Old Ladies Home Persists Through Six Decades of Service
The 60th annual report of the Old Ladies Home notes stable operations and community support. New board member Mrs. Thomas S. Gibbons joins the board. 17 residents, one death, and various social events, gifts, and improvements are detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Managers
Harriet C. L. Lord
Old Ladies Home
Lyte Sampson
Augusta
Dewey
David Copperfield
Opera House
Sumner Sewall
Fred Cary
Francis McPherson
Epworth League
Wesley Methodist Church
E. B. Stetson
Church of the Nazarene
Martha Day
Episcopal
Lord
Two Portsmouth Fishermen Rescued From Sea By Tanker Seaboard
Two men from Portsmouth New Hampshire started a Sunday deep sea trip from the city and were stranded when their motor failed and the gale drove them away. Captain McVey of the tanker Seaboard spotted them several miles off Portsmouth, took them aboard, and delivered them to Woolwich where the tanker unloaded its 210 000 gallon oil cargo. On Monday the Seaboard planned a return trip to Providence and would land the men near Portsmouth. Mrs. Frederick H Kimball of High street spent Friday in Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
N. H
Woolwich
Seaboard
Pennsylvania Petroleum Product Co
McVey
Capt. McVey
Providence
R. I
Sagadahoc Pomona Guests Dirigo Grange Meeting at Harpswell
Sagadahoc Pomona held an April 24 gathering in Harpswell with Dirigo Grange. Attendees totaled 142 from most county granges. Topsham led by 42, West Bath 30, Dromore 11, Bluebird 25. Various talks, readings, and musical numbers followed a program planned by Topsham’s Mrs. Eleanor Ripley. A memorial for Ella J. Douglas and plans for future events were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc Pomona
Harpswell
Dirigo Grange
West Bath Grange
Topsham
Dromore
Bluebird
E. Mason Wright
Lorenzo Massee
Dirigo
Harry Rackley
Winifred Rackley
Edith Prine
Rackley
Eleanor P. Ripley
EEC
Hubert T. McCarty
Dromore Grange
David S. Henderson
Emma Ferguson
Merrymeeting Grange
Maine
Grange
William B. Edwards
Brunswick
Charles M. White
Augusta
White
Alice Sadler
Elfreda Perkins
Henry
Hazel Dyer
Beatrice Snow
Mary Condon
Mary
the Grange
Joanna Hodgkins
Pomona
Edgar Guest
Ethel MacDonald
West Bath
Charles Thompson, Jr
Progressive Grange
Kennebec Mariner
William H. White
Central Church marks Centennial Week with grand Sunday service
The Centennial observance at Central Church opened with a formal service featuring President Kenneth C. M. Sills of Bowdoin College, Rev. David L. Wilson, and a choir of thirty. Organ preludes, anthems, hymns, and a thoughtful address emphasized culture in ministry and world peace as the procession concluded with a March in F postlude. Mr. and Mrs. William C. Perkins and daughter Eunice are stopping in Boston for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Church
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Harriet Shaw
Schubert
Church Universal
David L. Wilson
Geneva
Sills
Dudley Buck
Haydn
Wilson
Elvey
William R. Chapman
Maine
Chapman
Florida
Bethel
William Rice
Robert B. Hatch
Stevenson
Ray Palmer
Stainer
Jesus Christ Her
Marchin F
Stearns
William C. Perkins
Eunice
Boston
Goodwin Elected Superintendent by Overseers
George J. Goodwin was elected superintendent of the Overseers of the Poor by a 3 to 2 vote aided by Edwin E. Pinson Archie E. Doyle and Mayor Arthur Sewall. Opponents included incumbent Sidney L. Eaton and Roscoe P. McFadden with questions raised about Mayor Sewall's ex officio status and the legality of the vote. Eaton cited not seeking re election to avoid dissension and questioned Goodwin's and Sewall's eligibility. Goodwin a longtime fireman and local official succeeds Eaton as the department handles 298 cases for 999 people with state claims totaling 4442 approved. last year net cost about 43000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Goodwinch
Mr. Goodwin
Edwin E. Pinson
Archie E. Doyle
Arthur Sewall
Sidney L. Eaton
Roscoe P. McFadden
Alden G. Smith
Smith
Sewall
John A. Lord
McFadden
Eaton
Department
Goodwin
Board of Assessors
Roscoe G. Bailey
Fire Department
Shepard Street
Montgomery & St. Bernard, R. A. C
Hyde Windlass Co
Nineteen Guests Join Winter Street Church Sunday
At the morning service 19 new members joined Winter Street Church. Eight came by transfer, six by confession of faith, and five by baptism and faith. Names include Eva Atwood Phyllis Bowie Anna Hill Charles Doyle Roger Holden Edith Abbott Alice Kennedy Constance Morin Evelyn Nickerson Ralph Dale Jr Ivan Kirkpatrick Charlotte Doyle Edna Drake Mabel Holden Florence Huse Earl Kimball and William White. Committees named for Brunswick Orchestral Society Pop concert May 10 in Town Hall to fund more music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winter Street
Eva Atwood
Phyllis Bowie
Anna Hill
Charles Doyle
Roger Holden
Edith Abbott
Alice H. Kennedy
Constance Morin
Evelyn Nickerson
Ralph O. Dale, Jr
Ivan Kirkpatrick
Charlotte Doyle
First Baptist Church of
Waterville
Edna Bliss Drake
Church of the New
Portsmouth
N. H
William H. White
West Harpswell Baptist Church
West Harpswell
Church of
Bath
Weeks Street
Sewing Circle
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cape Elizabeth
R. D. Hitchcock
D. D
Whittlesey
Beard
William Hart
Washington, D. C
Prudential Committee
Last of Machinery Removed From Yard
The final piece of equipment from the Kelley Spear Co yard now owned by the city, a 90 horsepower boiler, has been removed and sold to Montswear Food Products Inc. It will be installed at their property in Woolwich for packing. A canvass of farmers will begin Wednesday for about 75 bushels of peas and corn planting will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelley. Spear Co
Montswear Food Products, Inc
Montswear
Woolwich
Dromore Grange Hosts Informal Meeting and Anniversary Activities
Dromore Grange No. 302 held its regular meeting with officers in new roles due to illness. Members celebrated an anniversary with refreshments and Beano, heard local historical notes about Drummore houses and Phippsburg, and noted next meetings and a Nature League honor linked to Thornton Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
George Ingalls
Ingalls
Marion Rafael
Hubert McCarty
Annie Malcolm
Grace Dickinson
Owen
Ceres
Martha Cutting
Lizzie Oliver
Belle Cutting
Ralph Kenney
Bessie Dickinson
Thornton Burgess
Phippsburg
Radio Nature League
WBZ
Humphrey Owen
Dromore Grange Nature League
Grange
Lena Donnell
Elfreda Perkins
Reuben Purington
Drummore
H. W. Cutting
Andrew Powers
Samuel Beals
Arrowsic
Joseph Bowker
Meadowbrook Road
Beals
McCobb
Cobbsey
Parker's Head
Martha Rogers
Centuries of Central Church History at Bath
A centennial service traces 260 years of Bath churches with Central Church formed from South Church and Third Parish. Rev. David L. Wilson presents a researched history of nine ministers, key figures, and early music support amid a period of growth from 1835 to 1914.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Congregational Church
David L. Wilson
Wilson
Central Church
Second Congregational Church of
Bath
South Meeting House
William M. Rogers
Levi Houghton
Jacob Robinson
South Church
Third Parish
Gershom Hyde
Houghton
John Bovey
Daniel Marston, Jr
Moses Owen
Mary Owen
Fred H. Lord
Owen J. Ledyard
John Shaw
Prudential Committee
Also Mentioned on This Page
OLD Ladies’ Home
Harriet Lord
Frederick H. Kimball
High Street
Portland
Bowdoin
LL. D
Brunswick Orchestral Society
Town Hall
Arlene Rowe
Waltham, Mass
Carl C. Anderson
First Church
Bowdoin Street
Bosston
Third
William R. Richards
Hart
Brick Presbyterian Church
New York
George C. DeMott
Richards
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