Beacon Street Pastor Given Reception Marking Seventh Year
Rev. Weston P. Holman received a reception from the Ladies' Aid Tuesday night in the vestry of Beacon Street M. E. church. Sixty attendees helped honor his seventh year as pastor. Gifts included a table lamp for the Holmans and a bouquet for Mrs. Holman, with a short program featuring a skit, a solo, a recitation, and singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weston P. Holman
Ladies’ Aid
Beacon Street
M. E
E. Clifton Tedford
Social gathering for Aid committee plans noted in town
A small gathering was noted with Mrs George Wallace leading a quartet of girls and Mrs Martha Hall and Mrs Southard accompanying. Congregational singing enlivened the evening while Mrs Irving Varney, president, and committee members Mrs George Wallace Mrs Charles Henderson Mrs Clifton Henderson and Mrs Frank Daley organized the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wallace
Martha Hall
Southard
Irving Varney
the Aid
Charles Henderson
Clifton Henderson
Frank Daley
Personal notes from Lexington and Brunswick area
Mrs Emma Cox of Lexington recuperates at her nephew James Lemont home in West Lath after illness and plans to spend summer at Trufants. Lester G Munsey Jr, son of Mr and Mrs Munsey, fractured his right arm playing Tuesday night. Dr Joseph I Smith attends him. he attends Weeks Street School. Mr and Mrs Frank Sparks of Brunswick with Mrs Sparks' mother Mrs Mary Wade will spend summer at the Wade homestead on upper Washington Street being renovated. Mr and Mrs Jesse L Sanders and family and Robert Reed spent the weekend with Mrs Sanders' parents in Bowdoin. Mrs Kenneth C Sanders returned to Portland after a week with her inlaws. Mrs Dennis Bellmore of Green Street and Mrs Robert Boyd and Ruth Holbrook of Worcester, Mass visited. Mrs Cora Freeman hosted an auction bridge club. first prize went to Mrs Blanche Farrell, second to Mrs Pearl Barter, consolation to Mrs Annie Chase. Attendees included Mrs Lucelia Blake, Mrs Eunice Perry, Mrs Eleanor McDonald, Mrs Marjorie Henderson, Mrs Annie Chase, Mrs Blanche Farrell, and Mrs Pearl Barter. The club will meet next Tuesday with Mrs Barter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Cox
Lexington
Mass
James B. Lemont
West Lath
Lemont
Cox
Trufants
Lester G. Munsey, Jr
Lester G. Munsey
Marshall Avenue
Joseph I. Smith
Lester
Weeks Street
Frank Sparks
Brunswick
Walter Douglas
Bowdoin
Kenneth C. Sanders
Portland
Sanders
Jesse Sanders
Dennis Bellmore
Greenstreet
Robert Boyd
Ruth Holbrook
Worcester
Cora Freeman
Beacon Street
Blanche Farrell
Pearl Barter
Annie Chase
Lucelia Blake
Eunice Perry
Eleanor McDonald
Marjorie Henderson
Barter
Dummer Street
Doris E Lawrence Named Valedictorian at Morse High
Doris Evelyn Lawrence daughter of Mr and Mrs Jora K Lawrence of Arrowe earned valedictorian honors with a four year high school average of 93 28 She will enter University of Maine this fall to study English teaching She walked over 6480 miles to Morse and maintains strong school involvement including editor in chief of the Morse Mentor math Latin and drama clubs and outdoor hobbies in a family of seven with Mary and Roy among older siblings
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Evelyn Lawrence
Jora K. Lawrence
Arrowse
Doris
University of Maine
San Francisco
Morse
Morse Mentor
Dido
Aeneas
Mary
Roy
Bowdoin Ladies Aid Plans Meeting and Chapel Repairs
The Bowdoin Ladies Aid will meet Thursday at Mrs. Charles Babb’s home. East Bowdoin chapel repairs are under way with Albra Small and Oscar Douglass handling the work. Several locals and visitors were noted at area homes, including Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Williams of Livermore Falls and others visiting in Brunswick, Rumford, Gardiner, and Richmond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Babb
East Bowdoin
Albra Small
Oscar Douglass
A. E. Purinton
Angie Purlinton
N. E. Curtis
Carrol Williams
Livermore Falls
William
Addie Williams
John Tarr
W. S. Coobd
Brunswick
James Abrams
Gardiner
Sibley Gilbert
Clf Richmond
Harold Starbird
Lewiston
L. C. Starbird
M. E. Smith
Richard Enman
Rumford
Clyde Starbird
C. A. Babb
Twilight League Gala Opens With Mayor Toss and Drum Corps
Bath Twilight league plans a Tuesday June 2 gala opening. Mayor Harold P. Small to toss first ball, William S. Newell of Iron Works Corp to receive. Roland Smith Post Drum Corps to perform. Opening game Iron Works versus Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Twilight League
Twilight League
Harold P. Small
William S. Newell
The
Iron Works Corp
Sam Povich
Roland Smith Post, A.L
Roland Smith Post
Iron Works and
Times
Joseph M Laughlin Suffers Ill Turn at City Hall Square
Joseph A McLaughlin a Bath Iron Works employee, 51 Bedford Street, collapsed at Thompson corner near City Hall square with an acute indigestion attack and a cut to the left eye. He recovered after treatment by Noyes store staff and was driven home by Legard’s taxi. The article notes two earthquakes shaking Lisbon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph A. McLaughlin
Bedford Street
Bath Iron Works Corp
Thompson Corner
City Hall Square
W. E Noyes
Morse High
Noyes
Legard
Poultry Wanted by B and M Poultry Co Lewiston
B and M Poultry Co Lewiston invites poultry sales from local farms with door pickup service. Contact Tel 1059 for at home pickups and pricing details. Established firm promises quick delivery through Lewiston area.
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B. & M. Poultry Co
Lewiston
Tel
Memorial Day observances and local notices in Bowdoinham
Arrangements for Memorial day include sermons at the Methodist church by Rev. John N. Palmer and an afternoon address by Rev. Charles H. Berry at the grange hall with ice cream and cake for dinner. Kennebec lodge K. of P. holds a memorial service at 1 30 p m with sermon by Rev. Merrill of Brunswick. Local social notes cover visits, club meetings, and weekend gatherings. A Bowdoinham native widow Mrs. Addie A. Jordan dies in Daly City, Cal. at May 4. The community notes include travels, farm sales, and a telePhone installation in the post office. Historic church services and civic activities fill the town’s Memorial Day week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
John N. Palmer
Charles H. Berry
Bath
Grange Hall
Kennebec Lodge
K. of P
Merrill
Brunswick
James Read
Waterville
Read
Charles Fogg
W. J. Graves
W. J.given
Cora McLean
Houston
Charles N. Fogg
Melvin
Richmond
Alice Day
Auburn
R. A. Dickinson
C. L. Browne
R. D. Purinton
Mary Lilly
Grace Maxwell
Alice Maxwell
Sabattus
Coombs High
Coombs
Tibbetts
Portland
Richard Denham
Frank Millay Sunray
Frank Hutchins
Emily Rideout
Sarah Howe
Norway
Beatty Merchant
Goldie Sprague
Boston
J. B. Lilly
Malden
Mass
Fred Jack
Marie Jack
Lewis Little
Charles Hackett
Newcastle
State Road
Ridge Road
Stanley Hamlet
Erle T. Blodgett
Sanford
Elbridge Blodget
Lena Skelton
Lizzie Small
Florence Merryman
Maggie Hatch
Emma Purington
Worster House
Hallowell
Augusta
Helen Townsend
C. O. Purinton
F. K. Jack
E. E. Wilson
Minott Doble
Marjorie V. Stover Wins Fourth Morse High Honor
Marjorie V. Stover earns a fourth honor in Morse High School class of 1931 activities. Unspecified ceremony details note her sustained achievements within the school’s senior cohort.
Morse high girls sweep lead roles in 1931 class
Morse high school showcases five girls from the class of 1931 occupying four lead parts and vying for salutatorian honors. Marjorie Vesta Stover, daughter of Bates E Stover, earned fourth honor with a 90.17 average, plans business college and private secretary work, and is known as a fast two mile daily walker and avid reader. She is the third of eight children, with siblings Courtney E. and two Brown University lineage noted. Her parents both taught school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie V. Stover
Morse High School
Marjorie Vesta Stover
Bates E. Stover
Brunswick Road
Marjorie
Morse
Business College
Courtney E
Brown University
Providence
R. I
Farmington Normal School
For Sale Milk and Cream by S M Billings
Milk at 10c per quart and whipped cream at 60c per quart advertised by S M Billings Bowdoin ham Tel 14 12 with daily village deliveries. Early in the morning service noted.
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S. M. Billings
Bowdoinham
Tel
Mrs Alonzo Parks to Visit Parents in Portsmouth
Mrs. Alonzo Parks of Portsmouth is due to arrive in a few days for a week long visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Walter Kingsbury on Richardson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alonzo Parks
Portsmouth
Walter Kingsbury
Richardson Street
Mary Pelham Hill Hosts Daughters of 1812 Meet at Topsham
Miss Mary Pelham Hill entertained 18 members of Enterprise chapter Daughters of 1812 at her Topsham home. Luncheon was served at noon. The meeting featured a nature talk reports on the D A R Continental Congress and an account of the 39th annual Congress in April. Enterprise chapter will join with Commodore Preble chapter in the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Pelham Hill
Enterprise Chapter
Daughters of 1812
Topsham
D.A.R. Continental Congress
Commodore Preble
Annual Outing Planned At Westcustogo Inn
A local group announces its annual outing to be held later in the season at the Westcustogo Inn. Details on date and program are to be released by organizers in coming weeks.
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Westcustogo Inn
Committal service held for Nettie Hoffses in Wal tham Mass
Mrs Nettie Lilly Hoffses 61 wife of Elden J Hoffses died Sunday in Baltimore after a two week illness. A committal service was held Wednesday in Waltham Massachusetts where she had lived long. She was born in Bath the daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Robert Lilly. She leaves her husband one son Robert H Hoffies of Waltham one daughter Mrs William Lord of Baltimore and one brother Mallard C Lilly of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nettie (Lilly) Hoffses
Elden J. Hoffses
Baltimore
Waltham
Mass
Bath
Robert Lilly
Robert H. Hoffies
Elisha P. Fields Rites Set After Five Islands Death
Elisha P. Fields 82, a stone mason, died at his Five Islands home. Born in Georgetown, he was son of George W. and Sarah J. Fields. Survived by wife, three sons William F E of Five Islands, Virgil J of Augusta, Arthur E of Rumford, and brother Jotham M. Fields of Massachusetts. Funeral Thursday at Five Islands Church at 2 pm. Burial in Oak Cemetery, Georgetown Center. Also notes a social gathering hosted by Mrs. Fred Quimby at 19 Quimby Street with several attendees.
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Elisha P. Fields
Five Islands
Georgetown
George W
Sarah J. Fields
William FE
Virgil J
Augusta
Arthur E. Fields
Rumford
Jotham M. Fields
Massachusetts
Oak Cemetery
Georgetown Center
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Senter’s
Linc
Cannon & Haynes
God
Senter
Laiies Aid
Opera House
Paramount Public Theatre
Ramon Navarro
Young Sinners
Thomas Meighan
Dorothy Jordan
Buster Keaton
Sally Eilers
Robt
Montgomery
Loretta Young
John Wayne
Clara Bow
Regis Toomey
High Street
Arthur F. Mayo
Maine
Doris E. Lawrence
New York
Thaddeus Orne
New York Life Ins. Co
Boothbay Harbor
Joseph M'Laughlin
Lisbon
Popham Beach
C. F. Hathaway
Huron Ave
Cambridge
Tive
Charles S. Jordan
Daly City
Calif
Elmer N. Jordan
Rs. E. J. Ferguson
Ff. E. Priest
Rosa A. Shirley
Pacific Grove
Herbert E. Priest
Stoughton
California
Jordan
Cora Wilkinson
St. Petersburg
Orvil Smith
Wakefield
Edith Wood
Philip Wood
Florida
Charles Fisher
W. D. Hutchins
Curtis
J. Cota
Duncan Frees
John A. Purington
H. E. Cornish
W. B. Kendall
R. A. L. Colby
Baptist
Columbia Hotel
Lee and
Leeland
Socony
Front Street
John Crane
Charles Edgecomb
Ingerie
Bath Department Store
Center Street
Nettie L. Hoffses
Fred Quimby
Quimby Street
Day
Hammer Craft Aluminum Co
Shallenbarger
Woodbury Brackett
Hot Springs
Martha Wilson
Timothy Smith
Charles H. Kidder
Emma Vigne
Varnah
Ethel Parsley
A. E. Whitney
Hatch’s Shoe Store
Spencer
Beatrice B.rand
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