Surprise party honors music teacher Miss Thelma Dea
A surprise gathering Tuesday evening at the Winnegand home of Mrs Leon Pennell honored Miss Thelma W. Dea, a noted music teacher, with a silver tray gift inscribed to guide future lessons. The event, part of a recital week at Wesley church vestry, featured music by Miss Dearing, a piano solo, duets, and light refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma W. Dea
Inns of
Wesley Church
Winnegand
Leon B. Pennell
Terial Hospital
Harold Brigss
Boothbay Harbor
Joseph E Pinkham
Raymond D. Cummings
Walter F. Day
Donald B. Hopkins
Hollis Leeman
Woolwich
Robert E. Maass
Arrowsic
Note H. Young
Miss Arik
Miss Dearing
Stacey
Naickem
Sampson Alhough
TO LET AUCTION NOTICE FOR COTTAGE PROPERTIES IN GEORGETOWN
A fragmented listing from a 19th century newspaper shows multiple rental and property notices. It mentions TO LET Quiet cottages and cottages near routes, with references to Georgetown Mich Norwood and antique items. The readable text signals rental opportunities and small property ads rather than a single cohesive story.
Reverend William Wood Dies at Seventy Four
Reverend William Wood of the Maine Conference of Methodist Episcopal Churches died at 74 in Bath after a long illness. Born in Roygate England on October 14 1863 he moved to Canada then to the United States. He served many parishes and was known as The Poet of Maine Methodism. He is survived by Pola Wood and several siblings. A funeral service will be held at 1030 Friday at the Bath Street Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Wood
Maine
States
Kent's Hill
Pridavau Bracon Street
Poweropud Elured
Arthur
Caauliat
Teasdale Couple Visit Bath After Week in Sea
Mr and Mrs J B Teasdale arrive in Bath early the week to pass vacation at the seaside. They plan to visit his brother S W Teasdale and family during their stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B Teasdae
Bath
Sebaseo
S W
Teasdale
Three Bath Organists Honored By The Camarades
Miss Alice Magoun and Francis McPherson hosted Les Camarades Musicaux at 1009 Middle Street marking the club's final program of the season. Guest artist Betty Rice, Oberlin sophomore, attended while Mr McPherson returned from San Francisco since May. The event featured a paper on the trio of Bath organists including Samuel Dayton Cushing, Arthur Sewall Hyde, and Henry E Duncan, with a full concert of piano duets, trios, solos, and violin pieces performed by local musicians and Mr McPherson at the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice N. Magoun
Francis
McPherson
Les Camarades Musicaux
Miss Magoun
Middle Street
Betty Rice
Oberlin College
Morse High
San Francisco
Music Week
Cary
Fred H. Carey
Bath
Margaret J. Melcher
Samuel Dayton Cushing
Taunton
Mass
Jane D. Cushing
Charles FE. Cushing
Green Street
Arthur Sewall Hyde
Henry E Duncan
Windsor
Nicolai
Albee
Miss Rice
Sturtevant
Rice
Sanborn
Mr. McPherson
Ramsay
Mr. Royal
Carey heads Maine Elks at Old Orchard Beach meeting
John P. Carey Jr. was elected president of the Maine State Elks at the annual gathering in Old Orchard Beach. Other officers named include Lewiston’s Romain J. Marcoux first vice president Biddeford’s Arthur J. Lesieur second vice president Waterville’s Ernest C. Simpson third vice president Portland’s Edward R. Towmey secretary treasurer and Ayer trustee for three years Waterville chosen as 1938 convention city. Honor guests included former Gov. Louis J. Brann and Fred L Sylvester Lewiston and C Dwight Stevens Portland past state presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joby P Carey, Jr
Thus Erty
Puty
Mingine
West
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Maine
Elks Assolation
Paluee
Old Orchard Beach
Lester Ver
Portland
Carey
Bath Todue
Elks
Eerward J. McMann
Romine J. Marcoux
Lewiston
Arthur J. Lesieur
Biddeford
Econd
Ernest C. Simpson
Waterville
Edward R. Towmey
Mr. Ayer
Louis J. Brann
Fred L Sylvester
Lewston
C. Dwight Stevens
Judge orders humane destruction of aged mare in Gardiner court
In Gardiner municipal court Judge Henry Heselton, after a galling debate on horse ailments, granted Humane Officer Otis B. Gray of Litchfield a petition to destroy a thin 23 year old mare. The animal, worn from decades of service under many masters, was deemed debility and ordered disposed of after the adjournment of the hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Heselton
Gardiner Municipal Court
Gal
Otis B. Gray
Litchfield
Heselton
Handwork Exhibition by Center Street School Pupils
An outstanding display Friday afternoon showcased handwork by 29 pupils in Mrs. Warren F. Hawley’s opportunity class now at Center Street school after moving from Dike. The exhibit featured embroidered linens, cross stitched pieces, sewn accessories, and handmade furniture items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Street
Warren F. Hawley
Hawley
Raymond C. Small
Amon
Ruth
Jennie Bean
Carolyn Grant
Lillian Glidden
Margaret St. Peter
Doris Warner
Ada Rideout
Frances Cressey
Small
Girl Scout Pine Cone Troop 4 Hosts Final Demonstration Tea
Pine Cone Troop No 4 of the Girl Scouts held a final demonstration and tea in Winter Street chapel. Mrs Glenn H Easton welcomed guests. Four girls were invested as tenderfoots. The program featured flag ceremony songs a Swedish German playlet an Hawaiian influenced sequence and badges awarded for attendance and achievement. Anna Mae Shellenbarger selected for Camp Wyconda.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Cone
Girl Scouts of America
Winter Street Chapel
Glenn H. Easton
Girl Scouts
Martha McShane
Marion Anderson
Betty Mae Hopkins
Grace Whittemore
Islands
Hawaii
Marion Fairhurst
United States
Anna Mae Shellenbarger
Ernestine King
Nancy Sewall
Alice Darrah
Edith Berg
Ruth Lemoine
Hula Heaven
Malahini
Aden Bere
Shirley Parshley
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Bath Council
Wise Owl Troop
Marion Small
Anna Mae Shellenburger
Elizabeth Burgess
McPhee Family Plans Summer Visit to Five Islands
Mr and Mrs Howard S McPhee of Salem New Hampshire and their three children were due Tuesday for a brief visit with his parents, then plan to open their cottage at Five Islands for the summer. McPhee, a Woodbury High School Salem faculty member and athletics coach, will join them after visiting 43 Dummer Street and 49 Film Street residents Daniel E McPhee and Mrs Perry L Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard S. McPhee
Salem
N H
Daniel E. McPhee
Dummer Street
Perry L Thompson
Film Street
Five Islands
McPhee
Woodbury High School
Drake Hardcastle wedding at Easton Maryland
The marriage of Miss Margaret Magnadier Hardcastle of Haverford Pennsylvania to William Plummer Drake of Bath was solemnized Saturday at noon in Christchurch Easton Maryland by Rev. C A W Brocklebank. The couple will reside in Grosse Ile Michigan after a wedding journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Plummer Drake
Bath
Margaret Hardcastle
Margaret Magnadier Hardcastle
Haverford
Christchurch
Easton
C. A. W. Brocklebank
Yellett Fitzhugh Hardcastle
Edith A. Beardall
Washington, D. C
Frederick Ellis Drake
James Benjamin Drake
Frederick FE. Drake, Jr
Y. Fitzhugh Hardcastle, Jr
Walter B. Mahoney
Scarborough-on-Hudson
N. Y
Hilton Hancom Hazen Marries Marguerite Hanscom in Winter Street Church
Hazen M Hilton of Sebasco Estates, selectman of Phippsburg, wed Marguerite Ina Hanscom assistant dietitian at Bates College in a noon Friday ceremony at Winter Street Congregational church conducted by Rev Joseph O Purdue. They were attended by Chester and Mrs Lorentsen. The bride wore powder blue. the groom is a plumber. They will live at Sebasco Estates after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorentsen
Elmer Hilton
Sebasco Estates
Hilton
Hattie E. Douglass Hanscom
Washington Street
Edward Little High School
Auburn
Nassan College
Springvale
South Portland High School
Bates College
Higgins Quinn wed in winter street manse ceremony
Elmer P Higgins and Miss Gwen dolyn Quinn married Friday evening at the Winter Street manse in a single ring ceremony officiated by Rev. Joseph O Purdue. Higgins, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Arthur Higgins of Harvard street, works at Trott Brothers Grain Co. Quinn, Morse High School graduate and daughter of Mr and Mrs John J Quinn of West street, has worked at Wilsons drug store. They will reside on Oak street in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer P Higgins
Gwendolyn Quinn
Winter Street
Joseph O. Purdue
Arthur Higgins
Harvard Street
Trott Brothers Grain Co
Quinn
Morse High School
John J. Quinn
West Street
Wilson's Drug Store
City
Oak Street
Oldest Maine twins attend Brook Academy graduation
The oldest living Maine twins Mrs Luella S Burnham and Miss Estella C Deering of Hollis recently attended Brook Academy commencement exercises, from which they were graduated 59 years ago. Daughters of the late Isaac Newton and Elmira Deering, they were born on Deering's Ridge and are descendants of Roger Deering, a trader and shipbuilder from Dartmouth England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Luella S. Burnham
Estella C. Deering
Hollis
Brook Academy
Isaac Newton
Elmira (Guptill) Deering
Limerick
Deering
Bowdoinham Social News Highlights Local Visits and Death
Bowdoinham residents attended a reception for Otis Gray and Emily Wallace who wed recently at Richmond Corner grange hall. The week featured visits by Margaret Hamilton in Bowdoinham, fishing party from Lisbon Falls at Cundy's Harbor, and multiple local house calls, birthdays, and travel. Foster Meserve died at Elm Street home after seven weeks illness. funeral held Wednesday with Rev. Chamberlain officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otis Gray
Richmond Corner Grange
Mr. Gray
Emily Wallace
Margaret Hamilton
Boston
Miss Hamilton
George Hamilton
Ralph Purington
Delmar Curtis
Tom Hackett
Lisbon Falls
Cundy's Harbor
Ora Yeaton
Richmond
Horace Millay
Bowdoinham
Foster Reserve
Topsham
Edna Bickford
Florence Merryman
Bowdoin
Electa Chapter
Allen
Sanford
Pittston
Ira Allen
Foster Meserve
Elm Street
Mr. Meserve
John
Deborah Bradley Meserve
Miranda Meserve
Georgie Stevens
Harpswell
Mary Slyvester
Small Point
Charles Meserve
Chamberlain
Irene Dwelley
Coombs High School
Gladys Raymond
Daniel Craney
Goodwill Farm
Hinckley
Hall Craney
Leslie Craney
Bath
Lena Skelton
Gertrude Allard
New York
Niagara Falls
Lauris Wilson
Edward
Philadelphia
James Brown
George Ordway
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Myron Heenie
Lynn Richardson
Lowell
Mass
Brown
Jessie Blackman
Waterville
R. A. Dickinson
Lottie Cobb
Hall Denham
Barbara Sedgley
Newburyport
Nugent
Harry Purington
Portland
Dingley Road
William Hamilton
Patten
Silas Hamilton
Clarence Skelton
Augusta
Linwood Skelton
Harold Hackett
Nobleboro
Cabot Manufacturing appoints new mill head after resignation
The Cabot Manufacturing Company of Brunswick announced the resignation of agent William Worsnop after 17 years. Nathaniel F. Ayer of Boston, the company treasurer, will oversee the mill. Worsnop left reportedly due to ill health amid labor disputes, with no trouble since Ayer assumed charge four months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabot Manufacturing Company
Brunswick
William Worsnop
Nathaniel F. Ayer
Boston
Worsnop
Ayer
Morse High Seniors Reception a Brilliant Affair
Decorated Morse High gym with old rose and silver streamers hosted over 1,000 for the seniors reception after Wednesday graduation. Class President William W. Owen led the march in with Miss Evelyn R. Tomlinson as guests were greeted by faculty and officials. Alfred G. Gallant chaired the reception committee with Prizes awarded to Owen and other seniors including the Elizabeth R. Moses prize and Rensselaer medal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Doc Harmon
William W. Owen
Morse
Evelyn R. Tomlinson
Pres. Owen
Miss Tomlinson
Clinton D. Wilson
Alfred G. Gallant
Henry Eames Wood
Phyllis M. Sandelin
West Bath
Mary M. McClure
Mr. Owen
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Frances A. Wallace
Elizabeth R. Moses
Mary L. Bates
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Surf-board riding in Kennebec river at Bath clambake
Surf-board riding bids well to be a popular pastime opposite the city on the Kennebec river until July 24. It is part of Bath Iron Works Corp. annual clambake and field day with Duncan H Farrell and George E Millett trying the new board behind a speed boat. The craft, built at the ship plant and towed by Ralph D Millett, will reach about 31 miles per hour. Several other workers will practice evenings for the next month as the celebration approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Bath Iron Works Corp
Duncan H. Farrell
George E. Millett
Ralph D. Millett
New Meadows
Crooker Returns to New York After Brief Visit
Raymond C. Crooker travels back to New York by Sunday after a short visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Lester Crooker. He was taken as far as Newburyport Massachusetts by his family and accompanying relatives Doris Crooker Kenneth Crooker and Madelyn Summerton. Mr. Crooker is a Morse graduate of 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond C. Crooker
New York
Newburyport
Mass
Lester Crooker
Doris Crooker
Kenneth Crooker
Madelyn Summerton
Crooker
Morse
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Senter’s, Inc
Westbury, Lynbrook
Thelma Dearing
Ata
Salt War
Gait
Beithe
Tino
Es - Staudt
Informette van
Weil
Cottage Fruit
Norwood Mn
Brewster G. Sedgwick
Optometrist
Arthur Allen
Bath Trust
Methodist Churches of
J. A. Winslow & Son
Broad Street
Wickless
Everite
Florence
Musical Club
Jadassohn
Sti Irtevant
Cordoba
Andalucia
Lecuona
Mmes, Leonard, Sanborn and Rice
Mrs. Albee
Lakme
le Rose de Lahore
Massenet
Damozel
Novello B
Orig Squire
Fairy Pipers
Romberg
Miso Leonard
Mr. Ramsay
Tro
Amma
Azula
Haten
Mr Ramsay
Royal
Vigan
Mr. Sprague
John P. Carey, JR
Old Orchard
GIRL
Pine Cone Troop
Grace Crowley
Anna Mae Shhellenbarger
Virginia Trott
Camp Wyconda
Belgrade Lakes
Drake
Hilton-Hanscom
Phippsburg
Winter Street Manse
Georgia Pratt
Gardiner
M. D. Pratt
Maurice Ware
Barbara
Dorothy Hill
Pine Point
Ware
George Bragdon
Opera House
Janet Gaynor
Frederic March A Star IS
Gene Raymond
Ann Sothern
MY Girl
Richard Dix
Joan Perry the Devil IS
Clark Gable
Myrna Lou Parnell
Joe E. Brown
Braddock-Louis
Morse Gym
Murray Club
First Universalist Church
Saco
The
Cascades
Amos Perry
Emma
Martha Hooper
Glenda Farrell
Barton MacLane
Bank Nite
Tex Ritter
Leo Carrillio
Lyne Overman
Mary Cartiste
Joan” Patterson
George Barber
Benny Baker
News
Jean Harlow
Wallace Beery
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