Phippsburg Graduation Exercises and Local Socials
Graduation exercises at Phippsburg Grammar School featured the program Maine My State with 8th graders presenting topics on Maine rivers lighthouses and famous Maine figures. Evening events included diplomas presented by Supt. John H. Carter and the class motto Ever Onward with colors Red White and Blue. Nearby residents report visits and travel to Portsmouth Bath Boothbay Harbor and Portland and notes on school closures and summer home movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Grammar School
Maine
State
George H. Pye
Sebasco Grammar School
Marjorie I. Gilliam
Leland E. Smith
Edward P. Thomas, Jr
Belle G. Lowell
Dorothy M. Perry
Annie V. Gilliam
West Point Grammar School
John E. Kreidler
Philip M. Wallace
Ivan Murphy
CHTUG
Rts
Vince Clair M. McIntire
John H. Carter
Twenty Five Year Class Reunion Planned for Morse High
Class of 1908 expects 30 to 35 members to attend Bath High School Alumni Association’s 25th anniversary banquet and reunion Thursday in the school auditorium. Ray Palmer, now in banking in Barcelona, Spain, regrets missing the event. Nearby attendees include George Stewart, Harry Tabor, Harry Thompson, Howard Webber, Mrs. Kenneth Kirk, Edgar Shepard, and Mrs. Charles Booth. An at home at the American Legion building runs three to five, then the reunion returns to Room C at 6 15 for a special table and banquet at 6 30. The Caproni frieze will be installed tonight and officially presented tomorrow during the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Bath High School Alumni Association
Ray Palmer
Barcelona
Spain
George Stewart
Wollaston
Mass
Harry Tabor
Everett
Harry Thompson
Alexander
Babylon
Miss Sims Completes Gordon College Theol Baptism of Service
Miss Mary Helen Sims returned from Gordon College of Theology and Missions with a Th B degree after four years focused on theology and religious education. She is daughter of Rev Charles R Sims of 188 North Street and plans to teach in religious work while continuing vacation schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Helen Sims
Boston
Gordon College of Theology and Missions
Miss Sims
Charles R. Sims
North Street
First Baptist Church
Ein Street
Park Street
Phyllis Fitton
Edward E. Cook
Robert J. Bracey
Irma D. Groves
Duncan Rogers
This City
Roxbury
Mas
Groves
Bracey
Mr. Rogers
Gordon
Mission Fields
Bath
South Baptist Church
South Boston
First United Presbyterian Church
Brookline Baptist Church
Brookline
Church School
Sims
Miss Eaton
Robert A. Sims
South Easton
Mass
Carl E. Johnson
Walter G. Sims
Needham
Waterman
Miss Sim
United States of America
Bath Girl Receives University Degree
Elizabeth Deering, daughter of Mr and Mrs Carroll A Deering, received a bachelor of science in education from the Sargent School of Physical Education at Boston University 60th annual Commencement. The ceremony, presided by President Daniel L Marsh, honored about 1300 graduates at Boston Arena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston University
Boston Arena
Daniel L. Marsh
Elizabeth Deering
Carroll A. Deering
Washington Street
Sargent School of Physical Education
Reports Read at Meeting Continued On Page One
The meeting discussed forming a party committee with members responsible for one table to settle financial obligations. The party is set for Friday June 23, and all are urged to cooperate. Mrs. Perry, retiring president, praised Mrs. Crocker and thanked officers and committees while receiving a lamp, a linen scarf, a poem, and flowers from Mrs. Golder. The Davenport Trustees aided milk fund distribution. A group picnic will be held later this month with date to be announced.
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Golder
Perry
Crocker
Funeral services for Mrs Katherine Perkins held in Bath
Winnegance residents attended the Mayo funeral parlors service for Katherine Perkins in Bath on Sunday. Motorists are barred from the causeway due to traffic hazards and enforcement is expected to continue.
Hyde Camp Auxiliary gains 100 percent rating at inspection
Auxiliary No. 11 of Hyde Camp No. 46 Sons of Union Veterans received a 100 percent rating at its annual inspection in the G A R hall on Tuesday of last week. Mrs Margaret Coleman of Brunswick led the inspecting team as 46 members attended including 15 from Boothbay Harbor and two from Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Hyde
Sons of Union Veterans
G. A. R. Hall
Middle Street
Margaret Coleman
Brunswick
Boothbay Harbor
Arletta Yates
Etta Gallant
Asenath Haggett
Edith Miller
Martha Wilson
Eleanor MacDonald
Florence Robinson
Gertrude Stewart
Angie Smith
Lucelia Blake
Alice Rideout
Minnie Cressey
Helen McIntosh
Vernon Miller
Velma Crocker
Bangor
National Woman’s Relief Corps
Department of Maine
Skelton Elected Head of the School Union
William L. Skelton, Bath Board of Education chair, was chosen chairman of the Bath and West Bath School Union. Loring D. Small was selected secretary, Clinton D. Wilson re elected superintendent with a five week winter salary deduction. Bath Board approved outside activities at the high school within city cost limits and granted Bath Veterans Firemen's association auditorium use for June 22 23. West Bath board re elected John Larrabee and Mrs Kittie Preble with salaries cut about one dollar weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Skelton
Bath Board of Education
Bath and West Bath School Union
School Department
Municipal
Loring D. Small
Wet Bath School Board
Clinton D.wilson
Allan Spear
Lord
Bath Veterans Firemen's Association
Llewellyn D. Rogers
Earl Donnell
West Bath
Henry's Wedding three act comedy to be staged in Bath
A three act comedy titled Henry's Wedding will be performed June 22 and 23 in the Morse high school auditorium under Bath Veteran Firemen's Association. Edwin C. Tietig leads with a large Bath cast. Pan Williams of Vidalia Georgia coaches. Proceeds go to the memorial fund of the Veteran Firemen. Musical numbers include a colored chorus, a 30 man business chorus in 1890s costume, and a high school girls chorus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Morse High School
Bath Veteran Firemen’s Association
Universal Producing Co
Eagen
Edwin C. Tietig
Maine
Miss Williams
Universal Producing Company
United States
Mr. Tietig
College Flapper
West Bath
Corporal Eagen
Ducks at King's Dock Welcome Three Ducklings
Joe and Josephine, the domestic ducks at King's Dock, have become parents to three surviving ducklings after four eggs hatched. The pair keep a vigilant watch as sea gulls approach, driving them away to protect the young brood. Josephine laid nine eggs, with hatch rate unexplained.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Josephine
King’s Dock
Quack
Maine 4-H Delegates Headed to National Camp in Washington
Maine 4-H delegates Maynard Waltz Audrey French Helen Buck and Grover Ramsdell will travel to Washington D C June 15 to 21 for the National 4 H Camp. They will visit Boston landmarks en route including the Bunker Hill Monument. The encampment will include 4 H members from all states with Alaska and Hawaii also represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Washington
D. C
Portland
Maynard C. Waltz
Norris Waltz
Audrey French
Henry French
Franklin
Helen G. Buck
Clinton Buck
Mapleton
Grover S. Ramsdell
Earle Ramsdell
Harrington
Boston
Bunker Hill Monument
Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Hawaii
Four Cars and Trucks Delivered in a Single Day
The local Chevrolet agency led by Chester A. Plant delivered four vehicles in one day. Harold J Footer received a Chevrolet coach, ex Governor N E Kendall of Iowa ordered a Chevrolet sedan, P M Oli of Kennebec Greenhouses took a ton and a half truck, and Giles & Sons of Boothbay Harbor also received a ton and a half truck. Plant called it a record and noted the pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester A. Plant
Chevrolet
Harold J. Footer
North Street
Appointment of Rev Francis W OBrien Grand Chaplain
Rev Francis W OBrien D D pastor of Greenwood Baptist church Brooklyn and former pastor of People's Baptist church Bath organized there has been named grand chaplain of the Masonic Grand Lodge of New York by Christopher C Mollenhauer grand master He has served as chaplain of Minerva lodge for over nine years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. O'Brien
D.D
Greenwood Baptist Church
Brooklyn
People’s Baptist Church
Bath
Masonic Grand Lodge
State of
New York
Christopher C. Mollenhauer
O'Brien
Minerva Lodge
Larceny Charge Placed Over Lumber Heist at Texas Yard
Percy Ayer of Minot's Grove was arrested in The Texas Company yard by City Marshal Walter L. Whitney and Officer John Place on suspicion of stealing lumber from the Texas Steamship Co. yard. Ayer's boat held more lumber as detectives noted years of vandalism and theft totaling thousands, with doors, wiring, fencing, and window frames among items taken. He faced arraignment before Recorder Owen J. Ledyard, with trespassing or vandalism possible additional charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Ayer
Minot's Grove
North End
Texas Company
Walter L. Whitney
Texas Steamship Co
John Place
Ayer
Texas Yard
George C. Quicksall
Marshal Whitney
Officer Place
Owen J. Ledyard
Quicksall
Bath Firemen Dedicate Lot to Fallen Heroes in Bath
A Bath firemen ceremony honored long serving members and dedicated a memorial lot. Speakers urged sacrificial service and patriotic duty under the Stars and Stripes while recalling veterans like Oscar Williams and George Lightbody. A future memorial on the lot was discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Father Maney
Oscar F. Williams
George Lightbody
John Eagle
Levi Thompson
Charles Kingsbury
Edward Cooke
Fred Proctor
Charles Ridley
John Burgess
George Merrill
Edward Rice
Obituary: Mrs Henrietta Potte 81 Bath Widow of Fernando Pottle
Mrs Henrietta Potte age 81 of Bath widow of Fernando Pottle died Wednesday noon at her daughter Mrs Arthur Hutchins 32 Cherry Street after a ten week illness. Born in Phippsburg to Roland and Rhoda Spinney she spent most of her life in Bath. She attended Corliss Street church and was the oldest member of the Research class. She leaves her daughter Mrs Hutchins two sons George and Herbert Pottle of Quincy Mass one sister Mrs Abbie Varney also of Quincy ten grandchildren and two great grandchildren plus several nephews and nieces. Funeral Friday at 2 30 p m at the Hutchins home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henrietta Potte
Fernando Pottle
Bath
Arthur Hutchins
Cherry Street
Phippsburg
Roland
Rhoda Spinney
Corliss Street Church
Hut
Wakefield Golfer Davis Dalinger Expands Tracks at Yale
Davis Dalinger of Wakefield Massachusetts, winner of last year's Shore Acres golf championship at Sebasco, attended by many golfers on Sunday, is at Yale this year focusing more on track than golf and is regarded as one of the best runners in his class.
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Davis Dalinger
Wakefield
Mass
Shore Acres Course
Sebasco
Yale
Mrs Abigail Howard Dies at Arlington
Mrs Abigail Blake Prescott Howard 90 widow of Ebeneza A Howard of Bath died Sunday at her daughter Mrs Vella Kane’s home in Arlington Massachusetts She moved from Farmington to Bath years ago and lived opposite the old shipyard office She was active in Beacon Street Methodist Church Survived by one grandson Eugene Kane and several great grandchildren Funeral services were held at A E Long Memorial chapel North Cambridge Burial at Oak Grove in family lot Committal service conducted at the grave
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail Blake Prescott Howard
Ebeneza A. Howard
Bath
Vella M. Kane
Wilbur F. Kane
Waverly Street
Arlington
Mass
Howard
Farmington
Front Street
Old
New England Shipbuilding Co
Texas Steamship Co
Beacon Street Methodist Church
Eugene Kane
A. E. Long
Former Bath Resident Frederick J. Patton Dies in New York
Dr. Frederick J. Patton, former Bath resident and later a New York medical inspector for The Texas Co., died of leukemia at Polyclinic hospital. A wartime surgeon for The Texas Steamship Co., he lived in Snow Park and Wiathrop, and was decorated by the King of Italy. He collected wartime souvenirs including a rug from the Deutschland and is survived by his wife, son Frederick, and daughter Mary. Burial in Winthrop, Maine, is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick J. Patton
Bath
New York
Texas Co
Polyclinic Hospital
Patton
Middle West
Texas Steamship Co
Snow Park
Wiathrop
Italy
Frederick
Mary
Maine
Winthrop
Funeral Services for Edward P. Gile
Large Bath post office turnout at Bowdoinham home for Edward Putnam Gile, rural free delivery driver from Bowdoinham and former Bath rider. Rev Charles M Tubbs presided. George D Field sang Beautiful Isle of Somewhere per Gile’s request as he neared death. Honorary pallbearers from Bath. firing squad from Battery H 240th C A. Bath delegation and post office staff attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Fisher Road
Bowdoinham
Edward Putnam Gile
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
Isle of Somewhere
Gile
Charles Mitchell
William Long
John Callan
Thomas J. Lyons
Harold Lyden
William Parks
Edward Ellis
Clayton Palmer
George Lyons
William J. Perry
Milton H. Douglas
Carville Douglas
John Gillepie
Oscar Tanguay
James McLaughlin
Ray Cummings
Edward N. Hartnett
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Loring J. Small
Miss Jane M. Whitmore Dies in Floral Park NY
Bath obituary notes the death of former resident Miss Jane M. Whitmore after a six week illness. Born in Bath in 1870s to Capt William E. Whitmore, she led Bath society life as Fortnightly Club president and D A R member. Funeral and committal service held at Maple Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Jane M. Whitmore
Floral Park
N. Y
Fred E. Whitmore
William E. Whitmore
Old
Dummer Sewall
Maple Grove
Berwindglen Makes Good Time On Trip
The steamship Berwindglen completed a five day seven hour voyage from Kennebec Wharf & Coal Co. in Bath to Newport News with 7,000 tons of bituminous coal. It left Bath Tuesday morning at 7 30, reached Newport News Thursday at 9 55, departed the same day at 5 10 p.m., and returned to Bath by Sunday 2 30. Discharged at noon Wednesday. The voyage completed 14,000 tons of coal in a fortnight, part of which was shipped by rail to Oxford Paper Co. in Rumford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berwindglen
Kennebec
Oxford Paper Co
Rumford
New Zealand airports largely owned by flying clubs
In New Zealand, nearly all airports are owned by flying clubs. The arrangement highlights a sector dominated by noncommercial groups rather than government agencies, shaping oversight and access policies across regional airfields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Edward Putnam Gile Dies at 40 in Brunswick Hospital
Edward Putnam Gile of Bowdoinham and formerly Bath, a beloved Bath Post Office and Rural Free Delivery Route No. 1 carrier, died early Saturday at Brunswick hospital from a ruptured appendix. Born January 12, 1893 in North Andover, Mass, he married Margaret B. Chapman in 1915 and leaves a son William G. Gile, his mother, a brother Herbert in California, and a sister Mrs. Clara Gill in Massachusetts. He served as mail carrier from 1919 to 1930 before transferring to Bowdoinham, and was a popular Battery H sergeant in the 240th Coast Artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Brunswick Hospital
Edward Putnam Gile
Bowdoinham
Bath
Mr. Gile
North Andover
Mass
William and
Clara (Jenkins) Gile
Margaret B. Chapman
Bowdemham
William G. Gile
Herbert
San Bernadino
Cal
Clara Gill
Lawrence
Gile
Bowdeinham
240Th Coast Artillery
Death of Mrs Katherine Perkins in Hebron
Mrs Katherine Perkins 38 widow of Capt Charles Perkins of Winnegance district died in Hebron after a long illness. Daughter of J Parker and the late Anna Morse she leaves three sons Morse high senior Charles and Leroy Reid a daughter Anna Perkins six brothers and two sisters. Her death is a sad blow to the Winneganee community where she was active in church and Sunday school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hebron
Katherine Perkins
Capt
Charles Perkins
Winnegance
J. Parker
Anna Small Morse
Charles
Morse High School
Leroy and
Reid
Anna Perkins
Walter R
Milton T
Phippsburg
Albert G
Earle P
Charles S
Horace B
Bath
Bertha Coombs
Harriet Tibbetts
Beachmont
Mass
Walter H Mills Dies at 82 in West Bath Home
Walter H Mills 82 died early Saturday in West Bath at the home of his daughter Mrs J Rupert Wing with whom he had lived the last three years. Born in Concord New Hampshire he was a son of Celia S and Ismena Mills and for 40 years worked in Dover for Kidder Press Co. He was a member of the Odd Fellows. Survived by his daughter and two grandsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Mills
West Bath
J. Rupert Wing
Concord
N. H
Celia S
Ismena Mills
Dover
The
Kidder Press Co., Inc
Odd Fellows
Wing
Mrs Perkins Funeral Heralds Wide Attendance
Funeral for Mrs Katherine Perkins widow of Capt Charles Perkins of Winneganee district drew large crowd. Services held at Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High Street with Rev Charles R Sims officiating. Bearers were Mrs Perkins six brothers Walter R Milton T Albert G Earle P Charles S Horace B Morse. Interment Lombard cemetery West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Perkins
Charles Perkins
Winneganee
Hebron
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Perkins
Walter R
Milton T
Albert G
Earle P
Charles S
Horace B. Morse
Lombard Cemetery
West Bath
Walter H. Mills Funeral Held in West Bath
The funeral for Walter H. Mills occurred Monday at 2 30 PM at the Brunswick road home in West Bath with Rev Charles M Tubbs of Gracechurch officiating. The body will travel to Concord New Hampshire Tuesday for a memorial service by the rector of St Pauls Episcopal at Blossom Hill Cemetery grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Mills
J. Rupert Wing
Brunswick Road
West Bath
Charles M. Tubbs
Gracechurch
Concord
N. H
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Blossom Hill Cemetery
Funeral services held for Frederick E. Witham
The funeral was held at the Old Folks home on Thursday at two. Rev. Charles H. Berry officiated. Knights of Pythias ritual led by Clyde Robinson with Dr. Arthur Gebhard and Harry T. Passmore assisting. Acadia lodge bearers from Bath camp and M W of A members attended. Burial at Pine Grove, Brunswick. The piece ends with a museum visitor joke about an Egyptian mummy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick E. Witham
Old Folks Home
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street
Knights of Pythias
Clyde Robinson
Acadia Lodge
Arthur Gebhard
Harry T. Passmore
Frank L. Daley
Edward H. Hartwell
George Moody
Clifton Tedford
Bath Camp
M. W
Pine Grove
Brunswick
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Ernest Rogers
Portsmouth
Roger
Harry Wyman
Naval Hospital
Guy Crowley
Yarmouth
Popham Beach
Allen Kaler
Coast Guard Station
F. P. Leavitt
Morang
Guysbert Vroom and
Phippsburg Center
Albert Thompson
William Donnell
Percy Low
Campbell Farm
Cora Campbell
Harry Blaisdell
J. Lester Morse
Jane Feere
Sebas
George Durwent
Morris Libby
Meadowbrook
Maine General Hospital
Page Wyman
Daisy Murphy
Center School
James Perry
Elmer Tibbetts
Campbell’s Pond School
Horace Aitken
Beach
Paul Gilmore
Lewiston
Sidney Eaton
Ashdale
Family
L. F
Atwood
Dealera
Gordon College
First Baptist
Mayo
Charles B. Hewitt Jr
Whitney
John G. Morse
Albertha Williams
McCutcheon’s Hill
Women's Auxiliary
Freeport
Progressive Union of Clubs
Morse’s
Hyde Camp
G.A.R. Hall
Skelton
City Hall
Germany
National Capital
Mrs. Henrietta Pottle
Abigail Howard
Edward P. Gile
Edward Putnam
R.F.D. Carrier
Battery H
Mrs
Mrs. Perkins
Fred E. Witham
GRAY
Portland-Lewiston Highway
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