Brunswick student charged after sideswipe collision on Willows stretch
Allen Williams a Brunswick high school student and truck driver for the Portland Evening News was charged with reckless driving after a sideswipe on the Willows stretch. Clyde MacMacklin of Brunswick, owner of the truck, and Williams pleaded not guilty in municipal court and a Friday hearing was set pending Joseph Lewis of Portland's injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen Williams
Brunswick High School
Portland Evening News
Brunswick
Rockland
Clyde MacMacklin
John J. Keegan
Joseph Lewis
Portland
Crystal club bridge evening at 10 Bridge Street
Mrs Thatcher Pinkham entertained the Crystal club at 10 Bridge Street with bridge this week. The gathering included refreshments after cards and a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thatcher Pinkham
Bridge Street
Crystal Club
Bridge
Local social notes and obituaries from Bowdoinham
Miss Addie Trufant of the Ridge visits California with her family before a four month tour. The community honors Ralph and Ruth McEwen on their surprise wedding shower. Harriet Fulton of Bowdoinham dies aged 65. funeral in Brunswick. Residents visit Bath Portland Bath. Aderton plans sheriff bid in Sagadahoc. Various locals travel, host, and work on roads and farms as winter nears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie ‘Trufant
the Ridge Re- Trufant
California
Given
Emily Rideout
Charles L. Browne
Clara Fogg
Bath
Henry Bickmore
Milo
Marshall Davis
Will Willes
Topsham
Florida
C. L. Browne
Emma Millay
Ella Adams
Mabel Millay
Hattie Purinton
Richmond
Electa Chapter
Masonic Hall
Helen Britt
George Cutler
Portland
John Blake
Framingham
Mass
Viola Coombs
Ernest Curtis
Brunswick Hospital
Harriet J. Fulton
Bay Road
Daniel
Bertha Jefferson Fulton
Henry J. Fulton
Santa Rosa
Cal
William Fulton
Harold J. Merrill
Brunswick Universalist Church
Harold Laws
Brunswick
Cathance
J. N. Palmer
J. H. Ames
W. S. Rogers & Son Coal Co
Helen Adams
George Hamiltons
James Pyrington
Oakland
Edwin
Edith Wu
Ruth Dodge
Republican State Committee
Augusta House
Cailif
Harriet Fulton
Cleveland Curtis
Curtis
Swan Island
Lawrence Hackett
Hampton
N. H
George A. Hackett
Roy Williams
Rumford
Leon N. Williams
Sarah Whitten
Carrie Kendall
Ina Gowell
Lexington
Litchfield
Hazel
Harold
Linwood
New Hampshire
Newcastle
Little
Gas stations and a log cabin opening in Bowdoinham area
The Bowdoinham community reports new gas stations at Charles Hatch and P A Cannon properties and a Gulf station as well as a roadside stand on Benjamin Humphrey land. C B Purinton and Charlie Berry repaint a local house. Miss M Evelyn Heath visited Winthrop with her brother Fred. The D B Cornish log cabin opens for the season offering gas and light lunches. May 6G saw a daughter born to Ernest Curtis's wife in Brunswick hospital. Local ads: sale of small rugs and a 30 ft auxiliary friendship sloop for cruising at MacMahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hatch
P. A. Cannon
Gulf
Benjamin Humphrey
C. B. Purinton
Charlie Berry
M. Evelyn Heath
Winthrop
Fred
D. B. Cornish
Ernest Curtis
Brunswick Hospital
Chester Aderton
Bath
Tina Jack
Local Residents Visit Nearby Towns and Attend Meetings
Miss Ethel Sheene and friends motored to Portland Sunday evening. Miss Clarice Stilphen spent the weekend with relatives in Pejepscot and attended a Bowdoin Center teachers meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hatch and children visited Farmingdale. Donald Jasper was a business visitor in Bowdoinham and later with Mrs. F B Meacham and Master Frederick Meacham in Richmond. Christine McDonald and Burton Clark of Portland called at the Sheene home Sunday. Frank Morin is improving after an injured hand last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Sheene
Portland
Clarice Stilphen
Pejepscot
Oscar Hatch
Farmingdale
Donald Jasper
Bowdoinham
Meacham
Frederick Meacham
Richmond
Frank Morin
Bowdoin Center
Christine McDonald
Burton Clark
E. H. Sheene
Wiscasset News Ties Coast Currents and Local Departures
Wiscasset notes from May 23 1891 include Miss Ida Neal going to Boston Miss Florence Knight returning from Portland and Mrs F W Sewall hosting visitors. Frank Hatch household goods bound for Boston and a plan to move there Edward Logan to reside in Boston Captain Bradbury B Jackson dies aged 69 at home in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Neal
Boston
W. A. Tucker
Florence Knight
Portland
Alex Stone
St. Paul
Augustus White
The Big Pond heads to Bath Opera House next week
Maurice Chevalier stars in the romantic comedy The Big Pond with Claudette Colbert at Bath Opera House next Wednesday and Thursday. The Parisian idol plays a French nobleman who comes to America to become a business success and romance ensues as he proves funny and determined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chevalier
America
Maurice Chevalier
Paris
Bath
Claudette Colbert
New York
Paramount
Miss Colbert
Katherine Brush
Hobart Henley
Henley
Preston Sturges
Local Visitors Span Regional Families
Mrs. E M Libby visited Pem aquid Sunday. Mr and Mrs Edgar Wild with daughter Edna of Limerick and son George of Portland were guests of Mr and Mrs Charles Blair on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Libby
Pem~aquid
Edgar Wild
Edna
Limerick
George
Portland
Charles Blair
Col. Dummer Sewall Chapter Elects New Secretary
Col. Dummer Sewall chapter DAR re-elected officers at the annual meeting in American Legion hall. Clara N. Fogg of Bowdoinham won the new corresponding secretary post, succeeding Flora M. Randall of Bath. Reports on the Continental Congress were given, and the June gathering was announced with Bowdoinham hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Col. Dummer Sewall
D.A.R
American Legion Hall
Clara N. Fogg
Bowdeinham
Flora M. Randall
Bath
William D. Willes
Cathance
Florida
Continental Congress
Willes
Fogg
Ella J. Douglas
E. P. Kendall
River Road
Agnes Humphreys
Margaret R. Foote
Alice Shorey
Leonard M. Lord
Alice K. Robbins
Alice G. Shorey
Corsair Yacht Starts Trial Trip From Bath
The J. P. Morgan yacht Corsair built by Bath Iron Works departed at six for official tests on the Rockland measured mile with Capt. Charles A. Blair in command. Officials and technicians from the Iron Works were aboard. After trials in Rockland they will head to New York under Capt. W. B. Porter for her maiden voyage, possibly a summer cruise to England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
England
Elizabeth B Thompson 72 dies at West Bath after long illness
Mrs Elizabeth B Thompson widow of Samuel Thompson dies Wednesday at her West Bath home after years of invalidism. Born in Bristol to Ephraim and Helen Loud she lived in West Bath 19 years and belonged to Wesley Methodist church. She leaves two sons Perry L Thompson and Edward K Thompson, a step son Luther S Thompson, a daughter Gertrude Lilly, a half sister Mrs Charles Ricker and a half brother William Pierce. Funeral Friday at two p.m. DST at her Berry s Mills Road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth B. Thompson
Samuel Thompson
West Bath
Bristol
Ephraim
Helen Loud
Wesley Methodist Church
Bath
Perry L. Thompson
Edward K. Thompson
Luther S. Thompson
Gertrude Lilly
Portland
Charles Ricker
Richmond
William Pierce
Wilton
D.S.T
Berry's Mills Road
Charles L. Wright 85 dies at Woolwich home
Charles L. Wright, 85, died Wednesday morning at his Woolwich home. He was born there and is survived by his wife, a son Jordan C. Wright of Woolwich, and two daughters Myrtie R. Edgerly of Whitefield and Hazel M. Presley of Woolwich. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at his home with Rev. Benjamin Shaw officiating. Burial in the family lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles L. Wright
Woolwich
Jordan C. Wright
Myrtie R. Edgerly
Whitefield
Hazel M. Presley
Benjamin Shaw
Franklin P. Davis Dies at City Hospital
Franklin P. Davis aged 74, a foundryman living at 736 Middle Street, died Wednesday afternoon at City Hospital. He had been ill for about six weeks after falling and breaking a leg. he was employed by Corner Brook Foundry & Machine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin P. Davis
Middle Street
City Hospital
Davis
Corner Broak Foundry & Machine Co
Plan joint meeting at Montsweag Church
There will be no morning service on May 25 at the Nequasset and Day's Ferry churches as they attend a joint meeting at Montsweag church. Rev. Benjamin Shaw of Nequasset will speak on Rural Life Sunday. In the afternoon a union meeting of North Woolwich church at two. Evening services at Sagadahor Ferry proceed as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nequasset
Day’s Ferry
Montsweag
Benjamin Shaw
Nequasset Church
Rural Life
North Woolwich
Sagadahor Ferry
Richmond Social News Notes From Nearby Towns
Richmond column reports visitors and residents from Brunswick Augusta Gardiner Greenfield and Auburn. Mentions Mrs Mary Bunker Mrs Ernest Howe and Florance Baker with S L Baker and E O Tarr. Health updates include Hosea Hartford ill and Mrs O8 able to be out again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Bunker
Ernest Howe
Brunswick
George Hawkes
Capital Island
A. E. McMaster
Augusta
Hosea Hartford
Richmond Corner
Florance Baker
Gardiner
S. L Baker
Linden Little
Greenfield
Mass
E. O. Tarr
Llewellyn McMaster
Auburn
W. M. Dingley
Montsweag Church Hosts Interdenominational observance
Montsweag church marks its 150th anniversary with a joint service on May 26 by Day's Ferry Nequasset and Montsweag churches, inviting Woolwich grange. Memorial exercises include seed planting, Bible school slides, with Rev. Benjamin Shaw as speaker. Singing School set for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. led by Mrs. Jack Shaw. Community-wide event invites all, as preparations for an Old Timers Home sale apron event proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montsweag
Mont Sweag
Jack Shaw
Bath
Albert Henderson
Sarah Bagley Wright
Woolwich
Hillcrest
Bath Pastor Speaks at Initial Banquet of Pi Kappa Delta
Rev. George B. Wolstenholme of People's Baptist Church Colby ’22 spoke at Fort Halifax Inn Waterville at the National Honorary Forensic Society banquet. He discussed What Makes a Public Speaker and noted he was the first Alpha chapter president since Colby’s 1920 organizing date. Prof. Libby served as toastmaster and Prof. Marriner also spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George B. Wolstenholme
People’s Baptist Church
Colby
National Honorary Forensic Society of Pi Kappa Delta Fraternity
Fort Halifax
Inn
Waterville
Wolstenholme
Alpha Chapter
Herbert C. Libby
Ernest C. Marriner
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Paramount Pictures
Publix Theatres
Sign of the
Fu Manchu
Warner Oland
Jean Arthur
Neil Hamilton
O. P. Heggie
Sak Rohmer
Caballero
Texas
Frank Fay
Raquel Torres
Armida
Myrna Loy
Noah Beery
Tully Marshall
Lawrence Gray
Alexander Gray
Bernice Claire Louise Fazenda
Richard Barthelmess
Constance Bennett
Vitaphone
Harry L. Thompson
Williams
the Willows
John Diamond
Lewis
Thompson
McMacklin
Kennebec Rose Gardens
Richmond, Maine
C.O.D
Spencer Corsetiere
Spencer
Tor von
Dummer St
Mr. Aderton
Renee
Sagadahock
Edgar Ple
Sherman Graves
Freddie Merrifield
Ernest Sylvester
Bowdoinham Post Road
George E. Lang
Damariscotta, Me
Box
Ernest Havener
Nobleboro
Mene
Diana
MacMahan
Maine
H. A. Neally
Federal Street
Vincoln Road
Wellesley
N ’ Hills
Tel Eee Vinttl
North Bowdoin
Wiscasset
Mary Merrill
F. F. Pendleton
Friend
Sheepscot
Col. Dummer
Sewall
Yacht Corsair
Montsweag Church
Colgate’s
Gillette
Djer
Brunswicke Senier
Hyvis Pure
Pennsylvania
Lloyd’s Filling Station
J. A. Clappison
Ee Ee Rr
Gotham
Columbia
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