Ten Easy Perennials for Maine Gardens
A reader summary from Mrs. Herbert W. Cutting outlines ten garden-worthy perennials ideal for Maine. Delphinium offers tall blue spikes, Phlox provides August to September color, Iris thrives in dry sun, Peony roots need deep beds and bone meal, Dicentra Spectabilis blooms late spring, Baby's Breath adds airy white clusters, and Hollyhock remains a classic perennial.
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Maine
Bath Garden Club
Bath Times
Garden Club
Providence
R. I
Mrs Alden G Smith and Miss Car tie Shaw Pass Away
Mrs Alden G Smith and Miss Car tie Shaw died on Thursday in Portland. The notice lists their names and the place of death with brief confirmation of the passing.
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Alden G. Smith
Cartie Shaw
Thursay
Portland
Pomona Grangers Enjoy Fine Day at Five Islands
Pomona Grangers from Georgetown held a meeting at Five Islands noting a decorated hall and a fifth degree ceremony for 16 candidates. Danvers of Sagadahoc sent greetings, with talks by Erlon L. Newdick on plant pests and parasites, plus musical and literary offerings. The next Pomona gathering is in August with Sagadahoc and Androscoggin counties planning a field day at Thomas’s Point including a baseball game and public addresses.
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Five Islands
Sagadahoc Pomona
Georgetown
Grange
Lemuel H. Rowe
Clfford Gray
Ric
Bertha Wright
Topsham
Erlon L. Newdick
Division of
Department of Agriculture
Ella J. Douglas
Bath
William H. Gould
Bowdeinham
Lena Donnell
Albert Henderson
Ida Rowe
Ben Woodside
Maine
Abbie Amazeen
Rachel Hodgdon
Woolwich
John Baker
Pearl Lemont
Amanda Blaisdell
Pomona
God
Sagadahoc
Androscoggin County
Thomas's Point
Genesta Chapter’s Annual Outing at Dromore Grange Hall
Fifty two members of Genesta chapter OES enjoyed an outing Friday night at Dromore grange hall with a shore dinner directed by Mrs. Fred 8 Sawyer in the Dromore district of Phippsburg. Community songs were led by Albert Henderson and Thomas F. Perkins between courses. Cards followed the supper, and the committee received praise for handling details well despite rain.
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Genesta
O.E.S
Dromore Grange Hall
Fred 8. Sawyer
Dromore
Phippsburg
Albert Henderson
Thomas F. Perkins
Commission to Hold Woolwich Hearing on Nequasset Bridge Plan
The State Highway Commission will hold a public hearing at the Woolwich premises on July 18 at 10 am to discuss land acquisition and damages from shifting the Nequasset stream bridge and straightening the highway. Also noted is a Bath summer visit return of Mrs Maurice Roderick Jr and family from Augusta.
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State Highway Commission
Woolwich
Nequasset Stream
Maurice Roderick, Jr
Maurice
Donald
Elmhurst
N. Y
Bath
Augusta
Mr. Roderick
Maurice Roderick
Navy Champions Will Figure In Fourth Program
The destroyer USS James K. Paulding, visiting Bath July 2 to 6, fields strong 41st Division athletes in boxing baseball football swimming rowing and whale boat. Notable names include Lieut. Com. Frederick G. Reinicke and boxer Harold M. Guttman with a Bath appearance by Paulding boxing and baseball teams.
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James K. Paulding
Uncle Sam
Bath
U. S
Arcade Arena
Kelley Field
Frederick G. Reinicke
Navy
Annapolis
Ralph W. Bragg
Paulding
Naval Athletic
Destroyer Squadron
Haiti
Newport
New England
Punam
Brazos
Falcon
Chelsea
Mayflower
N. T
Dobbin
Robbin
Childs
McFarland
Bainbridge
Hopkins
Desron
Jimmy Knight
Hywinco Boys
Hawaiian Islands
Harold M. Guttman
Brooklyn
N. Y
Guttman
Arcade
Spud Murphy
Biddeford
William Nadal
Arthur J. Higgins
All Navy
Marines
Washington, D. C
U. S Navy
Arc Welded Bridge Built for Golf Course
Bath Welding Co completed and shipped an all steel arc welded bridge for a Southwest Harbor golf club. The 24 by 4 foot structure weighs about 1500 pounds with rails forming a truss. Arc welding replaces riveting, increasing lightness and strength per designer M. J. Marco. Miss Margaret Reed of Woolwich left Friday for Gray's Inn in Southport to spend the summer.
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Bath Welding Co
Southwest Harbor
M. J. Marco
Margaret Reed
Woolwich
Gray's Inn
Southport
Destroyer James K. Paulding Visits Bath for July Fourth Event
The U S Destroyer James K. Paulding with 106 crew and five officers tied up at Bath after anchoring off Seguin Island. Captain Charles A Blair piloted the vessel and a welcoming committee led by Major Charles H Cahill greeted Lieutenant Commander Reinicke and crew. A reunion with Ralph W Bragg highlighted the visit and Bath Iron Works, New York Shipbuilding Corp., and Bath Shipbuilding ties were noted.
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U. S
James K. Paulding
Bath
Kennebec Bridge
Seguin Island
Charles A Blair
Charles H. Cahill
Frederick G. Reinicke
Frank B. Nichols
Charles P. Wetherbee
Henry A. Magoun
John H. Hyde
L. Eugene Thebeau
En .W. Bragg
Elford A
Reinicke
Ralph W. Bragg
Annapolis
New York Shipbuilding Corp
Camden
N. J
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Bath Iron Works
Jameson Hathorn Wedding Proves Brilliant Event
A June wedding at the First Baptist Church in Woolwich joined Merle Henry Jameson and Eleanor Adeline Hathorn in a two ring ceremony officiated by Rev. T. Herbert of Waldoboro. The service featured organ music, a Bath quartet, and a procession with family ushers, bridesmaid Elizabeth Trott, and Lee Hathorn as best man. The couple exchanged gifts and guests then moved to the bride’s home for a reception with cakes and ice cream.
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Woolwich
Merle Henry Jameson
Eleanor Adeline Hathorn
Rev. T. Herbert
Waldoboro
Milton Hathorn
Charles Robinson
Edwin Spaulding
Oscar Colleff
John Carter
Bath
Mr. Carter
Lee Hathorn
Elizabeth Trott
Worcester
Mass
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Y.M.C.A
New Morse High
Morse High School
Ellen 8. Roche
G. Roche
Charles R. Farnham
P. M. Olm
Kennebec
Grace
Charles M. ‘Tubbs
Grace Church
Alumni Association
Farnham
Jane Goodman
George J.hopkins
Elizabeth MacGregor Trott
Kittie Larrabee Preble
Ruth Sheldon Mains
Ruth Cameron Taylor
Daniel Williams
William A. Farr
Board of Education
Dorothy Furber
Edward W. Bridgham
Pres. Hopkins
Rachel Shaw Hodgdon
Assembly Hall
Parker
Supt. Wilson
Charles C. Low
Charles D. Hall
John H. Williams
Scott Seakances
Meee Thichly
Coutleen
Plnan mi Bhai
Scott
Elizabeth Moses
William Moses
Davenport
Allan Spear
Ellen Turner
John Taylor
George J. Hopkins
Florence Calderwood
Christine Curtis
Ruth Farnham
Charles Maxwell
J. Gertrude Silsby
Florence Hawley
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Helen Crosby
Doris Povich
Elizabeth McGrath
Adeline Rogers
Mildred Hooper
Carolyn Plant
Marjorie Legard
Edna Hallowell
Harold Cutting
Carrie Shaw
Vrarte
Anasium
Grindell
South End Association
Elmer F. Campbell
William Tait
William Hill
Alice Soule
Ethel Lockery
Charlotte Redlon
Annie Colby
Ruth Colby
Edith Gotte
Amy Perry
Fdna Whitehouse
Mary Pratt
Grace Redlon
Ethel Hatch
North Center Association
Seth
Mullin
Clifford Wilband
Leroy F. Colby
Warren Hawley
T. W. Pease
L. F. Gannon
Robert B. Hatch
Roscoe P. McFadden
R. Clinton McFadden
Roscoe G. Bailey
E. Mason Wright
Harold 8. Avery
Morris Cohen
William Palmer
Arthur C. Norton
Kenney
William M. Adams
William H. Small
John Hunt
Charles Perry
Agatha Lennox
Ed Crocker
David L. Wilson
First Universalist Church
Pomona Grange and Garden Club
Herbert W. Cutting
Phippyburg
Pomona Grange
Grange and Garden Club
R Arthur Allen
Pomona Grangers
Genesta Chapter
Crew of
Destroyer
J.P. Morgan
Corsair
J. P. Morgan
Atlantic
Edwin Freemont Thing
Charles Thing
Chestnut Street
Jameson-Hathorn
Wonder Freezer
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