe Perkins
Richard Young
Lillian Barbour
Eleanor Brown
William Blaisdell
Emily Jordan
Bath
Jordan Camp
Meadowbrook
James L. Morse
Morse Farm
Arthur Morse
Bobby Wilson
Frank P. Leavitt
Clarence Mason
Malcolm
Marion Rafnell
Charlotte Owen
Pearl Barter
Georgena Thorpe
Pratt
Myra Morse
Martin Eaton
Sebasco
Baptist Young People’s Union
L. L. Hooker
A. I. Stuart
Small Point
Bodwell Grange
West Bath Grange
Children of the Center
Town Hall
Walter Small
Stonybrook
Small Point forms Baptist Young People's Union
A snow filled Sunday night gathering at Small Point Baptist church formed a Baptist Young People's Union with 14 members, 12 present. Clifford Robinson of Ashdale was elected vice president and Dorothy Robinson recording secretary. Organized by L. L. Hooker and Dr. A. I. Stuart of Bath, the meeting adjourned to continue officer elections and plan Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Small Point Baptist Church
Baptist Young People’s Union
Martin Eaton
Sebasco
Clifford Robinson
Ashdale
Dorothy Robinson
L. L. Hooker
A. I. Stuart
Christian Workers
Bath
Small Point
Maine Federation Meets This Week
The Maine Federation hosts a presidents banquet with Mrs. Lewis O Barrows and Mrs A B Chittenden as guests of honor. Gov Barrows greets attendees and Mrs Mason introduces district directors and club presidents. A Finnish teen accordionist Anne Miete performs in native costume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis O. Barrows
A. B. Chittenden
New England Conference of State Federations of Women’s Clubs
Mason
Anne Miete
J. Marden de Shon
Portland
Gov. Barrows
Gay
Ralph W. Emerson
Campbell Tipton
Stanley
Senator White Retains Key Senate Posts After Committee Shuffle
Senator White of ae remains on the Commerce and Interstate Commerce committees and several minor panels after the Senate committee reshuffle. He left the claims committee but continues on Civil Service and other special committees including Wildlife Conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator White
Commerce
Interstate Commerce and Foreign Ai
Senate
Civil Service
Pectudin
Robichaud Injured As Auto Trolley Car Collide
Clement E Robichaud 19 son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Robichaud of 672 Middle street suffered a severe forehead laceration and shock after his car collided with a trolley at Campus and Central avenues Lewiston Paquet owner of the automobile and Miss Anna Johnson were not injured Johnson fainted after the crash which derailed the trolley and damaged the Paquet car Robichaud treated at St Marie's hospital Paquet said frost on his windshield obscured the trolley view.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clement E. Robichaud
Joseph P. Robichaud
Middle Street
Lewiston Op
Miss Johnson
Morse- Lewiston
Armory
Spindle City
Paquet
Colby College
State Highway Department
Robichaud
St. Marie’s Hospital
Morse High School
Bath Iron Works Corp
Lewiston
Loom Weaving Topic At Farm Bureau Meeting
Dro more Farm Bureau held its regular meeting in the grange hall with loom weaving as the topic. Mrs Taylor will continue the subject with demonstrations in Sebasco and Nova Scotia training. Mrs Clara H Oliver demonstrated the rug loom and sweater weaving methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Bureau
Mrs Stilphen Retires From Central Church Post
Mrs. Warren M. Stilphen retires as secretary after 12 years of service. She was presented a leather bag at the Ladies aid meeting. A committee was appointed to coordinate the church annual reception and social for Feb 8 with League and Men's club members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren M. Stilphen
Ladies Aid of Central Church
Stilphen
League and Men's Club
Richard Quick
Lewis J. Sanborn
N. Gratz Jackson
Margaret R. Foote
John Wishart
Archibald Miller
John H. Harkins
Old Folks Home Corporation Elects Officers in Bath
The Old Folks Home in Bath held its annual meeting with 16 women and 21 men in the family. Samuel R. Percy was reelected president, with F. B. Nichols and Allen M. Irish as vice presidents. Trustees include Plant, Lincoln, Nichols, Percy, Baxter, Ross, Irish, Thebeau, Dougherty, Skelton, Kershner, and Small.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Corporation
Bath Trust
Irish
Thomas G. Plant
James O. Lincoln
F. B. Nichols
Samuel R. Percy
Rupert H. Baxter
Rodney B. Ross
Allen M. Irish
L. Eugene Thebeau
Daniel T. Dougherty
William L. Skelton
Warren E. Kershner
Donald N. Small
Cottages Relocated to Safer Ground at Popham Beach
At Popham Beach the two cottages most at risk from riverbank erosion the Henry cottage and Dr William E Mu of Naugatuck Conn have been moved several feet westward across the road. A third cottage owned by Miss Elizabeth Weber of Cambridge Mass remains in place awaiting reassessment after record high tides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
War of Safety
Henry
William E. Mu
Naugatuck
Conn
Pisebeth E. Weber
Cambridge
Mas
Popham Beach Social Notes From Seguin Island Patrol
Popham Beach reports a round of neighborhood visits and vacations. Captain Milliard Urquehart returns from Jonesport while Seaman Drake and others attend holidays at Bath Addison Jonesport. Light keepers and families exchanged visits as storms pass with no beach damage. Sunday school awards span nine to five weeks with multiple children cited.
Birthday Party For Donald Christianson At Home
The 32 High street home of Mr and Mrs H S Christianson hosted Donald Christianson eighth birthday party with cake ice cream and ginger ale. Guests included Barbara Morse Elwind Lane and Dicky Allen plus families. A farewell supper for Chief Petty Officers H S Christianson and E Paul Strube of the destroyer Jouett followed with bingo and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H.S. Christianson
High Street
Donald
Firsteen Lane
Barbara Morse
Elwind Lane
Barbara
Billy Morse
Marjorie Rogers
George Bourgoyne
Beth Ann Christianson
Gretchen Christianson
Robert Christianson
Judith Atwood
Marjorie Towne
Dicky Allen
H. S. Christianson
Paul Strube
U.S. N
Jouett
Lunchroom menu options at Brunswick High School
Mrs. Inez P. Allen serves as adviser on school menus while another woman runs the lunch room. Students may order hot soup and crackers for five cents, home made cake and milk for seven, or a hot plate for ten cents which includes meat or fish vegetable and milk. Two recesses are held to accommodate students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick High School
Inez P. Allen
Ramona Council Holds Annual Installation Night
Annie Wilson was installed as prophetess of Ramona Council No. 27 in Red Men's hall during a joint installation with Sasanoa Tribe No. 64. Deputy Great Pocahontas Sophie MacPherson led the ceremonies, with officers named from Ramona Council and Sasanoa Tribe and a public supper served by Mrs. Eleanor McDonald and Mrs. Alice Rideout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Wilson
Ramona Council
Red Men’s Hall
Eva Sanford
Pocahontas
Edith Burnham
Wenona
Charles Ansert
Powhatan
Edna Carter
Rose Lightbody
Florence Robinson
Ralph Boardman
Harold Corliss
Mabel Ansert
Viola Melzard
Tressa Corliss
Jennie Middleton
Etta Gallant
Sadie Garcelon
Emma Rogers
Ida Breed
Minnie Roderick
Eunice Perry
Sophie MacPherson
Lucelia Blake
Ernest Avery
Ardene Pierce
Everett White
George Flint
Sagamore
Harry Giles
Harry Knights
Merle Ulrickson
Thomas Lyons
Arthur Haggett
Alden P. Denham
Frank Danforth
Eugene Haggett
Eleanor McDonald
Alice Rideout
Pythian Sisters Install Officers in Lowell Temple
Arletta Yates was installed as most excellent chief of Lowell Temple Pythian Sisters. Other officers named include Marion Darrah Lois Knight Jane Shea Gertrude Stewart Sarah Potter Edith Miller Emily Williams Grace Hagan Lila Haskell Hattie Lord and Daisy Foss with installing officers from Auburn. Gifts and a dinner at Hotel Sedgwick followed the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arletta Yates
Lowell Temple
Pythian
Marion Darrah
Lois Knight
Jane Shea
Gertrude Stewart
Sarah Potter
Edith Miller
Emily Williams
Grace Hagan
Lila Haskell
Hattie Lord
Daisy Foss
Auburn
Hotel Sedgwick
K. of P. Hall
Ethelyn Gilman
Taylor
Malt Beverages Dealers Told to Enforce Age Limits
City Marshal Joseph A. Butler met with local malt beverage dealers at City Hall to address minor purchases. He cited recent incidents including a near 21 year old held by police for intoxication and urged dealers to refuse sales to anyone who appears underage, warning of strict enforcement if cooperation fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. Butler
City Hall
Police Department
Marshal Butler
Kirkpatrick Buys Bath Grain Co from Nickerson
Samuel H. Kirkpatrick of Woolwich completed the purchase of the Bath Grain Co from Mrs. Hugh G. Nickerson of Portland. Linwood Piper will manage. Kirkpatrick plans to run it as before with high quality stock and courteous service. The sale included the Commercial street property adjoining Bath Puel Co where Kirkpatrick serves as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Grain Co
Hugh G. Nickerson
Portland
Samuel H. Kirkpatrick
Woolwich
Linwood Piper
Kirkpatrick
Commercial Street
Bath Puel Co
Water restrictions lifted for bonfires in city permits
Chief Engineer Scott Morse announced that all bonfire restrictions tied to water use are removed. Residents with bonfire permits may now burn as allowed. A daughter was born January 17 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul V. Galambos of Brookline Massachusetts. Mrs. Galambos is Isabel Mackinnon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman J. Mackinnon of 276 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Morse
Fire Department
Paul V. Galambos
Brookline
Mass
Galambos
Isabel Mackinnon
Norman J. Mackinnon
Washington Street
Local Notes Hit By Various Town People And Visitors
Health officer Parker Head visited a school midweek. Harry Mank and Walter Cushing served on the destroyer Jouett on its first Portland voyage. Miss Lynnette Caverly and Mrs. Fred Young attended Farm Bureau. The two Stacey sisters of Bath visited Aunt Mrs. Bernard Carlson at Dix Island. Mrs. Earl Lowell traveled to Brunswick for dental care with three companions. Leston Harringtons searched for rent in Bath. Arthur Darling, formerly of the town, called on friends. Boy Scouts canceled weekly meeting due to the scout master’s illness. Community club met at the town hall and planned a basketball team after staining the ping pong table. Galen Daley returned from Bath, losing his pocketbook with a sizable sum inside. Ruth and Charles Blaisdell visited relatives in town. Ray Campbell was in town Saturday. Annie Harrington spent time at Memorial Hospital with her brother Alex Deejay. Ladies’ Sewing Club met at Mrs. Alice Rollins. Sandra Mank has been ill this week. Mrs. Walter Powers of Perkins Island vacationed in Boston. Bernard Wyman visited his wife and family at the Libbys’ home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Scott
Harry Mank
Walter Cushing
Jouett
Portland
Lynnette Caverly
Fred Young
Farm Bureau
Stacey
Bath
Bernard Carlson
Dix Island
Earl Lowell
Brunswick
Charles Baisdell
Elwood Hathorn
Lee Sheldon
Leston Harrington
Ruth Blaisdell
Charles Blaisdell
Ray Campbell
Annie Harrington
Memorial Hospital
Alex Deejay
Ladies’ Sewing Club
Alice Rollins
Sandra Mank
Walter Powers
Perkins Island
Boston
Bernard Wyman
John Libbys
Storm Delays Berwindglen Arrival at Kennebec Wharf
The collier Berwindglen, sailing from Newport News Virginia, faced heavy seas and sub zero weather delaying its arrival by about 15 hours. It docked at 3 30 p m Tuesday after departing 8 05 a m Saturday and took over 70 hours for the voyage, crew using live steam to clear ice before unloading at the Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Berwindglen
Kennebec
Spuds to You shown by Winter Street Men
The Winter Street church Men's club in Bath hosts a color sound travel film Spuds to You about the Great Aroostook potato industry. Lewis J. Sanborn and William A. Wheeler arrange the showing for railroad groups. supper at 6 30 precedes a business meeting and program. New parlor lights funded by a recent lobster stew proceeds are unveiled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Lewis J. Sanborn
Boston & Maine
Maine Central
William A. Wheeler
Bath
Sanborn
Maine Central Railroad
Aroostook
Engineers Survey Route Through City Its Main Arterial
Engineers survey the route between two communities noting narrow Court Street and deteriorating crossings at High Middle and Washington streets. They cite dangerous grade crossing at High Street and bottle necks on Washington Street. a rail crossing near the hill and the school corner. Haggett leads the survey with HQ in the Court House grand jury room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page One
Court Street
High Street
Middle Street
Washington Street
Center
Vine Streets
Highway Commission
Haggett
Grand Jury Room
Court House
Social Eight Members Meet Mrs Flora Thayer
Social Eight met with Mrs Flora Thayer on Western Avenue Monday. The evening included beano and sewing with refreshments. Present were Mrs George Meldard Mrs George Darrah Mrs Nippy Guerrette Mrs Albert Pinkham Mrs Erving Burnham and guest Mrs Orrin L Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora Thayer
Western Avenue
George Melgard
George Darrah
Nippy Guerrette
Albert Pinkham
Erving Burnham
Orrin L. Crosby
Annual Meeting Highlights at Bath Hospital Census
The Bath hospital reports 522 patients admitted during the year with wide geographic reach from Bath area towns to out of state locations. Admissions peaked in summer with 93 in August and 90 in July, and the staff includes physicians surgeons and specialists across multiple departments.
Deaths In Westport Mechanic Falls Area Longtime Residents
Obituary notes Frank R. Blake of Mechanic Falls born in Harpswell in 1863 died Jan 16. Survived by wife Annie Cromwell Blake, two daughters, a son, a sister, ten grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral held at Tucker funeral home. Also brief society items on local residents and Bates game attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanic Falls
Frank R. Blake
Blake
Harpswell
A. Raymond
Cinderella Jewett Blake
Annie M. Cromwell
Westport
James Williams
Don Foote
Bangor
Herbert L. Blake
Saugus
Mass
Charles Noble
South Harpswell
Tucker Funeral Home
Ellsworth Colby
Eugene Cromwell
Nequasset
Alice Bailey
Franklin
Bailey
Brian M. Jewett
Ann Louise
Augusta
Dan Shanahan
Maurice Puffer Wins YMCA Pool Tournament
Maurice Puffer won the YMCA annual pool tournament last week defeating Willis Hall 50 to 39 in the final. In the junior division Andrew Hart beat Pratt 50 to 39 in the final after rounds featuring MacDonald, Hart, Wagner, Howe, and Desmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Puffer
Willis Hall
Puffer
Andrew Hart
Herbert Closson
Ward Brown
Jere Desmond
John Voorhees
Elison Estes
Robert Cummings
Fernand Pomerleau
Harry Bloxsom
George Hart
John Bourque
Russell Gasser
Carleton Stover
Robert Huse
David Alkazin
Robert Ingraham
Gordon Estes
Norman Alkazin
John Perry
Closson
Pomerleau
Hall
Bourque
Ingraham
Atwood
Desmond
Richard Footer
James Clancy
David MacDonald
Edward Plant
Robert Wagner
Pratt
Hart
MacDonald
Current Events Club meeting covers Maine legislature and world events
The Cosmopolitan club panelists discuss how a bill becomes law in Maine, recent Washington news, Great Britain, Finland, and South America. A history segment covers Spain with Patagonia and Seville, and a note on Sir Wilfred Grenfell. The next meeting is Feb 2 at 2 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert R. Lemont
Cosmopolitan Club
Maine
Washington, D. C
William L. Skelton
John Parker
Great Britain
Morris S. Povich
Finland
Carl Y. Kennedy
South America
Central Europe
Joseph I. Smith
Frostina E. Marston
Wilfred T. Grenfell
Lady Grenfell
Sarah A. Adams
Spain
Patagonia
Seville
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Young People’s Union
Arthur Cummings
Norway
Cummings
Dromore Organization
Dromore Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Nova Scotia
Bureau
Clara H. Oliver
Gertrude Small
Elizabeth Mayo
Esther McCourt
Eva Rogers
Mabel Pushard
Central Ladies’ Aid
OLD Folk’s Home Corporation Meeting
Milliard Urquehart
Seguin Island
Jonesport
Karl Hentz
Gilbert Head
Millington, N
Erma Huntley
Nina Larrabee
Freda Greenlaw
Gloria
Merrill Oliver
Debra Huntley
Carol Drake
Kenneth Leonard
Betty
Charles
Kenneth
Marie Leonard
Elliot
Dean
Mary Ellen
Susie Cirone
Susie Oliver
William Wallace
Carol
David Drake
Virginia
Stanley Perkins
Marion Bridges
Leon
Ernest Oliver
Debra
Merrill Huntley
Bertha
Mary
Walter Newdick
Clarence Schofield
Schofield
Seaman Drake
Susie Civone
Addison
Allan Urquehart
Irving Dobbin
Hibiscus
Popham
Prescott Clark
Cox’s Head
Charles Small
Carleton
Gordon Clark
Leon Fickett
Pond Island Light
State of Maine
Fred Osgood
Bath Thursay
William Hill
Naugatuck, Conn
Arthur Silz
New York City
Silz
Joseph Oliver
Howard Spinney
DeShon
Kenneth and
Betty Leonard
Ernest and Merrill Oliver
Pythian Sisters
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West Bath
Georgetown
Parker Head
Bowdoinham
West Point
Bailey's Island
Arrowsic
Bucksport
Kittery
North Bath
Winnegance
Bay Point
Campbell's Pond
Five Islands
Robinhood
South Waldoboro
Freeport
Topsham
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Newton
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Brooklyn
N. Y
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N. J
Greenwich, Conn
Hudson
Long Lake
Montgomery, Vt
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Middleton
Miss Downing
James O Lincoln
Langdon T. Snipe
Bernard A. Bailey
Hugh D. Grant
Albert S. Owen
E. Motley Puller
Ardenne A. Stott
DePorrest S. Day
William H. Bradford
Alfred Mitchell
W. L. Haskell
A. F. Williams
Roland Clapp
E. G. H. Stetson
G. M. Elliott
C. E. Richardson
J. F. Hill
L. H. Dorr
Dresden
H. Jacob Smith
Helen V. Downing
Gladys Wolstenholme
Evelyn L. McMann
Constance Beers
Ruth Thompson
Alice Henderson
Lois Jomini
Alice Murphy
Walter Wiggin
York Street
Inlaw
Arthur Giles
Bertha Bellerose
Davenport
Oeere i
Errold Hilton
Baldwin Lumber Company
Mayfield
Baldwin
Dia
Laine
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