Woolwich Woman Describes Florida Tour to St Petersburg
A Woolwich resident recounts a four day Florida south and east coast trip via Tampa Bay to Miami, detailing stops at Bradenton Sarasota and the Ringling Museum, visits to Edison estates, the Everglades, Miami Beach and Palm Beach, with notes on hotels, estates and sights including Coral Gables, the Miami Biltmore, Venetian Pools, and the Singing Tower at Lake Wales. The author mentions encounters with Seminole Indians, Coconut Grove, and the Breakers, ending with a return to St Petersburg.
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St. Petersburg
Tampa
Miami
Manatee County
Bradenton
Sarasota
Ringling Art Museum
Rubens
Rembrandt
Venice
Punta Gorda
Fort Myers
City of Palms
Edison Memorial Bridge
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Everglades
Biscayne Boulevard
I Beach
Miami Beach
Rong Plaza
Firestone
Siberling
Col
James Deering
Cocoanut Grove
Coral Gables
Alf
Pennsylvania
Miami Biltmore
Max Baer
Hollywood
Hollywood By the Sea
Palm Beach
America
West Palm Beach
Fort Pierce
Great Indian Prairie
Ridge
Avery
Lake Wales
Singing Tower
Haume
Carlson
St Lng Pde
Social notices from Bath area residents and visitors
Mrs. Ernest Rogers returns to Dromore after visiting her father Mark Wyman at Small Point. Frank Leavitt attends funeral of brother Charles Leavitt in Augusta. Miss Léna Oliver hosted in Bath. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gilmore and Miss Eleanor Brown visit Bath. Frank Cushing visits Bath. Miss Olive Hallowell guests of James and Mrs. Thompson at Small Point. Grace Brown visits from West Bath to aunt Mrs. Gilmore. Mrs. Rose Carpenter visiting Hardings with the Browns. Mrs. Percy Holbrook of Campbell's Pond calls on the Hughes home. Mr. and Mrs. Howard Bowker visit Bath. Mrs. Durwent of Dromore guests on Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Campbell and John Rogers attend Jimmy Evans Musical Revue in Bath. Mrs. Belle Sawyer and Miss Flora Risteen visit Eva Rogers. Phippsburg Welfare club plans Friday meeting at Miss Emma Perry in Mebrook, weather permitting. if not, alternate at Mrs. Omar Perry in Winnegance. James Perry seen at Phippsburg Cemetery Thursday. Milton Hathorne of Woolwich helps clear roads with town tractor. Fred Curtis visits Bath Friday and Saturday.
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Ernest Rogers
Dromore
Mark Wyman
Small Point
Frank P. Leavitt
Charles Leavitt
Augusta
Léna Oliver
Bath
Harry Gilmore
Eleanor Brown
Frank Cushing
Ashdale
Olive Hallowell
James Thompson
Grace Brown
West Bath
Rose Carpenter
Elliot Brown
Hardings
Percy Holbrook
Campbell's Pond
Thomas GC. Hughes
Howard Bowker
George Durwent
Dromo
Winnegance
Ames Perry
Phippsburg
Thesday
Milton
Hathorne of
Woolwich
Fred Curtis
John Carter
Popham School
George
Ralph Morong
Alonzo Morong
Bath Memorial Hospital
Harold Hamilton
Oakland
R. L
Ernest R. Spinney
Guy E. Crowley
Blanchard
June
Edna Oliver
Freeman Oliver
Nelson Rice
Geraldine Coffin
Dora Crowley
Henry Lesnard
Kenneth
Charles
Elizabeth
Leslie Dyer
Yarmouth
Miss Coffin
Miss Crowley
Yarmouth Academy
Pauline Morong
Campbell's Island
Atkins Bay
Irving Dobbin
Kennebec River
Dobbin
Portland
Moses Chandler
Clinton Newdick
Graydon Morse
Graydon, Jr
James
Christopher Marr
Popham
Kennebec
Coast Guard
Rockledge Hill
Oliver
C. G
Frank Lowe
Kennebec Coal and Wharf Co
Lowe
Berwindvale
Millard Urquehart
Seguinlight
Holbrook
Robinson
Clifton Morong
Lester Oliver
Perley Chandler
Long Island
Merton Oliver
Llewellyn J. Oliver
Susie Oliver
Doubles Billiards Tournament At Y M C A Opens
The Y M C A hosts a week long doubles pocket billiards tournament with strong entrants including champions. First round pairings list Charles Plummer with Franklin Hallowell facing Howard Mayo and Alfred Parks. Sarkis and Callan meet Edmond Guynn and Herbert Closson, and other matches pair Gove Henderson vs Rogers Owen, Davis and Sanborn vs Stover Moody, Hart and Donnell vs Fraser Jewett, Sarkis and Mullaney vs Footer Arsenault, Morse and Farnham vs McQuarrie and Steven John, with McNeill Gaudet drawing a bye.
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Wey
OWS
Charles Plummer
Franklin Hallowell
Howard Mayo
Alfred Parks
Hyde Windlass Co. names officers at annual meeting
There were no changes in officers or directors at the Hyde Windlass Co. annual meeting Monday. Directors elected were Edwin R. Andrews, George W. Merrill, Cecil Paine, Rodney E. Ross, William S. Shorey. Rodney E. Ross was president, Cecil Sonne treasurer, George W. Merrill clerk and secretary. no changes in leadership.
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Hyde “Windlass Co
Edwin R. Andrews
George W. Merrill
Cecil
Engagement News in Rangeley School Scene Reported
Miss Ann Ward Saco a Rangeley teacher becomes engaged to Gordon Davis a University of Mithigah student. The pair, tied to prominent families, appears in social circles at the university setting amid local town notices.
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Ann Ward ‘Saco
Rangeley
Gordon Davis
Driver revived after monoxide gas exposure in Bath truck
Arthur Eseley, Bath city truck plow operator, collapsed from carbon monoxide fumes while driving a substitute truck. Foreman Arthur Avery revived him in fresh air. gas leak traced to disarranged exhaust gasket. He recovered at home. truck repaired and returned to service.
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Arthur R. Avery
Highway and Sewer Department
Arthur Eseley
High Street
Bath
Exseley
Foreman Avery
Eseley
Portland Tractor Co
Bath Road
Bath Box Co
Avery
Joseph I. Smith
McCausland
Four Aldermen Leave Board in Incoming City Elections
The article notes four current aldermen will not seek re election James A Gillies Ward 1 Charles J Donnell Ward 5 Walter W Smith Ward 6 and Edwin R Andrews Ward 7 Fortier Ward 2 has moved to another ward George M Emery Ward 3 and Edward F Miller Ward 4 are expected to run again Andrews retires for business reasons Gillies Donnell and Smith depart for similar reasons Smith after three years of service plans to retire Jackson Lyden and Torrey are mentioned as possible candidates for wards 1 4 and 5 caucus dates set with Republicans and Democrats preparing mayoral nominees Mayor Harold P Small likely seeking renomination with Stanley My Brown mentioned for the Democratic mayoral nomination
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James A. Gillies, Jr
Charles J. Donnell
Walter W. Smith
Edwin R. Andrews
Frank J. Fortier
George M. Emery
Edward F. Miller
Andrews
Board of Highways and Sewers
Donnell and
Gillies
Smith
Aldermen
Mark A. Jackson
Walter G. Lyden
Alderman Miller
J. Haviland Torrey
Harold P. Small
Stanley'MyBrown
Benepeag D. A. R. Plans 10th Anniversary Event
Members of Benepeag de D. A. R. outline plans for the Sanera 10th anniversary celebration on February 22 at the Sanford hall. The program features include a feature event expected to be among the chapter’s most enjoyable in recent history.
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Benepeag Ge D. A. R
Sue
Popham Beach Social Notes and Snow Storm Impact
John Carter visits Popham School while many locals travel to Bath for relatives and errands. A severe snow blizzard shuts roads and blocks Kennebec navigation, causing mail disruption and a sunken mail boat. Coast Guard ice patrols and a sinking mailboat headline a prolonged local disruption.
Sewall Likely Mayoral Candidate In Republican Caucus
City politics discuss Councilman Arthur Sewall as a likely mayoral candidate in the Republican caucus on February 14. Proposals aim to field a strong alderman slate with him, naming Mark Jackson, Harold Small, Arthur Price, E Mason Wright, and John Lord as possible supporters or running mates.
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Arthur Sewall
Mark A. Jackson
Harold P. Small
Arthur H. Price
E. Mason Wright
John A. Lord
Sewall
Small
Miss Mary L Trafton Celebrates 60th Birthday in Sanford
Miss Mary L Trafton who has taught in Sanford for 38 consecutive years marked her 60th birthday Monday with Roosevelt school colleagues helping. At the close of the session a luncheon was held, a birthday cake given, and a gift presented. She has long taught in the Roosevelt school second grade and will retire with the maximum pension.
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Mary L. Trafton
Sdnford
Rdosevelt
Miss Trafton
Roosevelt School
Sanford
Winnegance Guild Elects Officers At Tuesday Meeting
The World Wide Guild of Winnegance met at Frances and Ruth Morse home with devotions and songs. Officers elected were Louise Tibbetts president Ruth Morse vice president Grace Brown secretary Hazel Banks treasurer. Committee chairs named and a constitution committee formed. Ruth Morse celebrate birthday with gifts and cake. Also notes on road plowing by Howard Bowker crew and flu cases in town. Squaw club met at Zinn Eaton home Friday evening.
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World Wide Guild of Winnegance Church
Frances
Ruth Morse
Louise Tibbetts
Grace Brown
Hazel Banks
Margaret Brown
White Cross
Priscilla Coombs
Frances Morse
Barbara Coombs
Phyllis Coombs
Milton Morse
Mr. Morse
Grace Trask
William Totman
Miss Morse
Former Popham visitor runs Swinging Basket on Cape Cod
Mrs. John Emery, formerly of Wakefield Mass, summers at Popham Beach and now operates The Swinging Basket gift shop in Chatham Cape Cod with six staff. Her vacation home hosts a ship and receiving area, and the house carries Cape Cod lore tied to Joseph Lincoln.
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John Emery
Wakefield
Mass
Popham Beach
New England
Cape Cod
Chatham
Emery
Joseph Lincoln
Mary ‘Gusta
Boston
Mrs. Emery
Marion Pittman
Riverside
Hubert McCarty
Bath
Appeals for grain to save pheasants in Sagadahoc
Gardiner R. Deering, treasurer of the Sagadahoc Red Gun and Skeet club, appeals to members and local sportsmen to provide grain to feed 175 State liberated pheasants and others in Bath area. Game Warden Joan H. Perkins has secured grain from a Portland club, with local feeding efforts urged via Deering's office. The birds face fox predation and winter exposure. shells and pens with escape openings help protect them for future pheasant shooting in the county.
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Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc
Joan H. Perkins
East Brunswick
Portland
Perkins
Bath
Alfred S Potter 92 Bath native industrial worker dies
Alfred Sewall Potter of Bath aged 92 died at home on Pine Street after a long illness. Born February 28, 1843 in Bowdoin, he worked at the emery mill on Weeks Street, later as a foreman at Donnell Cordage, and held patternmaker and machinist roles at several Bath plants before retiring about 25 years ago. He is survived by four grandchildren, two great grandsons, and one son-in-law.
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Alfred Sewall Potter
Bowdoin
Bath
Pine Street
Stephen Potter
Weeks Street
Emery
Donnell Cordage Co
Augustus Mampel
Washington Street
Bath Box Co
Torrey Roller
Jackson Block
Knickerbocker Towage Co
Ernest L. Shepard
Waterville
Herman S. Shepard
Charles E. Shepard Jr
Shirley Morong
Popham Beach
Robert Morong
Popham
Charles E. Shepard
Mrs Winifred Guthrie Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Winifred Guthrie widow of Martin Guthrie and a Bath native died Saturday morning in Medford Massachusetts after a long illness. She survived by three children Dr Andrew Guthrie Medford Roger Guthrie Waltham and Miss Mary Guthrie Medford one sister Miss Kate Dougherty Medford and one nephew John Dougherty Brunswick.
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Winifred Guthrie
Martin Guthrie
Bath
Medford
Mass
John W. Biggins
Mark Conley
James E Willey 70 Bath Iron Works machinist dies at home
James E Willey, 70, longtime Bath resident and former Bath Iron Works machinist, died at his home 64 Oak Street after a long illness. Born in Friendship he was a son of James and Helen Willey. Survived by wife, son John Willey of California, daughter Mrs. Bessie Young of Allston, Massachusetts, and granddaughter Margaret Young of Allston. Funeral Thursday at 2:00 PM at his home.
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James E. Willey
Bath Iron Works
Oak Street
Friendship
James
Helen Willey
Bath
John Willey
California
Bessie Young
Allston
Mass
Margaret Young
Paul D. Henseler Dies At 63 In Massachusetts
Paul D. Henseler, 63, former Bath resident, died at his home on Longhill avenue, South Somerset, Massachusetts. A marine engineer, he once assisted Herbert D. Haverfield at Bath Iron Works. Born in Berlin, he naturalized in New York in 1906 and moved to Bath in 1909. He belonged to Polar Star lodge and the Kennebec Yacht Club, was married, and known for efficiency and wide Bath connections.
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Paul D. Henseler
Bath
Longhill Avenue
South Somerset
Mass
William A. Furber
Polar Star Lodge
Masons
Henseler
Herbert D. Haverfield
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Berlin
Germany
New York State
Masonic Blue Lodge
Kennebec
Funeral for Edward D Jameson Held in Bath Maine
Sixteen Bath lodge members met the body at Maine Central station to receive Edward D. Jameson past exalted ruler died in Bridgeport Conn The remains were taken to Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High street for night repose A committal service was held Friday at 10 30 at Maple Grove led by Rev David L Wilson Honorary bearers included J Edward Drake John J Desmond Herbert S Harris Osgood M Redlon Active bearers were John J Conroy Maurice Deering Edward N Hartnett Fred W Humphreys Alexander W Robinson Roscoe H Shaw all Elks members
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Bath Lodge
Ellis
Maine Central Station
Edward D. Jameson
Bridgeport
Conn
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Maple Grove
David L. Wilson
Central Church
J. Edward Drake
John
Potter Funeral Held At Home On Pine Street
Alfred Sewall Potter’s funeral took place Sunday afternoon at his home, 76 Pine Street, with Rev. Charles H. Berry of Corliss Street church officiating. Bearers were Frank M. Bowker, Harry W. Cresman, Archie E. Doyle, Sidney B. Lermond, and Herbert McKenney. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
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Alfred Sewall Potter
Pine Street
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street
Frank M. Bowker
Harry W. Cresman
Archie E. Doyle
Sidney B. Lermond
Herbert McKenney
Oak Grove
Coleman Fraser Funeral at St Marys Church
The funeral for Coleman Fraser was held Friday morning at eight at St Marys church conducted by Rev Ludger Melancon. Bearers were John E Conley and John E Conley Jr Henry and Edward Biggins. Burial followed at Calvary cemetery. A Penn State scientist developed an early maturing tomato hardy to close planting and largely blemish free.
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Coleman Fraser
St. Mary's Church
Ludger Melancon
John E. Conley
John E. Conley, Jr
Henry
Edward Biggins
Calvary Cemetery
Pennsylvania State College
Youngsters Stage A Minstrel Show At Beth Israel
A group of youths aged five to 16 performed a Sunday minstrel show in Beth Israel synagogue vestry directed by Mrs. David H. Cogan. Miss Ida Lindenburg was pianist and the program included songs, dances, and impersonations, with encores and audience applause. An aftershow treat of ice cream and cake followed, and the group planned a repeat performance to benefit the Jimmy Temple fund.
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Beth Israel Synagogue
David
Cogan
Ida Lindenburg
Isabel Gediman
Albert Povich
Edward
Sonny” Cogan
Gerald Lee Cogan
Donald “Donny” Povich
Robert
Bobbie” Levin
Bladen
Bobby” Smith
Eleanor Gediman
Rhoda Katz
Ruth Cogan
Rena Gediman
Ida Rena Cohen
Riva Civia Sre En Andor
Sonny Cogan
Remi
Gerald Cogan
Ida Cohen
Mae West
Donny and
Albert
Georgia
Isabel Jedlman
Bobby Levin
Miss Lindenburg
Jimmy Temple Fund
Temple Fund
Obituary: Abbie J. Mason 70 Former Bath Resident Dies
Word arrives from Portland of the death in that city of Abbie J. Mason 70 formerly of Bath. The body will be brought to Bath Saturday for entombment with burial in Oak Grove cemetery. Born in Bath she moved to Portland many years ago. A brother Scott Mason of Portland survives.
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Portland
Abbie J. Mason
Bath
Oak Grove Cemetery
Scott Mason
Mrs Helen L Douglas Funeral at York Street Home
The funeral of Mrs Helen L Douglas widow of J Lufkin Douglas was held Wednesday at two at her home 23 York Street Rev Harley A Shattuck of Beacon Street church officiated. Grandsons Carville L Douglas and Herbert L Douglas along with William J Craft and Francis S McPherson served as bearers. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
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Helen L. Douglas
J. Lufkin Douglas
York Street
Harley A. Shattuck
Beacon Street
Carville L
Herbert L. Douglas
William J. Craft
Francis 5. McPherson
Oak Grove
Millay’s Cow Sets New Official Guernsey Record
A Guernsey cow from Millay Brothers of Richmond finished a new official production record. Sunshine of M. H. 348048, two years old, produced 10407.2 pounds of milk and 598.9 pounds of fat in class G, earning entry in the Advanced Register of the American Guernsey Cattle Club.
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Guernsey
Millay Brothers of
Richmond
American Guernsey Cattle Club
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