Central Maine Power shows optimistic annual report
The 1932 annual report of Central Maine Power Co and subsidiaries notes 1982 gross income of 5,931,543, down from 6,617,524, with net income of 1,669,218 versus 2,388,312. Operating economies exceeded 430,000. President Wyman says management cut costs with minimal service impact, notes no steam generation since Wyman station and potential power from water surplus. The year saw 82,170 customers, with residential sales rising 3% and rural sales up 12% amid a 20% total drop in kilowatt hour use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Maine Power Co
Wyman
Central Securities Corporation
Livermore Falls Light and Power Co
Turner Light and Power Co
Dennistown Power Co
First Orr’s Island Twins Born in Fifty Years
Mr and Mrs Lendall Stilphen welcomed twins on Orr’s Island marking the first twin birth there in memory. The Stilphens now have five children, the oldest being three and a half. The last twins on the island were not born locally, arriving in a dory during a voyage at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orr's Island
Lendall Stilphen
Orr’s Island
Stilphen
Orr's
Phippsburg Forms Parent Teacher Group On April Meeting
In Phippsburg a town hall meeting on April 18 formed a temporary Parent-Teacher association with 14 interested mothers. A temporary chair and secretary were chosen. The next meeting, Friday at eight daylight time, includes a social and aims for strong participation from teachers, fathers, mothers, and students of grammar and high school age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter J. McCourt
George C. Pease
Totman Library
Pease
Bath
Isabel Smart
Phippsburg
Isabel
Corliss Street
C. D. Keller
Bath Iron Works, Inc
Keller
George Larrabee
Charles M. Leavitt
Augusta
F. P. Leavitt
Sebasco
William S. Kenyon
Washington, D. C
Ruth Skillings
Sylvester Cushman
Portland
Skillings Camp
James Abel
Kittery
Ernest Rogers
Eric Carlson
Robert Hyde
Brunswick
Flora Risteen
Russell Phinney
Joseph Cyr
Ellen
George Ingalls
Harry Berry
Eleanor
Eugene Ingalls
Harry Passmore
Elisha Bridges
Page Wyman
Lawrence
Philip Wyman
Popham Beach
Malcolm Berry
Wakefield
Mass
Frank P. Leavitt
Annie Bowker
Woburn
Meadowbrook
Emma Perry
Gordon Davison
South Portland
T. C. Hughes
Hattie Bowker
Frank Higgins
Edward Bolton
Ralph Coombs
Eugene
James Perry
Leon Eaton
Martin Wyman
Alice
Small Point
Clark Libby
W. B. Perry
Doris
Charles Morrison
W. G. Jefferson
Howard Atwood
Bertha Nickerson
Roger Skillings
A. F. Thomas
Katherine Johnson
Sewell Moore
George Savage
Johnson Place
Meadowbrook Road
J. D. Rogers
F.S. Sawyer
George Oliver
Bess Dickinson
Fred Quimby
Walter McCourt
Minott Shipyard
Raymond Campbell
Derwent
Nellie Cutting
Minott
Far East
Ramona Council Hosts District Pocahontas Meeting
Ramona council No 27 of D of P hosted 151 district Pocahontas members in Red Men’s hall, with afternoon elections and instruction, a banquet in pink and white, and a district meeting featuring Ramona and Leola councils. Officers elected for the next session and a nine person Ramona degree class were presented, with many state and local officials in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramona Council
D. of P
Pocahontas
Red Men's Hall
Alfaretta
Brunswick
Leola
Lewiston
Owaissa
Mechanic Falls
Ramona
Silver Cloud
Orr’s Island
Florence Robinson
Sadie Garcelon
P. M. Olm
Kennebec
Mary E. Gallant
Asenath Haggett
Mary White
Annie Wilson
Lucelia Blake
Eva Sanford
Edna Carter
Elizabeth Haley
Edith Burnham
Alice Rideout
Harriet Sutherland
Annie Johnson
Alice Burgess
Annie Johansen
Council of
Maine
Alice Genthner
Biddeford
Ruetta Hawkes
Cumberland Mills
Bath
Minnehaha
Doris Clough
Iona Black
Edith Andrews
Yarmouth
Tepee
Ella Tilton
Gertrude Meserve
Woodfords
Alta Doughty
Anna H. Smith
Mary Woods
Blue Feather
Harriet Hammond
Pearl Barter
Barter
Leola Council
Alfaretta Council
Blue Feather Council
Kapla Council
Owaissa Council
This City
Silver Cloud Council
Orr's Island
Senter Expands Chain with Fairfield Store Acquisition
Roy W. Putney and Wilbur F. Senter return from Fairfield where the R. O. Files store joins Senter's chain. The 60 by 25 foot, two story building will house general departments on the main floor and garments on the second. This adds a second Maine location, extending to central Kennebec valley with up to date stock at low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy W. Putney
Senter's Incc
Bath
Wilbur F. Senter
Brunswick
Fairfield
R. O. Files
Mr. Senter
Maine
Kennebec River
City Garage Opens In New Quarters At 99 Center Street
Andrew M. Rice opened City Garage in the former Avery stable at 99 Center Street replacing the old site at 109 Commercial. The shop expands to general repair and engine rebuilding for autos and marine engines. Robert Linekin, with 13 years by Rice, remains as assistant. Rev. David L. Wilson left for Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew M. Rice
City
Joseph E. Avery
Center Street
Commercial
Rice
Mr. Rice
Robert Linekin
Winnegance Women Host Card Party Season Opener
The first afternoon card party of the season, sponsored by the Women’s Auxiliary to the Community Club, drew 17 tables at the community house. Prizes in contract and auction were awarded to several attendees, and the event netted about $18. Refreshments followed as hosts Zina M. Eaton and friends hosted, with multiple social gatherings noted in the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosy
Ellen Merrill
Marcel
Madelyn Marie
Marie Colby
Roger Skillings
Daisy Murphy
Dorothy Oliver
Senter's
Roberta Parris
Bucklaw
Zina M. Eaton
Ormond Coggeshall
Winneganee
Charles E. Hewitt
Women's Auxiliary
Walter Morse
Stewart Day
Elbridge Malcolm
Hayden Conant
Squaw Club
Frank Perow
Parkerr O. Rogers
Cottage Park Club
Helen Pottle
Bessie M. Hunt
Mena Preble
Agnes Nason
Annie Williams
Susie Schofield
Grace Trask
Emma Hunt
Laura Cutting
Joanna Hodgkins
Stewart H. Day
High Street
Portland
Brother Philip
Joseph Day
East Brunswick
Grammar School Teams Announce Schedule
The YMCA Grammar School Baseball League opens May 6 at 9 a.m. with Dike-North facing Central Ups, followed by Central Downs versus Weeks-South-St. Mary's. The schedule lists matchups through June 10 with two rounds, plus officials and new class day appointments at Bates College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Y. M. C. A. Grammar School
Dike School
North Grammar Combination
Central Ups
Central Grammar
Central Downs
Dike
North
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s
South- St. Mary’s
Y. M. C. A. Grammar School Baseball League
Thomas Deejay
David Black
Arthur Colby
Franklin Hallowell
Jess Levine
Charles Plummer
Leon Buck
Richard Haskell
Donald Rewett
Lewis Swett
William Mussenden
Long Named Envoy to Italy
Breckinridge Long, noted St. Louis lawyer, appointed am pater to Italy by President Roosevelt. He will be accompanied by Washington aide Miss E Winifred Aderton of this city. Aderton, a Morse graduate in 1929 and Boston University College of Practical Arts and Letters alumna in 1931, joins the mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breckinridge Long
St. Louis
Italy
Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
E. Winifred Aderton
Aderton
Morse
College of Practical Arts and Letters
Boston University
Missionary Society Elects Its Officers
Miss Abigail F. Carter was reelected president of the Women's Missionary Society of Winter street church at the annual meeting held at Mrs. Arthur K. Purington's home. Officers elected included Mrs. Clarence W. Morse as first vice president and Mrs. Ashton E. Wardwell as second vice president. Tea followed, and notes honored long-time members Mrs. Galen C. Moses and Mrs. John C. Berry of Worcester for their missionary work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abigail F. Carter
Women's Missionary Society of
Winter Street
Arthur K. Purington
Washington Street
Clarence W. Morse
Ashton E. Wardwell
Alice E. Varney
Galen C. Moses
Charles C. Low
John C. Berry
Worcester
Mass
Winter Street Church
Japan
Frostina E. Marston
Africa
Helen C. Foster
China
Alice N. Magoun
Langdon T. Snipe
Warren E. Kershner
Windbreak on Bridge Taken Down For Storage
Warren Ballantyne a Fairfield foreman for the Maine State Highway Commission leads ten workers from Bath and Woolwich removing the Kennebec bridge windbreak. Work started Monday and will finish by Wednesday night with sections stored at Sagadahoc ferry and later painted at a Woolwich barn for reassembly next fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Ballantyne
Fairfield
Maine State Highway Commission
Bath
Woolwich
Kennebec Bridge
Obituary: Woolwich Native Sarah Wright Dies at 92
Sarah Otis Wright, 92, one of Woolwich’s oldest residents and widow of Cleveland B. Wright, died Tuesday at her daughter’s home in Woolwich. Born to James and Mary Tibbetts, she lived in town most of her life and was a Methodist church member. Funeral Friday at two o clock PST at Mrs. Hanson’s home. She is survived by two daughters, three grandchildren, and two daughters in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Otis Wright
Woolwich
Cleveland B. Wright
Nellie F. Hanson
Center Road
James
Mary Jane Tibbetts
Hanson
Fred P. Hanson
North Woolwich
Ida Pierce
Augusta
Paul Ybhantis
Greece
Bertha V
Thelma C. Wright
South Newcastle
Longtime Grange Members Honored With Silver Stars
At Alfred Grange meeting held Wednesday in the town house nine members with 25 years of service received silver star certificates. Honorees include Judge and Mrs. Harry B. Ayer of Saco, Mrs. Lucy A. Tripp, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred C. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Chadbourne, Mrs. Cora B. Hayes and Miss Lillian W. Gould. Four additional members with long service were also entitled to the recognition but could not attend: Florence L. Wentworth of Alfred, Mrs. Millicent Nutter Walker of Everett Mass., and two others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Grange
Town House
Millicent Nutter Walker
Everett, Mass
Mrs. Pierce Hosts St Marys Guild Meeting
Mrs. Everett E. Pierce of High street hosted St Marys guild of Grace church Monday night at the parish house on Oak street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett E. Pierce
High Street
St. Mary's Guild of Grace Church
Oak Street
Colby Alumni C. Lloyd Hooker Returns Home
C Lloyd Hooker Colby 33 returned Sunday to Waterville after a weekend visit with his parents Mr and Mrs L L Hooker at 713 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Lloyd Hooker
Colby
Waterville
Mrs. L. L. Hooker
Washington Street
Mrs Martha E Shaw Dies At Her Home On High Street
Mrs Martha E Shaw widow of Albert H Shaw died at her High street home after a brief illness. Born in Greenville she moved to Bath in 1883 and lived there in the High street house. She served Central Congregational church and the Old Ladies Home board and was reelected to the Home managers for three years. Survived by sister Mrs William M Shaw of Oakland nephew Hugh Shaw and grand nephew William Albert Shaw, both of Oakland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha E. Shaw
Albert H. Shaw
High Street
Shaw
Greenville
Oliver
Sarah E. Mansell
William M. Shaw
Oakland
Cal
Hugh Shaw
William Albert Shaw
Freeport matriarch Lucy Rodick dies at 84
Lucy Cushing Rodick 84 of Freeport died at her home last week after an eight year illness. Widow of James Rodick she leaves son Harris T Ro dick and Burleigh C Rodick a Hunter College professor as survivors. A Bath churchgoer and long time Freeport resident she traced lineage to Caleb Cushing and Charles E Cushing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Cushing Rodick
Freeport
Harris T. Rodick
James Rodick
Clyde MacKinnon
Rodick
Bath
Central Church
Ladies’ Aid
Mrs. Rodick
David and
Bethia Harris Cushing
Caleb Cushing
United States
Charles E. Cushing
Washington
Mrs Steward Funeral Obituary Notices Charlestown Bath
The funeral of Mrs Gertrude Steward wife of Levi W Steward of Charlestown Mass was Thursday afternoon at Fred S Curtis funeral home Bath Rev David L Wilson officiated Central church quartet sang Going Home In the Garden and The Old Rugged Cross Burial was in Topsham The body arrived Wednesday afternoon and was accompanied by Mr Steward Mrs Steward's sister and others from away including Newport residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Steward
Levi W. Steward
Charlestown
Mass
Fred S. Curtis
Center Street
Bath
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Old Rugged Cross
Arrowsie
Harold L Fraser Dies After Brief Illness At 26
Harold L Fraser 26 died Friday after a sudden illness and abdominal operation. He was son of Major W and Eva Pinkham Fraser and once played basketball for Beacon Street church and captained the Dike school baseball team. Survived by six brothers and four sisters. Funeral Monday at the parents’ home with six bearers from the Beacon Street team. Burial in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold L. Fraser
Eva Pinkham Fraser
Beacon Street Church
Dike
William
Daniel
Stanley
Edward
Herbert
Bernard Fraser
William Toothaker
Cundy's Harbor
Harriet
Marjorie
Ada Fraser
Major W. Fraser
Howard P. Jett
The
Nazarene Church
Beacon Street
Raymond Parks
Albert Jewett
William Gove
Herman Barter
Carl
Gustav Meister
John Mullaney
Donald Jewett
Oak Grove
Portland Teacher Miss Stinson Visits City Saturday
Miss Mracia Stinson, a Portland schoolteacher, visited the city on Saturday, continuing her professional ties and noting local educational activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mracia Stinson
Portland
City
Missionary Society Meets Friday Night at First Baptist
Members and friends of the Women's Missionary Society gathered at the First Baptist vestry for an enjoyable evening. President Mrs. Arthur I. Stuart presided. program led by Mrs. Charles R. Sims featured hymns, solos by Mrs. Wakefield and Mrs. Legard, violin by Merton Sprague, piano by Leah Merrill, readings by Mrs. John Perkins, and a World Wide Guild pageant The Other Mary cast. Lily S. Pray received five dollars for missionary apportionment. candy and baby clothing displays highlighted the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women's Missionary Society
First Baptist Vestry
Arthur I. Stuart
Charles R. Sims
William W. Wakefield
Gladys Legard
Merton Sprague
Leah Merrill
John Perkins
Gardiner Roberts
Homer W. Grimes
Clifford F. Harrington
Herbert E. Worrey
White Cross Committee
Sims
Home and Foreign Missionary Societies
Baptist Denomination
World Wide Guild
Mary
Marjorie Stover
Linnie MecNinch
Phyllis Eaton
Roselyn Hall
Eleanor Wright
Mary Child
Dorothy Martin
Hazel Higggins
Mary Dunton
Laura Hall
Lily S. Pray
Willian W. Dennison
Cedric A. Martin
Ralph E. Lepard
Mather School
Burma
Sunday Services at Old Folks Home
Rev. Charles R. Sims and 50 First Baptist Church members led a Saturday afternoon service at the Old Folks Home from 3 to 4 30. The program featured vocal and piano solos by Alberta McLellan Leah Merrill Marie Merrill Mary Child a scripture reading by Madelyn Dunton a full song service a recitation by Alice Eaton a pageant He is Risen by 19 boys and girls a closing prayer and remarks by Mr Sims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Sims
First Baptist Church
Old Folks Home
Alberta McLellan
Leah Merrill
Marie Merrill
Mary Child
Madelyn Dunton
All
Alice Eaton
Fred W Courser Dies Sunday at Warner New Hampshire
The Bath Box Co vice president Fred W Courser died Sunday morning at his Warner New Hampshire home. He helped organize Bath Box Co in 1912 and led it as vice president ever since. He also owned timber tracts and cattle interests in Bath. He leaves a wife two daughters and a son. James A Gillies and James A Gillies Jr went to Warner for the funeral with Bath Box Co employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Courser
Bath Box Co
Warner
N. H
Mr. Courser
Bath
James A. Gillies
New Haven
Funeral Services for Mrs A H Shaw
The funeral of Mrs Martha E Shaw widow of Hon Albert H Shaw was largely attended at her home 767 High Street with Rev David L Wilson of Central church officiating. Burial followed in the Shaw mausoleum Oak Grove. She was a longtime Central church member noted for charity to the Old Ladies home Bath City hospital and other causes. Her life was simple and devoted to doing good leaving a lasting memory among friends and community members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha E. Shaw
Albert H. Shaw
High Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Milton S. Kimball
Augusta
Langdon Thaxter
Portland
Charles H. Cahill
Fred A. Fuller
Owen J. Ledyard
Charles P. Wetherbee
Shaw Mausoleum
Oak Grove
Shaw
Old Ladies Home
Bath City Hospital
Also Mentioned on This Page
Central Maine
Old Timers’ Club
Degree of Pocahontas
Senter
City Garage
Middle Street
Grammar School
Kelley Field
Leo Barry
Danvers
J. Sidney Wakely
Rumford
Bates College
Barry
Wakely
Walter King
Meriden
Conn
Frank Flynn
Dorchester
John Dobrazolsky
Medford
Rosamond Melcher
Norma Hinds
Orange
Helen O'Brien
Long
Ladies of Winter Street Church
Lucy Cushing
Mrs. Steward's
Arrowsi
Topsham
Missionary Society
Women’s Organization
Warner, N
Bath Box Company
A. H. Shaw
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