Visit New College Opened at Bennington
Mrs. Williams S. Newell and daughter Miss Mary Newell visited Bennington Vermont to see the new Bennington College opened in 1932. The school educates women with flexible admission, 80 students this year from 100 applications, plans 240 capacity with gradual expansion. President Robert D. Leigh earned Bowdoin in 1914. Dormitories are living houses with home like rooms and 20 residents per house.
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Williams S. Newell
Mary Newell
Wa Ginston Street
Springfield
Mass
Newell
Harlan P. Small
Bennington College
Moore
Robert D. Leigh
Bowdoin College
Bennington
Amon
Y M C A Twilight League plans announced for 1925 season
The local Y M C A announces the Twilight League to begin practices this month with a four team format. Manager entries, blanks and first meeting set for Monday June 5 at 7 30 pm. Expected opening about June 20 with a mid August finish and a two round schedule to declare a champion. Mr and Mrs Raymond Trott and children Virginia and Houghton visit relatives.
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Y. M
Portland Couple Visited by In Laws This Weekend
Mr and Mrs Charles EB Doten of Sherman Street Portland spent the weekend with Mrs Dotens parents Major and Mrs George A Baker in a family visit noted in society notes.
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Charles EB. Doten
Sherman Street
Portland
Coombs High School Honors Winners at Friday Prize Speaking
Coombs High School held a prize speaking contest at Town Hall on Friday night featuring students such as Fred Bass Ruth Card Dwight Adams and Frances Adams. Judges included Supt S Graves Dr Stallnecht and Mrs J A Cone. Prizes went to Bass first Card second with Adams receiving honorable mention.
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Coombs
Town Hall
Veusic Kote
Carver
Palmer
Lish
H. Day
Charles Dunklee
Whistling Regiment
Ruth Card Miso Ome
Ys Cractelane Orchestra
North Bowdoinham Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Emma Millay stays with Mr and Mrs E D Baker in North Bowdoinham for an indefinite time. Geraldine Brown of Brunswick visited at the Bakers Thursday. Dr B W Trask of Rumford visited his sister Mrs H E Powers and husband. Earl Lovejoy and Ralph Warren from Malden Mass spent the weekend with the Lovejoy family. Mrs J H Wade and Charles Wade are at their Perkins home after weeks away. Mrs Stanley Bisbee of Buckfield recently stayed with the Powers. C F Hill, once housebound, is able to go out again. Mrs Mabel Robinson visited cousin Lena Hill and went to Brunswick Tuesday.
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Coombs High School Hall
Dresden
Bridge Academy
Nettie Brown
Gardiner
Philip Rideout
Charles F. Staples
Wakefield
Mass
Bath
The
Universalist Church
Kennebec Lodge K. of
George Pratt
Daniel Johnson
J. N. Palmer
W. H. Gould
Augusta
Leslie Brown
Pittston
Gould
Jennie Rouillard
Skowhegan
Brown
S. Graves
Stallnecht
J. A Cone
Fred Bass
Ruth Card
Dwight Adams
E. P. Gile
Sagadahcce Fertilizer Co
George Hamilton
E. P. Kendall
Tin Duck
Kendall
Miss Ames
Emma Ferguson
Shell
Curtis
Long Branch Farm
Kelley Brothers of
J. A. Ketchum
Lena Cornish
Ethel Temple
Ellsworth
Bangor
Stella Randall
Loring Small
Emma McCausland
Hallowell
H. S. Dodge
Mary
Elmer
Winfred
Boothbay
John Malier
Auburn
Frank Siegars
Minot Double
Little
Portland
Ida Purington
L. P. Temple
J. E. Brown
West Medford
Pleasant Pond
Dorothy Bagley
Evelyn Hackett
Myrna Curtis
Richmond
Ella Purington
Charles Bass
Lewiston
Lawrence Hackett
Hampton
N. H
George Hackett
Howard Card
Farmington
Clint Bailey
Wiscasset
Elisha Webber
W. B. Donnell
Brunswick
Dorothy Scott
Alabama
George Cutler
Methodist Church
Methodist Vestry
4-H Club
Roger Robinson
Harold Hackett
Bowdeinham
Silas Hamilton
Emma Millay
E. D. Baker
Geraldine Brown
J. H. Wade
Charles Wade
Perkins
Stanley Bisbee
Buckfield
H. E. Powers
C. F. Hill
Mabel Robinson
Lena Hill
Four Masters Planned by Maine Firemen
Maine State Hand Engine League met with Bath Veteran Fireman's association for its annual meeting attended by about 75 members. Prospects of at least four muster events planned in Old Orchard Biddeford Damariscotta and either Old Town or Bangor. Officials and officers announced with Thomas Beedy elected president and next meeting set for Lubec in October.
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Maine State Hand Engine League
Bath
George Hunt
Randolph
Thomas Beedy
Westbrook
League
Mr. McCabe
Noah Gauthier
Thomas Trecardy
Lubec
William Hennessy
Brunswick
Charles W. Lawrey
Rockland
Frank H. Turner
Lovell Staples
Charles E.colby
Topsham
Clarence Colby
Bathman Discovers Parents Burned Out
George J. Nugent a Swift & Co. bookkeeper found his parents Mr and Mrs Michael Nugent and their four children homeless after a blaze at New Auburn. They lived at 10 First Street. John Nugent stayed in Bath with their father while the rest found relatives in Auburn. Furniture and clothing were lost.
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George J. Nugent
Swift & Co
Auburn
Michael Nugent
New Auburn
First Street
John
Bath
Mr. Nugent
Nugents
Woolwich Items Include May 26 Dance at Montsweag Grange
The Mothers' club of Nequasset school plans an entertainment and dance at Montsweag grange hall on Friday May 26, as they anticipate meeting with Mrs. Everson Stinson for a Sunday school party.
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Everson Stinson
Mothers’ Club
Nequasset School
Montsweag Grange Hall
Auburn fire spares lives as injuries rise in Lewiston
Chester B. Horne a Morse High ’32 student from 50 Oliver Street was hospitalized in Lewiston after suffering a burned forehead and eye injuries from cinders in the New Auburn blaze. Residents recalled the disaster’s night risk and expressed relief no fatalities occurred as the fire leveled New Auburn.
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Chester B. Horne
Morse High
Harry F. Horne
Oliver Street
Central Maine General Hospital
Lewiston
Auburn
Maine School of Commerce
n-Auburn- A
Lewiston-Auburn
New Auburn
Acclimated Horses for Sale in Richmond Maine
We have a good assortment of acclimated horses weighing 1100 to 1800 pounds. H. L. Tarr, Richmond, Maine. Tel. 25-2. Published April 6.
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H. L. Tarr
Richmond
Maine
Sudden Death of Miss Mable Keay Noted in Auburn
The town mourns the sudden death of Miss Mable Keay of Auburn. A Sagadahoc grange member living in Auburn for years, she was well liked and remained in her home grange. A busy community notice lists Ladies' aid plans, visits by local families, grange events, and upcoming church services and entertainments at Bowdoin Center and the grange hall.
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Mable Keay
Auburn
Sagadahoc Grange
Grange
Grant Woods
Orman
Myron Douglass
Augusta
Ernest Carr
Progressive Grange
Richmond Corner
George Burns
St. Mary's Hospital
Lewiston
Sadie Garland
Fred Douglass
Bert Higgins
Clara Williams
West Bowdoin
Addie Williams
L. C. Starbird
C. A. Babb
Bath
Robert McAfee
Cora
Bowdoinham
Brunswick
Alice Larrabee
East Bowdoin Chapel
William R. Wood
Penny Memorial Church
Wood
Grange Hall
Bowdoin Center
South End P T A to Award $10 Prize to Morse High Girl
The South End P T A votes to again award a $10 prize to a graduating Morse High girl, likely in gold though not certain. Mrs. Arthur C. Lemont presides and serves as round up committee chair. The group plans its final meeting of the season on June 6 with officer elections and an all day session.
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South End P. T. A
Morse High
Association
Washington Street
Arthur C. Lemont
Ellsworth
Montsweag Boys' Club Meeting Sets Early Year Plans
Montsweag Boys' 4 H club reconvened May 11 at Albert Bailey's home reorganizing for its sixth year. Officers named Marshall Erskine president Samuel Soule treasurer Albert Bailey reporter Roland Bailey color bearer. Meeting approved charter framing and 25 cent annual dues. A June 7 Bangor Public Library 50th anniversary event announces John Clair Minot of Boston Herald as speaker.
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Montsweag
Albert Bailey
Marshall Erskine
Samuel Soule
Roland Bailey
Bangor Public Library
John Clair Minot
Boston Herald
Minot
Maine
Bowdoin College
Rotarians Host Bates College Speakers At Luncheon
At Hotel Phoenix Rotary Club welcomed Morse high graduates and two Bates College speakers. Prof Lena Walmsley discussed women athletics and safe exercise, stressing lung capacity and changing roles, followed by Lucile Jack on college life. Arthur B. Scott attended.
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Hotel Phoenix
Morse High
Bates College
Bill” Furber
Marjorie
Helen Moses
Chester Plant
Rotary
Ethelyn Spinney
Supt. Wilson
Lena Walmsley
Bates
Morse
Lucile Jack
Woman's Student Government Association
Jack
Arthur B. Scott
Leadership Training Conference at Lake CobbosseeContee June 24 to July 1
The Y M C A outlines its thirteenth annual Leadership Training Conference to be held at Camp Lake Cobbosseecontee in Winthrop Maine from June 24 to July 1. The program includes 37 subjects for leadership development and full camp activities such as boating swimming and competitive sports. Local Bath participants regularly attend with recent attendees listed including Harold W McElman Robert J Bracey and William F Grindell among others.
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Lake Cobbosseecontee
Winthrop
Maine
Bath
Harold W. McElman
Robert J. Bracey
Robert E. Burgon
Gerald F. Carr
Wesley G. Marco
Robert H. Cressey
Carl R. Dearborn, Jr
William F. Grindell
Frank E. Harvie
Linwood W
Fires Smoke Near Bath From Bowdoinham To Boothbay Woods
Smoke from several fires spread near Bath as drivers investigated reports of a Rowe estate blaze. A Bowdoinham timber fire near the Richmond line burned four or five acres of pasture and an ice house owned by Levi Powers, valued at 500 dollars, with no insurance. Walter Powers lost a motor boat with no insurance to the blaze. A separate forest fire in Boothbay woods drew volunteer firefighters to subdue deep brush and lingering smoke, while winds carried the smell over Bath into the evening.
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Bath
Greene
Engine 2
North End
Rowe
Thorne’s Head
Bowdoinham
Richmond Line
Merrymeeting
Woolwich
North
Walter Powers
Powers
Boothbay
Woman pleads guilty to grocery order forgery in Bath case
A middle aged Bath woman pleaded guilty in municipal court to changing a grocery order from four to five dollars. Judge Keegan continued disposition and ordered the family to return to Richmond while city aid continues. The forgery was detected via a writing change and magnifying glass review at Eaton's office.
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Bath
John J. Keegan
Richmond
Sidney L. Eaton
Crosman’s
Dike School PTA Plans Friday Quilt Project
At a Tuesday all day meeting in the old summer street schoolhouse the Dike P T A voted to assemble quilts Friday afternoon to send to New Auburn fire victims. Flowers for the luncheon were from Perkins Greenhouses and the table featured dainty cloths and dishes.
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Summer Street
Dike P. T. A
New Auburn
Perkins
Hermon W. Crocker
Fred B. Kittridge
Carl B. Swanton
Raymond M. Clark
D. Leroy Lord
H. Martin Powers
Elmer A. Avery
Clifford B. Wilband
Edward P. Etes
Melvin D. Ferris
Chester H. Worrey
Harold L. Miller
Raymond A. Smith
F. H. Reinoehl
Thespians Advance Play Date to May 24 Night
The Thespians moved the performance of Take My Advice a night earlier to Wednesday May 24 due to unavoidable cast commitments. Associate membership tickets are out and single tickets are on sale from active members. Box office opens May 23 10 to 5 and May 24 10 to 8 15 for ticket exchanges.
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Thespians
Cahill Family Visita to Hebron Academy Resident
Hon and Mrs Charles H Cahill motored Sunday to Hebron to pass the day with their son Charles H Cahill Jr a student at the Academy.
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Charles H. Cahill
Hebron
Charles H. Cahill, Jr
Academy
Bradford Couple Return From Providence Trip
Mr and Mrs S E Bradford of 11 Green Street returned from Providence Rhode Island where they passed the...
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S. E. Bradford
Green Street
Providence, R. I
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