Kawartha Lakes as Summer Playground for White Visitors
The Kawartha region once famed as Indigenous lands now shines as a white summer retreat with a seventy mile waterway chain. Resorts and cottages line lakes Balsam Cameron Sturgeon Vigeon Bald Sandy Chemong Deer Lovesick Stony Clear Katchewanoooka with Bobcageon Peterborough access via Otonobee river lift lock and Buckhorn Buckhorn Falls. Stony Lake hosts a lively summer colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kawartha
Ontario
Bobcageou
Sturgeon and
Wigeon Lakes
Peterborough
Otonobee River
Katchewanooka
Bobenygeon
North Primary pupils charm visitors with displays
The fourth visiting day at North Public School featured demonstrations by grades I to IV. Miss Hall and Miss Haraden led lessons in reading numbers language social service and health plays while parents observed. The program included songs dances and a Junior Red Cross segment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Primary
Helen Haraden
Margaret Mulligan
Reading
Bonnet Color Parade Marks School Exhibition
The program featured pupils in blue or pink bonnets and colored streamers. The dance drew many parents and friends, with teachers pleased by the strong effort shown by pupils and staff. Praise goes to all who helped make the exhibition a success.
Barn Dance Lights Up Elmer Rich Farm Barn North Bath
Elmer Rich’s barn in North Bath hosted a lively Friday evening dance with over 20 attendees. Lanterns lit the walls, girls in light dresses, Vietrola music, and David Rich on violin provided jig tunes for square dances. Ice cream and candies were served during intermission, with plans for another similar event soon. Names among those present include Mary Deehan, Violet Ward, Celia Lafavor, Lucy Ward, Eleanor Bates, Mildred Ward, Irene Oliver, Thelma Kittredge, Una Gilmore, Dorothy Crocker, Mrs Hope Ward, Mrs Edith Rich, Arthur Deehan, Harold Kaggett, Alfred Richards, Allen Eggleston, Edward Johnson, Joseph Merrill, Danford McDonald, Vaughn T Smiley, Charles Burgess, Alec Lurgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Rich
Bath
Vietrola
David Rich
Copenhagen
Mary Deehan
Violet Ward
Celia Lafavor
Lucy Ward
Eleanor Bates
Mildred Ward
Irene Oliver
Thelma Kittredge
Una Gilmore
Dorothy Crocker
Hope Ward
Edith Rich
Arthur Deehan
Harold Kaggett
Alfred Richards
Allen Eggleston
Edward Johnson
Joseph Merrill
Dan
Parents Visit Junior High for Class Tours and Play
Parents and friends toured Junior High classrooms on Thursday evening. Miss Adams led English, Mrs. Carey science. An eight o’clock assembly at Morse High featured the historical play How Oregon was saved for the United States with Dinah Dolls chorus and cornet solos. Supt. Smith directed games. Chorus members included Maxine Lewis, Lillian White, Eleanor O'Brien, Mary O'Donnell, Verna Swain, Theresa Vecci, Waldena Darling, Lettie Woodworth, Ada Hisler, Myrtle Lutz, Doris Hart, Alice Ward, Florence Tart, Edith Renaud, Bernice Thayer, Clifton Moody, Bruce Lemoine, Lillian Leeman, Susan Quick, Bertha Arsenault, Thelena Thornton, Wilbur Hagan, Karl Cahoon, William Brown, Robert Clements, Mark Jackson, Cornelius Drewster, Ernest Russell, Reginald Magne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Adams
Carey
Morse High Assembly Hall
Oregon
Supt
Charles N. Smith
Maxine Lewis
Lillian White
Eleanor O'Brien
Mary O'Donnell
Vernat Swain
Theresa Vecci
Waldena Darling
Lettie Woodworth
Ada Hisler
Myrtis Lutz
Doris Hart
Alice Ward
Florence Tart
Edith Renaud
Bernice Thayer
Clifton Moody
Bruce Lemoine
Lillian Leeman
Susan Quick
Bertha Arsenault
Thelena Thornton
Wilbur Hagan
Karl Cahoon
William Brown
Robert Clements
Mark Jackson
Cornelius Drewster
Ernest Russell
Reginald Magne
Ernest Shepard to Take Boston Radio Operator Exam
Ernest II. Shepard travels to Boston to sit for a first class commercial radio operator examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest II. Shepard
Boston
Five Islands Notes On Summer Activity And Arrivals
The Five Islands community reports a quiet week with no grange meeting on Tuesday. Residents make trips, visit Portland and Bath, and several cottages open for the season. Families from Bath and Portland arrive or return, and steamer work continues with staff changes and new summer homes announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph G. Stevens
Boston
Thomas Blaisdell
Ida Oliver
Bath
Edward Faye
Mortimer
Almon Marr
Five Islands Steamboat Co
Popham
Fred Carr
Lewiston
E. M. Horton
New York City
Sherri Howard
Shirley
Albion Davis
Wortland
Reed and Savage
Melvin Hartford
J. G. Stevens
Union School Board
Woolwich
M. Lewis
Lottie Whyman
Portland
T. W. Blaisdell
Merton Davis
L. H. Rowe
Julia Davis
Oscar Wright
Ellen Hagan
Pleasant View
Morse High School Visitors See Real Daytime Activities
About 200 citizens toured Morse High School on Monday night and observed classes and student recitations as they occur in the day. Highlights included chemistry demonstrations by senior students under Arthur B. Scott, and a notable manual training exhibit with a seven foot cement flower urn and a large music cabinet built under David Alkazin. The assembly featured the scene The Bishop's Candlesticks from Les Miserables, directed by Mrs. C. D. Wilson, with George McFadden delivering a powerful convict role that moved many in the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Arthur B. Scott
David Alkazin
Victor Hugo
C. D. Wilson
George Acheson
Winhefred Johnson
Dorothy Furber
George McFadden
Donnell Carr
Hallowell Rogers
Eight pairs compete in weekly Colonal club whist match
In the twenty first weekly duplicate whist at the Colonal club H W Owen Jr and J J Spinney led by finishing first while A S Merrill and F H Thompson were close seconds and W L Bonney with KE A Work placed third The other five pairs scored below the line A roof fire on Front Street near Park bowling alleys prompted a four o clock Friday call for Company No damage beyond a hole in the roof was reported
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonal Club
H. W. Owen, Jr
J. J. Spinney
A. S. Merrill
F. H. Thompson
W. L. Bonney
KE. A. Work
Front Street
Georgetown couples unite as Vechnick and Stayan wed
Joseph Vechnick of Georgetown wed Miss Mary Stayan of Chicago in a Saturday ceremony led by Rev. W. T. Boyd. Vechnick works as foreman at the feldspar quarry and the community notes a long list of local visits and gatherings across Georgetown, Robinhood, Wortland, Bath, and surrounding towns amid Memorial Day events and summer social travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Vechnick
Georgetown
Mary Stayan
Chicago
W. T. Boyd
Vechnick
Ellen Brilmyer
Robinhood
Rochester
Minn
Lester Vowers
Oakland
Harry Leighton
Louise de Witte
Miss Gross
Wortland
Ralph Dunton
George Willis
Woolwich
Curl A. Scott
Stearns Scott
LB. H. Woodside
Arthur Rowe
Bath
Harold Hunt
Norman Trafton
Gardiner
Azuba Holland
Richmond
Fred Reed
Herbert Cutting
Annie
Arthur Buzzo
Pomono Orange
Dromore
Er. B. Hunt
Frank Moore
Velma Harford
Bay Point
Roy Mewman
Darien
Conn
Bath Board of Education meets. accounts approved and schools eyed for closure
Bath board approves roll of accounts for 774.45 and transfers funds to cover unprovided bills. They plan to close Washington street Center street and Weeks street schools by September and decide to pay a piano share from the repair fund. The group adjourned to Morse high for a student drama. Local social notes follow with visitors and health ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Keegan
William A. Furber
Leland R. Mitchell
Bath Board of Education
Morse High
Washington Street
Center Street
Weeks Street
Assembly Hall
West Bath and Bath School Union
New bids sought for Bath postoffice approach work
Postmaster H W Owen Jr announces revised specs for Bath federal building area improvements. Local contractors urged to bid on converting grounds to a lawn and installing brick and concrete walks with a mail vehicle drive. Bids open June 28 in Washington. plans available to general contractors for full work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. W. Owen, Jr
Federal Building
Bath
Front Street
Laumbard Street
Vine Street
Maine Central
Treasury Department
Supervising Architect
Washington
Two Hit by Auto In Brunswick Injures Bowdoinham Couple
Mrs. Philip Rideout and her young son were struck by an automobile driven by George W. Higgins near the Maine Central station in Brunswick. They suffered bruises but no broken bones after the incident, and were sent home after treatment. Police, led by Chief William B. Edwards, opened an investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Rideout
Bowdoinham
George W. Higgins
Brunswick
Gilbert M. Elliott
Mr. Higgins
William B. Edwards
Poll Tax Payers Set 1922 Early Payment Record
Some 1204 of 2015 poll tax payers, or 44 percent, paid the 2 percent cash discount for 1922 within 30 days to June 1. This tops 1921 when 1397 of 3720, or 37.12 percent, paid in the same period, pleasing City Treasurer Hall and the finance committee.
Bankers to Hear Comptroller at Maine Association Dinner
Hon. S. P. Gilbert and Comptroller D. R. Crissinger to speak at the Maine Bankers Association annual dinner in Augusta on June 17 with Chief Justice Leslie Cornish as toastmaster. About 150 guests planned. event includes a Saturday business meeting and a Sunday outing at Augusta Country Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Gilbert
Treasury
D. R. Crissinger
Edward W. Wheeler
Brunswick
Sen Tllaneradl Association
Augusta Ie
Pg Istan Bs Oy
Leslie Cornish
Supreme’ Judicial Court
Augusta Savings Bank
Wheeler
Bath
Augusta
Augusta Country Club
Guy P. Gannett
Maine Bankers’ Association
George A. Safford
Hallowell
Maine National Bankers’ Association
Maine Bankers’ Associaton
Charles 5. Hichborn
E. & Kennard
Rumford
Ship Maryland Arrives in Port Arthur Under Captain Quick
Mrs. Richard Quick reports the motor ship Maryland now in Port Arthur Texas after an 11 day voyage from New York. The Marsland formerly the Sewall ship Kineo sails for Bayonne New Jersey with Captain Quick at the helm noted as an expert deep water sailor and using sails on the craft during the passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Quick
Washington Street
Apt. Quick
Port Arthur
Texas
Maryland
New York
Marsland
Sewall
Kineo
Bayonne
N. J
Quick
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Engeon
Oak Orchard
Buckhorn Lake
Buckhorn Falls
Park Hotel
Burleigh Falls
Stony Lake
Kawartha Bay
Bouchine Narrows
Stony
Grade IL
Helen Knowles
Muriel Lane
Randall Daley
Earnest Sarkis
Charles Mitchell
Bateho Ceeerp
Sivelyn Coombs
Elsie Moody Lime
Laura Harrington
Frances Shaunessey
Maurice Hodgkins
Harold Rogerson
Hiram Stevens
Donald Duncan
Stanley Curtis
Elbridge Sherman
Red Cross
the Wonderful Window
Cho Cho
Chester Horn
William Talbot Witeh
Harriet Lord Farmer
Margaret McCloud
Evelyn Vlumimer
Annie Arenstam
Bertha Lord
Christine Wood
Caroline Hodgkins
Flowers
Ruth Vowers
Barbara Ross
Eleanor Shorey
Blossom Webster
Evelyn Plummer
Miriam Mack
Martha Cahill
Emma Colby
Helen Bunker
Mary Newell
Haraden
Miss Hall
Junior Red Cross
Willian Talbot
Harriet Lord
Beaver
U. L. Farnham Co, Inc
Rath’s Targest
D. M. Humphreys & Co Fire and Marine
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
F. S. Curtislei
Bath, Maine
Embalmer
Syde and Sons
Commercial Street
Woolwich Ferry Landing
Ferry Street
Owen-Spinney
Merrill-Thompson
Bontley-Work
Joseph Pechnick
Emily
Elizabeth Wittich
W. A. Moore
Belle Wallace
South Portland
Wallace Planns
South
Hood
John J.desmond
Crissinger
Stetson
Neipert & Crompton
Congress Street
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