Community notes from Bowdoinham and nearby towns
A Richmond section recap notes a joint meeting of Progressive and Merrymeeting Granges at Bowdoinham, plus lodge and grange events. Social visits include Rev Eldredge preaching at the Baptist church and Rev Ives at the Methodist, with scouting activities and a July 29 hike postponement. A long list covers picnics, a Boomerang cast for a Richmond fire department show, Bible school close, and family visits including a Bowdoinham birth and seaside trips to St Johns and Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive
Merry Meeting
Bowdoinham
Progressive Grange
Amy Bradley
U. W
C. W
Moxie Pond
Round Pond
Baptist Church
C. Leavens Eldredge
Alfred H. Ives
Methodist Church
Russell Ring
Cy White
Mr. Ives
R. A. Ring
Carl Anderson
Don O. Cate
R. H. Gilpatrick
M. L. Thompson
E. C. Rankin
Harris Hutchins
Don Emmons
Maurice Hinckley
Ernest Gonier
Methodist Parish Hall
Lloyd Kelley
Bowdeinham
Wren Nursing Home
William R. Stacy
Farmington
N. H
Elmer King
Dan Morton
Portland
Lion and lamb clash in Islesboro turkey yard
In Islesboro at Lee McCorrison’s turkey house a baby pheasant, found abandoned, was raised with turkeys but was killed after a transfer to older birds. The pheasant’s head and legs were torn off, leaving a stark warning about interspecies tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee McCorrison
Islesboro
Mr. McCorrison
Buddy
McCorrison
Turkey Yard
Sun Yard
As the Earth Turns Comes Alive in South Berwick
Gladys Hasty Carroll adapts her novel to life on the Shaw farm for three summer afternoons July 28 29 and 30 audiences sit on hillside benches under a walnut tree as farming neighbors play the Shaw family and Janowskis The production directed by Carroll is a Maine summer tradition with all proceeds benefiting the rural neighborhood Community Improvement Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Hasty Carroll
South Berwick
Shaw Farm
Shaws
Hasty Farm
Shaw
Janowskis
New England
Maine
Rural Neighborhood Community Improvement Association
Kennebunk Hosts Opera Tour With Gilbert and Sullivan
The Kennebunk Town Hall will host the University Gilbert Sullivan Opera Company on its second Summer tour mid August. The group, renowned worldwide, will perform Gondoliers on August 11 and Trial by Jury with Pinafore as a double bill on August 12. Seat sales begin August 1 at local outlets and Kennebunkport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebunk Town Hall
University Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Company
London
Kennebunkport
West Point boats haul 37 tuna in six hour voyage
Eight boats returned with 37 horse mackerel tuna ranging 125 to 550 pounds off Seguin. Oscar Gilliam and Ernest Wallace led with 14. Irving York and son nets 9. Henry and Amos Wallace 4 each. A rough sea tossed two harpooners overboard but all boats reached harbor by six. The catch, about 8000 pounds total, heads to Boston at four and half cents per pound.
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West Point
Hardy Sons
Seguin
Oscar Gilliam
Ernest Wallace
York Brothers
Irving
Bernard
Henry
Amos Wallace
Old Sol
Atlantic
Irving York
Gilliam
Harold Skelton
Bowdoin
Murtaugh entertains Bath Rotary with Hamlet recitation
Walter E. Murtaugh of New York formerly of Bath gave a rhymed office boy’s Hamlet at the Rotary luncheon in the Hotel Sedgwick grill room. He then recalled Bath roller polo in the Gay Nineties at the Alameda rink, with Bath Iron Works past roles and polo ties. Visiting Rotarians included Walter Kinsolving Bradford Gale Bryan Coleman and A I Harriman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Sedgwick
Walter E. Murtaugh
New York
Bath
Walter
Harry Owen
Alameda
Bath Opera House
New England
Fall River
Bath Iron Works
Fred Hill
Walter Kinsolving
Summit
N. J
Bradford E. Gale
Salem
Mass
Bryan Coleman
Botton
A. I. Harriman
Hudson
Waterville
Prominent Granger Visits Maine for Annual Tour
Charles M. Gardner of Springfield Massachusetts high priest of Demeter will visit Maine granges per State Master and Lecturer schedule. He will attend meetings in Monticello Passadumkeag Belfast Rockland Augusta Topsham Fryeburg with open fourth degree sessions and a York program featuring Days of Our Forefathers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Gardner
Springfield
Mass
Demeter
Maine
Granges
Monticello
Aroostook
Aroostook-Penobscot
Augusta City Hall
Kennebec
East Kennebec
Pomonas
Topsham
Fryeburg
Organ loft completed at Georgetown First Baptist Church
The Georgetown First Baptist Church completed and used a new organ loft during Sunday service. The project honors pastor and choir work with women sewing a curtain and soliciting funds while plans seek robes. A Boston violin solo and Vacation Bible School plays with named casts followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Koehlwetter
Elizabeth J. Powers
Miriam Lathrop
Boston
Daily Vacation Bible School
Georgetown
Five Islands
Second Baptist Church of
Good Samaritan
the Samaritan
Marilyn Pierson
Clayton Heald
Barbara Pinkham
Ruth Hanna
Mary Hanna
Janet Pinkham
Betty Rittall
Claire McGilvary
Betty Carr
Barbara Hanna
Helen Koehlwetter
John the Baptist
Charles Hanna
Edward Ziegler
Victor Hagan
John MacGillvary
Irving Hanna
Mary Louise Pinkham
Charlotte Gray
Ida MacGillvary
Dorothy Thompson
Gwendolyn Hanna
Garden Club Plans Flower Show Benefiting Hospital Fund
Cosmopolitan Garden club meets to organize the annual flower and garden show on August 11. Proceeds go to a hospital emergency fund for aid to patients. A Friday planning meeting at 2 PM will be held at Miss Jane Murphy’s home with a long list of committee members and designated standing committees.
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Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Jane
Murphy
High Street
Roscoe P. McFadden
Edmund A. Rothwell
Arthur Sewall
Irene H. Ingalls
Herbert Lemont
Fred W. Quimby
Granville M. Colby
Guy H. Crosby
N. Gratz Jackson
J. R. Andrews
Jane S. Murphy
Carl F. Pierce
Bowen Torrey
Henry W. Butler
William M. Adams
Walter S. Wiggin
Leroy F. Colby
Fred R. E. Dean
Louis M. Silverman
Frederick N. Sanborn
Ann Gearing
Lillian I. Frost
Harry G. Deering
Emily Moulton
Alice F. Johnson
Margaret T. Mulligan
Margaret J. Adams
Hattie E. Goodwin
Henry M. Biggins
Carroll A
Ex Governor Brann Visiting Sagadahoc Maine
Ex Governor Louis J. Brann toured lower Sagadahoc and Bath area with Harold B. Emery Democratic nominee for Congress First District. They were greeted by residents as Brann, seeking another term, avoided personal attacks and said Governors aim for best administration. Ralph C. Covel led the party through Bath area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis J. Brann
Maine
Sagadahoc
Bath
Gov. Brann
Harold B. Enery
Limington
Congress
Mr. Emery
York County
Emery
Ralph C. Covel
Women Republicans to Lakewood Meet in Maine
The Woman's Republican Club of Maine plans a statewide gathering at Lakewood Theatre on Thursday August 25 at 2 p.m. The Elmwood hotel in Waterville will host the board of governors July 30 to finalize plans. A luncheon at Lakewood Inn is offered with advance tickets via Mrs Henry W Butley Bath. Mrs Edna P Bunker North Anson chairs arrangements as counties are urged to send delegates.
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Woman's Republican Club of
Maine
Lakewood
Board of Governors
Elmwood
Waterville
Lakewood Inn
Henry W. Butley
High Street
Bath
Edna P. Bunker
North Anson
Drake Island in York County History Marked by Early Settlers
A York County historian notes Drakes Island was named for Thomas Drake who settled Wells in 1652. Stephen Batson received land in 1654, John Wakefield later owned the island, and early inhabitants include John Cross. The island features an old cemetery with markers for Scammon Hanson and Samuel Donnell and family, plus historic riverfront access and warehouses once serving the West Indies trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York County
Drakes Island
Thomas Drake
Wells
Stephen Batson
John Wakefield
Elizabeth
Edmund Littlefield
John Cross
Hemenway's Creek
Little River
Hes River
West Indies
Scammon Hanson
Dover
N. H
Samuel Donnell
Hannah
Five Islands Seaside Church Weekend Pageant
Reverend Franklin Koehlwetter preached at the Five Islands Baptist Church on Sunday afternoon. Students from Vacation Bible School performed three plays with costumes, including The Good Samaritan and Paul and Silas. A Saintly stained glass window imitation was shown and a post program exhibition featured pupil-made items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Silas
Philippi
Dorothy Hagan
Jailor
Harlon Fossett
Sargeant
Leon Williams
Thomas Hagan
Damsel
Marie Rittall
Cora Mae Hanna
Olive Williams
Crowd
Irving Hanna
John MacGillvary
Russell Harford
Cecil Stevens
Miriam Lathrop
United Baptist Convention of Maine
Franklin S. Koehlwetter
Edith Marr
Franklin Koehlwetter
The
Baptist Church
Five Islands
Marilyn Pierson
Clayton Heald Heri
Barbara Pinkham
Ruth Hanna
Fey Ag
Mary Hanna
Jeanette Pinkham
Betty Rittall
Claire McGillvary
Betty Car
Barbara Hanna
Helen Kechlwetter
Mary Louise Pinkham
Seoccua
Charlotte Gray
Ida MacGillvary
Dorothy Thompson
Gwendolyn Hanna
John Mae
United Baptist Convention ‘of Maine
Franklin S. Keechlwetter
Patrics
Sid Tite
Psat
Sissy
Harlan Fossett Sareenus
Blas Soo
Thomas Hanna Doursel
Boothbay Center Church Activities Highlight Summer Programs
Dr. Arthur C Baldwin of Chestnut Street Baptist Church Philadelphia will preach at Boothbay Center Baptist Sunday 10 45 am. After service Vacation Bible School exhibits work and conducts the Sunday School worship. Mountain Top Hour is Wednesday 8 pm. Ladies Society supports piano tuning and upcoming summer musical events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Baldwin
Chestnut Street Baptist Church
Philadelphia
Boothbay Center Baptist Church
Baldwin
Boothbay Harbor
Mildred and
Charlotte Williams
West Boothbay Harbor
Clarence Boyd
Vanever Rowe
Boothbay
Plinette Allen
Mountain Top
Ladies Society
Nequasset Forum Plans Friday Evening Entertainment
The Men's Forum and Ladies' Auxiliary of Nequasset host an evening at Tuessie hall with two short plays Samantha Changes Her Mind and Waiting For the Two Forty Train, musical numbers, a dance, punch, and fancy work sales. Mr and Mrs Parker N Moulton and son Nash of Wareham Massachusetts visit Mr and Mrs Milton C Trott of High street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Nequasset
Tuessie Hall
Samantha
Parker N. Moulton and Son
Nash
Wareham, Macs
Milton C. Trott
High Street
Obituary of Mrs Ann Louisa Sidelinger 95
Mrs. Ann Louisa Sidelinger 95 widow of Moses Sidelinger of Nobleboro died Thursday night at her son Costello P. Hall’s Woolwich home where she had lived 13 years. Born in Nobleboro to Henry and Ann Hall Vannah she is survived by sons Costello P. Hall Woolwich and Adelbert W. Hall Bath, two grandchildren Mrs. Edward V. Reed Woolwich and Harold G. Hall Yonkers, and three great grandchildren Harold G. Hall Jr. Yonkers Millicent 8 and Joseph G. Hecht Bath.
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George W. Rand
Clinton
Selectmens
Georgetown
A. E. Rowe
E. B. Hunt
Mina Steadman Clark
Sharon
Mass
George T. Williams
Waterville
West Georgetown
Canton
William T. Card
Brockton
Fred M. Reid
Bath
Prescott L. Steadman
St. John
N. B
Bar Harbor
Northeast Harbor
Eastport
Calais
Hancock
Mr. Steadman
Bangor
Skowhegan
Lewiston
West Poland
Denver
Col
Laura Boyd
Boston
Emma B. Billings
George W. Coleman
Grace Lathrop
Morris Levine
M.s. Levine
Alfred Hirsch
New York City
Elaine Bloch
Brooklyn
N. Y
Levine's
Harry L. Tarr
Richmond
T. W. Blaisdell
Lois Wilson
Elmira College
Elmira
Andrews
Kennebec Point Road
Mt. Vernon
Bonniwell
Robert
Fort Popham
Eva Lemont
Elizabeth Haggett
Byron Steele
Watertown
Rockcrest Cottage
Roy Shackford
Percy Savage
Patricia Harley
Milford
N. H
Hartley Harley
Leslie Ainley
Cambridge
Leroy Moulton
Moulton
Seguinland
G. G. Ainley
Marion Ainley
Arthur Marr
Malden
Richard Fellows
Plainfield
N. J
Carol and
Brenda Pearson
Carl Pearson
Frank MacMahan
Nichols
Ambrose Thibodeau
Theodore Campbell
Doris Ann
Bowdeinham
Campbell
Maynard Hinckley
Charles MacMahan
MacMahan
Walter Bean
Janice Bean
D. L. Howard
Joseph G. Stevens
Marion Stevens
Paul Thompson
Dorothy Thompson
Farmington
Anna Worrell
Roberta Ogden
Virginia
Boothbay
Wright
Natick
Marr House
Ruth Grover
Cleveland
Herbert Moore
Charles
Quincy Wales
Newton
Malden Island
Clinton Hanna
Ruth
Belgrade
George Hanna
F. P. Bartlett
Marjorie Bartlett
Gertrude Smith
Wiscasset
Mason Gray
Walter E. Reid
Sanford
Sedgemere Road
Arthur Johnson
Boston Herald
Douglas
Louis P. Marvel
West Medford
Mary Marvel
George Wilson Douglas
Brookline
Alfred Douglas
Mr. Douglas
Christchurch
Bourne-Boston School
Boston University
Newton Country Day School
Bown University
New Bedford
Almon Marr
Clarence McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Donald Kenney
Charles Kenney
Everett Cromwell
Cromwell
Bert Hinckley
Gerald Hinckley
Harmon's Harbor
Irving
Tommy Hanna
Gene Stevens
Portland
Carrie Stevens
Annie Jones
Etta Jones
Carroll Powers
Robinhood
Philadelphia
Rockmere
Amanda Blaisdell
Alfred Rowe
Billy Blen
Blen
Fred Johnson
Waltham
Russell Pinkham
Kittery
Ellsworth Pinkham
Everett Hennan
Brunswick
Cecil Fullerton
Walter Savage
George Hennan
Maude Nye
Elizabeth Bullard
Ralph Glover
Somerville
Glover
Marie Peters
Branwell Harford
Quincy
Harford
Lettie Harford
John Grindell
Clayton Rowe
Sadie Dowling
Marjorie Wilson
Winchester
Jean Parcell
Danbury
Mr. Brown
Ann Louisa Sidelinger
Moses Sidelinger
Nobleboro
Costello P. Hall
Woolwich
Sidelinger
Henry
Ann Hall Vannah
Adelbert W. Hall
Edward V. Reed
Harold G. Hall
Yonkers
Harold G. Hall, Jr
Millicent
Joseph G. Hecht
Miss Hannah J. O'Laughlin Dies of Heart Attack at 78
Hannah J. O'Laughlin aged 78 died from a heart attack at the home of her brother in law Frank Emmons at 47 Court Street while preparing an evening meal. She was the last of her family of William and Margaret O'Laughlin and her nearest relative is Bath fire chief Scott Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah J. O'Laughlin
Frank E. Emmons
Court Street
Mr. Emmons
Miss O'Laughlin
William O
Margaret Martin O'Laughlin
Scott Morse
Bath Fire Department
Obituary for Mrs. Marietta Smith of Readfield
Mrs. Marietta Smith died July 19 after a fatal illness. She lived in Readfield and West Bath is noted for frequent visits. Survived by daughters Mrs. George R. Booker and Mrs. Edgar Finley, a son Leslie E. Smith, a foster son Archie Smith, 15 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. Funeral July 21 with burial in Readfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Booker
West Bath
Readfield
Marietta Smith
Smith
Booker
Edgar Finley
Auburn
Leslie E. Smith
Isleboro
Archie Smith
Boston
Edward Harrington Funeral Held at Old Folks Home
The funeral for Edward Harrington longshoreman who died at the Old Folks Home where he resided for six years was held Friday at two in the Home. Rev Frederick P Moffatt of Corliss Street church officiated with bearers Edward Huse Thomas Love Rupert Miller and John Small all members of the family. Burial followed in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Harrington
Frederick P. Moffatt
Corliss Street
Edward Huse
Thomas Love
Rupert Miller
John Small
Oak Grove
Mrs Sidelinger Funeral Held At Sagadahoc Ferry
The funeral of Mrs. Ann L. Sidelinger widow of Moses Sidelinger was held Saturday at one o clock at the home of her son Costello P Hall Sagadahoc Ferry with Charles Brown of the Woolwich Union for Christian Service officiating. Burial followed in Dunbar Cemetery Noableboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann L
Moses Sidelinger
Costello P. Hall
Sagadahoc Ferry
Charles Brown
The
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Bears
Edward V. Reed
Harold G. Hall
Edward S. Carter
Frederick D. Gilmore
Dunbar Cemetery
Noableboro
Miss Mary Alma Palmer Funeral Held at Home
The funeral for Miss Mary Alma Palmer was held Saturday at 2 PM at her home 13 Allen Street with Rev. Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street Church officiating. Pallbearers were Walter Palmer William Palmer William Davis and Alan H Ramsay. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Alma Palmer
Allen Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Miss Palmer
Walter Palmer
William Palmer
William Davis
Alan H. Ramsay
Oak Grove
Funeral for Hannah J. O Laughlin at St Marys Church
The funeral was held Wednesday morning at eight in St Marys church with Rev. David P. Surrette officiating. Burial followed at Maple Grove. Donations of silk stockings were requested for Capt. Richard McDonald, Camp Ellis fisherman, who uses them in his eel fishing business and explains his trapping method with stockings on pipes to catch eels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah J. O'Laughlin
St. Mary's Church
David P. Surrette
Henry M. Biggins
John W. Conway
Edward J. Lee
John M. Conley
Maple Grove
Richard McDonald
Camp Ellis
Arctic Expedition Reports Iceberg Sighted in Labrador Run
A July 12 letter from Battle Harbor Labrador to the Bowdoin expedition led by Commander Donald MacMillan notes heavy seas and fog after sighting the first iceberg. Fifteen crew members aboard Bowdoin, with Dr. Howard L. Apollonio aboard as ship's surgeon, report minor injuries but smooth progress and plans to land in Greenland if ice yields. The doctor plans research among Eskimos on a disease affecting the spleen and blamed for winter deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard L. Apollonio
Camden
Donald B. MacMillan
Arctic
Battle Harbor
Labrador
Bowdoin
Greenland
Apollonio
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