Personal notes crowd Bath area social visits and travel
Edward Vigne leaves for Quincy mass for work. Mrs Alonzo Parks of Portsmouth NH visits Richardson street. Ernest and Vincent Avery and Nichols headed to New York on a motor trip. Belmont and Bath visitors plan Memorial day weekends. Stover family from Auburn on vacation with Bath relatives. Venos returns from Greece visiting Leo Venus. John Hart recovering from surgery. sister Annie Hart travels from Newark for visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Vigne
High Street
Quincy
Mass
Alonzo Parks
Portsmouth
N. H
Walter Kingsbury
Richardson Street
Parks
Ernest R. Avery
Union Street
Vincent C. Nichols
Middle Street
New York
Walter Coombs
Blanche
Emily Jane
Albert
Belmont
Frank Purington
David Rich
North Bath
Portland
Order of the Eastern Star
Rich
Harry Farrington
Hallowell
Austin
Keith
Phyllis
Auburn
Bath
Samuel Stover
Front Street
Stover
Armour Co
Lewiston
Charles Venos
Athens
Greece
Venos
Grece
Cherbourg
Leviathan
Social and travel notes from local residents
Edward Sonia plans a Thursday departure for a few days with friends in Quincy Massachusetts. Mildred Estes works at Washington Fruit store. Alvin MacDonald, based in Portland, visits James Lord household. Maurice Deering and H. H. McCarty just returned from Moosehead Lake fishing trip. Harold and Mrs Footers visit Mrs Cora Reardon's home. Roger D Skillings hosts a Washington street supper with contract games. D. H. Warner family hosts seven children for their father’s 67th birthday with gifts and a May basket. Mrs. Herbert Lemont sustains nose injuries in a car incident but resumes French classes. Rupert H Baxter and Henry C Wright return from Europe aboard Statendam and Majestic, impressed by planes over New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Sonia
Quincy
Mass
Mildred Estes
High Street
Washington
Alvin MacDonald
Portland
James Lord
Middle Street
Maurice Deering
H. H. McCarty
Moosehead Lake
Harold Footer
Footer
Herbert Lemont
Morse High School
Hotel Phoenix
Lemont
Mr. Wright
England
Mrs. Baxter
Majestic
New York
New York Harbor
Evelyn L. Donnell Appointed Grade Teacher in Bath
Evelyn L. Donnell has been appointed as a grade teacher in Bath. The recent educational staff changes place her in a position within the Bath school system, reflecting ongoing staffing updates in the district.
Miss Evelyn Donnell Appointed Grade Teacher in City
Miss Evelyn Louise Donnell daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy A Donnell of 23 Oak Street has been appointed a grade teacher in the city She graduated Morse High School in 1927 and is a member of the Gorham Normal School graduating class She has taught in Woolwich Georgetown Parker Head and at the State's Model School in West Gorham.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Louise Donnell
Evelyn L. Donnell
Roy A. Donnell
Oak Street
Miss Donnell
Morse High School
Gorham Normal School
Woolwich
Georgetown
Parker Head
West Gorham
Whispering Friends Opens Lakewood Season in Skowhegan
Lakewood Players launch summer season with the Broadway comedy Whispering Friends starring a young couple and a jealous triangle. George M. Chan and Melville Burke curate the opening, with Burke directing and Frank McDonald assisting, as Lakewood welcomes Broadway successes and new plays by Owen Davis Maurine Watkins John B. Hymer and Earl Crocker. The Inn opens June 1 with eight o clock performances and a growing theatrical colony in residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Chan
Lakewood Players
Skowhegan
Herbert L. Swett
Melville Burke
Broadway
Cohan
London
Baldpate
Lakewood
New York
Frank McDonald
Lakewood Inn
Wallis Clark
Kate Byron
Mrs. Thurston Hall
Peg Entwhistle
Beedy Visits Bath and Recalls First Circus
Congressman Carroll L. Beedy, visiting Bath, recalls his first circus in this city with Barnum Bailey. He toured tents, elephants, camels, and trapeze acts, then shared memories with friend Harry B. Sawyer. Beedy’s career led to a Hoover commission on Samoan law, and a Pathe motion picture shown by Rotary at Morse High tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carroll L. Beedy
Bath
Town
Harry B. Sawyer
Kelley, Spear Co
Mr. Sawyer
Mr. Beedy
D. Howard Spear
William E. Corliss
William H. Page
Congress
Hoover
American Samoa
Rotary Club
Morse High School
Gahans Landmark Torn Down In South End
The yellow building at 176 Washington near Gahan's dock is being razed. Once a bustling gathering place with dances and refreshments below Mr Gahan's store, it shaped memories for South End residents like Charles E Gahan and William Thornton who once lived there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gahan's
South End
Gahan’s
Washington
Gahan’s Dock
Gahan
Charles E. Gahan
Russell Street
William Thornton
Maple Street
Gahan’'s
Morse High Girls to Take Physical Tests
Morse High announces final physical education exam schedule for the last two weeks of the course from June 1 to June 12. Fifteen events are used for grading with 3 points per event, plus 55 attendance and effort and 45 for the examination. Track girls are excused from the exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morse High
Cecil J. Cutts
Morse
Burglary Foiled at Bowdoinham Station Gate Tender Saves Safe
In Bowdoinham Friday night a M C R R gate tender William King spotted a man at the station safe. He alerted deputies and Hackett, who responded but the burglar fled. The safe dial was broken and a muffled drill and iron maul were recovered, and King’s timely action likely prevented loss. Several witnesses and memorial services are noted along with town events and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William King
Agent Hackett
C. W. Gray
Hackett
King
Charles H. Berry
Corliss Street Baptist Church
Bath
Grange Hall
J. N. Palmer
T. T. Rideout
G.A.R
Public Utilities Commission
Main ‘Street
Selectman Graves
Frances Merrill
Portland
Abbie Thorn
H. B. Allen
Wilson Howe
Esmond
R. I
Minot Doble
Ida Purington
A. S. MacDougal
George Cutler
Charles McEwen
Olive Andros
John A. Purington
Puringtons
Clark
Milton Curtis
Paris Hill
Jessie Cromwell
Auburn
Pleasant Street
R. D. Purington
Clara Fogg
Temple & Berry
George Purington
Lewiston
William
Edith Wood
Woman's Home Missionary District
Richmond
Farm Bureau
Hortense Welch
Emily Rideout
McDonald Temple
Pythian Sisters
Grand Temple
Bangor
Merchant
Farmington
Betty Merchant
Grammar School
Out of Town
Geraldine Merchant
Canton
Marshall Powers
Topsham
Baptist Church
Bridge Academy
Coombs
Dresden
Willis Sewall
Sewall Orchard
Masonry
Silas Hamilton
Gardiner
L. P. Temple
Charles Berry
Farce by Nellie Sylvester and pupils delights Riches Corner
Mrs Nellie Sylvester and her pupils staged a farce before the Riches Corner grange and were enjoyed by all. Mr and Mrs Hulbert R Jennings visited New Hampshire briefly. Mr and Mrs Morton of Winthrop visited Mrs Morton's parents, Mr and Mrs Charles Sylvester. D Cornish is sawing lumber at his mill. Mr and Mrs William Moore and their son and Carl Purington from Portland attended Mrs Mary Heath's Sunday gathering. Mr and Mrs Berry will oversee Hatch's filling station this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Sylvester
Richees Corner Grange
Hulbert R. Jennings
New Hampshire
Morton
Winthrop
Appointment of Walker to lead Rockland Thomaston committee
Mrs. John E Walker of Thomaston is named Rockland and Thomaston chairman as the first step in Maine's participation in the National Women's Committee for Washington Cathedral. Mrs. Robert Hallo Well Gardiner Jr of Gardiner is state chairman. Miss Margaret Buttomer of Rockland assists as an active partner. The group aims to mobilize nationwide support to complete the North and South Transsepts of Washington Cathedral for the 1932 George Washington Biennial observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Walker
Thomaston
Rockland
Maine
National Women’s Committee
Washington Cathedral
Robert Hallowell Gardiner Jr
Gardiner
Walker
Margaret Buttomer
Nationwide radio backup promotes Maine potatoes
Fort Fairfield announced a national radio backup for September 1 to broadcast Maine potato advantages. Station WLBZ Bangor will anchor the program with a transmitting studio planned in Fort Fairfield, central to Aroostook County’s potato culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Fort Fairfield
WLBZ
Bangor
Aroostook County
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Senter’ S, Inc
High School
Arthur F. Mayo
Thaddeus Orne
New York Life Ins. Co
Boothbay Harbor
Whispering Friends
Brunswick High School
Town Hall
Eeen
Sagadahoc County
McNess Co
Dept, M
Freeport
P. Ward & Son
Yarmouth
Popham Beach
B. & M. Poultry Co
Tel
Congressman Beedy
United States
State House
William R. Pattanwall
Clarence N. Cony
Leroy I. Hussey
W. L. Hayden
Augusta
D. P. Myers
Boston
World Peace Foundation
Lewiston High School
Bowdoinham
Edward Ausplund
Alice
H. D. Cornish
Inez Gowell
Harry Purington
Rangeley
Ruth McEwen
Waterville
Jessie M. Ames
William Raymond
Berlin
Alvin Raymond
Gladys
Doris
Charles C. Kantor
Mr. Kantor
Sarah Howe
John McCart
Goldie
Sprague
Norway
Nona
Charles Fogg
Annie Cobb
Charles Hackett
Kenneth
Donald
Newcastle
Edward Browne
Philip Rideout
Belfast
Lauris Wilson
Eddie
Philadelphia
James Brown
Edward Wilson
George Cour
South Coventry
Conn
Hattie Hackett
Coombs High School
Cora Denham
W.M
Helen Mitchell
Eleanor Webber
Stella Given
Electa
O.E.S
Horatio Alexander
Valeria Sedgley
Chester Purington
Knights of Honor
Purington Woods
George Rowe
James Merrill
William Gile
Avery Fides
Leroy Adams
Edgar Miller
J. H. Ames
Village Cemetery Association
Syrus Gardiner
Village Lodge
Hugh Curtis
Free Masonry
R. P. Dunlap
Frese
George Tinker
A. H. Cheng
Samuel Donnell
J. H. Wilson
Converse Purington
R. W. Carr
Masonic Lodge
Joenathan Purington
Josiah Merrow
H. R. Hinckley
George Hinkley
Capt
B. Pratt
A. S. Purington
W. Carr
Co. P. Quint
Geo, Rideout
Tone Tyler
George Hillman
A. H. Hillman
Madison Kendall
William H. Lunt
C. P. Quint
R. D. Spear
Sam Donnell
Purinton
Robert Wilson
Nathan Purington
David Booker
William Stinson
L. M. Fallon
F. H. Purington
Bowdeinham
N. H. Macomber
John Purington
C. A. Newton
H. W. Allen
Post Road
Edwin E. Pinson
Columbia Hotel
Lee and
Leeland
Os Ae
Crane
Charles Edgecomb
Props
Bowdoinham Post Road
Arch Health
Hatch’s Shoe Store
A Spencer
Beatrice B. Rand
Dummer Street
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