Mail Carriers Audited As Christmas Rush Nears
Inspection of all Bath mail carriers is underway with Assistant Postmaster Verry shadowing routes to verify time, stops, and mail volume. Tests require routing 16 letters per minute plus six other pieces. clerks are sought for Christmas duty as post office faces crowding and new five cent Roosevelt stamps are issued at Oyster Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William J. Verry
Westmaster Perry
Elmer LD. Hodgkins
H. W. Owen Jr
Westmaster-general
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Oyster Bay
Col. Roosevelt
New York City
Washington Philatelic Agency
Post Office Department
Col. Roosevelt Jr
Alice Longworth
Owen
P.O. Department
P.O
Bath
Weird Doings at Wesley Party
A Halloween party at Wesley church parsonage on Union Street Saturday night featured witches, ghosts and a staged operation shadow show. Mrs. Charles E. Brooks hosted for the Sunday school intermediate pupils with about 40 attendees and refreshments served by Mrs. Gage and Mrs. Ripley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Church Parsonage
Union Street
Charles E. Brooks
Elizabeth Lowell
John Gage
Brooks
Gage
C. E. Ripley
Cosmopolitan Club Plans Rummage and Christmas Sale
Cosmopolitan club directors at their monthly meeting Thursday night approved a semi annual rummage sale next month at the clubhouse and set the annual Christmas sale for December 15 at the same location. Committees were named for Food Fancy articles Aprons Candy Mysteries and Tea service with listed chairmen and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmopolitan Club
Daniel YT. Daugherty
Everard W. Appleton
Ralph W. Bragg
Charles RK. Farnum
Russell Kenney
Allen M. Irish
John BE. Burkhardt
Ralph Dunton
Margaret RK. Foote
Robert I. Hatch
Charles Webber
Herbert O. Morse
John Shaw
Candy
L. S. Frost
John A. Lord
Jane Goodman
Ruth Mikelsky
Lessie Brown
Mary Flaherty
Dorothy Jewett
Margaret Whalen
Seth S. Mullin
William 8. Newell
Sylvanus Pennell
Nickerson Oliver wedding at Beacon Street church
Sanford Blackett Nickerson of Richmond and Fannie Mae Oliver of Bath married Friday at Beacon Street Methodist parsonage. Rev J G Rogers performed the double ring ceremony. They will honeymoon to Brunswick and visit relatives in East Greenwich and Somerville before settling at 2 Whint Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanford Blackett Nickerson
Richmond
Fannie Mae Oliver
Benjamin Oliver
Bath
Beacon Street Methodist Church
J. G. Rogers
Everett Lord
Dorothy Crocker
Nickerson
Brunswick
Henry G. Shaw
East Greenwich
R. I
Roger Pierce
Somerville
Mass
Bath Iron Works, Ltd
Bescon Street
Whint Street
Edith Young Stetson Weds William Buck at Trinity Church
The wedding of Edith Young Stetson and William Obed Buck occurred Thursday at Trinity church Deering with Rev. Ernest A. Pressey officiating. Miss Marguerite Ogden played the music as Mrs Stetson was given in marriage by her son George Stetson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Young Stetson
William Obed Buck
Portland
Trinity Church
Deering
Ernest A. Pressey
Marguerite Ogden
Stetson
George Stetson
William H. Davis
Brunswick
Robert Sturgeon
Denny Mansion
Deering Avenue
Pooler
Shuck
Maine Central Railroad
Bath
Five Islands Ladies Aid Purchases Stove for Grange Hall
The Ladies aid bought a kitchen stove for the Grange hall to be installed after double floors are laid. Many local residents are mentioned visiting Bath, Bath high school, and nearby towns, with several trips, guests, and weekend or temporary moves noted amid social activity. An initiation at the Grange is planned Tuesday evening with two candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid
Grange Hall
Idan Rowe
Bath
Lelia Davis
Wallace Pierce
Southport
Freemont Rowe
Five Islands
Harold Rowe
Rowe
JL. H. Rowe
Dorothy Winkham
Alton Reed
Leslie Ainley
Cambridge
C. A. MacMahan
Frank Southard
Lulu Rowe
Bath High School
George Crowell
Ruth
Malden
Mass
Waterville
Eugene Rowe
Cumberland
Fred Rittall
Merton Davis
South Worth
Davis
George Rowe
Lewiston
AL MacMahian
Wilson Moore
Baby
W. Renand
Tath
Thomas Reed
Wiscasset
Ida H. Rowe
Pred Reid
Georgetown Center
L. J. Rowe
Julia Davis
Leon Williams
Dexter
Lizzie Cook
Lucille White
the Grange
Charles Nocton
Pittsburgh
George C. Hicks, Jr
St. Louis
Byron Campbell
Big Texas Plant Put On Market
The Texas Steamship Co. big Bath plant, founded in 1916, is for sale with bids to be opened November 15. Reports say many parties, some believed wreckers, have sought yard details and inventory. The company may reject all bids and reserves the right to finalize sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Steamship Co
Bath
The
Missionary Society Conference Attended in Winthrop Maine
Mrs. Arthur E. Baum of Portsmouth and Mrs. Charles K. Brooks of Union Street traveled to Winthrop for the 66th annual Maine Conference Women's Home Missionary Society meeting. Sessions featured reports, devotions, and speeches on missions with plans tied to Pittsburgh events and leadership addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Baum
Portsmouth
N. J
Bath
Charles KE. Brooks
Union Street
Winthrop
Maine Conference
Women's Home Missionary Society
Brooks
Daum
Alcc
Goddard
Portland
Missing Hartford Boy Grattan Ralph Sought by Police
Hartford police seek 14 year old Grattan Ralph who ran away from home weeks ago. His father offers a 3500 reward for information. He is about 4 feet 10 inches, 100 pounds with blue eyes and light hair. He wore a gray tan suit striped waistcoat black stockings white sneakers and a blue orange jazz cap. He has a damaged left index finger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grattan Ralph
Hartford
Conn
Tribe Receives Wampum Belt in Pownal Ceremony
Maurie RL Snow, past grand sachem of Pownal, presented the Raewi pum belt to the Sasanea tribe Tuesday night with the usual rites. Albert Gallant and Ralph Boardman were named to deliver the belt to the Wivurna tribe in Boothbay Harbor on November 4. Kamona council served refreshments and dancing followed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurie RL Snow
Grand Sa
Pownal
Sasanea Tribe
Dance at West Wath Grange Hall Tonight
A large Bath crowd plans to attend a dance at West Wath Grange Hall this evening. Local organizers expect strong turnout and festive entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Wath Grange Hall
Bath
Highway work near Gardiner Wallowell to finish season
The State Highway project from Gardiner to Farmingdale near the electric railway crossing at Grant farm is due to complete pavement to that point within a week or ten days. No pavement beyond the tracks toward Louden hill will be laid this fall. The road opens around December 1, with foundation work near the crossing to be usable for winter and concrete surfacing to resume next season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardiner
Wallowell
Grant Farm
Farmingdale
Louden Hill
Rar
The
Highway Commission
Lincoln County Court Continues Locke Kidnapping Case
Mrs. Sarah Nesbitt Locke of Cambridge and John J. Canavan of Boston face kidnapping charges over Anna Titus. The case, tied to a Massachusetts custody decree and a Maine adoption, was continued to the April term with bail reduced. Habeas corpus proceedings will seek to determine the child's custody status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Nesbitt Locke
Cambridge
Mass
John J. Canavan
Boston
Lincoln County Grand Jury
Cyrus R. Tupper
Lincoln County
Lincoln County Supreme Court
Keegan
William Nelson Titus,Jr
William N. Vitus
Alna
John W. Brackett
Driscoll & Driscoll
Canavan
Maine
Headtide
Anna Titus
Bath
Charles F. Witham
Bath State Ferry
Tupper
Massachussets
Portlands Oldest Residents Mark Milestones Amid Local News
The second oldest Port land resident Mrs Rebecca W Hall 811 Congress street celebrated her 77th birthday this week. Julia Durand is over 101. Hall widow of Portland lumber dealer George Hall who died 20 years ago, the couple lived near Back Cove and Chestnut Street for years helping develop the area. Hall born Oct 24 1825 married 1846 lived in the city a long time and recalls events from four score years ago. In Winter Street church Women held a rummage sale raising 56. Seven listed helpers included Mrs Charles E D Plaisted and others. Also noted: Tink er mackerel abundant off Maine coast making them bait for lobstermen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Rebecca W. Hall
Congress Street
Julia Durand
Hall
George Hall
Chestnut Street
Back Cove
Lancaster Street
Thacher
Biddeford
Temperance program and community gifts at First Baptist
At Georgetown First Baptist church a Sunday evening temperance program led by Mrs. Frank Heald featured singing by Dorothy Stuart and others, with a pastor prayer and a benediction. The event included a harvest supper raising funds, a new church committee formed, and gifts to the cemetery fund and libraries. Notable attendees and local residents attended gatherings and visits throughout Bath and Georgetown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Frank Heald
Dorothy Stuart
James Stevens
W. C. Todd
Power
Jesus
Junior Hagan Wrgsciceiot
Poe
Ruth Reynolds
Elizabeth Hunt
Regina Delano
Eva Potter
Ida Lewis
America
Muaynard Thibodean Bsce
Pastor
Wendall Faker
Independent
Working League
Stearns Scott
Fred Reid
Harold Punt
Ethel Todd
Bath
Annie Jones
Carrol Powers
Etta Jones
Georgetown
Harold Hlunt
W. A. Todd
TB. H. Woodside
George Oliver
Willard
Earl Wpottle
Wocp
Beve
Medgar Hunt
Mes
T. M. Hagan
Will Mains
Althea Lovett
Charles Mains
Clarence Oliver
Wintex
Westport Poultry and Horticultural Exhibition Held
The Westport Town Hall hosted the first annual exhibition of the Westport Poultry and Horticultural Association on a five day notice. Judge Ralph C. Wentworth praised the fine birds while prizes were awarded to Mrs. Margaret O. Webber Fred Greenleaf Swansie Wilson Burnham Knight H. A. Swanton Walter Greenleaf Jonas Knight and Mrs P T Kehail for Baldwins among others. An extensive needlework display accompanied the entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westport Poultry and Horticultural Association
Westport Town Hall
Damariscotta
Rhode Island
Ralph C. Wentworth
Knox
Lincoln
Margaret O. Webber
Fred Greenleaf
Swansie Wilson
Burnham Knight
Greenleaf
H. A. Swanton
Fred Homme
Hazel Kehail
Walter Greenleaf
Jonas Knight
P. T. Kehail
Baldwins
Bath film stars mingle with party guests in Philadelphia
An October 28 gathering in the Bellevue-Stratford rose room brought Buster Keaton Johnny Hines and other film and stage stars together with J Barney Sherry and Harold Ward. The Maine connection and a forest fire scene in Maine featured in the chatter as Ward returns from a two week tour of publishing plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellevue-Stratford
Philadelphia
Rose Room
Harold FE
Boston
New York
Curtis Publishing
Whaum. Ie
Buster Keaton
Johnny Hines
J. Barney Sherry
Maine
Mr. Sherry
Martha Mansfield
Rudolph Valentine
Doraldine
Ward
The
Maine Farner
Augusta
Armory whist party and dance opens with prizes
First in a series of Armory ball Tuesday nights managed by William H. Puffer drew good attendance. Mrs. Joseph Everard won a prize from D. T. Percy & Sons and Walter Ayer received a gift from the American Clothing Co. Dancing by Stevens, J. F. Stacy and Hartleb continued near midnight. A Halloween dressed group visited in men’s clothing. A garage worker, misreading, walked past his car and entered a Ford coupe across the street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armory Ball
William H. Puffer
Joseph Everard
D. T. Percy & Sons
Walter Ayer
American Clothing Co
Messrs. Stevens
J. F. Stacy
Hartleb
International Council plans 1925 meeting in Washington
The International Council of Women votes to hold its 1925 quinquennial in Washington with delegates from Iceland Ukraine Greece Serbia and Austria aided by a 40000 kroner Norwegian subsidy. Mme Chaponniere-Chaix will preside as president with Mrs Lucia Ames Mead and Mrs William Ames Fisher directing Massachusetts program committees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Council of Women
America
Phillip North Moore
St. Louis
International Council
Hague
United States Council
Washington
Storting
Iceland
Ukrainia
Greece
Serbia
Austria
United States Council of Women
Congress
Moore
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Lady Aberdeen
Marchioness of
Temair
Internation Council
Bath Concern Ships Keel to Wiscasset
An 18 foot cast iron keel weighing four and one half tons, built by Watson Frye Co for Fred Pendleton, was hauled to Wiscasset by R. G. Bailey. The heavy lift required two pairs of horses and showcases the firm’s repeated supply of similar keels to boat builders. Mark Twain earned 1.5 million dollars from his writing during his lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson, Frye Co
Fred Pendleton
Wiscasset
R. G. Bailey
Lailey
Woolwich
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. O
A. & K. Street Railway
West
Park D. Colvin
Cliford H. Dicken
Wittsfield
Beaver
C. L. Farnham Co, Inc
Rath
D. M. Humphreys & Co
Room
Sagadahock Block
Bath, Me
Wesley
Oliver
Buck-Stetson
Ladies’ Aid
Big Texas
Attend Missionary Society
Seek Grattan Ralph
F S-Curtis
Center Street
Case
Lincoln Court
Winter Street
Charles E. Dplaisted
Esse Folsom
Arthur K. Purington
Charles C. Low
Emma Simall
Arthur Lemontter
Thomas P. Black
Mixx Marion Lloyd
Llobestermen
Wot. Boyd
Porthland
John Williams
T. N. Williams
Jennie Todd
Hyde Park
Arthur Buzze
Charlotte Young
Dayton Hunt
Earl Porttle
Hunt
Mr. Pottle
Merton Webber
Everett Trafton
Vina Kingsbury
Sewall Oliver
Marrtown
Ada Hudson
Laconia
N. H
Wis
W.T. Boyd
Ida Williams
Thelma Gervish
Harold Brown
Alex Cunningham
East Boston
Lincoln Campbell
Tfartley Plarley
Treasury
C. L. Cromwell
Robert Greenleaf
Maud Webber
Robert Grenleaf
Colon Dunn
Wentworth
sHlbe
Crompton
John J. Desmond
Dad
Harold E. Ward
Bath Concern
Mark Twain
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