Phippsburg Observes Arbor Day With School Programs
Phippsburg honors Arbor Day with Friday activities including a School Salute To The Flag, poems by Beatrice Libby Priscilla Wyman and others, and a Field Day planned for May 15 at the town hall. Local residents visit, travel and attend meetings across Bath, Meadow Brook and Popham Beach as Dromore Grange resumes events. Miss Helen Elizabeth Malcolm tops Oberlin sophomore honors. her family owns a summer home in Phippsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farker Head
Aeevicn
Weis Oes
Frances Kreicher
N. W. Eaton
Woolwich
Harold Shaw
Carl Wallace
Sebasch School
Bath
James Perry
Samuel Bates
West Bath
Ralph Coombs
Alice Benner
Portland
J. E. Perry
Harold Cutting
Meadowbrook
Martin Wyman
Wilbur
Everett Harrington
Arthur Bean
Sidney
Wiscasset
Frank Leavitt
Alice Johnson
Sabattus
Ashdale
Sidney Eaton
Harry Watson
Martha Small
Mildred Nichols
Emma Small
Popham Beach
Freeman C. Bowker
Dromore’ Grange
Sagadahoc Pomona
William Grevers
Helen Elizabeth Malcolm
Clay Street
Wollaston
Mass
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Malcolm
John C. Malcolm
Quincy High School
Phippsburg
Dromore Cemetery Association Meeting Details
The annual meeting at historic Dromore Burying Ground drew ten members. Voted to repair and paint the fence, mow grass twice this season, and pursue other work as funds permit. Adjourned to May second, 1932. Officers elected include J Edward Drake president and Miss Mary Pelham Hill clerk. Trustees named: Drake Minott Crosby Rogers Dickinson Butler Allan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore
Mr. Crosby
Calvin W. Rogers
Bessie E. Dickinson
Henry W. Butler
Ernest A. Allan
Mrs. Sarah L. Wyman dies at 64 at Small Point Beach
Mrs. Sarah L. Wyman, 64, wife of Martin Wyman, died of heart disease at her Small Point Beach home Monday afternoon after enduring several heart attacks. Born in Lisbon, she moved to Small Point 56 years ago and raised six sons and three daughters. Funeral will be Thursday at two o'clock daylight saving time at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah L. Wyman
Martin Wyman
Small Point Beach
Lisbon
John
Mary Thompson
Small Point
Mr. Wyman
Selectmen
Phippsburg
Wilbur
Asa
Raymond
Swanton
Frank
Detroit
Mich
George Wyman
Northampton
Maestes
Mire Ernest Rogers
Emma Wyman
Leon Eaton
Bath
James Thompson
Efficient Teacher Ellen Turner Resigns After 37 Bath Years
Miss Ellen R. Turner, long time Bath educator, resigns after 37 years in Bath public schools. Her career spans North Primary South Street Primary Grammar and Morse High with nine years as Freshman English leader at Morse. Board of Education accepted her resignation with regret noting her disciplined teaching and leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen R. Turner
Bath
Morse High
Board of Education
Miss Turner
North Primary
South Street Primary
Southtreet Grammar
South Grammar
North Grammar
Morse High School
Bath Teachers Training College
The
Training College
Harvard
Boston University
Bates College
Memorial Services Held by Myrtle Lodge of Odd Ladies
Myrtle lodge of Odd Ladies No 8 met in Odd Fellows hall for memorial services for deceased members.16 names were honored and Scripture readings and a duet were shared. The group planned a May 22 anniversary dinner and June 12 reception for Auburn Lodge No 1 guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Lodge
Odd Ladies
Odd Fellows Hall
Jennie Oliver
Nellie Hunt
Kingsbury
Effie Parish
Isle of Somewhere
Pearl Campbell
Bertha Scott
Tillie Blake
Elizabeth Haley
Lottie Garland
Ada Curtis
Auburn
Auburn Lodge No
Methodist Episcopal Church
Eva Atwood
Miller
Open House Sunday at City Hospital
Bath City hospital hosted an open house from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. as part of National Hospital and Mother’s Day observances. Flowers from friends adorned rooms and corridors, the overhauled office welcomed visitors, and gifts from Mrs. William D. Sewall brightened the superintendent’s suite. Frederic H. Low, recently recovered, sent flowers for the superintendent’s apartments. Nurses guided tours while teas were served at the Nurses Home by staff wives and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath City Hospital
National Hospital
William D. Sewall
Sewall
Frederic
Community Notices from Winnegance and Vicinity
Alfred S Oliver continues to recover from illness with another turn noted. Squaw club hosts at Friday meeting. Sunday school set for 3 pm in vestry. Sewell Morse shows light improvement after Sudden illness. John Morse Jr confined at home. Moonday club holds card party at community house. last meeting of season with Mrs Morse and Mrs Williams hosting. Mrs Parks leaves for Camden for summer. Bridge railing needs replacement. some spots near topples. Phippsburg road drainage issue causes cellar flooding after rains. Dromore grange resumes. hosts Sagadahoc Pomona Grange on May 27. Fairview cemetery fundraising making good progress for Memorial Day condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred S. Oliver
Harry F. Oliver
Squaw Club
Sewell P. Morse
High Street
John G. Morse, Jr
Moonday Club
Winfield W. Morse
Harry C. Williams
Fred L. Parks
Camden
Phippsburg
Dromore Grange
Sagadahoc County
Pomona Grange
Fairview Cemetery
Long Service Watch Presented to Fidelity and Casualty Agent
Fred W. Humphreys of this city received a long service gold watch fob from the Fidelity and Casualty Co of New York, honoring 31 years with the company. Paul L. Haid, president, praised Humphreys and welcomed him into the Old Guard, noting the company’s growth and valued agency cooperation and hoping for a long association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred W. Humphreys
Fidelity and Casualty Co
New York
Annual Meeting of Y Auxiliary at the Y
The Y M C A Auxiliary held its annual meeting at the Y building. Treasurer reports strong finances with over 700 earned and 300 balance. The kitchen received paint and varnish while plans for flooring, new equipment, and a Mother and Daughter banquet were discussed for fall.
Morse High Athletics In Strong Financial Health
Morse high school's athletic association is in good shape with $130 in the coffers and one month remaining. Baseball and track will ease the balance but leave the year ahead, football nearly even, and basketball slightly profitable before year end. Fred W. Hart and Lloyd Perry spent Sunday in Kent's Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Fred W. Hart
Lloyd Perry
Kent's Hill
County Commissioners Increase Prison Board Rate
Kenned an county commissioners raise the daily board for prisoners to 1.25 dollars to boost county revenue. Sagadahoc county meanwhile shifts prisoners to Auburn jail at 62 dollars weekly, arguing lower rates undermine county taxes. A Kennebec Journal report notes the move reflects business concerns and federal pay remains one dollar daily for its prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedan
Sagadahos
Auburn
Sagadahce County
Ralph B. Pillsogury
Benton
Kennebec
Kennebec Journal
Bath
Sagadahoc
Sheriff's Department
Solomitski Faces Deportation Action After Conviction
In Auburn municipal court Solomitski 38 a Russian was sentenced to 60 days in Androscoggin County Jail for carrying a concealed weapon. Judge Keegan ordered City Marshal Whitney to notify immigration officers to pursue deportation to Russia after the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Solomitski
Androscoggin
Auburn
Joan J. Keegan
Walter L. Whitney
Portland
Solomitski
Russia
Mike Zoome
Mr. Zoome
Mike
New York
Bath
John Sheldon Featured In Splendid Boston Concert
John W. Sheldon, son of Mr and Mrs William H Sheldon of 531 High Street, was among advanced students from the New England Conservatory of Music performing in Jordan Hall Boston Friday evening. He sang Cesar Franck La Procession and the Pescatora aria from Ponchielli La Gioconda, as part of a program opening with Handel Paderewski Chopin and closing with a Hummel septette. The ensemble included Harold Schwab and other listed musicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Sheldon
William H. Sheldon
High Street
New England Conservatory of Music
Jordan Hall
Boston
Sheldon
Cesar Franck
Ponchielli
Morse High School
Paderewski
Chopin
Harry Lawton
Westerly
R. I
Hummel
Mr. Lawton
Salma Laycock
Salem
N. H
Schuman
Colette Lienne
Roger Ducasse
Eleanor Riblet
Muskegort
Mich
Vitali Ciaccona
John Shelby Richardson
Lexington
Debussy
Mr. Sheldon
Harold Schwab
All Souls’ Church
Lowell
James Ulmer
Los Angeles
Clyde MacDonald
Watertown
Stanley Hassell
Conway
Ralph John- Worcester
Leslie Rupert
Miss Steele Returns From Bath Visit
Miss Mary Steele of Water town Massachusetts returns after a vacation with Mr and Mrs Arthur C Lemont on Lemont street in Bath. The Steele family is noted as the hosts for the trip and the return marks the end of the holiday period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Steele
Byron F. Steele
Watertown
Mass
Bath
Arthur C. Lemont
Lemont Street
New Publishing House For Christian Science Society
The Mother Church plans a new publishing house in Back Bay Boston costing about 3 million dollars. It will house The Christian Science Monitor Journal and Sentinel, with 58 000 square feet across Massachusetts avenue Norway Falmouth and Clear Way. The Italian Renaissance stone building will rise nine stories at the Massachusetts avenue end and three to four stories opposite The Mother Church, with modern heating and a central plant tower. Architect Chester Lindsay Churchill leads the project with Leechwood Greene Engineers Inc. drafted plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Sciences Board of Directors
First Church of Christ, Scientist
Boston
Massachusetts
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Journal
The
Christian Science Sentinel
Society
Massachusetts Avenue
Norway
Falmouth
Clear Way Streets
Back Bay
James M. Curley
Hoover
Chester Lindsay Churchill
Associated Leechwood-Greene Engineers, Inc
Man Found Guilty of Driving Under Influence in Bath
Allen B. Bryer of Boothbay Harbor was convicted in Bath municipal court for operating a vehicle under intoxication. He faced a $100 fine and $13.59 costs or 60 days in Auburn jail after pleading not guilty. Officers testified Bryer drove after leaving a Center Street restaurant before the car was stopped and he swapped seats with a non intoxicated friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen B. Bryer
Boothbay Harbor
John J. Keegan
Bath
Auburn
Bryer
Furber Davis
George McElman
Night Force
Davis
Center Street
McElman
Water Street
Front Street
Elm
Old City Hall
Bryers
Keegan
Poultry Specialist to Speak at Maine Field Meetings
Orons H L Shrader senior extension poultry man of the U S Department of Agriculture will discuss breeding problems at county field meetings in Maine the week of June 8 The first event is Cumberland county June 8 with York June 9 Knox Lincoln June 10 Waldo June 11 and Kennebec Androscoggin Sagadahoc June 12 at Highmoor Farm Shrader a 1914 Missouri graduate has run hatcheries and broiler plants and spent six years as Missouri extension poultry specialist before joining the U S Department of Agriculture Poultry Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orons
H. L. Shrader
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Maine
H. L. Richardson
Cumberland County
York
Knox- Lincoln
Waldo
Kennebec
Andrescoggin
Sagadahoc
Highmoor Farm
M. Shrader
University of Missouri
Missouri
Shrader
United States
Gardiner High Team Visits Morse In KV League Clash
Bath fans will travel to Kel ley field Saturday for a Kennebec Valley League game as Gardiner High faces Morse at 2 30. Gardiner could repeat its 11 0 win over Bath with Art Lovely on the mound likely opposing Leon Buck of Morse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Kelley Field
Gardiner High
Morse High
Gardiner
Bath Schoolboys
Sea
Art Lovely
Up River
Morse
Leon Buck
Morse Hurling
Sagadahoc probate court handles limited May term business
Tuesday session issued wills allowed and executors named in multiple Sagadahoc estates. Petitions for probate and administrations filed include Parker F Small and Jane P Morse cases. Bonds, inventories, and accounts were filed or approved for several estates, with agent appointments and trustee confirmations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagadahoc
Glidden
William S Rogers
Topsham
Edwin L. Rogers
James T. Morse
Bath
Louise M. Miller
Agnes H. Torrey
Allan Spear
First National Bank of Bath
James F Cothran
Percy W. Cothran
Frank Wilbur Hagan
Edward W. Bridgham
Parker F. Small
Bowdoinham
Henry B. Alexander
William S. Rogers
Ellis L. Aldrich
Edward C. Rankins
Carolyn A. Paine
Richmond
Alice P. Warren
Lewiston
Emma W. Colburn
W. W. Gardiner
Jane P. Morse
Cranston
R. I
Annie C. M. Pottle
Joseph H. Rousseau
Hosea O. Hartford
Edwin O. Tarr
George H. Hodgkins
Caroline E. Hodgkins
Fernando A. Shepard
Louise S. Shepard
Fred S Morgan
Wilbur O. Allen
Bowdeinham
Caroline E.hodgkins
Susan Jane Perkins
James O. Lincoln
Walter Henry Rogers
Portrait of Sidney Breck Exhibited in New York Gallery
A portrait of Sidney Breck daughter of Mrs Duer D Breck of Garden City New York was shown in a Fifth Avenue gallery in New York City. The work was black and white and praised for the subject a lovely brunette with coal black hair dark eyes and clear cut features. Mrs Breck plans to open their Small Point cottage for the summer in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney Breck
Duer D. Breck
Garden City
N. Y
New York City
Fifth Avenue
Miss Breck
Small Point Beach
Bath
Stetson Family Heads to Boston for Meeting
Ralph G. Stetson and his son Ralph G. Jr. departed Monday for Boston to meet someone. Stetson is returning from a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Dann at their country estate at Lake Placid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph G. Jr
Boston
Ts. Stetson
Mrs
James Dann
Lake Placid
Mrs Jaqua Hosts Card Party At Her Home
Mrs Frank W Jaqua welcomed club members to a Tuesday card party at her residence 8331 High Street. The event featured light refreshments and social games among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank W. Jaqua
High Street
Senior Class Play Next Friday Night at Morse High
The Morse high school senior class presents The Family Upstairs a three act comedy by Harry Delf at the school auditorium. The play follows the American family as Louise and Charles Grant become engaged amid concerns about income and status. Critics praise it as both funny and touching with strong ensemble performances led by William Bruce Priscilla Colby and John Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High School
Harry Delf
Sam H. Harris
Gaiety Theatre
New York
Joe Heller
William Bruce
Louise
Priscilla Colby
Miram Doble
Willie
Robert Hatch
Annabelle
Mary Larrabee
Charles Grant
John Black
Grant
Nellie Leeman
New York Graphic
Obituary of Charles Henry Haynes Former Bath ship carpenter dies at 71
Charles Henry Haynes 71 formerly a Bath yard ship carpenter moved to Salem over 25 years ago died in May. He married twice first wife Christiana Snow sister of Bath’s Mrs. Robert C. Mitchell and his second wife both of whom predeceased him. Survived by daughter Mina Kelley of Salem. He served as overseer in Salem jail. Funeral held May 6 at 217 North Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Henry Haynes
Bath
Salem
Christiana Snow
Robert C. Mitchell
Mina Kelley
Haynes
North Street
Memorial Service for Mrs Mary S Gould
A memorial service for Mrs Mary S Gould widow of Daniel C Gould of Bath was held Wednesday afternoon at two in Winter street chapel Rev Charles M Tubbs of Grace church officiating in the pastor's absence. The funeral was in Cleveland Ohio on May 8 and her ashes were buried in the family lot at Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary S. Gould
Daniel C. Gould
Bath
Winter Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Grace Church
FE. D. Hardin
Cleveland
Oak Grove
Mrs Harriet Johnson Funeral at Russell Street Home
The funeral for Harriet Johnson widow of J W Johnson was held Wednesday afternoon at two at her home 43 Russell Street Rev F L Littlefield Wesley Methodist Church officiated Bearers were Daniel A Bishop Charles E Gahan John McKiever and Fred Crocker Burial followed at Oak Grove Sadie Garcelcn will be the delegate from Lowell temple P S to the lodge of Pythians and the Bangor headquarters are at the Bangor House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Johnson
J. W. Johnson
Russell Street
F. L. Littlefield
Wesley Methodist Church
Daniel A. Bishop
Charles E. Gahan
John McKiever
Fred Crocker
Oak Grove
Sadie Garcelcn
Lowell Femple
P. S
Ons Lodge of
Pythians
Eee
Russias Et Bangor
The
Pythian Sisters
Bangor House
Mrs. Haynes heads to Boston to visit husband in hospital
Mrs. Maurice Haynes of Academy Street travels to Boston to visit her husband Mr. Haynes who is undergoing treatments at the Deaconess hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Haynes
Academy Street
Boston
Mr. Haynes
Deaconess Hospital
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Dromore Cemetery Association Meeting
City Hospital
Bathman
Y Auxiliary
Kennebec County
Augusta
John Sheldon
New Christian Science Publishing House
Seteca
Sagadahoc Poultrymen
Gardiner High Team
Walter S. Glidden
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