Aunt Bessie Beats The Band to Be Staged in March
The Y and Y FP Society of the Richmond Methodist church will present the three act comedy Aunt Bessie Beats The Band in mid March with Mrs Eula Terrell coaching and cast including Hazel Gardner Elizabeth Haynes Ruth Walton Alberta Sedgley Waver Cooper Rev A H Ives Merle Leavitt and Donald Mosher. Other local items note visits by Mrs Charles Morang and children, and by Harold and Barbara Pickens, plus a recap of recent games and community events.
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Y. A. Y. FP. Society of the Methodist Church
Bessie
Eula Terrell
Hazel Gardner
Elizabeth Haynes
Ruth Walton
Alberta Sedgley
Waver Cooper
A. H. Ives
Merle Leavitt
Donald Mosher
Charles Morang
Bowdoinham
Harold
Barbara Pickens
Yarmouth
Litchfield
Mr. White
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Newark
N. J
Boston
White
Litchfield Grange
Farm Bureau
Mystic Chapter
Richmond High School
Helen Brann
Iris Nichols
Marion Purinton
Helen Seamans
Lawrence Thompson
Wilmer McBurnie
John Thrower
Melville Hanson
Thomas F. O'Neill
Haverhill
Mass
Christopher
Ellen O'Neil
Richmond
Lynn
Durant
Helena
Thomas L
Washington, D. C
Pauline Flanagan
Madelyn la Mothe
Mildred Richardson
St. John's Catholic Church
Epworth League
Methodist Church
Methodist
World Mission
Church
Fort Richmond
Leslie Roberts
Center Street
Enterprise Grange
J. M. Mansir
Progressive Grange
Pomona Grange
Richard Thompson
Bernice Farnum
George Thomson
Fred Witham
Helen Witham
Eva Libby
Beu'ah Rebekah Lodge No. 23
Wesley Webber
Nathaniel Gilpatrick
Chester Foster
Paul Donovan
Clarence Lang
Harold Richardson
Thomas O'Neil
Robert L. Stanley
Alfred H. Ives
Boyd Boston
Ray Stinson
Elmer King
Earl Preble
Richmond Cemetery
Wild Rose Patrol
Beverly Cadenelli
Eunice Nadeau
Hilda Harford
Verona Pinkham
Dorothy Bacher
Jeannette Millett
Ethel Gillis
Pasqual Cadevelli
Seymour White
Harold Lancaster
Charles James
Raymond Northy
Ernest Sylves
Harry Poole
William Poole
Lillian Wade
Unusual Casco Bay Hampton Boats Defined in Bay History
The Casco Bay hampton boat, unique to Portland area fishing, traces to the late 19th century with Captain David Perry Sennett as its key figure. Early boats were whaleboat like with sharp ends and lapstrake planking, evolving to square sterns and smooth hulls. modern hamptons average 30 to 35 feet, all now motor powered.
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Portland
Hamptons
Casco Bay
Hampton
Cape Elizabeth
Cape Small Point
Bay
David Perry Sennett
Sennett
N. H
Christian Science Monitor
Morrison Harmon wedding in Bath Friday night
Thomas L. Morrison and Mrs Mabel L Harmon both of Bath were married Monday night at eight in their home at 20 Center street by Rev George B Wolstenholme. Attendants were Frank Dunton and Mrs Roland Robinson. The couple plan a honeymoon at the World's Fair in New York in May.
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Thomas L. Morrison
Mabel L. Harmon
Bath
George B. Wolstenholme
Center Street
Frank Dunton
Roland Robinson
Robinson
Mr. Morrison
Washington Street
Westbrook
New York
Unusual Letter From Captain Quick
A Bath business man received a letter Monday from Captain Richard Quick of the S. S. Connecticut, recently delivering its first foreign cargo of 105 000 barrels of gasoline to Dublin. Quick recalls a Dublin basket seller who funded her son’s college and mentions his wife and two daughters now living in Bath. The S. Connecticut joins The Texas Company's fleet under Captain Quick.
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Bath
Richard Quick
S. S. Connecticut
Dublin
Ireland
Captain Quick
Peddier
Quick
Edward Sewall
Earl P. Cahoon
George Baer Connard
the. S. Connecticut
Texas Company
Central Church League Seeks Card Party March 13
Central Church League completed plans for a Monday evening card party at 7 30 in the parish house with Mrs Percy R Low and Mrs John H Harkins as hostesses. President Mrs Francis B Hill announced committees for tables and refreshments. The piece ends with a Civil War statue anecdote about General Hiram Berry and sculptor Frankti Simons.
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Central Church League
Percy R. Low
John H. Harkins
Francis B. Hill
Leonard M. Lord
William H. Small
Harold S. Avery
Perry L. Thompson
Leonard F. Wetherbee
Leslie J. Wold
Harold Hodgkins
Donald B. Wilson
Eleanor M. Ferguson
Charlotte F. Page
Albert F. Noyes
Hiram G. Berry
Rockland
Achorn Cemetery
Georgetown Town Meeting Sees Small Turnout Amid Rain
Georgetown held a quiet town meeting with light attendance due to a heavy rainstorm. The first selectman race drew 105 ballots, Seward E. Emmons 51 and Harold J. Brown 54. Miss Maud P. Thayer attended a Business Girls Conference in Portland with 300 participants, spoke on priceless values, and planned further talks in Rochester and the New England states. Mr and Mrs Alien C. Brown and Walter R. MacMahan visited Methuen in near blizzard conditions, returning to Robinhood after several days. Sunday evening a large First Baptist church service featured life of Christ via stereopticon and special duets. Miss Thayer visited Rev Keehl wetter.
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First Selectman
Seward E. Emmons
Harold J. Brown
Maud P. Thayer
Portland
New England
Eastland
Alfred Willard Smith
Fort Popham
Georgetown
Miss Thayer
Rochester
N. H
Women's Club
Liverpool
Maine
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Alien C. Brown
Walter R. MacMahan
Robinhood
Methuen
Mass
Eugene Beaton
Freeport
Boston
MacMahan
First Baptist Church
Five Islands Church
Christ
John R. Blackie
Koehlwetter
Alfred Rowe
Elizabeth Powers
Katherine Blackie
Powers
Thibodeau
Keehlwetter
Funeral Services for Alfred G Cornish in Brunswick
The funeral for Alfred Green Cornish of Hardings, a longtime Bath area telephone employee, drew many local telephony workers and friends. Ministers Rev. Thompson E. Ashby and Rev. Joseph O. Purdue officiated at the home service, followed by Knight Templar rites by Dunlap Commandery of Bath led by Eminent Commander Chester H. McCabe. Burial occurred in Hallowell with Dunlap members acting as bearers.
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Alfred Green Cornish
Hardings
Wilbur F. Browne
Lincoln Street
Brunswick
Bath
Thompson E. Ashby
First
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street
Chester H. McCabe
Edwin H. P. Lowell
John Wishart
David L. Wilson
Grand Commandery of
Maine
Dunlap Commandery
McCabe
Lowell
Lloyd Lee Hooker
Mrs Lucinda Wallace dies. 62 at Memorial Hospital
Mrs Lucinda Linscott Wallace 62 widow of Wesley Wallace died Tuesday morning at Memorial Hospital. Born in Harpswell she was daughter of Sylvanus and Mary McIlntire Wallace and had lived in the city 12 years after coming from Sebasco. Survived by daughter Mrs Arthur Stoddard Durham three sons Albert Horace Wallace Durham Leonard Wallace Bath sister Mrs Lottie Atwood Bath brother William Wallace New Jersey Services Thursday afternoon at two at Fred S Curtis funeral home Center street.
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Lucinda Linscott Wallace
Wesley Wallace
Memorial Hospital
Wallace
Harpswell
Sylvanus
Mary MclIntire Wallace
Sebasco
Arthur Stoddard
Durham
Albert
Horace Wallace
Leonard Wallace
Bath
Lottie Atwood
William Wallace
New Jersey
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
Refused Liquor Bailey Gets Ugly
Lawrence Bailey of Five Islands, 26, was fined $15 and costs of $5.36 for assault on Patrolman Dean Bonney after an altercation at a State liquor store Friday afternoon. Bailey argued over change for a $2 payment for a $1.95 bill, struck clerk Harry M. Huse, and resisted arrest as Officer Bonney arrived. Bailey’s wife settled the glasses cost, and other court actions included indecent exposure costs, a case on file, probation, and Salvadore McKenney released on bail bound over to June term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Bailey
Five Islands
Dean Bonney
Judge Deering
Bailey
Harry M. Huse
Roy Shackford
Mr. Huse
Shackford
Huse
Salvadore McKenney
Bill McKenney
West Point
Sprague Family Chronicle of Coulee City Death and Ranch Life
Obituary notes Charles Morrison Sprague of Coulee City Washington died November 10 1938 at age 86. He was born in Small Point Maine near the William Sprague homestead later held by J Bradford Sprague and Miss Bessie Sprague. His brothers William M and George Albion moved to Oregon and took up 640 acres, expanding to about 3000 acres with cattle and horses. With horses markets weak they shifted some land to prune. George Albion at 92 runs the ranch while other relatives in the East received news belatedly after the death.
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Phippsburg
Charles Morrison Sprague
Coulee City
Washington
Mr. Sprague
William Sprague
Small Point
J. Bradford Sprague
Bessie Sprague
William M
George Albion
West Coast
Annie Sprague Bowker
Meadowbrook
Bradford Sprague
George
Freeport farmer Charles Soule dies at home at 80
Charles Soule a Freeport farmer formerly of Bath and a former Lynn shoe factory worker died Friday afternoon at his Freeport home after a long illness. His funeral was held Monday at two at the Fish funeral parlors in Freeport.
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Charles Soule
Freeport
Bath
Mr. Soule
Lynn
Mass
King Mike Madden of Brunswick Remembered for Bowdoin Canes
Michael J Madden died of a heart ailment at Brunswick hospital on Sunday. He a Brunswick native, about 75, was a longtime mail clerk at the Brunswick railroad station after earlier railroad work. Known to Bowdoin students and high schoolers as King Mike, he was famed for his two gold headed canes used by class marshals and his cane collection.
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Michael J. Madden
Brunswick Hospital
Brunswick
Bridget
Michael Madden
Madden
Bowdoin
Mike
Mrs Myra T Rich Dies at 58 in Falls Home
Mrs Myra Taylor Rich 58 wife of Hiram B Rich formerly of Bath died Monday at 221 Bridge Street Falls Daughter of Luke D and Anna McFadden Taylor she trained as a dressmaker Cousin Mrs Roscoe P McFadden Bath Funeral Thursday at two at her Falls home burial in Lisbon Falls
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Myra Taylor Rich
Hiram B. Rich
Bath
Bridge Street
Falls
Luke D
Anna (McFadden) Taylor
Roscoe P. McFadden
Rich
Amelia Dain
Lisbon Falls
City Fathers to Dine at Outgoing Incoming Banquet
Members of the newly elected city council and those retiring from office will gather next Wednesday evening at Roland Smith Post hall for the annual get together of outgoing and incoming administrations. A banquet at seven, with music and entertainment, followed by tickets from the city treasurer or committee members Gardiner D. Rogers Waldo R. Weston and C Leroy Hutchins. Aroostook strawberry advocate Fred Lovely of Presque Isle cites soil and climate as ideal for large scale berries to reach markets in July with little competition. New Sharon hosts horned larks feasting on maple seeds in village lawns.
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Roland Smith Post Hall
Gardiner D. Rogers
Waldo R. Weston
C. Leroy Hutchins
Aroostook
Fred Lovely
Presque Isle
Minnesota
Maine
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Five Islands Neighbors Celebrate First Anniversary Party
Five Islands Good Neighbor club met at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Farber Davis Tuesday of last week. A party honored Rev and Mrs. Franklin Keelhwetter's first wedding anniversary with pink and white decor and a large centerpiece cake. Eighteen attendees joined a lunch of sandwiches, cake, coffee, and ice cream followed by games. First prize for pinning the donkey's sail went to Christania Stevens. first prize for games to Theresa Bailey with partner Margaret Maye. Additional notes: Mrs. Davis hosted, others visited, local residents traveled, and school resumed after vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Neighbor Club
Farber Davis
Franklin Keelhwetter
Christania Stevens
Gertrude Carr Rei
Theresa Bailey
Margaret Macye
Woodrow Grayt
Alton Reed
Woolwich Lo
C. C. Davis
Ida Hinckley
Portland
South America
Bath and Plains
Islands
Echool
Serepla Pinfold
Lowell
Ellsworh Pinkham
J. J. Gibson
Percy Savage
Bath
E. A. Cote
Five Islands
Norman DuBois
Stoughton
Mass
DuBois
Gloria
Phippsburg
Mary Louise Pinkham
Mario Rittall
Charlotte Gray
Ida Mar Gillivary
Barbara Pinkham
Pinkham
Lester Lewis
Leon Williams
Waltham
Meeting of V.F.W. Post 2197 in Dyer Flaherty
Regular meeting set for 7 PM at Summer Street Hall with a changed hour from 8. Department Commander Charles V Lane and Department Inspector William E Fish Jr of Bangor will attend. A buffet lunch will be served.
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Dyer-Flaherty Post
V.F.W
Summer Street Hall
Charles V. Lane
William E. Fish, Jr
Bangor
Mass of mystery substance found in harbor near Mount Desert
Clifford Stanley found a 25 pound mass of white oily matter between Duck Island and Mount Desert Rock. Initial guess ambergris was ruled out by University of Orono, showing cocoanut oil. shipwreck theory floated. Also noted, ten Wales farmers order 39 tons of ground limestone for spring soil conservation grants under 1939 program. Maine coast maritime history recalls steamers along Eastport since 1825.
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Clifford Stanley
Duck Island
Mount Desert Rock
Stanley
State University At
Orono
Atlantic
Wales
Leeds Junction
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company 1934 38 Financial Statement Highlights
Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Montpelier presents a balance sheet as of December 31 1934 showing assets totaling 1 015 533 65 and liabilities with net unpaid losses 37 265 83 unearned premiums 365 687 65 and surplus 513 340 42. The report lists real estate 40 000 00 stocks and bonds 834 442 89 cash in office and bank 39 845 70 agents balances 89 848 55 reinsurance 578 39 interest and rents 9 394 32 and 5 576 75 gross assets. M Humphreys & Co acts as agents in Bath Maine.
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Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Montpelier
Sagadahoc Towns Hold Annual Meetings Amid Rain
Sagadahoc towns reported well attended meetings on Monday despite rain. In Arrowsic, George L. Tarr moderated, was re-elected selectman despite recent injury, with Tarr, Weeks, Currier on the board. Officers remained unchanged. Snipe re-elected clerk. Shea treasurer and collector. Drummond auditor and school committee member. Total appropriations reached 2507.50 including 500 for contingencies and 875 for schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
George L. Tarr
Arrowsie
Board of Selectmen
Tarr
Merle Weeks
John H. Currier
Frank H. Snipe
Collingwood C. Shea
Norman W. Drummond
Drummond
Beatrice Woodworth
Town Officers and Budget Summary For Local Government
Town officials include Moderator Norman Curtis Clerk E E Baker First Selectman Nason Doughty Second Selectman Herbert Jones Third Selectman Herbert K Adams Treasurer R G Coombs Road Commissioner Wallace Rideout and School Board member Arthur Card. Budget items total 13291 with target allocations for roads bridges upkeep of third class roads snow removal poor relief common schools schoolhouse repairs health service high school tuition and contingencies. Tax rate set at 60 mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Curtis
E. E. Baker
Nason Doughty
Herbert Jones
Herbert K. Adams
R. G. Coombs
Wallace Rideout
Arthur Card
E. L. White
Jessie Ames
E. D. Baker
E. W. Frye
Fred Leavitt
Locke Crouse
Chester F. Hobart
Ernest Mellay
Iven Lang
C. O. Purinton
Dorothy Lamereau
Leon Batchelder
George
Town Meeting Raises Budget Amid Tax Rate Warnings
At a Monday town meeting voters increased appropriations beyond the budget committee. Dorothy Lamereau warned higher taxes, leading to rescission of a school fund increase and a new $6,000 allocation. Officials list town officers and budgets, including clerk salary raise to 50, and road, school, library, and service allocations totaling 21,255.55 with a 45 mill tax rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lamoreau
Ralph McEwen
F. K. Jack
C. W. Gray
Charles McEwen
George Sedgley
Town Officials and Budget Items From Local Meeting
Selectmen and assessors Harold J. Brown Walter P Powers and George y Treasurer H G Heald Tax collector John R Blackie Member of school board for two years Vernon E Gray member to take for three years Eleanor Thibo u Member Overseers of the Poor for a term of two years George E Gray member to serve three years Harold J Brown Common schools 1200 text books and supplies 200 support of poor 1600 roads 1500 town debt and interest 1900 officers salaries 1200 An article to see if any funds would be raised for WPA or other Federal project was dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold J. Brown
Walter P. Powers
George Y
H. G. Heald
John R. Blackie
Vernon E. Gray
Eleanor Thibou
George E. Gray
Town Meeting Sets Lower Tax Rate and Cuts Appropriations
At Monday's town meeting in Topsham voters approved a reduced tax rate from 56 to 42 mills and cut several appropriations including a proposed wharf at Popham Beach. School, road, and sewer budgets were outlined, with totals showing $51,013 raised and $44,917 last year, while candidates for town offices were elected and defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popham Beach
Carlton Bridge
Owen Richardson
Everett A. Harrington
Raymond Wyman
Elijah Bartlett
Raymond McIntire
Walter J. McCourt
Charles Hough
Town Meeting Chooses New Selectmen And Reelects Officials
About 60 residents attended the town meeting on Monday. The board of selectmen now includes Courtney E. Stover Joseph W. Larrabee and Frank A. French with French as the new member. Albert J. White declined to run after three years on the board. Harry J. Rich was reelected town clerk Edward K. Thompson was reelected collector and treasurer and Mrs Loring D Small was reelected to the school committee for three years. Appropriations for the year run slightly above last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Mallett
George Sprague
Walter Williams
Mallett
Sprague
Williams
Harold Ward
Wilfred Hart
Ernest Small
Frank E. Carver
Harry Rackley
Alice Merriman
George A. Sprague
Walter M. Williams
Charles I
Board of Selectmen
Courtney E. Stover
Joseph W. Larrabee
Frank A. French
Albert J. White
Harry J. Rich
Edward K. Thompson
Loring D. Small
Woolwich town meeting elects Bailey and Skillin to key posts
In Woolwich on Monday three surprises occurred as Frank R. Bailey defeated Samuel P. Buck for the board of selectmen and Mrs. Jessie C. Skillin was chosen collector and treasurer to replace Vinal Hunnewell. The meeting adjourned to Saturday at ten to finish discussion on warrant articles including bonding the town for 10000. The year’s selectmen will include Bailey Dunton and Wright with Edward V. Reed re-elected clerk. Road commissioners are Hathorn Ames and Soule. All articles 9 through 30 were laid on the table for Saturday. Katherine Marr R N arrives from New Haven Memorial Hospital for a visit with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
Frank R. Bailey
Board of Selectmen
Samuel P. Buck
Jessie C. Skillin
Vina] Hunnewell
Mr. Bailey
James F. Dunton
George E. Wright
Edward V. Reed
Fred F. Hathorn
George M. Ames
John Soule
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Hanson T. Brown
Vinalhaven
Alfred G. Cornish
Lucinda L. Wallace
Charles M. Sprague
Myra T. Rich
New Sharon
Eastport
M. Humphreys & CO
Clara Brown
Topsham
West Bath
Katherine Marr
R. N
New Haven, Conn
Fred S. Curtis & CO
Thomas R. Huston