West Bath Social Notes Mention Birthdays and Visits
The West Bath column records birthday parties for Mer and Mrs Joseph W Larrabee's daughters with games and cakes, visits by relatives in Bath and Portland, and local events. It notes tax bills distributed by Walter Larrabee, church services, teaching appointments, and numerous residents visiting kin or staying at cottages during Memorial Day weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mer
Joseph W. Larrabee
West Bath
Joseph White
Carolyn Rogers
Nellie Brown
Betty Rose
Marion Rose
Marguerite Donnell
Hayden Rogers
Leonard Brown
Robert Fuller
Fred Brown
James Lement
Walter Taylor
Walter Jarrabee
FL W. Larraber
Jed Sears
John Higgins
South Porthand
Higgins
John Chesley
J. Everett Mayo
Porthind
Walter Marco
Winneganee
Grange
Grange Hall
Mar
Janes DB. Lemont
James D
Walter TH. Larrabee
Charles J. Brooks
Westey Methodist Church
Bath
Marion Jaques
Turner Center
Jaques
John King
Chester
Leaner
Martha
Me.caelavs
Jesse Tare
Beatrice
Perkins
Arne Dhteksen
Eoughter Mars
Banger
Ales Som
Borjerson
Bendernham
Ated
Dinsneve
Mr and Mars
Sweetstrand
Philip
Pdoratio Alexander
Richmond
Frances Lane
Jamies Coombs
Eilen Lerenstia
J. W. Thivggett
Kingsbury
Pappy Nook
Memorial
Asy. Lacy
Mildred Ward
Doris Puller
Lillian Dunton
Joseph Melrose
Harold Hoggett
Edward Johnson
Richard Turtles
Durhau
Minnie Weston
Boston
J. 4
Conant
Annie Trufant
Miles S. Purington
Idwin W. Hugeett
Wo Oal Brown
Wilson
Emmar Blaisdell
Lowell School
Marion Jacques
Littlefield School
Leon Berry
Corrine
Jamaica Plain
Mass
Harry BE. Peterson
Fred Sears
Murray Brewer
Vdith
Helen Powers
Thomas Cummings
Mary Costain
Byron Spinney
Martin Martin Powers
Happy Nook
Anne Richardson
Sebasco
Mex
Seary
Mies Leaner King
Sabine
Charles Bates
Leon O
Charles
Ord
Beach
Tvent
Leaner King
Mro
Prireld Gerrish
Reacklind
Miss
Pauline Nickerson
West Diathbrane
Red Cross
Mars
Edith Riel
Moers
Lilli Mayo
Addie Giteaint Mure
Bos
Crosby
Moniy
Augusta
Doris Perkins
Russell McCullough
Jack
Clara
Everett
Eimner Hodgkins
Ellen Modehins
Melville Smith
Stanley Peterson
John Edes
Dorothy
Yazel Alice Collier
Lillie Newton
Peabody
Durler Cot
Wy Potreau
Cotreau
Marston
Ll. Eisenzimer
Malder
Smiles
Wiscasset Westport Bridge Proposed Project
The article discusses a proposed three mile river crossing between Wiscasset and Westport across the Baek River using a low bridge. Current access is by ferry. backers hope popular subscriptions will fund the project with support from Westport summer residents and Boston visitors, though feasibility faces skepticism about river depth.
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Wiscasset
Baek River
Westport
Boston
Yvestere
Royal Purple Degree Work At Casco Encampment Meeting
Two members of Casco encampment 1O.O.F. Brunswick attended the Tuesday night meeting. A Royal Purple degree was conferred on nine candidates from Woelchel Richmond Brunswick and Topsham.
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Casco
Felix A Stinson Dies After Busy Life and Thrilling Career
Felix A Stinson dies after a long, eventful life at the city hospital where he had been ill. The funeral will be Saturday afternoon at 2 at the Fred S Curtis funeral home on Center street with Melvin Beerwert. Stinson was born in Matanzas Cuba and had a career at sea rising from cuban plantation work to deck officer and mate on several ships, including the Susquehanna and Shenmindeah. He survived a perilous voyage to the Solomon Islands before reaching Sydney and San Francisco.
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Felix U
Genuis Castilian
Dbalbos
Spain
Jeln J. Stinson
Deiner
Charles TL. Farnham
Bath
Taylor
Connecticut
Stinson
See Ry
Felix
Ben Felix
Mr. Stinson
Cuba
North Arrowsie
Jane Mary Potter
Edward Swett
Alonzo Morse
Carrie Kendall
Bowdoinhiarfterwards
Orge BE. Hughes
Crosby's Mills
Boston
Stern King
George Curtis
Siate
Storm King
Charles Reed
Richmond
Notte
Edeard Reed
Bath Aid
Shenmindeah
Arthur Sew
Cosapans
Chirenee S. Dbennett
Vo bEtelphia
Ives
Chapman
Cape
JL. Viemson
Sewall
Susquehanne
Jos
Onder
Marea Datles
Woolsii
Cadedonia
Austratasisa
Iwo
Bhwell
Roanoke
New
Trniley
Gant
Solomon Islands
Tropics
Sydney
San Francisco
Mrs Nellie Follett Visits Sister in Gorham
Mrs Nellie Follett visits her sister in Gorham, staying for an unspecified time as part of family travel.
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Nellie Follett
Gorham
Path and West Bath school union re elects superintendent
At the annual meeting William A. Furber was elected union chairman and Miles S. Purington re elected secretary. Clinton DeInesis re elected superintendent with the same salary. Bath and West Bath towns, plus the state, provide aid. Attendees included local officials and board members. The Bath Board of Education later met approving freshman curriculums and insignia for orchestra members. a mathematics teacher was elected for Morse High. finances were reviewed. West Bath school board then elected Emma Claisdell and Miaton Jacques as teachers at two schools.
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Path and West Bath School Union
Willian AL Furber
Malireation
Miles S. Purington
West Bath
Clinton de Ineusis
Bath
West Diath
State of Maine
SSO
Furber
Trish
James E. Lockers
Bath Board
Hatroan
Wil AL Brown
Edwin W. Haggete
West Bath Board
Uniion
Bath Board of Education
Supt. Wilson
Orchestra
Glee Club
Charles W. Peterson
Pittsfield
Maine Central Institute
Morse High School
Leckery
Lockery
Samuel Evans
Emma Claisdell
Lowell
Miaton Jacques
Littlefield
Golden Rule Class Presents Riley Night at vestry
The Golden Rule class taught by Sarah A. Adam staged a James Whitcomb Riley program at Universalist vestry last week. Poems were sung or read. living pictures illustrated the Riley verses with vocal solos by Leland Ames Isie Punt Medward thling and others.
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James Whitcomb Riley
Universalist Vestry
Sarah A. Adam
Riley
Riles
Leland Ames
Isie Punt
Medward
Woodpeckers Ruin Phone Poles by Hundreds in Washington
Olympic, Washington reports telephone poles replaced as woodpeckers and lightning damage lines. White headed woodpeckers bore holes to store food while cedar remains spared, naturalists say. Lightning also wreaks havoc in mountain foothills.
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Olympic
Wash
Waco
Smith to Build Brick Store on Cony Street After Fire
Eugene E. Smith plans to buy four lots on Cony street from the August Real Estate Association where his grocery and grain store burned. He will erect a brick building occupying the street floor, with a three story structure as a possibility. This follows the replacement of wooden buildings on Cony street, as AL EL. Rose also prepares to build a brick structure.
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Eugene E. Smith
August Real Estate Association
Cony Street
Mr. Smith
Dut Mery
AL EL. Rose
Reverend Samuel Al Myins Preaches Three Sermons in Standish and Alna
Reverend Samuel Al Myins, Baptist pastor evangelist, holds a Daccalaureate sermon at Standish High School in Sa.an for the graduates. He then delivers a memorial sermon at 2 30 for L Bowdeinham lodge, K of V, and closes with an evening service at 7 in the Alna church.
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Samuel al Myins
Standish High School
Sa.an
L Bowdeinham Lodge
K. of V
Alna
Maine Shows Interest in Shipping Firm
Affairs of the Crowell and Thurlow Steamship Co of Boston, now in receivership, draw Maine attention. Directors reportedly invested in the Atlantic Coast Co, loaned funds, and pledged stock as collateral, with several stock movements and later pledges to secure obligations.
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Crowell & Thurlow Steamship Co
Boston
Maine
Whurlow
Lis Compari
Teceiver
TMT
Crowell & Thurlow Co
Athintic Coast Company
STOO
Athintic Company
Crowell & Thurlow
Atheniie Company
Athintic Coast Co
Rotary Talk Urges Annual Vacation For all Members
Bath Rotary Club met at Tuesday noon with Rev. Lew Wall of Beacon Street Methodist church delivering the address Vacation as a key to rest and usefulness He argued work and profession benefit from time away and urged members to take regular vacations Guests included Roger D Shillings Bath and Cape and John Pall Portia
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Bath
Roger D. Shillings
Cape
John Pall
Portia
Sabino Improvement Association Holds First Meeting
The Sabino Improvement Association opened the season with Charles T. Bates Jr presiding. Members from several nearby towns attended as plans formed to buy two gasoline humps and to build a kitchen at the hall. Two new members Willis Newton and Alice Golder were elected. Social activities followed with singing and dancing.
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Sabine Improvement Association
Commuuny Hall
Charles TL Bates, Jr
Willis A. Newton
Paw
Alice Golder
Lynn
Coolidge and Taft on the Radio This Week
A national oratorical broadcast will Thursday evening from the Memorial Continental Hall in Washington. President Coolidge to preside and deliver an address with Chief Justice Taft leading the Board of Judges and four other Supreme Court Justices. It marks the first radio appearance for Taft while Wilson and Coolidge also speak to listeners.
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AL RL Memorial Continents Hall
Woaeshington
Coolidge
Wiliam H. Patt
Board of Judges
United States Supreme Court
Taft
Les A Treads
Wilson
Adding
Cute Comedy at Winter Street Chapel by Squ Squee Club
A two act comedy Leave it to Polly was staged at Winter Street chapel Wednesday night by the Squ Squee club to a pleased audience. The amateur cast included Ruth Skillings and Elden Artis guiding students through a lively school plot with Polly the rancher’s daughter and a mistaken burglary as the farce unfolds.
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Winter Street Chapel
Ao Saugh
Ruth Skillings
Elden Artis
Octavia Hhirding
Margaret Holland
Wolly
Iarriet Lord
Chiss
Polly
Reckhound
Onchissmate
Visii
Miss Kitten
Vo'ly
Witted
Boston
Miss Harding
Annie
Schoel
Miss Iton
Happs Wood
Vivian Winthrop
Clarion Cooper
Polly Returnas
Prin Pil Owen
Miss Salford
Rewily Bedetia Sitten
Raith Colbye
Priscilla Itten
Lillian
Barbara Lombard
Priscilla Colby
Miss Sanford
Miss Shitten
Lian
Oonky
Trolls
Orm Gael
David Dlacko
Thenoon
Miss Witten
Wally
Miriam Doble
Marion Esterbrook
Ellen Oliver
Tin Sinclair
Eleanor Irwin
Janet Chite Sed Ruth Henderson
Janor Oyen
Ceci Rowlan
Parole Safford
Linwood
Clifford Russell Linwood Riley
Velust Cornisi
Bathman Invents Auto Signal Device
Daniel Boo Hall demonstrates a new hand traffic signal for automobiles with a white base bulls eye and illuminated arrow. The device attaches to the windshield frame and folds away when not in use, designed to avoid side swipes and be easily operated.
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Daniel Boo Hall
Lincoln
Corliss Street Boys' Club Defeats Central in Low-Scoring Tilt
Corliss Street Boys' Club edged Central 6 to 3 in a Reed division game. Brewster starred for Corliss with two base hits while Mitchell, Fowles, Trott and Powles collected key plays. Central's lineup included Reed, Amwicker and Leavitt as standout defenders.
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Corliss Steet Boys
Central
Corliss Street
Fragmented OCR snippets describe street scene and wires
The readable lines depict a street scene with wires and a person contemplating weight and electricity. A driver considers acceleration and heat, while noting unfamiliar traffic and a city context possibly Philadelphia.
Fire destroys lumber yard on Spring Street
A fire Monday afternoon destroyed lumber piled on the west side of Spring Street near Topshiana. Phingey of Topshiana said the long S000 feet of lumber may have been damaged. The blaze is believed to have started from a bonfire in the grass beside the road.
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Edward II
Phingey
Topshiana
Spring Street
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Richmend
Dareen
S. Bo
Herbert
Russell Delay
del Win Small
Robert Small
Lox
Sundas
Wiscasset- Westport Bridge
Felix A. Stinson
Arrowsic
Bath and West Bath
Florence Als
Dentery 7
Bernice Gilley
Orphain
Annie Croldie Harford
Tines
Gertrude Maxwell
Gouriggsby’s Station
Beatrice Reed
Alice
Pearl
Nessa Ward
Eleanor Ansert
Dorethss Tarbes
Crowells & Thurlow
Sabino Improvement Association Meeting
Alien
Coolidge and
Howard Cusaman
BE. Mower
Turner Road
Auburn
Mowers
Cushman
Elmer FB. Cushman
Canton
Bathman
Phiftadelphia Tacquirer
Sis Atwood
Ec Medicine Co
Portland
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