Salem Muster draws many tubs and fire teams
Salem Massachusetts June 20 reports indicate the New England Veteran Firemen's annual muster in Salem on July 1 as a feature of the tercentenary. Already 25 curries have been received and organizers anticipate at least 50 hand tubs and numerous hose wagon entries from crews including Eureka No 1 Cambridge and White Angel Salem, with a parade through the city and a dances the night before. The event caps a six day celebration. Also reported, Miss Clara Tanguay of Bath married Rene Decaene of Brunswick at St Marys Church with a reception at the bride's home and a wedding trip planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem
Mass
New England Veteran Firemen
Fea
New
Wes
Quoner
Broelolt
Providence
Everett
Winnistiiuie
Kelseas Tres
Bradstreet
North Ater
Essex
Eissex
Niabsvins
Srostiersteenns
Berwick
Barer
Bath
St. Mars’s Church
Clara Tauguay
Rene Decaene
Bronswick
Nicholas J. Hera
Dora Collins
Beauridalle
Alphons
Tanguay
M Weser Street
Chetave Deechene
Brunswick
Seaside Wedding at Mere Point Various Fragments
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a seaside wedding at Mere Point with names like Phy Teeveereneys and Warren Sith of Oak Park. The text includes garbled lines about a home, a return from the wedding, and a harvest reference tied to a week with a thermometer reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tage One
Phy Teeveereneys
Wed Mes Warren Sith
Oak Park
Teh
Vyer Tar
Wedbung Reipe MiraoMers
Jessie
Bowdoinham Church Service and Local News Festivities
Bowdoinham village held a memorial service in the Baptist church with Rev. Ashby of Brunswick delivering a discourse on travels in the Holy Land and Solomon's temple ruins. Music by Topsham Baptist choir, many Masons present, and Electa chapter joined in procession. Community notices follow: weddings, school events, travels, and visits among Bowdoinham residents with scattered references to Portland, Augusta, Bath, and Gorham Normal participants and a few local incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Village Lodge of Masons
Electa Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
Baptist Church
Jorge F. & A. M
Mr. Ashby
Congregational Church
Brunswick
Holy Land
King Solomon's Temple
Baptist Choir
Topsham
Richmond
Litchfield
O. EF. S
Bowdeinham
Portland
Misa Helen Pratt
George Pratt
Perce Davie
Rumford
Furber to Head Bath Insurance Agency After Sale
William A. Furber buys the ELS. Crosby Co. insurance agency in Bath and takes over this morning. Hazel B. Harleb remains as an officer. Crosby retires from day to day duties but may remain active in business. The agency, dating back to 1878, now represents 33 companies and will operate under the old firm name for the near term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. 8. Crosby Co. Insurance Agency
Wiliam A. Furber
Hazel B. Harleb
Crosby
Bath
Timas
Adame & Hitchcock
Zina H. Blair
Ists
Aml
Germania
Compeany
National Liberty
Blair
Old Marine National Bank
ELS. Crosby Co. Treak
William AJ Parker
Bath Tren
ELS. Crosler Co
Personal Notes on City Visit and Summer Plans
Charles W. Fisher arrived from New York to spend the summer at his college in Pine Bluff on Lower High Street. Miss Welthie Baker left Wednesday to study at Columbia Summer school in New York with Miss Lou Baker, then returns by automobile for further studies. Joseph Young and his son Joseph Jr of the State Highway Patrol, and Robert Hijack of Federal Prohibition Forces visited the city on business after a two month Cumberland, Md trip with Mrs Smith and her sons William, Frank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electa
FE. S
John Reals
Branswick
Rarroad
James Henderson
Elizabeth Gass
Augusta
Albert Henderson
Earl Blodgett
US of
Elbridge Blodgett
Als. MacDougal
Togus
Worcester House
Hallowell
Nona Fogg
Helen Hackett
Pearl
Gladys Raymond
Thelma Pratt
Gorham Normal
Erland Rogers
Sarah Small
Roland Small
Portland
Sarah, Small
Lottie Cobb
Tran Lang
SJ AL Clark
Ivan Lang
Charles Tphilbrick
Thavid Graves
West Kennebunk
Herbert Heath
Miles
Richard Denham
Raymond
Gorham
N. Y
Denham
Arabine Hall
Mary
Bay Road
Mary T. Purinton
Mary Hardie
W. T Hardie
Hellen Pool
Lowell Dreng
Miss Fisher
Raleigh Nelson
Richmond
Hilda Pers
Boordeinham
J. RL Clifford
Chauner Wentworth
Methodist
Greenville
AL W. Wentworth
Elicia Webber
TM. Fowle
Portsmouth
Lelia Bishop
Evelyn Sedgley
Farmington
Town Hall
Ethel Temple
R. Ro Andres
Tome
Johnston
Teme
Boel Moulton
Masons and
Eastern Star
Soniof
J. Oro Hallo
Ashby
Mass
Bowdeinham
Othe Ranch
Tevise
Ude
Cad
Lona
Myrtle Cutler
Miss Rideout
Helena Britt
Tripp Lake
George R. Cutler
Emeline Pratt
Ridge
Florence Bickford
Ramfordia
Robert Bickford
George Jack
Hollis Center
Tina Jack
Bra Porington
Easton
Emily Rideout
Florence M. Baker
Lucy M. Baker
Bowdoin
Lester A. West
South I
Aria
McCausland
Miss Baker
Maine Children& Home Society
Highland Avenue
Paris
F. K. Jack
Randolph
Jack
Gardiner
Anna L. Burr
Kenneth Wilson
Little Son
Connecticut
BE. EK. Wilson
Belle Umberhind
Elisha Webber
Florence Merryiman
Bath
Frank Millar
Lewiston
A. J. Chick
Monmouth
James H. Millar
Helen Dalton
New York
Mabel Millay
East Bowdoin
Ed Babbs
Edward Davis
Massachusetts
Ernest Miller
Augusta House
Kent's Hill
Charles W. Fisher
Pine Bluff
Lower High Street
Welthie Baker
Lou Baker
Phursday
Miss Welthie Baker
Columbia
Joseph Young
United States
Joseph, Jr
State Highway Patrol
Robert Hijack
Maine
Watersille
Maine fairs dates released across the state
A long list of Maine fairs and their dates is announced, naming Bridgton, Cornish, Belfast, Pittsfield, Bangor and many towns. The schedule spans Aug through Dec with multiple events including Central Maine Fair Waterville and Maine State Fair Lewiston. Also noted is a brief hometown update on Frank Koughan in Newton and Thomas Thates at the University of Maine.
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Maine
Bridgton Agricultural
Bridgton
Cornish Agriculural
Cornish
New Belfast
Belfast
Pittsfield
Bangor
West Kennebunk Grange
Kennebunk
Androscoggin
Livermore Falls
Cumberland Farmers Club
West Cumberland
Central Maine Fair
Waterville
Cumberland
County Agric
and Hort
Gorham
Androscoggin Valley
Canton
Howton
Houlton
North Franklin
Phillipe
Caribou
Hancock County
Fllsworth
Lewis
Thomas Thates
University of Maine
Tejepscot
Bates
Rebekahs of District Meet in Richmond
The District 10 Rebekah meeting held with Beulah lodge in Richmond. District Deputy Mae Congdon presided, with Martha Crosland among visiting Grand Assembly officers. Queen Esther lodge members attended, gifts were exchanged, a silver offering was taken for the Odd Fellows home at Auburn, and reports were read.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Beulah Lodge
Richmond
Mae Congdon
Martha Crosland
Grand Assembly
Martha Hawkes
Portland
Assembly
Pearl Stinson
Leavitt
Lois Mekkiever
Queen Mothers
Bruce Street
Queen Esther Lodge
Wiliam Congdon
Ella Congdon
Lida Sampson
Lois McKiever
Emma Jacobs
Annette Pinkham
Hattie Huggaard
Elizabeth Wedford
Fola Atwood
Eva Atwood
Jestiie Farrin
Fanny Thurlow
Etta Dow
Lillias Larrabee
Hattie Woollacott
Annie Colby
Nellie Lord
LeRoy Lord
Nathaniel Stover
Ralph Mauk
Oscar Thornton
Henry T. . Leeman
Bath
Athena Congdon
Lewiston
Newell Accepts Superintendency At Camden Yard
William S. Newell, longtime works manager at Bath Iron Works and former Cox Stevens executive, will assume the shipbuilding department superintendent role at Camden New Jersey for the American Brown Boveri Electrical Corporation effective August 1. He will visit Bath briefly over the Fourth of July before vacationing the final two weeks of July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Newel
Bath Iron Works
Ind
New York
Cox & Stevens
Newell
Camden
N. J
American Brown Over
Electrical Corporation
American Brown Boveri Electrical Corporation
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Bath
Summer travel notes from Trufants to New Meadows and beyond
Miss Florence Netley of Trufants Crowding leaves for Gresham to attend summer school. Rev Samuel A Evans and family go to Lakeside at Belgrade Lakes for camp. Miss Shirley Mank returns from Cambridge aunt. Miss Mank and Miss Wernice Thayer head to Camp Eggemoggin. Thornton Bates and Stanley Whitehouse fish Rangeley Lakes after Belgrade stop. Bates returns to Portland. Mrs Dost and daughter Dorothy guest of Mrs Post’s brother depart for Europe after Dost’s Vassar graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Netley
Trufants Crowding
Gresham
Samuel A. Evans
Lakeside
Belgrade Lakes
Shirley Mank
K.ous. Parrish
Cambridge
Mans
Wernice Thayer
Mank
Eggemoggin
New Meadows
Thornton Bates
New York
Cherbourg
Durix
Lausanne
Milan
Venice
Trieste
Belgrade
Sofia
Constantinople
Miss Dost
Vassar
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bridgefront Bath
Ota
Stere
Senator Baxter Tub of Bath
Luis
Salem Veteran Firemen’s
Serotats
Howard J. Shallow
Beeston
League
Salea
Duchene
St. Mary’s Church
Montsveag Farm
Wiscasset
Bowdoinham
William A. Furber
E. S. Crosby Co
Ton
Mouth Kennebec
South Windsor
Blue Hill
North Penobscot Agricultural
Springfield
Northern Maine
Presque Isle
Unity Park
Unity
Somerset Central Agricultural
Skowhegan
Machias
Cherryfield
Waldo and Penobscot Agricultural
Monroe
Eden Agricultural
Salisbury Cove
North Oxford Agricultural
Andover
Oxford County Agricultural
South Paris
Saint George's
Montille
Penobscot
Piscataquis
Exeter
Goodwin Mids Grange
Day
Solon Agricultural
Solon
Somerset Agricultural
Anson
Readfield
Athens
Embden Agricultural
Eintden
Union
Franklin County Agricultural
New Gloucester
Danville
Cochne Wagon Agricultural
Tranquility Grange Agricultural
Lincolnville
Richmond Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Club
Shapleigh and
Acton Agricultural
Acton
West
Oxford Agricultural
Freeburg
Lancoln County
Dalmauiscotta
Litchfield Farmers’ Club
Green Town Fair
Greene
Leeds Agricultural
Leeds Center
Swoperahos Agricultural and Hort
Topshawk
Maine Pontological
South Berwick
Freeport Poultry
Freeport
Maine State Poultry
Bangor Poultry
Frank Koughan
Newton
Mays
Camp Winona
Denmark
Koughan
Newton Technical High School
Morse High School
Mary Roughan
Winship Street
Senter’s
Reliance
Senter
Rebekahs
Donald Farris
Alfred Keene
High Street
Warren
Farris
Henry Farris
Thelma Jacobs
Charles Huntley
W. S. Newell
Sport
Jersey
Kasha
Bath Department Store
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