West Bath Grange in Progress with Folk Program
West Bath Grange began a program contest with 152 attendees including 27 visitors. Charles T. Henderson chaired a skit about fishing and sturgeon, followed by music, poems, and a Memorial day theme. A June field day at the Hendersons’ Bowdenham farm was announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Bath Grange
West
Joe
John M. Howe
Eph
Charles T. Henderson
Grandpa
Everett G. Lemont
Mandy
Grange
Columbia
Miss Mulligan
James C. Purdy
Miss Greenblatt
Rotarians Hear About District Convention in Bangor
Bath Rotary club members heard about the 38th Rotary District convention held in Bangor last week. President Harry T. Passmore and Secretary Owen praised Bangor hospitality and noted a feature picture at the Opera House for visiting Rotarians. A reception at the Tarratine club and a Bangor House banquet highlighted the district meetings with noted speakers. The item also mentions the Maine State Women's Golfers Association preparing its tournament schedule for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bath Rotary Club
Hotel Phoenix
Harry T. Passmore
Rotary
Bangor
Owen
Bath Club
Opera House
Tarratine Club
Bangor House
Mrs. Collins Funeral Obituary
Viola Emma Collins widow of Fred Collins funeral held Tuesday at 2 PM at her home 38 Floral Street. Rev. Charles M. Tubbs officiated. Bearers were Cecil Fullerton Walter Savage Albert E. Whitney Clarence Morgan and Robert Morgan. Burial in Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Viola Emma Collins
Fred Collins
Floral Street
Charles M. Tubbs
Gracechurch
Cecil Fullerton
Walter Savage
Albert E. Whitney
Clarence
Robert Morgan
Oak Grove
Local Bowdoinham News Includes Baseball Results and Social Notes
Bowdoinham residents report two Sunday games with Brunswick and Bath. scores 17 11 and 2 1. Social visits include MacDougal in Portland, bridge club at the Brownes, and relatives from Auburn and Bath. A Maine Central station burglary damaged the waiting room. little money recovered. Funeral for Alvin Raymond with Bath speaker. school program and attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Donnell
Brunswick
George Cutler
Purington
Weavitt
Bath
Bowdeinham
A. S. MacDougal
Portland
Charles Browne
Maine Central
John Alden
Auburn
Charles Sherman
Hubert Merrill
New Jersey
Ernest Frye
Erla Browne
Jellison School
Bertha Wildes
Richmond
J. N. Palmer
Coombs High School
Methodist Church
George A. Haskett
Hazel Mildred
Zina Maxwell
East Bowdeinham
Hazel Cornish
Bridgton
Herbert Cornish
Grant
William King
Inez Gowell
Clara Fogg
Lewiston
Ada Chapman
Everett
Harrison
Day
Missouri
Chapman
Margaret Gile
Walton Adams
Gorham
N. H
Adams
Ella Adams
Earl Hatch
Samuel Dorrance
Massachusetts
Hatch
Dorrance
Connecticut
Ernest
Horace Raymond
Annie Raymond
Alvin Raymond
Bates Taken to Jail to Await Court Term
Elbert M. Bates 67, Richmond painter, was jailed in Kennebec County awaiting Sagadahoc Superior Court’s June term for the death of Valnessa Dolan of Chelsea. Bonds rose from 10 000 to 15 000 after discussions among officials and Bates’s counsel about new developments tied to an alleged illegal surgery. Lincoln Academy Alumni Banquet planned for June 14 at 7 30 in the gym.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert M. Bates
Richmond
Kennebec
Augusta
Albert Henderson
Sagadahoc
Valnessa Dolan
Chelsea
Bates
John P. Carey, Jr
John J. Keegan
Ernest L. Goodspeed
Superior
Florence Davis
Gardiner
Memorial Day address by Maine Chief Justice at Skowhegan
Hon. William R. Pattangall of Augusta and Chief Justice of Maine will speak at Memorial Day exercises in Skowhegan Opera House Wednesday afternoon May 30. The announcement comes from Commander Gerry Wade of Simon Peters Post No. 16 American Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. Pattangall
Augusta
Supreme Court
State of Maine
Skowhegan Opera House
Gerry Wade
Simon Peters Post
No. 16
American Legion
Summer preaching set by Bowdoin chapel speaker Dr Wood
Bowdoin East Bowdoin chapel starts the summer preaching series with Dr William R Wood of Augusta as speaker. This marks his fifth year assisting the services with special music and a 3 PM service. Also notes a ladies aid gathering, supper fundraiser, and a mixed entertainment at Bowdoin Center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoin Chapel
William R. Wood
Augusta
Wood
Grant Woods
Grange ‘Hall
Bowdoin Center
Laura MacGreagor
Hattie Babb
Lucile
Mildred Carr
Mattie Beagle
Jane Woods
Mary Pryor
Elizabeth McAfee
Kate Ryan
Lydia Adams
Earl Laird
Boston
Harold Starbord
Lewiston
L. C. Starbird
S. Lester Nelson
Rumford
Albert Loeselle
Chelsea
Mass
Haighe Road
Burial of George Curtis Brings Family Ties to Bowdoin
The Massachusetts death of George Curtis last winter led to his burial in Bowdoin at the Coombs yard. He formerly lived on the Post road and leaves one son and one daughter who attended the burial. His wife Julia Elliott Curtis died years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Curtis
Massachusetts
Bowdoin
Coombs Yard
Curtis
Post Road
Julia Elliott Curtis
Mr. White
Richmond
E. D. Cornish
Harry Purington
Pauline
Prudence
New York
Gertrude Cornish
Abbie Graves
Hall
Caleb Mitchell
Henry Webber
Heath Homestead
Ernest Millay
Leighton
I. C. Irish
Umberhind
Augusta
Will Gammon
Harpswell
Maria Curtis
Roy Weston
Gardiner
Eva Weston
Burton Curtis
Cushman Bakery
Portland
Harry Woods
South Portland
Spear Farm
Tina Jack
Harold
Thomaston
Albert Smith
Sabattus
Howard Sewall
Auburn
Sheriff Seeks Clues to Bowdoinham Station Robbery
Sheriff Albert Henderson asks for leads after a 2 am safe blowing at the Maine Central Rail road office in Bowdoinham. About $16 in bills and a $90 check from the First National Bank of Brunswick were taken, with three cancelled checks found under a culvert a mile away. A railroad detective says professionals likely carried out the break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Henderson
Maine Central Railroad
Bowdoinham
First National Bank of Brunswick
Brunswick Road
Henderson
Study Club Meets With Mrs Houdlette
The Woolwich Union for Christian Service group met at Sagadahoc Ferry Woolwich with nine members and one guest to discuss The Peace Movement. Speakers presented papers on Epics of America and relations among United States China India and Africa. The next meeting on June 8 will be a silver tea at Bonnie Brae the home of Mrs Wilson Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woolwich
America
United States
China
India
Africa
Bonnie Braege
Wilson-Wright
Robert W. Roundy
Richardson
Portland
Bath Mourns Death of Admiral Charles Hughes U S N
Bath honors Admiral Charles Frederick Hughes 68 retired former commander of the United States fleet and chief of naval operations who died at his Chevy Chase Maryland home after a two month illness. He was born in Bath on October 14 1866 and rose through the Navy from cadet to admiral earning the Distinguished Service Medal and the Belgian Order of Leopold. He served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1927 to 1930 and held numerous commands including command of the USS New York and the Philadelphia navy yard. He is survived by his wife a daughter Louise Minitz one grandson and a brother J Edward Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Frederick Hughes
United States Fleet
Naval Operations
Bath
Chevy Chase
Maryland
Bath High School
Dingley
Maine
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Rensign
Academy
J.g
Admiral Hughes
Sea Service
Navy
Navy Department
Hughes
Ebere
Hilary P. Jones
Mexico
Mr. Nichols
Des Moines
New York
Grand Fleet
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Fourth Naval District
Atlantic Fleet
U. S
Washington
Secretary of the Navy
Naval War College
Office of Naval Intelligence
Office of Fleet Training
Aeronautic Service
Naval Defense Districts
Naval Militia
John Hughes
Clark
Oregon
West Coast
Caribbean
Cape Horn
Louise R. Minitz
Charles Clark Minitz
J. Edward Hughes
The
Bath Trust Co
Arthur W. Hughes
Portland
Central Church Parish
David L. Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Senter’s, Inc
Miss Simplicity
Weemen
Sailors and Toyos
West Bath Hall
Miss Smith
Little Dutch Mill
Uncle Joe
Henry Holcomb Bennett
Miss Henderson
Georgia
Arthur C. Lemont
Sam Povich
Minnie Smith
Sidney Holbrook
Miss Holbrook
Maine State Women's Golfers’ Association
Morris S. Povich
Thespians
Barry Conners
Patsy
Roberta Manson
Patricia Harrington
Grace
Margery Given
Martha Bridge
Merton Dearing
Gidon Jordan
Miss Manson
William Gove
Billy Caldwell
Miriam Kimball
Augustus Huse
Frank Reinoehl
Bridge
Manson
Sidney Howard
Ned McCobb
Tom Cushing
George Baer Connard
Lillian Miller
Henry W. Owen, Jr
Harold E. Cutting
Miss Miller
Kenneth Trask
Jennie Avery
Priscilla Colee
Annette Cutting
Sophie Greenatt
Mrs. Collins
Lincoln Academy
Ralph Morgan
Lois Wilson
Kay Francis
Ricardo Cortez
Mandalay
LAZY
Robert Young
Jean Parker
Helen Stanley
Ralph Bellamy
Shirley Grey
Warner Baxter
Madge Evans
This Man
Irene Dunne
Arthur Allen
Optometrist Bath Trust
Center St. Mon
Bowdoinham Post Road
Harold L Ham
Howard
Center Street
Charles F. Hughes
U.S.N
Old Bath High School
Annapolis Naval Academy
Newport
R. 1
Bureau of Naval
Stover
Park St
Rockland
H.p. Johnson
Brawn
Foster's Point
F. S. Brawn
Foster's Int Road
Tel
Brown
Foster’s Point Road
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