State School Head Speaks to North Center P T A
State school for boys superintendent Grube Cornish told the North Center P T A the home church and school are the four cornerstones of a community and that most boys at the state school come from broken homes. He urged sympathy and help to prevent entry to the school and noted many boys from larger cities attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grube Cornish
South Portland
North Center P. T. A
Gracechurch Parish
Cornish
Wilmer I. Voorhees
Arthur J. Nichols
Roscoe P. McFadden
Nichols
Arthur S. Crockett
Martha E. Hooper
J. Gertrude Silsby
Fred J. Higgins
Bessie M. Hunt
Amber F. Carr
Pine Tree Troop, No. 1
Girl Scouts of America
For Sale Items from Bath and Bowdoinham
For sale a Washington home parlor heater good for three to four rooms burns coal coke or wood nearly new inquire at 94 Union street Bath. Also for sale Moses Owen poems 1873 James M Lincoln Bath 1855 maps Sagadahoc Bath papers 1836-38 Fred Oliver Winnegance Me. Apples Baldwins and Starks 25c and 50c a bushel bring container Bowdoinham Maine RA Douglas 11-9-2wp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Union Street
Bath
Moses Owen
James M. Lincoln
Sagadahoc
Fred Oliver
Winnegance
Baldwins and Starks
Douglas
Bowdoinham
Maine
Legion Urges Observance of Armistice Day Holiday
Sumner Sewall and the Roland Smithpost 21 American Legion announce Armistice Day is a legal Maine holiday per 1923 law Sec 52 Chap 50 Revised Statutes. Citizens asked to display colors and close business. Armistice Day exercises at City Hall at 10 30 am. Miss Anna Trott visits Providence. Mrs Clinton D Wilson hosts Halloween party for daughter Ann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner Sewall
Roland Smithpost
A. L
Maine
Roland Smith Post
American Legion
City Hall
Bowdoinham Busy Week with Grange Talk and Local Visits
Merry meeting grange inspection led by District Deputy Harry Rackley of Topsham. Residents report visits from Massachusetts and Connecticut relatives, hunting trips, home repairs, road work progress on State Aid Bay road and Fisher road, plus Halloween party success at Bishop schoolhouse. Numerous local social visits, travel to Portland Boston and Boothbay Harbor noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merrymeeting Grange
Harry Rackley
Topsham
Ruth Jones
Catherine Mulligan
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Fannie Williams
Topsfield
Mass
Clifford Smalley
Maine
H. E. Cornish
Hall Denham
Lewiston
Brunswick
Charles Salie
W. E. Salie
State Road
W. B. Kendall
Pleasant Street
Litchfield
F. K. Jack
Gardiner
John Kenderick
Georgie Berry
Bay Road
Hall Farm
Topsham Town
Fisher Road
Blodgett Hill
Thalmer Pratt
Portland
Hallowe'en
Bishop Schoolhouse
Alice Berwood
Thelmer Pratt
Hazel Hackett
Alton Hanson
Herbert Given
Auburn
Given
Murle’' Downing
Arthur
I. M. Fowle
Thad Wood
Hawthorn
N. J
Edith Wood
H. O. Andros
Wood
Bowdeinham
Montreal
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mary Patten
Boston
J. E. Brown
West Medford
Pleasant Pond
Bowdoin Sagadahoc Grange Meeting and Local Socials
Sagadahoc grange met at Bowdoin Center hall with Acting Master Ernest Carr presiding. 40 attended and heard readings, clippings, stories, conundrums, and a short sketch. Next Saturday speaker will be State Chaplin Lyman. East Bowdoin Ladies Aid 8 attendees planned a supper for Nov 17 at Mrs. Grant Woods. Various locals visited kin and held a box social at Jaques school raising funds. several residents noted visiting elsewhere and illness of Guy M. Williams improving in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voorhees
Capt
Carr
Robert W. Ferrell
Edward Sewall
Milton C. Trott
Morris H. Cohen
North Street
Center Street
South Street
South End P. T. A
Haven Sawyer
Bangor
Maine Congress of Parents and Teachers
Clinton D. Wilson
Navy
David Y. Alkazin
Ernest R. Freeman
Sagadahoc Grange
Bowdoin Center
Ernest Carr
Chaplin Lyman
East Bowdoin Ladies Aid
Robert McAffee
Grant Woods
Geraldine Enman
Dorothy
Margaret Carr
A. E. Purinton
Angie Purinton
Marion Curtis
Lester Nelson
Brunswick
Myron Douglas
Ernest. Carr
Harold Curtis
Boston
Ralph Purinton
Bowdeinham
Jaques School
Clifford Starbird
Chelesa
Mass
Charles Habb
L. C. Starbird
Bath
Irving Clough
Chelsea
Addie Williams
Lucy Williams
Richmond
Guy M. Williams
Central Maine General Hospital
Hallowe'en Box Social Aids Bowdoinham School
The Millay School Improvement League directed by Mrs Nellie Sylvester hosted a Hallowe'en box social at the schoolhouse on Nov 1 with recitations, stunts, fortune telling and candy. About 60 attended, local and visiting Sylvesters from Ashland Gardiner Randolph and St Francis joined, funds to aid the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowdoinham Post Road
Millay School Improvement League
Nellie Sylvester
Eva
Ralph Sylvester
Ashland
Jordan
Flora Lord
Bernice Jordan
Frank Lord
Gardiner
Terrence Curran
Richmond
Eva Fall
Morgan
Nyle
Randolph
Marion Sylvester
Ralph
E. E. Sylvester
Joe Morton
Winthrop
Charles Sylvester
Blanche Humphrey
June McKennar
Millay School
Guy Sylvester
Wrentham
Mass
Dawn Moire
St. Francis
Carol Sylvester
Presque Isle
Miss Sloat
Marion
Wilbert
South Portland
Roland Hughes
Wesley Sorority Plans Its Christmas Sale Activities
Wesley Sorority outlined its Christmas sale with the Ladies Aid. Mrs Delma Bates and others were assigned to run the fancy work table doll booth and luncheon. Matinee times at Bath Opera House shift to 2 00 start and 1 30 ticket office opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesley Sorority
Delma Bates
Snow Park
Leland Plummer
Delmar Bates
Ralph Burden
Sanford B. Nickerson
Bird A. Shellenbarger
William Davis
Robert S. Gordon
Willard McLean
George Hopkins
William Besaw
Andrew M. Butterfield
Bath Opera House
Ledyard Dies After Long Bath Public Service
James P. Ledyard 66 a Bath businessman died Monday morning at his home after a two year illness. He built a career in clothing and public works and served in the city council. Survived by wife Marion Palmer son James C Ledyard daughter Ruth M Ledyard brother Owen J Ledyard and sister Mrs Fred H Lord all of Bath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Ledyard
Lincoln Street
Mr. Ledyard
Ledyard
High Street
James C. Ledyard
Kents Hill
Owen J. Ledyard
Center and
Water Streets
John J. Desmond Co
William P. Ledyard
Bath
Maine Central
Water Street
Center Street
Ferry
Commercial
Old Board of Highways and Sewers
Maine Highway Commission
Acadia Lodge
K. of P
Bath Lodge of Elks
Kennebec Yacht Club
Central Church
Marion Palmer
Ruth M. Ledyard
Fred H. Lord
Legless Pencil Vendor Brought In By Police
City Marshal Whitney responds to a report of an intoxicated man on Washington and North streets. The man, missing both legs below the knees, had arrived in Bath to sell pencils and planned to go to Brunswick. He boarded the wrong electric car, disembarked at North and Washington, and was held for a few hours to sober up before being released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Whitney
Washington
North Streets
Bath
Brunswick
North End
North
Washington Streets
Funeral Services for James P. Ledyard
The funeral for James P. Ledyard, longtime clothing merchant, was held Wednesday at 2 PM at his home 26 Lincoln Street. Rev. David L. Wilson of Central Church officiated. Knights of Pythias from Acadia lodge performed rites led by Chancellor Clyde C. Robinson and Prelate Harry T. Passmore, with vice chancellor Dr. Arthur Gebhard and master at arms Louis Hopkins. Bearers included Charles E. Curtis Jane Ss nee Edward H. Hartwell Arthur K. Purington and acne Pah pedical Was -U Oak Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James P. Ledyard
Lincoln Street
David L. Wilson
Central Church
Knights of Pythias
Acadia Lodge
Clyde C. Robinson
Harry T. Passmore
Arthur Gebhard
Louis Hopkins
Charles E. Curtis
Jane Ss
Edward H. Hartwell
Arthur K. Purington
Oak Grove
Skowhegan Women Enter Mt Merici Convent Preparation
Two Skowhegan graduates Miss Angela Roy and Miss Elizabeth Thibodeau entered the Mt Merici Convent in Waterville to prepare for Ursuline Sisters. Roy, a former Skowhegan store bookkeeper, is daughter of Mrs. Jennie Roy. Thibodeau, daughter of Mrs. Marie Thibodeau, taught two years in Sanford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skowhegan
Angela Roy
Elizabeth Thibodeau
Mt. Merici
Waterville
Order of the Ursuline Sisters
Skowhegan High School
Roy
Jennie Roy
Thibodeau
Marie Thibodeau
Sanford
Revolutionary Sketch At Meeting Of D A R
Miss Clara N Fogg presented a Revolutionary sketch at the D A R meeting in Central church parish house Bowdoinham with four guests present and one new member admitted. The program included scenes from Marblehead 1775 and songs, tying to NR A themes and local civic effort. Capt L J Oliver, George Popham member, is hospitalized with blood poisoning in his hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara N. Fogg
Bowdoinham
Colonel Dummer Sewall
Central Church Parish House
A. Frederick Duniels
Alexander M. Cutler
Ella J. Douglas
Archibald M. Main
Anna Warner Bailey
Groton
Bath
Harry G. Deering
Missy
Peter Jayne
Marblehead
Mass
Miss Fogg
Polly Jayne
Emily Rideout
Bowdoinnham
Madam Hancock
Albert Henderson
Madam Lee
Agnes W. Humphreys
Gerry
William S. Given
Madam Adam
Horace P. Morse
Joshua Prentiss
Fred H. Cary
East Brunswick
National Recovery Administration
Capt
L. J. Oliver
George Popham
Governing Board Elects Officers for League Season
The board approved referees for the regular schedule and outlined that if a playoff is needed a neutral out of town official may be hired. Entry blanks must be submitted by Armistice Day November 11, and teams must have ten players to participate. Prices remain 10 cents for students and 15 cents for others. The Nazarene church may enter a team and request a short extension to meet the ten player requirement. Present were Edwin E. Pinson Clifton W. Tedford John P. Hayes Rev. Joseph O. Purdue Ronald Smith Alfred Parks John Chaney Albert McMann Norman Norton Farley Mayo Roland Robinson E A Jewett Frank Harvie John Green Omar King Harry Hynes Donald Jewett Alfred Neal William Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Boardman
The
Nazarene Church
Edwin E. Pinson
Clifton W. Tedford
John P. Hayes
James R. McDonald Dies After Illness in Medford
James R. McDonald of Medford Massachusetts died Wednesday after a ten day pneumonia illness. He lived on the Snow farm at Hardings in boyhood and pursued a literary career after college. He served on the Boston Journal editorial staff and later joined Little & Brown in Boston. He is survived by his wife Etta and a brother William who is recovering from surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. McDonald
Medford
Mass
Hardings
Old Boston Journal
Little & Brown
Boston
Etta McDonald
William
Medford Hospital
Augusta Woman Returns After Visit With York Street Friend
Mrs. Frank Mendall of Augusta returned Tuesday after spending several days with Mrs. Charles A. Corliss of York Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Mendall
Augusta
Charles A. Corliss
York Street
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Senter’s, Inc
Nashua
Tate
Plaid
Morese
Jeu
Tonia
New Deal
Sargent
Candlewick
Bates Basket
Lindy Anne
North Center
P.T.A
Legion
State of
Anna Trott
Providence, R. I
Raymond Trott
Ann
Morris S.povich
Front Street
Jane Browne
Clara Fogg
Stella Given
Agnes Humphreys
Raymond Rendall
Alfred
Ella Purington
Cambridge
Donald Hackett
J. Nelson
S. W. Wildes
Charles Shurman
Virginia
John Alden
Ida Fowle
Jane Hall Browne
C. Gill Brown
Prederick Barnes
A. L. Eldridge
Lizzie Gatchell
Paul Ames
Ridge Road
Jessie Ames
Charles Hackett
Donald
Damariscotta
Japan
Howard F. Adams
Carrie C. Adams
Bovdainham
Boothbay Harbor
C. F. Dodge
Miss Adams
Mrs. Dodge
Bowdoin
Arthur Allen
Optometrist
Mikelsky’s Music Store, Inc
R.c.a.victor
Philco
Atwater Kent
Crosley
Spartan
D.ar
Richard Dix
Marlene Dietrich
Jack Holt
Warner Bros
Nnstal
Teva EU
Tee
42Nd Street
James Cagney
Ruby Keeler
Dick Powell
Joan Blondell
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