Garden displays and town notes in Maine union meeting
The Maine Progressive Union joint meeting with Cosmopolitan Club and Women's Auxiliary to Winneganee Community Club is set for June 10 in Freeport to showcase renowned local gardens. Other items include Hedrick purchasing Dunning’s farm in Phippsburg, suspected theft of fence hardware, blooming laurels, cement loading efficiency, fruit trees near bloom, Pen tecost timing, a rod and gun club event with Governor Bars, roadside rubbish reports, pheasant sightings near Bath, City Landing repairs and potential Virginia landings, plus road hazards on High Street and Bridge Street and Spring vehicle inspections deadline approaching.
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Cosmopolitan Club
Winneganee
Maine Progressive Union
Freeport
Community notices and church events in Wiscasset area
Local residents attend funerals tours and visits across Bath Damariscotta and Augusta. Wiscossett events include church services candidly noting the First Congregational Sunday school close, Eastern Star meeting, garden parties, and a Memorial service. Obituary notes Annie R. Boudin born 1877 died May 16 at Gardiner Road home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Bryant
Washington Street
East Boothbay
Chester Weeks
Medford
Mass
Cyprian H. Bryant
Frank W. Deering
Thelma Deering
Edward Rice
Bath
Deering
Laura Seavey
First Congregational Church
Sadie Ifill
Llewellyn
Waterville
Stanley Dodge
Frank H. Gray
Dodge
Damariscotta Lake
Ruth Campbell
Stanley Soames
Boston
E. H. Crosman
John Verdone
Claire Verdone
Crosmans
M. Cleveland Quinnam
Morrill, Jr
Portland
Harry Quinnam
A. H. Durgin
Janie Gould
B. F. Blagdon
Annie R. Boudin
Roscoe Robinson
Fred B. Allen
Dresden Mills
R. E. Maass
Patricia Ann
the Ledges
Richard Hunnewell
Anna Soule
Roland Abbott
Nellie Dowling
Abbott
Bailey's Island
Pemaquid
Daughters of American Revolution
Lois Fly
Grace Cowley
Federal Street
Ada Coffin
Society For Cancer Control
Woman's Club
Lawrence P. Radley
Frank Radley
Quincy
Lawrence Radley
Newman Getchell
Moatsweag
Lorimer Lewis
Lewis
Summer Street
Edith Getchell
Rockland
Bradford-Sortwell- Wright Post
Amercan Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
Moatsweag Baptist Church
Superinienudent
Parker
Nequasset
American Legion Auxiliary
Alfred Dowling
Bradford Street
Gardiner Road
Beverly
Marvelous growth in the canning industry
The article traces the rise of the canned foods industry from early experiments in 1795 to modern mass production. It highlights Appert’s 1810 foundation, shifts from glass to tin, labor-saving machines, Pasteur’s fermentation work, and ongoing research by the U S Department of Agriculture and university labs. It notes vitamin retention and how heat is applied after sealing to preserve nutrients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Nicolas Appert
Paris
Monsieur Appert
Isaac Solomon
Baltimore
Pasteur
Samuel C. Pressett
William L. Underwood
United States Department of Agriculture
Bronson Barlow
University of Illinois
National Canners Association
Washington
Seattle
San Francisco
Walter H. Eddy
Columbia University
Boston Transcript
Winnegance Hosts Squaw Club Card Evening
Mrs. Robert P. Manson entertained the Squaw club at her Winnegance home on Friday evening with three tables of card play.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert P. Manson
Squaw Club
Winnegance
Obear Hansom Boudin Family Brief Note in Town
The obituary notes the life of Mrs. Boudin of this town, widow of Willard D Boudin formerly of Wiscasset. Surviving are Carl Boudin Mary O Stinson and Alberta Boudin with two grandsons. Funeral held at home May 18 officiated by Rev Charles Sowder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel
Rebecca Obear Hansom
Willard D Boudin
Wiscasset
Albee
Gardiner Road
Benjamin Quinninam
Huntoon Hill
Carl Boudin
Mary O. Stinson
Alberta Boudin
Aubces
Charles Sowder
West Bath Red Cross meeting notes and local visits
At the West Bath Red Cross gathering in the grange hall workers prepared children's clothing and a comforter. Dinner was served by several members. A long list of attendees from West Bath Woolwich and Bath included Mrs. Mayo, Mrs. Larrabee, and many others. Numerous social visits followed, with families and guests at cottages in Birch Point Brigham's Cove and King's Point. Road work on Campbell's Pond and Foster's Point progress noted among town activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
The
Red Cross
Grange Hall
Courtney E. Stover
Lincoln Williams
Walter Marco
J. E. Mayo
Bath
Fred W. Larrabee
Mayo
Williams
A. B. Snow
Stover
Joyce
Walter Myatt
L. D. Rogers
Woolwich
Morton S. Baker
Marco
William H. White
Harry Wallace
Herbert Dennison
Buddy
E. B. Hamblett
George Emero
East Brunswick
Harry Peterson
Larrabee
Bake
Edmund Wilson
Brunswick
Gustavus Getchell
East Harpswell
Weston Bonney
Daniel Kelley
King’s Point
Harry Lemont
Edwin W. Haggett
Thomas Pierce
Providence
R. I
Birch Point
Oscar Wallace
Percy Holbrook
Holbrook
Brigham’s Cove
Mark Hennessey
Ralph Dunton
Harold Cutting
Samuel Lancaster
Harold Small
Raymond
Billy Small
Carl Severin
Ernest Williams
Stanley
John Russell
Chester Stevens
Ralph Warren
I. B. Neiley
Percy Marriner
Walter Larrabee
Billy
David
Joseph
Topsham
Joseph W. Larrabee
Lannes Fuller
Lance
Elmer Mank
Foster's Point
Ernest Ward
Robert
Augusta
Scott Ward
Hardings
Portland
J. B. Lemont
Carleton Andrews
Edward Footer
Mary Jane
E. J. Arsena
Malcolm L. Doble
Horace W. Aitken
Beachmont
Mass
Water M. Hills
Wallace MacDonald
Joanna Hodgkins
Humphrey A. Owen
Thure G. Nelson
George Cameron, Jr
Henry Cotteau
Loring Small
Littlefield School
Barbara E. Fisher
Nancy
Robert Coombs
Graydon Smith
Perry
Edward Thompson
Charles Bachelder
Merrill
Nita Barter
Jane
Sally Grant
Wilbert
Dana Small
Andrews Elected President At Bath Country Club Meeting
Edwin R. Andrews was chosen president at Bath Country Club after a directors meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Rodney E. Reas, elected director and former president in 1931 and 1932, accepted the director role but declined the presidency. Andrews had been vice president and will lead the organization for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Country Club
Edwin R. Andrews
Rodney E. Reas
Mr. Andrews
Conservation worksheets required for 1938 program
Charles D. Lewis of the Northeast Region urges farmers to file conservation worksheets before June 15 1938. Farmers may apply through the County committee on Conservation or a letter to obtain a worksheet enabling qualification. no exceptions without State committee approval. To date 1333 farmers in Androscoggin and Sagadahoc have filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles D. Lewis
Lewis‘ton
County Committee On Conservation
Androscoggin
Sagadahoc
West Bath Grangers Ceremony Marks Golden Wedding
West Bath Grange members Mr and Mrs William H White celebrated their golden wedding anniversary at a Monday meeting attended by 75 grangers and nine visitors. Rev Joseph O Purdue presented a bridal bouquet, and a program included talks on skim milk by F W Murray, plant care tips, and houseplant hints. Memorial Day week skip, field day June 12 at Ernest Snow home Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. White
West Bath Grange
Charles B. Doyle
Ceres
Doyle
Joseph O. Purdue
Grange
White
Joanna Hodgkins
Lizzie Haggett
Herbert Simpson
Herbert Cavanaugh
E. Mason Wright
Edwin W. Haggett
Edgar D. Leavitt
The
Ila Day
Nellie Booker
Ernest Snow
Thomas Point
Brunswick
West Bath Farm Bureau Holds All Day Meeting
West Bath Farm Bureau held an all day meeting Tuesday with 15 attendees. The session covered Care and Use of the Sewing Machine led by Miss Hortense Welch. A gift was presented to Welch, and the group voted to assist 4 H emblem work. Next meeting set for June 23 on Handicraft with Lemont and Brown in charge, plus a lengthy list of attendees. Citizens of Newport plan a Friendship Wall for Dr. O R Emerson on Main Street, inviting widespread participation from nearby towns. Over 2,000 residents approved, with stones not larger than an orange and optional 25 cent contributions, to build the wall on the downtown grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath
Loring D. Small
4-H Club
Arthur Brawn
Brawn
Maude Bryant
Earl Lermond
Errol Quint
Ripley
Harris T. Rodick
Small
E. K. Thompson
Ellery E. Whittemore
E. W. Haggett
Smail
William Coombs
William Davis
Bath
Newport
O. R. Emerson
Main Street
Emerson
Monson
Dexter
Corunna
Hartland
Dixmont
East Newport
Stetson
Birth of Ethel Estelle Estes at 39 Edward Street
A daughter named Ethel Estelle Estes was born Wednesday last week to Mr. and Mrs. Russell E. Estes at their home 39 Edward Street. She weighed seven and a half pounds at birth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ethel Estelle
Russell E. Estes
Edward Street
Woolwich News Briefs Include Church Events and Visitors
Woolwich residents report church activities, calls for quilt making, and an upcoming Memorial service at Montsweag church with Parker of Bath as speaker. Local visitors include Elizabeth Hathorn and Laura Hall, while Alden Reed works in town and several families move residences along Sagadahoc Ferry and Day’s Ferry. A Bidden schedule covers plays, club meetings, and the Nequasset Farm Bureau gathering on June 1 at Woolwich Grange hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prank Wright
William Wright
Baptist Ladies’ Aid
Church Hall
Elizabeth Hathorn
Maria Savage
North Woolwich
Alden Reed
Pittston
Edgar Bailey
Allen
North
Woolwich
Frank Bailey
Montsweag Church
Anna Soule
Mary
Bruce Dickson
Bion Shea
Gilmore
Guy Bussey
Sanford
Clara M. Reed
Dorothy Short
Columbus, O
William Sheldon
Sarah Kennerson
Rockland
William Gould
Avis Marston
Lewiston
Mrs. Kin
John Parker
Bath
Mary Young
William Raynes
Lloyd Shaw
Richard Wolley
Sagadahoc Ferry
Woman's Republican Club
City Hall
Ella Legard
Fred Carlton
Warren Pushard
Zina Hunt
Lower High Street
Cheerio Club
Jud Soule
Moatsweag
Ruth Soule
William Berry
Henry E. Weston
Leona Weeks
Marion Berry
Richard Hunnewell
Deborah
Sebenon Hall
Good Will Club
Charles Haley
Jane Travers
Geraldine Rice
John Conway
Laura Hall
Warfield
Cartwright
Patricia Strout
John Rice
Isaac Howard
Albion L. Corliss
Samuel Buck
Charlotte Buck
Mabel Jack
Oliver Chandler
Herbert Munsey
Mary Reed
Past Masters Night at Woolwich Grange
Woolwich Grange held Past Masters Night with 48 attending. Present were John Carter, Harold Bailey, Asbury Bailey, Fred Soule, Frank Bailey, Otto Nutting, J Gould Bailey, John McKenney, Rev. Herbert Fullerton. speeches by each past master followed by gifts to Mrs. Jessie Spaulding for accompanying dances. The program featured songs, readings, guitar accompaniment, a trumpet solo, tableaux including the Old Rugged Cross, and a closing song Abide With Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich Grange
John Carter
Harold Bailey
Asbury Bailey
Fred Soule
Frank Bailey
Otto Nutting
Mt. Desert
J Gould Bailey
John McKenney
Herbert Fullerton
Small Point
Jessie Spaulding
The
Grange
Welcome Brothers
Nellie Dowling
Marion
Ruth Grover
Fernald Bailey
Old Rugged Cross
Woolwich Book Club Hosts Informal Tea Meeting
Mrs. Wilson M. Wright hosted Woolwich Book club for an informal tea with 25 members present. Mrs. George E. Wright and Mrs. Percy C. Bailey assisted. registration slips were used and new books distributed for later discussion. Plans for the year were made. next meeting is June 16 at Mrs. Maurice T. Hathorne's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson M. Wright
Woolwich Book Club
George E. Wright
Percy C. Bailey
Maurice T. Hathorne
Colby College Senior Named Among Outstanding Students
Joseph Deasy Dobbins of Houston son of Mr and Mrs Harry Dobbins selected as an outstanding student in American colleges listed in Who s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities. Recognition honors extra curricular activities athletics and future potential rather than scholastic record alone with a unique rural schooling background and versatile athletic career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Deasy Dobbins
Harry Dobbins
School Street
Houston
Colby College
St. Mary's
Houston High School
Ricker Junior College
Tuberculosis Fatalities Among Young Adults Shown
Tuberculosis kills more people between ages 15 and 25 than any other disease. In this group, deaths among women exceed those of men by a factor of one and a half.
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Thaddeus Hedrick
FE. C. Dunning
Phippsburg
Clifford Road
Phippsburg Center
Harpswell
Thomaston
Rae
Governor Barrows
City Landing
Virginia
High Street
Bridge Street
Maine Street
Edward W. Vaughan
Maine
Colonel Eldred
Bath Iron Works
Dallas
Texas
Ann
Aiulhy
Red Men's Hall
Katherine B. Lewis
Turner Gregoire
George Studley
Winona Leavitt
Frances Plumstead
Dorothy Fitz
Hinsel
Gretel
Girls’ Glee Club
Boys’ Glee Club
Allison Cummings
Randall Cummings
United States
Jennie Silsbee
Walter Myati
Andrews
West Bath Grangers
West Bath Farm Bureau
Mr. Sheldon
John Sheldon
Ethel Dexter
Vera Dexter
Sheldon
the Ferry
George Hathorne
Laura Blanche
Gardiner
Day's Ferry
Supt. of Schools
John H. Carter
America
Edward Clarence Plummer
Henry W. Owen, Jr
the Times Co
Front Street Bath, Me
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