Woolwich Notes from Home Gatherings and Visits
Kathleen Bailey hosts a surprise party at her parents home with friends from Woolwich Wiscasset Sagadahoc and Bath. Local residents attend events, travel, and family updates including births illnesses and church activity as Epworth League forms in North Woolwich and other community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Marsh
Bradford Belanger
Boston
Bleike Reed
Dartmouth College
James Colby
Waldor Hathorne
Stanley Shaw
D Portland
BE. B. Shaw
Helene Tracy
Bath
Leonard Dickford
Dorothy Brown
Simmons College
Dorris
Brown University
Providence
R. J
Chivence Baker
Dalhi
North Woolwich
Epworth League
Susan Preble
Horace Treath
Somerville
Mass
Long Beach
Cal
Albion SK. T. Small
Irving Miller
Toston
John Reed
Louisville Mayor Invites Kentuckians to Home Coming
Mayor Oliver Moses writes of a Kentucky Home Coming invitation sent by Louisville’s Mayor Ton Quin. Mae Bickle of Maine aids by listing Kentuckians living in Maine for the invitation list and may travel to Kentucky next June. Enclosed return envelopes help collect names and addresses for early spring invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliver Moses Nd
Linston Quin
Louisville
Kentucky
Quin
Miss Bickle
Maine
Kkentucky
General Committee
Whiteman Thanks Tibbetts for Concert Acknowledgement
Paul Whiteman, leader of the famous jazz orchestra, sends a personal letter to Arthur J. Tibbetts of 1086 Washington Street thanking him for acknowledging the WOR broadcast. Tibbetts and Marl Whittemore heard the concert from a set owned by Whittemore at four in the morning December 22, rising early to listen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Tibbetts
Washington Street
Paul Whiteman
WOR
Tibbetts
Marl Whittemore
Mayor Moses Defends Hall Firing as Economy Move
Mayor Olver Moses rejects claims that Patrolman Fred Hall was removed for Ku Klux Klan ties. He says the firing was part of a city cost-cutting plan tied to reducing highway and sewer department staff and maintaining patrol needs. The article notes committee skepticism and says some signatures on a petition may have been made in jest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olver Moses
Fred IF. Hall
Police
John A. Small
Moses
Independent Saturday
Hall
Board of Highways and Sewers
Small
Otain
George F. Allen
Marshal Allen
Ku Klux Klan
Klin
Tatroman
James Lester Morse
Morse
Mose
Special Police Committee
John A. Legro
Bath Fire Laddies Honor Roscoe McFadden With Banquet
Fifty five Bath fire department members attended an oyster supper at the Bath fire house hall hosted by Roscoe D. McFadden. The event celebrated McFadden’s kindness after a recent pharmacy incident. Fire officials and company representatives joined the meal, with Morse as toastmaster and remarks from McFadden and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Fire Department
Roscoe DP. McFadden
Thain
Combination 4
McFadden
Frank Higgins
Lorrest Potter
Richard Bates
John Gallagher
Board of Fire Engineers
Charles Kd. Parks
Scott Morse
Elwin Clough
Mr. Morse
Mr. McFadden
Morse Girls to Meet Lisbon Falls Team at Local YMCA
Morse High sextet manager Lillian Lee arranges a Friday night basketball game with Lisbon Falls at the YMCA. Lisbon Falls brings seasoned players and Morse will face a tough opener starting at eight. Mr and Mrs Oliver Moses 3rd of Lisbon Falls visited Mayor and Mrs Moses on Washington street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MORSE
Lisbon Falls
Lillian Lee
Morse High Sextet Iis
Girls
Lisbon
Mrs
Oliver Moses
Lisdom Falls
Five Islands Grange Friday and Sunday Activities
At Five Islands the Grange conferred third and fourth degrees on Miss Doris Moore. Weston’s Thomas Scott visited, Mrs. Ida Tl Rowe hosted the Ladies’ Aid, and travel was hindered by bad roads. Several locals and guests, including H W Howard and W O Berry, attended events and church services were canceled due to the storm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grange
Doris Moore
Thomas Scott
Weston
Mass
Five Islands
Elbridge Mains
W. BF. Delano
Bath
Ida Tl Rowe
Porthind
Herschel Dickey
Mabel Rowe
Chicago
Mrs. Rowe
George Gray
Back River
Everett Higgins
Georgetown
Frank Moore
Victor Pinkham
J. G. Stevens
A. EB. Rowe
Walter Newdick
Grange Library
Arthur Deline
Dela Thibodeau
Defender of Mabel Normand Seeks Fair Treatment
Oliver Webster, American Legion official, defends Mabel Normand amid censorship talk following a Denver oil operator shooting and public debate over film portrayals. He recalls meeting Normand through sister Mercedes and mother Mrs. Claude Normand, praising her welfare work and kindness to soldiers and sailors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Normand
Los Angeles
Cabo
Fire in Storage Garage Sparks Hour-Long Battle
Hot ashes dumped on bricks over a wooden floor caused a stubborn blaze in William J. O Brien storage garage boiler room on Commercial street. Albert Pinkham saw smoke, firefighters Cloutier and Cook arrived, a general alarm was rung as Cloutier battled a near blistering heat inside the hot room. Eight cars were stored in the smoke filled garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. O'Brien
Commercial Street
Albert Pinkham
Tie
Combination No. 4
Cloutier
Cook
Sasanoa Tribe Installs Officers No. 64 TL ORM
The Sasanoa Tribe No. 64 TL ORM installs Tuesday night with District Deputy Ernest Ro Avery and Past Sachems Ralph Boardman Woodbury Potter Roscoe PVP Higgins and Frank Reynolds assisting. Officers named include Percy J. Marston prophet Earlon Rideout sachem Edward Gareelon senior sagamore William Reynolds junior sagamore Carlton Rideout collector Ernest Ro Avery keeper of wam put Leroy Lothrop chief of records.
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ORM
Ernest Ro Avery
Ralph Boardman
Woodbury Potter
Roscoe
Higgins
Frank Reynolds
Percy J. Marston
Prophet
Earlon Rideout
Edward Gareelon
Sagamore
William Reynolds
Carlton Rideout
Waa Pum
Leroy Lothrop
Bath man hears voices over radio for first time
Leonard W. Seavey, 23, a pattern maker at Hyde Windlass Co., deaf since infancy, heard spoken words on a Western Electric amplifier in Smalls radio shop as broadcasts from New York, Pittsburgh, and Schenectady played. He thanked the host and recalled a Massachusetts school for the deaf where Mrs. Calvin Coolidge once taught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard WM. Seavey
Washington Street
Hyde Windlass Co
New York
Pittsburgh
Schenectady
Bath
Smalls Radio
Center Street
Ralph Small
Mr. Seavey
Westport native Tarbox presides at Twenty-third Street club
The Lincoln Journal reports Judge A V Tarbox, a Westport native now living on Arrowsic farm, led a democratic Twenty-third Street club meeting in University Place. Attendees ranged from mail carrier to retired businessman as they celebrated Americanization and social equality. The item notes Tarbox sang a solo and the group emphasized American democracy over exclusive clubs.
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Lincoln
Nebraska
A.V. Tarbox
Westport
Arrowsie
Maine
Tve
A. P. Tarbox
Larzon
Ross
W. Parkinson
Santa Claus
A. P. Tarebox
Twenty-third Street
Edwin H Lemare Performs All-Request Recital in Portland
Edwin H Lemare played an organ recital under Portland Music Commission at Portland City Hall Auditorium Sunday afternoon before a full house. It was the largest Sunday concert attendance aside from The Messiah. The program included Bach Handel Wagner and three of his own compositions.
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Edwin H. Lemare
Porthind Music Commission
Porthind City Hall
Mr. Lemaire
Portland
Painters redecorate interior at Maine Central station
A Sun Dial note describes a mother guiding her young son with hopeful resolve while a guest expresses sorrow at his fate. Separately, painters work on redecorating the interior of the Maine Central station.
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Maine Central
Georgetown Working League set for annual meeting and elections
The Working League of Georgetown will hold its annual meeting and officer elections at the First Baptist vestry on Tuesday afternoon January 14. Community notices list residents traveling between Bath and Georgetown and other local moves including school substitutes and mill work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Working League
First Baptist Vestry
Thomas Stenhouse
West Georgetown
Herbert
Blackie
Bath Hospital
Jennie Todd
TL Wy Williams
Bintas Billings
New Jersey
Miss Delle Heald
Deookline
Josie Williams
George Willis
Woolwich
Edgar Thint
Piareld Hunt
Bath
William
Orrin Tadler
Phippsbury
Frank Heald
Portland
Earl Pawan
Mabel Pinkham
Mrnday
Z. Pinkham
Walter Newdick
Martha Rich
Josie Willits
Charlotte Young Tescher
Center School
John RR. Blackie
Man Mar
Matias
W. of. Tiigan
Arrowsie
Pown
Edgar Want
Delia Davis
Dive Islands
Tela Oathone
Woo
Todd
Westport Road Changes and Town Movements
Westport changes routes from Colon Dunn's to Dane bridge with Royal Quail Carrier Co and Cromwell shifting Winter service via Tunobler Corner to the Center. Notables include Amos Wight at Central Garage, Burnham Knight on Northland, Parbox sisters leaving town for New Haven and Rochester, Jewetts moving to Center, and Lester Todgdon cleaning roads with a double horse team.
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Colon Dunn's
Sandy Hill
Dane Bridge
Royal Quail Carrier Co Ta
Cromwell
Tunobler Corner
James T. Wnight
Wight
Mechanic Rails
Amos, Jr
Burnham Knight
Northland
Boston
New
Denton Place
Lester Todgdon
Probate Court Dockets and Executors in Bath Richmond and Topsham
Probate court records list inventories bonds and accounts for estates in Bath York Georgetown and Topsham including Daniel Webber Frank Merritt Elizabeth Pratt Mary Thomas and Grace Primier. Administrators executrices and trustees are named with various estates settled or pending including inheritance tax determination for Dezonarde Morin.
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Chares Taker Kite
Woolwich
Dexter W. Baker
Daniel Webber
Richmond
Alfred TB
Frank Merritt
Bath
George X. Merritt
Sarah J. Smith
Albion I. Smith
AL Jacques
Daniel S&s. Jacques
D Bowdeinham
Sherwin W. Pratt
Oliver Moses
Charles A. Newson
Florence Newson
Harriet A. Purington
Topsham
Elizabeth W. Purington
Grace H
Primimer
Taath
Girard Trust Co
Philadelphia
Levi S. ‘Totman
Georgetown
William ‘T. Boyd
William ‘CD. Hall
Carrie Elvira Hall
Lstate
Dezonarde Morin
Alcide Morin
Aquarium visits rise with popular New York exhibit
Visitors to the New York Aquarium in the last year numbered 2 121896. A monthly average of 8250 is cited alongside Boston Philadelphia Detroit Venice Cal San Francisco as the only other American cities with similar institutions. Steinhart Aquarium opened in Golden Gate Park San Francisco attracting 252047 in its first month. Mrs Charles W Dingley is visiting relatives in Boston.
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New York Aquarium
Boston
Philadelphia
Detroit
Venice
Cal
San Franccisco
Steinhart Aquarium
Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
Old Civil War shell gives Boston a scare
A 100 pound Parrott shell, stored for years at the Massachusetts State House, was deemed a menace by State chemist Walter Lo Wedger and dumped into the harbor after causing a bomb scare. Authorities traced the artifact to Adjutant General Jesse F. Stevens, and police investigated the historic find amid a flurry of calls. In a separate note, amendments to postal savings certificates allow interest payments for periods under six months, reducing the previous minimum.
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Acresie
Massachusetts State House
Boston
Jesse FL Stevens
Walter Lo Wedger
Mount Vernon — Street
State House
Mount Vernon Archway
Post Office Department
Winter Campaign Spurs Four New Municipal Links In Auburn
Maine notes report a campaign by Auburn Community Service creating four municipal links. Biddeford post office gains from second to first class in 1925 with receipts over 40000, effective July 1. Bates Debaters receive Southern invitations from Baylor and Furman to contests, status pending. Estate of Lewiston theater figure Charles Horbury settles with CC M Hospital to receive about 55000.
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Auburn Community Service Forces
Biddeford
Bates
Mason-Dixon Line
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Mississippi
Furman University of Greenville
Bates-Furman
Bates Council
Charles Horbury
Lewiston
CC. M. G. Hospital
Boston Couple Drives New Sedan to Augusta on New Year’s Day
Mr and Mrs Charles FL Connor traveled from Boston to Augusta in their new sedan on New Year’s day. They reported very good roads to Portland and one brief delay east of Richmond where they left the road and continued on fields. They completed the trip without mishap at about 20 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles FL Connor
Boston
Angusta
Portland
Richmond
Children and Dogs Banned From Portland Toboggan Slide
At the Western promenade slide in Portland on Saturday morning both children and dogs used the facility. Prof Granville Re Leo, secretary of the recreation commission, urged children to leave dogs at home after a small dog was injured when bumped by a toboggan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Promenade
Portland
Granville Re Leo
Recreation Con Mission
Cyclone Towes Tin Roof To Ford Wreckage Tale
Joe Hass recounts a Kansas store roof torn off and rolled into a bundle by a cyclone. The owner jokingly wires the ruin to Henry Ford and later receives a claim for 48 dollars and 50 cents to repair the car, asking in good humor to identify the cause.
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Joe Hass
Kansas
Henry Ford
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