Baxter’s generosity praised by Maine sportsmen
A 1931 Bath letter from Edward W. Bridgham of the Sagadahoc Rod and Gun Association lauds former Governor Percival P. Baxter for gifting six square miles of Mt Katahdin peaks to be a public park. He notes plans for further land purchases totaling 16 square miles and stresses the preservation of the land as wild habitat with no roads, benefiting hunting and fishing for future generations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Katahdin
Percival P. Baxter
Maine
Bath
Edward W. Bridgham
Sagadahcc
Red and Gun
Baxter
Sagadahoc
State of
Education focus at Cosmo politan Current Events Club
The Cosmopolitan club's Current Events department held a Thursday afternoon meeting on education. Speakers included Miss Katherine I. Trott on Maine summer camps for boys, Miss Harriet Lord on camps for girls, and Miss Alice N. Magoun on Maine summer schools and the Commonwealth Art Colony at East Boothbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Katherine I. Trott
North Grammar School
Maine
Boothbay
Wiscasset
Georgetown
Harpswell
Camden
Winthrop
Harriet Lord
Morse High
Camp Kenaway
Yarmouth
Alice N. Magoun
Commonwealth
East Boothbay
State of Maine
H. Emma Magoun
Lena Donnell
Harry G. Deering
Engagement Announced for Katherine Mayers and David Robb
Mrs. Benjamin T. Hall of West Roxbury announces the engagement of her daughter Katherine Mayers to David A. Robb of Washington D C. Miss Mayers graduates Morse High School Faulkner Hospital Jamaica Plain and is in a post graduate course at Columbia University. Robb studied at George Washington University, the son of Arthur Robb of Herndon Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin T. Hall
Bellevue Street
West Roxbury
Mass
Fred T. Mayers
Katherine Mayers
David A. Robb
Washington, D. C
Mayers
Morse High School
Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Funeral Held for Mrs Sarah M Joy at Mayo Residence
The funeral for Mrs. Sarah M. Joy was conducted Friday at 2 PM at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence 819 High street with Rev David L Wilson of Central church officiating. Bearers were Frank Chellis Harold Carter Herman Crocker Winfield Groves and Rudolph Roy. Burial followed at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah M. Joy
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Frank Chellis
Harold Carter
Herman Crocker
Winfield Groves
Rudolph Roy
Oak Grove
Funeral for James B. Young at Grace Episcopal Church
The funeral was held Thursday at 10 30 at the family home 345 Front street with Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace Episcopal officiating. Bearers were John H Freeman Edward J Lee John L Perry and Harokl B MacElman. Burial followed. Also Miss Hazel Cook daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Cook of Valley road returned from a week in Norway where she was a guest of her aunt Mrs Harley True.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Young
Front Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Episcopal Church
John H. Freeman
Edward J. Lee
John L. Perry
Harokl B. MacElman
Hazel Cook
Harry Cook
Valley Road
Norway
Harley True
Maine Daughters Hostesses to Gentlemen for Night at Vendome
Members of the Massachusetts Maine Daughters held Gentlemen's Night at the Hotel Vendome in Boston with Mrs. Samuel N. Blackwood presiding. Toastmaster Carlo Swan recounted World War I tales while Dr. Samuel M. Lindsay spoke and Camille Giroard sang with Mrs. M. H. Gulesian at the piano. Special guests included Lieut. Governor W. H. Youngman and Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Dexter, among others, as attendees enjoyed bridge and socializing afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Massachusetts
Maine Daughters
Hotel Vendome
Samuel N. Blackwood
Charliette P. Lombard
West Bath
Blackwood
Copley Plaza Hotel
Bethel Inn
Bethel
Maine
Carrol J. Swan
Samuel M. Lindsay
Baptist Church
Brookline
Camille Giroard
M. H. Gulesian
W. H. Youngman
Hiram Dexter
Falmouth
Casco Bay
Ola Cole
Portland
Nelson H. Howard
Professional Woman's Club
Mrs Starbird Files Libel for Divorce in March Term
Marion C. Starbird files for divorce from Charles M. Starbird in Androscoggin County Superior Court's March term. The case cites long separation periods and alleges cruel and abusive treatment. Starbird, once Bates College debater and former tax collector, later served prison time for a cash shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Androscoggin County
Marion C. Starbird
Charles M. Starbird
Auburn
Starbird
Henri Crosby
Lewiston
Bates College
Congress
Starbirds
Portland
Cast of Characters for Belle of Bagdad
The Morse high school glee clubs will stage The Belle of Bagdad in April at the high school auditorium. Cast includes Mrs J Horace McCann and daughter Elsa McCann with others: Archie Fitzgibbon Porter Heyman Rose Lily Ali Ben Mustapha Leslie Larrabee Howard Steen Kathleen Leonard Bob Balentine Bill Blake Frederick Rowland Dick Taylor and glee club members Jane Donnell Mary Kenney Zelida Roberta Manson Edith Mackinnon Hassan El Carib Jewel and Ivan Kirkpatrick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bagdad
Morse High School Glee Clubs
J. Horace McCann
Harriet Lord
Elsa McCann
Anne Blackwell
Elsa
Archie Fitzgibbon
Dear Old Tioncomt Eee
Nen
Porter Heyman
Jane Donnell
Mary Kenney
Zelida
Jeannette Shackford Coleee
Roberta Manson
Edith Mackinnon Hassan el Carib
Bag- Jewel
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Preme Film Co
Hibbert Norton
Kimball W. Fogg Dies at Randolph Home
Kimball W. Fogg died at his Randolph residence on Wednesday. Born in Richmond in 1857, he leaves his widow, a son Irving, and two sisters Mrs Hattie Bowker of Phippsburg and Mrs Nellie Knight of South Gardiner. He had moved to Randolph a month ago from South Gardiner where he lived forty years, and earlier worked as a liner chef on voyages and in restaurants and lumber camps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimball W. Fogg
Randolph Wednesday
Richmond
Irving
Hattie Bowker
Phippsburg
Nellie Knight
South Gardiner
Reddolph
Europe
Winnegance Village Notes on Weather and Socials
High tides damaged Morse’s mill wharf in a record flood across the cross way. Mrs. Almon Perry and Mrs. Emery Footer hosted a Tuesday supper bridge for their Afternoon Bridge club. Prizes went to Mrs. Frank Perry and Mrs. Walter Morse. Illnesses, postponed meetings, and Farm Bureau plans fill village life with events and notices through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse's Mill
Almon Perry
Emery Footer
Lower High Street
Frank Perry
Walter Morse
Elmer Coggessiall
Sherman Morse
Gus Small
Samuel Jordan
Lelia Oliver
Harry Williams
Robert Manson
Harry Oliver
Beulah McIntire
High Street
Winneganee Community Club
Squaw Club
Winneganee
Dromore Farm Bureau
Hortense Welch
State Farm Bureau Department
Bureau
American Legion
Morse High Girls Fall to Brunswick in Season Opener
Morse High girls hosted Brunswick on Saturday and fell 33 to 19. Mary Larrabee led Morse with 17 of their 19 points, while Holbrook topped Brunswick with 21 points. A rematch is set for Tuesday at Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High Girls
Brunswick Girls
Mary Larrabee
Bath Girls
Miss Holbrook
Brunswick
Brunswick F.G
Holbrook
Booth
Eenedewesens
Campbell
Sadler
Snes
Groves
TS Oses
Sateen Ane
Macomber Augusta
Elks Take Three Of Four In Interclub Chelmsford Meet
Bath lodge Elks visit Bath camp Modern Woodmen for an Interclub League evening. Poor attendance due to storm but Elks win three of four tables with scores including Elks 1398 Woodmen 1268 and 1447 1271 as other games noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Lodge of Elks
Bath Camp
Woodmen
Woodmen’s Hall
Elks
Elks Cribbage
Higgins Whitney
Arsenault Sprague
F. Bowie
Burgess Elks
Babine McMann
Toothaker Plant Woodmen
Cemetery and Park Board reports year accomplishments
Cemetery and Park Board members Harold L. Troop Marius H. Page and Raymond M. Haley submitted their annual report to the city council detailing year end cash receipts of 18173 73 and 750 for the Soldiers monument totaling 18923 73. Expenditures for cemeteries were 17899 21 with the monument appropriation fully used and cemetery park and monument total 18649 21. A 274 52 balance from lot sales and estimated 25 bills to collect left 299 52. Major work included reclamation of Flaherty park widening of Oak Grove roadways new standpipes and water extensions grading and gravelling Oak Grove and Maple Grove repairs to lots and structures and numerous landscape and site improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Troop
Marius H. Page
Raymond M. Haley
Soldiers’ Monument
Flaherty Park
Band Stand
Front Street
Oak Grove
North Pond
Glass
Sewall Farm House
Colonial Club Elects Officers at Annual Meeting
Edward Sewall was unanimously elected president of the Colonial club at last week’s annual meeting. Eugene M. Des mond becomes vice president with Edwin F. Ramsey as secretary and Allan Spear as treasurer. Dwight Pierce and Carl Anderson join three and one year terms on the finance committee. The club granted life membership to M. A. Haggett for 24 years of service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sewall
Colonial Club
Eugene M. Desmond
Edwin F. Ramsey
Allan Spear
Dwight Pierce
Frank H. Turner
Carl Anderson
M. A. Haggett
Mark W. Sewall
Brunswick Club
Arthur L. Pratt
Archie L. Seekins
William L. Skelton
J. Haviland Torrey
Bath praised for snow clearance on state highway
A Portland salesman praised Bath for clearing the state highway from Peterson's Hill in Brunswick to Bath. He found travel hard until Peterson's Hill but enjoyed smooth sailing into Bath, and sought out Mayor Small to offer congratulations on the municipality's first such effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
City
Bath
Peterson's Hill
Brunswick
Small
Peterson
Young announces candidacy for city treasurer
Donald D. Young a former Swift & Co. employee now running a Front street market has announced his bid for city treasurer at the upcoming municipal meeting on March 18. A newly elected official says backing is building for Young with several other names also under consideration. Harold Greene of Rockland is noted to have received a crate of citrus from Ralph Griffin of Manatee Fla, who runs a dairy facility and fruit trees and raises vegetables. Griffin and Greene were World War II comrades and veterans who spent furloughs touring historic sites in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Young
Swift & Co
Front Street
The
Times
Mr. Young
Harold Greene
Rockland
Ralph Griffin
Manatee
Fla
Griffin
Mr. Griffin
Mr. Greene
France
Green Light Mystery Turns on Auto Repair Crew
In a Washington Street home during a snowstorm, a green beam from a passing car revealed utility workers climbing poles to repair power lines. The eerie light accompanied by wind and hail showed the team at work, and soon the lights returned.
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Washington Street
Census Figures Show Extent of Maine Farms
The Bureau of the Census reports 39,006 Maine farms with 4,639,938 acres and a total value of 222,662,636 dollars. Data detail by county and district notes crop land, idle land, pasture, woodland, and nonagricultural uses, with farm land and buildings valued at 194,279,884 dollars and machinery at 28,382,752 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of the Census
Maine
Raymond Parks Wins Billiard Tournament
Raymond Parks won the YMCA billiard championship after a week of matches, defeating Howard Mayo and Leon Buck to claim the title in the final. The event saw early contenders like Burns Henderson Hatch Marco Buck Sarkis Roberts Murray Hall Watson and Mayo progress through rounds before semifinals featuring Buck and Parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Parks
Burns
Kingsbury
Henderson
Hatch
Marco
Buck
Sarkis
Roberts
Murray
Hall
Watson
Mayo
Parks
Storm Damage at Popham Beach and Long Auto Trip
Sunday's storm caused rough seas washing away parts of the outer end of the Coast Guard wharf and parts of the river side sidewalk at Popham Beach. Cottages escaped damage though several banks were washed. Oscar Peterson and Clarence Tangquist completed a 4009 mile trip from Dummerstreet via New York and Holland Michigan visiting St Paul and Niagara Falls. four days from St Paul to Portland, three weeks away.
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Popham Beach
Coast Guard Station
Oscar Peterson
Dummerstreet
Clarence Tangquist
Portland
Holland
Michigan
New York City
St. Paul
Michn
Buffalo
N. Y
Niagara Falls
Beacon Wins Track Meet by Narrow Margin
Beacon tops St. Marys by one third point in the eighth annual Church league meet at the Y M C A. Beacon finishes with 322.3 points to St Marys 321.3 after a decisive relay. Stan Henderson stars with 14 points including wins in the 440 and shot put and a runner up in the potato race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon
St. Mary's
Stan Henderson
Paul Hart
Ralph Crocker
Hart
St Mary's
Hendersn
Henderson
Lowery
Grace
Mullaney
St. Mary’s
Sarkis
Dying Bath Pastor Recalls St. Lawrence Ties
In Baldwin New York, Rev. Alpheus B. Hervey age 92 receives a visit from farmer's son who he mentored to college and who rose in finance as Owen D. Young. The two-hour bedside visit recalls Hervey's St. Lawrence presidency and lifelong bond with Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen D. Young
Rev
A. B. Hervey
Hervey
Universalist Church
Bath
St. Lawrence University
Dr. Hervey
Young
Colby Choir Plans Vesper at Gardiner U U Church
The Colby choir of 45 voices will sing at a 4 30 Sunday vesper at the Universalist church in Gardiner. They are joined by the Colby Trio, directed by John W. Thomas and Frances Smith. Accompanists are Robert Beals Viola Rowe and Eunice Foye.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colby
Universalist
Gardiner
John W. Thomas
Colby Glee Club
Francis Smith
Waterville
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston
Robert T. Beals
Viola R. Rowe
Eunice N. Foye
Lang and Temple Agents Scviatoheine Notice
Total liabilities and surplus amount listed as 172930.98 with Maine address and dates 3 12 19 20 indicating agency notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lang & Temple
Scviatoheine Maine
Maine Casualty Company
Portland
Maine
Pease Ees
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Bridgham
Red and Gun Club
Miss Trott
Androscoggin Court
Belle OF
Morse High School Glee Club
Dale Hartnett
Cemetery and Park Ard
South End
Y.M.C.A
Ford
Tne
F.O.R
Detroit
Ford Finance
Universal Credit Company
Jenkins
Winter
Crocker
Garnett
McElman
Genthner
Allen
Malia
Oliver
Elm
Pinkham
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