Local Notes From Bath and Vicinity
Wage increase set to take effect June 2. Veterans auxiliary to meet tonight for Memorial day planning. Senator Fernald joins Senate committee on order of business. Dr Gilbert operated on a 57-year-old Harpswell woman for acute sinusitis. A Bath boy plans an auto trip to the coastal area with a friend to settle there. Local cabbage shipment weighed 55 pounds per head. A Franklin County resident knits hundreds of Red Cross hose at Knowlton's Corner. Two Farmington motorists logged 350 miles to Carroll, Aroostook, in 25 hours. Dailey of Gardiner preserves quill-pen era memory with 1859 carriage shipment record. Washington Park residents improve lawns and shade trees. Eastern Steamship Lines plans two boat launches on the Boston and Kennebec route this June. A Congress Square hotel call boy helps thwart coat theft by a shopper, prompting new checking system.
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Pepperell
Knowlton’s
Franklin County
Red Cross
Farmington
Carroll
Aroostook
Bangor
Lincoln
Dailey
Gardiner
Wilkinson Bros
Australia
Washington Park
Bath
Eastern Steamship Lines, Inc
Boothbay
Bowdoinham Town Hall Hosts Junior Exhibit and Local News
The town hall hosted Coombs High School junior prize speaking with Florence Small and Rena Kimball winning girls prizes and George Brown and Zina Maxwell taking boys top spots. Town events included road work, Cross chapter meetings, and Memorial Day plans as residents report weather delays, new sidewalks, and local visits from Brunswick and Augusta.
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Coombs High School
Town Hall
Chandler
Florence May Small
Carroll Percy Williams
Chester Arthur Jack
Rena Mildred Kimball
Irving Maxwell Frost
Helen Campbell Hackett
George Albert Brown
Howard Fenwick Adams
Helen Miller Gould
Zina William Maxwell
Rena
David C. Bridge
Connecticut
Allen Bridge
Ernesty—Merrill
Tuthe
Robert Stanton
Bert Pierce
Merrill
George Hackett
Jack Brown
Mattie Seigars
Maria Gray
Hazel Grace
RK. E. Ferguson
America
R. J0. Purinton
Brunswick
George A. Hackett
MLC
R. R
Carver Bros
Jack
Richmond
The
Red Cross
Herbert Given
Lewiston
W. S. Given
Chester McCullum
Bath
M. Fowle
Jessie Jenkins
Hackett's
Tim Tilton
I. M. Fowle
Bernard
Donald Henderson
Jim Davis
New Meadows
Will Sampson
Lynn
Mass
Mary Allen Sampson
Bowdeinham
Steven Cobb
Sanford
Pearl Hatch
Millard
Amesbury
Mr. Hatch
Lena W Patten
Card of Thanks From Bowdoinham Trio
The undersigned express sincere thanks to the Masons Knights of Pythias neighbors and friends for help and sympathy in their bereavement and for floral tributes. Mrs Bertpha Wilds and Mrs Nettie C Brown.
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K. of I’s
Bertpha Wilds
Nettie C. Brown
Bath Company Giv es Up Arcade For Memorial Day Plans
Bath Co members gave up the Arcade on Wednesday night to let Mayor Drake and the Memorial day committee prepare the observance. They will not parade with a band, instead traveling to Lewiston by trolley to join Damon Co in the Lewiston parade and returning for Pythian Memorial services on June 15. The Lewiston Brigade band will accompany Bath Co and Acadia lodge, Knights of Pythias, with invitation extended to Lowell assembly Sisters to ride to cemeteries. Services at Oak Grove will honor deceased members followed by a Pythian Memorial sermon at Peoples Church by Rev Samuel A Evans.
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AU. R. E.P
Drake
Lewiston
Damon Company
Damon Co
Bath
Bath Co
Acadia Lodge
Knights of Tpythias
Lewiston Brigade
Lowell Assembly
Pythian Sisters
Oak Grove
Pythian Lot
People’s Church
Samuel A., Evans
Mrs. Gladys B. Howe Dies in Portland Hospital
Mrs Gladys Annker Howe wife of Ernest Howe of L Richmond died Monday night at St Barnabas hospital Portland after weeks of surgical treatment. Pneumonia was the immediate cause. She was about 25. Survived by husband one son Gordon mother Mrs Mary Bunker and sister Miss Rath Bunker.
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Gladys Annker Howe
Ernest Howe
Richmond
St. Barnabas Hospital
Portland
Howe
Gordon
Mary Bunker
Rath Bunker
Taft and Lowell to keynote Portland Chamber Dinner
Former President William H. Taft and Harvard University President A Lawrence Lowell will be guests at a joint Portland Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club dinner Friday noon May 23 at the Fairmouth hotel. About 500 are expected to attend and other clubs will be invited.
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William H. Taft
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard University
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Portland Rotary Club
Fairmouth
Woolwich Memorial Day Plans and Local Industry News
Woolwich prepares for its annual Memorial day service to be held Friday evening at eight at the old Congregational church in Nequasset. B C Redennett of Wiscasset will deliver the oration, with music by J F Whittum, while schoolchildren visit cemeteries and naval veterans are honored on the Kennebec aboard the Hockomock. The committee includes James E Fullerton C H Gilmore and Mrs Alice Jones. Also, N Blaisdell & Sons acquire land in Woolwich with 100 feet water frontage to build a new boat plant, moving from Bath to the Woolwich site near the Maine Central railroad, expected to take two months. The firm, led by Nichols Blaisdell, has a half-century boatmaking record, recently launching a 28 foot motor vessel for Boothbay Harbor. Other notes cover local arrivals, visits, and community concerns.
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Maria Gray
Bertha Moulton
Southold
Isiah Welch
Amasa Williams
Charles Holbrook
Nellie G
Boothbay Harbor
Capt. Williams
Boothbay
Squirrel Island
C. H. Fisher
Brunswick
Henderson
John Temple
Litchfield
F. K. Jack
Gretchen Hulse
Miss Young
John T. Pratt
Harvard’s Road
Nellie C. Brown
Judith
Sherman Pratt
Bath
Alice Preble
Ina Douglass
Portland
Ss. W. Wilds
L. W. Staples
W. H. Gould
Frances KE. Taker
Fast Bondsinham
Albion Baker
Funers
G. G.lowers
Williams Cemetery
W. T H. Gould
Edith Wood
Roscoe Wood
Richmond
Mr. Wood
K. of Ps
John Pratt
Bowdeinham
Auxiliary
Sons of Veterans
Pinkerton
M. BF
Staples
Grange Hall
Woolwich
Old Congregational Church
Nequasset
B. C. Redennett
Wiscasset
Lincoln County
J. F. Whittum
Redennett
White
Bath and Vicinity
F. W. Carlton
Front Street
Bath and Brunswick Light and Power Co
Blaisdells
Maine Central Railroad
Blaisdell
Nichols Blaisdell
Charles Harrington
John Perkins
Philip
Charles
N. Blaisdell & Sons
D. W. Baker
Bowdoinham
John R. Savage
Marion
Fred Hathorne
Elizabeth Curtis
Massachusetts
Isaac Howard
California
Bradford Redennett
Mackintosh
Carlton Trott
William Blair
Harold Bruce
Kate Trott
Rockland
Bruce
Alfred Beals
Hyde Windlass Co
Pary
Iluntoon
Samuel Ward
Chalmers
Roy Morse
Frank Carter
Livermore Falls
Horace
Christine Hathorne
Harvey I. Hathorne
W. R. Lily
Mr. Rich
Winnegance
H. P. Hathorne
Walkes
J. N. Walmer
Mr. Carlin
Arrowsie
Ralph Dyer
Wesley Church Canvass Nears Centenary Quota
Reports from Wesley church canvassers show progress toward the $1700 centenary goal with about $1300 pledged. The chart compares New England churches with several exceeding targets, including Gardiner Mass over by $5000 and People’s church South Portland Clarke Memorial Woodfords each about $300 over.
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Wesley Church
New England
People’s Church
South Portland
Clarke Memorial
Woodfords
Gardiner
Mass
Richard K. Marr
Arthur E. Baum
Two Lobster Cases In Municipal Court
In Small Point Lestie Wallace was found not guilty of larceny from lobster cars belonging to Ernest Pye as he entered a general denial. Irving Wallace also pleaded not guilty to destroying lobster traps tied to Walter Melntire but was discharged for lack of surname marking on the gear.
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Lestie Wallace
Small Point
Keegan
Ernest E. Pye
Irving Wallace
Walter RE. Melntire
Melntire
Wallace
Edward W. Wridgham
Arthur J. Dunton
Hearing Held In Accident Case Against Steamship Co
A hearing was conducted in the common council room before Frank L. Taitton of Augusta, head of the Industrial Accident Commission, regarding Nicholas Abraham injured July 2 against The Texas Steamship Co and United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co. The case was continued for further hearing with additional compensation sought. A parallel action by Lewis Herbert injured January 3 for loss of sight was also continued, with Willis B. Hall of Portland as petitioner’s counsel.
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Common Council
Frank L. Taitton
Augusta
Industrial Accident Commission
Nicholas Abraham
Texas Steamship Co
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Arthur J. Dunton
George W. Gower
Skowhegan
Lewis Herbert
Willis B. Hall
Portland
Phi Rho Initiation at Morse High School
The first initiation into Phi Rho the Morse High School fraternity under the new Board of Education form was held Thursday night. The event stayed within the building and impressed members, who say it is a improvement over past tactics. Neophytes were John Gillispie, Stanley Green, Raymond Whalen, Edward Besaw, Vernon Mitchell, and Blakie Reed.
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Phi Rho
Morse High School
Board of— Education
John Gillispie
Stanley Green
Raymond Whalen
Edward Besaw
Vernon Mitchell
Blakie Reed
Probate Court Hearing Over Widow’s Allowance in Woolwich
In Sagadahoc, Judge Lowell heard opposition to an estate allowance for Annie M. Cunningham widow of Henry M. Cunningham of Woolwich. Attorneys Clason Burleigh Martin Titcomb argued against the claim. Judge Dunton represented the widow and will decide later.
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Sagadahoc
Lowell
Henry M. Cunningham
Woolwich
Annie M. Cunningham
Portland Woman Returns From Overseas Service
Miss Lois Stewart daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Stewart of Portland has returned from overseas service. She arrived in France a week before the armistice and was assigned by the Red Cross to a stenographic position for the chief of the American surgical department. She did volunteer hospital work and was not in peril visiting Rheims Nice Chateau Thierry and sailed home from Marseille.
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Lois Stewart
J. L. Stewart
Portland
France
Red Cross
American Surgical Department
Rheims
Nice
Chateau Thierry
Marsailles
Cosmopolitan club to stage Katch Koo soon
Community interest rises for the play Katch Koo presented by the Cosmopolitan club. Rehearsals are satisfactory and all involved are optimistic. Tickets are on sale at Shaw's Bookstore Mikelsky's Music Store and at the club house.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Shaw’s
Mikelsky’s
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