Richmond and Emerson Schools Graduation Flourish at Opera House
Graduation exercises at Richmond High School and Emerson School unfolded Friday and Thursday at the opera house, with decorated halls, a reception, dance, and a full program of salutatory, essays, music, orations, prophecies, and diplomas. Local residents and many guests attended, while staff and students received praise for strong performances and notable class gifts.
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Richmond High
Emerson School
Richmond High School
Opera House
Erereelte
Emma Louise Groves
Dora Maxine Foster
Maine
Clara Lilowyn Thompson
Marchland
Tee
J. R. Clifford
Paul Jack
Ruth Anderson
Vianvu
Petr Taaslagers
Divatctciel Flere Viele
Marjorie
Carolyn
Jimmy
Lillian Oliver Porade
Ervine Waltz
New Proprietor Arrives to Repair and Improve Seguinland Hotel
The Sequin land hotel welcomes new proprietor H B E Beane from Boston and plans to open July 1. Repairs will include artisan well drilling and electric lights. Nearby residents, visitors, and local movements are noted, with routine social visits and road work continuing in West Georgetown and surrounding areas.
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Hotel Seguinland
Dresden Persons Visit Relatives Across Town
Mrs Vesta Siegars is visiting Gardiner with her daughter Mrs Harold Wall. Mr and Mrs CC W Freeman and son Clark of Woodfords spent the weekend with J B Lilly. Henry Groves away in New Hampshire visited his sister Mrs Nellie Carleton. Mrs Evelyn Munsey of Day's Ferry stayed with her father H D Lilly. Mrs Launa Tibbetts visited her son George in Richmond. Carlton Lewis of Wiscasset called on friends Sunday. Mrs Ella Bickford, ill but improving, and Mrs Georgia Lilly visited relatives Saturday. Mr and Mrs John Mckadden Ruth and Harry Kerstine and Roy Lilly took a trip to Rodstand and Thomaston Sunday, returning via Togus.
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Lyte Lint
Gardiner
Charles Wade
Verkins
Capitol Island
Daniel Clark
Milton
Mass
River Road
Ora Reed
Boston
Hugh J. McKinnon
S. M. Preble
Lena Harlow
Sarah L. Wreble
Skowhegan
W. E. Wilson
Bath
Lewis Wilson
Arthur Lancaster
Augusta
Frank Lancaster
Harry Chetley
Harry Junior
Marie Gray
Ida Smith
School Street
Flora Denham
Lelia Kinesid
George Shaw
George Liteh
Stoneham
Bates Liteh
Lynn
Minnie Waldron
Martha Totman
F. K. Jack
Bowdoinham
Charles Webber
Litchfield
Milton Webber
Wallace Gardner
Hazel
Dorothy Hamilton
Rankins
Fryeburg
Harriette Sedgley
High Street
Verey Baker
Blanchard Chapman
Lewiston
Bridge Academy
Cedar Grove
George Wilson
Margaret L. Grover
Portland
Edward Wyman
Dresden Mills
George Libby
Brunswick
Thomas Reynolds
Salem
Caroline Carlton
Annie Emerson
Fred Hilton
Richmond
G. C. Marriner
Freda
Flora Shepard
Collin’s Mills
Georgie Barter
Dresden
Arthur Dickey
Elizabeth Ablers
Harriet
Redwing
Minn
Susan A. Bickford
Main Street
Lloyd V. Ham
New York University of New York City
O. L. Ham
W. M. King
Mabel Curtis
Leo McKen
Capital Island
Irank Wreble
Frank Merriman
Earl
Cassie Averell
Mt. Pleasant
Florence G. Marwell
Lillian Hill
Waterville
Roscoe Holway
Frank A. Hea
Cambridge
Charles Blair
Guy Parks
Everett
G. B. Smith
Eliza Latham
Malden
Pleasant View Farm
William Slome
SO Fair Street
New Bedford
Walter Knight
M. C. Priest
Swan Island
Kluga Club
G. A. R. Hall
Warren Morton
Swan
Susan Warington
Henrietta Libby
Frances
Bowdoinham Ridge
Belle Smith
Roger Cole
Wawticket
Reed
Ellen Pewksbury
Emerson School
Lizzie Caswell
Oscar Smith
Hartley
Leona Vrentis
Blazl Gibbs
County
Bertha Reynolds
South Gardiner
Marian Messenger
Charles Messenger
Herman Lovejoy
Beverley
Arthur Lovejoy
Ray Meserve
Gordon Bible School
Washington County
Maine Bible School
Methodist Church
Lily Hildreth
George FF. McMaster
Elizabeth
Clyde Mckee
Grace Smith
North Wayne
Chester Drinkwine
Elizabeth Simall
A. E. Small
Madeline Noyes
Wesley Ne
C. A. Grondin
Laura
Gerald
Orr's Island
Leslie F. Roberts
H. BE. Beane
Seguinland
Andrew Merrill
Evelyn Hussey
Woolwich
Walter T. Newdick
Charles Lewis
Bertha Lewis
Stanley
Five Islands
Gilbert Lewis
Charles Oliver
Vina Kingsbury
W. T. Boyd
First Baptist Church
Vincent Cummings
Clifton Matthews
Anne T. Reade
Medford
Reade's Point
Seward Emmons
McAllis
A. EB. Buzay
Sagadahoe House
C. L. Hinckle
Sagadahoe Bay
Joseph Totman
Robinhood
Stott
Anne Reade
Pauline
Ruby Moore
Lester Pettengill
Frye
John Oliver
Ralph Dunton
Boothbay
Thomas Segeburg
Somerville
Marrtown
Roy Moore
Robinhood Church
Edmund W. Thurston
Boston University
Austin Ratleff
Samuel Mereen
Melvin Cunningham
Frank Heald
George Oliver
Helen Noyes
Amos Steadman
Jennie Tood
Arthur
Capt
Mark Marr
Vesta Siegars
Harold Wall
CC. W. Freeman
Clark
Woodfords
J.B. Lilly's
Henry Groves
New Hampshire
Nellie Carleton
Evelyn Munsey
Day's Ferry
H. D. Lilly
Launa Tibbetts
George
Carlton Lewis
Wiscasset
Ella Bickford
Georgia Lilly
John Mckadden
Ruth
Harry Kerstine
Roy Lilly
Rodstand
Thomaston
Togus
Malden Island
Boynton
Patten
Wales
Cranshaw
J. S. Mattson
Auburn
F. M. Biggins
Arlington
C. H. Minchen
T. W. Llaisdell
Alfred Rowe
George Cary
Son
MacMahan
Commercial Street
Alton Reed
Barrows
Elizabeth Cook
Cape Newagon
Benjamin Ayers
Ladies Aid
E.bridge Mains
Wether
FE. W. Small
William Belanger
Sem Kaymond
Elsen Field
Fred Carrs
Carr
Harry Moulton
Aml
Howard
Ocean View
Florence Elliott
Seguins
Former Bath citizen brings home a bride from St Petersburg
Mr and Mrs Desper W Oliver of St Petersburg Fla arrived in Bath late Tuesday on a extended motor trip wedding trip dating May 23 in Crete DL. They traveled via Chicago Niagara Falls Albany Springfield from Springfield Tuesday night. Oliver formerly ran a Bath store and now operates a St Petersburg delicatessen near the post office. Dr Hugh D Grant left for Malone NY to visit relatives.
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Desper W. Oliver
St. Petersburg
Fla
Bath
Oliver W
Crete
May E. Willitson
Oliver
Chicago
Niagara Falls
Albany
Springfield
Sixteen Telephones in Bath in 1886
In Dec 1886 Bath and Portland exchanges staff and patrons show a sparse system with no numbers. The Bath directory lists executives and local firms from American Express to Worumbo Manufacturing Co, with scattered offices and residences and limited office hours.
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Bath
H. A. Starbird
Portland
New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
Maine
Thomas Sherman
H. 8. Hyde
F. J. Boynton
Jasper N. Keller
S&s P.m
American Express Co. Bank
Bath National
Hyde
Maine Central Railroad
Morse
B. W
Morse, C. H
Moses, G. C
New England Shipbuilding Co
Iron Works
Sewall, Arthur
Sewall, Arthur & Co
Swanton, Jameson & Co
Knickerbocker v
Western Union Telegraph Co
Worumbo Manufacturing Co
Society closes its activities dance program ends (adjusted)
Society members bid farewell to the season with a final program featuring Evelyn Middleton, Florence Andersen, Thelma Dearing, Edna Burns, and others performing recitations, songs, and duets. Prizes acknowledged the afternoon group led by Lettie Woodworth with diverse Missional displays and decorations prepared by Lettie Woodworth, Edna Burns, Doris Kingsbury, and Eleanor Danforth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Middleton
Thelma Dearing
England
RighaLe
Florence Andersen
ADCO
Etree
Edna Burns
Katherine Lennos
Emma Ayer
Poe
Eleanor Danforth
Ruth Field
Dorothy Smith
Tiano
Wilhelmina Gackenbach
Dorothy Welch
Kodna Burns
Lettie Woodworth
Doris Kingsbury
G.F.S
Ruth Curtis
Beatrice Greenleaf
Arletta Stewart
Mary King
Evelyn Cothran
Evelyn Clough
Carol Young
Donis Kingsbury
Margaret Holland
Benjamin Desjardins Dies at 69 in Brunswick
Benjamin Desjardins 69 proprietor of the New Iven House died suddenly at his Brunswick home. Born in Quebec February 22 1856 he lived in Salem and Brunswick and operated hotels and the New Iven House on the New Meadows river. He leaves a wife son Hormisdas a brother and a sister. Also included is notice of Roland H Smith post Legion Club reopening and calls for a Kennebec bridge and auto tourist supplies.
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Benjamin Desjardins
New Iven
Brunswick
Sr. Henry Lambert
Gilman Avenue
Sr. Lambert
Quebec
Vierre Desjardins
Salem
Mass
Cabot
Varney’s Mills
North Bath
Fall River
Iven
New Meadows
Hardings
Ivon
Hormisdas
Ore
John B
Providence
Caroline Todvin
Canada
Roland H. Smith Post
Legion “Club
Washington
Oak Streets
George A. Crockett
Legion
Kennebec
Cottages Open for Season at Malden Island Resort
A hot wave brings city folk to Malden Island cottages already in use for the season. The Boynton Patt en Wales and Cranshaw cottages are open, with Mrs J S Mattson of Auburn occupying hers. Many residents and visitors arrive for weekends, repairs, and summer plans as island life begins anew.
Iron Works Launches Another Fine Yacht
Seamanhaka class yacht for Van x Merle Smith was launched at Bath Works Ltd on Monday. The A foot express speed cruiser built for Clifford Brekaw of New York will be delivered next Monday. It is 10 feet wide with three feet draft, raised deck, trunk cabin, and a slightly raking stem and transom stern. Owners quarters are beneath the raised deck. Propulsion comprises two 275 horsepower gasolene engines expected to reach about 30 miles per hour. Electric lighting, water supply, and complete auxiliary equipment are aboard.
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van x
Merle-Smith
Bath
Ven Works Ltd
Clifford Brekaw
New York
New York Yacht Club
National Geographic cites MacMillan Arctic voyage from Wiscasset
The National Geographic Magazine reports MacMillan plans an Etah Greenland expedition under the Society’s auspices. The voyage is set to sail from Wiscasset, Maine, with June 17 as a provisional departure date and Brenton cited as an alternate origin in the article.
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Teonald
MacMulin
Etah
Greenland
National Geographic Magazine
Wiscasset
GTS
Arctic
National Geographic Society
Maine
Brenton
Pera
Wicasset
Banker Hill
Obituary for Sarah Alberta Melellan of Bath
Sarah Alberta Melellan wife of Edward A Melellan died Wednesday morning at her home 345 Frew Street after three weeks of illness Funeral will be Friday at three at the residence and private She was born in Bath a daughter of John S Wigzinu and Sarah Trwll Wigzinu and lived in the area all her life A devoted wife and mother and charter member of Lewell Jeanphe PS active in welfare work She attended Universains church Also mentions Albert FE Bath siders William Dein Avburm and Maria Iggim Math Roger Moulten returned from Camden visit
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Sarah Alberta MecLellan
Edward A. Melellan
Lues
Mrs. Melellan
Bath
John S
Sarah Trwll Wigzinu
Beu-E
Lewell
Orders for Encampment at Fort Williams Readiness Drill
General orders detail regimental camp rules for the 30th Coast Artillery. Morning reports and mail runs set. passes, duty rosters, and guard schedules outlined. Competitions award trophies for performance. camp discipline strict with limited moves and restricted access. Instructions cover messes, kitchens, uniforms, vehicles, and parade duties, with a war-coordination period and target practice schedule through July 15.
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Coast Artillery
2Hhhh Coast Artillery
Mikers
Sanday
Haxter
Bs Batters G
Kerkbomi
Battery A
Perthed
State of Malm Attemienee
Atremimg
Mame Cumeery Trophy
Ater
Matme
Pine Tire
Haghest Muadk Imeeriion Mdeseender Infantry
Dmi
Pearance
SaMatiewm
Sargene. Sa
OW Peters
State of
Madme
State of Maine
Santai
Ithout
Dty
G. O
Fort Williams
Portland
Caste Bay
Colee Ami
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Kermit Lamb Darrah
Eerie
Philip Hetherly Randall
Shakespeare
Steer Sisitelstric
Irene Bertha Chase
John Cornelius Hurley
James Henry Deehan
Ey Tor
Thelma Hackett
Ranger Valedictory
Fmuays
Cca
George Everett Pushard
A Ars
George FE
Vpushard
Clara L. Thompson
Grace M. Healey
James H. Deehan
Florence Douglass
de ES RS
Betsy
Bertha White
Evelyn Douglass
Ruth Curran
Thelma Merrill
Georgetown
Hugh D. Grant
Malone, N. X
New Iven House
Mmillan
Sarah Alberta McLellan
Roger Moulten
Camden
Jack
John J. Desmond
Amd
Usp
D. M. Humphreys & Co
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