Phippsburg Social Roundup Notes Town Visits and Death
Phippsburg residents report weekend visits with family in Bruns wick Bath and Meadowbrook while others travel to Norway and Norway. A funeral notice recalls Leslie Clark of Delaware Md and Mrs Hiram Wyman hosts a summer visitor. Local Grange activity includes a 25 member class and harvest feast for nearly 300. Storm halts school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Perry
Kittery
Robert Hyde
Brunswick
Ernest A. Rogers
John Rogers
Ernest A. Rogers, Jr
Small Point
Amy Jones
Bath
Eleanor Brown
James L. Morse
Norway
Gardiner Rogers
Fred Perry
Rogers Camp
Harry Williams
Meadowbrook
Henry Minott
Oscar Jones
Wright
Dromore
Nathaniel Percy
J. Bradford Sprague
William Blaisdell
Ralph E. Wright
Redbird Farm
Wrentham
Mass
Dromore Grange
Humphrey Owen
Annie Malcolm
Reuten Purington
Frances Leavitt
Stanley Williams
Topsham Grange
Leslie Clark
Delaware
Clark
Hiram B. Wyman
Phippsburg Center
Wyman
Camden
N. J
Lynette Caverley
Laconia
N. H
Lucille
Laconia Hospital
Annie Bowker
President Sills at Grace Church on Christian unity
President Kenneth M. Sills of Bowdoin College spoke at Grace Episcopal Church on Sunday urging Christian unity amid doctrinal and national differences. He noted one third of the world are Christians, discussed Lausanne and Edinburgh meetings, and urged reliance on the Holy Spirit. He pressed unity as essential in a world facing atheism and indifference. Special music accompanied the address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth ©. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Grace Episcopal Church
S. R
Lausanne
Edinburgh
Sills
Jesus Christ
James Plaisted Webber
Grace Church
Pine Tree Troop Girl Scouts Photo Club Meeting
Herbert L. Douglas spoke on Creative Ability and Skills at a Pine Tree Troop Photography Club meeting. The group will focus on combined arts and crafts and nature field work. Douglas demonstrated camera parts and operation. Next meeting will have each girl review her photos for improvement. Sally Munsey finished her second class, others worked on International Friendship notebooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert L. Douglas
Pine Tree
Douglas
Sally Munsey
Fireside club visits Brunswick church group
The Fireside club from Winter Street visits Brunswick Sunday evening as guests of the First Parish church. A social hour with Dr Thompson Ashby Foundation of Missouri was enjoyed. The Brunswick group will visit the Fireside club on Sunday March 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street Church
Brunswick
Pune
First
Thompson Ashby
Fatio
Brunswick Group
Fireside Club
Sabattus Adopts Modern Dial Telephone Service
The town of Sabattus plans to switch from hand cranked wall sets and an operator operated exchange in a kitchen to the latest dial service, bringing new communication technology to residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabattus
Bowdoin Healthy Home Helpers Meet For Pig Raising
The Healthy Happy Home Helpers 4 H club met with local leader Mrs. Erland Rogers on Saturday with eight attendees. Members shared radio programs they enjoy and discussed pig raising. Muffins were baked while boys played games. refreshments served. Next meeting is March 18 with county agent Mr. Rich present. Also notes: Mrs Grant Woods returned home from Springfield Mass after weeks with her daughter. Mrs Irving Clough visited L C Starbird. Mrs Nellie Cobb stayed with her sister Mrs Frederick Douglass. Mrs Herbert Higgens hospitalized in Brunswick. Mrs C A Babb returned home after three months in Revere Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erland Rogers
Rich
Grant Woods
Annual Church League Banquet honors Winter Street team
The Winter Street team won the championship trophy for the third season and received eight gold basketballs awarded to the coach and players, with Captain Carl Erlebach leading the champion squad. Central team runners up received silver basketballs. WPA vaudeville entertainment followed, with local entertainers from Portland performing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis J. Gooch
Uptown Theatre
Gooch
Carl Erlebach
Winter Street
William Greene
Robbert Stevens
Erlebach
David Alkazin
Maurice Puffer
Norman Alkazin
Edward Brown
William Hill
Robert Oliver
Bruce Wright
McKellar
Clifton Nickerson
Clayton Thibodeau
Russell Young
Russell Gasser
Bernard Pratt
Ralph Houston
Robert Donnell
Ray Donnell
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Morse High School
Frankie Curran
George Tinney
Victor Paquet
Kenneth Jaquith
Gordon Lake
Cecil Rowland
Clement Robichaud
Harold Cutting
Linwood Haynes
Philip Oliver
William Perkins
Erle Locke
Hall
Donald Cromwell
George Kenyon
Robert Sutherland
Clyde Stilphen
Clarence Arsenault
Harry Knight
Robert Clark
Frederick Hamlin
Herbert Closson
Maynard MacFadden
Harold J. Carter
Alfred Neal
Oscar Tanguay
Robert Gordon
Oakhurst
Wiseman Farms
H. C. Baxter & Bro
Marius H. Page
Harold S. Avery
Edwin H. P. Lowell
Norman W. Howard
Russell M. Colby
Reginald Stacy
Elbridge R
William H. Small
Obituary: Walter T. Paine Dies in New Jersey Ferry Tragedy
Word came to Fred D. Hill of Bath National Bank of the sudden death of his son in law Walter T. Paine of Westfield New Jersey. Paine, an employee of Brooklyn Edison Co, died apparently from acute indigestion after a banquet in New York and a Jersey ferry crossing. He is survived by his wife Louise Hill of Bath and two children Robert M and Barbara L Paine. Funeral services planned Friday night at eight in Gray's funeral home Westfield with relatives traveling from Bath and Falmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred D. Hill
Bath National Bank
Walter T. Paine
Westfield
N. J
New York
Jersey Ferry
Paine
Brooklyn Edison Co
Louise Hill
Bath
Robert M
Barbara L. Paine
Westport Town Meeting Amid Storm Sets Clerk Vote
Westport held its annual town meeting Monday with over 70 voters and spectators despite a heavy storm. Ross Beaton won 47 votes for town clerk to Ellsworth Colby’s 20. other officers reelected, Frank Greenleaf defeating Edward Cromwell for third selectman, and Mrs Verne Greenleaf to the school board. Collected actions include a $200 appropriation to build a town tools and equipment building and a petition for the state to operate the ferry. reports for 1938 accepted and 1937 reports to be explained due to audit discrepancies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Beaton
Ellsworth Colby
Third Selectman
Frank Greenleaf
Edward Cromwell
Verne Greenleaf
E. A. Cromwell
Colin Dunn
Edith Campbell
Benton
Brian Jewett
Jewett
Chatham
N.H
C. C.c
Madge Anderson
Boston
Thomas Manning
Bath
Robert Greenleaf
John P. Carey
John Conway
Russell Stedder
Freeman Coby
Wiscasset
Bessie Harsleman
James Murray
James Apt
Gilbert Greenleaf
Amos Greenleaf
Ernest Colby
Lester Hodgdon
Carl Hodgdon
Wesley Green
Edmund Chisholm
George Delano
Woolwich
Robert Greenleaf, Jr
Annual Exhibits by Evening School at Morse High
Bailey Evening School closes the year with open house on Wednesday March 22 from seven to nine at Morse High School. Over 200 diplomas will be awarded. Exhibits include art, dressmaking, manual training, bookkeeping, typewriting, stenography, First Aid, Home Hygiene, cooking, and mechanical drawing with work from beginners to advanced students. Visitors may inspect class rooms and demonstrations by teachers and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey Evening School
Morse High School
John P. Winchell
David Y. Alkazin
Lillian Fadden
Hugh D. Grant
Mary J. Cummings
J. Edward Pomeroy
Personal Notes from Bangor Visitors and Local Events
Horace P. Bond of Bangor visited the city Wednesday. Mrs. A A Stott and Mrs. Rowland S Beal spent Wednesday in Portland. Hon J Edward Drake returned to his office after illness. Mrs Theodore Watson hosted her contract club at lunch on Middle Street. A nine pound son was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Howard Leavitt of Brunswick. Leavitt, a Brunswick Record employee, is son of Charles W Leavitt of Fisher Court. Mrs Erving L Burnham hosted Social Eight Monday with refreshments. Those present included Mrs Agnes Dwyer and several others. The Young Ladies club of People's Baptist church held a meeting at Mrs George B Cee’s in Court Street and planned future events. Mrs Earle P Morse of Fartin Street will entertain the club Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace P. Bond
Bangor
A. A. Stott
Rowland S. Beal
Portland
J. Edward Drake
Theodore Watson
Middle Street
Howard Leavitt
Center Street
Brunswick
Leavitt
Brunswick Record
Charles W. Leavitt
Fisher Court
Erving L. Burnham
Western Avenue
Agnes Dwyer
Thelma Fogg
Betty Burnham
Albert Pinkham
Albert Darrah
George Darrah
George Melzard
Hes
Parker Head Hosts Quadruple Birthday Party and Snowbound Notes
The Parker Head community reports a four‑birthday celebration at the Lewis Lowell home honoring John Rollins Mrs Norman Pierce Lewis Lowell and Francis Lander of Brunswick plus events from the village. Pedro games served sandwiches coffee candy and four birthday cakes. Highlights include prizes at the party ship wheel rug gift to Mrs Lewis Lowell and a snowbound Monday closing Bath traffic disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Lowell
John Rollins
Norman Pierce
Lowell
Francis Lander
Brunswick
Pedro
Florence Rollins
Edith Pierse
Fred Shepherd
Winneganee
Helen Cushing
Mildren Harrington
Leston Harrington
Charles Huff
Phyllis Young
Bert Young
William Hallett
Lander
Fred Libby
Ladies Sewing Club
Earl Lowell
Frank Deejay
Olive Deojay
William, Jr
Earl ‘Lowell
Allie Rollins
William
Bath
Hollywoods Stars Well Portrayed at Church Auxiliary Party
Noted figures Greta Garbo Maurice Chevalier Baby Snooks Luise Ranier Edna May Olivier Sophie Tucker Gene Autry and Tom Mix attended an Auxiliary Hollywood party in Winter Street church Ladies parlor. Mrs Roscoe P McFadden entertained with elocution Miss Madelyn Jones sang with guitar Mrs George Hibbs offered tea cup readings hostesses were Mrs Roscoe P McFadden Miss Carrie Hall and others Forty five members attended and plan a Neighborhood Card party with Elna McCabe. The Auxiliary will join the Men's club March 23 for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Greta Garbo
Maurice Chevalier
Baby Snooks
Luise Ranier
Edna May Oliver
Sophie Tucker
Gene Autry
Tom Mix
Winter Street Church
Roscoe P. McFadden
Madelyn Jones
George Hibbs
St. Patrick
Carrie Hall
Leroy Colby
George W. Hibbs
Carl ¥ Y. Kennedy
Elna McCabe
Winnegance Auxiliary meeting plans quilt session and events
The Winnegance Auxiliary of the Winnegance Community club met to discuss a joint session with men to address an important matter. A public card party in early April will raise funds for outstanding bills, and a cooked food sale was planned. Incoming officers were to be honored at a meeting with Mrs. Winfield W. Morse, but a party for them was postponed due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnegance Community Club
Parker O. Rogers
Winfield W. Morse
Orman Coggeshall
Harry C. Webber
Morse
Harry B. Williams
Frank Perow
Harold Miller
Harry Williams
Thatcher Pinkham
Herbert Spinney
Murie
Haggett
Peter Gagnon
Alice Lancaster
Charles Small
Ballot Inspection Confirms Small Edges Ward 7 Alderman
An afternoon ballot inspection in Ward 7 shows Mayor Donald N. Small with 212 votes and petitioner William H. Daley with 193, a 19 vote plurality versus the previously reported 23. Twelve disputed ballots remain, not altering the result. Judge John J. Keegan represented Daley. Mayor Small appeared for himself in City Clerk Gilmore’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald N. Small
William H. Daley
Small
Gilmore
John J. Keegan
Daley
Everett F. E. Trask Dies at Dresden in 1870s Birth Portrait
Funeral services for Everett F. Trask were held at his Dresden home after a sudden Sunday night death. Son of Franklin and Orilla Trask born in Windsor on June 3 1870, he lived in Dresden 17 years, worked as a painter, survived by wife Daisy Dee and daughter Edith, with a Windsor sister, and Augusta cousins. Also notes town meeting delays, heavy snow, local social visits, Bath Iron Works employees, and a district one act play contest at Cony High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett FE. Trask
Mr. Trask
Franklin and
Orilla Hysom Trask
Windsor
Dresden
Daisy Dee Trask
Edith
Sisner
Harry Malcolm
Augusta
Creceden
Bath
Eulela Pray
John McDonald
Gardiner
John Frey
Justin Foster
Mildred Foster
Bristol
Mary McDonald
Creeden Mills
Horace Gilpatrick
Alice Hasson
High Street
Flora Benson
Harry Hatch
Harland McCobb
Harold Hall
Arthur Perle
Bath Iron Works
Wallace Rittall
Rittall
Ernest Cate
Dresden Mills
Maurice Pashard
Henry Hatch
Houston
Glenwood
Albert
West Dresden
Albert A. Hodgdon
River Avenue
Cony High School
Bridge Academy
Brunswick High School
Sagadahoc Probate Court Opens March Session Actions
Tuesday session of Sagadahoc probate court under Judge Arthur J. Dunton issued many orders. Will allowances named J Everett Mayo and others. estates administered, inventories filed, and accounts settled. Various executors, guardians, and administrators were appointed, with bonds and appraisals recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Dunton
Sagadahoc
J. Everett Mayo
West Bath
Lillian H. Mayo
Herbert W. Norton
Bath
Edward W. Bridgham
Charles T. Small Jr
Ezra Hume
Louis W. Hagan
Alfred L. Rackley
Irma M. Rackley
Topsham
Minnetta L. Plaisted
Charles E. Plaisted
Alcide Couture
Caroline S. Couture
Charles A. McMahan
Georgetown
Forest C. Legard
John William Shorey
Phippsburg
Herbert Shorey
James S. McFarland
Arrowsic
Catherine M. McFarland
Andrew John Kaufman
Mary Barbara Kaufman
Reginald W. Kaufman
First Baptist Brotherhood Hosts Ladies Night Program
E Melvin Pratt and committee led a Tuesday evening event at First Baptist Brotherhood with 30 minutes of music and contests. Guests enjoyed wind races and other games while orchestra members performed trombone saxophone and clav solos. refreshments followed from a menu poster. Mrs Harry McDonald returns home from Memorial hospital after two weeks as a patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Melvin Pratt
Raymond C. Cummings
Forrest C. Legard
James B. Smith
L. L. Hooker
Leon R. Eaton
First Baptist Brotherhood
Melvin Pratt
Victor H. Paquet
Foster M. Pratt
Fred Dwyer
Earl Legard
Clayton Holden
Victor Paquet
Foster Pratt
Harry McDonald
Bailey Street
Memorial Hospital
Bathshyde Company Late Castings Highlight Show
Eddie Ramsay returns from Chicago Sports and Motor Boat Show at Navy Pier with Hyde Windlass display praised but modest. Highlights include a 30 foot model boat tank and fast model motorboat, while midwest fair draws larger crowds. Sho ws also note shifts in machine shop crews, bowling plans, and upcoming windlass shipments to Moore Drydock Co. in Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Rameau
Chicago
Navy Pier
Lake Michigan
Hyde
New York
Ramsay
Hyde Company
The
Chicago Tribune
Mr. Ramsay
Benjamin F Packard Ship Becomes Museum Prospect
The Benjamin F Packard, a once hardy sailing vessel tied to New York Hudson waterfront lore, faced demotion to a coal barge in 1925 before Theodore Roosevelt Pell saved it for a museum. Max Williams later acquired the ship, but by 1929 it lay aground near Long Island, with auction bidding yielding a lone offer and the Clipper Ship Corp taking on the project to relocate it to Playland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Atlantic
Benjamin F. Packard
New York
Cape Horn
Seattle
Theodore Roosevelt Pell
Hudson River
Max Williams
Pell
Long Island Sur
Manhasset
American Art Association Anderson Galleries
Flayderman & Kaufman
Clipper Ship Corp
Playland
Captain Walker to Speak at Gracechurch Men's Club
Captain Frank Walker of Woolwich will be guest speaker Thursday evening for Gracechurch Men's club discussing his experiences in Southern waters. Attendance is expected. supper at 6.30 is served by a St. Mary's Guild committee led by Earl Lemont, Charles T. Small Jr., and William P. Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Walker
Woolwich
Gracechurch Men's Club
Earl Lemont
Charles T. Small, Jr
William P. Adams
St. Mary's Guild
Also Mentioned on This Page
President Sills
Photography
Bowdoin
Westport
Parker
Baptist Brotherhood
Bathshyde Company
Wall Street
Octave Dauphin
Octave
Harry Comeau
Dick Cahill
Eddie Ferris
Foster
Freddie Hayward
Howard Hatch
George Connard
Bud Weston
Mel Pratt
Chet Clements
Harold Safford
Elmer Blake
Charlie Kidder
George Young
Milling Machine
Syd Knights
Fred Quimby
Syd
Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co
Kearney
Sims
Walter
Red" Taylor
Johnny Burgess
Eddie Lesier
Earl Cahoon
Murdock Murray
Murray
Murdock
Eddie Ramsay
Park Alleys
Mesars
George Wilson
Archie Seeckins
Earl
Burgess
Willis Hall
Bob Callan
Dido" Cutting
Queensbury
Cahoon
E. Cahoon
M. Murray
TE Peran
PCI Floc Eee
E. Remsay Fe Obilant Oo
O. Burgess
Mr. Murray
Propeller
Mr. Cahoon
Jim Knights
Elver Stickney
Battery H
Albert Bonney
Iron Works
Hyde Windlass
Naval Inspection Board
Eddie Clancy
Eddie
Moore Drydock Co
Oakland
Calif
Fester Pratt
Linnie Russell
Stan Clark
Tool Room
Theryl Robbins
Rumford
Theryl
Ship For Marine Museum
Captain Walker
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