Maine Congregational Conference Opens With Cross Aboard Tougaloo
Dr. Cross, new Tougaloo president, and Dean Cobb oversee a Maine Congregational Conference session in Bath. Activities include reports by regional secretary teams, trustee elections, and sermons by Rev. Stocking. New trustee Judge Carroll S. Chaplin joins the board as Rev. Randall H. Colby and others lead meetings, with a Seacoast Mission visit by Orville Guptill aboard the Sunbeam yacht.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Tougaloo
Dr. Cross
Dean Cobb
Maine
Cobb
Mabel Benner
Sabine
New Meadows
Cross
New England
American Missionary Association
Commission On Missions
Tougaloo College
Mississippi
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Jay T. Stocking
Newton Center
Mass
General Council of Congregational and Christian Churches of the
Philip L. Garland
Brunswick
Carroll S. Chaplin
Portland
Williston
City
Board of
Carol C. Jones
Concord
N. H
Charles H. Blatchford
Rollin Goodfellow
Pine Street
Lewiston
Charles D. Paul
South Portland
Willard S. Bass
Wilton
Wilson D. Clark
Conference schedule and social details for May gathering
The scene depicts a Tuesday supper for 125 hosted by the Ladies Auxiliary with pink and yellow decor and floral table settings. Donated cottage cheese from Oakhurst Dairy and Maybasket favors are noted, followed by a multi-session program on May 16 including prayers, reports, forums, and banquets led by church and community leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakhurst Dairy
John Fitzpatrick
Stonington
Charles D. Paul
Credentials Committee
Mervin M. Deems
Norway
Frederick L. Fagley
Missionary Council
Erlon M. Richardson
Maine
Marion J. Bradshaw
Mary G. Peabody
Rodney W. Roundy
Temperance
Frederick M. Meek
Biddeford
Central Church
Bath
Willlard S. Bass
Wilton
Kenneth C. M. Sills
Bowdoin College
Brunswick
Winter Street
Althea Millett
Young People’s Council
Cecil G. Fielder
Franklin P. Cole
Williston Church
Portland
Joseph O. Purdue Music
Winter Street Church
Brewer Eddy
Boston
Walter K. Bowker
Alice Johnson
Dromore Grangers Readies for Pomona Meet
The Dromore Grange held a Thursday meeting with lecturer Mrs Elfreda Perkins guiding discussions on bread cost and buying versus making. Members debated farm purchase points including location and building condition while a Pomona committee was appointed and preparations for a May 29 event were outlined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dromore Grange
Grange Hall
Elfreda Perkins
Ralph Kenney
Perkins
Annie Malcolm
Pomona
Marion Rafael
Charlotte Owen
Evelyn Beals
Grange
Robert
M. Helen Sims
Emma Ingalls
Keano
Caves for Winter Food Storage Common in Corn Belt Towns
Caves for preserving winter food are described as common equipment in corn belt communities. The note highlights traditional storage methods and regional practices without naming specific locations or dates.
Seafaring Tales From Zanzibar and Beyond
Nathaniel T. Palmer recounts Zanzibar life and a voyage aboard the Spartan. He debunks stereotypes, describes daily deck washing, barefoot years abroad, and the crew’s hard work in coconut oil and cotton cargo from Zanzibar to Coconda, with Lascars at 50 cents a day and a perilous Bay of Bengal passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zanzibar
Nathaniel T. Palmer
Dresed
Nat
Hindo Stanee
Morning Watch
J. P. Crosley
Africa
Coconodah
India
Jersey City
Palmer
Sumatra
Bay of Bengal
Coringa Bay
Coconadah
United States
Calcutta
Madras
Baz
Mr. Palmer
Globe
Bowdoinham Social Roundup and Local Notes
A Busy Bowdoinham social week features Miss Clara Fogg hosting a Monday bridge luncheon with attendees including Mrs. George Cutler and Mrs. Charles Randell. Mrs. Fides wins high score. Nearby, Myrtle Gordon visits William H. Gould. several townsfolk host or visit relatives in Freeport Richmond and Brunswick. The Bowdoinham town team loses a Sunday baseball game. seven candidates receive degrees at a grange meeting. eight apply for post office. multiple residents travel or host guests, and local civic matters include a school committee chair election and army enlistment news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Fogg
George Cutler
Charles B. Randall
Margaret Gile
Avery Fides
William Given
Henry Cornish
Charles L. Browne
R. D. Purington
Charles Hackett
Helen Britt
A. S. MacDougal
Fides
Myrtle Gordon
New Castle
William H. Gould
Cyrus Purington
Rumford
Clarence Purington
Earl Mitchell
Freeport
Caleb Mitchell
Harvey Ames
Watertown
Mass
James H. Ames
Jessie Ames
Bowdoinham Town
Bowdoin
Grange
Frank Hackett
Rochester
N. H
Hattie Hackett
Richmond
Sprague
Rockland
William Foster
Waterboro
Foster
Georgia Berry
Doris McKinnie
Passaic
N. J
John Tarr
Theodore Mitchell
Theodore Alvah
Norman Curtis
Marion
McDonald Temple
P. S
Alvah Young Temple
Brunswick
Frank Thorn
Balfast
Thorn
Carrie Merrill
William Raymond
Berlin
Bowdoin Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Mrs. C M Hutchins visited Bowdoin with South Port family. Addie Williams returns home after four weeks in Litchfield. Nellie Cobb visits her mother Carrie Douglass from Randolph. S Lester Nelson of Brunswick spent a weekend here. Everett Jones of Sabatus visited Mr. and Mrs. L C Starbird. A E Purington lost a 27 year old horse. Herbert Adams lost a horse to colic. Ladies aid meets at Mrs. Babb. Sagadahoc Grange held May 4 with singing readings piano solo and sketches. Rehearsals begin for an upcoming play. Mr and Mrs John Carter bought a farm near Bowdoin Center and moved in. Mrs George Burns plans summer in South Paris with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Hutchins
South Portland
Charles Babb
Addie Williams
Litchfield
Nellie Cobb
Randolph
Carrie Douglass
S. Lester Nelson
Brunswick
Everett Jones
Sabattus
L. C. Starbird
A. E. Purington
Herbert Adams
Sagadahoc
Angie Byrns
Herbert Roberts
Ernest Carr
Llewellyn Freeman
Reading
Francis Roberts
John Carter
Bowdoin Center
George Burns
Paris
Sea yarns and St Elmo's light captivate Lewiston crowd
The narrator Nat recalled Indian Ocean experiences and St Elmo's fire as a ball of flame dancing near a vessel. In Lewiston, Frank S Hoy and Prof A M Myhrman discussed Lewiston Junior Chamber of Commerce activities for youths and critiques of the city charter and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Ocean
Nat
Lewiston
Johnny Murray Wins Two Events at Maine Track Meet
Johnny Murray a sophomore at the University of Maine won both the 100 and 220 yard dashes at the Maine State Intercollegiate Track and Field games in Lewiston. The Bath native clocked 10.2 seconds in the 100 and 23.0 in the 220, aiding Maine to a 52 point team victory over Bowdoin Bates Colby. Murray led Bowdoin sprinters in the 100 and outran two teammates in the 220 to finish first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath
Lewiston
Johnny Murray
University of Maine
Shipping City Flash
Johnny Magee
Bowdoin
Maine
Bates
Colby
Murray
Pale Blue Express
Goddard
Huff
Maxcy
Marvin
Soule
Sterling Bible Class Votes for May Repairs and Appoints Hosts
Sterling Bible class of Corliss Baptist church held its May meeting with 23 attendees including two new members. Mrs. John H. Hunt presided as president and a devotional was led by Mrs. M Eugene Watson. The group approved a 75 dollar allocation for interior repairs and assigned May and June host duties. Ice cream and crackers were served by hostesses. next hosts are Mrs Fred Coombs’ group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunt
Chester A. Plant
Paisley
Pearl E. Dunbar
Lester G. Campbell
Warren H. McIntire
Elmer Fr. Campbell
E. Melvin Pratt
Benjamin P. Coombs
Walter Taylor
Fred Coombs
Byrd Antarctic expedition member to visit family
Prof. Earle B. Perkins biologist on the Byrd expedition will arrive Friday to stay with his mother Mrs. Edith M. Perkins at Cox's Head and visit Bath with his aunt Mrs. Carrie C. Smith at 137 Oak Street. He helped film at Little America and will bring back scientific data. Perkins will later return to Rutgers University in New Brunswick New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earle B. Perkins
Edith M. Perkins
Cox’s Head
Bath
Carrie C. Smith
Oak Street
Perkins
Little America
Richard E. Byrd
Washington
Stevenson Corey
Winchester
Mass
Prof
New Brunswick
N. J
Rutgers University
Gardening talk and exhibits at Cosmo Club feature Maine gardens
The Cosmo Club hosted a gardening talk with Maine garden displays including a log cabin model, chickadee mounts, peat moss, pine spills, and photos of Maine scenes. The exhibit drew interest as many states offered only literature tables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ture
Maine
Cosmopolitan Singing Club Delivers Fine Thursday Program
The Cosmopolitan Singing club under Mrs. Leroy F. Colby presented a one act play The Very Idea and a musical Reveries program. Performers included Miss Welch Mrs Dennison Miss Milliken Miss Whittall and others with solos duets and a minuet dance. The event closed the season ahead of May 23 banquet and officer election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Cosmopolitan Singing Club
Leroy F. Colby
Evelyne L. Donnell
Dorothy A. Welch
Lockwood
William W. Dennison
Gregg
Dorothy M. Milliken
Jones
G. Eunice Whittall
Loomis
No Man's Land
Merritt A. Mitchell
William R. Freeman
John H. Perkins
A. Bernard Henderson
Mrs. Colby
Colby
Albert Henderson
Christine C. Curtis
Young People Attend Annual Conference
Dorothy Anlcker, Barbara Donnell, Barbara Tubbs, Howard Holmes and Rev. C. M. Tubbs from Grace Church Young People's Fellowship attended the Provincial Conference of Young People's Fellowships from 292 New England chapters held at St Mark's Church in Augusta. The event covered reports, officer elections, and addresses with Rt. Rev. Granville G. Bennett delivering a stirring banquet talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Anlcker
Barbara Donnell
Barbara Tubbs
Howard Holmes
C. M. Tubbs
Grace Church
Young People’s Fellowship
Young People’s Fellowships
New England
St. Mark’s Church
Augusta
Granville G. Bennett
Rhode Island
Stirling
St. Mark's Church
Bates College
Edward W. Bridgham, Jr
Bath
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Towndale
Congregational Conference
Thompson E. Ashby
Maine Congregational Ministerial Relief Society
Henry W. Webb
Wiscasset
B. C. Gleason
Brewer
Ashby
Rensel H. Colby
South Paris
Sewall C. Brown
Arthur W. Grindle
Bangor
H. O. Worthley
York Beach
M. S. Hutchins
Eastport
C. A. Moore
W. A. Richmond
Yarmouth
Wilbur I. Bull
North Waterford
Aroostook County
Rensol H. Colby
Clarence H. Clark
North Windham
Arne Avikainen
West Paris
Gretchen von W. Hayes
Garland
John C. Schroeder
State Street
Council of Social Action
David L. Wilson
Joseph O. Purdue
Allan Ramsay
Fred H. Cary
Charles W. Helsley
Auburn
Willard H. Palmer
Frederick Emrich
Framingham
Massachusetts
Central
William W. Robinson
Luther S. Thompson
Charles C. Low
Fred J. Higgins
Woolwich
S. E. Russell
Bethel
Seacoast
Orville J. Guptill
Maine Seacoast Missionary Society
Bar Harbor
Sunbeam
Till
North Street
Goodyear Well
Bill Hatch
R. W. McIntosh
Maquoit Road
Gove
Gen. del
Providence
R. I
Eeetes
Plinette Allen
Montsweag
State Road
Route 1
Rawleigh
Rawleigh Co
Dept
Albany
Dromore
County Grange
Phippsburg
Nat Palmer
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust Bidg
Center St
Bowdoinham
Sterling Bible Class
Byrd
Cosmo Club
Gonzaque Desrosiers
Cabot Street
G. L. Smith
Durham Road
Cosmo Singing Club
Ruth Harding
Stockton Spring
Lee Blackington
Marjorie Church
Corinna
Donald Stewart
New Haven
Conn
Dorothy Sawyer
Jonesport
Carl Ingraham
Phyllis Johnson
la Tuque
Que
Carl Whitman
Claudette Colbert
Private
WIRE
Jean Arthur
Victor Jory
Pearl Oliver McCorrison
Randolph Scott
Shirley Temple
Little Colonel
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