Vincennes Cathedral and the birth of the Creoles
Historic article highlights Vincennes Indiana and its early cathedral as a focal point of frontier history. It recounts Rev. Gibault leading a mission from Kaskaskia to Vincennes in 1778 and the birth of the Creoles through French and Indian marriages, baptisms, and devotion to ancestral graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middle West
Vincennes
Indiana
Francis Marion van Natter
National Republic
Wabash
Kaskaskia
Illinois
Mississippi
George Rogers Clark
Big
Clark
France
America
Great Britain
Pierre Gibault
Wabash Illinois
Kaskaskia Church
St. Vincents
Father Gibault
Laffont
Gibault
Break at Camp Find More Evidence of Break at Camp
Paul Thomas of Winship Street pleads not guilty to breaking and larceny at Boothbay Camp for Boys on Thorne Island. Sagadahoc Superior court may add charges in June as deputies uncover two new clues. A canvas bag of baseballs found, moccasins recovered, and a Bath shop purchase tied to Thomas. He remains jailed in Auburn on $1,000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Thomas
Winship Street
Boothbay
Thorne Island
John J. Keegan
Sheriff's Department
Thomas
Sagadahoc Superior Court
Abram C. Oliver
Loring D. Small
Keegan
Oliver
North End
Rice
Auburn
Board of Trade Meeting To Hear By-Law Report
An adjourned Board of Trade meeting at City hall auditorium is set for 7 30 with the committee on by laws to report. President Stetson may name standing committees and officers claim to hold interesting information to be disclosed tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
City Hall
Stetson
Old Ladies Home shows strong year for residents and staff
The Old Ladies Home reports 15 residents with excellent health and cheerful outlook over the year. Five attended the Maine Three Quarter Century club meeting in Skowhegan, while residents crafts and events, from Christmas cantatas to praised services, kept spirits high and social life active.
Bath forms new Board of Trade to boost local economy
A Bath city hall meeting led to the organization of a new Board of Trade. Ralph G. Stetson elected president with John C. Fitzgerald as vice chair and Roscoe Clinton McFadden as secretary treasurer. A by laws committee and a temporary inquiry committee were named. The group urged deferral of a city appropriation bill for two weeks to allow public study and dialogue with the Board on tax impact and fiscal plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trade
City Hall Auditorium
Bath
Ralph G. Stetson
John C. Fitzgerald
Roscoe Clinton McFadden
J. Emery Footer
Milton C. Trott
W. E. Chase, Jr
Mr. McFadden
Karcher
Jackson
George P. Larrabee
John Ard
Daniel T. Dougherty
Stanley M. Brown
Board of Common Council
Finance Committee
Forestry talk highlights Sagadahoc Pomona meeting
Sagadahoc County Pomona and Enterprise grange of Richmond hosted 122 attendees. Edwin C. Patten of Topsham discussed forest topics and Maine’s flora and forestry history, with a moving picture intro planned. Presentations covered youth interest, sick care, and charity work. a memorial program is planned for May 31 with Dromore grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Pomona
Enterprise Grange
Richmond
Dirigo
Brunswick
Merrymeeting
Bowdoinham
Progressive
Richmond Corner
Bowdoin
Topsham
West Bath
Woolwich
Augusta
Wilkins
State of Maine
France
Mayne
LeRoy Cleveland
Progressive Grange
John H. Carter
Enterprise
Charles White
Grange
White
Clarence O. Purinton
A. M. Blake
Pine Tree Grange
Lisbon
Mr. Cleveland
Carter
Albert Henderson
Bath
Merry Meeting
Trange
Worthy Pomona
Sagadahoc Pomona
Milward Patten
Henderson
Marion Jack
Emily Stewart
Pauline Dickinson
Minnie Waldron
Dromore Grange
West Bath Grange Hall
William A. Coombs
Monsignor McDonough Dies at Lewiston Parish
Mon senior Michael C. McDonough vicar general of the diocese and pastor of St. Patrick’s Lewiston died at noon Saturday at the rectory after a serious fall. Known in Bath for prior pastorate at St. Mary’s 1899 to 1907, he highly noted for his American Citizenship lecture later repeated at Columbia theatre. He earlier served in Bangor before St. Patrick’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. C. McDonough
St. Patrick's Church
Lewiston
Walnut and
Bates Streets
Michael C. McDonough
Bath
St. Mary's
Columbia Theatre
Bangor
St. Patrick’s
West Point clam diggers fined with jail time suspended
Amos Wallace and son Alton, West Point residents, were jailed briefly on a charge of digging clams at Parker Head without a town permit. They pleaded guilty but refused to buy a permit, then Judge John J. Keegan suspended fines and ordered costs totaling 10.65 dollars, with 30 days in jail as an alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Wallace
Alton Wallace
West Point
Phippsburg
John J. Keegan
John Libby
Parker Head
William Bowie
Albert Thompson
Elijah Bartlett
Libby
Keegan
Wallace
Bay Point
Maine
Miss Cherryblossom Musical Staged by Cosmopolitan Club
The Cosmopolitan Singing club presented Miss Cherryblossom A Maid of Tokyo at Masonic hall before a full house. May Hewes Dodge and John Wilson Dodge penned the three act musical comedy directed by Mrs. Charles W Avery. Carrie E Shaw led as Miss Cherryblossom with a radiant soprano, while Seth N Snipe and Graham White shared leading roles. The tea garden set, costumes, and colorfully staged Japanese motifs drew praise. the cast included Lillian Lewin Jane Donnell and many others as geisha companions and guests aboard Worthington’s yacht.
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Kokemo
Tokyo
Japan
Carrie E. Shaw
Eastman School of Music
Rochester
N. Y
Miss Shaw
Singing Club
Seth N. Snipe
John Henry Smith
Jack
Mr. Worthington
Lillian E. Lewin
Jessica Vanderpool
Stanley E. Wallace
Henry Foster Jones
Harry
Jessica
Stanley Rogers
Horace Worthington
New York
Lawrence Small
James Young
Worthington
Jane Donnell
Betty Fuller
Lucille Johnson
Carol E. Stevens
Ellen Stevens
Elizabeth Trott
Kokomo
Charles J. Donnell
China
Japan. Mrs. Donnell
Jennie Avery
Christine C. Curtis
Lucy W. Coombs
Evelyn L. Donnell
Ada Y. Greenblatt
Bessie F. Greenblatt
Helen E. Hartwell
Elizabeth A. Oliver
Carl F. Pierce
Miss Curtis
Miss Coombs
Miss Donnell
Ada Greenblatt
Bessie Greenblatt
Miss Hartwell
Miss Oliver
Mrs. Pierce
Miss Sprague
Miss Lewin
Miss Avery
President Roosevelt Plans Maine Cruise Aboard Amberjack II
President Roosevelt and his sons will cruise the 40 foot Amberjack II, overhauled in Salem, Mass, along the New England coast this summer. They expect to visit Campobello near Eastport for a few days and may briefly stop at Bath to tour Bath Iron Works where the destroyer Dewey is under construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President Roosevelt and Sons
Maine
Paul D. Rust, Jr
Salem
Mass
Roosevelt
New England
Campobello
Eastport
Bath
Bath Iron Works
Pine Tree Troop of Girl Scouts Entertain at Grace Church
Pine Tree Troop No 1 Girl Scouts directed by Mrs Linwood F Carr presented a humorous playlet and talks after the North Center PTA meeting in Grace church parish house. President Mrs Wilmer I Voorhees presided. Reports were read and approved. Milk fund and benevolence updates were given, a May milk service planned, and a $50 donation noted. Plans for a member picnic were discussed with Mrs Harry F Morin named general chair. A two minute radio talk by William T Chase for parents was announced for NBC stations WBZ Boston and WBZA Springfield. A parents meeting on Spiritual Guidance was set for May 5 at 7 30 at 42 Bedford Street. Nominating committee named. report to follow.
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Pine Tree Troop
No. 1
Girl Scouts of America
Linwood F. Carr
North Center
Grace Church Parish House
Wilmer I. Voorhees
William E. Palmer
Roscoe P. McFadden
Benevolence Committee
Morris H. Cohen
Milk Fund
John C. Fitzgerald
Licensing Board Grants Licenses to 59 Applicants
The Bath licensing committee approved 59 licenses in a Monday session and tabled a one month license for Standard Oil Co to sell and store gasoline and petroleum products after concern over night safety and locked gates at the plant. Names of licensees include James A. Clappison, Abraham Miller, Louis Eseley, Edward Rowe, and others across Main Street areas. fireworks licenses went to William Mann and W H Smith & Son. Oscar E. (Continued on Page Four).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Standard Oil Co
Maine
John W. Gilmore
Washington Street
Bath Plant
James A. Clappison
Middle Street
Vine Street
Abraham Miller
Lincoln Street
Louis P. Eseley
High Street
Edward A. Rowe
Center Street
Alton Reed
Lewiston Buick Co
Gulf Refining Co
Lincoln Streets
Howard Coal Co
Commercial Street
Leroy L. Burnham
Bath Garage Co
Front Street
Charles E. Robinson
Bartlett O. Smith
Chester A. Plant
Henry T. B. Leeman
the Texas Co
Edward A. Cummings
Wiliam J. Craft
Benjamin Oliver
North Street
C. W. Walsh & Son
Otto F. Bullman
Daniel A. Bishop
Wilbur C. Oliver
Washington Streets
William Mann
W. H. Smith & Son
Oscar E
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Old
Vincennes, Indiana
Board OF Trade Meeting
OLD Ladies
Old Ladies Home
Harriet C. L. Lord
Board of Managers
Association
Maine Three Quarter Century Club
Skowhegan
Phillis Bowie
Crystal Shorey
Corliss Street Church
Homer Grimes
Frederickson
Frank F. Colburn
Opera
Weston P. Holman
Beacon Street Church
David L. Wilson
Ware
Rogers
Lord
Mons. McOnough
St. Mary’s Church
Monsignor M
McDonough
Cosmo Singing Club
Miss Cherryblossom
Girl Scouts
P.T.A
Licensing Board
Socony
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