Thrilling Career of Livingstone as Famous Explorer
The Independent outlines David Livingstone born 1813 in Blantyre Scotland. A self taught student who became a missionary and explorer he opened new ground in Africa. He sailed in 1840 reached Mabotea Mabona and Mabotea stations faced a lion attack and transformed missionary work into exploration. He discovered Victoria Falls and traced Zambesi routes before years of trials culminated in Stanley aid and his death in 1873.
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the Independent
David Livingstone
Blantyre
Scotland
David
Anderson College
London
London Missionary Society
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Livingstone
Africa
America
South
United States
England
Mabotea
Limpopo
Mabona
Mary Moffat
Central Africa
Zambesi
Victoria
Kilimane
Stone
Emluri
Ttader
Local notes in Bath and surrounding towns
Reports from Bath and nearby communities cover a week of events including Bradford Redonnett's remarks at Sons of Veterans and a Democratic banquet, jurors summoned for Lincoln County Superior Court, a Central Maine Power cooking demo with prizes, a minstrel show by the Wiscasset Athletic Club, a birth in Portland, and various local visits, travels, and church activities. Several residents face injuries or illness, and school and academy activities observe milestones and facilities upgrades.
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Bradford C. Redonnett
Sons of Veterans Camp
Bath
Mr. Redonnett
Hotel Sedgwick
Traverse
Lincoln County Superior Court
Frank Harding
Anna
J. Carleton
Adams
Boothbay
Margaret Welsh
J. Burton Reed
Boothbay Harbor
Ruth Robbins
Russell Brackett
Bristol
Wilder Fossett
Wilder Erskine
Damariscotta
John Burnham
Edgecomb
Waldo H. Clark
Jefferson
Fred L. Sherman
Newcastle
Carroll Dinsmore
Nobleboro
Henry Goudy
South Bristol
Jason C. Thompson
Southport
Jennie Shute
Waldoboro
Will G. Wallace
Percy Cheney
Whitefield
Harold L. Batley
Wiscasset
Ruth Cluff
Central Maine Power Co
Congregational Vestry
Nellie Clifford
North Edgecomb
Lawrence Haggett
Jesse F. White
Annie G. Macurda
D. F
Thelma Wright
James E. White
Frank Hutchins
James Foye
Alfred Foye
Bangor
Arthur Paquett
John Riley
Bernard Bailey
Mary Adams
E. Murray Senter
Maine General Hospital
Portland
Bradford C. Redennett
Fred J. Cormier
Alberta Potter
Stanton Sherman
Lewiston
Wiscasset Academy
Donald Shea
Memorial Hospital
Tire Wilsere
Joseph C Kennecs Sanii
Sewall
Sidney G
Exaus Frank Hf Geuy
Leon G. Flood
Charis J di
Testimonial Dinner Honoring Morse Team of Bath
Morse high school basketball team, semifinalists in the Western Maine Inter scholastic Tournament, will be honored with a testimonial dinner at Bath High School. Coach Madden, Assistant Coach Farrell, and 12 varsity players will be recognized. event hosted by the Bath High School Alumni Association and expected to draw 400 to 500 citizens.
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Morse High School
Western Maine
John E. Madden
Duncan H. Farrell
Bath High School Alumni Association
Elmer L. Norton
Bath
Lewiston
Morse
South Portland
Rotary Club
John Parker
New England
the Order of the Eastern Star
A. Hallet & Co
West Bath Grange Meeting and Anniversary News
At the West Bath Grange meeting 61 attended including nine visitors. Program included songs, sketches, readings by Leon Genthner Edward Jenks Annie Williams and others, a discussion on the effect of gossip on community life, and the first two degrees will be conferred March 28. A Pomona meeting to confer the fifth degree is planned. Mr and Mrs David Green of Bangor observed their 52nd wedding anniversary with open house. Mrs Green a descendant of William Lloyd Garrison possesses teaspoons once owned by Garrison. Mrs Oliver L Hall of Hampden of the Maine Society Daughters of Founders and Patriots plans an annual meeting likely in Bangor in May with Augusta members expected.
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Miss Trott
William Elliot
Elliot
Federal Street
Clarence A. Richards
Portland
Granville Moulton
St. Philip's
Woman's Auxiliary
Martha Kaler
Augusta
Wilbur Lowell
Hodge Street
Lowell
Howard B. Worden
Rockport
Mass
Webber's Tavern
Philip
West Bath Grange
the Grange
Charlotte Doyle
Beatrice Leavitt
Hope Ward
Barbara Freeman
Carolyn Miller
Thelma Hutchins
Mercie McFadden
Grace Waterman
Bernice Sturtevant
Marjorie Achorn
Leon Genthner
Edward Jenks
Ida Sandelin
Annie Williams
Nellie Booker
West Bath Grange Hall
David Green
Ohio Street
Bangor
Queens County
New Brunswick
Bannor
G. C. Condon
Green
William Lloyd Garrison
Garrison
Bristol
England
Canada
Oliver L. Hall of
Hampden
Maine Society, Daughters of Founders and Patriots
Fred J. Rose
Long Island City
Walter Whitmer
Elmhurst
Marie Wiseman
Jackson Heights
John P. Lorentzen
Revere
Rose
Radio City
RCA
Music Hall
Broadway
Leon White
Herbert White
Bailey Evening School
Everett G. Lemont
Lula Herbert
Bath
Carleton Andrews
Elmer Mank
Phyllis
Woolwich
Lannes Fuller
David White
Warren
Alb. J. White
A. N. White
Edward Footer
Mary Jane
Upper High Street
J. B. Lemont
Caroline Harrison
William J. Campbell
Chatsworth
Ontario
Henrietta French
Morse
Lewiston
Ernest E. Williams
Dwight B. Hale
Dwinal Cornish
Percy Holbrook
William A. Brown
Harold Rogers
Winnegance
Rosamond Stover
Courtney E. Stover
Joyce
L. D. Rogers
Montsweag
Woolwich Center
Ladies’ Aid
Church Hall
Harold Bailey
Day's Ferry
Robert Rice
Rufus Savage
Richmond
Day’s Ferry
Council
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Carolyn Wing
Frank J. Walker
Norma Jean Drummond
Arrowsie
J. W. Reed
New York
Woolwich Grange Hall
Montsweag Farm Bureau
Charles L. Eastman
Co-Operative Extension Service
Tie
Union
T Nequasset Vestry
James E. Ryan
Harold T. Ryan
Ryan & Son
Leverett Welch
John C. Gilmore
Frank R. Bailey
Percy C. Bailey
Earl Ryan
Raymond V. Rice
Henry T. Dubar
Vancy Mathews
Sagadahoc Ferry
Belgrade
Betty Wright
George Wright
Wiscasset Road
Falmouth
Alice Boston
Royal Boston, Jr
Leah Strout
Boston
Lynn
N. Y
Cornwell Strout
Harvey P. Hathorne
Ida M. Beals
Nine of Clubs Club
Albion L. Corliss
Samuel Buck
Carl Longfellow
Edwold Carter
Herbert Munsey
Mabel Jack
Charlotte Buck
Fred Brawn
Brawn
Ralph Hatch
Marilyn Hatch
Florida
Clearwater
Daytona Beach
West Bath Town Meeting Chooses Officials and Grants Land
At the annual town meeting about 65 attended. The selectmen elected were Court ney E. Stover Albert J. White and Joseph W. Larrabee. Harry J. Rich re elected town clerk Edward K. Thompson re elected collector and treasurer. Mrs. Earle C. Donnell declined another school committee term and Mrs. J. Everett Mayo was elected for three years. The meeting noted gifts and community acts including land donation by James B. Lemont to enlarge Lowell school yard and a donation plan to aid Lowell and Litchfield school picnic funds through noon sales. Citizens urged reporting rubbish violators to the selectmen. Many local residents plus visitors from Topsham and Bath attended.
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Board of Selectmen
Courtney E. Stover
Albert J. White
Joseph W. Larrabee
Harry J. Rich
Edward K. Thompson
Earle C. Donnell
J. Everett Mayo
Donnell
E. K. Thompson
Barbara Fisher
L. D. Small
Lowell
Litchfield
James B. Lemont
Lowell School
Mr. Lemont
Joseph M
Laura E
Rufus W. Lombard
Rofe
Fred Armes
Topsham
King’s Point
Rosedale
Old Fashioned Dance at West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange held a successful hall dance with Carvers Orchestra from Topsham providing music. Arthur C. Lemont organized the event, prizes went to Mr. and Mrs. Wendell B. Heal and Arthur W. King with Mrs. Norman J. Mackinnon for spot waltzes. Crabmeat salad and pie were sold. Bath Bus Service ferried dancers to and from the hall. An accident near Vassalboro injured two Bowdoin students, Herbert Stevens and Frank Coffin, as Wellington Yaple drove and escaped harm. the car rolled after a passenger brushed a light switch.
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West Bath Grange
Carvers Orchestra of
Topsham
Arthur C. Lemont
Wendell B. Hea
Arthur W. King
Norman J. Mackinnon
Bath
Grange Hall
Lemont
Herbert S. Cavanaugh
Raymond M. Clark
Charles Genthner
Leon M. Genthner
Charles B. Doyle
D. Wallace MacDonald
Fred K. Sturtevant
Fletcher A. Waterman
Grace M. Waterman
Percy R. Waterman
Charles W. Walsh
Lincoln Williams
Langdon Green
Janes B. Lemont
Bowdoin College
Robert Marx
Wellington Yaple
Vassalboro
Augusta
Herbert Stevens
Frank Coffin
Bowdoin
Doughnut tree Elm noted in Fryeburg lore
In Fryeburg a giant elm is nicknamed the doughnut tree because a twisted branch forms a doughnut shape. Bethel also claims a lyre tree on Lovers' Lane, an elm linked to the 1764 last Indigenous raid on a white settlement in New England.
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Fryeburg
Bethel
New England
Yankee Engineer Draws Boundaries Across South America
Carl W. White, a Maine Yankee living in Walden, recounts his decade of boundary drawing in South America. He describes 1902 missions for British Guiana, using enslaved labor, and details savage warfare, jungle travel, and harsh conditions amid regional border conflicts.
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Yankee Engineer
South America
Waltham
Brazil
Atlantic
Hudson Bay Company
Arctic
Carl W. White
Lewiston
University of Maine
British Guiana
Venezuela
Georgetown
Africa
East
Woolwich Community Happenings and Church Events
Montsweag and Woolwich Center churches hold morning and evening services next Sunday with Sunday School. Various local clubs meet, socials and a beano planned, and community gatherings address agriculture, politics, and regional visits. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Reed visiting Boston, and plans for a Nequasset vestry meeting and Woolwich Union services.
Richmond class letters from French pupils extend exchange
Principal Larry Arcer’s advanced French class receives letters from four French boys at a pension near Morez in Jura France. Enclosed snapshots show the boys and the region. Replies will start in English and later switch to French for dual language practice.
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Larry Arcer
Richmond
France
Morez
Jura
Winter Defeats Central In First Play-Off Battle
Winter blitzed Central in the YMCA Church League playoff opener 43 to 32 before 300 fans. Winter led 23 to 5 at halftime after a dense first half zone defense, then shifted to man to man in the second half as Central scored 14 in the final period while Winter added 10. Frankie Gallagher with 13 and Maurice Puffer with 10 led Winter, Don Page scored 12 for Central, and Clayt Thibodeau limited. Free throws aided Central 10 of 15 to Winter 9 of 18.
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Central Boys
Winter
Y. M. C. A. Church
Central
Frankie Gallagher
Maurice Puffer
Don Page
Central Ace
Winter Boys
Clayt Thibodeau
Winterbackers
Grace
Elm
Grace Boys
H. MacMahan
H. Guynn
P. MacMahan
Moody
Dunton
Two Degrees Conferred At Woolwich Grange Meeting
Attendance of 52 at Woolwich Grange hall last Wednesday saw the third and fourth degrees conferred on six candidates. Visiting grangers came from West Bath and Wiscasset. A harvest supper was held under the direction of Mrs. Frances Lilly Flora, Mrs. Sadie Bradford Ceres, and Mrs. Rose Hathorne Pomona, followed by dancing with music by Mrs. Jessie Spaulding and Chester Leeman. Two Friday night dances are planned with the grange orchestra providing the music.
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Woolwich Grange Hall
West Bath
Wiscasset
Frances Lilly
Flora
Sadie Bradford
Ceres
Rose Hathorne
Pomona
Jessie Spaulding
Chester Leeman
Twe Grange
The
Grange Orchestra
Lonesome days at Mt. Desert Rock off Maine coast
The report paints a solitary scene at Mt. Desert Rock forty miles off Maine with no steamboats, a broken telephone cable, and limited sights aside from large rollers driven in by an easterly stern. Communication with the mainland is possible only when Howard Beale of Manset ventures out lobster fishing and containers week-old letters in waterproof wrappings for transit.
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Mt. Desert Rock
Maine
Howard Beale
Manset
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