Radio set owners ponder over distance versus quality
A piece urges radio buyers to value local program reception over chasing distant stations. It notes poor atmospheric conditions last winter and explains weather limits, advising shoppers to favor nearby stations for lasting satisfaction. A second item reports a Country Club vote to raise 2500 dollars via 410 annual dues per member to fund a new building, with work to start after frost.
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Tavana
Los Angeles
Yia
Davenport
New York
Boston
Vist
Country Club
Georgetown Young Men Elect Officers For The Victors Class
The First Baptist Church in Georgetown held the initial meeting for its Young Men of the Victor Class on March 2 at George F. Oliver’s home. Everett Kimball was elected teacher, George Oliver president, Alfred Rowe secretary treasurer, and a social committee was chosen. Dues set at 50 cents per member, class colors silver gray and red, and the name The Victors were adopted.
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Elizabeth Sparks
William Seigars
Boston
Richmond
Myrtle Dun
Milton
Mass
Daniel Ridley
John Witham
Rachel
A. B. Kelley
Raleigh Nelson
Charles Lamereau
Vanessa Beedle
Adeline V. Jelleson
Yarmouth
Frank M. Little
Dresden
West Pittston
Eli and
Mary (Bailey) Little
John Stevens
Methodist Church
Tsurial
Pine Grove
Dresden Mills
Mars
Belle (Cheney) Little
Walela N. Pray
Robert Travers
West Orange
N. J
Hila Balcon
Albion
Fred Lewis
St. Petersburg
Fla
Frederica Lancaster
Cleveland
Ohio
Richmond Library Association
Peabody
G. A. Hawkes
W. W. Gardner
Young
Mary Fp, Osborn
Myrtle Stewart
Laura Stilphen
Margaret Peabody
Opera House
William Laree
Lillian Jehnson
Chestnunt Street
Presque Isle
Lyndall
Good
Ladies Aid
Amy Bradley
Joseph Th. Wade
Swan Island
Cyrus and
Raehel (Brookings) Wade
Marcia
Elmer
Millard
Harold
Charles
Clara
Menry G. Handlette
Gardiner
Wallace N. Price
Elmer Parington
Litchfield
George BE. Goodwin
Tull
The
Jeremiah
Caroline (Benson) Goodwin
Mice
Ham) Goodwin
Clayton and
Boyd
First Baptist Church
George F. Oliver
Baptist Church
Everett Kimball
George Oliver
Alfred Rowe
Ehiss
Harry Thald
John Williammes
William Boucher
Mansfield
Richard of
Worthind
I. (. Wiggins
Herman Spinney
Eleanor Campbell
Bay Point
Seguinland
Spinney
Byron Campbell
Frank Pleard
Providence
William A. Todd
Bath
Howard Teald
Forrest Hanmi
Five Islands
Charles Fianna
Sewall
Oliver
Raphael Rowe
B.C. Higgins
Uarelden
Frank Teald
John Hunt
Emina Billings
Islands
George Willis
Woolwich
Josie Williams
Frederick Laskey
Robinhood
Everett
Ida Lewis
Marry Teald
A. Hinckley
Ruth
Marjorie
Henry Reynolds
Colleen Barnes
Gladys Oliver
Mark Mare
Marrtown
Vassalboro
Ruth Uinckley
H. J. Brown
Ralph Reynolds
Marl Tragan
Gilbert Lewis
Bath YMCA Church League Considers Playoff and Track Meet
The Bath YMCA Church basketball league holds a monthly meeting. A playoff series is set if Central and Corliss tie. Officials policy and admission rise are approved. A track meet will follow the basketball season with a formal committee and constitution to govern eligibility. Winchester Cathedral saved by diver replacing lead foundation with concrete after five years of work.
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M.C. A
Charles W. Petersen
Lloyd Hooker
Éd- Win Spaulding
Hatey Vinson
Cause Central
Corliss
Itis
Herbert Douglas
Merritt Mitchell
George W. Scudder
Harry Vinson
Mibridge Ro Wright
Charles W. D Petersen
William RR. Kimball
Roland Trott
Winchester Cathedral
Lie
Joint Initiation At Camp and Auxiliary Court Event
A joint initiation night admitted 12 to the T. W. Wydecup S of V and 18 to the Auxiliary in the armory with a Brunswick delegation. Speakers included Margaret Coleman, Albert Delfayven, Jesse Jiallet, Charles Berry, and William Jewett. Afterward, dancing, punch, crackers, and rookies followed with a three piece orchestra.
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T. W. Wydecup
S. of V
Armory
Brunswick
Margaret Coleman
Albert Delfayven
Sanford
Jesse Jiallet
Oakland
Joseph W. Larrabee
KE. Ib. Bourget
M. HH. Robinson
Charles Brawn
Australian Kiddies Write Nice Letters to Red Cross
Eighteen members of the Red Cross executive committee were entertained at a Monday meeting by reading letters from the Junior Red Cross in Miss Margaret Adams room. Hubert McCarty and Frank Harvie presented correspondence from children in Australia dated from Tunis and including pressed flowers and gifts. A wheelchair and cot bed were donated to the loan closet.
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The
Red Cross
Margaret Adams
Children of
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Hubert McCarty
Frank Harvie
Altunis
Mrs Clarinda M Hilling of Somerville Dies at 85
Mrs Clarinda M Hilling widow of Frederick IL Hilling dies at age 85 after five years as an invalid at 206 School Street Somerville Mass. Born January 21 1811 in Georgetown Maine she outlived her husband a Civil War veteran and leaves three children William Hunt Willing Emma J Hilling and James Frederick Hilling Funeral held at her home with Rev Sidney T Cooke and Rev K R Haddaway present Burial at Woodlawn. She lived in Somerville 53 years and earlier in Bath Maine.
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Clavinda
Maine
Damariscoifta
Somerville
William Hunt Willing
Emma J. Hilling
James Frederick Hilling
Boston
Clarinda M. Hilling
Frederick Tf. Hilling
Log School Street
Sidney T. Cooke
St. James’ Episcopal Church
New York
Eugene T. Strout Dies After Illness at Maine General
Eugene T. Strout of Cumberland Center died at Maine General Hospital after a brief illness. He was a former chairman of the Cumberland board of selectmen and a longtime farmer. He leaves his wife Cloilda Venney and eight children, including Gilbert J. Strout and several daughters, plus three brothers and three sisters. Burial was in Moss Side cemetery.
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Raymond
Isgot
Nortis
Elizabeth Strout
Tfe
Cloilda Venney
Cumberland
Board of Selectmen
Strout
Congregational Church
Gilbert J. Strout
Leland Brown
Warren Brown
Mars
Millard Kurtz
New York
Louis Clack
Cambridge
Mas Alton TE. Strout
Woolci
Ence Col
Warren
Teving
Charles
Mechanic Falls
Sadie Morrill
Portland
Rodkind Tanscom
Poland
Harry Fielding
West
Barial
Moss Side Cemetery
Cumberland Center
Five Islands Roster Notes Absence of Sunday Services
The storm banned all church services on Sunday marking the first Winter Sunday without worship. Residents and visitors were noted in Bath Georgetown Wiscasset and Five Islands with social visits, travel, and small gatherings at the grange hall and cottages. The community also welcomed news of the upcoming marriage of Errold Freeman Boucher to Elizabeth May Stevens.
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Alt Reed
Bath
Iva Cromwell
Georgetown
Burrowes of
Boothbay
Mansfield
Dickie Boucher
George Gray
Everett Triggins
Five Islands
Grange Hall
J. T. Mac Mahon
J. DG. Stevens
Howard
Ocean View
Wiscasset
Islands
Wallace V Pierce
Gracie
Southport
George Hanna
LL. Ef. Rowe
Hlareld Rowe
Boucher and Sons
Dickie
Portland
Boucher
Arthur Delano
Vive Islands
We Howard
J. G. Stevens
Errold Freeman Boucher
Elizabeth May Stevens
South Wortland
Marehobo
Will Boucher
Registration Plates Set for 1927 with Orange Yellow Background
Secretary of State Frank W. Ball announced the 1927 plate program with orange yellow background and dark navy letters. Bids will be opened this month for next year’s plates, made from open hearth steel with No 22 gauge, enamel coating, and embossed finish. Plates include numerous classes with specific quantities and features such as two top slots, corner holes, and dashes between thousands and hundreds for longer numbers. Delivery is due at Augusta depot by Oct 1 1926 with daily penalties for late delivery term.
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Frank W. Ball
Ball
U. S
State Highway Commission
Jjitney
Maine Central Railroad Company
Augusta
Westport Town Meeting Names New Second and Third Officials
Westport held its annual town meeting at the town hall with strong turnout. Fred S. Trailey stood for Ernest EB Colby who was re elected town clerk. Richard J. Powle re elected first selectman. Fred Smith and Oliver J. Jewett chosen for second and third selectmen. Fred S. Bailey re elected treasurer and collector. School committee seat went to Fred Smith. Pred Greenleaf to surveyor. Budget covers schools, poor, highways, bridges, town and ferry buildings, town officers, insurance, snow, state and county tax, contingents, and roads including state aid road maintenance. Maine Development Association and Wakefield, Mass. Boy Scouts are feeding game birds.
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Westport Fce Hall
Fred S. Trailey
Ernest EB. Colby
Richard J. Powle
Fred Smith
Oliver J. Jewett
Fred S. Bailey
Greenleaf
Ferryman
Maine Development Association
Grange growth and activities across states noted
California Fort Romie grange sponsors fruit tree studies with many orchardists joining classes. Juvenile granges grow, 450 plus nationwide, and Capper and Pepper figures push farm issues. Washington installs officers. Oregon halls expand. national leaders tour, with January adds 24 new Granges and school projects advancing.
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California
Fort Romie Grange
Grange Ladies Raise Cash for Hall Mortgage in Michigan
Michigan subordinate grange ladies contributed over 500 dollars in cash during the past year to support a hall mortgage. A large audience of about 20 million in total grange votings yearly highlights the vitality of this active farm organization. President Coolidge’s parents were members in Vermont, and he recalls hearing grange secrets as a boy. Ohio grange supports using prison labor in practical trades following other states. Pennsylvania granges mobilize to resist state school control and push for local schooling. Oregon Hood River cooperative store reports 1925 sales over 100000 dollars with four years of steady success benefiting grange members.
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President Coolidge
The
Grange
Vermont
Granges
Pennsylvania
Finnegan
Oregon
Grange Cooperative
Hood River
Morse High Opens New Library Funded by Class of Twenty-Five
Morse high school dedicates a new library funded by a 1925 graduating class gift of 25 dollars and volunteer effort. The space hosts reference and fiction books, operates with teacher supervision and student help, and remains open except during recitations and a noon lunch period.
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Morse High School
Room IL
Winton
Wilson
George Dow
George Upson Scudder
Luella MacDonald
Edwin Spaulding
Pauline McDonald
Harry Vinson
Langdon Hill Returns to Portland After Visit
Langdon Hill returns to Portland Friday after a brief visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred D. Hill on High street.
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Portland
Fred D. Hill
High Street
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