Harmony resident speaker at Richmond Baptist service
Community notices describe Howard D. Fowlie of Harmony as speaker at the evening Baptist service and note his classmate connection to Mr. Shibles. The column lists numerous visits, travels, and family events across towns including Farmington Augusta Portland and Bowdoinham with multiple names and relationships.
Long illness ends for Mrs Georgia Stilphen at Dresden Mills
Mrs Georgia Anna Stilphen aged 73 died Sunday at her son Fred G Stilphen’s Dresden Mills home after a long illness. She leaves husband A L Stilphen of Pitts ton and sons Fred G Stilphen Dr Harry L Stilphen and Cecil E Stilphen, plus a sister in Millbridge and 7 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren. Funeral was Tuesday at the Methodist church in Dresden Mills with Rev R J Barron officiating and burial in Pine Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Anna Stilphen
Fred G. Stilphen
Dresden Mills
Cherryfield
Thomas and
Lucy
Ficket) Hayland
R. J. Barron
Methodist Church
Pine Grove
A. L. Stilphen
Pittston
Harry L. Stilphen
Richmond
Cecil E. Stilphen
Berlin
N. H
Millbridge
Clarence Pinkham
Clarence
Madeline
Margaret
Ernest Card
Bowdoinham
Richmond Lodge
Dresden
Litchfield
Hazel Heald
Hallowell
Hazel Place
Clifton Cate
Charles W. Messenger
Ella Gray
Roland Tarr
Detroit
Mich
Henrietta Libby
William Atkins
Gardiner
Warren T. Marr
Portland
Kermit Darrah
Richmond Water Co
Baker Bridge
Main Street
Charles Griffin Barber
G. C. Mariner
Flora Shepard
Freda Mariner
White Mountains
Frank C. Stetson
Arlington
Mass
Frank S. Cheney
Ellen Blair
Eastman
Front Street
Bath
Aid of
Enterprise Grange
Minnie Waldron
Martha Totman
Fred Preble
Robert
Carrabasset
Lena Harlow
K. E. Specht
Phyllis
Fitchburg
Nellie Deehan
Louise
Boston
Perry Cothran
Newport
Leominster
County Road
D. A. Gilbert
Alvarez
Alfred
Adrien
Winnifred
Montreal
Quebec
Guy Parks
Everett
Pleasant View Farm
Roscoe Given
Priscilla
Augusta
Georgia Wakefield
Victor R. E. Carey
New York
Barbara Faye Bond
Fern, Blair
Priscilla Given
Hazel Dunklee
Bowdeinham
Olive Stilphen
Ella Meserve
George Thayer
Lynn
H. E. Houdlette
Fred Wheeler
Lewiston
Westboro Visitors Pass A Few Days With Woolwich Family
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Robinson and son Clyde and John Vose of Westboro Massachusetts, visiting Mr and Mrs Ralph Dunbar, are guests of Mrs Wilbur Howe in Woolwich, and returned home Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert Robinson
Clyde
John Vose
Westboro
Mass
Ralph Dunbar
Wilbur Howe
Woolwich
Camp Overlook welcomes campers and visitors this July
Geraldine Stott and twins Alice and Amy Hovey joined Overlook campers for the week. Stott returns for a third season. Gay family and Bath residents visited. Mary Goodwin of Lowell is a July guest. Genesta chapter Eastern Star plans its annual field day at Overlook on July 18. A limited number of guests can be accommodated at Overlook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geraldine Stott
Stott
Woolwich
Alice
Amy Hovey
Hovey
Overlook
Miss Stott
E. E. Gay
Lawrence
Mass
Gordon Gay
New York
F. D. Pike
W. M. Hagan
John Sampson
Fielding
Bath
Mary Goodwin
Lowell
Genesta
Eastern Star
Bath Man Finds Doe in His Backyard
Charles C. Low of High Street found a young doe in his yard Thursday morning and the animal remained briefly before fleeing. The sighting matches recent reports of a deer in fields near upper High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles C. Low
High Street
Letter by Mark Langdon Hill on Maine statehood 1820
A Maine historic letter from 1820, written by Mark Langdon Hill to his son on the eve of Maine’s separation from Massachusetts, notes Maine and Missouri admission and slavery limits. The folded wax-sealed letter and its wax imprints survive, with descendants Fred D. Hill and Mrs. Lile Mason among the great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Hill
Middle Street
Maine
Massachusetts
Mark Langdon Hill
Congress
John Langdon Hill
Phippsburg
Congressman Hill
Missouri
Chidren
M. L. Hill
James Monroe
Fred D. Hill
Bath National Bank
Lile Mason
Fitchburg
Mass
Quiet Home Wedding in the Shipping City
In the home of Mr and Mrs Gordon I Preble 142 Oak Street Mildred St Preble married James F Cameron by Rev Howard P Jett at a quiet ceremony attended by relatives and close friends The couple will reside in Columbus after a reception with ice cream and cake Gifts included a necklace for the bridesmaid and cuff links for the best man The bride is Morse High School 1927 graduate and the groom studies for the ministry
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon I’. Preble
Oak Street
Mildred St’. Preble
James F. Cameron
Howard P. Jett
the Nazarene Church
Ruth Emerson
John Larrabee
Cameron
Morse High School
Ohio
White and Green Mountains
Niagara Falls
Columbus
Historic christening bowl marks 200 year family heirloom
Jackson Dudley Hill, son of Francis B and Harriet Crocker Jackson Hill, was christened at Central church. The christening bowl is a 200 plus year old family heirloom, originally owned by Joseph and Lucy Jackson. Deacon Samuel Jackson and his relatives were christened from the bowl, and it will pass to the Hill family and then to the next christened baby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Dudley Hill
Francis B
Harriet Crocker Jackson Hill
Central Church
Jackson
Joseph
Lucy
Joseph Jackson
Samuel Jackson
Andrew Jackson
Andrew
Andrew Crooker
Harriet Crooker
Harriet
Charles Thurston Jackson
Charles T
Lizzie M. Jackson
Miriam
Francis B. Hill
Ladies' aid sale and July 19 supper at Grange hall
The column notes the annual Ladies' aid sale and supper for the church at the Grange hall on Thursday July 19. It also lists numerous local residents and visitors, with extended family and cottage openings noted among neighbors and seasonal guests.
Sagadahoc Grange Closes For Summer
Sagadahoc Grange held its last meeting before summer vacation at the Bowdoin Center hall. A full program featured singing by members, a violin solo by 8-year-old Kenneth White, readings by Frances Baker Melvina Freeman Mae Skelton and Eva Baker, guitar and harmonica pieces, recitations, and an address by Horace Marshall on his Western trip. A dance is planned for Thursday evening July 19 during the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Grange
Kenneth White
Reading
Frances Baker
Melvina Freeman
Mae Skelton
Donald Jasper
Addie Williams
Young Ones
Guy Williams
Horace Marshall
Mary Cornish
Eva Baker
Hattie Babb
Florence S Wyman of Waterville Dies After Illness
Word comes of the death Sunday night in Waterville of Mrs Florence S Wyman formerly of Bath. She was wife of A P Wyman civil engineer for The Texas Steamship Co. They lived on Edwards Street. Beatrice and Paul her children survive with her parents Mr. and Mrs William Sleeper. Funeral held at home in Waterville Wednesday at 1 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterville
Florence
Wyman
Bath
Greylock Street
A. P. Wyman
Texas Steamship Co
Edwards Street
Central Church
Central League
Woman’s Club
Beatrice
Paul
William P. Sleeper
Bath Team Falls 4-3 in Waterville Baseball Duel
Bath loses 4-3 to Tacconnet of Waterville in a pitchers duel at Waterville Tuesday. Jimmy Fitzpatrick, ex Boston College pitcher, earned the win for Tacconnet while Bill Carlton pitched well for Bath. The game featured early exchanges and a seventh inning rally capped by Nizolek’s double and Fitzpatrick’s RBI single.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Waterville
Jimmy Fitzpatrick
Boston College
Bill Carlton
Smart
E. Stover
R. Stover
Spider Carlton
Stover
Tacconnet
Texas
Nizolek
Colby College
Fitzpatrick
Klusick
Shannahan
Requiem High Mass for Dr Leo P Burke
A requiem high mass was conducted for Dr. Leo P. Burke at St Marys church with Rev John J Harris and other clergy. Burial followed at Mt Calvary. Burke, a Navy Medical Corps surgeon and former bath boy, died after angina pectoris in Hilton Village Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo P. Burke
St. Mary's Church
John J. Harris
Pr. J. P. Gorman
Nicholas J. Horan
St. Dominic's, Portland
St. Marys
John Conley
Harold Footer
Mark W. Hennessy
John Fitzgerald
Henry Biggins
Arthur Tracey
Mt. Calvary
Burke
Bath
John L. P. Burke
United States Navy Medical Corps
Hilton Village
Newport News
Oine
Sagadahoc Grange Conveys Degrees At Bowdoin Center
Sagadahoc grange held its regular meeting at Bowdoin Center on Saturday evening June 30 with good attendance. The third and fourth degrees were conferred on five candidates. Ice cream cake and sandwiches followed the meeting and a social hour was enjoyed. The next meeting on Saturday evening July 7 begins summer vacation. Arrangements for two entertainments in the hall during the vacation are being made with dates to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Dedication Edition Praised by Bath Readers
Mrs Florence Kelley Mitchell of Oxford formerly Bath writes of the Dedication Edition as a wonderful edition. Miss Frances E Mann of Portland holiday visitor at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs William Mann in Washington street. Notice: Pearl E Harford leaves bed and board, forbids others to harbor her at his expense, signed Roland D Harford Georgetown Maine June 30 1928.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodora Goddard
Reyser
Robinhood
New York
Alfred Rowe
John Grindell
Bath
Augusta Rowe
Dorothy Oliver
Roxbury
Mass
Kingston High
W. C. Todd
Harry Adams
Quincy
Arthur
Rowe
New Britain
Emma Hill
George
Pottsville
Penn
Kennebec Point
Hill
Elsie Dunton
Winchester
Dora Leighton
W. D. Oliver
Rebecca Rodd
Hasbouck Heights
N. Y
Miss Rodd
William Thompson
West Georgetown
Harold Bryer
Edgar Warren
Gilbert Robinson
Westboro
B. H. Woodside
William Zorach
John J. Patterson
George Sherman
Sherman
Annie Webber
Grace Hovey
F. W. Hovey
West Boothbay Harbor
Scott Curtis
Salem
Ernest Curtis
Hooker
Arlington
Washburn
Rebecca
Florence Kelley Mitchell
Oxford
Bath Independent
Frances E. Mann
Portland
William Mann
Washington Street
Mann
William Weed
Frances and
Margaret Weed
East Orange
N. J
Pearl E. Harford
Roland D. Harford
Georgetown
Maine
D A R Honors First Governor At Maine Field Day
Mrs Alfred J Brosseau president general of the D A R is guest of honor at the Maine D A R Field Day in Scarboro on July 12 with a program marking William King Maine's first governor. Speakers include Mrs William Smith Shaw and Mrs Brosseau will broadcast messages at the State meeting. Reservations advised via Moulton House Tarry A While or Dunscroft West Scarboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred J. Brosseau
Daughters of the American Revolution
Maine Daughters
Scarboro
Brosseau
London
Maine
Washington
William King
Boston
Portland
Moulton House
Tarry-A-While
Dunscroft
West Scarboro
William Smith Shaw
West
Shaw
Obituary Notes and Local Visits in South Dresden and Richmond
Miss Inez Stinson of Richmond dies at home of Lawrence Southard. Mrs A J Tibbetts visits son George Tibbetts in Richmond. G L Siegars traveled to Gardiner. Mrs Glenwood Siegars visits relatives in Richmond. Mrs A A Hodgdon of Gardiner dies with father Isaac Wall. Mr and Mrs Harold Wall and son Glenwood and Isaac Wall spend Saturday in Gardiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inez Stinson
Richmond
Laurence Southard
A. J. Tibbetts
George Tibbetts
G. L. Siegars
Gardiner
Glenwood Siegars
A. A. Hodgdon
Isaac Wall
Harold Wall
Glenwood
Probate Petition for Susan Jane Perkins Will
Lawrence B Greenwood seeks letters testamentary in Sagadahoc Maine claiming Susan Jane Perkins died May 15 in Bath leaving a will. James L Verkins brother Aleck McTadden Bath sisters Abbet Carlton Somerville Mass. Order published Bath Independent three weeks to show cause why petition should not be granted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF
Maine
Sagadahoc
Lawrence Vs
Greenwoul
Boston
Massachusetts
Susan Jane Verkins
Bath
J Prem
James L. Verkine
James L. Verkins
lHrush
Aleck Mctadden
Abbet
Carlton
Somerville
Mass
Lawrence Bo Greenwood
Susan Jane Perkins
Lawrence B. Greenwoll
Lawrence B. Greenwood
Flora Savage
Justine
State OF Maine
State
Sagadahow
Ethie
Sagadah
Harey
Clara No Vrerov
Sand County
Sagatahec
Mawl
Angut
Sagadahog
Ile
Saandahoc
AL D
Caroline A. Evans
Samurd A Evans
Sari
Sagadaten
Alluwan
Sant
Walter Ss. Glidden
William F. Dunham
Nettie L. Teeling
Fred Bo Teeiing
Sail County
Sand
Sai
Pnbate
Walter S. Glidden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howard D. Fowlie
Harmony
The
Baptist Church
Fowlie
Shibles
Alice Johnson
Farmington
Marilna Sidelinger
Arsha Sirois
Mildred Beedle
Ora Reed
Elizabeth Hathorne
Fred Lewis
S. M. Preble
Georgia Goodwin
Skowhegan
Marjorie McLaughlin
Frances Preble
Harold Turner
Peabody
Frances Small
J. B. Ward
Charles James
Frank A. Beedle
Stella King
Chester King
Ora Yeaton
Earl Trott
Frances
C. E. Lamoreau
Graves
Rand
Raymond
Arlene Hogue
Harold Blanch
Philip
Osgood
Livermore Falls
Blanche
Gladys Humphrey
Charles Holmes
Pauline Gordon
Ocean Point
Myrtle Gordon
Ellen Eastman
North Front Street
George H. Thomas
Lewis A. Moore
Raymond Libby
Old Orchard
Jean Kelley
Leonard Bishop
Thomas Gearrey
Dwight L. Moody
Pemaquid
Margaret Dailey
Elmer Dore
William Seekins
Clifford Seekins
Ladies’ Aid of the Baptist Church
Arthur Harrington
Charles Fpushard
Leighton Gardner
Leighton, Jr
Katherine Soule
Arabel Allen
Thomas H. Murphy
Katherine
Dorchester
L. W. Oddy
Harry Pond
Webster’s
NEW International
Merriam Webster
Supreme Court
Government Printing Office
India
G& Co
Merriam '7
Spinfield
Charles Sullivan
John Sullivan
Five Islands
Arthur L. Todd
Lisbon
Jennie Todd
Bangor
Hollis Webster
Lexington
Sagadahoc Bay
Webster
Helen Noyes
Chicago
Ill
Gilbert Gunnell
Waltham
Alice Ross
Gunnell
T. N. Williams
George Pierce
Kezar Falls
May Pierce
State St. Hospital
Forrest Drake
Sadie Drake
C. L. Hinckley
Ernest Brooks
H. M. Trafton
Wilton Campbell
Sabattus
Harry Horne
Stanley Newhall
Sunset View
C. H. Bryant
Joseph Bragg
Franz Hutchins
A. H. Turner
Roy Gilpatrick
Eugene Baker
Mary Nelson
C. E. Bryant
Hartley Harley
Bowen
Mildred F. Preble
Grange Hall
Joseph E. Blaisdell
Clayton Rowe
Lucy Merriman
Tracey
Blaisdell
H. H. McCarty
Webster Harley
Nashua
Harley
C. C. Davis
L. H- Rowe
Leon Williams
Davis
Fred Johnson
Mary Moore
Nettie Snowman
Frank Perkins
FM. Biggins
Muriel Lewis
Vernon Gray
J. T. MacMahan
Frank Southard
R. G. Putnam
Irving Wilson
Pleasant Villa
Edward Lewis
Auburn
McIntyre
Worcester
Everett Cromwell
Arthur Marr
Barbara
Almon
Medford
Marr
Elizabeth Carey
Inchigella
F. O. Robinson
Cambridge
C. A. MacMahan
Virginia Ainlee
Fred Ried
Jack Mooney
Providence
R. I
A. E. Holland
W. L. Berry
Madelyn Berry
W. R. Luby
W. H. Darby
A. C. Quill
Quimby
Clinton Hanna
Belgrade
George Hanna
E. H. Farwell
C. A. McMahan
Percy McGilvary
Clarence McMahan
Dexter
Lester Davis
Ida Rowe
Herman
Alfred McMahan
Marion Parker
R. N
E. R. Belanger
Manchester
Jones Cottage
Florence S. Wyman
Tacconnets Thibodeau
Koy
C Daniels
Ib Wissetee
Eljusick
Bolduc
Dorosby
Lacombe
Ererere Fitzpatrick
Ae Eeusseesee
Po Smart
Nebel
Coeree Wees
R. Brewer
Oliver
Easewenee Brewer
Nebel Sacrifices
Thibodeau
Tacconnets
Pi Her
Carlton Klusick
Totman
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadshock Block
Bath, Me
Adelaide Coombs
Sagadahn
Carlos B. Coombs
Sagadahoe
Sanl Trist
William FO Dunham
Vprovbate
Walter S Glidden
Junge of Probate
Cilliam
Dunham
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