Phippsburg Town Meeting Quiet With No Contests
A calm town meeting in Phippsburg approved warrants with no opposition. Officers were reappointed, funds allocated for schools and local projects, and a charity dinner served beans and brown bread to attendees. Continuous updates note a winter storm and local moves, with continued coverage on page six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. S. Bowker
Walter J. ‘Small
H. W. Cutting
George Oliver
Elisha Totman
Board of Selectmen
Woolwich Vs. Phippsburg
Sanford Doughty
Blaisdell
Dromore
Pitch Pine Hill
Popham
Dromore Crossing
Walter Bowker
Adalbert Williams
J. F. Leeach
Abbie
Alice Minott
Etta Bowker
Bess Dickinson
Frank Allegrin
Laura Matthews
John Williams
Golder Leeach
Tommy Allegrin
Allie Oliver
Bridgeport
Lee
Martin Wyman
Bath
Nelson Heald
Small Point Road
Mr. Heald
Bowker Shipyard
Rebecca Bowker
Leon Berry
Boston
Holy Name Society Delivers Hit Minstrel Show At Bath
The Holy Name Society of St. Marys Church staged its annual minstrel show at the Bath Opera House drawing a full crowd. Manager Jack OBrien and musical director Jack Shaw led a 50‑member cast through 18 numbers with new and returning performers earning strong applause. The program featured a Louis XIV court scene, Miss Annie Curran Lewiston, Miss Alice Whalen, and the Angora Quartet, ending with Neal of the Navy and a hearty audience recall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Opera House
Holy Name Society
St. Mary’s Church
Jack O’brien
Jack Shaw
Louis XIV
O'Brien
John Marks
Maurice Jewett
Michael Quinn
Jerry Sullivan
Annie Curran
Lewiston
Leo Burke
Philbrick
Alice Whalen
O’brien
Kingsbury
Holy Name
Jerry Hassett
Ned Andrews
Phi Rho Society
Angora
Neal
Navy
Francis McDonald
King Sam Ward of Merrymeeting Bay Fractures Hip
Samuel O. Ward, 81, famed Merrymeeting Bay guide known as King Sam, fractured his right hip Monday after slipping on a hard wood floor at his North Bath home. Doctors say age and fracture complicate bone renewal as sympathy pours in from local duck hunting community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel O. Ward
Dr. Peaslee
Mr Ward
Charles Ward
Merrymeeting Bay
General Paine
Boston
Paine
Sam
Sam Ward
College Saint
Brick Island
Pleasant Point
Charles
Fred Willis
William Freeman
Cush
North Bath
Mr. Ward
Commodore Tucker Sailor Hero of Marblehead
A biographical portrait of Samuel Tucker, bold seaman turned farmer, detailing his early voyage to sea, battles off Barbary Coast, appeals for pay, later poverty, pension, and a coastal defense action at Bristol during British incursions with the sloop Increase and local volunteers joining under Tucker’s command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
Fleet St
England
Bream
Harpswell Native Herbert Ford Praises Army Life
Herbert H. Ford of East Harpswell, a member of the 109th Company Coast Artillery Corps at Fort Greble Rhode Island, writes on Army training and advantages. He notes promotion, pay, and opportunities, discusses food and schooling, and urges duty, discipline, and character in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert H. Ford
Alma’ Ford
East Harpswell
Portland
Ford
Nashua
N. H
109Th Company
Coast Artillery Corps
Fort Greble
R. I
Providence
R. T
Brunswick Meeting Explores Factory Proposal by Salem Shoe Company
A Brunswick gathering heard a Salem Massachusetts shoe firm seek a 225 by 40 foot three story factory to be leased for 10 years with insurance and maintenance paid by the company. A committee of Edward W. Wheeler Harry W. Varney and Joseph H. Rosseau will visit Richmond Mechanic Falls Skowhegan and other Maine sites to gauge local sentiment and verify the company’s standing before a final deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Salem
Mass
Salem Shoe Company
Edward W. Wheeler
Harry W. Varney
Joseph H. Rosseau
Richmond
Mechanic Falls
Skowhegan
Maine
Pie social at Riggsville church to raise funds
The church hosts a pie social Saturday night March 18 with pie and coffee and ice cream and cake for sale. It begins at seven o'clock and aims to attract many from surrounding areas. Ralph Reynolds has recovered from another grip attack and is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Reynolds
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phippsburg
Center
Kennebec Valley
John M. Clark Undertaking
Conducted By
Wn. C. Chadbourn
Front St. Tel
Part
Ralph Duggan
George Hart
Eugene Hart
Maurice Jewett J. Sullivan
Helen Johnson
Mary Flaherty
Sarah Flaherty
Margaret McDonald
Helen McDonald
Veteran Guide OF
Merry Meeting Bay
Samuel Tucker
Marblehead
Barbary
King George
London
Commodore Tucker
United States
John Adams
Alexander Hamlton
the Treasury
Gen. Knox
War Department
Congress
Enterprise
Increase
Osier
Waldoboro
Joseph Farley
Pemaquid
Townsend Harbor
Boothbay
Wiscasset
John Bunney
Little Company
Riggsville
Japanac
Japan
Oakum
Johnson Bros. Co
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