Watrouss Duluth Reunion Highlights 50th Class Honor
Friends in West Bath welcome back Martin Watrous after a winter in New Orleans and Chicago ties. Duluth’s 1889 Central High class celebration marks his half century journey from law and mining to Harvard education and Yukon ventures. He recalls Klondike days, Alaska coal, and a Portland practice before settling in Chicago and later New Orleans summers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Watrous
New Orleans
Chicago
Rich's Mountain
West Bath
Watrous
Central High School
Duluth
Minn
Duluth News- Tribune
Yukon
Jacob M. Dickinson
William H. Taft
Will Edson
New York
Jonathan Woodbridge
J. D. Ensign
Central
University of Minnesota
Harvard
Stearns, Watrous and Stearns
Stearns
Judge Stearns
Victor Stearns
Minnesota
Hamilton Peyton
Rufus Draper
Klondike
Carl Johanson
Martin
Portland
California
Chilkoot
Cape Nome
Fairbanks
Dawson
Alaska
Nome
Colonel Ray
Haley
Ore
Mr. Dickinson
Maine
Sudbury
Ont
Phippsburg Summer Folk At Various Camps And Visits
Phippsburg notes list families visiting or staying at summer homes in Wynburg Meadowbrook New Meadows and Sebasco. Residents from Bath Kittery Mechanic Falls Yarmouth Hyde Park and other towns are staying for the season. Local events include Dromore grange meeting with a program and visitors.
Social Roundup in Parker Head and Nearby Towns
A busy weekend scene across Parker Head Bath and nearby towns features Mrs Parker Head and Mrs Lynette Caverly shopping in Bath and Portland Friday. Local social, weddings and gatherings include the Blaisdell Ha thorne wedding and numerous visits from East Boston and Cleveland guests. Community events note a successful Boy Scouts supper, fireworks planning for July 4, and thanks to residents for contributions to the library and local causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynette Caverly
Percy Young
Leston Harrington
Earl Lowell
Bath
Portland
Emma Rollins
Julia Logan
Charles Blaisdell
Madelyn Hathorne
Harlan Booker
Marsh
Bert Young
Morse High School
Ernest Doughty
Ashton Nickerson
Boston
Mass
Eileen Crowell
Parker Head
Wilma Hodgkins
Betty Logan
Virginia Logan
Donald Logan
John Libby
Acrie Trainor
Doris Arndt
Cleveland
Ohio
Alice Campbell
Lewiston
Herman Hallett
Elwood Hathorne
James Goulland
Henry D. Mank, Jr
Leston Harrington, Jr
Alonzo Lowell
Sebasco
Lewis Lowell
Stonybrook Road
Alvin Rollins
Bernard Wyman
George Jones
Florence Rollins
Doris
Prizes Awarded At Vacation Bible School Event
Mrs Earl Lowell and family with Miss Lynette Caverly and Miss Doris Arnst attended the Daily Vacation Bible School at Small Point where prizes were awarded. Lunch was served. Mr and Mrs Albert Fuller and family of Bath visited Leston Harrington, Mr and Mrs Burleigh Williams and son, and Mr and Mrs Dean Farnham of Bath in town on Sunday.
Contracts Awarded For Altering Y M C A Gym
Three local firms won bids to alter the YMCA gymnasium with work to start within five days and finish in 60 days. Hans Jensen will perform the general contract, Ronald Oulton handles painting, and N Gratz Jackson & Sons do the electrical. The project includes removing part of the oval running track balcony, widening and squaring ends, removing bleachers, expanding the playing surface by about one third, installing a ceiling under beams, painting the gym, and replacing the lighting system with a modern setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y.M.C.A
William C. Perkins
Hans Jensen
Ronald Oulton
N. Gratz Jackson & Sons
Mr. Jensen
Six Months Jail for Drunken Driving in Bath
Six Bath men faced Judge Gardiner R. Deering in municipal court. Burton O. Radley, found guilty of operating a motor vehicle under the influence in Arrowsic, received six months in Kennebec county jail in Augusta. Radley was picked up by Patrolman Dean R. Bonney at the request of State Highway Officer Harry L. Thompson. Harry Thayer and John H. Tourtillotte pleaded guilty to speeding on Winter street, paying $5 fines and $4.95 costs, after being confronted by City Marshal Joseph A. Butler and Patrolman Donald Crosby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Gardiner R. Deering
Burton O. Radley
Arrowsic
Kennebec
Augusta
Radley
Dean R. Bonney
Harry L. Thompson
Harry Thayer
John H. Tourtillotte
Winter Street
Joseph A. Butler
Donald Crosby
U S S Hughes Launch Prompts City Fete in Bath
The U S S Hughes debuts at Bath with a gala launching as Mrs. Hughes and a large official party tour the yard. Prominent guests include Mr. and Mrs. Bell, M L Miller, and naval officers. The destroyer measures 341 feet with five inch guns, 21 months in build, costing about 5 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell
Philadelphia
Miller
National Capital
Arthur Sewall
H. Gerrish Smith
National Council of Shipbuilders of America
Joseph Hayden
Bank of Manhattan
James Nolan
New York
Clarence M. Glenn
Harry Smead
American Surety Co
William F. Gibbs
Gibbs & Cox
Hughes
Everett Clark
Westinghouse Electric Co
New York City
John D. Sullivan, Jr
Staples Coal Co
Nelson C. Smith
Boston
H. E. Burbank
West Hartford
Sims
Navy
Griswold
State of Maine
Iron Works
The
Pres- Newell and His Associates
Personal notes on local names and visits
Robert and Charles are the names given to Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Smith. Peter Flaherty of Newport returned Sunday after a week with his mother Mrs. Margaret Flaherty and brother Andrew Flaherty at 344 Front Street. Allen Atwood, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Atwood of Upper Washington Street, left Sunday for Kittery to visit his brother Reginald Atwood for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Holton
John
Brockton
Mass
Wynburg
Gardiner D. Rogers
Sally
Brunswick Road
Meadowbrook
James Kaler
Laura Cutting
Dean Jordan
Bath
Harry Williams
Winnegance
Oscar Wallace
New Meadows
Carrie Little
Allen
Maurice Libby
Harry Hall
Hyde’ Park
Thomas C. Hughes
Gordon Davidson
South Portland
Hughes
Anna Derwent
Jefferson
Richard Young
Henry Minott
Stratton
N. H
Alice Minott
Posse College
Kendall Green
Margaret
Ada Catherine Minott
William B. Perry
Kittery
Walter J. Pierce
Pierce
Campbell Farm
J. C. Rowe
Dana A. Rowe
W. W. Farr
Mechanic Falls
Basin
Chester B. Oliver
Reese D. Eby
Connersville
Ind
Daytona Beach
Fla
Sebasco
Ruth Morrison
New York
W. H. Johnson
Attleboro
Jonhson
John Rogers
Groton
Helen Clarke
Revere
Harry Gilmore
J. Bradford Sprague
Small Point
Annie Bowker
Sherman Campbell
Rose
Harmon's Harbor
Ralph E. Wright
Eric Schutt
Richard Emery
Asa Wyman
Emily
Raymond Wyman
Belgrade
Arthur Cottle
Charles Leavitt
Mildred
Portland
F. P. Leavitt
Frank P. Leavitt
Charles Burgess
Ferris Leonard
Georgetown
Burgess
Robert
Charles
Charles M. Smith
Peter Flaherty
Newport
R. I
Margaret Flaherty
Andrew Plaherty
Front Street
Allen Atwood
John Atwood
Upper Washington Street
Reginald Atwood
Popham Beach Notes and Summer Arrivals
Clarence DeShon returns to Seguin Island light duties after hospital stay in Portland. Various families visit and vacation along the South Shore and river beach, with transfers, arrivals, and local outings noted. Government surveyors near the Sugar Loaves and cottage gatherings mark a lively resort season.
East Brunswick man charged with embezzlement and larceny
William Watson 26 of Fast Brunswick is sought after warrants issued Tuesday for embezzling about $100 from East Coast Oil & Transport Co and stealing a 1937 Ford convertible from Cummings Motors Inc. Police believe he took Saturday and Sunday receipts and left a bank note. Watson, formerly employed as a filling station attendant, disappeared Monday prompting the warrants. He was traced to Cummings Motors where he borrowed the convertible claiming a trip to Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Coast Oil & Transport Co
Vine Street
Cummings Motors, Inc
William Watson
Fast Brunswick
Watson
Ralph F. Nowell
Fast Coast Oil & Transport Co
Cummings
Pratt and Thompson Attend the Class Reunion
Arthur L. Pratt of this city and Earle S. Thompson formerly of Bath now in New York City joined 32 members of the class of 1914 at Bowdoin College for a 25th reunion in Brunswick. The gathering at Rock Hill Inn, West Bath, featured softball, other sports, and a clams bake served by Joseph W. Larrabee. Names of attendees include Kendrick Burns, William H. Farrar, Arthur S. Merrill, Robert T. Weatherill, James O. Tarbox, Elroy O. LaCasce, F. K. Alling, A. R. Cole, E. L. Sylvester, George F. Eaton, Harold F. King, Warren D. Eddy, Myles Standish Jr., Leo W. Pratt, Henry C. Dixon, Alfred E. Gray, R. F. Hubbard, Charles H. Bickford, Alfred W Newcombe, Frank K Loeffler, Maurice W. Hamblen, Louis A. Donahue, Prentiss Shepherd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur L. Pratt
Earle S. Thompson
Bath
New York City
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Rock Hill Inn
West Bath
Joseph W. Larrabee
New Meadows
Ithaca
N. Y
Clarence A. Brown
Portland
Elroy O. LaCasce
Fryeburg
F. K. Alling
A. R. Cole
E. L. Sylvester
Philadelhia
George F. Eaton
Bangor
Harold F. King
Washington
R. I
Warren D. Eddy
Myles Standish, Jr
Wellesley Hills
Mass
Leo W. Pratt
Biddeford
Henry C. Dixon
Norwich
Conn
Alfred E. Gray
Milton
R. F. Hubbard
Waterford
Charles H. Bickford
South Portland
Alfred W Newcombe
Galesburg
Frank K Loeffler
Gloucester
Maurice W. Hamblen
Bridgton
Louis A. Donahue
Augusta
Prentiss Shepherd
Boston
Annual Bradstreet Trip on Virginia Delivers Gardiner Children Tour
The steamer Virginia carried over 100 Gardiner children on an annual Bradstreet fund excursion to Boothbay Harbor. Captain Walter E. Farmer guided the boat toward Bath Tron Works Corp. for a close view of destroyers Sims and Hughes at the main dock. The Ocean Kiwi accompanied by the barge Ocean Transport No. 4 sailed upriver with pulpwood bound for Pejep scot Paper’s Kelley Spear yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Gardiner
Boothbay Harbor
Walter E. Farmer
Bath Tron Works Corp
Sims
Hughes
Bradstreet Fund
Tus Ocean Kiwi
Ocean Transport No. 4
Pejepscot Paper Company
Kelley, Spear Yard
Standing committees announced at Bath Country Club
President Edwin R Andrews reveals season committees including Ladies Golf Activities chaired by Mrs Rodney E Ross and members listed, Men's Inter club and Intra Club tournaments with several names, Greens chaired by Edmund A Rothwell and Archibald M Main, plus Entertainment with Allen Spear and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Andrews
Bath Country Club
Rodney E. Ross
Marvin Truss
Loraine Price
Richard Hersom
Elizabeth Fuller
William M. Adams
F. A. Winchenbach
David S. Henderson
Elwood
Robert L. Brownell
J. W. Osborne
W. S. Voorhees
Lloyd E. Steeves
Edmund A. Rothwell
Archibald M. Main
Harry C. Webber
Allen Spear
Cecil FE. Paine
Mary Newell
Francis J. McLaughlin
Marcia Moulton
Bay Point visitors and summer life on Bay Point
Bay Point is lively with visitors and summer residents. Elson Field visits sister in Five Islands while locals plan a July 3 celebration at First Beach. Many Bath Brunswick and Boston guests are noted, with Bowdoin and Wheaton alumni stopping by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elson Field
James Stevens
Five Islands
Bay Pointers
Pirst Beach
Aunt Lou
William Adams
Bath
Keen
Jamaica
N. Y
B. H. Woodside
Ben Parrish
Woburn
Mass
Bay Point
Emily Mason
Hattie Austin
Brunswick
Fales
Elizabeth Butterfield
Wheaton College
Stewart Day
Robert Day
Altert Coombs
Walter Coombs
Melrose
Bowdoin College
Augustus Perow
M. Conley
West Somerville
John
Leo
Old Gents Club
Louise Howard
Charlies Henna
Georgetown
Richardson
Sherman Campbell
Harmon's Harbor
Karl Welling
South Byfield
Tolman
Willard
Portland
Dave Noyes
Harold Robinson
Keith
F. Lovejoy Fales
Boston
Preaching Series at Phippsburg Center This Summer
Congregational church at Phippsburg Center resumes Sunday services at 10 a m starting July 2 with a rotating lineup of speakers. July 2 Rev Robert C Whitehead July 9 Prof John W Flight July 16 Rev Charles L Stevens July 23 Miss Lynette B Caverly July 30 Rev Joseph O Purdue August 6 Rev Horace F Holton August 13 Rev Elton K Bassett August 20 Rev A Bernard Webber August 27 Rev Rodney W Roundy September 3 Rev Frank W Bevan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phippsburg Center
Robert C. Whitehead
Vernon Heights Congregational Church
Mount Vernon
N. Y
John W. Flight
Haverford College
Haverford
Charles L. Stevens
Congregational Church
Alfred
Lynette 8
Lynette 8. Caverly
Phippsburg
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Bath
Horace F. Holton
Porter Congregational Church
Brockton
Mass
Elton K. Bassett
North Congregational Church
Woburn
Maas
A. Bernard Webber
Mattapan Baptist Church
Boston
Rodney W. Roundy
Superintendent
Congregational Christian Conference of Maine
Frank W. Bevan
Fremont Street Methodist Church
Gloversville
Annual Lawn Party at St Marys Church
The St Marys Parish annual lawn party runs July 26 27 and 28 with Rev David P Surette directing. A public address system is installed for the four days and several new attractions join this year. Merchants sponsor premium drawings and valuable awards await attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Parish
David P. Surette
Winnegance Auxiliary Meeting Sees Auction Prizes Won
The Winnegance Auxiliary to the Community club met Thursday in the club house with Mrs Elmer Coggeshall as hostess. Auction was played. first prize went to Mrs Harry C Williams and second to Mrs Herbert Spinney. The club will meet next Thursday with Mrs Winfield Moree as hostess. on Tuesday many members attended the Maine Progressive Union event in Freeport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Coggeshall
Harry C. Williams
Herbert Spinney
Winfield Moree
Maine Progressive Union
Freeport
Moving Fire Pictures Show Montsweag Farm Blaze
Maurice A. Libby, head of the Beth Water Works, filmed an early morning fire at Montsweag Farm on June 4. The reel captures flames consuming the large barn and the Butler home as the Beth Water Works responds to alarms with the local fire apparatus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag Farm
Maurice A. Libby
Beth Water
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Louis Brooks
Norway
Percy' G
Canham
Auburn
Carl Harmon
Robert and
Jerry
Ruth Ann
Richard Diehl
Harry E. Cornish
Weeks Street
A. E. Holt
Parker Head Church School
Barbara Harrington
David Harrington
Sally Lowell
Bill Lowell
Clayton Savage
Lorraine Harrington
Sandra Mank
Frances Shepherd
Barbara Mank
Freda Shepherd
Doris Savage
Charles Savage
Dorothy Cushing
Marion Cushing
Ruth Shepherd
Carolyn Wallace
Fred Libby
William In
Jean Hamel
Ramon Hamel
Edwin Hill
al Hamel
Dromore Grange
Poe
Parker
Benere
Elfreda Perkins
Jay K. Bowker
Omar Perry
Arthur Perry
Adelia Bolton
Winneganee
Ralph Coombs
Eugene
Leon Pennell
Leon, Jr
George Merritt
Carlton Brown
Henry
Tyleston Oliver
Jean Bowker
Betty
John Tracey
Charles Koski
Lowell
Vincent Munier
Nathan A. Cush- Pe
Joseph McKane
Leonard
Harold Cushman
Robert andGharles
Lynn
Sebasco Estates
Nathan A. Cushman
Richard Cushman
U.S. S. Hughes
Popham Beach
Clarence DeShon
Seguin Island Light
Portland Marine Hospital
James Spinney
Howard Spinney
Spinney
Fort Williams
Radio Corps
Fort Armada
Panama
Epinney
Karl Hentz
Vernon Mattson
New‘ton Center
South Shore
John Gordon
Daugter
Linda
Raphal Higgins
Roselyn
Llewellyn Hinckley
Lighthouse Beach
Marie Leonard
Kenneth
Quebec
Frank Pheiffer
Worcester
Freeman Oliver
Edna
June
Roberta
Woolwich
Oliver
Capt
Llewellyn Oliver
Thomas Sedgeburg
Atkins Bay
L. G. Gaton
Nancy
Robert Barlow
East Boothbay
E. W. Osgood
Ellison Moody
Pauline Thayer
Park Street
Shirley Morong
Peter Isaacson
Irving
Shirley
Stone House
Harry Spencer
Albert Towne
Walitham
Susie Cirone
Dean
Elliot
Mary-Ellen
Addison and
Jonesport
George Morong
Herbert Kellaway
Ida
Newton Center
Margaret Wyman
Spruceville
Marion Bridges
Waldo Weston
Niles Cameron
Ellen
Pauline
David Parsons
Anne James
Town Suny
Lester Oliver
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Billy
Roscoe Shaw
Allan Little and Son
Barbara Sprague
North Yarmouth Academy
Walter Sprague
Bion Bowie
Esther Perkins
Charles J. Donnell
Jane Donnell
Barbara
Kalamazoo
Mich
Carrol Watson
Pine Manor
Carol Stevens
East Boothbay High School
Popham
Charles Waterhouse
John Beebee
Wakefield
Beebee
Ethier
Harpswell
Lilia
Beulah Light
Ethel Osgood
Fred Osgood
Lincoln Bowie
Florence Carson
William Cupitt
Myra Scott
Seguin Island
Con
Nelson Rice
Samuel Frink
Pittsfield
George Buchanan
Daniel McNeil
Employe Os
Pratt
Thompson
ST. Mary’s Church
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