Funeral services for Clarence A Willis in Phippsburg
Clarence A Willis died in a Bayonne New Jersey hospital of bronchial pneumonia at 50 years nine months. He lived in Dromore and was chief engineer on the tug Roshester of the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co for 20 years. He was a Polar Star Mason and is survived by a wife and one daughter. Burial at Ross Hill cemetery Linden New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Albert Willis
Bayonne
N. J
William and Margaret Willis
Phippsburg
Arrowsic
Dromore
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co
Polar Star Lodge of Masons of
Bath
Ross Hill Cemetery
Linden, N. J
Bodwell Grange Hosts All Day Meeting and Dinner
Bodwell Grange held an all day meeting on January 16 with a large dinner in the dining room for members and visitors. Emma Sylvester received a birthday cake from Isabelle McIntire, and Albert Thompson was installed as officer with Hattie Pye assisting. A sewing circle was formed and will meet every Wednesday at members’ homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange
Emma_ Sylvester
Isabelle McIntire
Albert Thompson
Hattie Pye
Grange
William J Curran Obituary from Bath Street Resident
William J Curran 51 of 48 Bath street died early Tuesday at the Marine hospital Portland after illness of two weeks with a relapse following surgery. A Bath native born June 9 1880 he lived in Bath and Charlestown Massachusetts making him a Spanish War veteran and foreman blacksmith at Hyde Windsors for 20 years. Survived by wife Hannah M two daughters Mary Frances Boston Anna M two sons William J Jr and Francis Andrew a sister Mrs James E Finnegan Medford Hillside Mass a brother Frank West Allis Wisconsin his mother Mrs William Curran Medford Hillside and many relatives. Body brought here Tuesday and funeral set for Friday at eight from St Mary's church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Curran
Bath Street
Marine Hospital
Portland
Mr. Curran
Bath
William J
Anne(Murphy) Curran
Charlestown
Mass
Hyde Windsors
Modern Woodmen
St. Mary’s Church
Hannah M
Mary Frances
Boston
Anna M
William J., Jr
Francis Andrew
James E. Finnegan
Medford Hillside
Frank
West Allis
Wisconsin
William Curran
Bath Country Club Seeks Subscriptions for Stock Drive
Stock subscriptions to the Bath Country Club continue with the Independent urging interested parties to contact the committee by phone for stock cards. Each share reduces the club’s borrowing needs and supports a community proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Books Added to Patten Free Library December List
The Patten Free Library reports December additions to its shelves. Notable titles include American Composers, Big Trees, Elizabethan Underworld, India Land of the Black Pagoda, Lone Cowboy, Overland in a Covered Wagon, Memoirs of an Infantry Officer, Gandhi His Own Story, and Why I am and why I am not a Catholic, among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patten Free Library
R. Hughes
A. Elson
J. Farjeon
J. Williamson
W. Frye
J. H. White
Manhattan
J. W. Johnson
Yukon Trail
J. H. Hendryx
E. N. Blair
H. Wade
Elson
L. C
D. Bacon
J. Miller
E. Sachs
P. McDonald
Pepys
John Drinkwater
L. H. Hough
M. de la Roche
F. P. Keyes
C. Pakenham
Redlake
Louis Bromfield
Thomas B. Reed
W. A. Robinson
H. Belloc
Which Holidays and Holy Days Was It All About
Sunday's lecture at the Masonic temple argued the seventh day Sabbath remains God’s holy day since creation. Evangelist Gram cited Biblical proofs that Christ made and kept the Sabbath, urging listeners to learn how the church changed this practice and inviting attendance next Sunday to learn more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Temple
Evangelist Gram
Christ
Sinai
Valuable dog Jake dies after long life on Front Street
Jake the 15 year old Boston bull owned by Mike Pecci died weeks after his master’s trip to Italy. The friendly dog known for tricks such as dancing and sorting coins lived on Front Street for 14 years and helped children with candy. He was treated at a hospital for dumb animals in Brunswick before passing away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Boston
Mike Pecci
Italy
Front Street
Brunswick
Thiboutot and Haggett Files Marriage Intentions
Marriage intentions filed for Alfred Thiboutot Jr of Brunswick and Evelyn L Haggett of Bath. The groom is son of Alfred and Mrs. Thiboutot of Brunswick and the bride is daughter of Eric B Haggett and Mrs. Haggett of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Thiboutot, Jr
Mill Street
Brunswick
Evelyn L.haggett
Dummer Street
Bath
Alfred Thiboutot
Eric B. Haggett
Community club card party and local notes update
Mrs James E Perry recovering at City hospital visits son Omar Perry in Bridge street. Community club hosts a Wednesday card party with Mrs Harry F Oliver in charge of tables and refreshments. prizes won by Mrs Samuel Jordan and Mrs Walter Morse. Smelt fishermen report fair luck with new camps on the ice. Heating test at the community house goes well under near zero and NW wind. About $20 cleared. Women's Auxiliary card party planned for today. Roads rough, plowing uneven with Lemont Street, Phippsburg edge and Bath streets affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Perry
City Hospital
Omar R. Perry
Bridge Street
Harry F. Oliver
Bridge Hill
Helen Jones
Bath
Fred L. Parks
Women’s Auxiliary
Samuel Jordan
Walter Morse
Augustus Small
Lemont Street
Phippsburg
Phippsburg Center
High Street
Red Cross Appeals for West Sufferers Aid in Bath
Bath Red Cross chapter seeks 1700 in contributions to aid drought stricken west. Charles C. Low at Bath Savings Institution to receive funds. Mrs. Mullin, chapter chair, notes telegram from John Barton Payne urging immediate relief and campaign progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
West
Bath
American Red Cross
Charles C. Low
Bath Savings Institution
The
Death of Edgar D Williams Portland bath native
Edgar D Williams of Portland formerly of Bath died Friday morning. Born August 31 1889 in Phippsburg he was a plumber for Harry M Huse then a conductor on the A&E Street Railway before joining Carville Plumbing Co in Portland. Body found in home cellar and medical examiner ruled death by own action. He is survived by parents a sister Thatcher Pinkham Bath a brother Harry E Williams Rockport and four children Alice Priscilla Edgar and Annette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar D. Williams
Portland
Bath
Phippsburg
Harry C. Williams
Bridge Street
Harry M. Huse
A. & E. Street Railway
Carville Plumbing Co
Thatcher Pinkham
Harry E. Williams
Rockport
Alice
Priscilla
Edgar
Annette
Bath Box Co. Worker Loses Two Fingers In Accident
Herald Orr of Pleasant avenue, an employee of Bath Box Co., suffered a right hand injury Tuesday morning when his hand was caught in a band saw. Surgeons at Woolwich under Dr. A. A. Stott performed amputation of the middle and index fingers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Orr
Pleasant Avenue
Bath Box Co
Whch
A. A. Stott
Woolwich
Alexander Hamilton’s early achievements in America
The article marks the 174th birthday of Alexander Hamilton and outlines his rise from Nevis to New York, his military service under Washington, and his pivotal role as founder of the U.S. financial system. It highlights his wartime leadership, advocacy for a national bank, and the constitutional debates surrounding implied powers and national credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hamilton
George Washington Bicentennial Commission
Justice Marshall
George Washington
Aaron Burr
Nevis
West Indies
St. Croix
Nicholas Cruger
New York
Elizabethtown
N. J
King’s College
Columbia University
New York City
Boston
Hamilton
Washington
Greene
Trenton
Princeton
Yorktown
United States
the Treasury
Congress
Bank of England
United States Bank
Knox
Jefferson
Randolph
West Bath Notes on Sailing, Visits, and Local Events
Chester Lorentsen reports Corsair in port at Georgia and bound for the West Indies. Mrs. Balle Donnell wintering with Miss Lily Pray in Bath. Farm Bureau to hold whist and hokum Jan 23 to raise funds for film for the demonstration agent Hortense Welch and county agent Charles Eastman. John M. Loring recovering in City hospital after a fall and leg fracture. Birthday party at the Chadbournes with Holbrook, Cutting families attending. Bateses wintering in Cathance with Bates health improving. West Bath Red Cross to meet Feb 4 with lunch by Donnell and Lemont. Larrabees hosted in Brunswick. Marks recovering from appendicitis in Gardiner hospital. Mrs. Fret W. Larrabee and Nan Brown noted as guests in Bath origin circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester Lorentsen
Corsair
Georgia
West Indies
Balle Donnell
Lily Pray
Center Street
Bath
Farm Bureau
Annie Trufant
Hortense Welch
Charles Eastman
John M. Loring
North Bath
City Hospital
Loring
Percy Holbrook
Linwood Chadbourne
Spring Street
Mr. Holbrook
Harold Cutting
Annette
Martha
Mildred
Herbert Hopkins
Chadbourne
Cathance
Bates
West Bath
Red Cross
Belle Donnell
Charles Lemont
Joseph W. Larrabee
Brunswick
Portland
Llewellyn Rogers
Laura Lemont
Fred W. Larrabee
Howard Mayo Wins YMCA Chess Championship
Howard Mayo won the YMCA first annual chess tournament championship, defeating Jesse Levin in the final after eliminations featuring 19 players. Mayo also beat Bart O'Donnell and John Murray on the way to the title as chess interest surged at the YMCA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Mayo
Y.M.C.A
Mayo
J. Levin
Ralph MacDonald
Bart O'Donnell
Duncan Farrell
William Levin
Henry
Jesse Levin
Charles Douglas
John Murray
West Bath Residents Protest After State Rabbits Release
Residents claim 200 rabbits released in West Bath threaten crops including cabbage and blueberries. Farmers urge action citing garden damage and pests, with one neighbor suggesting moving rabbits elsewhere. A resident found a dead rabbit in the woods, not shot or involved in a fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Missionaries from Kingfield Share Congo Experiences
Rev and Mrs Theodore E Bubeck longtime Kingfield residents now serve as missionaries in Mpanza Congo Africa They left Kingfield in October two years ago and spent time in Belgium learning French A letter from the Bubecks takes two months to reach Maine and interest in their work grows back home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore E. Bubeck
The
Baptist Church
Kingfield
Mpanza
Congo
Africa
Bubeck
Belgium
Bubecks
Maine
Prosperity buying fuels Kansas City trade plan
Joyce C Hall of Hall Bros. promotes prosperity buying to stimulate employment by ordering future deliveries now. He shipped 240 future delivery orders with prosperity order certificates and coupons, aiming to keep industries busy and profit higher for buyers and manufacturers alike. The Rotary Club endorsed the plan and plans to implement it locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce C. Hall
Kansas City
Hall Bros., Inc
Hall
Department of Service
Missionary describes Sioux work at Grace Church in Maine
Rev. K Brent Woodruff spoke to Grace church and St. Mary's guild detailing his South Dakota mission with Sioux Indians. He described St Elizabeth's school, his roles as judge and medic, and his six mile midnight baptism patrols. Maine Diocese supports the Flandreau Mobridge mission. Supper prior featured guild leaders and a candlelit table setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. Brent Woodruff
Woman's Auxiliary
St. Mary's Guild of Grace
Oak Street
Woodruff
Sioux Falls
S. D
Rhode Island
South Dakota
St. Elizabeth's School
Richard Cabot
Boston
Maine
Flandreau
Mobridge
Guild
Fred D. Hill
Warren F. Hawley
Herbert Calderwood
Augustus Perow
Emma Lowell
Helen Trott
Anna Trott
Russell Phinney
Bath Represented at New York Show
The Torrey Roller Bushing Works of Bath is represented this week at the National Motor Boat Show in New York City. Ex Alderman J Haviland Torrey vice president of the plant left Tuesday for New York to attend the convention and will be joined by Charles C Toothaker assistant manager Thursday. Bowen Torrey New York representative of the Bath firm will also be in attendance. Edwin Ramsey superintendent of the propeller department of the Hyde Windlass Co has been in New York several days to prepare his companys display. Fred L Andrews vice president and superintendent of the Hyde Windlass Co is also in New York during the annual Motor Boat Show.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torrey Roller Bushing Works
Bath
New York City
J. Haviland Torrey
New York
Charles C. Toothaker
Bowen Torrey
Edwin Ramsey
Hyde Windlass Co
Fred L. Andrews
Annnual Motor Boat
Moore Family Visited Brunswick Relative This Sunday
Mr and Mrs Wellington A Moore and daughter Shirley of Washington street were Sunday guests of Mrs Moore's mother Mrs Margaret Adamy of Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellington A. Moore
Shirley
Washington Street
Mrs Clara Head to Seattle then Maine after Woolwich visit
Mrs Clara E Head of Woolwich recently visited Denver sisters and brother S B Reed in Seattle for two days then a month with plans to return to Denver before a Maine trip in early spring. Residents note robins and early spring hints as birds flock around town.
Morse Teacher Attends Important Meeting at Simmons
Miss Alfreda Skillin head of Morse high schools Home Economics Departments attended the New England Home Economics Association meeting at Simmons College on Saturday January 17. She heard Dr. Flora S. Rose of Teachers College and Dr. Augusta Bronner of Yale University speak on nutrition education and environmental adjustment for children. The event included a luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfreda Skillin
Morse High School
New England Home Economics Association
Simmons College
Skillin
Flora S. Rose
Teacher’s College
Augusta Bronner
Yale University
Judge Baker Foundation
Boston
Rose
Teacher's College
Bronner
Yale
Brenner
Mrs Sprague Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Mrs. Richard L. Sprague returns to her Washington street home on Saturday after several weeks as a patient at St. Barnabas hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Sprague
Washington Street
St. Barnabas Hospital
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Bath City Hospital
Omar R. Per
Charles V. Minott
Roxbury
Pauline Rogers
Christine and
Katherine McCourt
George Ingalls
Eugene Ingeils
John Carter
Sree
Alvin Pye
Page Wyman
Elisha Bridges
Popham Beach
American Legion
Roland Smith
Legion
Allan Spear
Perry L. Thompson
Ralph Wright
Wilbur Crocker
George Betts
Inez Carr
Barbara Fisher
Barbara Norton
Marjorie Furber
Catherine Shellenbarger
Eleanor Cotteau
Ellen Hodgkins
Girl Scouts
Eugene Desmond
Post
Antonio Netto
Horace McClure
Morse High Auditorium
Bessie Osterman
Worcester
Antonio Netto & Co
Roland Smith Post
No. 21
Pennsylvania
Netto
Mathilde Bastulli
America
Bath Y.M.C.A
State of
Clara E. Head
E. B. Willson
E. H. P. Hammond
Denver
Colo
Seattle
Wash
S. B. Reed
J. H. Smith
Lillian Smith
Harry Quinnam
J. F. White
J. B. Clark
Huntoon Hill Grange
Sheepsedt Valley Grange
Roy Dow
Margaret
Alton Ames
Clarence Blagdon
Raymond Hamlin
Vinnie Quinnam
Alice Ames
W. Ceres
Blanche Fowle
Flora Gertrude Munsey
Sister Blagdon
Woolwich Grange
Hamlin
Clinton Shea
Gray
Alvin Morris
Charles Barnes
Pooler Place
Harold Shea
Katherine Ames
R.N
Woolwich Union For Christian Service
Day's Ferry
Nequasset
North Woolwich
Sagadahoe
Frank J. Walker
Maxine
Connecticut
Forrest
Forrest Carlton
John Savage
David Reed
Chester Dana
Eben
Frank Hodgdon
Clara Hathorne
Plinette Allen
Hillcrest Manse
Grace
Ethel Barter
Waldo Dexter
Sagadahoc Ferry
Sagadahoc
Morse High Schol
Adelbert Hall
Bedford Street
Emma Bickford
Council of the
Congregational Vestry
Wilson Wright
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