May breakfast draws 150 at Garden Club event
More than 150 people attended the Cosmopolitan Garden Club May breakfast in the Bath Brunswick area clubhouse from six to 9 50 am. Proceeds fund repainting the approach sign on alternate state road and replanting trees. Various committee chairs assisted with decoration, tickets, and dining room management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Garden Club
Bath
Brunswick
Roscoe P. McFadden
Carl Y. Kennedy
Carl Y. Pierce
Chester A. Robot
Lena Douglas Donnell
Carroll A. Deering
Herbert R. Lemont
Boosters
Sumner Sewall
Garden Clus
Arthur Sewall
Jane S. Murphy
Carl Y Kennedy
Henry M. Biggins
Motorist Burnham Fined for Obstructing Fire Apparatus
Judge Gardiner R Deering urged severity as Erving L Burnham of the city was fined $10 plus $495 costs for violating city ordinances by obstructing fire apparatus. Burnham pleaded sui justi? the record notes Owen Richards Ralph H Card and Joseph Epstein of Portland involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner R Deering
Erving L Burnham
Burnham
Owen Richards
Ralph H. Card
Joseph Epstein
Portland
Appointment Hours and Contact
Office hours on Thursdays and Fridays from 10 a m to 6 p m with Saturdays by appointment. Telephone number 371 W provided for contact.
Bath Boy Graduates at West Point in June
John E. Huse of Snow Park is among cadets to graduate from the United States Military Academy during June Week ceremonies led by Brigadier General Jay L. Benedict. The class includes cadets from 46 states, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Panama Canal Zone and Alaska with Maine represented by two, Bath and Stuningtor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron D. Clark
Sewall
High Street
John Nelson
Lewiston
John E. Huse
Harry M. Huse
Snow Park
United States Military Academy
Jay L. Benedict
United States Army
District of Columbia
Hawa
Panama Canal Zone
Alaska
Rhode Island
Arizona
Maine
Bath
G A R State Encampment Opens in Bath June 14 15
The Maine G A R veterans ages 89 to 102 meet in Bath June 14 15 for their state encampment. A parade is planned for June 15 in the Shipping City, which last housed the group 25 years ago. Hosts T W Hyde Camp No 46 S of U V prepare, aiming to raise over 500 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Bath
T. W. Hyde
No. 46. S. of
U. V
Carroll Watson
Christmas Seals Sales Show Gain In This County
Sagadahoc county residents contributed $629.35 to the Christmas Health Seal and Bond Sale surpassing 1937 by $3.55. Funds support the Early Diagnosis Campaign to prevent tuberculosis, with X-ray and tuberculin testing for children. Notable totals include Bath $437.27, Topsham $45.90, Richmond $34.10, and a standout school selling 1200 seals in West Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc County
Maithe Public Health Association
Arrowsie and Woolwich
John C. Gilmore
Louise Reynolds
Day
S. S. Mullin
Catherine Conley
Girl Scouts
Bowdoin
Cecile Small
Doris Small
Eleanora Totman
Nellie King
Grace Hanson
Ruth Merry
Bowdoinham
Roger Robinson
Emily Rideout
A. S. McDougall
Georgetown
Ruth Powers
Sarepta E. Pinfold
Phippsburg
Ruth Trueworthy
Susie Barbour
Grace Wyman
Laura E. Harding
Stanwood Gilman
Richmond
Sadie M. Wood
Topsham
Mildred Edwards
Marguerite L. van Leeuwe
Eva Cary
West Bath
Roberta Hathorne
Barbara Fisher
Miss Hathorne
Dunham School
Seal Harbor
Fort Kent
Eleanor McKeen
Berry Mills Grammar School
Carthage
Mary Kennard
Staceyville
Verna Steen
Sagadahoc
Progressive Union Meets in Lisbon Hosts Share Talks
The Maine Progressive Union met Friday at Lisbon I O O F hall with Lisbon Progressive club as host. Mrs Herbert R Lemont spoke on Minerals of Maine and showed specimens. Members recalled Miss Carmela Appleby and heard music and readings themed on international topics. The next gathering will be with the Freeport Women’s club in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul G. Bagdikian
Cosmopolitan Club
Maine Progressive Union
I. O. O. F. Hall
Lisbon
Progressive Club
Herbert R. Lemont
Maine
Lemont
Annie Judkins
Frank Morey
Virginia
Ruth Coffin
Oklahoma City
Yvonne Berkelman
Tunis
North Africa
W. W. Canham
Geneva
Switzerland
League of Nations
Carmela Appleby
D. A. R. Youth Project
Tate
Heater
Freeport Women’s Club
Poll taxes committed to collector for 1939 totals grow
Assessors Friday certified 3444 polls to tax collector Donald D Young for 1939. The figure exceeds 3224 in 1938 and 3160 in 1937, marking the largest poll count since 1921 and recalling 1919’s 4545 peak. A 2 percent May discount applies with 7 percent interest after May 1 if paid after July 1. Mrs John H Hunt left Saturday for Ban or to visit daughter Mrs Philip Gildart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald D. Young
John H. Hunt
Philip Gildart
Bangor
Bath Baptists Convene in Freeport for Annual Meeting
The Bowdoinham Baptist Association held its annual session at Freeport Baptist Church with William W. Fish as moderator. Chauncey Stuart was elected clerk and treasurer, with F. E. Daggett as auditor. Resolutions praised Rev. C. D. Nutter and extended sympathy to Rev. C. C. Koch. Committee appointments and nominations covered evangelism and religious education, naming delegates from Bath, Brunswick, Topsham, and other towns. The Woolwich church was chosen for October, with Stuart preaching, and topsham slated to host the 1940 April meeting with Rev. Clif ford H. Taylor preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Corliss Street
People's
Bowdeinham Baptist Association
Freeport
William W. Fish
Chauncey Stuart
Topsham
F. E. Daggett
West Harpswell
C. D. Nutter
Brunswick
C. R. Sims
Frederick P. Moffatt
Dover-Foxcroft
F. S. Keehmeter
Georgetown
C. K. Durgan
C. H. Taylor
H. W. Chamberlain
Sarah Bagley Wright
Woolwich
Laura Harrington
William Edwards
W. W. Fish
F. S. Koehlwetter
Miss Williams Charms Les Camarades With Her Singing
Miss Elizabeth Williams guest artist sang Il Bacio by Arditi at a Les Camarades Musicaux gathering hosted by Miss Alice N Magoun at 1009 Middle Street. She was accompanied by Mrs Carl E Albee and performed numerous solos and duets with local pianists and singers. The event also featured papers, multiple musical selections, and a piano and violin program led by Mrs Albee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Williams
Il Bacio
Arditi
Les Camarades Musicaux
Alice N. Magoun
Middle Street
Miss Williams
Fred E. Sturtevant
Carl E. Albee
Magoun
Fred Cary
John Charles Thomas
Carl Albee
Carlton L. Rice
Margaret J. Melcher
Onslow
Miss Melcher
Albee
Schubert
Kathleen V. Leonard
Chopin
Miss Magoun
Julia
Julia's Garden,” James Rogers; “Rose Garden,” von Ahn Carse
Fred K. Sturtevant
Richard T. Hersom
Hadley
Cerica
Brown Men
Braine
Allan H. Ramsay
Christopher O'Hara
Miss Leonard
Hersom
Rice
Funeral for Ulysses Shepard Held at Gould Funeral Home
Bowdoinham notes funeral services for Ulysses Shepard conducted by Rev J N Palmer, with interment in Village Cemetery. Memorial Day plans discussed, including needs for Sons of Union Veterans and treasurer, and a made plan for observance. Community announcements follow, listing visits, travels, and local club activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulysses Shepard
Gould Funeral Home
J. N. Palmer
Merry Meeting Grange
John P. Jewell
Elizabeth
Wellesley
Mass
Jewell
Josie Irish
William Foster
Brownville
Gardiner Hospital
Donald Prindall
Irving Prindall
Maine General Hospital
Given
Richmond
Emma Sturtevant
Ramson Kelley
Fairfield
Erle Browne
Methodist Ladies’ Aid
John N. Palmer
Grange Hall
Ernest Frye
Maine Central Railroad
Merryworkers
Ralph McEwen
Sadie Smith
L. D
Main Street
William Coffin
Waterville
Helea Francis
Freeport
Mr. Francis
Arthur Verrill
Francis
Reed Walker
Hartford
Florida
Hutchins
E. L. White
Charlotte
U. of M
J. Bowdoin Lilly and Son
Richard
Malden
R. D. Purington
Edward Wilson
Orlando
Fla
Kenneth
Livermore Falls
Erland Curtis
Bowdoinham Ridge
Coombs High
Lewiston
Jane Given
Waterbury
Classified Rates for Insertions and Submission Deadline
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Farm City Property Sale Listing Fragment
An OCR fragment advertises farm and city property with a phone contact 514-812-20-ité. The readable bits mention Stanle ace and Front accu ne, suggesting a local real estate listing or notice seeking buyers or sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Accu
East Bowdoin Ladies Aid Meets With Small Attendance
Bowdoin news notes a low turnout at the East Bowdoin Ladies Aid last Thursday due to illness. Mrs. Grant Woods to host May 11. Locals visiting Bartlett and Westbrook. trips to South Paris and Belmont feature a weekend of relatives and employment. Summer rural mail routes change effective May 1 with Karl Hatch and Oscar Hatch assigned Route 1 and 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoin
Aid
Grant Woods
Woods
Ernest Carr
Bartlett
N. H
Westbrook
Frederick Douglass
South Paris
Douglass
Otis Douglass
Vesta Ackley
Belmont
Mass
George Sweet
Marion Curtis
Boothbay
N. E. Curtis
Carl Cooledge
Harold Curtis
Bangor
Lane Construction Co
Pauline Jenkins
Louise Soucy
Bowdoinham
Karl Hatch
Oscar Hatch
Irving Clough
Hallowell
L. C. Starbird
Sacred Heart Circle Plans For State Convention
At the regular Daughters of Isabella meeting plans were laid for the State Convention to be held in Bath in May 2021. The June committees were named with Social chair Esther McDonald and hostess Katherine O'Hara among those listed. additional members include Anne Perry Florence Mclellan Millicent Thomas Agnes Wright Elizabeth Conley Bridget Wagner Josephine Scott Viola Davis Josephine Tardif Mary J. Cummings Annie Skal ing Margaret Flaherty Alice Burgess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Daughters of Isabella
Social
Esther McDonald
Anne Perry
Florence Mclellan
Millicent Thomas
Agnes Wright
Elizabeth Conley
Bridget Wagner
Josephine Scott
Viola Davis
Josephine Tardif
Mary J. Cummings
Welfare program highlights at Merrymeeting grange meeting
Merrymeeting grange in Bowdoinham hosted visitors from Topsham Enterprise and Progressive granges. The Welfare department led by Mrs. William H. Gould featured songs, readings, a skit, and a grange quiz. A cafeteria lunch netted 3.70 for the welfare fund for the Good Will farm cottage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Grange
Bowdoinham
Topsham
Enterprise
Progressive Granges
Welfare Department of
The
Grange
William H. Gould
Welfare Department
J. N. Palmer
Ella Purington
George Hackett
Fred Leavitt
Charles Sherman
Flying Angels
Raymond Blodgett
Reginald Dore
W. H. Gould
F. P. Webber
Chester F. Hobart
Good Will Farm
Mrs Randall and son return home after death in Malden
Mrs Charles T Randall and her son Edward Randall of Malden Massachusetts have returned home following a trip prompted by the death of her brother in law John Bur gon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Jones
Roy Herbert
Squantum
Mass
Charles T. Randall
Edward
Malden
John Burgon
Miss M Kinnon Speaks On School Music
Miss Margaret A Mackinnon supervisor of music in the Bath schools spoke at a North Center P T A meeting on school music guiding grades one through eight and discussing rhythm bands and folk dancing She urged mothers to have children learn instruments beyond piano and violin The meeting included tea and plan for a Grace church parish house rummage sale co chaired by Mrs Marius H Page and Mrs Joseph I Smith and noted a district meeting in Newcastle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret A. Mackinnon
Bath
North Center P. T. A
Mackinnon
All Schools
Reverie
Londonderry Air
Marius H. Page
Daniel H. Matter
Grace Church Parish House
Joseph I. Smith
Newcastle
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Senter’s, Inc
Garden Club
Arthur Allen
Pleasant St
West Point
G.A.R
Chester H McCabe
Dunlap Commandery
K.T
Henry Allen
John Wishart
Edwin H P. Lowell
Knights of the Commandery
John Parker
Progressive Union
Les Camarades
C. Marguerite Hennessy
Sedgwick
Ralph Gay
J. Maurice Haynes
Arthur J. Nichols
Miss Hennessy
Clair Davis
Saugus
Mark W. Hennessy
Ella McAllister
Stetson
A. D. Stetson & Son
Sacred Heart Circle
Pera
Claudette Colbert
Tony Martin
Gloria Stuart
Warner Baxter
Lynn Bari
Cisco Kid
Barbara Stanwyck
Joel McCrea
CECIL_B
DE Mille’s
Union Pacific
Virginia Bruce
Walter Pidgeon Society
M’kinnon
North Center
P.T.A
Minnie White
Harold W. DeLong
William Yule
George A. Churchill
Alice Johnson
Warren F. Stilphen
Walter Wiggin
N. Gratz Jackson
Leland R. Mitchell
William W. Dennison
John A. Morse
Herbert S. Harris
Chester Roberts
Rupert M. Irvine
Carl Pierce
John Garfield
Rosemary Lane
Blackwell's Island
Gene Autry
Wilderness
Martha Raye
Bob Hop
Fredric March
Cary Grant
Carole Lombard
Eagle and the
Hawk
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