Red Letter Bath Boats Shine at New Meadows Regatta
The Bath fleet dominated five class races at the New Meadows Regatta Association event at the river mouth. Bath boats led in classes one four and five with Coot skippered by Dr. Ralph D. Warren and Ripple sailed by Ted Earl taking top spots, while Kola and Atom posted fastest times in classes two and five respectively amid light southwest winds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
New Meadows Regatta Association
Ralph D. Warren
Jacob Verheus
Leon Kelley
Brunswick
J. Edward Drake, Jr
Herman Chase
Bear Island
Ted Earl
Ripple
E. Williams
Whoopie
Foster's Point
Nip
Tuck
Harbone Stuart
New Moon
Willard F. Nason
Home
Peter Stuart
Atom
Arthur Haskins
Coot
Joan
Lucky Strike
Birch Point
Cunday’s Harbor
Kola
Nancy
Leonard Litchfield
Shardie
Pintado
William Rand
Hopkin's Island
Philip R. Blaisdell
Lana
Howard W. Mayo
Buccaneer
Raymond C. Small
Basin Point
Cundy’s Harbor
Theodore A. Earl
Mischief
Harold Pulsifer
Harpswell
Beachcombe
Sacred Concert Draws Huge Local Attendance
About 200 people attended the Sacred Concert led by Carl E. Fredrickson and his wife of Boston. Rev. Oliver opened with Day is Dying in the West. prayers by Rev. Lamb. Psalm 91 read by Rev. Berry. Mrs. Fredrickson accompanied with hymns including No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Fredrickson
Boston
Chester B. Oliver
West
Frank M. Lamb
Bath
Charles H. Berry
Oliver
Jesus
Galilee
Frederickson
Homer Grimes
Maine writers to lead second annual university writers conference
Three leading Maine authors will serve as critical readers and visiting lecturers at the second annual Writers conference at the University of New Hampshire from July 30 to August 10. Robert P. T. Coffin Gladys Hasty Carroll and Anne Carroll Moore will participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Robert P. T. Coffin
Gladys Hasty Carroll
Anne Carroll Moore
University of New Hampshire
Funeral services for Miss Marjorie A Whitmore held in Richmond
Services for Miss Marjorie A Whitmore were conducted Sunday at Roberts funeral home with Rev Alfred Ives officiating. Bearers were Willis Lane Raymond Call George Douglass and Arthur Gonter and burial was in Richmond cemetery. Other local visits include Hazel Gardner with Mrs Roland Allen in Beverly Mass and James M Gibson with daughter Ethel visiting sister Mrs Ann Spofford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie A. Whitmore
Robert
Miss Marjorie Whitmore Rites Planned In Richmond
Miss Marjorie A. Whitmore 20 died at her home 8 Springer street Richmond after a short illness. Born November 28 1918 in Richmond she was the eldest of nine children, daughter of the late Joseph and Ines Kincaid Whitmore. Surviving are her mother three sisters Lillian Gardiner Laura and Phyllis Richmond four brothers Joseph Wayne in Honolulu with U S Army Charles George Richmond and a half sister Elva Boynton Gardiner. She had worked in Gardiner for two years prior to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie A. Whitmore
Springer Street
Richmond
Joseph and
Ines Kincaid Whitmore
Lillian
Gardiner
Laura
Phyllis
Joseph
Wayne
Honolulu
Charles
George
Elva Boynton
Miss Whitmore
Walter Moore
Hallowell
Snowman
Moore
William Stewart
Clarence MacMahan
Kittery
Russel Pinkham
Ellsworth Pinkham
Mrs. Myers
Galt
Ontario
Canada
Myers
Miss Blanchette
Rapheal Higgins
Rosalyn
Orville Rowe
Marston
William Gage
Helen Gage
Robert Howard
Raymond Hall
Hall
Margaret Hall
Eugene Hall
West Acton
Mass
Leon Williams
Waltham Mass
Williams
Olive
Leon
Madelyn Berry
W. L. Berry
A. E. Holland
Bath
Webster Blanchard
Winnifred Aderton
Washington, D. C
Henry Moore
Addie Moulton
Arthur Rowe
Patricia
Joseph Rowe
Waltham
Wilkins Cottage
Francis Bacon
South Sudbury
Virginia Allen
Cambridge
Latitia Blenn
J. P. Lewis
Watertown
Alexander Reynolds
Baby
Newton
Lewis Cottage
Fred Johnson
Charlotte Boynton
Ash Point
Nancy Weeks
Wellesley College
Miss Weeks
Norman Butler
Plainfield
N. J
Pleasant Villa
Ida Hinckley
Hagan’s Cove
Morse Farm
Phippsburg
Mina Wilson
Clifton Mathews
Adelaide Hinckley
Bay Point
Dorothea Fulton
Betty Howard
Elbridge Southard
Malden
D. L. Howard
Philip Blake
Somerville
Mr. Blake
Frank Blake
Richard Fellows
Charles M. McCrillis
Ruth McCrillis
West Medford
Harbor
Harmon's Harbor
Anna Worrell
Ogden
Ann
George Worrell
Wallingford
Miss Worrell
Harriet Worrell
Rockmere
J. J. Gibson
Mr. Gibson
James Gibson
Ethel Gibson
Hollywood
Calif
Mary Pierce
Ernest Pierce
Lynn
Jennie Davis
Portland
Ann Spofford
George Thompson
New York City
San Francisco
Mary Norton
Stoughton
Five Islands Improvement Association
Sanford Cottage
May Crowell
House
George MacKinnon
C. H. Sanford
Edith Fellows
Richard Sanford
Willis Beane
Stanley Chad
Boston
Seguin Lodge
Boston Harbor
Lloyd Morrell
Weymouth
Kate McCarty
Josephine Fraser
Ruth Johnson
Independence Day Program at Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham
An Independence Day program at Merrymeeting Grange Bowdoinham Friday evening featured lectures and readings led by Mrs. Raymond Blodgett and Rev. J N Palmer. The program included Salute to the Flag Washingtons Prayer America the Beautiful and The Fourth I Remember Most with various readings and songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Raymond Blodgett
J. N. Palmer
America
Emma Ferguson
God
Small Point Beach summer residents list at club house
Rev. Harrison Wright of Radnor conducts Sunday service at the club house and pays tribute to the late Chase Mellon. Numerous visitors and seasonal residents arrive at Small Point Beach for summer, including families from Bath, Fargo, New York, Summit, Sterling, and Kingston, with travel to Restigouche and the Baltic Sea planned for some.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Wright
Radnor
N.J
Wright
Chase Mellon
Small Point
Frederick N. Sewall
Bath
Duer D. Breck
Manley Cottage
William D. Sewall
Fred Hector
Fargo
N. D
Small Point Beach
Walter E. Edge, Jr
New York
Paul Tiemer
Summit
N. J
Tiemer
John Chandler
Edward i
Sterling
Mass
Percy Cottage
Nancy Mellon
Chase Mellon, Jr
Miss Mellon
Mr. Mellon
Club
Hermann Schwab
Cold Spring Harbor
Long Island
Harold Buckeley
John K. Jayne
New Canaan
Clinton Elliott
Douglas Dearborn
Ray Dennis, Jr
Mr. Dennis
Harrison
Wyllys Terry
Bernardsville
Walter Phelps Bliss
Lawrence Herkimer
Barbara
Phyllis
Kingston
Ont
Hinkle
Walter E. Edge
John Williams
Restigouche Club
Restagouche River
N. B
Edge
John W. Williams
Herbert McCoy
South Duxbury
Your Call Please Trial at Lewiston Tel Office
The Lewiston office tests the phrase Your Call, Please to replace Number Please if customers respond well. Number Please remains popular, shorter and well established, with six local operators trying the new line while others keep using the old phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewiston
N. E. Tel. & Tel. Co
Supper at Georgetown Baptist Church Draws Crowd
The Baptist church supper hosted by the Working League in Georgetown attracted many Summer residents and visitors from Bath and Five Islands. A bountiful menu included lobster salad, chips, tomatoes, bread, pies, and coffee, with strong support and service noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Working League
League
J. R. Blackie
H. M. Trafton
Bete Heald
W. A
Five Islands
John R. Blackie
Saxton’s River
Mina Steadman Clark
Saxton's River
Milwaukee
Harold F. Hunt
Topsham
Boston
Gunnell
Brann
Alice Smith
Fred Oliver
Charles Oliver
Portland
A. E. Rowe
Rowe
Wesley Jewett
South Portland
Ann Gifford
York
J. R. Hudbert
West Georgetown
Mass
Bernice Sidney
Paul Hill
Saco
Frank Brown
David
Carol Lee
Riverside
R. I. G. Y. Steadman
Virginia Steadman
Framingham
Georgia Randall
Indian Point Road
John H. Stacey
Bath
Ernest Heal
Madelyn Berry
Azubah Holland
Heal
Lottie Wyman
Edna Mae
Wendell Heal
Joan
Edward Rowe
Colleen
Edward, Jr
Andre
Virginia
Charles
Homer Potter
Sagadahoc Bay
Percy Low
Robert Greker
Robert
Cecil Rowland
Fred Hinckley
Gilbert Gunnell
John
Waltham
Thomas N. Williams
Leon Williams
Legion Lawn Party Nets The Post Four Hundred Dollars
At Tuesday's Ro land Smith post American Legion meeting the annual lawn party earnings were announced at about 400 dollars for the building fund. Commander Owen praised all who helped and letters of appreciation will be sent to contributors. The committee listed includes Hart, Gay, Roberts, Schwertfeger, Leavitt and Coombs. A shore dinner is set for Aug 13 at Boothbay Harbor for Legionnaires and guests. Tickets soon available from Commander Owen. Local reports note green peas from June 27 and continuing through July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
Owen
Post
Eugene G. Hart
Ralph Gay
Philip A. Roberts
Gus Schwertfeger
Edgar Leavitt
Randall Coombs
Young golfers urged to practice chip shots and bunkers
Golf writer A Linde Fowler urges youths to focus on chips and bunker play to lower scores. He cites Francis Ouimet from Manchester Vermont and pros Chapman Tailer, noting lies and sand wedge skills drive the best results and stress for early devoted practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Linde Fowler
Boston Transcript
Chip
Francis Ouimet
Manchester
Dick Chapman
Tommy Tailor
Chapman and Tailer
Lkely
Ouimet
Massachusetts
Ekwanek
Chapman
Boucher Appeals Fine in Drunken Driving Case
Leo Boucher 36 Russell Street was found guilty of drunken driving and appealed a $100 fine plus $11.66 costs in municipal court. Judge Gardiner R. Deering ordered $200 sureties for October Superior Court appearance while Boucher, who waived reading of the warrant, reiterated not guilty. Police arrested him Saturday on Commercial Street. prior arraignment had him not guilty. Also, John Conley a 70 year old Portland pencil vendor was fined $10 and costs for larceny of $10 from Howard Coal Co. and faced a possible 30 day jail term. He was jailed after authorities recovered the money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Boucher
Russell Street
Gardiner R. Deering
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Boucher
Percy W. Kingsbury
Commercial Street
John Conley
Portland
Howard Coal Co
Kennebec County
Augusta
Lincoln man claims dual birthdays for one birth
Hilburn Daniel Haskell of Lincoln is listed with two possible birth dates, January 14 and January 18 or 19, 1900, due to time standardization. His mother recalls January 18, 1900 around 11:40 p.m., while the attending doctor reported 12:10 a.m. January 19. He later obtained a birth certificate stating January 19, and legal records show both dates as official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hilburn D. Haskell
Lincoln
Haskell
John W
Magi E. Budge Haskell
Hilburn Daniel
Five Islands Library Sees Growth and Events
The Five Islands Library Association adds Mrs. Everett Cromwell and Mrs. Paul Thompson to its membership ahead of the August 7 annual meeting. A busy summer includes a fair and supper to fund library expansion, a Vacation Bible School, and a growing fire truck fund. Gifts arrive from Miss Adelaide Pillsbury and others, while many locals visit cottages and attend social events at Seguin Lodge and nearby homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Library Association
Everett Cromwell
Paul Thompson
Adelaide Pillsbury
Dorchester
Mass
Gertrude Smith
Fred J. Tyler
Boston
Rockcrest Cottage
Fred Eldridge
William Hale
Nellie Dickson
William Farr
Mary O'Connor
Arlington
Nickerson O'Connor
New York
Miss O'Connor
Joseph Camararo
Eileen Mulvery
Budd Stewart
Brookline
Quimby Cottage
Alice Cromwell
Old Orchard
Boston Bible Training School
T. E. Cromwell
Cromwell
Inez Jones
Koehlweiier
City chairs moved for WPA concerts plan debated
Albert A. Parent Lewiston controller proposed moving city chairs to the park bandstand for WPA concerts on Mondays and Thursdays and returning them afterward. WPA bandmaster Morin asked Public Works Director Roy to oversee the move, but officials argued the mayor or finance board should supply the chairs. Parent offered welfare workers to handle the transfer at 5 p.m. Mayor Despins informed the board that WPA sewing project members oppose bandsmen using the city chairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert A. Parent
Lewiston
Park
WPA
Morin
Roy
Public Works Department
Public Works
Finance Board
Parent
Despins
WPA Sewing Project
Retired letter carrier staged mail attempt in Bangor
A Woodstock New Brunswick retiree gathered three fire trucks an aerial truck and a police ambulance in Bangor to mail a letter. In Canada all letter boxes are painted red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodstock
N. B
Bangor
Canada
Mrs Lillian G Plummer Dies in Washington
Mrs Lillian G Plummer 75 widow of Col Edward C Plummer died Saturday in Washington DC where she had lived since 1921 after her husband joined the Shipping Board She was born in Bangor maiden name Fiske married Sept 3 1888 They lived at 97 Dummer Street funeral Tuesday at Grawlers 1756 Pennsylvania Avenue Col Plummer buried Arlington National Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian G. Plummer
Edward C. Plummer
United States Shipping Board
Washington, D. C
Col. Plummer
Shipping Board
Warren G. Harding
Plummer
Bangor
Lillian Gertrude Fiske
Bowdoin College
Col
Dummer Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Arlington National Cemetery
Frederick H Brigham dies after accident with truck in Bath
Frederick H Brigham 84 a former Phippsburg resident and Bath figure died from a broken neck after a truck backing down a hill struck him while he walked on the left side toward the city. A committal service was held at Oak Grove with Dr. David L Wilson officiating. Bearers included Joseph A Wilson Karcher Jackson Walter Millett and Thomas Fletcher. The driver believed he had run out of gas and sought a filling station but Brigham died before he could be taken to Hurley hospital Ellsworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick H. Brigham
Phippsburg
Bath
Oak Grove
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Joseph A. Wilson
Karcher
Jackson
Walter E. Millett
Thomas T. Fletcher
Brigham
Hurley
Ellsworth
William L. Leeman 70, Woolwich farmer dies after long illness
William L. Leeman, 70, lifelong Woolwich resident and farmer, died Thursday at home on Barley Neck road after a long illness. Born in Woolwich to James Leeman, he served 22 years as a road commissioner and belonged to Lincoln lodge Odd Fellows in Bath. Survived by wife, sons Harold and Hollis, brothers Henry T. B. Leeman and Herbert J. Leeman, and sister Mrs. Elizabeth Potter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Leeman
Woolwich
Barley Neck Road
Mr. Leeman
James Leeman
Lincoln Lodge of
Odd Fellows
Bath
Harold Leeman
Rockland
Hollis Leeman
Henry T. B. Leeman
Herbert J. Leeman
Elizabeth Potter
Mrs Lucy G Southworth Dies at 83 in Winnegance
Mrs Lucy G Southworth 83 widow of William Southworth a ship carver died Friday morning at Mrs Walter G Marco home in Winnegance after years of ill health. Born Rogers she was a Freeport native who lived in Bath nearly 70 years and taught at Bath 16 years including the Erudition site and South Street grammar school. An early member of Winter Street church she had no near relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy G. Southworth
William Southworth
Walter G. Marco
Winnegance
Southworth
Rogers
Freeport
Bath
Sedgwick
High
Center Streets
South Street Grammar School
Winter Street Church
Mrs Lucy G Southworth Funeral Held at Union Street Home
The funeral for Lucy G Southworth widow of William Southworth and longtime Winter Street church member was conducted Monday at her Union Street home. Rev Joseph O Purdue officiated with bearers Edwin H Lowell Stanley E Wallace William J Craft Fred Summerton Carl F E Albee and Charles T Small Jr. Burial followed in Oak Grove cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy G. Southworth
William Southworth
Winter Street Church
Union Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Edwin
H. Lowell
Stanley E. Wallace
William J. Craft
Fred Summerton
Carl FE. Albee
Charles T. Small, Jr
Oak Grove
Leeman Funeral Service Held for Woolwich Road Commissioner
The funeral of William L. Leeman, a 22 year road commissioner, was held Sunday at 2 PM at his Barley Neck Road home in Woolwich. Charles Brown of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiated. Bearers included John Carter, Cyrus Gilmore, John Gilmore, and William Hanson. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery, Day's Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Leemen
Barley Neck Road
Woolwich
Charles Brown
The
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
John Carter
Cyrus Gilmore
John ©. Gilmore
William Hanson
Burns
Riverside Cemetery
Day’s Ferry
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New Meadows
Carl E. Frederickson
Isley Church
Georgetown
Legion Lawn Party
Seneca Luce
West Farmington
Little Red Truck Bank
O. F. Rowe
J. Cunningham
Sire Poate Etcie
Bary Imooles
Rial Eauied Gite
Lawrence Bailey
Five Island Friend
Seotatot Ih Hserk Osha
Fred P. Carr
Basil MacMahan
Hourwich Rehner
Robinhood
Lincheon
Frank Laffey
Washington
D.A.R
Mrs
Mrs. Southworth
W. L. Leeman Funeral
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston
Center Street
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