Rededication of Newcastle Church Highlights Local Week
A large crowd attended the May 31 rededication service of the First Congregational Church of Newcastle at Gheepsect with infant baptism, music by the vested choir and organist Miss Mary Hobson. Rev. Charles S. Sowder delivered the sermon as the church interior received substantial renovations.
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First Congregational Church of
Newcastle
Gheepsect
Mary Hobson
Roger Dow
Charles S. Sowder
Frank H. Gray
Water Street
New York
Albert J. Myer
Federal Street
S. G. Evans
Belfast
Harold S. Sherman
Damariscotta Lake
Stanton Sherman
Bates
Clarence A. Peaslee
Bath
George Bemis
Frastus F. Lewis
Rockland
Mass
Lewis
Archie H. Dodge
Dodge
Main Street
Stanley Clifford
Raymond Patterson
Boston
Nellie Clifford
North Edgecomb
Winnegance Club to Host Friday Session
Winnegance Squaw club will hold its weekly session Friday evening with Mrs. Robert P. Manson as hostess. Miss Elsie Allegrin spent the holiday in Boston. Two Winnegance youths who rode the destroyer Drayton on Tuesday were John G. Morse Jr and Charles E Hewitt 3d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squaw Club
Robert P. Manson
Elsie Allegrin
Boston
Drayton
John G. Morse, Jr
Charles E. Hewitt
Dromore Farm Bureau Plans June Picnic and Salads Event
Dromore Farm Bureau will meet Friday at the Winnegance Community Club House to cover Salads for All Occasions led by Mrs Clara Oliver with chairwoman Mrs Aletha Campbell who attended a Topsham training class. The group discussed a June picnic at Mrs Arthur F Mayo’s Ocean Park cottage following a May 27 meeting. Miss Hortense Welch led Making the House Homelike with guests Mrs Verna H Woodbury and Mrs Jennie Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Farm Bureau
Winnegance
Clara Oliver
Aletha Campbell
Topsham
Arthur F. Mayo
Bureau
Ocean Park
Hortense Welch
Verna H. Woodbury
Jennie Woodward
Portland Obituaries: Five Women Pass Away
Mrs. Arthur C. Whittier, Mrs. Alfred Bunker, Miss Alma L. Reid, Miss Mary Perkins and Mrs. Woodbury W. Bailey died Monday in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur C. Whittier
Alfred Bunker
Alma L. Reid
Mary Perkins
Woodbury W. Bailey
Portland
Train savings and Maine Central fares quoted
Rail fares in Pullman cars are only slightly higher than new low coach fares. Free timetables available at any Maine Central station. No waiting traffic jams or crowding when you travel by train. You go and return in comfort and in perfect safety.
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Maine
Maine Central Railroad
Bowdoin Announces Commencement Week Schedule
Bowdoin College publishes a five day schedule for June 17 to 20. The Baccalaureate address will be given by President Kenneth C. M. Sills at First Parish church on June 17. Classes and events include class day exercises, dances, trustee meetings, Alumni Council sessions, Phi Beta Kappa meetings, Bowdoin Women luncheon, organ recitals, and the Jew of Malta outdoor performance. Commencement is Saturday June 20 with church services followed by a gymnasium dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoin College
Kenneth C. M. Sills
First
Thorndike Oak
Sills
Moulton Union
Hubbard Hall
Massachusetts Hall
Delta
Phi Beta Kappa Society
Alpha of Maine
Alumni Association
Society of Bowdoin Women
College Chapel
Directors of Alumni Fund
Malta
Masque and Gown Society
First Parish
The
Lincoln Academy Commencement Week Plans
Lincoln Academy at Damariscotta unveils a full program for commencement week starting next Sunday. Baccalaureate at the Baptist church at 10.45 a.m. preached by Rev. Everett Sherwood. Class Day Play “Out of the Past” in the gym with a Junior Class Processional. alumni meeting and banquet at the Holly Inn. graduation pageant “The Gateway” in Lincoln Hall with 44 graduates. Nate Gold and His Commanders to perform at a June 11 concert and ball. orchestral pieces directed by Mr. McElhiney for the service and pageant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry
Water Street
Harvey R. Pease
Zina Davis
Rockland
George Wilson
Providence
R. I
A. H. Dodge
Main Street
E. Murray Senter
Damariscotta
Helen Keirstead
Boston
Alvin W. Keirstead
George Hanshalter
Rochester
N. Y
St. Phillips
Wiscasset Academy Alumni Association
Masonic Hall
Edward E. Roderick
Wiscasset Academy
Red Men's Hall
Lloyd Rafnell
Lewiston
Lincoln Association of Congregational Ministers and Churches
Camden
Congregational Church
Charles S. Lowder
George W. Carleton
William L. Flye
Lincoln Academy
Baptist Church
Everett Sherwood
Holly Inn
Christmas Cove
Lincoln Hall
Gateway
Nate Gold
Portland
Famous Quintuplets Star in Feature The Country Doctor
The Bath Opera House shows the Dionne Quintuplets in their first feature length film The Country Doctor with Jean Hersholt June Lang Dorothy Peterson Michael Whalen Slim Summerville and John Qualen. The drama follows a Canadian wilds physician with romance humor and human interest. Continuous shows start Monday at 1 30. Mr and Mrs B F Perry open Georgetown summer residence after Florida stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Opera House
Dionne Quintuplets
Jean Hersholt
June Lang
Dorothy Peterson
Michael Whalen
Slim Summerville
John Qualen
West Bath holiday guests fill summer homes listings
A detailed West Bath society column lists numerous visitors and residents over Memorial Day weekend and the holiday, including Herbert Wilson and Clement Robichaud at Alton’s Grove, many from Cape Elizabeth Somerville and Bath. It notes guests at Foster’s Point Birch Point and Larrabee’s Grove, family visits, and local club activities.
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Herbert Wilson
Clement Robichaud
Larrabee’s Grove
Alton
Bangor
Ham's
Samuel Cole
Lewiston
Fred W. Larrabee
Grace Waterman
Foster's Point
Emily Larrabee
Percy R
Fletcher A. Waterman
Somerville
Mass
Fred L. Williams
Fred H. Williams
Williams
David
Philip Williams
Cape Elizabeth
Norman Parrot
Arline Palmer
Florence Cullen
Boston
Arno Jackman
Mary
Hampden
Erlon Umberhind
George
Richmond
Jessie Tarr
Chester G. King
Jackman
Umberhind
Tarr
King
Harry Williams
Marion
Mary Tatro
Portland
Elmer Mank
Woolwich
Nellie Starrett
Thomaston
J. Everett Mayo
William Brown
Merry Farm
Bath
Ging
Sanford
West Bath
Starrett
State Normal School
Geneseo
N. Y
Robert D. Metcalf
Julia Coombs
Metcalf
Arthur Everbeck
Winthrop
Edwin Woods
Everbeck
Woods
Ira B
Campbell’s Pond
Robinhood
Alton P. Reed
James F. Marion
Marion Rose
Fred J. Rose
Rosedale
Joseph W. Larrabee
Larrabee's Grove
Morse High School
Birch Point
Percy E. Holbrook
Freeport
Memorial Services Held by West Bath Grange
West Bath grange held its annual memorial service for members who died in the past year with 60 attendees including three visitors. The charter was draped for Mrs. Bertha W. Scott, and three candles were lit in memory of George F. Wright, Mrs. Gertrude P. Wallace, and Mrs. Scott. Rev. Joseph O. Purdue delivered the memorial address as songs and readings accompanied the service.
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West Bath Grange
West Bath
Grange Hall
Edgar D. Leavitt
Bertha W. Scott
Stearns W
Talk on Numismatics Given Rotary Club
Clarence N. Flood spoke at the Rotary Club lunch at Hotel Phoenix about numismatics the study of coins and money. He described his long hobby showing coins old bills and Civil War shin plasters explaining rarity condition and historical connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Clarence N. Flood
Bath Street
Flood
Morse High School
Hotel Sedgwick
Walter Hardwick
Dinuba
Calif
Ray Hardwick
Boothbay
Local Family Notes and New Baby Names
Mr. and Mrs. Loring Mayberry and family returned to Waltham after holidays at Day's Ferry. Douglas and Mrs Dearborn of New York welcomed a daughter Susan Cony Dearborn. Mrs. George Parshley and Mrs. William Curran Jr. plan visits in Wollaston with Mrs. Maurice Wood. Edith A Mackinnon finished her junior year at NYU and is home on Washington Street. A daughter, seven and a half pounds, was born Tuesday night at Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. James C. Ledyard of Lincoln Street and named Jane Ledyard.
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Loring Mayberry
Waltham
Mass
Edith A. Mackinnon
Norman Mackinnon
Washington Street
University of New York
Memorial Hospital
James C. Ledyard
Lincoln Street
Jane Ledyard
Woolwich 4-H Club Holds Meeting and Judging Contest
Woolwich Red Clover 4-H met at Mrs. Nelson Rice’s home with George Farnham assistant leader. Judging on hemmed patches followed a business session. Numerous neighbors and relatives were listed as attendees and guests at Day's Ferry, Bath, and Sagadahoc areas.
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Nelson Rice
Woolwich
George Farnham
Avis Marston
Geraldine Rice
Patricia Strout
Sarah Reed
Ruth Presley
Mila Orr
Thelma Baker
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Frank R. Bailey
Jordan C. Wright
Wright
Topsham
Charles H. Bates
Beachmont
Mass
Sabine
Loring D. Small
West Bath
Earl Rice
Harpswell
George W. Shaw
Montsweag
Everett Rice
Windham
Minnie Rice
Orville Jameson
Camden
Leroy Jameson
Harold G. Hall
Yonkers
N. Y
Porum
Raymond Rice
George Tibbetts
Richmond
Eugenie Hunnewell
Josiah L. Walker
Roslindale
Perry
Lily Bay
Moosehead Lake
Mrs. Loring Mayberry
Waltham, Mass
Red Clover
Wayne
Rich
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Wiscasset
Desmond
Edgecomb
Rebecca Clifford
Pauline West
Bridgeport
Wiscasset-Edgecomb
Mrs. Foster
Augusta
Horace Day
Wesley C. Day
E. L. Palmer
St. John
N. B
Alfred L. Groves
Bathroad
Dudley Dunphe
Charles A. Day
Mr. Day
Ellsworth Holbrook
Valley Stream
Long Island
Vera Lewis
Dorothy Hilton
Snell
Bredford Street
Joseph E. Hubbard
Fred Moody
Exeter
N. H
Rosamond Moody
Lincolnville
M. A. Plumstead
James Foye
E. A. Sprague
Boothbay Harbor
Walter S. Pushard
Chelsea
Maas
Elmer L. Pushard
Livermore Falls
Joseph H. Smith
Ama Road
Wilder Hobson
Japan
Mr. Hobson
George P. Hobson
Ways and
Woman's Club
A. J. Myer
A. W. Keirstead
New England
Dover
Eastport
Greenfield
Haverhill
Lynn
Manchester
Newburyport
Old Orchard
Bea
Portsmouth
Presque Tsle
Springfield
Mags
Bit
Savi
AGS
Albany
Chicago
Ill
Philadelphia
St. Louis
San Francisco
Washington D. C
Maine Central R. R
Bowdoin Annou
McElhiney
Opera House
B. F. Perry
Georgetown
Florida
Sabino
Leon F. Bates
Revere
Bates Cottage
Samuel F. Bates
M. Eleanor Bates
George Bailey
South Portland
Bates Farm
Henry Henderson
Marjorie
Donald
Robert Smith
Brunswick
Fred Bowden
R. T
Smith Arid
Bowden
Walter M. Hill
Aiken Cottage
Ralph H. McNary
Betty
Jack
Marblehead
Dr. McNary
John H. McNary
Ee Mass
Lee Farm
Dromore Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
Dromore
Fairview
Oak Grove
Flora E. Leonard
Sagadahoc Ferry
Miss Leonard
Ocean Point
Cape Newagon
the Union Church
Good Will Club
Clara Hawthorne
the Ferry
David L. Wilson
Central Church
James P. Dunton
Owen J. Ledyard
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches
Wilson
G. H. Nason
Belmont
China
Gladys Swarthout
Jan Kiepura
Frances Farmer
Billy Lee
Song OF the
Saddle
Dick Foran
Alma Lieyd
Spring Byington
Thomas Beck
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