Game Hunter Carveth Wells Tells Africa Lion Tales
Omar W. Folsom reports Carveth Wells of Milwaukee recounts a 1928 1929 Central Africa expedition led with Dr George Crile and Bert Massee. The piece describes nerve shots to stop lions, African travel from Nairobi to Mombasa, encounters with impalas gazelles ostriches and a lion cub Sim raised by a nanny goat, and Sim’s later life aboard a freighter and at the Milwaukee Public Museum.
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the Independent
Milwaukee
Bert Massee
Royal Geographical Society
New York
Wells
George W. Crile
Cleveland
Crile
Africa
Mr. Wells
Equatorial
London
Mombasa
East Africa
Kenya
Nairobi
Martin Johnsons
Equator
Malay Peninsula
Roosevelt
Tanganyika
Massee
Mts
Carveth Wells
Barrett
Cudahy
Goodrich
Buick
Tropics
Great Rift Valley
Jordan Valley
Rift Valley
Martin Johnson
Ossa
Martins
Johnsons
Johnson
Sim
Byrd
America
Mombassa
Milwaukee Public Museum
Milwaukee Zoo
Omar W. Folsom
Kilbourne Place
Winter Pruning Shrubs and Fruits Guide Notes
A fragmented note urges pruning of shrubs and fruits in winter, referencing cane 7 and a contact line for H C Woolley of WisCassEr who claims seven years in charge of Menttemaes 3 gaan Orchard. The handwriting is unclear but implies agricultural advice and a phone contact.
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H. C. Woolley WisCassEr
Bowdoin Masque and Gown Plans May Change
The Bowdoin Masque and Gown tentative plans suggest a lighter program than last year with no more than two plays. A Shakespearean drama is planned for Commencement, and an Ivy House party play is unlikely due to poor reception and many students away on picnics.
Morse High Girls Lose Final Game at Hallowell
Morse High School girls fell 23 to 14 at Hallowell in their last game of the season. Miss Cole of Hallowell led with 17 points, while Morse’s Middleton topped Morse scorers with 10. Abbot and Moses added four for Morse. Morse ends with four losses to outside teams and two wins, against Wiscasset and Hallowell.
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Morse High
Hallowell
Miss Cole
Bath
Middleton
Morse
Miss Abbott
Miss Moses
Bathlassies
Boothbay Harbor
Wiscasset
F.G Cole
Peace
Scott
Rf Hughes
Jc Blake
Turner
McNaughton
Rg Payne
Jc Fuller
Cree Tree
Rene
Wees
Abbott
Je Mallett
Se Webster
Moses
Rf Gallant
Lieut Lord Elected Mayor Leads City Election Returns
The city reelects Lieut Lord as mayor while voters chose D. Joseph Doyle over Arletta Yates for clerk and Joseph A. Smith over Edward Clancy for constable. Ward results show Democrats winning in Ward 1 and 3 with Republicans gaining in Ward 4 and Ward 7. Election tallies list numerous aldermen, wardens, clerks, and constables with party lines and vote margins.
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Roscoe Clinton McFadden
Henry Gediman
Charles A. Carr
Edward T. McCormick
Sumner Sewall
Daniel E. McPhee
Times
Lord Small
Maj. Ward
Witter Icteric
Wein Be Aires Obseree
Watkics Oh Cilecse Lens
Wang Coirecaanicn
John N. Taylor
Joseph Charles Footer
Eugene A. Youland
Lesie J. Ward
George M. Emery
Amos F. Perry
Harold W. DeLong
Daniel T. Dougherty
Walter W. Smith
William R. Donnell
Arthur J. Tracey
Ernest Pinkham
Bessie E. Dickinson
Charlotte F. Grace
Albert L. Strout
Thomas J. Cummings
Perleston L. Pert
William T. Donnell
D. Joseph Doyle
Arletta M. Yates
Eva J. Lemont
George F. Oliver
Paul J. Gurney
Florence E. McClure
Frances T. Clark
Nettie L. Teeling
Clara E. Corliss
Malcolm Witham
Apias
WATAG
Ward Pai Ib Etrae
Gtall
Decepeesti
Phippsburg Residents Travel and Visits Highlight Week
James L. Morse left Thursday for a trip to New York and Washington. Rev. Charles L. Stevens and Clifton Clark of Alfred spent a few days at the Center. Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Barbour visited Freeport friends. Mrs. Edward Thomas improves at home. Christine McCourt clerks for Roscoe Perkins during Mrs. Barbour's absence. Miss Mabel Ingalls of Bath visited George Ingalls. George Savage toured Portland and brought his son from Maine Ear and Eye Infirmary. Capt. Elden Godfrey returned to Popham Beach after a Bath visit. Herman Carr of Popham Beach Coast Guard station vacationing at Rockland home. Walter Hutchins returns to Brooklyn after winter at Meadowbrook. Alvah Holbrook visits Bath. Hattie Bowker dined with Mrs. James Perry. Harry Berry and Eleanor Berry of Portland dined with George Ingalls. Henry Minott of Portland at the Center last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Stevens
Clifton Clark
Alfred
Lyman Barbour
Freeport
Edward Thomas
Christine McCourt
Roscoe Perkins
Mabel Ingalls
Bath
George Ingalls
George Savage
Portland
Maine Ear and Eye Infirmary
Elden Godfrey
Popham Beach
Herman Carr
Local Notables and Visitors Reported in Town Notes
Page Wyman fills his ice house at Silver Lake with help from his sons Elkanah and Forrest Wyman. Mrs. Marguerite McNulty returns to duty at the post office after ten days with influenza. Mrs. Elisha Bridges visits Popham Beach after a stay with parents in Bath. Clinton Newdick of Augusta visits family here. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Spencer spend a vacation in Bangor and Brighton. Eleanor Oliver of Bath visits grandparents in town. Stanley W. Hyde, North Yarmouth Academy principal, was a recent town visitor. Mrs. Clinton Newdick substitutes at the post office during McNulty’s absence. Coast Guard surfman Edgar L. Drake has grip. Town voters plan to attend the Phippsburg center town meeting next Monday. Ernest W. Oliver visits Auburn last Tuesday.
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Page Wyman
Silver Lake
Elkanah
Forrest Wyman
Marguerite McNulty
Elisha Bridges
Popham Beach
Bath
Clinton Newdick
Augusta
Harry Spencer
Bangor
Brighton
Eleanor Oliver
Llewellyn J. Oliver
Stanley W. Hyde
North Yarmouth Academy
McNulty
Edgar L. Drake
Coast Guard
Phippsburg Center
Ernest W. Oliver
Auburn
Deacon Elbridge W Morse An Appreciation
A neighborly man of seventy three who lived his faith and helped others in Phippsburg. The Morse family heritage ties to Morse Mountain at Small Point a birth place and early schooling. He endured the loss of his wife in 1929 and left behind a sister Henrietta Webber of Bath and daughter Harriet Tibbetts of Revere Massachusetts.
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Phippsburg
Mr. Morse
Daniel Morse
Morse's Mountain
Small Point
Elbridge
Percy
Elijah
Morse
Pownal
Maine
Malcolm
Parker Head
Edward P. Thomas
Henrietta Webber
Bath
Harriet Tibbetts
Revere
Mass
Card of thanks for condolences and tributes
Card thanks friends neighbors and relatives for kindness after bereavement and for floral tributes signed by E P Tibbetts family E P Thomas family Parker Head Me Miss E Janet Young and Miss Annie Ansar. Also notes student milestones at University of Maine Bangor Dover-Foxcroft.
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E. Janet Young
Dick A. Young
Boutelle Road
Bangor
Annie Ansar
Dover-Foxcroft
University of Maine
Winter Defeats St Marys In Overtime Battle
Winter edges St Marys 25-23 in a three game series opener as Johnny Greene dominates with six long range shots and the decisive overtime carom finish. St Marys rallies from 23-14 to force a deadlock, but Winter’s height and pressure seal the win amid foul trouble and late free throws.
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Winter
St. Mary's
Johnny Greene
St. Mary’s
Winter Guard
Johnny
St. Mary
Bobby Callan
Hilltoppers
Johnny Murray
Percy Black
Jenkins
Billy Greene
Murray
Paul Hayes
Haskell
St.Mary’s
Carom
Mullaney
Huse
Greene
Hayes
McCabe
Ollie Berg
Callan
Berg
Winnegance Women and Local Clubs Update Ice Conditions
Winnegance Women's auxiliary met with Mr. Parker O. Rogers as ice on the causeway thaws. A postponed Inter club League game between Winnegance and Knights of Columbus is set for Monday March 13 due to elections and a Church league playoff. Squaw club held an auction at Mrs. Elmer Coggeshall's with prizes to Mrs. Morse and others. next meeting at Mrs. Morse's. Dromore Farm Bureau card party occurred in the community house. Lena Oliver visited East Brunswick guests. Ice sports on the lake likely ended after Tuesday night thaw and rain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parker O. Rogers
Causeway
Winnegance
Knights of Columbus
Squaw Club
Elmer Coggeshall
John G. Morse
Herbert Morse
Waller Small
Frank Perow
Dromore Farm Bureau
Lena Oliver
I. A. Trueworthy
East Brunswick
Augustus Small
Rehearsals Resume For The Thirteenth Chair
The Thespians resumed rehearsals Tuesday night for The Thirteenth Chair the second of three plays to be staged probably on March 30. The production, a mystery play, is praised as among the best and promises a performance equal to The Solid South. The cast includes Mrs. Fred D. Hill Miriam W. Kimball Mrs. Edwin H. Given Lillian Miller Elsie Trott Marjory Troop Edna Antworth Dr. Francis Winchenbach Errol Baker James B. Drake George Scudder George B. Connard Lloyd Steeves Cecil Rowland Edwin Tietig Robert Gordon.
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Thespians
Solid South
The
Fred D. Hill
Miriam W. Kimball
Edwin H. Given
Lillian Miller
Elsie Trott
Marjory Troop
Edna Antworth
Francis Winchenbach
Errol Baker
James B. Drake
George Scudder
George B. Connard
Lloyd Steeves
Cecil Rowland
Edwin Tietig
Robert Gordon
Mayor names Dr Joseph I Smith health officer
Mayor Small appointed Dr Joseph I Smith as health officer after Dr Paul Gregware’s earlier appointment failed to gain state approval. The aldermen confirmed Smith for a three year term and the appointment will be submitted to the State Health and Welfare department for final approval.
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Small
Paul Gregware
H. B. Duce
State Department of Health and Welfare
Board of Aldermen
Joseph I. Smith
Gregware
State Health and Welfare Department
Probate Court session acts on wills and administrations
Sagadahoc probate court in Bath and surrounding towns proceeded with wills, executors, and administrators. The March term saw multiple estates with appointments, bonds, and filings including inventories, accounts, and inheritance tax actions.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lieut. Lord
Edward M. Robbins
Mark A. Jackson
Chester H. McCabe
Samuel Povich
Albert J. Gallant
Harris T. Rodick
Stanley M. Brown
Joseph F. Atkinson
George J. Goodwin
Walter P. Kingsbury
Ward
Cyrus W. Longley
Wallace R. Ham
John J. Mulcahy
Laurence L. Houston
Edward F. Miller
Gardiner R. Deering
Reginald Stacy
Henry I. Gediman
John E. Hart
Harry L. Day
Charles J. Donnell
Allen M. Irish
Raymond M. Haley
Raymond C. Hart
Henry M. Powers
Melvin H. Savage
Edwin R. Andrews
Philip
James L. Morse
Washington, D. C
J.C. B
Worcester
Nate
E. P. Tibbetts
E. P. Thomas
W. Greene
If Huse
Ri J. Greene
Eorrenee
Vanvakins
Rg Black
Acces
If ‘Murray
Cepee
Beacon Street
Beacon Hill
State House
Boston
DR. Smith
Walter S. Glidden
Sagadahoc
Charles A. Harriman
Nellie D. Harriman
James D. Tabor
Sarah R. Tabor
David D. Tabor
Emma H. Moses
Rupert H. Baxter
Alden G. Smith
Frank Avery Wood
Bowdeinham
Edith A. Wood
Lanndon T. Snipe
Annie M. Fushard
Richmond
Annie M. King
Arthur Saindon
Topsham
Laura Messier
Mary Abbie Page
Grace Page Sampson
Eva B. Gilman
J. Edward Hughes
Dennis DD
Clark
Lida S. Clark
Mary J. Pratt
Charles L. Pratt
Elizabeth C. Cook
Georgetown
Fred B. Robinson
Edward M. Pierce
William B. Pierce
Amy Hunt Perry
Almon R. Perry
T. A
Howard L. Cary
Judith L. Bragdon
Harriet S. Barron
John R. Houghton
Jane M. Houghton
Henrietta Thwing
Mabel A. Thwing
James H. Bennett
Ronaldo A. L. Colby
William J. Collins
Earl B. Collins
Freeman H. Merritt
Jeannie W. Merritt
Charles Latter
Lillian H. Kelley
Rogers I. Moulton
Parker
Oliver Moses
First National Bank of Bath
Henry A. Magoun
George D. Innes
Peter G. Innes
Katherine F. Neagle
Thomas P. Neagle
John J. Keegan
Mary A. Woods
Charles L. Dorrian
Mary A. Soule
Bowdoinham
Alice W. Small
Bath National Bank
Sarah M. Wells
Mary L. Sewall
Arthur Sewall
Coleman E. Steeves
Daisy G. Steeves
Sarah E. Lindsey
Clarence H. Lindsey
Lettie V. Leavitt
Lettie M. Newell
Elizabeth R. Moses
William 8. Shorey
Allan Spear
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