Local Happenings Highlight Bangor Civic Duty and Harbor News
Jolly June smiles as George A. Coombs serves on a Bangor grand jury. The Hockomock night ferry begins and Bath Gun Club hosts trap shooting. The City of Rockland plans a mid month move to Boston for the Kennebec Line service. Cemeteries show flowers for Civil War heroes in a sunny day. Popham Beach promoters acquire the Merrymeeting Park casino. it will be torn down and materials removed. An aged Freeport horse, 48, draws attention at the Tall Stove Club. Bath teachers host a delinquency program by Charles Dunn Jr. and Lincoln Association holds meetings with Rev J Edward Newton and Mrs G M Woodwell. A cap recovered by a dog brings a missing Astracian cap back to a grateful captain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Coombs
Bangor
U. S. District Court
G. C. Moses
Lewis H. Goward
Kelley, Spear Yard
Anna
Queen of Cooks
New Meadows Inn
Hockomock
Bath Gun Club
Woolwich
Norman II
James M
Hallowell
Southport
City of
Rockland
Boston
Kennebec
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Messrs
Bishop and Lovejoy
Rupert H. Baxter
Charles Brswell
Popham Beach
Merrymeeting Park
Expressman
Mitchell
Freeport
Tall Stove Club
Charles Dunn, Jr
State School For Boys
South Portland
Bath Teachers’ Club
Morse High School
Dunn
North Street
Ellen T. Turner
Frostina E. Marston
J. Gertrude Silsby
Susan L. Reed
H. Emma Magoun
Florence Dunton
Margaret Mulligan
Ethel Hawley
Lincoln Association of Congregational Churches
Central Church
J. Edward Newton
Ashley Day Leavitt
Portland
G. M. Woodwell
South Bristol
Edith Secummons
Woman's Home Missionary Union
Frank Hagan
Upper High St
Sonia
Bismark
Runnning
Bismarck
Land
Cape Cod
New York
Washington St
Bath
L. B. Clark
J. S. Winslow Co
Percy & Small Yard
Jane Palmer
Edward B. Winslow
Addie M. Lawrence
M. D. Cressy
Pulpwood Tug Pushes Barge to Salmon River and Local Happenings
The Pejepscot tows a barge to Salmon River for pulpwood while Tug Seguin delivers barge Molino with 1546 tons of coal to Pejepscot Co and schooner Henrietta light for repairs at Kelley Spear yard. Reports of fishing trips, Ivy Week festivities, and town notes from Bath including hotel plans, a wedding invitation, and local repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pejepscot
Salmon River
Queen Esther Rebekah Lodge
Seguin
Molino
Pejepscot Co
Henrietta Light
Kelley, Spear Yard
Pinkham
Boothbay
Epworth Club
Beacon St. S.S
Boy Scouts
Bath Boys
Bowdoin
Windlass team holds practice at Kelley Field amid town events
Local notes report Windlass team auditioning players at Kelley Field with McNeil showing tall pitching. Victor Stout arrives to finalize LaTena’s Big Three Ring Wild Animal Show visit for Tuesday June 15. Community updates include Playground Association additions Harold Lockwood and Mrs. Charles Lowe and a federal case involving Joseph Kelley’s 1912 post office break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley Field
McNeil
Victor Stout
LaTena
Rockland
Harold W. Lockwood
Portland
Charles C. Lowe
Bath
Playground Association
Lowe
Richmond Bee
Maine Sons of Veterans
Olin P. Ayer
Auburn
Bangor
A. C. Pray
Kennebec
Sagadahoc
A. B. Johnson
Ashdale
McDonald
H. C. Baxter
Mr. McDonald
Sea Coast Missionary
New Meadows
Joseph Kelley
Atlanta
Topsham
United States Court
Kelley
Hale
War Department
Presque Isle
Maine
Hockomock
Boston
White Mountains
Popham Beach
Memorial Day Services and Local Community Meetings
The Bath area observes Memorial Day with a service led by Rev. S A Evans at the People's Church, hosting Coast Artillery corps and veterans groups. Various church circles meet on Thursday and Friday, including the Ladies Aid and Lites Sewing Circle. A Brunswick man, Irenee Pelletier, died in an accident last Thursday night and was honored with funeral services Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Ladies’ Aid
Beacon Street Church
J. E. C. Sawyer
Washington St
Lites
First Baptist Church
Grace Goodwin
Loeb Rathe
Irenee Pelletier
Brunswick
Blind Crossing
Sheriff Oliver
Woolwich
Bath
A. J. Chris
Monmouth Academy
Lewiston
Bates
Gareela
Field
Bertha Nichols
H. L. Nichols
Norway
Nichols
Frank A. Sma
Phil Xnhols
Times Office
Round Pond
New Harbor
Carl Sieell
Topsham
Beacon Street
Frank Reed
Oukes Ames
South Gardiner
Gardiner Lumber Co
New York
Pickering
Parker's Flats
Purinton Bros
Augusta
Ames
Enaki
Henry Clay
Richmond
Love
Wilson
S. A. Evans
The
People’s Church
4Th Company
Coast Artillery Corps
Sons of Veterans
Sons
Memorial Day notes and community events in the harbor town
A crowded Memorial Day scene includes a Bay Point Camp hop and a Popham Beach youth dance. Commuters and families attended church services at St Marys and the First Baptist Church. Commodore Ledyard hosted a yacht cruise to Boothbay Harbor, while local scouts held a field day at Popham Beach. A memorial procession featured St Marys parish flags and the Holy Name Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hop Bay Point
Unity Guild of the First Baptet Church
Cedric Martin
Corliss Street
Popham Beach
Westport Island
Wiscasset
A. Evans
St. Mary’s
Gannoh
Happy Nook
Zanders
Arthur Hodston
Harold Rand
Frank Totmasn
George Sonia
Riverside
Toronto
Spain
St. Mary’s Church
Drum Corps
Holy Name Society
Calvary Cemetery
No Tax Cut This Year In Winnegance Area
Local notes report no reduction in the tax rate this year, with twenty four mills kept as last year. Items mention a summer trip aboard the Redn Crane, a W E Chase & Co exhibition on Center Street, and Elmhurst grown tthe. The Ladies Aid of Wesley M E Church met. Mrs. French reported on the Indianapolis motor race. W C T U convention in Sagadahoc included picnic lunch and supper. Bertha Nichols funeral held in Norway with interment in this city. A woods fire on Joel Allen farm threatened Webster and Bowdoin, burning hundreds of acres. Miss Rachel Metcalf of Lewiston elected president of the Maine State Nurses Association with a slate of officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoelemoeck
W. E. Chase & Co
Center St
Elmhurst
Wesley M. BE
Roy E. French
Indianapolis
French
Toledo
Sagadahoc
West Bowdoin Free Baptist Church
Bertha Nichols
H. L. Nichols
Norway
Joel Allen
West Bowdoin
Bowdoin Road
Webster
Thama
Nilzon
J Mi Haud
Roy
Ellie
Tari
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cummings
Rachel Metcalf
Lewiston
Maine State Nurses’ Association
Burnham Gymnasium
Portland
Sarah Hayden
Augu
Washburne Sangor
Myrtle Targier
Bernice Mansfield
Bangor
Carlotta Marshall
Bath City Hospital
Frances Woodward
Betsey Edgecombe
Edith Soule
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheepscot
Sasanoa
Col. C. D. Wainwright
Boston Real Estate Trust
Popham
Charles Dewey Day Turner
Dorothy Day
James Fields
Fields
Bath Iron Works
Leonard & Mitchell Pharmacy
Mason Cottage
Mrs. Chairiler
Bertha B
Lirose
Agnes “Ingan
Marguerite Jons
Marion Thir
Evan Oliver
Victoria Reno
Wilm Blackwood
Gardiner Roesets
Eorge Goodwin
Francis Hale
Damariccattus
Keay
Brion
Eesiiten
Orche Town Hall
Cnies
Anc
Ceri
Christian
Science
Chicago, Ill
Young
Mother Church
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Mass
Bath Department Store
Centre Street
Keller Field
Rev. T
Kewley
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