Revocation of Will Case Grants Petition
The court grants the petition to probate the second will suppressed for nearly thirty-seven years. It finds concealment from the death of the testatrix until after Mr. Rouse died and that Section 9 of Chap. 76 applies. Mrs. Moore has a beneficial interest and is entitled to her day in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rouse
Elvira
Winslow Rouse
Massachusetts
James William Rouse
Mollie Rote Bartlett
Deake
Maine
Counsin
Advent Church
Bowdoinham Bride Becomes Mrs Walter Rogers In Kansas City
On May 6 Mrs Florence Graves Cornish wed Walter Rogers in Kansas City and the couple will reside in Bristow Oklahoma. The group notes visitors, local movings, a Bruns wick Brunswick game result 3 to 2, and a forest fire near Harvard’s cross. Also mentions Red Cross relief drive, Memorial Day plans, and a long list of town social and civic happenings with many names and places.
Petition to Probate Will Revoked and Restored to Docket
A petition for probate of the will of Elvira A. W. Rouse is revoked and restored to the docket for hearing. Dated May 17, 1933.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvira A. W. Rouse
A. D
Lewiston visitors and local notes from Bowdoinham Post Road
Mr and Mrs W S Given visited in Lewiston on Tuesday. Mrs A S Temple is ill, Dr Pratt of Richmond attends her. W H Good was in Lewiston on business. Miss Bessie Small, teacher at Small Point, stayed with her sister Mrs Herbert Heath. Mrs Mary Jenkins buried at Bay View cemetery after committal service in Richmond. Mr and Mrs Chester Jack and son David visited Mr Jack's parents in Gardiner. Mrs Harry Purington returned to Summer home on Dingley road. George Ackley works for Willis Sewall. Mrs Harry Allen dislocated an ankle Thursday, Dr Pratt called. Most Millay school children ill with German measles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Graves Cornish
Walter Rogers
Kansas City
Bristow
Oklo
Mary Graves
Brunswick
Abbie Graves
P. C. Nealey
Red Cross
Ellsworth
Auburn
Nealey
Silas Hamilton
Capitol Island
Hamilton
Coombs High School
Ralph Merrill
Connecticut
Ella Nash
Alice Whittier
Orlando
Fla
H. B. Allen
State Road
Sons of Veterans of the Civil War
Grange Hall
F. S. Leathers
J. FE. Brown
West Medford
Mass
Pleasant Pond
Robeus Douglass
C. L. Browne
Fred Jack
Curtis
Portland
Cora Denham
Hall Denham
Roy Williams
Oliphant
Clinton, N. J
Robert Beluea
Litchfield
Carrie Kendall
H. D. Cornish
Esther Savage
Harriet White
Pleasant Street
Morgan Baker
Overlook
Bay View
J. N. Palmer
Angie Reed
Howland High School
Ruth McEwen
Lee Landry
Landry
Long Branch Farm
Mellen Card
Chester Marshall
Bowdoin
Elisha Webber
Corinna
Fairfield
The
Baptist Church
Fletcher
Waterville
Ernest Raymond
George Weirs
Elmer Raymond
Houlett
Joseph Cota
John Purington
Richard Denham
Helen Mitchell
Stella Given
Emily Rideout
Grand Chapter
Sadie Smith
Foxboro
Inez Gowell
R. B. Rideout
Ri Deout
W. E. Rideout
W. S. Given
Lewiston
A. S. Temple
Dr. Pratt
Richmond
W.H. Good
Bessie Small
Small Point
Herbert Heath
Mary Jenkins
Frank Jenkins
Chester Jack
David
Jack
Gardiner
Harry Purington
Dingley Road
George Ackley
Willis Sewall
Harry Allen
Millay School
Queen Esther Lodge Well Represented At District Meeting
Queen Esther Rebekah lodge No. 20 was well represented at the annual District No. 10 meeting in Brunswick hosted by Evening Star lodge No. 26. Over 20 lodges attended including a Los Angeles visitor. ceremonies featured memorial service, degree work by Beulah lodge, and donations to the Home for the Aged in Auburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther Rebekah
Brunswick
Evening Star Lodge
Vesper
Round Pond
Pine Cone
Wiscasset
Beulah
Richmond
Los Angeles
Cal
Odd Fellows
Pleasant Street
Belle W. Lewis
Auburn
Rebekah
Maine
Laura R. Hardy
North Berwick
E. May Gorham
Arthur I. Stuart
Beulah Lodge
Elmer King
Hardy
Queen Esther
Henry T. B. Leeman
Leonard M. Munsey
Herbert H. Huggard
Roger Pierce
Victor Pinkham
Wallace L. Atwood
John E. Atwood
Frank J. Farrin
Alfred H. Bunker
Leonard M. Lord
Otis N. E. Card
Edwin Copeland
Lula Herbert
Herbert W. McCabe
Lois T. McKiever
Nellie Milliken
Fairfield
Harry L. Knight
Charles O. Nelson
Howard Larrabee
Albert H. Thompson
Thompson
Broad assortment of acclimated horses for sale
We have on hand a good assortment of acclimated piece from 1100 to 1800 pounds. Arrived in Richmond Maine. Telephone 25 4 6 tf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Maine
Fire destroys home and barn at Bowdoin Center
John Tarr home burned last Saturday after sparks from chimney set fire to the barn and out-buildings. Richmond fire department fought the blaze. house, barn, and out-buildings were total losses. Household goods mostly saved. farming tools and an automobile burned. 30 chickens perished. Tarr's invalid father William Tarr cared for at a neighbor's. Buildings insured. Services Sunday at East Bowdoin chapel with Dr. William R. Wood speaker. Several local residents noted in nearby towns. Sagadahoc grange met Bowdoin Center. charter draped for Miss Mabel Keay who died May 12. Memorial Night planned for May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Tarr
Richmond Fire Department
Tarr
William Tarr
East Bowdoin Chapel
William R. Wood
Penny Memorial Church
Augusta
C. M. Hutchinson
South Portland
Charles Babb
Irving Clough
Chelsea
Sagadahoc Grange Mnet
Bowdoin Center
Mabel Keay
North Bowdoin social notes and local visits
Community life visible in North Bowdoin with Carl Routhier recovering from a roof fall and Mamie Jasper taking short employment in Portland. Lewiston and Danville Junction residents visit Maple Hearst farm and Bowdoin Center hosts a busy weekend. A May basket, spring work, and a community supper at Mrs A D Chase highlight local ties as residents share news and greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Routhier
Sand Knoll
Mamie—Jasper
Portland
Wilma Huzzey
Lewiston
Co. C. Small
O. E. Douglas
Little Phyllis
Merwin Jasper
Brunswick
Elisha Alexander
Hazel Pinkham
Great Island
Mamie Jasper
O. L. Douglas
Danville Junction
Winnie Nickerson
Marguerite
Auburn
Maple Hearst Farm
W. M. Coskery
Bowdoin Center
Charles Purington
Falmouth
J. S. Reid
Rita
Edith Sheene
Lisbon Falls
A. D. Chase
Willard Lane
Ernest
Cast of Characters for Thespians Play Take My Advice
Cast list for the Thespians production Take My Advice staged at Bud Weaver Hall includes Edwin Ticus Ann Weaver Jimmy Thayer promoter De eee Francis Winchenbath etc with roles from Edna Antsworth to Kerry Van Kind and Charles Cummings. The play unfolds in the Weavers living room in Act 1 Afternoon and Act 2 Evening, Act 3 Night at Columbia theater. Miss Pearl Vinal spoke on Early Crone Settlers at the Chamber of Commerce meeting, with Ladies' Night observed as year end gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thespians
Bud Weaver
Edwin Ticus Ann Weaver
Bud
Jimmy Thayer
de Eee
Francis
The
Weavers
Columbia Theater
Edna Antsworth
Kerry van Kind
Frrol Baker Pectin Pen
Charles Cummings
Ladies of the Jury
Solid South
Pearl Vinal
Chamber of Commerce
Miss Vinal
West Bath Grange Votes To Continue Summer Meetings
West Bath grange held a weekly meeting in its hall and voted to continue summer meetings. The dance committee was led by Edwin W. Haggett and a patriotic and humorous eight week contest program followed with numerous members named. Attendance was 132 with 28 visiting grangers and dancing concluded the evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
West Bath Grange Hall
Edwin W. Haggett
Stars and Stripes
D. Wylie Lemont
Daniell. Perry
David S. Henderson
Joseph N. Day
Alice M. O'Brien
Virginia Wright
Henry J. White
Carleton Perry
Wesley H. Lemont
Charles L. Haggett
Henderon
Day
Jakelet
David Fields
Charles B. Doyle
Stanley E. Wallace
James A. Thurston
Scott R. Ward
Harold E. Freeman
Harry F. Smith
Everett G. Lemont
Frank R. Durant
Emma G. Brown
Harold
Talks on Railroads at Bath Rotary Luncheon
William A. Wheeler of Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads spoke at Bath Rotary Club noon meeting. He noted railroads now cut staff and services, maintain rights of way, pay taxes, and argued for fair year round support. He warned auto and truck growth threatens rail use, citing 30,000 auto deaths vs few railroad injuries. Brunswick tax rate drops to 39 1/2 mills from 45. Bowdoin’s Chi Psi house cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Wheeler
Boston & Maine and
Maine Central Railroads
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Wheeler
Mr. Wheeler
Francis A. Winchenbach
L. T. Snipe
Charles Austin
Lewiston
Brunswick
Selectmen
Chi Psi
Bowdoin College
Schoolboy patrolmen to guard pupils near city schools
A local program funded by Roland Smith and backed by the American Automobile Association and the American Legion assigns 36 boys from area schools to patrol streets near opening of school. They wear white Sam Brown belts and police badges to stop cars and report violations, noting vehicle numbers for police. Staff includes Commander Ralph G. Stetson and volunteers, with routes listed across Oak, High, Middle, North, Beacon, South, Dummer, Winter, Weeks, and Pine streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Automobile Association
American Legion
Roland Smith
John P. Crosby
State Highway Police
Ralph G. Stetson
Timothy Wagner
Elver Stickney
Donald Sterling
Oak
High
Robert Carver
Middle
Olin Pankhurst
North
John Merr
Maurice Owen Dummer
Oliver
Howard Kirkpatrick
Beacon
Norman Henderson
Robert Anderson
Edward Hanson
Winter
Harold Stanton Weeks
Howard Colleyries
Reed Penns
Pine
George Tinney
Pleasant
Scott Maxson
Houston Composer Among 29Chosen For Hilltop Anthology
Zuela Miller Carson of Houston is selected alongside 28 other state composers for Hilltop Magazine's Songs That Will Live Forever, a High Springs Florida publication featuring portraits of leading American poets and composers. Carson’s new piece Down the Path to Yesterday, prize winner in Hilltop’s Better Music campaign, debuts at World’s Fair programs with Francesco Grasso, director of the Empire of the Sun Orchestra, introducing Maine composer works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuela Miller Carson
Houston
Hilltop
High Springs
Florida
America
Franseco Grasso
Empire of the Sun Orchestra
Maine
Bargain Prices on Suits, Pants, Shirts and Caps
A crowded ad offers special prices on wool suits and topcoats at 12.50, dress pants from 1.00 to 1.95, khaki pants, work pants, broadcloth shirts at 50c, overalls 79c, blue shirts 50c, 39c, 35c athletic wear, 98c sweaters, linen caps 39c, hats and caps under 20c, with boys’ suits from 2.95 and up and assorted knickers and shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athletic Union
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Senter Purchase
A. G. Spaulding
Wright
Ditson
Bowdoinham
Clive Brook
Diana Wynyard
Mind Reader
Wieren William Constance Cummings
Clyde Beatty
Anita Page
Supernatural
Carole Lemtard
H. B. Warner
Africa
Wheeler & Woolsey
Helen Hayes
Clark Gable
Morris S. Povich
Front Street
Fime
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Center Street
Bowdoinham Post Road
Queen Esther Lodge
Rockland
Chester L. Pascal
Rockport
Rockport Harbor
North Bowdoin
Columbia Theatre
BABY
Rhode Island
Plymouth Rocks
Meadowbrink Farm
Frank Merryman
Jordan Ave
Max Katz
Elm Street
Mikelsky’s Music Store
Bath, Maine
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