Community notices and meetings fill local week
The town enjoyed a busy period with Dromore and Hagadahne Pomona grange meetings, a regular community party with prizes to Charles Perry and Edna Tetman, and a quilting project by the women’s auxiliary. Ice on the creek thaws, while residents like Charles Hewitt Jr and Miss Doris Morse travel between Kittery, Gorham, and Houston.
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Simee
Dromore Grange
Seversl
West 6Th
Wednesay
Hagadahne Cooty Pomona Grange
Charles Perry
Edna Tetman
Derry
Reuben Perington
Woman's Auxiliary
Auxiliary Treasury
Robert Oliver
Navy Yard
Kittery
Squaw Club
Winfield W. Morse
Frank Verry
Roberta Manson
Charles E. Hewitt, Jr
Kittery Navy Yard
Doris Morse
Houston
Miss Morse
Gorham Normal School
Gorham School
WCSH
Eugene Knight
High Street
Dremore Grange
J. Walker Morse
Dr. Jefferson
Walker Heads
Morse Girls' Glee Club Promotes Dress Rehearsal Operetta
Morse High Girls' Glee Club under Miss Mabel Ayer and Mrs Roscoe McFadden rehearses for The Dress Rehearsal. Cast includes Ethelviinse, Catherine Thompson, Winifred Kennerson, Genesta Corliss and others. Tickets sold at the high school with a dance to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Mabel Ayer
Roscoe P. McFadden
Ethelviinse O
Cnse Ra
Anels
Miss Jones
Lillian Leemm
Miss Pinchback
Catherine Thompson
Pepe Pertoa
Mademoiselle Epinard
Winifred Kennerson
Amy Fibbs
Genesta Corliss
Clara Wilkins Evelyn Donnell
Sarah Ann Harriet Lord
Sophinisba Spivis
Edna Hallowell
Martha Higgins
Carolyn Plant
Carrie Jackson Marion Skillin
Jarvey
Mildred Hooper
Rose Jennings Grace Winchenbaugh
Roscoe McFadden
All Siam Honors a White Elephant
A white elephant born in North Siam arrives in Cheng Mai with a royal procession. Priests, nobles, and crowds greet the sacred beast as it travels to the palace, its rarity and expense signaling royal favor and potential ruin for a noble owner.
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Siam
Cheng Mai
India
Herve
Hannibal
Gaul
Agatha
Lanwkek
Aynathia
Barze
Menam River
Wangkok
Stanzkok
Portland Visitor Alfred Sturgis and Local Society Notes
Alfred Sturgis of Portland visited the city on business. Winter Street auxiliary held a 24 person meeting with readings, contests, and prizes. Winners included Mrs. Pom eroy Mrs. Gates Mitchie Mrs. Jesse Strong Ruth Skillings and Jane Goodman. A poem was read by Mrs. Strong. Next week features a Can You Beat It night. January committee and Mrs Walter Rowker oversee tickets.
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Alfred Sturgis
Portland
Harold and
Earl Colby
Bath
Fred Colby
New York
Winter Street
Albert Austin
Richard Hersom
Arthur Sampson
Walter Bowker
John A. Lord
Milton Trott
Jesse Strong
Edward Pomeroy
Gates Mitchie
Ruth Skillings
Jane Goodman
Walter Rowker
Wonder Photoplays at Bath Opera House
The seventh week of the annual drive features weekly photoplays at Bath Opera House. Thursday screens With Meppers starring Lady Murher, a tale set in youth culture. The Veer Weenan and Friday’s feature stars Vera Iie, with a Transcontinental Limited railroad feature on Saturday. Greta UMrnel Ray headlines Wednesday’s program with I and in Clare Vee’s Latent, plus multiple short reels and reviews from International News Meelis.
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Thoreday ix
Meppers
Laeyd Murher
Stony
Whilige
Viireila
Porovvans
Vriday
Lewes
Mae MeAras
Gilbert
Sebi
Werdsesekiy
Qeera Benece Abeneent
Greta Umrnel Ray
Clare Vee
Asyerie
Clara Manaris
Vathe
Meelis Zweil
Central Church Men Host Gala Evening With Notables
The Central Church Menheld gala night with guest Miriam Kimball and Justice Spear. A feast was served by committee members, followed by a program of travel tales, songs, and remarks praising the American dead in France.
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Central Church
Mixa
Miriam Kimball
Nichels
Albert Mc Mpear
Supreme Court of Maine
AL WL Whitman
Suesi
Libbbons
Wakefield
John Shaw
Mixs Kismball
Atlantic
Britain
Belgium
Switzerland
France
Chateau Thierry
Justice Spear
Roy Colby
Charles Helah
Edward Brown
James Ledyard
Mel Wedgdon
Local Annex Notes and Town Visitors Scene
A column of scattered notes records visits, work, and everyday life in town. Residents and neighbors are mentioned along with occasional travels and small tasks such as wood cutting, fish routes, and family gatherings, with several names and places cited amid routine social updates.
John J Walloran Dies in West Medford Mass
Word reached of the death in West Medford Massachusetts on January 18 of John J Walloran of 2 Allston Terrace a former Bath resident while employed by The Texas Steamship Co The funeral was held Friday at St Maphaels Church with a requiem high mass. Burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery He leaves five daughters Mildred Marjorie William Donna and Madeline and two sons Kenneth and Philip after a lingering illness.
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West Medford
Mass
John J. Walloran
Allston Terrace
Sime
Bath
Texas Steamship Co
St. Maphaels Church
Charles F. Glennen
William E Llake
Charles Carroll
John Stevens
John Mullaly
Edward Mullaly
Neal Mart
Varial
Oly Cross Cemetery
Activities Committee plans rummage sale and social notes
The Col. Dummer Sewall chapter D A I held an all day meeting at Miss Lucy Kimball's home with 25 attendees sewing hospital garments. A rummage sale was approved for Center street in the Loach millinery space. Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge held an evening, with prizes awarded to Miss Ethel Huggard, Mrs. Harriet Richardson, Edward Cornish, Henry Leeman, and Erastus Jewett. Elizabeth Coombs of 100 South Street was named an honor pupil at Howard Seminary after Morse High School 1925 participation in NHS and student activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde Camp
Memorial Building Fund
Mildred Morse
America
Gertrude Wakefield
Helen Pine
Minnie Staples
Gertrude“Weakefield
Eleanor Blake
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Lillian Cutler
Pauline Nickerson
Sons of Veterans Aucxiliary
Col
Center Street
Agnes W. Humphreys
SSO
High Street
Humphreys
Alice K. Robbins
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Ethel Huggard
Harriet Richardson
Fred Stover
Edward Cornish
Henry T. 13
Leeman
Erastus Jewett
Hattie Uuggard
Henry T. 2. Leeman
Mixx Elizabeth Coombs
South Street
Wbath
Howard Seminary
West Bridgewater
Maxs
Miss Coombs
J. Lexlie Coombs
Morse High School
Morse
Farm Fire Prevention Emphasized by Agriculture Dept
The Agriculture Department outlines a coordinated program to prevent farm fires. Major bureaus including Weather, Chemistry, and Rural Engineering promote safer threshing, storage, and construction practices to reduce losses and protect livestock, crops, and rural families.
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Department of Agriculture
Centrol
Department Ia
Weather Bureau
Mrjor Ersors
Joxnen
Lightnog
Levow
Dieter Price
Bureau
Mane Np
Oth
Forest Service
Upaign
National Forests
Division of Rural Engineering
Bureau of Public Roads
Model Boat Exposition At Sportsmen's Show In Boston
Toxton's model yacht exhibit at Mechanics Building during the New England Sportsmen's show promises the most extensive display yet in New England. Notable entries include Gosport England challenger a six foot model by John Black of West Medford and Boston fleet boats Witch June and Lightning. Exhibits cover three to seven foot classes with prizes for best workmanship and boy builders under 16. A Melrose Highlands group led by A R Brown shows three foot models built for $5 to $7 in two months. Races previously held on the Upper Mystic featured weekly Sunday events May to October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toxton
New England
Mechanics Building
Boston
Eaoyland
John Black
West Medford
Gosport
England
Black
Bath
Melrose Highlands Model Yacht Club
Melrose
Wakefield
Reading
A. RR. Brown
Melrose Highlands
Brown
Upper Mystic
Birch Bark Canoe Endures as Maine Craft Tradition
I A Bailey of Dresden Mills in Gardiner Journal notes old birch bark canoes as relics in Maine. He cites Francis Stanislaus’s Lincoln canoe, built by his father over thirty years ago, and another Chesuncook piece twenty years old with inside bark and decorative scraping. The piece details how bark is sourced, formed, and joined, compares birch and canvas canoes, and extols durability and safety on Maine waters.
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Ellsworth
Francis Stanislaus
Lincoln
Maine
Steve
Cvenobscot
Chesuncook
Baboon Warfare Discipline Shown By Large Traveling Troops
A historical note describes baboon troops traveling in large companies with sentries and rear guards. Scout baboons fore and aft inspect and warn, while night sentries watch from vantage points. One encounter shows a baboon warning a climber during ascent, triggering a chorus of calls from hidden companions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Tie
Wheat Receipts Update for Kansas City 1926 Totals
Receipts of wheat at Kansas City in 1926 totaled STASS.Q00 bushels valued at SISZAGS.570. Overall grain receipts for wheat corn kaffir corn milo maize oats rye and barley reached 112,528,800 bushels valued at 149,660,025 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Alva Builds First Community Hotel To Welcome Travelers
In Alva Oklahoma residents have completed a new community hotel to provide overnight accommodations for travelers and visitors, reducing the need to drive to nearby towns for lodging. The project reflects local civic effort and aims to boost overnight stays and regional hospitality.
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Alva
Oklo
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Ida M. Beals
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Jane
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Warker
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Traverre
Ander
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Sarah Nichols
Stromivater
Mate Street Hospital
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John J. Halloran
Miss Kimball
Agricultures Department
Harold Jo
Freeman
East Brunswick
Mae Bickle
Mary Costain
Almmede Stacey
Doris Cornish
Rachel Potter
Bessie McKay
Katherine Butcher
Bath Savings Institution
Dresden Mills
I. A. Bailey
Gardiner Journal
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Dick Lewis’ Society Orchestra
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