Bowdoin Endowment Auction Aids College Funds
The Bowdoin Endowment Fund benefit at Mrs. Harold M. Sewall’s home drew many attendees and 20 auction tables. Top scores went to Miss Janet Cutler and several ladies, with items donated including a Wedgewood plate and a brocade cracker jar. Proceeds totaled 175 dollars, plus two generous 100 dollar gifts in memory of Eugene Thomas Minott and support from local Bowdoin women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold M. Sewall
Bowdoin Endowment Fund
Sewall
Janet Cutler
Frederick Watten
Galen C. Moses
Arthur J. Dunton
Fuller
Miss Cutler
Vatten
Moses
Dunton
Seth Mullin
FE. Motley Fuller
Byron Barker
Eben J. Marston
Gladys Olm
Mary Watson
Camilla Sewall
Lydia Baxter
Bowdoin
Bath Society of Bowdoin Women
William D. Sewall
Abbie
Alice Minott
Phippsburg
Eugene Thomas Minott
Distinguished Officers Visit National Soldiers Home Bath Stop
The board of commissioners from the United States Soldiers' Home led about 15 members on an inspection visit to Togus, then traveled by auto to Bath where Hon Harold M Sewall arranged a boat to Boothbay Harbor for a clambake. Members included Maj Gen Tasker Bliss and other senior officers with Col William Wood serving as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners of the
United States Soldiers’ Home
National Soldiers’ Home
Togus
Bath
Boothbay Harbor
Harold M. Sewall
Sewall
Tasker H. Bliss
Enoch H. Crowder
H. N. Rogers
Eter
Jones Oliver wedding in Bath unites Rodney Jones and Eleanor Oliver
Rodney Jones of Anna and Eleanor F Oliver of Bath wed June 10 at Corliss Street Church with Rev Elwyn Taylor officiating using the double ring service. Bridesmaid Natalie McNeil wore white satin while George Worrey served as best man. The bride, daughter of Mrs Albert Lakin, studied at Morse High and belongs to Corliss Street Church Phi Iota class. The couple resides at 655 Middle Street Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rodney (. Jones
Anna
Eleanor F. Oliver
Bath
Corliss Street
Elwyn ©. Taylor
Natalie McNeil
George Worrey
Gro
Walter S. Jones
Alna
Bath Box Co
Tis Bride
Albert Lakin
Shepard Street
Morse High School
Phi Jnthea
Corliss Street Church
Jones
Middle Street
Balkans Rural Workers Aged by Eight Hour Day Myth
The text describes Balkans rural workers lacking an eight hour day, laboring from sunrise to after dark. Peasants are weathered and aged, some part of nomadic tribes. They travel in wagon trains at night, sleeping atop their loads, undisturbed by burglars or highwaymen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balkans
England
America
Bowdoin Women Leader Kate Douglas Wiggin Sends Regrets
Kate Douglas Wiggin writes from Quillcote Hollis to Mrs. Frederick Drake regretting missing a Bowdoin Women luncheon at Mrs. Galen Moses home. She praises President Mrs. Howard Ives and notes efforts to promote Bowdoin names in New York society and expand knowledge of Brunewik and nearby colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Frederick E. Drake
Galen C. Moses
Society of Bowdoin Women
Quillcote
Hollis
Drake
Bowdoin
Howard Ives
New York Society
Brunewik
Columbia
Yale
Princeton
Women at Bowdoin Prominent Guests Boost Commencement
Mrs George Riggs Maine author Kate Douglas Wiggin will attend Bowdoin commencement in Brunswick. She holds an honorary degree and heads the National Society of Bowdoin Women. The group sponsors social events, hosts headquarters, and aids the endowment fund drive during commencement week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Riggs
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Maine
Bowdoin
National Society of Bowdoin Women
Brunswick
Nora Archibald Smith
W. H. Davis
Page Street
Society
Brown House
Federal Street
Henry H. Pierce
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Howard Re Ives
Pierce
Harold Lee Derry
Watson Frye Co. to Build Structural Steel Gates
Watson Frye Co. Ltd of Bath shipped the first of four large structural steel gates to a large eastern state plant. The 10 ft 6 in by 70 ft 6 in gate weighs five tons and drew attention during its move to the Maine Central freight depot. The remaining gates will be shipped within two weeks. The firm plans yard expansion to handle more steel work and to add rail connections and overhead crane loading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Maine Central
Watson, Free Co., Ltd
Alumni speakers titled for High School gathering
High School Alumni plans the annual meeting in the assembly hall on June 25 with speakers Charles W. Morse donor of the building named for his mother and Ray Eaton Palmer Bath home representative of International ing Corporation. Miss Marion Freeman presides with music by Miss Mary Mussenden and two companions, a Chautauqua circuit group from Bath featuring Shorey and Roberts. A buffet luncheon will be served by Charles G. Sanborn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Morse
Assembly Hall
Ray Eaton Palmer
Bath
International 1Ing Corporation
Marion Freeman
Associat
Mary Mussenden
Miss Mussenden
Dorothy Shorey
Malva Roberts
Charles G. Sanborn
Ardent Harmony in Great Poets Swinburne Quote
A Swinburne excerpt argues that true poets possess ardent harmony and a natural, decisive excellence in thought and word. It emphasizes unwavering resolve, avoiding defect, and ensuring no trace of effort in art. The passage reflects a high standard for poetic integrity and craftsmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swinburne
Aftershocks Common After Major Earthquakes in Japan
The passage notes that strong earthquakes are often preceded by minor shocks and almost always followed by many aftershocks. It cites the 1891 Mino Dwarf event in Japan on October 28, with over 3,000 aftershocks recorded by seismographs over the two years after.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Bath Students Stage Dramatic History of Bath
Bath students staged a dramatized history written by Lillian Rogers Elsie Lake and Svelyn Oliver at Morse High assembly to a packed audience. Scenes traced Bath education from private homes in the 18th century to Morse High, featuring Master Page and a humorous shoe punishment scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lillian Rogers
Elsie Lake
Svelyn Oliver
Morse High Assembly Hall
Dorothy Brecklin
Dorothy Furber
Knowledge
Roger Worrey
Josie Rich
Arline Youland
Shirley Povich
Lloyd Coombs
Jack Dougherty
Josephine Freeman
Eleanor Verry
Roger
Shirley
Long Beach
High Street
Hyde
Wateh
Donnell Carr
Pentel
Master Partch
George McFadden
Donnell
Randolph Many
Carr
Harry Bowie
Raymond Williams
Shirley Vpovich
Lillian
Joshua Page
George Acheson
Master Page
James Hanson
Lillian Watson
Edwin Vowers
Clyde Baker
Margaret Cummings
Cameron Magno
Paul Steward
Madeleine Chandler
Eleanor Doyle
Helen Jones
Hallowell Rogers
Edward Tree
Elford Stover
Beatrice Wright
George Cahill
Josephine Freeingh
Stover
Wilnoow
MLESS
George Moses
Dorothy Bucklin
Ald
America
Deletra Rodgersend
George Field
Dorothy Shelden
Wilson
Five Islands Graduation News and Local Visits
The Five Islands grammar schools hold graduation exercises in the grange hall Friday evening. Numerous residents and visitors travel between Bath Lisbon Falls Bowdoinham Wiscasset Richmond Malden and Cambridge for family gatherings and summer cottage stays. Local residents such as Mrs. Stevens Reid Reed Berry Reed and many others are noted hosting guests or visiting relatives at cottages and summer homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange Hall
Charles Boucher
Lisbon
Elbridge Mains
Bath
E. V. Small
Bowdoinham
E. G. Horton
New York
J. J. Horton
Evanston
W. F. Delano
Ernest Harford
Richmond
Melvin Harford
Marjorie
Hope Berry
Addie Stevens
Will Boucher
Henry Kingsbury
Five Islands
A. MacMahan
Cambridge
Mass
Lucille White
Elizabeth Cook
Charles Randall
Bowdeinham
Missy Minnie Butlhind
Calif
Grange Library
Grange
George Blen
Cleveland Davis
Marion
Dexter
Mr. Davis
C. C. Davis
C.K Minchen
Elizabeth Stevens
Stevens
Gertrude Blaisdell
Winnegance
Clarence MacMahan
Allan Peirce
Waltham
Ida Hinkley
Vesta Hinkley
George Rowe
Lena Carter
Kathleen Gray
Bertha Lewis
Harry Moulton
Bath Frity
Hus Cromwell
Fairhaven
Natalie Hodgdon
Malden
T. W. Blaisdell
Harry Ites
Deaths and local notices from Georgetown segment
The Georgetown column records the deaths of Mrs. Cliva M. H. Reid at 52 in Seguinland and David Jackson Hinckley at 72 in Bath, with funeral details and surviving relatives. It notes locals visiting Bath, baptisms upcoming, and various townsfolk attending events, including Alfred W. Butler of Watertown and Alfred Hinckley of Bath, among others.
Gypsies In Town Challenged By Bath Officers Move On
More than 50 travelers planned to camp near Bath streets but Capt. Witham and Sheriff Oliver ordered them to move. The caravan crossed to Woolwich and then to the Wiscasset line, traveling seven cars mostly Hudsons with Michigan plates and a Massachusetts Ford. Brunswick police first drove them out, then Bath and Lincoln county officers tracked them to the ferry and border as the group paid fares and denied relations to children aboard. Edward Marshall Butterfield born Tuesday at City hospital to Mrs. Andrew M. Mutterfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
North
Lincoln Streets
Witham
Police Department
Oliver
Woolwich
Norris
Wiscasset
Lincoln County
Massachusetts
Brunswick
Edwards
Capt Witham
First Love Affair At A Teen Evening Party
The narrator recalls a twelve year old girl at her first evening party when a boy asked to escort her home. They passed a lonely yard where he admitted fear of returning alone and left her. both reached their homes safely. This marked the end of her first love affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Icther
Chicago Journal
Park School Names John W Leydon Headmaster
John W Leydon A M of William Penn Charter Philadelphia is chosen headmaster of Park School Baltimore Maryland. Born 1886 in Bath he graduated from Bowdoin class of 1907 and has taught at Worcester Academy and Hanover Leyden Tutoring School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park School
Baltimore
Mad
John W. Leydon
William Penn Charter School
Philadelphia
Leydon
Bowdoin College
Tle
Harvard
University of Pennnsylvania
Carnegie
Europe
Worcester Academy
Worcester
Mass
Leyden
Hanover
Dartmouth
Miost
Eugene QR. Smith
A. M
Progressive Education Aassociiation
Bever Country Day School
Brookline
Smith
Board School of Orange
New Jersey
George G. Grim
Pape School
Savannah
Frances M. F
Oak Lane County Day School
Mr. Leydon
Bath
EXPECT FERRY BACK THURSDAY
The state ferry boat Gov. King, at Cumberland Shipbuilding Co. Portland, is expected to return to Bath Thursday after a thorough overhaul ordered by U S inspectors. Bath ends renewals include carlines, deck, bilge, planking, guards, and a new smokestack. the vessel will handle summer traffic across the river along with the Hockomock, with Worrey leading Bath workers on the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gov. King
Cumberland Shipbuilding Co
Portland
Bath
United States
Bath-Woolwich
Herbert IE. Worrey
Friday Bundle Day for Near East Relief
A community drive collects warm clothing and essentials for Asia Minor aid. Residents are urged to donate cast off clothes and supplies to Salvation Army on Water Street or contact volunteers in the South End, Center City, and North End for pickup and participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asia Minor
Salvation Army
Water Street
South End
William H. Small
Pleasant Street
Robert B. Hatch
Washington Street
North End
John A. Lord
Pearl Street
Steamer City of Rockland Changes Route This Week
The Steamer City of Rockland will sail directly to Gardiner on Saturday morning and depart Gardiner for Boston Sunday afternoon, daylight time. There will be no Bath day trip at 6 50 Saturday morning this week only. Mrs William H Gilman and son Stanwood plan a Small Point summer visit with Mr Gilman, Dearborn estate manager, while their daughter Arma Gilman will join them Saturday. Mrs Hattie Terrill of Richmond visits Woolwich with sister Mrs Stephen Conley and Mr Conley spends weekend there with Mrs Conley. Mrs John A Lord and family drove to Waterville for Colby commencement then returned with Mr and Mrs Frederick Freeman and daughter Marion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cliva M. H. Reid
Seguinland
Methodist
Waterville
David Jackson Hinckley
Sunshine Home
Bath
Mar Hinckley
Alfred Hinckley
Martha Hinckley
Samuel Hinckley
Florida
Baypuss Church
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown
Belle Heald
T. M. Hagan
Frank Heald
James Stuart
Clarry Heald
Charles Mains
Alfred W. Butler
Elizabeth
Watertown
Mass
Prank Heald
Joseph Bearse
Bairfield
Fred Reed
Five Islands
S.A. Evans
W. T. Boyd
Howard Deal
Edward Wren
Georgia Iwnights
Webster Harley
Douglas Herman Parley
Joseph Triggins
Shrewsbury
Miass
Lord and Burnham Co. Greenhouse Builders
Fred W. Hinckley
West Georgetown
W. O. Oliver
Gladys
Sidney Dalgrimple
Jennie Todd
Arthur Todd
Richmond
Ida Williams
Waltham Watch
M. M. Leighton
Lexington
John E. Oliver
City of
Rockland
Gardiner
Boston
William Hy. Gilman
Stanwood
Small Point
Mr. Gilman
Dearborn
Arma Gilman
Farmington Normal School
Hattie Terrill
Stephen Conley
John A. Lord
John
Frances
Colby
Frederick Freeman
Marion
Perhaps He Knew What He Meant Margin Note in Boston Transcript
A marginal writer at the public library scribbles a provocative line in response to a Spectator piece on the Irish boundary. The note claims there can be no Irish boundary stating Ireland is one and invisible, reflecting a provocative, literary margin remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ireland
Boston Transcript
Bath Aids Fund To Help Bowdoin
Miss Lina Sewall treasurer of the Bath Society of Bowdoin Women sent a 2406 dollar check Tuesday night to Bowdoin College endowment fund as Bath’s contribution. After the play Wednesday night a reception and supper will be hosted by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Mrs. Harry Pierce of New York for society and Bowdoin men in Memorial hall. Thursday a luncheon will be given by Bowdoin in Memorial hall at one for the women while men attend the alumni banquet. all members are invited and urged to attend both events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lina Sewall
Bath Society of Bowdoin
Bowdoin College Endowment Fund
Bath
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Harry Pierce
New York
Society
Bowdoin
Memorial Hall
Bowdoin College
Captain Melville Jewett Dies at 67 in Westport
Capt. Melville Jewett, a longtime towboat commander, died Tuesday at his Westport home after a yearlong illness. Born in Southport to Moses and Susan Jewett, he later painted houses in retirement. A Master Mason of Seaside lodge Boothbay Harbor, he leaves wife Flora, daughter Florence, and five sisters. Funeral Thursday with Masonic services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melville Jewett
Westport
Southport
Moses
Susan Pierce Jewett
Seaside Lodge
Boothbay Harbor
Jewett
Flora Newman Jewett
Florence Newman
Meredith
N. IL
Emma Vierce
Bath
Lydia Pierce
Annie M. Hilton
Richmond
Mary McElver
Florida
Laura Sanborn
Portland
Pick Up Pulp Wood Drift From Androscoggin
North end men recovered about two cords of pulp wood adrift from the storage plant on the Androscoggin. Captain B. Swett of Pejepscot Paper Co. doubts any recovery will be attempted as the wood is scattered and the cost would exceed value. Morris Green of Orange, visiting his parents on Washington Street, enjoys two weeks vacation. he is a private secretary at Thuis A. Edison Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North End
Androscoggin
John
Edward Parris
B. Swett
Pejepscot Paper Co
Merry Meeting Bay
Morris Green
Orange, No
Samuel Green
Washington Street
Mr. Green
Thuis A. Eilison Co
Kennebec Navigation Company Schedule Summary
Kennebec and Boston line shows City of Rockland leaving Bath for Boston on Tuesdays Thursdays Sundays at 8 pm and Saturdays at 6 30 am. Boston to Bath departures are Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and Saturdays at 6 pm. Boothbay Harbor connections occur at Bath with Bath steamer. Gardiner service on Tue Thu Sun. Auto fare 10 dollars one way with two or more passengers. Bath to Boothbay Harbor trips Tue Thu Sat Sun 5 30 am and daily 11 10 am except Sun 11 18 am daily including Wednesdays and Fridays 8 40 am from Boothbay Harbor to Bath daily except Sunday 11 18 am. Daylight vs standard time noted. Schedule effective June 17 and may change. Send for tables to Kennebec Navigation Department, Box 499, Bath, Maine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of Rockland
Bath
Boston
Boothbay Harbor
Gardiner
Islands
Kennebec
Boothbay
Kennebec Navigation Fa
Maine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bath Women’s Society
Beaver
U. L. Farnham Co, Inc
Rath
D. M. Humphreys & Co Fire and Marine
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Kate
Douglas Wiggin
Watson Frye Co., Ltd
F.S. Curtis
Center Street
Bath, Maine
History OF
Walter
E. Reid
Acson
City Hospital
Andrew M. Mutterfield
Edward Marshall Butterfield
Smart Bath Boy
Kaynee
John J. Desmond
Dad
Near East Relief
Bath Aids Fund
Kennebec Navigation Company
Kennebec and
Boston Line
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