Summer plans announced by Organ Society of First Congregational
At the society annual picnic in the vestry last week, president Mrs. Alberta Larrabee announced the summer schedule. Luncheon is July 12 led by chairman Edith Day with aides Larrabee, Fowles, Munsey, Bailey, Adams. An August 23 sale is planned with committees for Fancy table, apron table, flowers and plants, and a food table chaired by Mary Marston, Carolyn Varney, and Grace C. Pease. Numerous local residents and members were noted in social and church notices throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Organ Society
First Congregational Church
Alberta Larrabee
Edith Day
Larrabee
Nina Fowles
Nellie Munsey
Sue Bailey
Viola Adams
Vera Quinnam
Mabel Lewis
Carolyn Pendleton
Harriet Jackson
Helen Haggett
Ruth Jones
Josephine Tucker
Evelyn Hutchins
Mary Marston
Carolyn Varney
Grace C. Pease
Irene Fowles
John P. Kelley
Boothbay Harbor
John Chase
Anna Cate
Helena Clifford
North Edgecomb
New York
F. Burton Haggett
Cyril Grant
Helen Keirstead
New London
Frank Creamer
Boston
Washington Street
Eva Rowe
Bangor
Lucinda S. Allen
Clarence A. Richards
Farmington State Normal School
Mary Grant Rafter
Washington
Bath Road
Virginia Pease
Lincoln Academy
Marie Burnheimer
Waldoboro
Lawrence Averill
Worcester
Ancestral Acres
Roy R. Marston
Rangeley
Maine Pharmaceutical Association
Quinnam’s
Webber
Cohasset
Mass
J. Herbert Moore
Brookline
Joseph McLean
Johnson House
Gardiner
George Warren
Fairfield
Lucia Eames
Federal Street
Wiscasset Academy
Pemaquid
Joanna Evans
Edgar Rankin
Geneieve Hodgdon
Eva (Aines) Rankin
Phyllis (Lewis) Lewis
Phyllis Quinnam
Elinor Sproul
Elsie (Bailey) Pearson
Silas Lee Merry
Olavi Miete
Curtis Pearson
Hall Lewis
Willard
W. E. Gorham
Harriet Blagdon
Hooper Street
John Verdone
Medford
John, Jr
Beverly
Ed Crosman
Water Street
John
Carl Elliot
Audrey
Toledo
Ohio
William Elliot
West Bath social notes list many visiting families
West Bath records a long parade of visitors and guests at local homes. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Melford Perham, the Bookers, the Lemonts, the Morgans, and many others from Jonesport to Brookline, with travels to Waterville and Brigham's Cove noted.
Grandparents See Child Off to Camp West Winds
The child spends the week with grandparents before heading to Camp West Winds in Chebeague for the rest of the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Winds
Chebeague
Esther Drummond Arrives for Summer with Drummond Family
Miss Esther Drummond a University of Michigan junior has arrived to spend the summer with her parents Mr and Mrs Norman Drummond in Arrowsic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther Drummond
U. of M
Norman Drummond
Ringling Bros Circus to Exhibit in Portland July 8
The Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey show ships 1600 crowds, 50 elephants, 1009 animals, hundreds of horses with Gargantua the giant gorilla for close views. The new spectacle The World Comes to the World's Fair features 2000 performers and animals. Terrell Jacobs trains the wilds while Dorothy Herbert leads 70 riders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling Bros
Barnum& S Bailey
Portland
Charles le Maire
John Ringling North
Arturo
Zerbinis
Filadys
Europe
Albert Powell
Ricardis
Twanows
Hubert Castle
England
Albertino
Lulu
William Heyer
Tamara Heyer
Dorothy Herbert
Tex Elmlundt
Lucio
Belmonte
Flying Comets
Antoinette Concello
Rooneys
Rural mail men select Bath for 1940 convention
Bath will host the next Maine Rural Letter Carriers Association and Auxiliary convention after a tight vote between Oxford county R L C A and the Tri County R L C A at the 35th annual two day meeting in Bangor. Mr and Mrs William Hetchum of Bath attended. Claude Turner Presque Isle re elected president and Mrs Ralph Eustis Strong became Auxiliary president. Gov. Lewis O Barrows and others spoke at the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Oxford County
Maine Rural Letter Carriers Association and Auxiliary
Bangor
William Hetchum
Claude Turner
Presque Isle
Ralph Eustis
Strong
Auxiliary
Lewis O. Barrows
Alvin Houston
National Executive Committee
Northfield
Minn
Harold Chase
P. O
Frank E. Lowe
American Legion
Portland
Ralph Fifield
Vermont
Boy with bloody nose escapes from hospital staff
Staff at Ste ie's General Hospital Lewiston treated a young boy for a bloody nose after a Sunday incident. He fled the accident room entrance before being guided to care, leaving unclear whether a boxing bout or minor mishap sparked his injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ste Ie
General Hospital
Lewiston
Louis and
Galento
Woolwich Farm Bureau News and Community Notices
Woolwich Farm Bureau and Nequasset Women and Men's Auxiliaries meet with Mr and Mrs Maurice Hathorne on Thursday evening July 6. Alfred A Staples of Bath speaks at Woolwich Center Baptist Church on The True Value of Material Possessions and at Montsweag Baptist Church on Did Jesus Have a Doctor's Degree. Union services July 2 at Day's Ferry Nequasset and Sagadahoc Ferry. Community events include a baked bean and salad supper at No 6 schoolhouse and many social visits.
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Montsweag
Cooper’s Mills
Center
Staples
Woolwich Union
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
Sagadahoc Ferry
J. G. Bailey
Steven F. Prentice
Mary Ela
Bristol
Harold R. Shaw
Lloyd
Ivan Shaw
Linwood Grover
Wiscasset
Raymond
Victor
Warren Dyer
Norwood
Mass
Ivan
Woolwich
Bar
Earl Dow
Virginia
Thelma Dearing
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath
Marilyn Temple
Merlene Jameson
Ray Prescott
Bangor
Daisy Bakey
Winnifred Brown
Marcia Stinson
Clara M.reed
Frank J. Walker
Nequasset Farm Bureau
Seahaven
Capitol Island
Boothbay Harbor
North Woolwich
Bleike Reed
New York
John Brown
George Dolloff
Richard, Allen and Marshall
Oaklawn
R. I
Lake Nequasset
Dolloff
Cuvier Dolloff
Upper Washington Street
Isaphine Dolloff
E. A. Dolloff
Elizabeth Woodcock
Bates College
Forrest Grafton
Thomaston
Earl Woodcock
John Hodgkins
Burton Hodgkins
Augusta
Eben Dana
Dana
Pemaquid
John Moore
Harry ‘A. Walters
James Nostall
Harry Bartlett
Warren
Berlin
N. H
Lowell
Otis Bartlett
Edwin Gerow
Basking Ridge
N. J
Local residents return to Maine longtime Detroit couple
Mr and Mrs Walter White and their son Philip White have lived in Detroit for 23 years and are moving to Topsham Maine where Mr White works in Bath Iron Works machine shop Badie Nagle of the city Lt Com Edward J Fitzgerald DC USN retired has come back after attending the Maine Dental Convention in Bangor
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter White
Daugh
Detroit
Mich
Philip White
Maine
Topsham
Mr. White
Bath Iron Badie Nagle
Edward J. Fitzgerald
D. C
Bangor
Oldest US postmaster announces trip to meet Farley
Edgecomb Maine 75 year old postmistress Mrs Fannie Elm Stone claims the nation’s oldest postmaster in service plans a drive to Augusta to meet Postmaster General James A Farley at the Maine State Postmasters Association session She says she will chat with him and continues to work daily despite her age Farley spoke in Maine then visited New Hampshire on the same trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Elm Stone
Edgecomb
James A. Farley
Augusta
Stone
Grover Cleveland
Farley
Maine
United States
Knight elected Barnstable principal after long service
Melvin C. Knight, longtime Barnstable High School leader, was elected principal of Barnstable Town schools in Hyannis by a unanimous Barnstable school committee. Knight, born June 2 1892, succeeds Ralph R. Barr who died June 3, and has held posts in Dedham Leicester Wilmington and other Massachusetts districts before joining Barnstable in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin C. Knight
Barnstable High School
Hyannis
Mass
Barnstable
Knight
Ralph R. Barr
Eas
Gradi
Wiscasset
Bates College
Harvard University
United States Chemical Warfare Department
Barnstable Post
American Legion
William Jevi Post
Department of Massachusetts
Wockland High School
Salem
New Haven
Conn
Massachusetts
Dedham High School
Dedham
Wilmington
Leicester
Driving cases heard in Georgetown court
Frank J. Buzynski of Bay Point pleaded guilty to improper registration and driving without an operator’s license in municipal court. He was fined 20 dollars and 4.95 in costs for improper registration and 5 dollars plus 5.55 in costs for no license, with six months to pay and probation. Emil Belanger of Brunswick pled guilty to operating under the influence and was fined 100 dollars with 24.65 in costs. Mrs. Hazel Reeks pleaded guilty to speeding on Washington Street and the warrant was filed. Mrs. Lilian MacDonald and Miss Betty Johnson spent the weekend at Boollitay Harbor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Point
Georgetown
Frank J. Buzynski
John P. Crosby
Crosby
Buzynski
Secretary of State
Maurice Burns
Herbert Marriner
Brunswick
Pejepscot
Hazel Reeks
Washington Street
Summer Visitors and Residents Arrive on the Island
Westport residents and guests arrive for the summer season at cottages around Harriman Point and Squam Creek. Included are John J Roche and family from Watereen Jersey City and Boston, with extended visits from Murrell and Jewett families. Ongoing summer plans feature employment at Mooselockmegantic Hotel and local hospital care for Nellie Little.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John.j. Roche
Watereen
Harriman
Point Scottage
Louis Roche
Marie Roche
Jersey City
N. J
Stephen
Island
Judking
Wytopulllock
Boothbay
Laurence Murrell
Rumford
Brian M. Jewett
Haines Landing
Rangeley
Mooselockmegantic
Kay Floor
Arthur
Boston
Robert Greenleaf Jr
Nellie Little
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Melvin Knight
Hyannis
Mass
Barnstable
Knight
Jonas Knight
James Harper
Holliston
Squam Creek
Chatham, H. H
Mary Buckley
James Buckley
Ashland
Woolwich Observes Children's Sunday in Union Schools
The Woolwich Union Sunday schools marked Children’s Day with recitations songs and attendance awards. Day’s Ferry Nequasset and Sagadahoc Ferry schools held services and programs supervised by Miss Charlotte Buck Miss Gertrude Gilmore and Mrs Earl Dow. Awards went to Polly Fields Gwendon Prior Virginia Dow Phyllis Adams June Oliver Norma Hunnewell William Moore and others during a Range Lights Arrowsie outdoor dinner hosted by Capt and Mrs Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Union
Day
S Ferry
Charlotte Buck
Nequasset Sunday School
Gertrude Gilmore
Sagadahoc Ferry
Arrowsie
William Woodward
Earl Dow
Polly Fields
Gwendolyn Prior
Virginia Dow
Phyllis Adams
June Oliver
Norma Hunnewell
William Moore
Clarence Hoch
George Farnham
Charles Brown
Sagadahock Real Estate Association Names Officers
Sagadahock Real Estate Association re elected Hon Rupert H Baxter as president at the annual meeting held in Bank block offices. Dr Robert W Hinds of Pembroke Mass was re elected vice president and Oliver Moses 2d was re elected treasurer with Oliver Moses 3d as clerk. Directors named include Baxter Shorey Tarbox Sewall and Dr Hinds. The Omaha Real Estate Co annual meeting followed with Dr Hinds re elected president and Moses 2d as treasurer and clerk. Directors were Hinds Moses and Lydia C Moses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rupert H. Baxter
Sagadahock Real Estate Association
Bank Block
Robert W.hinds
Pembroke
Mass
Oliver Moses
Andes Oliver Moses
Mr. Baxter
William S. Shorey
Alfred L. Tarbox
Arthur Sewall
Hinds
The
Omaha Real Estate Co
Robert W. Hinds
Mr. Moses
Lydia C. Moses
Guest Night at Bath Country Club Thrusday Event
Men's Night at the Bath Country Club features Guest Night with a nine hole golf tournament between the Tron Men and Wooden Men. Members invite a friend. special prizes planned. Previous Guest Nights drew 60 to 80 attendees. Supper follows the tournament at 7 30 in the dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Tron
Color in the Kitchen Leads Dromore Farm Bureau Meeting
Dromore Farm Bureau met in the grange hall for an all day session led by chairwoman Mrs Aletha Campbell and home management head Mrs Evelyn Beals. Demonstrations on paint mixing and kitchen accessories were shown. 15 members and one visitor attended with a salmon and rice casserole dinner served by Mrs Clara Oliver and Mrs Esther McCourt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aletha Campbell
Evelyn Beals
Dromore Farm Bureau
Grange Hall
Clara Oliver
Esther McCourt
Minnie McCarty
Elizabeth Hampton
Mary Wright
Rue
Popham Beach
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Harvey T. Bailey
Elsie
Searsmont
Cyprian Bryant
Pearson
Canada
Wells Cottage
Earle D. Rines
Niagara Falls
Garrison Hill
Masonic Hall
Gertrude McTeer
Grand Ruth
Mildred Synder
Marion
Electa
Hazel Libby
Mt. Carmel
Richmond
Isabel] Montgomery
Crescent
Grace Dodge
Elizabeth Harding
Pauline G. Nickerson
W. M. Crystal
Damariscotta
William S. Jane
W. P
Florence Meserve
Lakeview
Elinor Forbes
W. M. Mt. Pisgah
Frances S. Brown
Crystal
Clara Curtis
W. M. Golden Rodger
Rockland
Edith Dodge
Marshal Crescent
Marshal
James Webber
Crystal Chapter
Jane Montgomery
Adalt Crescent
Adah
Marie Rittal
Ruth
Olive Branch
Dresden
Margaret Patton
Esther
Mt. Pisgah
Nellie Stevens
P. M. Mt. Pisgah
Martha
Isabel Montgomery
P. M. Crescent
Ella Bailey
Warder
Harold Bickford
Sentinel Olive Branch
Sentinel
Nellie Blagdon
Blagdon
Blanch Hilton
Louise Blagdon
Frances Day
Frances Plumstead
Sidney G. Evans
Chester Pendleton
Roger Cowley
Ralph Preble and Son
Brookline, Mass
Edward Clarence Plummer
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Full
the Times Company
Front Street
Bath, Maine
West Bath
Robert Coombs
Daniel Brown
Melford Perham
Bryant Pond
Edward Cleaves
Yarmouth
William Holmes
William Jr
Donald
Chelsa
Chester Kings
Karl Rietrel
Jack
Richard
Jamaica Plain
George Booker
Patricia
Marylin
Harlan Booker
Phippsburg
Clyde Booker
New Jersey
Dwinal E. Cornish
Carl
Christel
Readville
Ralph Eastman
Janice
Courtney Stover
Joyce
W.C.T.U
Corliss Street
E. W. Haggett
Ada Larrabee
Everett Lemont
Lula Herbert
Pomona Grange
Blair Wilson
David
Phillip
Phillip Stackpole
Campbell's Pond
Bertha Waugh
Miss Knight
Malden
Knight Cottage
Walter Gilpin
Everett
Sabine
George Bailey
South Portland
Chester Freeman
Sam Bates
Henry Cotteau
Laura Cutting
Winnegance
Ernest Williams
Beatrice Rose
Rock Hill Inn
John Wharff
Ees
Bingam
Carlton Andrews
Waterboro
Andrew
Charles Andrews
Henry Henderson
Marjory
Winthrop, Mass
Bates Cottage
Delmar Bates
Malcolm Doble
Lloyd Hooker
Hooker
Horace Aitken
Beechmont
Ernest E. Williams
Needham Heights
Wendell L. Williams
L. E. Bibber
Auburn
Leslie Mayo
Jack McNary
Leo Pooler
Rosa
Irene Pooler
John Pooler
Ringling Bros and
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Charlotte
Opera House
Bath Opera House
Morse High School
Miss Cahill
Irma Bennett
Madelyn Oliver
Helen Tabor
Barbara Jenkins
Helen Gallagher
Big Chief
Westport
Barnstable, Mass
Lilian MacDonald
Betty Johnson
Boollitay Harbor
Sagadahock
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