Hotel Sedgwick Reimagined With Major Additions
Expansive alterations at Hotel Sedgwick near Bath involve a $10,000-plus overhaul. A new basement restaurant with space for 200 diners, eight large ensuite rooms, fireproofing, updated heating and plumbing, and a dance floor will occupy former dining areas. Completion aimed by April 15 to host out of state guests for the U S S Sampson launching, with a public inaugural planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedgwick
Harold E. Footer
Bath
U. S. S. Sampson
Bath Iron Works Corp
Center Street
Footer
O. M. Redson
Shaw
Court Street
J D W Rogers Funeral in Dromore District
The funeral of John D W Rogers of Phippsburg was held Tuesday afternoon at two at his home in the Dromore district. Rev Joseph O Purdue of Winter Street church Bath officiated. Bearers were Omar Perry Charles Coombs Jr Gardiner D and Walter C Rogers. Burial was in Dromore cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. W. Rogers
Phippsburg
Dromore
Joseph O. Purdue
Winter Street Church
Bath
Omar Perry
Charles Coombs, Jr
Gardiner D
Walter C. Rogers
Dromore Cemetery
Funeral for LeForest E Springer at Mayo residence
The funeral for LeForest E Springer of 21 Western avenue was Tuesday afternoon at two at the Arthur F Mayo funeral residence on High Street. Rev Charles R Sims of the First Baptist church officiated. The body will be sent tonight to his birthplace Trenton for a committal service at the grave Wednesday afternoon at two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeForest E. Springer
Western Avenue
Arthur F. Mayo
High Street
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Trenton
Wiscasset Town Notes and Local News Briefs
Priscilla Day Haskell of Wiscasset, a UMaine junior, is elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Town meeting delayed to March 21 with officers elected. Republican caucus names delegates and town committee officers. Local notices include school judges, marriage in Libertyville, and community events. Various health, education, transport, and social updates from Wiscasset and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla Day Haskell
Charles B. Haskell
Wiscasset
College of Arts and Sciences
University of Maine
Phi Beta Kappa
Miss Haskell
Prism Board
Neal Mathetai
Frank H. Gray
Alvin W. Keirstead
Harvey R. Pease
Charles E. Knight
Harry D. Mosher
Bath Rotary hears Maine Publicity Bureau on tourism drive
A. E. Whitehill of the Maine Publicity Bureau briefed Bath Rotary on state tourism promotion tied to the Maine Development Commission. He described bureau duties, regional campaigns, and the push for year round visitation, noting Maine tourism generated 105 million dollars last year and highlighting areas like Mt. Desert and Moosehead for potential ad campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Sedgwick
A. E. Whitehill
Maine Publicity Bureau
Portland
Whitehill
Maine Development Commission
Maine
Hiram Ricker
Pacific Coast
Great Lakes
South
Mt. Desert
Penobscot Bay
Rangeleys
Moosehead
Kennebec
Sebasco
Small Point
Popham
Mrs Jones Honored With Dinner At Phoenix
Mrs Addison Jones was honored with a dinner Sunday night at the Phoenix by members of her sewing class at the Bailey Evening School of Industries. Eight girls dressed as colleens performed Irish songs while a chorus included Mary Alice Clap pison Jeannette Jenkins Mary Jane Footer Esie Skaling Lorraine Fortier and others. Mrs Dora Collins chaired the event and led the music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addison Jones
the Phoenix
Bailey Evening School of Industries
St. Patrick
Mary Alice Clappison
Jeannette Jenkins
Mary Jane Footer
Esie Skaling
Lorraine Fortier
Frances Flaherty
Barbara Reardon
Mary Sarkis
Annie Skaling
Lena
Ice breaks up on Merrymeeting Bay on Monday night
Residents reported ice in the Kennebec River opposite Bath broke loose during Monday night. By Tuesday morning the bay shores saw the bay nearly clear except for floating chunks. North Woolwich residents noted the river itself free as far north as Swan Island’s foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Bay
Kennebec
Bath
Bay
North Woolwich
Swan Island
Maine Beer Sales Reach 7.5 Million Gallons in 1937
Figures from the Maine State Liquor Commission released Saturday show beer and ale sold in Maine from January 1 to December 31, 1937 totalled 7,502,960 gallons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine State Liquor Commission
Weekend visits and social notes from West Bath area
West Bath notes list Mrs Ernest E Williams and son Stanley visiting Portland on Saturday and a string of weekend visits to family and friends including Dr Leslie M Bates from Lynnfield Mass at Tibbetts farm Brigham's Cove. Other entries mention Leslie Mayo Winterport at Campbell's Pond and Larrabee family gatherings. A rotation of guests at Union New Hampshire Maples plus improvements and club gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E. Williams
Stanley
Portland
Annie L. Ridey
Leslie M. Bates
Lynnfield
Mass
Tibbetts’ Farm
Brigham’s Cove
Edward Sampson
Leslie Mayo
Winterport
Campbell's Pond
Walter Larrabee
Gilbert Heath
John Kenney
Zerella
Maples
Union
N. H
Llewellyn Rogers
Rockland
L. D. Rogers
Eliot T. Rogers
Boston
Frank Curtis
J. A. Fortin
Larrabee's Grove
Marlboro
J. Everett Mayo
Mabel Paquet
Russell Street
Bath
Fred Williams
James
Cape Elizabeth
Lincoln Williams
Sanford’s Crossing Road
Herbert C. White
West Bath Farm Bureau Meets On Thursday
West Bath Farm Bureau met at Mrs Charles L Haggett s Dummer street home with Mrs Harris T Rodick in charge of the folding without wrinkles discussion. Demonstrations were given. dinner followed with baked beans brown bread cabbage salad fruit jello and coffee. Next meeting slated for April 14 at Mrs Rodick s home focusing on Fish Cookery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Haggett
West Bath Farm Bureau
Dummer Street
Harris T. Rodick
Clothing Project
Edwin W. Haggett
William A. Coombs
West Bath Grangers Meet Monday Night
West Bath Grange held a Monday evening program with solo and skit performances by Mrs. Bernice Sturtevant and Miss Phyllis Sandelin among others. A spelling bee featured ten participants and a discussion on beautifying highways was led by local members. Forty nine attendees, upcoming degree enrollments, rehearsals, and an old fashioned dance were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
Bernice Sturtevant
Phyllis Sandelin
Dorothy Marshall
Dorothy Waterman
Charlotte Doyle
Martha Hamblett
Donald Emero
Harold Peacock
Arthur Crockett
Charles Doyle
Ira Day
E. W. Haggett
David Henderson
Herbert Simpson
Ida Sandelin
Nellie Booker
Professor Lougee to Speak at Central Church Men's Club
Prof Richard J Lougee of Colby College Geology department will address the Central Church Men's Club Thursday evening. He joined a 125 geologists delegation at the International Geological convention in Moscow last summer. His talk will include slides and moving pictures from the trip. The supper committee plans a special feed and expects good attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard J. Lougee
Department of Geology
Colby College
Central Church
United States
Moscow
Russia
Nolice
Caucasus Mountains
Novaya-Zemlya
Arctic Circle
Lougee
Compare Present With Past Generation Says Mme Eames
In a New York World paper piece Douglas Gilbert profiles 72 year old soprano Mme Emma Eames visiting her New York apartment. She critiques modern singers, praises Flagstad and Schorr, calls jazz disorganized, cites technique gains but laments lost standards, and details her diversions from motoring to films.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mme
Emma Eames
New York
Douglas Gilbert
New York World-Telegram
World Telegram
Victoria
Sutton Pl
Eames
Madame
Elsa
Aida
Gounod
Juliette
de Reszkes
Caruso
Calve
Grau
Kirsten Flagstad
Friederich Schorr
Mme. Flagstad
Lily Pons
Selem
Madame Eames
London
Mme. Eames
Notes of Interest From Local Fire Dept And Community Events
Chief Morse orders engine houses half staffed to honor Melville L. Rice a former Engine 2 foreman and longtime police member. Mrs Doris Zorilla spoke at Grand Army Hall recounting Mexican bull fights an executed priest and Mexican customs. A tall pole on Front Street in front of Central Maine Power Co was lowered, wires removed and reattached to nearby iron poles with careful handling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse
Fire Department
Melville L. Rice
Police Department
T. W. Hydecamp
S. of A. V
Grand Army Hall
Doris Zorilla
Mexico
Front Street
Central Maine Power Co
Mrs Walter Rogers Visits Return From Attleboro
Mrs Walter Rogers and her daughter Frances Rogers of Attleboro Massachusetts returned Monday after a visit of several days with Mrs Rogers sister Mrs Ernest Heald of Mechanic street. They were accompanied by Mrs Heald who will pass a week with them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rogers
Frances Rogers
Attleboro
Mass
Rogers
Ernest Heald
Mechanic Street
Heald
Woolwich Notices and Gatherings Patch Local Life
Woolwich residents share weekend visits and health news while church and club activities fill the calendar. Many members travel between Woolwich Nequasset Sagadahoc Ferry and surrounding towns for services meetings and family events.
Woolwich Grange observes Ladies' Night meeting
Woolwich grange held a Ladies' Night with readings including Your Name by Ethel Lilly and performances by Frances Lilly Mrs Florence Smith Mrs Rose Hathorne Miss Cora Pearson Miss Rosamond Stover Miss Pearson and Miss Stover. Jessie B Spaulding sang A Long Long Trail and Mrs Mary Fullerton sang They're All Getting Married But Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
Ethel Lilly
Frances Lilly
Florence Smith
Rose Hathorne
Cora Pearson
Rosamond Stover
Miss Pearson
Miss Stover
Jessie B. Spaulding
Mary Fullerton
Personal notes from Topsham and area gatherings
Mrs. Walter Mallett of Topsham visits Miss Annie Cox in Somerset Place. Miss Ruth McMorrow from Dorchester arrives for a two week stay with sister Mrs. Charles Miller Jr. in High Street. Mrs. Harriet Royal of Yarmouth returns after a weekend with aunt Mrs. Edgar Murphy at 625 Washington Street. Mrs. Harry Bennett of Trufant Street recovers enough to move about. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Quirk of Eagle Brook arrive for a visit with Mrs. Quirk’s parents on Beacon Street. Miss Caroline Ozog resumes duties at Madame Billier salon after a weekend in Waterville. Mr. and Mrs. Dominique Tardif and daughters visit Lewiston with mother Mrs. Mary Mini Kane on Pine Street. H. P. Small and son Lawrence and Ivan Kirkpatrick attend Shell Oil Co. annual dinner at Lafayette Hotel in Portland Tuesday eve. Private John H. Tourtillotte returns to Fort Wright, New York after 20 days’ leave with mother Mrs. Ethel Tourtillotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Mallett
Topsham
Annie Cox
Somerset Place
Ruth McMorrow
Dorchester
Mass
Charles Miller, Jr
High Street
Harriet Royal
Yarmouth
Edgar Murphy
Washington Street
Harry Bennett
Trufant Street
Jack Quirk
Eagle Brook
Mary Mini Kane
H. P. Small
Lawrence
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Shell Oil Co
Lafayette Hotel
Portland
John H. Tourtillotte
Center Street
Fort Wright
New York
Ethel Tourtillotte
Bath Couple Guests at Anniversary Dinner
Mrs. William Yule hosted a family dinner at her Bath home for sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Robinson, honoring their 56th wedding anniversary. The event featured spring flowers, roast turkey, and an original anniversary poem by Miss Louise Bucknam. Guests included Mrs. Lausier and Mr. Lausier, Mrs. James D. Tabor, Mr. and Mrs. Ta bor, Mrs. Ralph P. Dunbar, Mrs. Yule, Miss Elizabeth Dunbar, Walter B. Dunbar, Miss Bucknam, and Mr. Robinson, a Bath shipbuilder born in East Boston in 1858.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Yule
Upper
Washington Street
Charles E. Robinson
Louise Bucknam
Robinson
Joseph Lausier
Lausies
James D. Tabor
David D. Tabor
Ralph P. Dunbar
Yule
Elizabeth Dunbar
Walter 8. Dunbar
Bucknam
Louise Robinson
Stamford, Conn
Lausier
Bath
School Board Reorganizes With Skelton As Chairman
The Board of Education selected William L. Skelton to continue as chairman and John Parker as secretary. Alden G. Smith and Allan Spear were named to the committee on accounts. Regular meetings move to the second Monday of each month at 5 p.m., with Judge Arthur J. Dunton absent in hospital. All other members attend, and surnames start with S or D.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
William L. Skelton
John Parker
Alden G. Smith
Allan Spear
Committee On
Arthur J. Dunton
Skeleton
Messrs. Smith and Spear
Mayor Small
Also Mentioned on This Page
HOTEL
J.D. Rogers
Court House
Norris A. Miller
Grace A. Cowley
Elden P. Munsey
Horace W. Day
Vivian R. Giles
A. Leland Bryant
Frank B. Adams
Leon G. Flood
Grace C. Pease
John F. Jackson
Sarah A. Keirstead
Clara A. Wright
Herbert W. Hawes
W. Philip Munsey
John H. Southard
Elden P. Mu
Charles E. Cowley
Waldoboro
Maude Clark Gay
Congregational Vestry
Ruth Cheff
Charles Sewall
Wiscasset Academy
Bates
Lincoln Academy
Ralph Hubbard Rockwood, Jr
Mary Elizabeth Ewing
Libertyville
Rockwood
Ralph Rockwood
Lina Chaney
Wilmot Clifford
Melrose
Stanley Clifford
Stanley Somes
Sherrill
Foster Perkins
Stoneham
Joseph P. Tucker
Josephine
Neal Creamer
Frank Raye
Woolwich
Wilder Merry
Zina H. Davis
Brandon
Randlett
Plodge
Florence Daley
Houston
Anne Bartlette
Stonington
Emery Bowdoin
Frances Harding
Alna
Maurice Flynt
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Central Ticket Office
Waterville
Madison
Clarence A. Richards
Alice M. Boynton
Wilbur Lowell
Hodge Street
Woman's Club
Boothbay Harbor Club
Randall F
The
Massachusetts Society For Mental Hygiene
Massachusetts
Hotel Statler
Joseph H. Wells
North Carolina
Alfred Groves
Florida
Betty Richardson
Walter C. Leavitt
Farm Bureau
Rose Baker
Robert Applin
Navy
Newport
Belfast
Sidney G. Evans
Federal Street
Lawrence H. Marston
Edgar
Roy R. Marston
Main Street
Charles 8. Sewall
William Wanser
William Clisby
Vincent Reed
Damariscotta
Leland Greenleaf
Book Club
George H. Bemis
Mary Hobson
Williams J. Lienau
Port Washington
N. Y
Henry Nash
Philadelphia
Henry B. Nash
Grace L. Knight
Charles M. Legrow
Minnie Haynes Wyman
Newcastle
Rotary
Mrs. Jones
Phoenix
Bailey Evening School
Dora Collins
West Bath
West Bath Grangers
Colby
Central Church Men’s Club
John Savage
Sarah Hathorn
Georgie Wheeler
Arrowsic
Eben Dana
Montsweag
Cheerio Club
M. T. Hathorne
Murphy's Corner
Lester Munsey
Blanche House
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
Chopps
Jesse H. Kenderdine
Beacon Street Church
Brown
C. P. Hall
St. Petersburg
Fla
Eugenie Hunnewell
Memorial Hospital
Leon Kelly
Brunswick
Clyde Stott
Seigars
Barley Neck Road
Ardella Farrar
Linda Farrar
Parent
Sagadahoc Ferry
Good Will Club
Edward V. Reed
Ida Beals
Delmont Cooper
Walker
Cooper
Lindsay Cooper
Lincoln Houdlette
Lincoln Farrar
Donna
Richard
Augusta
Woolwich P.T.A
George B. Wolstenholme
Woolwich Union
Day’s Ferry
Sagadahoc
Spain
Don Fernando de Los Rios
Washington
Italy
Germany
Franco
Central Press
Ema E Hs
Maine Casualty Company
Aetna Life Insurance Company Accident and Liability Department
Hartford
Connecticut
Life Department
Peete
Accident & Liability Dept
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